[Rebirth] King of Theater

Compared with "The Womanizer", which was hastily put on stage after only half a year of production.

This time, the student work "Dream" actually took longer, and it took almost a year before and after.

But unfortunately, time still cannot make up for the amateurishness of the troupe itself.

Even if everyone worked hard, but the main job is a student after all, there is no way to cover everything, so what is finally presented in front of the audience is still a very simple stage.

There are no special scenery and exquisite props, just a writing desk and a chair, and a very simple wooden bed next to it, with some plush toys and pink sheets scattered on it, which is considered to represent a teenage bedroom.

Then, a specially hired lighting engineer started to fiddle with the lights, illuminating the props with a relatively soft light, while keeping the rest of the stage dark.

If you were the usual picky and tricky audience, you would probably be a little disappointed immediately after seeing such a simple scene.

However, since the vast majority of the audience on this day were students, as well as their relatives and friends, not only did everyone not show any disappointment, but they were tolerant and applauded.

Amid the encouraging applause, Miss Grace took a deep breath and appeared on the stage.

She walked to the desk with a big paper box in her arms, sighed, and put the box on the desk with a blank face.

When rehearsing this scene, the eldest lady was extremely dissatisfied with this ordinary appearance.

However, now...

In terms of her amateur mentality, at this moment of tension and fear.

This scene unexpectedly turned into the easiest and most relaxing beginning for her by accident.

"Dear, dear Charlie!"

Grace's girlish voice, with a little nervous trill, echoed softly throughout the hall of the theater.

Her eyes looked at an unknown point, as if she was talking to herself, and she confided sweetly: "Do you know? It is entirely out of my love for you that I speak to you quietly in such a deep night." But it is also this love that makes me toss and turn and cannot sleep. Honey, you know? I love you, you have always been my idol, my sunshine, my pride, my joy, my God! I can’t tell, I don’t know, the more I think about it, the more I love you, I want you..."

Talking and talking, the music started.

Grace sang a very popular song in recent years called "I Want You". Reduce communication costs, that is to say, as long as you pay a sum of money in advance, you can sing at will.

Al chose this song to open.

Firstly, it is to take care of Grace's relatively ordinary singing skills; secondly, it is to use familiar songs to make the audience have a relatively sense of substitution.

Sure enough, as soon as this familiar song appeared...

Many students in the auditorium sang along in low voices.

At the same time, the audience in the theater couldn't help laughing along with the singing.

"A young girl's crush!"

Most of the audience who were invited and didn't know what the play was about in advance could not help but relax in their chairs.

They thought they had guessed the plot.

So, I have been waiting happily and calmly for a "maybe boring, but maybe also very cute" boy and girl love story;

But the few viewers who saw the poster showed puzzled expressions as they watched this scene.

In their opinion, this bland opening doesn't quite match the "hands holding the head" on the poster.

But anyway, in the first 15 minutes of a play, the patience of the audience can be maintained.

During this period of time, they will choose to watch it until... they are completely fascinated and immersed in it, or they can't watch it anymore and leave immediately. There is absolutely no third choice.

After Grace sang the pop song, she continued to pour out her love on stage.

She really memorized the lines very well, and it was obvious that she had worked hard.

But it is sad that in some fields, hard work and interest alone do not bring enough rewards.

Although she was serious and tried hard, she still read this line without any twists and turns. It was obviously such a hot, crazy, and sick love, but she read it flat.

Among them, there is also a relatively funny and weird metaphor in this line: "My love for you is like an old monkey deeply in love with a little monkey, and you must always hug him tightly..."

However, when she read this sentence, the audience only laughed sporadically.

And this is likely to be the result of Best's efforts.

Mr. Tom Curtis, who came here specially to support the students, couldn't help frowning slightly.

The painter Robert hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Don't be so serious, my friend, that's just an amateur student."

Mr. Curtis said nothing.

Obviously, in terms of his seriousness, just using 'amateur' as an excuse is not enough.

At this moment,

Grace sighed again on stage: "Charlie, Charlie, I really want to meet you."

According to Al, he should actually behave like a fool here.

But helplessly, the eldest lady tried very hard, but it seemed that her emotions could only be released to this extent.

"Really?" A male voice interrupted abruptly.

At the same time, an extremely brisk piano sound also sounded...

As the leading actor, Randy walked onto the stage in a chic way.

He is wearing a blood-stained white shirt (symbolizing the status of a dead ghost), which is not scary, but the sense of presence is terribly strong, and the moment he appeared on the stage, he did not hesitate to grab the attention of all the audience.And when he strode forward to the center of the stage step by step rhythmically with his long legs, accompanied by the music, that kind of super self-confidence clearly permeated from his steps.

At that moment, Al clearly heard a woman in the front row exclaim: "God! Is this actor really a student? All students are like this now... Seriously, I don't mind being alone with him Last hour or half an hour."

"...What the hell is this?"

Al couldn't help muttering in his heart.

Matt on the side couldn't help laughing, as if he was quite proud of his son.

He even couldn't help showing off to Al in a low voice: "See? This is all due to me! When Randy was three years old, I carried him on stage. So, this kid is worthy of the name The son of the stage, the stage is his real home! He was not willing to live and die before, look, is there anyone more suitable for the stage than him?"

"Three years old?"

Al asked speechlessly: "The question is, he is only three years old, what can you do with him?"

"Haha, he can do a lot! You don't know, he was very playful when he was young, and he would follow the tune when he was young. I sang a song and he cried. We are a good match! The only mistake, Probably because he was riding on my neck, maybe he drank too much water and suddenly peed... Uh, sorry, you didn't hear me."

Matt recalled the "beautiful" past, but accidentally exposed his son's dark history, and quickly changed the topic: "I have a single called "Forme", you can listen to it someday, there is a crying background in it The sound was recorded with Randy."

do not know why……

Al suddenly understood why Randy hated this dad.

But no matter how unreliable this father is.

Randy's control of the stage is really unquestionable!

After all the audience was poisoned by Grace's monotonous lines and singing, after the opening seven and eight minutes, they were a little relaxed and unfocused.

But when Randy's voice sounded, the audience was shocked!

Because the character played is already a ghost, but I haven't realized it yet.

Therefore, as soon as Randy came on stage, he had to mutter and ask questions from the perspective of a ghost:

[The night is falling, do you know what happened to me? ]

[The sky is full of stars, do you know what happened to me? ]

[Empty, do you know what happened to me? ]

The voice that muttered to himself was deep, magnetic, powerful, and indistinguishable with a bit of a neutral feeling.

But it sounds so good, it doesn't seem like it was sung, but it flew out naturally as it walked step by step...

Every audience involuntarily sat up straight, pricked up their ears, and began to listen attentively.

After the first three questions were sung, there was a slight pause, and then, the band broke out, and the drum beats slammed violently, and the entire timbre and range of the singing also changed suddenly, from slightly neutral The bass of the song is raised one by one, and then circles and circles rise, rise... until it rushes to the highest point of emotion with great interest!

The audience held their breath, and their emotions were completely mobilized. When a small climax was sung...

There was almost no need for special reminders, and everyone couldn't help giving almost thunderous applause.

The lighting engineers are very attached to send the brightest light to the past.

The beautiful blond boy was bathed in the light, even though his white shirt was stained with blood, he was still dazzling.

At this time, he half-closed his eyes as if no one else was there, stretched out the ending with all his strength, and sang the last line with strong emotions, in order to express the incomprehension and confusion he felt after waking up: [You know—how did I Yet? ]

The transmission and appeal of that kind of emotion is too strong, too strong!

Even if you don't know that he is a ghost now, you can easily feel the character's inexplicable doubts just by listening to this song.

The audience applauded enthusiastically, one after another, without anyone calling, all of them spontaneously and consciously.

Grace, who was also standing on the stage, was also completely dumbfounded.

She stared at Randy without moving...

A sense of fear gripped her heart deeply!

This kind of fear is involuntary and comes from the heart. It is like a person who suddenly wants to cry in despair when facing the towering Mount Everest—ah, this is something that I will never surpass and reach in my life. Look up to the peak!

The complete crushing and frustration brought by strength.

Makes people tremble and cry!

--I can not do it!

—I can never do it!

—I can never, never do it!

It wasn't until this moment that she clearly realized why Randy always acted so arrogantly during rehearsals, and often looked at other people with disgust: "God, he didn't use his full strength before, this Is it at the level of a professional actor?"

If Al was there, he would probably correct her a little bit: "Not all professional actors are like this. You just accidentally met one... an amazing talent in itself, but the acquired environment still takes the stage as its home. In the end, the combination of the two Below, strengthen the stronger monster."

But for whatever reason...

Grace's dream of being a theater actor at this moment is really like a dropped glass, completely shattered.

All those self-deceiving thoughts of "if it wasn't for family influence; if it wasn't for the disapproval of my parents; if it wasn't for me to be busy with other things and unable to concentrate, I could be a great drama actress" all disappeared!

At that moment, she felt more sad and lonely than ever.

—Even if I am the heroine.

—but as long as I'm on the same stage as Randy Pavender, I'll never be the protagonist.