In September last year, the original English musical "The Phantom of the Opera: Love Is Forever" opened at the North Bund AIA Grand Theatre. The 94 performances in the premiere season attracted more than 100,000 viewers.
After half a year, on March 27, the theater announced the 2024 performance season, with 84 channels and 170 performances focusing on five major performance categories.
Musical "Chicago" poster
In terms of musicals, the original Broadway musical "Chicago" and the Russian musical "Anna Karenina" are the highlights.
"'Chicago' is the longest-running American musical in the history of Broadway and the West End. It is a milestone in the history of musicals. It has won more than 50 important awards since its release." Jiang Qianru, a musical actor who is a star promoter, introduced , "Chicago" is very watchable. She acted in the play in school and still remembers it.
Poster of the musical "Anna Karenina"
At the end of last year, the Russian musical "Anna Karenina" set off a Russian-style storm in Shanghai. This year, a train from Russia will once again sail through the storm and snow to the North Bund.
"I heard that the original Russian version was going to be performed, and my heart was surging." Zhang Huifang, a musical actor who is a star promoter, sang the classic aria "Freedom and Love" in the play live. In 2022, she participated in the Chinese version of the musical "Anna Karenina" and found that there are always audiences who travel far and wide to follow the tour. What kind of power makes them willing to enter the theater? "Drama is full of loving connections, and the theater is like a safe haven. The audience is willing to follow the actors' interpretations, feel the ups and downs of the characters, cry together, and laugh together."
The musical "She Disappeared"
continues to introduce overseas original musicals On the basis of this, the theater is also constantly exploring outstanding domestic musicals, such as the Chinese original musical "The Disappearance of Her" which will be launched in August. Wang Yixun, the producer and chief director of
, said that the movie "The Disappearance of Her" is a big hit in 2023. It has a strong suspense color, distinctive characters and strong emotions. "Our team has communicated with the copyright owner of the movie. I also talked with Chen Sicheng The director repeatedly discussed the various possibilities of turning the film into a stage work. There is a profound social significance behind it. We must once again awaken young people to care about the issues of the times, about love and betrayal, self-growth and redemption."
Dance Drama "Carmen" "Poster
In terms of dance dramas, there are various types of dramas, such as the flamenco dance drama "Carmen", Paul Taylor Modern Dance Company's "Dance of Life", the dance drama "Image of Pingtan" directed by Yang Liping, and the dance poetry drama that was once popular in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala "Only This Green". In addition, the theater will also introduce "Ice Ballet" and "Swan Lake".
The stage drama has gathered a number of popular IPs: "Secret Love in the Peach Blossom Land" directed by Lai Shengchuan has been very popular since its premiere in 1986; Shaanxi People's Art version of "White Deer Plain" uses local dialects and has been performed in Shanghai several times and is still popular. ; The stage play "Three Autumns in One Day" is adapted from Liu Zhenyun's novel of the same name; the drama "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is adapted from Sun Ganlu's Mao Dun Award-winning novel of the same name; the drama "Looking for Her Fragrance: Zhang Ailing" divides the stage into three time and space, with In Shanghai in 1943 and in an American apartment in 1994, the center of the stage was another live broadcast room.
In addition, "Srafa's Snow Show" from Russia will have a heavy snowfall in Shanghai in August.
Poster for the stage play "Three Autumns in One Day"
In terms of concerts, Fang Jinlong and Tang Jiaban will join forces to bring a dialogue between Jiangnan Sizhu and Guangdong music; Chinese violinist Lu Siqing will perform "The Legend of the Magic Bow", and French violinist Esther Abrami will give a film concert; Japanese singers Minori Chihara and Satomi Natsukawa will hold solo concerts; Indian musician Alessandro Guerrevalu will perform the exotic "The Last of the Mohican" "People", using the Gaynor and Antara to play the folk music of the South American Andes.
This year coincides with the 100th anniversary of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". Seven performers from Vienna will work together to reproduce this masterpiece that combines classical and jazz.
Poster of the drama "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land"
At a time when family consumption is increasingly valued, the theater will launch a number of family-friendly parent-child dramas, such as the Canadian 3D multimedia children's drama "Alice in Wonderland" and the Russian parent-child musical "Snow White" and the Seven Dwarfs" and the original children's musical "Cats." Familiar fairy tales will be combined with a modern stage full of creativity.
Shaanxi People's Art Edition drama "White Deer Plain" poster
This year, the theater will also launch more public welfare performances, such as "City in the Sky" classic animation audio-visual symphony concert, "The Moon Represents My Heart" Teresa Teng's classic song concert, Shanghai Concert of Classic Old Songs "Art and Love", Shanghai Yue Opera Theater's Yue Opera "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", etc., have achieved "charity venues every month, and charity tickets at every venue", with the highest ticket prices 80 yuan.
"Srafa's Snow Show" poster
In terms of art education, the theater will cooperate with the Hongkou "Play Seriously" organization to launch children's art education, form a children's choir, dance troupe, and musical troupe to cultivate the future for China's performance market Talent, inject fresh blood.
Theater will also launch various cultural and creative products, such as theater viewing handbooks, which adopt a loose-leaf design and integrate inspiration recording and ticket stub collection to meet the audience's collection needs. In the future, the theater will also launch commemorative ticket stub collection activities in conjunction with various plays. In addition, the theater will also cooperate with China Post to launch customized postcards.
