"Today is the first time I came to watch this performance, and I saw the actors holding their stomachs and still insisting on performing, and the state was very good, I think this form is very new, we all like it very much." After Zhang Mengmeng and her partners performed a "Broadway Classic Night", the audience sighed the charm of the performance.
On November 15, an extraordinary performance opened in Yinchuan, Ningxia. There is only one small piano on the small stage, playing jazz and blues, simple scenes, funny performances, and even the stage is so small that only a few actors can stand - this is the state of the Zhang Mengmeng Musical Theater Pink Gate Musical Theater, and it is also the most primitive state of the musical. As the head of the Pink Gate Musical Theater Society at Mengmeng's Cabaret, Zhang Mengmeng returned from Broadway in New York and founded Ningxia's first urban-backed musical theater theatre. It is committed to restoring the original Broadway musical, and constantly introducing original works in a more down-to-earth way, so that everyone can experience the pure art of musical theater without having to travel thousands of miles.
An extraordinary show
Zhang Mengmeng and her partners presented the audience with the performance of "Broadway Classic Night". Their nearly two years of hit, classic musical clips "Hamilton", "Chicago", "Legal Lady" and so on have been interestingly adapted and interpreted, presented to the audience.com. “Come on babe, Why don't we paint the town? And all that jazz , I'm gonna rouge my knees... (Come on baby, why don't we sketch the city with dances?) Following the rhythm of this jazz, I couldn't help but dance on my knees... In the brilliant lights, Zhang Mengmeng and 8 ordinary actors sang and rotated under the lights, and those serious musicals landed on the ordinary world, and everyone was happy with the plot. What is even more unusual is that the three actors on stage ushered in their new identities - three pregnant mothers.
A memory that will never be forgotten
"This wish actually stems from a group of pregnant musical theater actors I saw in New York before, and they bloomed like brilliant summer flowers on the stage! Suddenly, I was shocked! At that time, I made up my mind that in this life, I must have a big belly and bring a new life to the stage. Zhang Mengmeng recalled her thoughts before going on stage, "What is even more surprising is that in addition to me, the drama club has two pregnant mothers this year, Xuanxuan and Guanter, and after I expressed my ideas to them, we hit it off, and with the support of all the other members of the drama club, our rehearsal began." ”
An unforgettable journey
Since the level of epidemic prevention and control has been lowered, the Zhang Mengmeng Musical Theater Club resumed rehearsals in mid-June. The actors rehearsed every night until about 10:30 p.m., plus there was daily work during the day, and the three pregnant mothers of the drama club were also tired several times. "As a pregnant woman, it is really difficult to prepare for a performance, because you have to overcome physical, psychological and other factors. There is no way to reduce the weekly work, in addition to the two daily rehearsals of the drama club, there are also the daily rehearsals of more than a dozen groups of large and small choirs. Once, after playing and singing with the children for more than three hours, he could not stand up, and sat silently at the base of the wall and cried for a while. Zhang Mengmeng smiled and talked about the rehearsal scene, "Going around and around, this wish to bring your stomach to the stage has finally come true, and after the performance, all the suffering has become happiness." ”
Talking about the future development of the drama club, Hu Yang, head of The Musical Theater zhang Mengmeng, said that although they are now rooted in Ningxia, they have a small goal, hoping to promote the musical to a farther place, so that more people can understand the musical and feel the charm of music and theater. (China Daily Ningxia Reporter Station Hu Dongmei Photography Zhai Anru)