BEIJING, Oct. 19 -- The Hong Kong actress-singer Karen Mok will be starring in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning musical Rent, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a world tour.

    The Asian leg premieres in Singapore on Nov 22 and will move on to Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Taiwan.

    Mok will perform alongside a star ensemble of Broadway actors.

    In the musical, which focuses on the trials and tribulations of a community of artists in bohemian New York, Mok plays the role of Mimi, an exotic dancer and HIV-positive junkie.

    For the actress, Rent presents her with another opportunity to stretch her range.

    Mok has certainly come a long way from her first musical - she played the part of a dove in Noah's Ark when she was eight years old. Enditem

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)