Showtime returns

Concert lineup

Theaters around the city have also sprung back to life.

Shanghai Culture Square, for instance, celebrates its reopening on Friday with Shanghai Ballet's production of The Lady of the Camellias. Reaction to the theater's reopening announcement on June 30 was enthusiastic－all tickets to the shows scheduled for Friday and Saturday were sold out within minutes.

At Shanghai Grand Theater, the highly anticipated Chinese production of Frankenstein will be held from Sept 15 to 25. The show, which was supposed to have its premiere in Shanghai in May, has been staged in Beijing, where it earned widespread acclaim.

Located on the east bank of the Huangpu River, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center has announced that a series of productions will be staged after its reopening on Wednesday. First up is violinist Lyu Siqing, who will perform a recital. Other shows will feature a host of local and international musicians, including conductor Lyu Jia and the orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts, Jin Chengzhi and his Rainbow Chamber Singers, jazz-style singer Li Quan and German pianist Gina Alice Redlinger.

To mark its reopening, the Shanghai Concert Hall has scheduled events that are held throughout Friday starting at 10 am. The concert hall also resumes its weekend tours.