Broadway musical comedy 42nd Street will kick off its eight shows in Beijing on November 13, the fifth stop of its China tour.

Its performance in four Chinese cities, especially China's economic hub Shanghai, has been very successful, said the organizer Beijing Oriental Broadway International Theater Management Co. Ltd, in a press release Thursday.

It first gave 23 shows in Shanghai and has toured other cities since September, the organizer said.

The musical will be taken to another four Chinese cities after six days in Beijing.

The musical, telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a young chorus girl who works her way up to become a Broadway star, won the Tony Award in 1981 and 2001.
 
(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2007)