Musical

Where is Love?

Directed by the renowned avant-garde artist Meng Jinghui, the musical "Amber" has been a major blockbuster in China's drama circle so far this year with Liu Ye, a laureate of the Golden Horse Award, as the leading actor, and Yuan Quan, the Golden Rooster Award winner, as the leading actress. To enable non-Chinese speakers to also have a taste of the exotic Chinese flavor, the play is equipped with both English and Chinese captions. Liao Yimei, who as Meng's wife has cooperated with him in some other avant-garde works like the drama masterpiece Rhinoceros in Love, and the movie The Chicken Poets, is the playwright. The couple's joint efforts have been greatly anticipated by their loyal fans. The aforementioned sensational and top-notch performers Yuan Quan and Liu Ye have added more glamour to the play. The stage artist is Zhang Wu, who has had longtime cooperation with Meng, and the multimedia designer is Jiang Fengzhou. Yao Chien, a famous lyrics writer from Taiwan , has the role of music director. All of these first-class talents have guaranteed the play's high quality. The play has been performed in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and will come to Beijing from March 25 to April 3. After that, it will go on to tour in the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore from May 26 to May 29. Liu and Yuan were classmates at the China Central Academy of Drama. Liu's debut movie Postman in the Mountain (1998) was chosen as the audience's favourite at Canada's Montreal International Film Festival. His acting in Lan Yu won him the Best Actor Award at the 38th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan Province and his role in the movie The Foliage won him the Best Actor Award at the 24th Golden Rooster Awards in the Chinese mainland. Liu is one of the best-known film and television actors in China. Although "Amber" is his first theatrical work since he graduated from the Academy in 2000, his acting on stage is impressive. He portrays a sexy and restrained yet volcanic Gao, with a look of perplexity in his eyes. Time: March 25 to April 3 Place: Poly Theater in Beijing Prices: 580 380 280 200 150

Author: Jeff

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