Cover news reporter Xun Chao
On the evening of May 28, the popular Broadway rock musical "Murder Ballad", directed by well-known musical theater actor Liu Lingfei, premiered at the Chengdu City Concert Hall. On the stage, Ding Zhenying, Zhang Huifang, Jin Shengquan and Gong Ziqi sang with stories and emotions, conquering many audiences and receiving praise.
It is understood that the original version of "The Ballad of Murder" was from Outer Broadway, co-written by screenwriter Julia Jordan and indie rock singer Juliana Nash. Since its introduction in 2017, the play has gone through four rounds of performances. This rehearsal is intended to create a new artistic presentation that is different from previous performances.
The cover news reporter learned on the spot that this musical that integrates the eternal popular elements of emotion, marriage, infidelity, murder and so on, tells a suspenseful polyamorous story of love and murder. The heroine Sara oscillates between her romantic and amorous ex-boyfriend Tom and her stable and reliable husband Michael, who cannot let go of passion and freedom, and cannot give up stability and tranquility, which eventually brings crisis. The emotional confusion about young people in the play has aroused the emotional resonance of many viewers.
It is worth mentioning that "The Ballad of Murder", as the fifth round of touring, is not only a re-arrangement of old plays, but also a bold test of innovative adaptations of musical theater works introduced in the past. Actor Liu Lingfei, who starred in the previous rounds of "Murder Ballad", served as the director of the new version of 2020, bringing a new perspective to the re-creation of "Murder Ballad", integrating subversive creativity - redefining the work with the three words of "desire", "instinct" and "choice", and striving for breakthroughs from the two directions of cast and stage.
In terms of cast, the new version of "The Ballad of Murder" not only invited some of the original casts of the past, such as Ding Zhenying, who played the heroine Sara and performed on the stage of London's West End, and Zhang Huifang, who played the role of narrator, but also used a group of new generation actors in the musical theater industry such as Jin Shengquan and Gong Ziqi who came out of the "sound into people's hearts" of variety shows. The cross-mix of the old and new casts brings unprecedented aura collisions, and also provides a wonderful chemistry for this work that emphasizes texture.
In terms of stage design, this version of the musical also adds richer elements than previous performances, bringing the "rain curtain" to the stage, coupled with movable splicing triangle tables, shaking chandeliers and floating balloons, various props are cleverly interspersed into the plot, and the protagonists pass each other, thus suggesting the complex and changing character relationships. At the same time, the set installation of this round of performances also uses new media art for the first time, presenting a more figurative expression in addition to intuitive performance, forming a subtle cooperation with the projection of water waves, and further expanding the artistic space on the stage.
Whether it's a new audience entering the theater for the first time, or a loyal fan of the show who has clocked in for past performances, the new audiovisual experience brought by the new version of "The Ballad of Murder" will make them shine. Many audience members said after the performance: "It seems to be different from the imagination and memory", "The music is too brainwashed, on the head!" "From time to time, there will be unexpected surprises", "There are cool to be cool! ”
It is understood that after the first performance of "Murder Ballad" in Chengdu, it will continue to be performed at 19:30 on May 29 at the City Concert Hall and Opera Hall. Chengdu audiences who like urban love themes and look forward to the live performance of powerful actors cannot be missed!
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