While it could probably go down in Hong Kong annals as the first original Broadway-style musical to be staged here, That's Entertainment can definitely claim to be the first stage musical to use cinematic digital surround sound.

The show started even before the curtain went up with the usual 'please switch off your beepers and mobile phones' announcements made by one of the characters in a more humorous way.

Like any good musical, there was plenty of song and dance, and drama. While not exactly Rodgers and Hammerstein, the musical arrangements by Lee Kai-cheong are worthy of praise. And the stage, by Vicky Le Sache, is a spectacular three-dimensional wonder.

The story revolves around the world of broadcasting. Dragon (Cheung Tat-ming) is a top disc jockey with a voice one would kill for (voice-over by Gary Ngan Luen-mo). Because of that, he has never revealed his true identity.

Each week, thousands of his women listeners - including his own lover, Pussy (Louisa So Yuk-wa) and a bar hostess, Chicky (Alice Lau Ngar-lai) - live for the day when he chooses a lucky winner with whom he spends a day.

Instead of going himself, he sends his assistant, Mickey (Hung Chiu-fung) who is good looking and charming, with an ego to match.

But Mickey is in love with Pussy's cousin Tweety (Ada To Man-wai), who is in love with Fishball (Jordan Chan Siu-chun), who is in love with Chicky . . . you get the idea. Trouble and fun starts when Pussy is picked as the lucky winner one week.

It was interesting to see the mix of film stars and stage-trained actors in something as demanding as a musical where they not only have to act, but sing and dance as well. All six rose wonderfully to the occasion.

While there is a timelessness about the story, writer Raymond To Kwok-wai has injected enough contemporary slang into the script and songs to make it more appealing to local audiences.

That's Entertainment, APA Lyric Theatre, December 20