God gave the madman a different world, just as the scavenger who lived in the garbage heap picked up a piece of stained glass, saw a colorful world and the golden sun through the glass, and chased after the sun without hesitation.
Do you really understand musicals as imported products?
Just getting into the pit and wondering what the musical is all about?
Talking to friends about musicals only know "Phantom of the Opera" and "Mamma Mia"?
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The origin of Broadway
Broadway, an important road in New York City, runs from south to north through Manhattan Island. Because of the large number of theaters on both sides of the road, it is an important development of American theater and musical theater, and "Broadway" has become synonymous with musical theater.
Broadway actually has three meanings
The first meaning is the concept of geography, which refers to 36 theaters within 12 blocks of Times Square in New York City;
The second meaning is a performance in the Broadway area;
The third implication is the broadway industry as a whole, which also includes theaters outside of New York City that primarily perform Broadway repertoire.
Overall, Broadway is a pinnacle representative of the Western theater industry, which represents the highest level of artistic and commercial achievement in the theater and theater industry.
Today's editor wants to introduce this Broadway classic musical "I, Don Quixote".
Broadway 2329 consecutive performances
Won 5 Tony Awards in one fell swoop
Available in more than 30 languages
Performed in more than 40 countries and regions around the world
It is known as the 20th century musical theater masterpiece
1 classic musical "I, Don Quixote"
Such a Broadway classic, you don't want to look at it
The play is based on the Spanish writer Cervantes's Don Quixote
He has won five of the Tony Awards in one fell swoop
In 2015, it was produced by Seven Acts of Life and launched with the first Chinese version
The "idealists" remain a vulnerable group to this day
"Don Quixote" finally proved in time that for the real "knight", the windmill is not invincible, "idealism" is a word that can light up people's hearts, but "idealists" are still vulnerable groups today.
"I, Don Quixote" is a play that will make people feel excited and palpitating after watching it. The story is still the familiar story of the crazy "weeping knight", which combines cervantes's life experience with a play-within-a-play approach.
Sent to prison, Cervantes was to be tried by a temporary court of bored prisoners, and in order to preserve his manuscript, Cervantes chose to defend himself by dramatic means. In the process of "defending", Cervantes staged the story in the script and let the prisoners see themselves in the story. Eventually the prisoners were persuaded, but those who identified with Don Quixote also understood the meaning of "prison."
So the whole play became Cervantes himself, while writing and directing his own fictional works, while withdrawing as a creator to give him an explanation.
"I accuse you of being an idealist, a third-rate poet, an honest man."
"I confessed."
Dialogues like this set the tone for the whole play, absurd and realistic.
Don Quixote is a full "Spanish aq"
He was self-hypnotized to the point that others had to lament that "crazy people are God's darlings." Stories are familiar stories, and what is said and heard is the manifesto of idealism in it. The advantage of the musical singing section is that it can repeatedly change the lyricism of the tone, compared with the drama, the promotion of the plot can come slower, or it can be stopped, and the complaint of the straight lyric has become the branch bone that supports the scene in the repeated laying out of good music.
What kind of work makes everyone so crazy?
The play is based on the Spanish literary hero Cervantes's masterpiece "Don Quixote", and then extends and expands the plot of the original work, adopting the form of "play within a play", skillfully combining the legendary adventures of Don Quixote with the life of Cervantes, so that the fates of the writer and the characters he created are intertwined.
Broadway classic "I, Don Quixote" is coming soon,
But this Chinese version...
I can't really imagine...
I know you're afraid of this!
However, the Chinese version that Xiaobian wants to say is not the other Chinese version
Just in case, let's take a look at the translation!
Cheng He translation
Musical theater translation has its own peculiarities that distinguish it from other forms of translation, and musical theater translation and distribution is the basis of a work.
Absolute respect for the original. In order to let the audience get an excellent viewing experience, the translator strives to restore everything that the author shows in the work, from the spiritual core to the word game, which needs to be carefully considered and transferred to the context of Chinese.
Good for performance. The translator is required to fill in the words to fit the melody. Because Chinese has a special "four-voice" system, which is very different from English, once it is not handled well, it will lead to the embarrassment of "mishearing".
Suitable for cultural background. Because of its special form and context, whether the "imported product" of musical theater can find the corresponding expression in the context of Chinese is also a problem that needs to be solved by translation.
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Chinese version of the single "Dreams That Won't Come True"
"I, Don Quixote's famous song "Dreams That Won't Come True" has been covered by many superstars including Domingo, Elvis Presley, Sarah Connor and Glen Campbell.
How, is this thick male voice very magnetic?
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