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Beautiful Thing: First gay play for Shanghai

Beautiful Thing, the critically acclaimed 1993 play whose subsequent screen adaptation went around the world, is making its way to Shanghai. The multiple award winning play tells the unlikely coming-of-age story of two teenagers living in a working class... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Sat, Dec 06 2008

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