The musical "My Fair Lady" came to Beijing to taste rice dumplings

Jiuzhi.com, Beijing.The original classic musical "My Fair Lady" from Broadway will come to Beijing on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. It will premiere at the Tianqiao Art Center on June 9 and will perform 13 consecutive times. On the afternoon of June 6, a foreign creative team appeared in Beijing and sang classic songs in the play. Near the Dragon Boat Festival, Beijing organizer Compass Culture not only invited them to taste rice dumplings, but also presented them with oil-paper umbrellas and ink-ink folding fans with China characteristics.

"My Fair Lady" is a classic Broadway musical. When it was released in the 1950s, it won six top theater awards, the "Tony Awards", including "Best Musical". The film of the same name, led by Audrey Hepburn, won eight awards at the 37th Academy Awards. To this day, the musical is still touring countries around the world, and Oscar-winning actor Colin Fels is also invited to play the leading role in the American re-publishing. Andrew Lloyd Webber, author of "Phantom of the Theater", once revealed that the first musical he entered the theater to watch in his life was "My Fair Lady".

This tour of "My Fair Lady" in China has achieved good reputation in previous performances in cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, and Beijing is the final stop of the tour. At the press conference, the main creator not only interacted with the audience, but also sang the classic song from "My Fair Lady"-Sarah Setello, who played the flower girl Eliza, sang "I'm Going to Dance Until Dawn"; The live performance of "I'm Used to Her Face" by the leading actor Chris Kasten expressed the lament of this diamond bachelor who was poor at expression, who suddenly woke up when Eliza decided to turn around and leave; The second male lead, Daniel Cardennes, performed the most beautiful love song in the drama,"On the Street Where You Live."

Since the first performance in Beijing happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival, the organizer Compass Culture prepared rice dumplings for the occasion and invited foreign teams to taste traditional food. This is the first time Sarah, the female protagonist, has come to China and has eaten rice dumplings for the first time. She greatly appreciates it. Later, the organizer also sent oil-paper umbrellas and ink folding fans to the main actors as commemorative gifts. In the play, fans and umbrellas were must-have belongings for upper-class aristocrats and seemed to become symbols of identity. They could receive traditional items with China characteristics. Several main actors were very happy and repeatedly expressed their gratitude.

It is reported that "My Fair Lady" will be premiered at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center at 2 p.m. on June 9 and will last until June 19, with a total of 13 performances.