actor return

Chapter 474 Wait and see attitude
Performances in the United States naturally start in New York, such as Broadway.

In European and American countries, dramas are not a niche market. For example, in North America, the total box office of dramas can basically exceed one-tenth of the total box office of movies. Don’t look at this small ratio. You must know that the box office in North America has entered tens of billions of dollars in a few years. era, and at that time, the theater box office still maintained this level.

In the UK, this ratio is even higher. For example, in the two years before Ning Yuan's rebirth, the total box office of movies in the UK was [-] billion, and the box office of dramas exceeded [-] million, more than half. It is indeed Shakespeare's hometown.

But in China, when the annual movie box office is 600 billion, including dramas, musicals, operas, etc., it is just over 20 billion, one-thirtieth.

As the hometown of Tang Xianzu, a contemporary of Shakespeare, there are basically only middle-aged and elderly audiences left in Chinese opera, and audiences of each genre are basically concentrated in that province.

But a miraculous phenomenon is that Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu, although they were born 16 years apart, both died in 1616.

Three 16s make up a 666.

Of course, although the operas in China continued to decline, dramas and musicals in Xilai began to prosper and were sought after by young people. Even when the trend of classical culture was rising, operas were revived again.

But it doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, it's just a kind of recreational activity, and there's no need for Yangchun Baixue to look down on Xia Liba.

In addition, there is a place in China that makes foreign drama circles envious, that is, the audience is younger-after all, foreign dramas are mainly dramas and musicals, and foreign dramas should actually match Chinese operas. Some are white.

If you want to worry, it should be them. After all, it involves inheritance. When these elderly audiences can't move, who else can they show their plays and musicals to?

But now, many young people have begun to like domestic operas in terms of cultural heritage protection and traditional culture promotion. There are also a large number of Chinese-style singers including Zhou Jielun and Wang Lihong who have adapted operas, which is more suitable Young people accept it, and it also makes them interested in opera, so that they can get in touch with and understand it.

In this way, the inheritance has a new look as the old tree sprouts new shoots.

Not only that, but in foreign countries, musicals are more popular than dramas, and the UK is better. The ratio of dramas to musicals is about 4:6, while in the United States, it is almost 1:9.

In Russia and Germany, however, due to cultural heritage and government support, dramas are more prosperous than musicals.

This is also easy to understand, no matter Britain, Germany or Russia, all have a long history and cultural heritage, which can support the creation of dramas, while the United States... in just over 200 years, there is only the expansion of blood and tears. It is definitely a tear-jerking tragedy, but it seems... Americans can't bring it in.

The United States is more popular in music, especially pop music, which leads the world trend. With these accumulations, it can provide the soil for the creation of musicals.

Coupled with the economy and atmosphere 100 years ago, people liked this lively and jubilant scene, and musicals took root here, and gave birth to Broadway-based musical shows, which have continued until now.

This is also the reason why Ningyuan does not have much confidence in this place, not only the communication problem, but also the market factor.

But on the plane, Jiang Youyou shook his head when he heard Ning Yuan's words:
"Drama is originally a form of entertainment in the past, not only in China, but also in Europe and the United States. With the consumption of TV dramas and movies, the audience is getting smaller and smaller, but this is still relative. Compared with the huge population base, As long as you perform well and maintain Xiangjiang’s level, you can still sell out the venue for [-] performances in a row.”

After finishing speaking, she smiled slightly at Ning Yuan: "If you don't believe me, we can make a bet."

But then her face suddenly changed: "You liar, the bet you made with me before has not been cashed in yet."

Ning Yuan also remembered this incident. It was a bet he made on the way back after filming "Zhou Yu's Train" last time. He lost and invited the other party to dinner. He couldn't help laughing:
"Then please go to America."

"That's what you said, I want to eat an authentic Chinese feast." Jiang Youyou turned from anger to joy.

Ning Yuan was stunned: "You are looking for faults, go to the United States to eat a Chinese feast, why don't you go to the seafood stall to buy garlic, and see if the boss doesn't kick you out."

"You said it yourself, do you want to go back on it?" Jiang Youyou pouted.

"But I didn't mention the Chinese feast in the United States?" Ning Yuan was speechless.

"You invited me to dinner, I can't even order food?" Jiang Youyou looked innocent.

Ning Yuan: "..."

The reasoning seemed to be correct, but he always felt that something was wrong, and even with his IQ, he couldn't react for a while.

And this scene also made Jiang Zhiqiang and Meng Hui beside him laugh.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Broadway is not a theater, but a gathering area of ​​American drama culture, such as Broadway Avenue, with a length of tens of kilometers, various theaters, cinemas and commercial plazas, covering culture, business, tourism and life as one.

There are dozens of theaters in the heart of Times Square on 42nd Street alone, not to mention elsewhere.

"Our first stop this time is in the center of Broadway, the Broadway Theater."

Jiang Zhiqiang said, introducing the situation of the theater to Ning Yuan.

Because the United States is not like Xiangjiang. When it goes abroad, Ningyuan’s Yuanda Company is still out of reach. However, Huaxia Theater has cooperated with some theaters in the United States over the years, but it is more of a business-to-business nature.

But this time, it was entirely commercial.

For business, Jiang Zhiqiang is naturally better at it.

It's not that Ning Yuan didn't understand it in advance, but that the schedule is very tight. After the end here, he will fly to the United States immediately, so Jiang Zhiqiang can only introduce it on the plane, but when he arrives, there will be a rehearsal. It's no problem at all. will be officially performed.

Another reason for the tight schedule is that Liu Ye will officially join the filming team at the end of November to participate in the filming of "Brokeback Mountain".

With full budget, the time to perform in the United States is about one month.

For a general tour, this time is not too long, but this time it is mainly to test the waters. If the effect is good and the word of mouth rises, it is not impossible to increase the time, but it will definitely not be this year, unless... Enter the B corner actor of the pilot Yang Sun.

In the whole play, except for Ning Yuan, there are B roles, and the reason why Ning Yuan's role is not there is that he is a gimmick in itself - the Best Actress Award, and secondly, he has been selected several times, but he has not been able to find a suitable one. Actors can play well between men and women, not just in figure and posture.

Regarding this, Ning Yuan and the others are still in a wait-and-see attitude, mainly depending on the response this time.

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