The Paper's reporter Liao Yang
The musical "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past" features nearly 30 songs by Li Zongsheng, known as a "jukebox musical". When it premiered in Shanghai in November 2019, the musical blew a nostalgic wind, and people who listened to Li Zongsheng grow up came.
After nearly a year, on November 4, the newly upgraded "When Love Is a Thing of the Past" returned to Shanghai and came to Shanghai Poly Grand Theater.
According to the feedback collected in the first round of the tour, the crew adjusted and modified it from various angles, paying more attention to the expression of musical connotation and the texture of the overall production.
The scene of the musical "When Love Is a Thing of the Past"
Since February this year, Li Zongsheng himself has personally created and arranged all the music with the royal team: arranger Zhou Guoyi, music composer Li Jianqing and a number of musicians. The overall style of the music continues the familiar rhythms of the original repertoire, while adding more fresh elements and emotional blends according to the plot and development of the story.
The performance scene of the evening welcomed the starring lineup composed of Wang Zheng, Ju Hongchuan, Zhai Li Shuotian, Du Xinyan, Wang Jielu and so on.
Singer Wang Zheng returned to China for a tour after countless hardships and starred in the pop music diva "Cai Grain".
Wang Zheng, who has a son and a daughter after marriage, in addition to being a good mother, also hopes to give her daughter who dreams of becoming a musical theater actor a role model, performing "cute, sharp, feminine and talented Cai Grain". At the Shanghai station, Wang Zheng raised his hands and threw his hands and feet to the style of Tianhou, and his singing skills were also not bad.
Because of participating in "Sound into People's Hearts", singer Ju Hongchuan's popularity soared, and when he first came into contact with musicals, he took on the role of male number one "Han Jiang", playing a music producer who suffered a double blow of love and career.
The new way of performance and the tense rehearsal rhythm once made Ju Hongchuan "regret", and also made him feel the difficulty of musical theater actors. After experiencing the experience of 5 performances in Hangzhou and Kunming, ju Hongchuan's performance in Shanghai station was more comfortable, and the ending song "Hill" resonated with the audience even more.
Ju Hongchuan
Zhai Li Shuotian, a popular singer who also came out of "Sound into People's Hearts", played the funny and humorous bar manager "Du Shuai".
"'Han Jiang' is a music producer, because some of the experiences in life are more depressed. I was his best friend at the bar, and everyone encouraged each other and found their dreams in life. Unlike the other two actors, Wang Zhengliang and Yasen, Zhai Li Shuotian laughed and said that his taste was "stronger." He liked the character's loneliness, the layers were rich, and added a hot dance to him.
Music fans are now accustomed to calling him "Little Sweetheart of Broadway", but he has also experienced bleakness, because his figure has been evaluated by teachers as "having the voice of a prince but not the appearance of a prince". After a stage accident, he made up his mind to lose weight and successfully lost 100 pounds, "After losing weight, I think Zhai Li Shuotian can do some things." ”
Zhai Li Shuotian
The bar waitress "Qiuzi" and the bar manager "Du Shuai" are a pair of lively dot cp, the two move back and forth emotionally, frequently scratching the audience's laughter, but also will lead to a few songs when everyone is unexpected.
Last year, Du Xinyan, who was plump, played "Qiuzi", making the audience cry and laugh. This year, Du Xinyan, like Zhai Li Shuotian, successfully lost 40 pounds and returned gorgeously.
In the interview, Du Xinyan revealed the reasons behind weight loss: during the epidemic, she found that her mother ate skin care products, just to be able to accompany herself for many more years, which made her deeply touched and decided to lose weight for the first time. What has changed is the shape of the body, what has not changed is enthusiasm, and Du Xinyan, who is thin, still plays the role of "Qiuzi" who dares to love and hate.
Musical theater actress Wang Jielu starred in the eccentric "Warmth". "Nuan Nuan" is seriously ill, because he loves music and is still full of enthusiasm for life, so he saved the "Han River" who lost his life to Buddhism.
One of the scenes that Moved Wang Jielu the most was a new clip added after the upgrade of the musical: everyone celebrated their birthdays for the seriously ill "Warm Warmth", and when they rehearsed with Ju Hongchuan for the first time, the two cried bitterly as soon as they read the words. This plot has also become a major tear point of the whole play, and the audience can't help but wipe their tears.
"When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past" returned to Shanghai, and many viewers who had already watched it last year came to the scene.
One of the audience is Li Zongsheng's iron fans, after watching it last year, he had a good look and feel, plus because of the epidemic, he did not have the opportunity to watch the performance for a long time, so he specially returned to the scene to relive it.
An aunt missed last year's performance and made up tickets this year. She said that Li Zongsheng's works are the memories of many people in the 60s, accompanying them to grow up and familiar with them in their adolescence.
Another audience member came to see the show in order to fulfill my parents' wishes, "My mother died this year, my father died 5 years ago, and now I am alone." She said that her parents have always been very frugal, and they know the song "When Love Is a Thing of the Past", but they never come to the theater to consume, "I hope that their wishes can be fulfilled in me, through me to enjoy this musical." 」 ”
At the scene, Ju Hongchuan's fans came to help from all over the world, and Yu Di, a player in "Sound into People's Hearts", also appeared in the audience to support.
After the Shanghai station, "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past" will also enter Nanjing, Cixi, Weifang, Zibo, Hefei, Wuhan, Kunshan, Lishui, Dongguan, Xiamen and other stations.
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