Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) Composed by Laiming Calemro, Earl Carpenter, Hadley Fraser, Samantha Backus, Natalie Mae Paris, Holly Ann Hull's concert "Reunion", starring six famous musical stars from New York's Broadway and London's West End, premiered on the evening of January 18 at Beijing's Tianqiao Arts Center. It is reported that the "Reunion" concert will continue to be performed at Beijing Tianqiao Art Center until January 21.
concert "Reunion" performance scene. Photo courtesy of Tianqiao Arts Center
Among the lineup for this concert, Lemming Kalemro, who has starred in "Phantom", has also played the leading role in "Les Misérables" many times; Hadley Fraser and Kalemro It is a classic partner, playing Raul in the 25th anniversary performance of "Phantom of the Opera", and has also appeared in the West End version of "Les Miserables" several times as Javert; Samantha Backus played Ai Pan in the film version of "Les Misérables" Annie is also Queen Elsa in the current West End musical "Frozen"; Earl Carpenter has played Javert in the musical version of "Les Misérables" for more than 2,000 performances; Natalie Mae Paris It is the original cast of the popular West End musical "Six Queens", and Holly Ann Hull is the current Christine in the West End version of "The Phantom of the Opera". Except for Earl Carpenter, the other five actors came to China for the first time.
In this performance, six well-known musical actors performed many familiar works for the audience, which are also key works in their careers, such as "Les Misérables", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Frozen", "Six Queens" and other classic musicals Excerpts; in addition, there are also many excerpts from popular or outstanding musicals that are not well known to the public. Directors Lemming Calemro and Earl Carpenter have carefully selected and arranged the repertoire for this concert - for example, "Forever" ("Wicked"), which was originally a duet, became a girl's song Their trio, the lighthearted "I'm Alone" ("Ham Rider") was joined by Carpenter (Earl Carpenter), Ramen (Lemin Calemro), Schnitzel (Hadley Frazier) ) The live performance by three old friends who have known each other for nearly 20 years was even more humorous and hilarious... Laiming Kalemro said that the concert "Reunion" is first and foremost a "reunion" of musical actor friends sharing the same stage and traveling. "Reunion" is also a "reunion" between the actors and their fans and friends who have been fans for many years.
editor, Tian Sini
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