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Chapter 482 Top Talent (Earth)

""The Truman"..."

Another week.

As Louise drove past the Richard Rodgers Theater, which she passed on her way to work, a large billboard caught her eye.

The billboard was right above the theater door, placed together with "Mary Poppins" and "The Lion King." Louise knew that it meant that the Rogers Theater would officially launch this musical - but that was not the case at all. possible!
"The Truman" is a play to be launched by the Amsterdam Theater. It has been rehearsed for 3 months. It will probably take another 3-5 months before it can be turned into an official musical. When will the Rogers Theater make "The Truman" available? Released?
Louise looked at the billboard carefully with shock. Yes, January 1st, about 21 days later, this is completely impossible!Even if the Rogers Theater were to compete with New Amsterdam on the same theme, it would be impossible to complete a new musical in one month!
……

"what happened?"

Harold handed Louise a copy of the New York Times.

There is a news article in the entertainment section of Page 4 titled "Broadway's two historic theaters share the legacy of a superstar."

The New York Times, the most influential newspaper in New York, will still pay attention to the "century-old feud" between the New Amsterdam Theater and the Rogers Theater, because these two most historic theaters do symbolize the development of Broadway to a certain extent. Heritage and spirit.

Because of this, Louise didn't understand why the Rogers Theater would rush to launch a new play, which would ruin the brand.

"I don't get it either," Louise said. "Fuller Rogers isn't crazy."

"He's very shrewd." Harold and Louise were family friends and were no strangers to Fuller, "so there must be a reason."

"What I'm curious about is where did he get the authorization for "The Truman"." Louise was even more curious about this.

The authorization for the New Amsterdam Theater comes from Disney. Disney has a very good relationship with a young lady who is the heir to the CH inheritance, so they obtained the authorization. Where does the authorization for the Rogers Theater come from?

"I have a friend..." Harold said, "who can get us into the Rogers Theater where 'rehearsals' are taking place."

Louise's eyes lit up.

……

Harold is a talented musician and conductor, proficient in multiple instruments, and is the soul of every musical act at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

He is the grandson of the famous Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was a black jazz performer. His husky singing voice was full of soul-reaching soulfulness and passion for life. The audience called him Uncle Satchmo.

Louis Armstrong is to jazz what Bach is to classical music and Elvis Presley to rock music. He is an absolute big man.

Harold inherited his grandfather's talent and had a special liking for Broadway. Likewise, his enthusiasm for life was enough to touch everyone he came into contact with, so he had many "friends".

This time it was a janitor friend of Harold's who opened the back door of the Rogers Theater for him and Louise and took them to the rehearsal of "The Truman".

A one-act musical can be rehearsed secretly, but it must also have an audience. Before it is released, they will ask many musicians, connoisseurs and senior musical theater audiences to review it. At least hundreds of opinions must be collected to determine whether the one-act musical can be received. Audiences welcome.

The New Amsterdam Theater's "The Truman" is still a little short of this stage. What's missing is Louise's satisfaction. However, the Rogers Theater reaches this stage within a week, or the show is extremely exciting, the performers are extremely talented, and the music and stage are beautiful. All perfect, or Fuller Rogers went crazy and wanted to smash up the century-old Rogers Theater sign.

So, which one?

Louise and Harold quietly entered the Center Theater from the back passage.The decorative style of the Rogers Theater is completely different from that of the New Amsterdam Theatre. The New Amsterdam Theater was praised as "gorgeous like a dream" 100 years ago. After several repairs 100 years later, the New Amsterdam Theater still maintains the "classical and gorgeous" style. .

The Rogers Theater was a "new building" 100 years ago. The first Rogers was a genius in many fields, and he was also outstanding in architecture. He won all the highest honors of architects, such as the RIBA Stirling Award, the Pud Lizker Award and more.

Therefore, Rogers Theater is full of the "avant-garde experience" style of the year. Of course, 100 years later, this has also become a kind of historical elegance.

The "orchestral pit" of the Rogers Theater is designed on the left side of the stage, like a VIP box, slightly higher than the stage, and visually tilted at a certain angle, which allows the band to join the performance. This is also the most interesting and shocking thing at the Rogers Theater One of the special features is the opening scene of a musical called the "Musical Wave" or "Musical Prologue" when it is performed in this theater.

When Louise enters.

The "musical wave" has begun.

The brisk rhythm, like an elf flying over the mountains, lakes and seas, made Harold stop and look at the stage blankly as if he were in a dream.

Louise had to pull him to sit in the two audience seats nearby. Now, among the hundreds of seats in the entire theater, there were dozens of people sitting sparsely.

The most concentrated number of people were in the first few rows closest to the stage. There were more than a dozen people there. Of course, they were also the best seats. Louise originally planned to get closer, but Harold's current situation did not allow it.

"That's it!" Harold said to Louise immediately after sitting down.

"I know!" Louise said with annoyance.

They were talking about the sheet of music that almost fell into Louise's pocket ten days ago.

Now it has been officially played by the band in front of me. As Harold said, this movement has a very clear similarity with "The Truman". It is ethereal, active and full of charm.

Harold is a musical genius, he noticed this earlier, but it was only now, when Louise heard the whole movement, that she realized that Harold was right, so her annoyance became even greater, and a The guess came to mind, and Harold seemed to be thinking the same thing. The two looked at each other with the same wonder in their eyes.

No way!
Because the same idea came to them, that hobo musician.

The reason why Fuller launched a musical with the theme of "The Truman" so hastily is because of the homeless musician who looks exactly like CH, right?

"Isn't it just music, but also... acting?" Harold murmured.

Louise shook her head subconsciously, but she also subconsciously felt that this was very credible. In order to film "The Truman", she read all the biographies about CH, although most of them were descendants and had little to do with CH. Written by people, but the description of CH’s talent is the same:

CH's talent comes from God. Before he became a musician, actor and director, he had no experience in the film and television industry. But overnight, he inexplicably possessed the world's top talent. The richness of that talent, within a few years It kept gushing out, overwhelming the whole world, and it could only be described as a gift from God.

If it was a gift from God, it is not incomprehensible that a homeless person could turn into a top artist in an instant.

At this time, the protagonist has already appeared on the stage.

At this moment, Louise covered her mouth, otherwise she would scream.

　I'll try my best to do it in the afternoon. I've been under a lot of pressure lately to write and publish one chapter.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)