Feng Yuanzheng (middle) as Song Er Ye and Xi Cunxin (right) as Chang Siye.Li Chunguang Picture
2024 is the 125th anniversary of Mr. Lao Shes birthday.On February 22, Beijing Renyi staged the classic drama "Tea House" again, using the "Treasure of the Town Academy" to commemorate this great drama writer, and also experienced the charm of time and space in the classics with the audience.It lasts until March 3.On the scene of surging news reporters, at 4 pm on the same day, a large number of audiences gathered outside the Capital Theater.After the performance, many audiences still queue up to welcome the actors home, hoping to get the signature and photo of the idols in their hearts.
The story of "Tea House" is a household name in China. In the play, Lao Yutai Tea House as the background, with three scenes performed nearly half a century.It tells the change of the times.Lao She once said, "The teahouse is a place where a three -religion and nine stream meets, which can accommodate various characters. A large teahouse is a small society." The work not only deeply portray the darkness and pain of the old age, implies the urgent urgent of the people in the new era to the people at the time.At the same time, the Chinese peoples wisdom and the local customs of a century ago were more humorous and humorous.
"Mr. Lao Shes birthday is the Lunar New Year. We staged" Zheng Hongs under the Red "and" Tea House "before and after this year.Over the years, "Tea House" is generally arranged after the Spring Festival. The old actors, Zheng Rong, and Blue Skyye, the "Tea House" in 1992, performed 374. Our generation of actors. Our generation of actors.In 1999, this years performance will exceed the 750 mark. "Feng Yuanzheng, the actor of the Dean of Beijing Renyi and Song Erye, said that for the actors who accompany this work for more than 20 years,Performance, more "cherish".
He Bing (middle) as Liu Masaki.Li Chunguang Picture
"Before each performance, everyone will come to the theater early."Tea House", a big drama representing the style of Beijing art acting drama, every actor is respectful, but the so -called "ritual sense" is nothing more than being really prepared.
As we all know, every performance of "Tea House" is a grand gathering of art old actors, and now this drama is also facing new and old alternation.In this round of the main actor lineup, this years 77 -year -old actor Mi Tiezheng still played Cui Jiufeng, and Tang Tiezui played by Wu Gang in the past was replaced by Yang Jiayin.In the huge supporting role lineup, Li Jintao, Wang Junqi and other young actors have already joined.
Yang Lixin (first from left) as Qin Er.Li Chunguangs picture
On the one hand, it is the player of Qin Ers grandfather, on the one hand, it is the rehearsal art director (execution)."The space of the drama stage is too large, and each round must be better to be able to afford the audience. Over time, the difficulty of rehearsing this play is also increasing.Mr. Jiao Juyin is here, and the old actor is more familiar with the situation in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, but now the young actors have no concept of Beijing City Circle. The actors are emotional. He can experience the plotHistory is the best. If not, we can only rely on us to tell them. And the audience has very high requirements for this play. When they enter the Capital Theater, they want to look at the original old Beijing. "
Liang Guanhua (middle) as Wang Lifa.Li Chunguangs map
This year, she has appeared in Wang Lifa again. Liang Guanhua, who has already performed more than 300 games, still feels unlimitedly excavated.I started preparing for this round of performance early.If there is any special significance this time, it is "performing every play well is the best memorial for Mr. Lao She."The field is new. This kind of "new" is an incompatibility every day, and it is also a communication with the audience."There is a gas field in this play. Everyone gives and accept each other and supports each other. This is the" one dish spirit. "
Ye Qianyus "teahouse illustration".Surging News reporter Wang Yantu
Starting from the premiere of "Tea House" in 1958 in the Capital Theater, this work staged more than sixty years on the stage of Beijings artistic art. "OneThe "Tea House", the history of the development of half Chinese drama "," Miracle on the Oriental Stage ", these evaluations are enough to prove the status of" Tea House "in the drama industry.The classic has an appointment with the audience every year, and every time the performance is staged, the phenomenon -grade -grab ticketing scene of "one vote is difficult to find" — it is worth mentioning that in order to let the audience who want to watch the "Tea House" buy a ticket, "For the first time in Beijing Renyi, it took real -name ticket sales and performance measures in the Tea House this year.The audience will receive a text message from the display seat number after purchasing the ticket, and then enter the venue by brushing the ID card.
After the performance of the "Tea House", many audiences are still the actors waiting home outside the theater.Surging news reporter Wang Yantu
This round of "Tea House" commemorative tickets.Surging news reporter Wang Yantu
This also makes "Tea House" the first repertoire of Beijing Renyi without physical ticket roots.As a common operation of the Capital Theater, after each performance, the audience can use the QR code on the ticket to choose the five actors who performed the most favorite in this show, and received a repertoire postcard.In order to solve this problem, the method given by the theater is that the audience can receive a commemorative ticket from the staff after entering the venue.Take pictures in the theater.At the same time, the special exhibition of "The 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Lao Shes Birth" held in the Capital Theater Hall also has a corresponding replacement. The "teahouse illustration" drawn by Ye Qianyu, the founder of Chinese comics, has caused the audience to stop and watch.
"Tea House" performance poster.