"Watching the drama "West to East" directed by Lang Kun, we were pleasantly surprised and unsatisfied. Director Lang Kun used unique artistic expression techniques and innovative stage methods to shock and move the audience. ."
From the evening of September 15th to 19th, the Chinese intangible cultural heritage-themed epic drama "Going to the East" was created by Lang Kun and led by an outstanding creative team. The famous actor Liu Peiqi starred in the lead role and 35 actors performed together, as a "big drama to watch" The premiere play of the 2023 performance season "Beijing" was performed at the Beijing Poly Theater for five consecutive performances. The performances were very popular and the seats were packed. The gripping storyline, lifelike characters, and witty lines of "West to East" made these five performances a complete success. At the performance, the audience clapped their hands and applauded. After watching the performance, many audience members rushed to congratulate Lang Kun on the success of his drama. In addition, many drama experts and people in the drama industry also received rave reviews. They praised "West to East" as another masterpiece of Lang Kun's magnificent turn. They also spoke highly of the drama. It has launched a beautiful "Chinese cultural business card" for Beijing in the promotion of Beijing's century-old traditional Chinese culture.
At 10:30 pm on September 19, after the fifth performance, journalist and senior media person Du Enhu spoke to Professor Yu Dan, a cultural scholar and director of the Institute of Cultural Innovation and Communication Engineering of Beijing Normal University, and a famous singer. Cheng Fangyuan conducted the interview. During the interview, they unanimously praised Lang Kun's directed drama "West to East" for being exciting, beautiful and shocking. It is another excellent drama after "Teahouse" and "The First Floor in the World"!
After watching the scene, Professor Yu Dan commented on "West to East Lai": "The structure of this drama is a tribute to "Teahouse", with the rise and fall of Dong Laishun and the persistence of values as the main line, supplemented by the perspectives of the guests sitting around the table. Constructing the vicissitudes of the times across the century, it can be called an epic work. Starting from the fire on the opening day of Donglaishun, dramatic conflicts occurred one after another, interpreting the changes of the great era and great destiny. Represented by Ding Deshan, The characters stand in front of the audience one after another, with distinctive personalities and high recognition. It is a masterpiece with a unique dramatic style. The many humors buried in the lines can even keep the soul of the drama amidst the laughter in the audience. Everyone said yes The play must be able to be enjoyed by both refined and popular people. This work is lively enough to watch, and the historical materials are complete. It is a great drama to watch in Beijing. "West to East Lai" is indeed good to watch."
The drama "West to East Lai" is produced by Beijing Donglaishun Group Co., Ltd. , Beijing Xicheng District People's Government, Beijing Riguang Tongming Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Beijing Tianqiao Shengshi Investment Group Co., Ltd. are jointly produced. Zhang Heping, former vice chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the Beijing People's Art Theater, is appointed as the artistic director. Liu Hengren, a famous screenwriter and vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, serves as a literary consultant. Lang Kun, a famous director, serves as the chief director. Shu Huan, a famous screenwriter and vice chairman of the Beijing Film Association, serves as the director. Script producers, chief planners Huang Chengjian and Meng Li, screenwriter Sun Haoyu, director Yan Rui, have assembled a starring cast including famous actors Liu Peiqi, Cai Ming, Yu Mingjia, Liu Liu, Period, Yang Shulin, Yang Jiulang, Xiao Xiao, etc.
Director Lang Kun’s new artistic life trilogy will begin in the spring of 2023. The drama "West to East" directed by director Lang Kun is another masterpiece after his successful directing of the large-scale dance drama "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".
The play "Going to the West" directed by Lang Kun was performed in Beijing for five consecutive nights. Many teachers and students from art schools and people in the entertainment industry rushed to watch it, causing a craze for watching. It was hard to get a ticket at the scene. Spectators were outside the venue asking for votes.
The famous singer Cheng Fangyuan watched the drama "West to East" and felt very excited. She told reporter and senior media person Du Enhu: "The drama "West to East" directed by Lang Kun this time is very successful. The mastery of his director's artistic technique lies in his unique expression technique. In the play, the classic interpretation of the 120th year of Dong Lai Shun travels through time and space. Through the ups and downs, we use ingenious artistic means to reproduce the wonderful story of 'National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project - Dong Laishun'."
Cheng Fangyuan further commented: "
Director Lang Kun used his great love for Beijing to show the fate of a time-honored brand and a small person in the vicissitudes of the times through the 120-year growth history of 'Dong Laishun'."
The The stage design of the play is also very exciting. For example, it borrows modern technology's video performance techniques, time and space transformation, and the heart-stirring continuous transformation to unfold the story line, allowing the audience to be shocked in the rich emotions, making the drama performance full of cinematic feeling.
Beijing Audience After watching "Going to the West", Mr. Chu Jian was full of praise for Lang Kun's artistic talent: "In the past, we only watched the Spring Festival Gala and various gala programs directed by Lang Kun on CCTV, and we knew that he was very talented. But I didn’t expect that the play directed by Director Lang Kun this time is also of extremely artistic quality."
The story of "West to East" can be said to be full of twists and turns, ups and downs, and sincere emotions. Each of the 36 actors performed wonderfully, and the characters Lifelike and touching.
"West to East" directed by Lang Kun has a novel presentation technique. The play successfully selected four important nodes: 1912, 1925, 1945, and 1949, and concentrated on depicting the difficult and endangered times. The people's situation in Guanzhang. Ding Deshan's ups and downs of enduring humiliation and arduous entrepreneurship and his sincere and unswerving pioneering spirit. In such a long time span, shaping the characters, lighting up the theme, interpreting the story, and highlighting the charm, it shows that the director, starring, The ideological collision of the group performers and the high degree of artistic skill. In this way, a 120-year history of the development of Donglaishun can be easily grasped, link by link, scene after scene, on the stage of the drama "West to East". Bloom.
This drama has a strong cast. "Old drama stars" Liu Peiqi, Cai Ming, Yu Mingjia, Liu Liu and others, together with Xiao Xiao, an outstanding third-year student of the Beijing Film Academy Acting School, gave a refreshing performance in the drama.
In terms of spiritual content, "West to East Come" composes a century-old epic connected with the national destiny, and launches a "Chinese business card" to allow the audience to see in the smoke that a small shop is always connected with the country's destiny.
"West to East Come" "The successful performance can be regarded as a century-old brand that promotes traditional Chinese culture in Beijing. It has not only high-quality products and services, but also the national beliefs and essence, spirit and spirit in the blood. This time, Lang Kun directed "West to East Lai" promotes century-old cultural products in Beijing and launches a beautiful "Chinese cultural business card"!
It is reported that on the evening of September 20, "West to East Lai" will be held at the Beijing Poly Theater to entertain audiences and Dong Lai Shun. The last performance of the first round of performances by the staff. In the near future, China Performance Theater will arrange a national tour of "West to East Come".
