[US Entertainment] Hollywood reverses life

"La La Land" has already been scheduled and will be staged soon, and the promotional work of the Olympia Theater can be regarded as going down locally, although this cost is also limited.

They took out all the budget they could get, just to contribute more to the heat of publicity.

But for Broadway lovers, it is easy to find the promotional pages of the new play "La La Land" from various Broadway report magazines, and there is a huge billboard erected at the entrance of the Olympia Theater, all of which are showing that A new play is about to start.

Walking down the long street of Broadway, someone will hand out a leaflet of "La La Land", and they will enthusiastically tell the passing audience, "The latest musical "La La Land" at the Olympia Theater is about to be released, please Pay attention!"

But obviously, everyone's reaction to "La La Land" is very flat, because the name is too unfamiliar.

Therefore, most of the passing audience and tourists refused to accept this leaflet, and they were unwilling to stop in a hurry.

The picture on the leaflet is not so attractive, a man and a woman are dancing under the stars, hehe, what time is it, are you still doing pure love on Broadway?

A love jazz musical based on Hollywood in Los Angeles, without any original books and famous musicians for its endorsement, is indeed difficult to attract people's attention.

However, there are still a small number of viewers who are interested in it, mostly young women. After all, romantic dramas are still very attractive to young women.

In any case, no matter how flat the response of "La La Land" is, it will be released, and everyone has already prepared for the coldness in the early stage. After all, it does not have any elements that can be popular, but as long as the quality is strong enough , there will still be people willing to watch it, just like "Hairspray".

As long as the quality is excellent, although this prerequisite is very simple, it is too difficult to achieve.

Can a Broadway musical directed by a director from Hollywood really meet the taste of Broadway audiences?

2006 3 Month 1 Day.

6 pm.

It was a drizzling evening, Broadway opened, and "La La Land" at the Olympia Theater was officially released this evening.

Compared with the spectacular scene of other theaters that performed his old songs and dances, where there were long queues in the rain, the scene at the entrance of the Olympia Theater can only be described as bleak.

A few people lined up, bought tickets in a few minutes, and then went directly into the theater to wait for the opening.

Even the vending machine at the door has no business, and the drinks inside have not been updated for a long time.

In the huge theater, there were only a few sporadic audiences sitting.They hurried in, packed their rain gear, and then sat down idly, without showing any signs of expectation.

Listen to their conversation, and you might be thankful for the rainy day.

"Oh, it's raining too much outside, I'm too lazy to line up, only this theater doesn't line up, so just watch this."

""La La Land"? Well, I haven't heard of it, but here's where the queues are everywhere."

"It's raining so hard, let's watch "La La Land" first and hide from the rain."

"I hate rainy days. I don't feel like watching musicals anymore. Let's take a look."

Basically, those who can sit here to watch "La La Land" today are because of the rain and are too lazy to line up at the entrance of other theaters or because they want to hide from the rain.

Joy couldn't imagine that one day she would thank the rainy day!

Without this rainy day, today's performance would have been even worse!

But in any case, it would be nice if there were audiences willing to sit in.

The actors of the troupe are also nervously changing clothes and putting on makeup backstage. It has been a long time since the last public performance, and they have almost forgotten the feeling of being on stage.

Even if some of them do not have their own jobs, those who can come here to be actors are all because they love musical performances, and they will try their best to present the best performances. Dance theater has become a favorite of Broadway.

Standing in the background, Joey looked at the scattered audience, feeling more and more uneasy. Can she really satisfy them?

Now, what's the use of worrying?

The results are coming out, accept it calmly!

It's about to start, and the tickets for "La La Land" have only sold less than one-third of the tickets.

The audience in the audience chatted while reading the brochure of the song and dance drama in their hands, "Is this a new drama? I haven't heard of it before. The main creators seem to be newcomers."

"Look around to pass the time, hope it's worth the price of admission."

"The ticket price is also the cheapest on Broadway."

"I heard that the actors in this theater are not professional. I regret coming in."

At this time, as the countdown began in the middle of the wall, "La La Land" officially began.

At the beginning, a piece of very infectious music and stage shocked everyone in the audience!

The sarcasm, teasing, coquettish play made everyone fall into an auditory feast, wow, it turned out to be JAZZ!

Wow!Still the kind of very eye-catching and refreshing jazz!

The audience got a little more excited. It’s been a long time since I heard a musical with jazz as the skeleton, and the memory of the last one still stays in “Chicago”.

Because of the good impression of "Chicago", people began to look forward to the next plot.

As people gradually look down...

It seemed like a story that was too good to be redeemed, with a romantic mess.Even many people can find their own shadows in it.

The story of a young actress with unsatisfactory careers and a down-and-out musician falling in love and pursuing their dreams together has been told many times before, but this story seems to be particularly touching because people can see their own shadows everywhere.

This is a city full of dreams, you can dance when you are happy, sing when you are happy, and let go of your desire to meet your dreams.The night full of stars, the invisible pier at dusk, the endless glow, the fascinating observatory at night, everything about Los Angeles...

Before dreams, all people are equal.

A live band of more than [-] people is located in the center of the stage. The musicians play superbly, cooperate with the actors tacitly, and interact with the audience from time to time.The female conductor of the orchestra often even participates in the announcement and performance, seamlessly integrating the performance and performance.

In several song and dance plays, whether it is the waltz dance of the male and female protagonists under the starlight of the observatory, the talking and singing on the skating rink, or the dancing on the top of the mountain, they are all full of imaginative beauty. Fantastic romance.

The whole song and dance drama, in the form of singing and dancing, expresses those unspeakable inner changes, ambiguous feelings, extremely romantic love and heart-wrenching contradictions, and the performance is dreamy, cute, mischievous and romantic.

Until the last song and dance scene, the entire stage used up the most gorgeous and brightest colors and songs and dances, and the extraordinarily dazzling and brilliant light was shining into the helplessness and hesitation in reality.

The whole drama ends in a just right place.

This ending is not perfect, but maybe this is the reality.

People's first reaction after watching this drama is-romantic, so romantic!

The second reaction is—to save money, with so few actors and so few scenes, it must be very cheap.

The third reaction - jazz!The soul skeleton running through the whole venue, those teasing or mocking or romantic jazz are great!

This drama is so romantic and beautiful that people can't even think of how to evaluate it after watching it, because all the beauty has been deeply embedded in the minds of the audience, making it too late for them to parry.

This film is about dreams, about misses, and most importantly, the scene is so beautiful that there is no medicine to save it!

Joy doesn't know what the audience thinks of "La La Land". She only knows that every female audience who leaves is smiling contentedly, and she can even see the pink color on their heads. bubbles.

They were all blinded by the surging romantic feelings!

There are pink love hearts in the entire eye socket!

This is obviously a song and dance drama, but everyone in the audience looks like they have taken aphrodisiacs!

But the excited faces of the audience did not help the attendance rate much. After a week of performances, the attendance rate of each show remained at one-third like iron.

The actors in the troupe couldn't sit still, and they even began to question Joey's decision.

"I knew that I shouldn't have agreed to act in this show in the first place. It was going to ruin my career!"

"This woman doesn't understand at all, and she likes to pretend that she doesn't understand. Now that her reaction is so flat, she will be beaten back to her original shape."

"But have our hard work in the past few months been wasted?"

Cotillard comforted them again and again, "Can you stop being so impatient? This week's "Broadway Reporter" hasn't been published yet. We'll see the reviews when it's published. If it's good, there may be more next week." traffic."

Therefore, the entire troupe pinned their hopes on "Broadway Reporter".

This ace publication of Broadway will rate new musicals every week based on the impressions of the audience and the evaluation of professionals. The score of "Broadway Reporter" has always been the vane of the whole Broadway.

Once it gives a high score, the audience will flock to it, and once it gives a low score, this new drama may end in dismal and hastily exit.This is because in order to maintain attendance, Broadway shows are not circulated on the Internet, and DVDs and other circulation materials will never be published, so the right to speak of professional publications such as "Broadway Reporter" is particularly important.

For example, when "Hairspray" was first released last year, it was also extremely dismal, but "Broadway Reporter" finally gave it a high score of 8 points, which made "Hairspray" turn over overnight and become a big hit on Broadway.

Joey and all are waiting for the score from The Broadway Reporter.

She doesn't know whether the final result of "La La Land" is a tragedy of her own will, or a romantic story that can conquer the audience.

2006 3 Month 7 Day.

A new issue of The Broadway Reporter is out.

A professional musical theater critic wrote a passage.

"icism's not welcome in'LaLaLand'"

"Real cynicism and cynicism are not welcome in La La Land. It is immune to all doubts and concerns. Even if we know it is illusory, we can't bear to expose it. Because we still remember Our pink maiden heart."

"I haven't been so emotional because of a musical for many years. I think the score of "La La Land" is the best evaluation for it."

When people can't wait to turn to the last page, that column is in the rating column.

If you haven't seen "La La Land" you may be, stunned.

If you've seen "La La Land" you might, knowingly smile.

【A new song and dance show every week】

"La La Land" - 9 points.

Seeing this, it doesn't matter what you think.

Because, as everyone knows, an upstart on Broadway is on the horizon.

The author has something to say: repeat.

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