“The music is wonderful—I’m very, very happy that there’s a live orchestra.”

“I love all the stories. I think the costumes are beautiful. The dancing is lovely. Everything is beautiful.”

“I think that the acting is very good. The dancing—everything depicts exactly what they’re trying to say.”

“I think it helps people who understand beauty, and understand people. All of the anguish and the problems that [Chinese] suffered in the past, it helps you to understand that.”