Art beat in December

Rain date

South Korean pop idol Rain, fresh from completing his military service, is on The Squall tour in Asia. The upcoming concert in Shanghai will feature a 50-meter-wide stage with a 12-meter water screen to create a digital storm in which Rain will sing and dance.

7:30 pm, Saturday. Shanghai Grand Stage, 1199 Caoxi Road North, Xuhui district. 400-622-8228.

Chinese Menagerie

David Esbjornson, a theater director from the United States, is working with actors of the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center to present a Chinese edition of Tennessee William's Glass Menagerie. The autobiographical play about a dominant mother, a son eager to break through and a mentally fragile daughter, premiered in 1944, and is considered a modern masterpiece of American theater.

7:30 pm, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 pm, Sundays, Jan 8-24. Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, 1F, 288 Anfu Road, Xuhui district. 021-6473-0123.