"They will wander through the endless nights, but there is no longer darkness in my heart. Through the wind, across the sea, when winter gets warmer, I will wait for the stars to be full..." The musical "Spring Awakening", which swept eight Tony Awards, will be performed twice in a row at the Minnan Grand Theater in Xiamen from May 15 to 16. The day before the performance, the theater invited the three leading actors of the musical "Spring Awakening" Zheng Yibin, Li Weiling and Zhang Weilun to be guests in the video number live broadcast room of the Minnan Grand Theater, in the performance stage, immersively told the story of the front and back of the musical theater stage, and the three leading actors also performed the classic singing segments in the musical, which received unanimous praise from online and offline audiences.
Spring Awakening is an 1891 play by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. The story takes place in the 19th century, in Germany, where social concepts are extremely conservative, adolescent girls gradually discover their own physical and mental growth, they are eager to find answers; boys receive a stoic education in school, they try to challenge books and authority, and face all kinds of troubles in life... In 1999, singers Duncan Scheke and Stephen Seth adapted Spring Awakening into a musical. The work was auditioned for five days, and the praise was overwhelming, and it became a hit. In 2007, "Spring Awakening" won eight awards at the Tony Awards, the highest award for American drama and musical theater, including Best Musical, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Music, Best Choreographer, etc., becoming the biggest winner of the 61st Tony Awards. A year later, the music album "Spring Awakening" beat many candidates and won a Grammy Award. Although it was more than a century ago, in the view of Steven Sater, screenwriter of the musical Spring Awakening, "The Significance of Spring Awakening has never been stronger than it is today. ”
The musical "Spring Awakening" staged in Xiamen this time, on the basis of the original version, in order to make the work better express this story about youth in the present, the performance will be presented in the form of full Chinese (Chinese lines, Chinese singing). Moreover, in order to reflect the desire for knowledge and the arrogant youth passion of teenagers, in addition to retaining the conflict and exploration plot in the original work, a lot of modern style pop rock has been added. When the audience watches this musical, it is easy to be attracted by the burning melody of rock music, and they can feel the psychological changes of the characters in the play. In order to enable more people of all ages to enjoy this play, in terms of stage design of the performance, the crew deliberately abstracted some scenes and replaced them with trees, dances, fans, etc., integrating the beauty of the East and the West, running through the past and the future, and exploring the laws of awakening of each generation from an ancient story.
It is understood that from May to June, the Minnan Grand Theater will also have a series of blockbuster performances, such as Chen Peisi's classic era comedy "Drama Stage", "Ping An on the Road" Ping An Concert, Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe Dance Drama "Crested Ibis", "Song and Ode" 2021 Wang Chuanyue National Tour Concert, Dance Drama "Zhaojun" and so on. Many wonderful performances will add new vitality to the summer Heron Island Literary and Art Market, and will also create a better artistic life atmosphere for heron island audiences. (Wu Yuqian)