In the peach blossom season in March, the drama feast dedicated to " Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land " will return again. On February 28, the 2024 Laisheng Kawakami Theater's "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" performance season was officially announced at the Shanghai Theater, officially kicking off the performance that lasts for the entire month of March. The audience will see the rare scene of multiple versions of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" being performed in the same venue.
In 2018, different versions of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" gathered together at the Shanghai Theater for the first time. Nearly 20,000 audiences walked into the Shanghai Theater during the "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" season to enjoy this classic stage play that has been performed for more than 30 years. Starting from this, every performance season, the audience can experience the charm of different versions at the same time in the theater.
premiered in the classic version of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" at the Capital Theater in Beijing on November 18, 2006. It was starred by well-known actors Huang Lei , Sun Li, He Jiong , Chen Minghao , Zhao Zizhen and others. Among them, Huang Lei and He Jiong, who play the roles of Jiang Binliu and Boss Yuan, have continued to participate in "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" since 2006, which has been nearly 20 years. They have traveled to various cities hand in hand and have traveled all over the country. They have also become a symbol of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" in the hearts of the audience. Many young people watched "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" for the first time when they entered the theater. This version will also be seen in Shanghai Theater with a new look in the near future, bringing refreshing surprises to the audience.
The commemorative edition of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" stars actors from [Acting Workshop] who have been involved in theater for decades - Xiao Ai, Fan Guangyao, Qu Zhongheng, Tang Congsheng, Fan Ruijun, Zhang Benyu, etc. In their wonderful performance, the audience will feel the original charm of the play when it was born nearly 40 years ago. The exclusive version is performed by the strong cast of the Shanghai Theater Company, which was personally trained by Lai Shengchuan. It was born in the Shanghai Theater in 2017 and has accompanied Shanghai audiences through seven springs, summers, autumns and winters. The exclusive version will be available in theaters from 2023, allowing more people to find a "drama paradise" anytime and anywhere in the bustling city center.
"Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" tells the story of two unrelated crews, "Secret Love" and "Peach Blossom Spring", competing for the stage in the theater. The two sides refused to give in to each other, and because the performance was about to take place, they had to rehearse in the theater at the same time, creating a stage spectacle that intertwined sorrow and joy in ancient and modern times. Among them, the story told in the modern tragedy "Secret Love" happened in Shanghai. At the beginning of the play, the characters "Jiang Binliu" and "Yun Zhifan" parted ways in the Bund Park in Shanghai, and they did not see each other again for forty years.
Director Lai Shengchuan has a deep connection with the city of Shanghai. The unique memory of the city also gives Lai Shengchuan new creative nutrients. There are elements of Shanghai in many of his works. In "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land", golden songs such as "Let Me Look at You" and "Selling Love" are used to record and praise the stories and characters of Shanghai, and also give the drama stage a new charm. At the press conference, the three versions of "Jiangbin Liu" and "Yun Zhifan" - Huang Lei, Fan Guangyao and Xiao Ai, Zhang Lu and Fan Xiuzhu, and the premiere version of "Yun Zhifan" Ding Naizhu gathered in the theater On the stage, they returned to the starting point of the story and continued their fate in the play.
From March 1st to 5th, the commemorative edition of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" will return warmly. From March 8th to 24th, the exclusive version of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" will be performed continuously on site. .
Author: Wang Xiaoli
Text: Wang Xiaoli Pictures: Pictures provided by the performer Editor: Xuan Jing Editor: Xing Xiaofang
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