The musical drama “Ponzi scheme” will be performed tonight to see how the ancestor of P2P broke upFly into the homes of ordinary people
Caption: “Ponzi scheme” performance photo
The harmful P2P is the “removal of the east wall to supplement the west wall” in funding. If you are not sure of its harm, you can walk into the Shanghai Grand Theater tonight and take a look at the musical drama “The Financial Scam” Ponzi scheme”. Ponzi is Ponzi, he is the ancestor of P2P. This drama, which has been performed for three years, came to Shanghai for the first time as the opening of the drama season of the Yanghua drama.
Music is also a “character”
Hundreds of years ago, Ponzi’s elaborate scam harmed tens of thousands of people; 10 years ago, this musical theater, originally in French, became the French National Theater Center, Paris City Theater, and Strasbourg National Theater for 7 consecutive years. And other popular dramas. The French media at the time commented: “Although this is a drama about history, we all know that the drama also presents our era.”
Caption: “Ponzi scheme” rehearsal photo
The genre of the play is “musical drama”, which is different from “musical drama”-because its music has also become a “character” that can express emotions and advance the plot, and the whole play is in the rhythm and melody of the music. Almost all the actors perform in a “fast-rotating” manner, forming a “symphony” intertwined vertically and horizontally. If an actor is not in the rhythm and does not complete the performance within the time limit, other actors will be affected. The director of the play, David Lesgaard, defined the play as “a sense of rhythm.” The director, who speaks a little Chinese, said: “The sentences in Chinese also have a sense of pleasure.” Therefore, the show is showing how Pangzi started from a young Italian town and planned and implemented financial scams in the United States. It is embodied through the rhythm of music, lines, actions, lighting and other elements.
The play has only 3 songs, and was once regarded by some audiences as “too little music”. There are indeed many songs in musicals, but the style of musicals is essentially the same as that of Chinese operas—standardized and programmed. But in contrast, the plot of musicals is usually simple, the theme is usually simple, and the form is mainly entertainment.
8 people “doppelganger”
Leading actor Zhang Liang said: “The “Ponzi scheme” is like a very sophisticated watch. Although my character does not sing and dance too much, the scheduling and lines need to be in the rhythm of the music.
Dai Jun played 18 roles, Lin Lin played 17 roles, Wang Weiqian played 6 roles, Guo Lutong played 13 roles, and Su Ye played 9 roles… Dai Jun joked: “We only have 8 in total. Actors have played more than 80 roles, so we will be in a daze when we change our costumes-who are you?” From merchants and politicians to beggar refugees-actors are also constantly changing roles, rapidly “traveling” through time and space, constantly building In the setting that is constantly being removed, the story is interpreted.
Caption: “Ponzi scheme” performance photo
Wang Weiqian introduced: “On the stage there are only tables. When depicting a city in Boston, when all the actors move props, I, as the singer of the singer, described the incident in front. When my description is over, the stage has been completed, so I will Need to quickly return to the stage to become another character, that’s so exciting! Through these tables and benches, musical language travels through one era after another, one city after another, one character after another.” In the play, you can hear jazz and rap. , Pop music and other genres.
postscript
The producer of the play Wang Keran saw the video of the play for the first time on the train in 2017. Under the outline of the strong rhythm and the rapid and extreme musical excitement, he saw for the first time the man named Pangqi on the stage of the drama, and the joys and sorrows of life’s fate. As a result, he made the play into a Chinese version in 2019. At first, Jiang Wenli disguised herself as a man to play Pang Qi, but now Zhang Liang takes over to play Pang Qi.
Caption: “Ponzi scheme” performance photo
At present, “Ponzi scheme” is still the only high-quality drama that satirizes financial scams. It takes the audience back to one hundred years ago, witnessing Ponzi’s speculative experience, and also witnessing a known financial crisis, allowing us to travel through an era. To another era, moving from one continent to another, from one person to another. History will not repeat itself, but it is always surprisingly similar. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Guang)
Editor: Lu Weixin
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