The executive director Chris Verrill introduces the show. The Beijing Playhouse Academy of Performing Arts presents "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in Beijing on July 28, 2013. 29 stude Forty Thieves in Beijing on July 28, 2013. 29 students, ages 6-14, rehearsed the show in just two weeks. 180 friends and family attended the show -- a record breaking attendance for a children's performance in English in China. [Photos by Moon Zhang / China.org.cn]