Shanghai Culture Plaza is located in the center of Shanghai, bordering Maoming South Road in the east, Shaanxi South Road in the west, Fuxing Middle Road in the north, and Yongjia Road in the south.47639.0㎡, building area64476.4㎡.
The Cultural Plaza was built in1952It was rebuilt from the original Yiyuan Dog Racing Track in 1996 and has always played an important role in the social and cultural life of Shanghai people. It is one of the important mass political and cultural activity centers in Shanghai.2011Since its reconstruction and opening in 2005, Shanghai Culture Square has insisted on integrating modern performances, art displays, and cultural experiences, with musical performances as the main line and various fashion and classic arts as the auxiliary line. With the vision of "cultural paradise, dreams blooming", it strives to incubate and build an art stage for the development of musicals, lead the cultural and leisure industries, and create a cultural ecological landmark known to all Residents.
Over the past 11 years, the Cultural Square has performed2700Aftermarket, attracting audiences300More than 10,000 people attended various public welfare activities2300The cumulative participation is more than4010,000 people. It has successfully introduced classic plays such as "The Phantom of the Opera", "Elizabeth", "West Side Story", "Rock Mozart", and "Notre Dame de Paris", and produced many Chinese-language musicals such as "My Bucket List", "Rachmaninov", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Fan Letters". It is the first in the country to launch an original musical incubation plan, incubating and presenting many original musicals such as "The Last Emperor of Southern Tang", "Life and Death Sign", and "Sorry I Forgot", and its tour footprints are all over the country. While striving to implement the development goal of "building a landmark public cultural and art center in Shanghai", as a professional platform for musicals, it continues to explore the role of industry integrators, and holds the "Performing Arts World-Shanghai International Musical Festival" every year to gather industry-university-research resources, support excellent original works, and enhance the audience base of the musical industry.
