Crew members prepare the stage before the start of the play “Teahouse” on Friday at the Capital Theatre in Beijing. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Actors put up makeup in the backstage of the Capital Theatre for the show in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Audiences take photos in front of a poster on Friday at the entrance of the Capital Theatre in Beijing. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Actors present the first scene of the “Teahouse” on the stage at the Capital Theatre in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Actor Liang Guanhua, who has played the character of Wang Lifa, the boss of the teahouse, for 20 years, performs in the second scene of the “Teahouse” at the theater in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Actors present the third scene of the “Teahouse” at the Capital Theatre in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Performers of the “Teahouse” return to the stage to express appreciation to the audience at the end of the show on Friday in Beijing. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin

Audiences follow Wu Gang, a famed Chinese actor who plays two roles in the play, outside the Capital Theatre in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Intern Reporter Li Zuofei/Caixin