Ukuhlaziywa kweMusical "Iikati" kwiFisher Theatre eDetroit

01 ngo 05

"Amakati"

Iimpawu zomculo zaqala kwi-London Stage emva ngo-1981, kodwa isiseko sayo esinobuchule sisenza singapheli. Nangona umculo nguAndrew Lloyd Webber ngokuqinisekileyo "ungakukhumbuli," yinto yokubhala yecats nguGillian Lynne obeka umboniso ngaphandle. Yonke iphosa iyenzeka kwiindlela eziqhelekileyo, kunye nokusetyenziswa kukaLynn kwezinto ze-jazz kunye ne-ballet kwi-choreography zizalisekisa ingcamango.

Iikati ngokwenene ziluhlu lwee-vignettes ezisekelwe kwincwadi yezibongo ze-TS Eliot: I- Old Possum's Book of Cats Practical . Amaqela afana ne-cat opera kunye ne-ballet, i-vignettes ihlanganiswe ngokukhululekile kunye nebali. Oku kwenza ukuba umbukiso unzima ukulandela ngamanye amaxesha, ngoko ufunda i-synopsis ngaphambi kokuba ucetyiswe ngesandla.

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Isiqendu

Umboniso uvula kwi-junkyard, apho iJellicle Cats idibanisa khona ukubhiyozelwa ngonyaka: I-Jellicle Ball. Njengoko iikati ziqokelelana, zibona abaphulaphuli (ngaloo ndlela bephula udonga lwesine) kwaye bahlele malunga nokuchaza oko kubeka i-Jellicle udidi lweentaka.

IJellicle Cats

Njengoko kuvela, iikiti zeJellicle zinamagama amathathu. Igama lokuqala yilokho abantu ababizayo, igama lesibili lisetyenziswe ezinye iikati, kwaye okwesithathu igcinwa yimfihlo. Enyanisweni, ikati nganye idlulisa ixesha lokuphila elikucingayo, elichaza ukuba kutheni iikati zisoloko zibonakala zicamngca.

Uhambo oluya kwiLove Heaviside

Iikati zilinde umdala weqela lawo, iDruth Dutter, ukuba ibhola iqale. Kubonakala sengathi uDuteronomi Omdala uya kukhetha ukuba yiphi ikati eya kunyuka okanye Uhambo kwiLela yeHeaviside ukuba lizalwe kabusha. Esi sigqibo sibeka isakhelo sebali. Oku kulandela uluhlu lweengxoxo (okanye i-vignettes) ngamakati ahlukahlukeneyo ekuhlanganiseni, kuquka iJennyanydots, i-Old Grumbie Cat; I-Rum Tum Tugger, i-lothario ekhohlakeleyo; UBustopher Jones, ikati echanekileyo yoluntu oluphakamileyo; I-Asparagus ("Gus"), i-Hasater Cat; kunye ne-Skimbleshanks, iCattery Cat.

Grizabella, I-Glamor Cat

Kulo busuku iGrizabella (aka I-Glamor Cat) yenza ukubonakala okuphindaphindiweyo. I-cat "enekati" yobusuku ifuna ukwamukelwa ezinye iikati kwaye iqwalaselwe yiDrand Deuteronomy. Uphindaphindiwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo yiqela, kodwa uDuteronomi Endala ugqiba ukunikela ubungqina ngomzuzwana apho uGrizabella akhumbuza ngamaxesha anonwabo ( iMemori ).

I-Macavity: I-Antagonist

Enye ikati ephuma kwixesha elide liyiMacavity, ikati elibi, elibi elikrakra ngokungamenywa kwibhola. Ngoncedo lwabafazi bakhe ababini, uyabamba uDuteronomi Omdala. Xa ebuya kwiqela eligqoke njengeDrand Deuteronomy endala, ufunyanwe, ulwa namanye amakati abesilisa, kwaye ekugqibeleni, u-electrocutes ngokwakhe xa ezama ukuphunyuka. Xa ixhala liphelile, kunjalo, iDrand Deuteronomy endala ayifani. Faka isiteji eshiya umlingo uMicha Mistoffelees, i-Conjuring Cat, osebenzisa umlingo wakhe ukubuyisela iDuteronomi endala.

Isiphelo

Ngoku lixesha loDuteronomi omdala ukwenza isigqibo sakhe. Xa i-Grizabella ibuya ixesha elilodwa lokukhupha iMemori , iikati ziyamkela ngokugqithiseleyo, kwaye ukhethwa njengekati ukuya kuhambo kwi-Heaviside Layer ukuba izalwe kwakhona. Umboniso ugqiba ekupheleni kwebhola kunye neyokugqibela kukaDuteronomi "Ukujongana neekati."

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Uhambo lukazwelonke luka-2010

Ngenxa yokuba iNtambo kaZwelonke yeeNkcazo ka-2010 isebenzisa ngokucacileyo ulwalathiso, ukuchonga, ukubeka kunye neengubo zokuveliswa kwe-Tony-Award-winning, kunzima ukufumana iphoso. Kakade ke, uRichard Stafford, umlawuli wezokhenketho / i-choreographer kufuneka kwakhona uzuzwe. Kwimeko yeetekethi kunye neengubo, zenziwa kwakhona kwiimveliso zokuqala zikaJohn Napier, umyili we-Tony-Award-winning designer.

Isiphumo sibonakaliso esicacileyo somphambili omkhulu, onetalente. Nangona iziphumo ezikhethekileyo ngezinye izihlandlo ziphazamisekile kwaye amazwi ka-TS Eliot ngamanye amaxesha anzima ukuwaqonda, umculo omhle, ukufundwa kwezinto ezintsha kunye nokukhangela kwamanani amaninzi kwenza ukuba imveliso ibone kakuhle.

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I-Cast

Inkwenkwezi yangempela yeholide ka-2010 ngumlawuli okhuphayo, owakwazi ukufumana kuphela abadlali ababengabetha kunye nokudansa, kodwa ngubani onokukhupha ububele obungabonakaliyo, ngolwimi lomzimba kunye nendlela yokuziphatha. Ukuphosa kwakumangalisa nje, kwaye ilungu ngalinye elilitshiweyo lisetyenziselwa iitalente kunye namandla abo kwimeko nganye.

Ukuma eMichigan

Amabini ama-standouts kwi-cast areMinastasia Lange kunye no-Adam Steiner.

I-Lange idlala iGrizabella kwaye ihlabelela imemori yokumisa ukubonisa. I-Lange yenziwe ukuba ibukeke njengoGloria Swanson e- Sunset Boulevard , kodwa yimizimba yomzimba ehambisa indlela ephatheka ngayo i-Glamor Cat. Ngethuba wayesebonakala ngexesha lokubetha iingoma zeengoma ezidumile kulo lonke lo mboniso, kwakuyi-Lange yokugqibela yokuguqulwa kwemiphunga yeememori ezavelisa iimpendulo zomzwelo kunye ne-jaw-drop drop.

UAdam Steiner uvela kwiDetroit kwaye waya kwiYunivesithi yaseWest Michigan. Ukubonakaliswa kwakhe kweRum Tum Tugger, i-cat-lothario engathandekiyo, wayiba umboniso. Wayebonakala ehamba ngeTim Curry njengoFrank N. Furter evela kwi -Rocky Horror Picture Show , ngelixa iinqumlo zakhe zanyathelisa uConrad evela kuBhi, uBabridie . Ubuntu bakhe obunomdla, nangona kunjalo, yayingowakhe.

Gus the Cat Cat

UNathan Morgan wayenomdla njengo-Asparagus omdala, ("Gus") kunye no-Tigergrowl omkhulu. Wayephethe ngokufanelekileyo ishintsho esenziwa kwi-theater ekhulile-epheleleyo kunye nezwi elidala kunye ne-shaking paw-ingcaciso encinci ye "Gus" edlala iTigergrowl kwisigaba. Izwi lakhe lokucula laliqine kwaye linotyebile, kwaye wayedlala kakhulu kwaye wayenomdla kule nxaxheba.

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Ukusekwa, Imiphumo ekhethekileyo, Isandi, Ukuchithwa kweZenzo kunye nokuBamba abaphulaphuli

Umboniso wonke uqhutyelwa kwi-junkyard eyodwa. I-hodgepodge ye-trash idibene kunye ngendlela efanelekileyo yokubonelela ngamanqanaba ahlukeneyo kunye neendawo ezifihlakeleyo zeekati.

Imiphumo ekhethekileyo

Iziphumo ezizodwa ngamanye amaxesha ziphazamiseka kwimboniso. Ngokomzekelo, ivili elithwala i-Grizabella eHeaviside "liqhutywe" ngumsi omkhulu kunye nokukhanya okubonakala ngathi kufana nokunyuka kwe-saucer ukunyuka kunokunyuka kokomoya. Ukongezelela, ngezinye izibhokhwe zaqhutyelwa ngaphandle kwabaphulaphuli zaze zafihla isenzo kwisigaba.

Choreography

Ngaphandle kweSigxina sokuQala sikaPlantltiger , ukukhethwa kwemisebenzi kwakumangalisa, ngokukodwa kunikezelwa iifinini ezilinganiselwe kwinqanaba kunye nobungakanani obukhulu bephoso ebekhoyo ngexesha lezinto ezininzi kwiimbonakalo .

Isandi

Kwakukho amaxesha ekubonisweni xa amanqaku aphezulu eengoma ayezwakala. Kwakungacacanga ukuba ngaba le nto yayingenxa yempendulo evela kwinkqubo yesandi okanye kwindawo ephezulu ye "cat". Kwakunzima ukuva iingqungquthela ze-TS Eliot ezisebenzela njengamazwi womculo kwiingoma kunye nencwadi kumboniso. Oku kwenza ukuba kakade kunzima ukulandela.

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwabaphulaphuli

Nangona i-show ibhekiselelwe ekusebenzisaneni, iikati ziphuma kuphela kwimida yabaphulaphuli ngezihlandlo ezimbalwa, kwaye elinye ixesha ilungu elikhutshweyo liphuma ukudanisa nelungu labaphulaphuli - iRum Tum Tugger - umzuzu kwakunzima. Ngaphandle kokukhanyisa okhethekileyo okwenziwe ngephanyaza ngqo kubaphulaphuli, abafudumli bezinto eziqaqambileyo kuphela enye inxalenye yemveliso yokushiya kwisigaba.