Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News reporter Chen Yuhao
"For the first time, I found that buying aisle tickets after 10 rows is so happy!" On May 27, after watching the premiere of the musical "The Orphan of Zhao" in Shanghai, an audience member couldn't help but "Versailles" in the circle of friends.
If it is me, I guess I can't help it. Can you imagine, looking at it, the lead actor Zheng Qiyuan walked through the audience and walked past you while singing?
Then I turned my gaze and saw a familiar face in the audience... who? Zheng Yunlong!
If you are a true fan of musical theater, you may have been stunned by the surprises that have come and gone.
As a reporter who had seen the rehearsal hall more than half a month ago, I originally wanted to write a premiere press release, but I felt that there was no need, first, there was a suspicion of spoilers, and second, it seemed that only from the perspective of ordinary audiences and writing some small words with feelings could I better express the feelings that the musical "Orphans of Zhao" gave me.
So, write where to count.
First of all, the whole stage is really "long" in my aesthetic, the atmosphere is simple and clean. The best trick is that it does a slope angle treatment, no matter from any angle from the audience, it is oblique.
This brings all kinds of possibilities for its "changeable", one moment is the unfathomable power supply, one moment is the battlefield of burning and slaughtering, the other is the vast seaside, and the other is the cold house where the liver and intestines are cut off.
More often, it is pale and tilted, just like the tragic background of the story.
I swear that when I looked at the rehearsal hall in front of the big mirror, I was given ten brains, and I couldn't imagine the stage for a formal performance. Creative team, please accept my ReeseBackkett!
Then talk about the stage props, all kinds of metaphors and projections, too advanced to do, nothing on stage is superfluous.
The chessboard symbolizes the game, the medicine box symbolizes redemption, the bell symbolizes the continuation of fate, and the large gray ruins of the broken wall, I can only think of four words - desperate life.
The light seems to be able to read people's hearts, whenever there is killing, red and white alternate between the square inches; and every time Tu Anjia appears, a large piece of suppressed black spreads, is that not the color of the heart?
During the chase and killing scene, the heavily armed guards will even follow the sound of horses' hooves and pass directly through the aisle of the audience, making people feel a chill on their backs, really immersed.
Speaking of immersion, director Xu Jun really understands the audience too well, there is a scene, Cheng Bao, played by Zheng Qiyuan, directly carries the medical box, walks off the stage, and stumbles along the aisle between the front and middle districts of the audience. Visually measuring the distance from the first row of spectators in the central area is more than 20 centimeters. There is also Xu Junshuo, who plays Cheng Bo, when he went on the road alone to explore the world of Daqian, he also jumped through the middle aisle. Is that immersive enough? Immersed in it all flooded my head!
It was also everyone who shifted their attention to the audience, and only then did the sharp-eyed fans find Zheng Yunlong, who came to see the premiere in a low-key manner, and the real ordinary audience Dalong.
But it is not surprising that in the musical theater circle, it is normal to help each other and cheer each other up.
(Found a few paragraphs of Weibo netizens' after-effects)
Finally, the musical, definitely talk about music. It's really not superstitious about the name Kim Peida, but it's really good, I don't believe it, there are a few singing segments, and I even found the sense of listening to "Cats" and "Phantom of the Opera" at that time.
Let's talk about a few of my favorite songs-
Cheng's wife's lullaby, seemingly gentle and slow, is actually a tear in the sentence. Such a beautiful lullaby, which should have been a note to coax a child to sleep, who knew that it had become a broken intestine. I don't know how the others are, but anyway, a few mother-like spectators in front of me are all in their bags looking for tissues.
The character theme song of Cheng Baby sung by Zheng Qiyuan is magnificent, which is the kind of power that bursts out from the body of the small character. Hearing the final chorus, "I can't see the darkness oppressing the stars, because my heart will always be lit," I confessed that my nose was a little sour.
Most importantly, the combination of the whole play's lyrics and songs is very logical, does not jump out, and always drags the audience to issue a torture question: Why did he do this? Why did she do that? Because sometimes fate is unreasonable, everyone sees the plot of their own worldview, and then smiles, or sheds tears.
From July 16th to 18th, "The Orphan of Zhao" will tour to the Hangzhou Grand Theatre. If you're a musical theater lover, I guess you've already bought a ticket; if you can't watch 1 or 2 musicals a year, it's really worth it to watch this one as a selection.
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