Broadway musical comedy and two times Tony Award winner, 42nd Street, will tour seven Chinese cities from September.

The musical, a story about young chorus girl, Peggy Sawyer, who works her way up to become a Broadway star, will be staged 70 times in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Hefei, Wuhan and Beijing.

"42nd Street shows that through diligence and persistence people can turn their dreams into reality," said Chen Jixin, chairwoman of the Nederlander New Century International Theatre Management Company Ltd, which is bringing the show to China.

Chen said that part of the ticket income would be donated to the Soong Ching Ling Music Fund to support an exchange program between Chinese and American youngsters.

(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2007)