A New Subgenre Develops In Singapore: Mandarin Musicals

“Over the last decade, Singaporean audiences have been treated to regular revivals of Broadway or West End musicals, like Phantom of the Opera and Mamma Mia, and as their appetite for the Western art form grew, it encouraged a few local theater troupes to produce their own” original musicals. Until recently, these shows were in English, but Chinese-language musicals are now attracting enthusiastic viewers.