Great Artist

Chapter 1: Live Like Summer Flowers

This is a lake blue stage. The top of the theater is divided into three areas. The sculptures cast in bronze and gold foil set off the gorgeous chandeliers. Although they are all extinguished at this time, they can still be depicted in the mind. Dazzling light when lit. The arched columns around it are covered with exquisite gold leaf paintings, which are breathtaking. The burgundy curtain on the stage has been raised, and the 800 crimson seats below the stage are full at this time. The golden and red flames intertwined on the stage map the entire theater into a hazy color, bringing every audience a thrilling beauty. Familiar and moving music reverberates through the theater as the final season of the biggest-grossing musical “Cats” in history opens on Broadway.

Broadway is located in New York City. Because there are numerous theaters on both sides of the road, it is an important place for the development of American dramas and musicals. One of the pronouns. “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Miss Saigon,” “Les Miserables,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Cats” are all Broadway classics. The Broadway Theater is one of the most famous theaters on Broadway.

“Cat” is a musical originating from the New London Theatre in the West End of London, England. It has not only become the most successful and longest-running musical in British history, but also became the darling of the world after landing on Broadway, the holy land of American musicals. It’s the highest-grossing musical of all time. However, this summer, “Cat”‘s 18-year performance on Broadway is about to come to an end, so the Broadway theater was full for two consecutive weeks, and more and more audiences entered the theater to appreciate the charm of “Cat”.

At midnight, in the garbage dump shrouded in moonlight, the cats of the Jericho Cats gathered, waiting for their leader to arrive, so that they could choose a cat that would be chosen to be reborn in the Empyrean, a Cats with different personalities and appearances appeared one after another. Cats with different personalities, with their own unique stage, sang and danced, showing wonderful performances, which made people overwhelmed.

At this time, a lame cat appeared, she was Grizzbella, she was on the field with difficulty, her appearance was ragged, sloppy and dirty, and she was devastated by life. She once betrayed the cat family and went to the outside world. She went through hardships and pains in the outside world. She lost her happy and beautiful days forever. Now Grazerbella is exhausted and coming back alone, she longs to go home, long to go back to the old days, but everyone avoids her, who would have thought that she was so beautiful and charming back then , and now she is lonely and weak, rejected by others, wandering in the most inferior neighborhoods, and being ostracized by the cat family. Even if all the cats don’t forgive her, even if everyone drives her away, she longs to ascend to heaven, but this is obviously an extravagant hope for her.

In this situation, Grizabella sang about the past with the song “Memories”, which was sad and desolate. The amazing singing of this song made the family accept her return again and was chosen as the cat who was born again after “Going to Jiuzhongtian”; it also made the 800 audience at the scene burst into tears and applaud her sincerely.

The Broadway stage has never lacked talent, let alone stars, and stories of overnight fame are not uncommon here, not to mention starring in such a popular musical as “Cat”, or the most important protagonist in it, Greze Bella, naturally. Even more attention.

The musical “Cat” has a total of thirty-six characters, of which the elderly charming cat Grizzbella is one of the most important characters. Musical is different from film and television, everything happens in front of the audience, even if there is an accident, it is part of the performance. Generally, a top-level musical like “Cat” will have a fixed lineup, and a backup lineup can replace the lead actor when they are injured to ensure the smooth progress of the show. In addition, there will be third-tier and fourth-tier reserve echelons below. As far as the role of Grazer Bella is concerned, there are three actors in the troupe who are backup actors for the role.

The appearance of Grizzbella on stage today surprised many regulars at Broadway theaters. She was actually an actor they had never seen before. Although every actor on the stage has thick makeup on their faces, it is difficult to see their appearance, or even to distinguish their gender, but in terms of dance movements, singing and singing skills, these professional audiences with sensitive ears are very sensitive. A new continent was soon discovered.

The voice of this new Grizebella is a little hoarse, not very obvious, only some resonance can be heard during the transition and the tail. But it is this little feature that makes a “memories” so sad. The song “Memories” was originally Grizzbella’s confession song, telling about the pain she suffered in the outside world, the happy and beautiful days she lost forever, and her longing to return home.

From the plot point of view, “Memories” is the turning point and the climax of the whole play, because all the cats’ views on Greze Bella changed after this song. If this song is not touching, it is undoubtedly the whole show. s failure. Today, the performance of the new Grizzbella was undoubtedly a success. The touching voice and deep emotions easily touched the hearts of the audience. When the song ended, many audiences Only then did I find that my cheeks were wet with tears, and the emotion that lingered in my heart for a long time never dissipated.

At this moment, Grizabella is like the most dazzling morning star in the endless night sky, making people unable to look away.

This is the first performance of “Cat” in the final season of Broadway, and the troupe has boldly adopted a new actor. Does that mean that this actor will play the role of Grazer Bella for the next two months? This excited the professional audience, are they going to witness the rise of a new star!

At the end of the performance, the audience of 800 stood up and applauded collectively, expressing their lofty respect with the most sincere applause. Although there are many excellent actors who have played the role of Grizz Bella, there is no doubt that the new actor has also received the highest recognition from the audience today. When the chandeliers on the sky were all lit up, many audience members picked up the brochures in their hands and searched for the actor who played the role of Greze Bella. This name should be a boy’s name, right?

Backstage of the Broadway Theater, after walking off the stage, the head of the “Cats” American Theater Troupe, Travie Nunn, stood at the entrance and smiled at every actor to celebrate the successful end of the show.

Standing at the door, Travi-Nan happily watched the actors celebrating each other. This was the last season of “Cat” on Broadway in the United States. The actors were also under a lot of pressure. Today, they got off to a good start. It’s a good start for the next two months of performance, and it’s naturally worth being happy.

Penn-Lecce stood from a distance, watching the laughter of the actors with a cold face. His twenty-five-year-old face was expressionless, but the deep jealousy in his eyes could not be concealed. The man-devouring beast devoured the handsome figure in the crowd. “Evan Bell is only eighteen years old, why, how can he be on the stage of the Broadway theater, and he is still playing the most important role of Greze Bella, and I have to be the third backup. Work hard.” The flames of jealousy almost burned Payne-Lecce to ashes.

At this moment, Travie Nahn whispered a few words in Evan Bell’s ear, and the two walked towards Payne Lecce together. Only then did Payne-Lecce wake up a little, and quickly hid at the corner of the stairs so that no one would find out.

“Evan, are you sure you want to leave? You did such a good job today, and you can play the role of Alonso even if you don’t play Grizzbella throughout the summer.” En Xunxun said to the young man in front of him. Alonso, is the name of the third leader in the play, and like Grazer Bella, the role is very heavy.

The teenager in front of him has removed the cat face makeup on the stage, revealing his original appearance, with short brown and chestnut hair neat and neat, deep facial features like a Greek god, and the smile on the corner of his mouth is innocent and pure, but with a little bit of tininess. The ruffian is very tempting.

Evan Bell laughed heartily, his mellow British accent was very elegant, “Mate, I told you a long time ago, this week is my last show, our contract is a week ago. It’s over.” It’s hard to imagine that this 18-year-old boy with such a clear smile actually played the role of the aged and weathered Grizzbella brilliantly, and won unanimous praise from the audience. , and he is also a boy who plays the female role, which is amazing!

More importantly, the director and head of the group, Travie Nann, who has seen countless excellent actors, actually affirmed him and invited him to stay. This is the highest honor. It should be mentioned that Travie-Nan is the lyricist of the song “Memories” and the general director of the musical “Cats”.

However, Evan Bell didn’t seem to care about all of this, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was still bright, “Man, if Judy hadn’t suffered from severe Achilles tendonitis five days ago, and Elaine’s fever would not subside, neither would you. I will be looking for me to temporarily replace the role of Grazer Bella, and now that I have completed the task of performing two performances, Elaine is about to return, and the role is left to her.” Judy Dench and Elaine Pei Ji is the No. 1 and No. 2 actor for the role of Greze Bella, respectively. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Travie Nahn gave a wry smile. The accident of the two actors, as well as a huge change in the house of No. 3 actor Jenny Polly, left the group for three weeks. After careful consideration, he decided to replace him temporarily by Evan Bell. Evan Bell has always been the No. 2 actor of Alonso, the third leader of the cat clan. Although he is only 18 years old, he is greatly admired by Travie Nann in terms of his singing, dancing and deductive abilities. of attention.

“Evan, I really don’t understand you. Everyone wants to be on the Broadway stage. You did it successfully. Why don’t you want to achieve more on this stage?” Nann expressed his helplessness. He really couldn’t understand Evan Bell’s decision.

“Tagore said that life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, and death is as beautiful as autumn leaves. Living like summer flowers is my motto in life.” The vicissitudes of being incompatible flashed by. “I’m going to the Eagle Rock Music Festival next week, and the fall semester of college will start soon. My life is very colorful. It’s not that I don’t want to achieve more on this stage, it’s just that there are more attractive My business is waiting for me, that’s all.”

After finishing speaking, Evan Bell gave Travie Nunn a big hug, “Man, I will come back to this stage in the future, I’m only eighteen years old, and life has just begun, isn’t it? At that time, I hope you can still accept me.”

Travie Nunn patted Evan Bell on the back, and the smile at the corner of his mouth involuntarily outlined, “Of course, you are welcome here at any time.”

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