"The World of Performing Arts·Shanghai Musical Arts Center" has a high creativity in the small theater musical section. Based on the two popular works "Smoke" and "Interview", the concert "No Two" appeared on FANCL Art for two consecutive nights since the day before yesterday. center.

The popular lineup composed of powerful musical singers such as Xu Junshuo, He Liangchen, Liu Lingfei, Liu Yang, and Zhou Mohan ignited the enthusiasm of the audience in 110 minutes.

With the rapid development of Shanghai's musical theatre industry and the booming market in recent years, these rookies of musical theatre have shown their talents in Shanghai.

  On the stage of the concert "No Two", young actor He Liangchen ushered in his first "interview".

He was an opera major, and after returning to China, he found a coordinate for development in the Shanghai musical theater circle. With his excellent voice and singing skills, he shined in musicals of various themes such as "The Orphan of Zhao".

He Liangchen said that he once studied in Italy. Although Rome is the capital of Italy, more opportunities for opera performances are in Milan.

"Shanghai is to musicals what Milan is to opera. It is too attractive for young people who are interested in the musical industry." 2022 may be a harvest year for He Liangchen. In the coming March, He will hold his first solo concert, and then he will perform in musicals such as "Four Two Youth" and "Interview".

  Xu Junshuo, who plays the opposite role with He Liangchen, is also a leader among the younger generation of singers.

He once "singed amazing" in the variety show "Sound into the Heart", and because of his excellent appearance and singing skills, he has become the "Prince of Musical Drama" in the hearts of many fans.

Last year, Xu Junshuo starred in the Shanghai-produced musical "The Orphan of Zhao", the Chinese version of the musical "Letter from the Fans" and "Interview", and received a lot of applause.

Xu Junshuo told reporters that his decision to enter the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Department of Musical Theatre at the age of 18 was "the most sensible decision", and since then "good luck has been with me all the way."

"Planet trees, skyscrapers... I like everything about Shanghai. The atmosphere of the whole city is as friendly and warm as my hometown Fuzhou, and it is full of opportunities and surprises in life." He said deeply I feel that because of the vigorous development of the musical theatre industry, I have become "a lucky wave in the trend".

  Although the epidemic has blocked the pace of overseas performances, it has accelerated the pace of local musicals. Xu Junshuo, who is in the industry, has personally experienced this "acceleration".

Not only are there more and more performances invited to him, but the quality of scripts, production concepts and scales have also ushered in innovations and upgrades.

"In the past two years, the domestic musical theater industry has been 'rolled up'. This is a very positive market situation. Everyone is striving to make a good show -- a work that has both quality and market." Xu Junshuo It is said that the birth of a series of excellent works has also attracted more and more talents and audiences to flock to this field.

  In the concert, the two musical works "Interview" and "Smoke" were "dreamly linked" for the first time, and more than 30 popular golden songs appeared.

In recent years, by virtue of the combination of sophisticated production, artistic performance, interactive experience and other elements, small theaters have gradually become popular among the new generation of consumption "back waves", and have transformed into a new type of cultural consumption demand.

But the charm of the small theater does not stop there. How to discover the bright spots in the existing mature works, derive "new styles" from "popular models", brand the series of plays, develop new ideas beyond the single-residence model, and become "performing arts" Great World·Shanghai Musical Theatre Art Center” was the original intention of creating this concert derived from this play.

  Ma Chencheng, president of Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group, said that "Performance World·Shanghai Musical Theatre Art Center" will continue to "break the topic" through the content of the works, open up the market, and create a diverse face of small theaters.

In the future, diversified products such as musicals, derivative concerts, talk shows, and workshops will be gradually implemented, allowing the small theater brand to carry more artistic attributes and develop a new resident performance model.

It is reported that with this concert as a "warm-up", the Chinese versions of the musicals "Interview" and "Smoke" will take turns in the small theater of the FANCL Art Center.

It is reported that the first round of "Interview" this year will be staged from March 9 to 17, and "Smoke" will also meet the audience in April.

At the same time, a brand-new original small theater musical is also officially put into incubation, and will meet the audience soon.

  Reporter Tong Weijing