Coinciding with the recent release of Wicked: For Good, a Hong Kong creative team has also brought Oz to life – in Cantonese.
The project champions Hong Kong talent while highlighting the potential of international musical theatre productions performed in Cantonese.
“I just kept thinking, these songs sound like they would be really good in Cantonese,” he recalls. “There’s a certain musicality and emotional depth in our language that felt like a perfect match.”
Lung reached out to Marco Tang, a seasoned performer from New Gen, a Hong Kong troupe of rising young performers, and the project quickly took flight.
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