[Rebirth] King of Theater

When it came to the curtain call, the audience was still enthusiastic.

Amidst the music of the band, some group performers, backup dancers, and important crew members came on stage one after another. These talents are the real behind-the-scenes heroes. The whole play can be performed so perfectly, it is indispensable for them to pay silently The sweat and hard work, so the audience also gave bursts of applause.

Then there are the actors who play important roles in the play.

Such as the actor Chris who played Josiana, the actor who played Sir David, the actor who played Her Majesty the Queen...

Seeing them, the audience is even more excited.

They clapped desperately, they didn't know how to express their love, so they frantically threw some shiny trinkets and bunches of flowers towards the stage... Those beautiful flowers almost covered the whole stage , so that the actors who re-entered the stage seemed to be standing among flowers.

Then the audience chanted the Laughing Man's name in unison.

With expectant eyes, they searched for Randy on the stage.

Al, who was still chatting with Randy in the background, hurriedly pushed him when he heard it, and urged, "Stop dawdling. Go, go and enjoy the glory you deserve."

"But……"

Almost without thinking, Randy blurted out, "Isn't my glory all about you?"

Al smiled at him and said, "You're used to saying nice things."

"It's the truth." Randy emphasized.

The shouts from the audience outside were getting louder and louder, and he couldn't delay any longer, so he took the makeup remover tissue from the staff and wiped off the Smiling Man's special effect makeup vigorously a few times. Not forgetting to grinningly rushed over, hugged Al and gave him a kiss, then turned around contentedly, and trotted all the way onto the stage.

The audience burst into even louder cheers as soon as they saw him take the stage.

At this time, Randy took off his wig and makeup, and Gwynplaine's melancholy was gone from his face. He was blond and blue-eyed, with a bright and sunny smile. When people saw his handsome appearance, they immediately fell in love with him again. over him.And the reason for using 'you' is because everyone loved the character before, but now they fall in love with him.

"Randy!"

An audience member who probably knew him because he was a former fan stood up, shouted his name, and threw a large bouquet of roses towards him.

Randy caught the rose, smiled and kissed the petals to express his gratitude.

Then, with the accompaniment of the band, he took the lead in singing the curtain call.

Enough has been given based on the sadness of the whole evening.

Therefore, the last-minute curtain call song did not choose those violent or sad tunes, but chose adult smiling characters Gwynplaine, Ursus, and the blind girl Tia for the first time. The relatively upbeat song.

This choice is correct.

Many viewers wiping their tears listened to the singing, and slowly let go of the plot, and began to laugh. Although the crying and laughing appearance was a bit embarrassing, there was still a smile after all.They sang along with the actors, maybe out of tune, but everyone was happy.

In the days that followed, Al would recall this day from time to time.

Randy's hoarse and emotional singing, the beautiful notes floating in the air, and the fire-like enthusiasm of the audience... He closed his eyes, and the world he had imagined in his dreams had quietly come to reality!

Wait until the show is completely over.

When Randy stepped down, he also sent the bouquet of roses to Al's hands by offering flowers to the Buddha.

"Yo~!" Chris made a voice jokingly.

Everyone in the production team also booed and clapped their hands behind.

There is no excessive curiosity, no ridicule, and there is no possibility of discrimination...

All accepted their relationship with equanimity and readily gave their blessings.

The banquet in the evening needs no further discussion.

When you are with like-minded people, even if you do nothing but just chat, you will feel that there is no wasted time.

Then, Al wanted to get married.

He'd mentioned it before, but mostly in lip service.

But now, on the night that best friend Luke chooses to leave...

He desperately wanted to keep something.

And marriage... Although there is currently no place where two men can go to register, a little ceremony and an announcement to relatives and friends around should be regarded as a relatively strong contract.

Randy has no objection to this, and is quite excited.

Prior to this, due to the revelation by Miss Shanny, they also had discussions about an 'open relationship'.

At that time, Randy once said that it doesn't matter, he can't be a singer or an actor, but he can also be a good chef;

It's just that Al... he's always in the habit of thinking too much.

However, to put it bluntly, as a behind-the-scenes person, a screenwriter can get far less attention than an [-]th-line starlet.

Therefore, deep in his heart, Randy is always more worried. Even though Randy is quite free and easy and never takes his stage performance career seriously, if he does not handle it properly, let such a talented singer, outstanding The actor has since withdrawn from the stage, and he feels guilty when he thinks about it.

But maybe it was the thrill of Luke leaving...

Al decided to be selfish.

It may also be that the celebration banquet drank a little too much.

Anyway, on this night, after Al first informed Randy of his decision to get married, he called the newspaper without hesitation, so that they would no longer have to press down on the scandal between him and Randy, and he didn't even mind them When the time comes to send a reporter to attend the wedding...Of course, the check that should be given must be paid in advance, even if it is the same piece of news, good or bad, and from which angle to report it, it still depends on the pen of these uncrowned kings.

Nothing special happened next.

After the premiere, it was naturally well received.

This can be seen from the premiere scene.

Especially in the face of the huge box office data of this show, no one can open their eyes and talk nonsense.

During the period that swept across the city, even the most critical critics had to say: [Well, this is a people's play.Well, as the Laughing Man said in the play, he is just a mouth through which the people make their voices... Everyone should watch this show and listen to the voices of the people. ]

In addition, Mrs. Jones's husband, the Congressman Gary Jones, shrewdly used this drama to put forward a series of political propositions on protecting the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups, and called on people from all walks of life to stand up for some people at the bottom. donate.

The good reputation brought about by this good deed indirectly helped him win a precious amount of political capital. At the same time, it also added more real-world social significance to the show and the enthusiasm that everyone did not expect before the show.

Al also participated in this donation drive.

He donated part of the box office proceeds, and offered to do some publicity for the event.

As he told Luke, he had been poor, but never mean.

Not to mention, having the ability to help others is always a joy to behold.

In addition to money and reputation, the show also ushered in a bumper harvest.

The first "Best Drama Critics Award" seems to be just a small warm-up, a harbinger of victory, and then it is the most famous award in the theater world, which is equivalent to the Tony Awards in the movie Oscars. Won seven awards, Best Music, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Set, Best Lighting... It deserves its reputation!

It wasn't until this time that Al finally gained a firm foothold in this industry.

No one can criticize him anymore that his drama has no structure, no big scene, just small fights.

There is a small episode here-"Star Romance" produced by the disgusting Mr. Fehrman who originally wanted to trip them up also participated in this award selection.

Unfortunately, no grain harvest!

There's nothing more powerful than a pushback like this.

Director Costa, who has a clear love and hate, specially found Al to celebrate. Although he couldn't do what he said, he poured oil on the villain, put it on a barbecue stick, and baked it until both sides were golden...but this man was in their In my heart, I was already 'burned'.

The show was a success.

There are also many awards.

There are too many topics for media coverage.

Therefore, the timing of the news is often very important. In this way, Al and Randy's relationship, marriage contract, etc. gradually become an insignificant piece of news among countless news, and people will ignore it if they don't pay attention... …Furthermore, when a person possesses absolute strength, people’s requirements for his private life will be correspondingly lowered. Obviously, most audiences still pay more attention to the actor’s stage performance than who they fall in love with. As for the screenwriter?Will the screenwriter be on stage?It's okay, isn't it?

That's fine too.

Although the preparations for the storm have been made in advance, it is a good thing to save time and effort if the storm does not come.

It's just that the actress named Shanny should be more disappointed.

She was so self-satisfied before, and she made such a desperate move, which offended Al and the others all over the place. She thought that whether she didn't wait in the drama industry, she was going to be a movie star from now on!

Sadly, Al hasn't seen her in the movies since either.

Of course, no one would pay attention to her. Slowly, this girl gradually disappeared in the circle.

Also, one thing Al didn't expect was that the show had a long life.

After this year's performance, it toured in many cities again and again, but this is not the end. It was staged on Broadway for 15 consecutive years, and it was really performed every year. There are so many scenes, the performance of Randy is almost annoying.

At this time, Gwynplaine has become his representative role.

As long as people mention the poor smiling man who is "beautiful in the daytime, but brutally murdered by child traffickers", the image that emerges in front of his eyes is his classic image on the stage.

As a result, Randy has to continue to perform continuously.

In the next few years, he sang all the songs in the play so fluently that it became almost instinctive. Even if he was talking in his sleep, if someone casually mentioned the first few lines of the songs in the play, he would be able to follow the lyrics skillfully. ...It's too familiar, too familiar!

Because of this, he learned how to save energy in singing without a teacher.

In this way, when he goes on stage to sing the more intense song "Gwynplaine's Prophecy" again, he no longer needs to lie down on the ground from exhaustion as in the past, taking advantage of the absence of scenes, to take a break quietly up.

Unexpectedly, the audience did not buy it.

They regarded Randy's slacking off on the spot as a classic scene of the show. When Gwynplaine finished singing and stood there, the enthusiastic old audience in the front row anxiously reminded: [ Wrong, wrong!Oops, Randy, you should lie down!It's time to lie down! ]

No, no!

I won't lie down!

Randy pretends not to hear.

Unexpectedly, after the performance ended, the media would report on his "mistake in performance" this time, which is really ridiculous.

Then, he didn't want to act anymore.

At that time, Al was so excited about the new and disliked the old that he came up with other scripts. When Randy said he didn't want to act, he didn't object.

Afterwards, the crew re-selected new actors and made some publicity under the name of the second-generation smiley man, and the performance after the performance was not bad.

Al went to have a look, and still felt that Randy was not as good as Randy.But it doesn't matter, if he really wants to listen to the original version of Gwynplaine's singing again, there is a ready-made singer at home, and he can sing anytime, anywhere, just open his mouth and it will be the live version.

The days passed by like flowing water...

Mrs. Sylvie maintained her fussy, hysterical unreasonable style throughout her life.

However, Al seldom confronted her later, and instead changed his approach, wisely choosing to avoid all easily disputed topics, and only tell her some interesting things.

After Mrs. Sylvie found that she could no longer control and influence the life of her eldest son, she had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

In this way, the relationship between the two mothers and sons has reached a preliminary reconciliation.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Al has a lot of tolerance for this terrible mother.

But in his opinion, it's all for himself.

A person's life is so short, and the opportunity to live again is so precious.

He only hopes that in his own memories in this life, he can leave more happiness and less quarrels.

As for the brothers and sisters...

The second brother John's academic performance has not been very good. After being forced to finish middle school, he chose to serve in the military.

Compared with using his brain, John, with well-developed limbs, had a good life in the army.At this point, Al can finally let go of his worrying heart like an old father;

The third sister, Mary, had a short period of rebellion and encountered scumbags a few times, but she has a strong personality and not a bad brain. Although she encounters some twists and turns from time to time, her life can still go on smoothly.

What amazed Al was that the younger sister finally chose to inherit Randy's dream and became a chef.

The youngest brother, Anthony, is the most worry-free child in the family. He is also the one who learns the best and is most like Al.

At present, he is still in the stage of knowledge accumulation, but judging from his consistent performance, Al believes that under his influence, this younger brother will probably devote himself to the drama industry in the future.However, what is different from me is that this younger brother is not willing to be behind the scenes, not only wants to write his own script, but also wants to be on the stage as a starring role... The ambition is lofty, so we can only wait and see!

Then there is Luke.

When he left, he didn't leave alone. He also took away some brothers headed by Best who were willing to go out and start a business with him, and when he came back, he made a fortune.

But in Al's eyes, there is actually no difference.

Isn't Luke his closest brother and best friend when he is rich?

So, although separated for so long.

But when they reunited, they were still familiar with each other.

Al greeted him with a smile: "Are you back?"

The tone is as if Luke never left at all, but just went downstairs to buy a hot dog.

And finally Al himself...

Over the years, he has been writing all kinds of things, besides filling in the pits he dug, such as the stories of Vincent, Mr. A, and Mrs. X, and writing about the delicious food in the column... By the way , there is no follow-up.That respectable Mr. Wilkins, when he tried to defraud investment again, he fell out with someone for some reason, and sued him in court. He was arrested by the police on suspicion of fraud. Alas, I can only say that he walked at night. Many will eventually encounter ghosts.

In short, in addition to these, Al is still more focused on the creation of drama.

He tried scripts of all kinds of genres, all kinds of outrageous things, myths and legends, aliens, superpowers, and anyway, he had a good time.

Whether it was before or after his rebirth, he has always had an unfailing love for drama.

Sometimes Randy would complain jealously: "Is drama more important to you than me?"

Oh dear, you've got me stumped!

If God really exists, please forgive my greed at this moment!

One is a precious love that can never be dreamed of, and the other is an ideal career that one dreams of striving for...

Who wouldn't want to have it all?

So Al sometimes thinks, "How lucky am I to have it all?"

So, he wrote the following paragraph in his diary:

——My rebirth story may not be entirely happy, but overall it has been a satisfying journey.

——Thanks to the gods in the dark, let me regain life and health, be able to be with my lover and family forever, and still be able to do the work I like...

——Since rebirth, all good luck has come to me, I have met many good people (thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Foreman, thanks to Miss Alice, thanks to Mr. Milson, thanks to Mr. Curtis, Mr. Robert ...), I am very happy with the success beyond my imagination!

— Now, I get what I want, and I want nothing more.

——Such as money, fame, status, praise from peers, flattery from the media... I have all of these, and I have experienced them deeply (in fact, there is nothing interesting), and I am already satisfied.

--so……

—God!I pray here, please share your favor and my good luck to those who need it more.

——Starting from today, I wish everyone who is hardworking, kind, and willing to work hard for their dreams will also one day make their dreams come true!

The author has something to say:

Finally, before the Lunar New Year, I would like to offer New Year blessings to everyone through the protagonist in the article.

I wish you all peace, joy, happiness and health in the new year!