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Café I Do – The Leslie Cheung Musical was inspired by the late singer’s enduring legacy. Photo: MQ Musical Theatre

The Hong Kong musical paying tribute to Leslie Cheung

Starring Kimman Wong and Mischa Ip Hau-lam, new production Café I Do features a Broadway-style score with over 20 songs by the late Cantopop icon

  • Starring Kimman Wong and Mischa Ip, Café I Do – The Leslie Cheung Musical pays tribute with a Broadway-style score spotlighting 20 songs by the Hong Kong icon, and begins August 16 at the Xiqu Centre

Profile | ‘Something we could be proud of’: DJ covers Anita Mui, other Cantopop songs

Fans of late Hong Kong Cantopop, acting star Leslie Cheung gather to pay tribute

Opinion | Hong Kong can deliver on mega events but government must step up

The hiccups at some recent events, from the Wan Chai bazaar to the world rallycross race, are the result of a lack of coordination. A transformation of the government’s role is desperately needed.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Recalling Anita Mui’s achievements and activism, 20 years after her death

On the 20th anniversary of Anita Mui’s death, we look back at the singer’s rise to fame, move into acting, and her legacy of philanthropy in support of hospitals and Hong Kong’s young and old.

‘I am by nature a girl, not a boy’: life-changing Leslie Cheung movie

Leslie Cheung movie ‘Farewell My Concubine’ influenced Encompass HK founder Benita Chick’s view on gender fluidity, diversity, inclusion and the LGBTQ world. Here’s how.

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Cantopop: international flavour but distinctly Chinese

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Chinese influencer’s ‘truly amazing’ Leslie Cheung transformation applauded

A mainland Chinese influencer has catapulted to fame with his remarkable impersonations of Hong Kong film and pop superstar Leslie Cheung with unique make-up and similar vocal style.

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Hong Kong designer recreates famous film sets as miniatures

What is Leslie Cheung’s legacy 20 years on?

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Leslie Cheung’s fans gather at Hong Kong hotel to mark 20th anniversary of his death

Fans line up outside Mandarin Oriental hotel to place bouquets and take pictures at spot where legendary singer and actor jumped to his death in 2003.

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Fans gather outside the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central to pay tribute to the late Leslie Cheung. Photo: Dickson Lee

Recalling Leslie Cheung, 20 years on: singer, actor and LGBT+ trailblazer

The Hong Kong movie star and pop idol continues to inspire fans, creatives and queer communities around the world 20 years after his death. Fans and some who worked with him explain his lasting influence.

Happy Together at 25: Wong Kar-wai on his classic 1997 gay movie

Starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung as gay lovers, Happy Together was a Hong Kong story set in Argentina, Wong said – even the dangerous Buenos Aires location felt like Mong Kok.

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Remastered iconic Leslie Cheung concert launches online on Friday

Tencent Media Lab is set to release on Friday night the 4K video of Cheung’s 2000 concert series, enhanced using AI algorithms.

Fans of late Canto-pop singer Leslie Cheung offer wreaths outside the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central, Hong Kong on the anniversary of his death on April 1, 2014. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong icon Leslie Cheung and Daffy Tong’s epic love story

April 1 marks the 19th anniversary of the death of Hong Kong icon Leslie Cheung, commemorated annually by fans – and his long-time partner, Daffy Tong

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Daffy Tong and Leslie Cheung shared a relationship of over 20 years together. Photo: Handout

Review | Anita: Louise Wong shines as pop diva Anita Mui in emotional biopic

Film-goers will enter cinemas to see Anita to remember one shining star of Hong Kong show business, and they’ll surely come out hailing another: debutante actress Louise Wong nails her role as pop diva Anita Mui.

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Anita is the biopic of Canto-pop icon Anita Mui we’ve been waiting for

Years in the works, Anita is the extravagant biopic Canto-pop singer Anita Mui her stature deserves. Model Louise Wong makes her screen debut in the title role.

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Opinion | Why Leslie Cheung’s rise and fall matched Hong Kong’s

The King of Canto-pop’s suicide shook the city to its core: the singer and actor seemed to represent the best of ‘old Hong Kong’, and when he died, the pop culture he represented lost its spark forever

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Leslie Cheung in a still from The Phantom Lover – the gay icon’s untimely death in 2003 marked the end of an era. Photo: Mandarin Films Ltd.
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