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Friday, April 04, 2008

'Hairspray' does China

Variety: "There will be 20 performances of the tuner, starring Brooklynn Pulver, at the Shanghai theater, theater prexy Fang Shizhong told the official Xinhua news agency."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

my question is, will this make any sense to people in China?

jeannie_yun said...

When I had a chance to talk to Brooklyn briefly during her stay in Pittsburgh, it seemed like the Network co. is extremely excited to push this through. It seemed like her interview in China really went well and I hope everything goes smoothly.

Anonymous said...

Laura, I was thinking the same thing. How well do American shows translate to the foreign market?

I guess China is so inundated with Western culture that it probably doesn't matter. Audiences will love it despite its content, simply because it comes from America.