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It certainly is Grand. This modern hub for Shanghai's premier performance acts including ballet, drama and classical music embraces its prime location in the midst of People's Square. The Grand Theater is where you will go to see the Broadway shows that visit, such as Mamma Mia! and Hairspray.

Shanghai Center Theater is home to one of they city's biggest tourist attractions, the acrobat show, which goes on almost every evening. Despite its excellence, the show is rarely sold out and tickets can be purchased at the concierge downstairs. The venue itself is a polished testament to Shanghai's increasing encouragement of the arts.

The Dramatics Art Center hosts the better English-language productions in Shanghai, including one or two works by the Bard each year. Tucked way away down small Anfu Lu it's an unexpectedly robust structure with an impressive theater.

Lyceum theater is just steeped in history. Built in the 1930s Shanghai boom days, it was once an amateur dramatics society. In more recent, calmer times Lyceum screens a combination of terrible blockbusters and critic worthy "films." It's also a satellite for the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Established in 1925, Yifu Theatre or Tianchan Peking Opera Centre features a host of traditional operas including Beijing Opera. Shows change monthly, please check the schedule for full updates.

The Ke Center serves as the official venue for local theater group Shanghai Repertory Theater (SRT). Several times a year, SRT stage various English-language productions, from Shakespearean classics, to modernist comedies of manners, to absurdist provocation. Click on the "events" tab below to see what they're currently staging.

The historic art deco Theatre was built in 1941 and is one of Shanghai's oldest and most ornate theatres. It has a capacity of 1640 seats. Opera in Chinese is occasionally performed by local and touring groups, and the theatre is worth attending just for the traditional atmosphere.