Chinese Musical Theater

A blog dedicated to Chinese musical theater. Run by Sarah (@dostresseisdostres), Lilly (@luciusskywolter) and Fox (@stellafox)

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2023 League of Musicals Division D - Group 11

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Show Boat

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King's Table

Voting ended onAug 13, 2023

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I’m here to promote the original Chinese musical—King’s Table!

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KING’S TABLE

19世纪初，瑞典-挪威联合王国派出特别行动队，前往被幽灵王盘踞多年的贝尔岛执行接收任务，同时确保“幽灵王作为交接人在这个世界上永远消失”。登岛队伍里，中尉奥尔森与其他士兵格格不入，神奇的是仅有他一人登岛成功。

但是据说“被恶魔盘踞的贝尔岛”完全是另外一幅景象，引发了他记忆深处的往事——已故恩师、挚友、挪威“国家英雄”克雷加德……奥尔森能完成任务吗？岛上又有什么秘密？

At the beginning of the 19th century, the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway dispatched a special operations team to Bell Island which had been occupied for several years by a ghost king. Their mission was to ensure that this ghost king disappeared forever from this world—never to reincarnate again. Lieutenant Jón Olsen—a soldier at odds with his crew—by some miracle is the only member of his team to set foot upon the island.

However, the purportedly demon-infested Bell Island appears to him as a different landscape—one that stirs memories of past events regarding his late mentor and best friend Asbjørn Claygaard—Norway’s national hero. Will Lieutenant Olsen successfully complete his mission, and what secrets await on Bell Island?

当贝尔岛的诗篇被谱写成歌； 当归来的渡鸦在瓦尔哈拉长鸣； 当旧日的遗骸遭新世界滚滚碾过；  当神明在理想陨落的尽头驻足回望；

翻国王棋，一子一命，落子无悔。 人人皆身陷棋局，最终踏入无法扭转的命运。

When the poems of Bell Island are written in song… When the returning raven crows in Valhalla… When the wreckage of the old is overthrown by the new world… When the gods stop and look back at the end of the collapse of ideals…

King’s Table, one piece—one life, without regrets. Everyone is locked in a game of tafl and eventually will venture into a fate that cannot be undone.

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King’s Table is an immersive, environmental musical originating from China set in an imagined Europe in the nineteenth century. A Nordic science-fiction that also happens to be one of the first original Chinese musicals to be licensed abroad and translated into Korean! This is a historic landmark in China’s budding musical theatre industry!

Check out the rehearsals!

Seriously, Chinese musicals never get any attention—let’s change that!

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Championship Bracket

La Révolution ∼𝓋𝓈∼ King’s Table

Round 3 ・ Match 3 of 16

La Révolution

King’s Table

Voting ended onMay 22, 2023

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Championship Bracket

I Beg You at the End of the World ∼𝓋𝓈∼ King’s Table

Round 1 ・ Match 5 of 28

I Beg You at the End of the World

King’s Table

Voting ended onMay 8, 2023

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I need you all to vote for King's Table!! It's an original Chinese musical and according to this news report, it is going to be exported to Korea!

This appears to be unprecedented!! (As in, having an original Chinese musical go abroad?) I think that makes the work already incredibly cool! It's also the prequel to Light Keepers, which didn't make it into the contest, so please vote in Light Keepers absence!

As for the content of the show, it appears to draw on a lot of Nordic inspiration and has even got this unique neofolk sound. I have never heard of a neofolk musical, but there you go! Also, the set design is...so immersive? Have a look for yourself: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1m94y1D78E/

I am not a Chinese speaker by any means, so please take the following translation with a grain of salt.

KING'S TABLE

19世纪初，瑞典-挪威联合王国派出特别行动队，前往被幽灵王盘踞多年的贝尔岛执行接收任务，同时确保“幽灵王作为交接人在这个世界上永远消失”。登岛队伍里，中尉奥尔森与其他士兵格格不入，神奇的是仅有他一人登岛成功。

但是据说“被恶魔盘踞的贝尔岛”完全是另外一幅景象，引发了他记忆深处的往事——已故恩师、挚友、挪威“国家英雄”克雷加德……奥尔森能完成任务吗？岛上又有什么秘密？

At the beginning of the 19th century, the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway dispatched a special operations team to Bell Island which had been occupied for several years by a ghost king. Their mission was to ensure that this ghost king disappeared forever from this world—never to reincarnate again. Lieutenant Jón Olsen—a soldier at odds with his crew—by some miracle is the only member of his team to set foot upon the island.

However, the purportedly demon-infested Bell Island appears to him as a different landscape—one that stirs memories of past events regarding his late mentor and best friend Asbjørn Claygaard—Norway’s national hero. Will Lieutenant Olsen successfully complete his mission, and what secrets await on Bell Island?

当贝尔岛的诗篇被谱写成歌； 当归来的渡鸦在瓦尔哈拉长鸣； 当旧日的遗骸遭新世界滚滚碾过； 当神明在理想陨落的尽头驻足回望；

翻国王棋，一子一命，落子无悔。 人人皆身陷棋局，最终踏入无法扭转的命运。

When the poems of Bell Island are written in song... When the returning raven crows in Valhalla... When the wreckage of the old is overthrown by the new world... When the gods stop and look back at the end of the collapse of ideals…

King's Table, one piece—one life, without regrets. Everyone is locked in a game of tafl and eventually will venture into a fate that cannot be undone.

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encore in musical “the fallen angel”

Adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel "the fallen angel”by Osamu Dazai

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A show with Chinese great musical actor Liam Liu

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“You’ll never walk alone” by Liu Yang

Translation of what he says at the end of the video:

Hello this is Liu Yang, musical theatre actor. The song I just performed is called “You’ll never walk alone”, from the musical “Carousel”, composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein. I’m presenting this song at this time because, I think, among all the numbers in the golden times of Broadway, it conveys the most warmth and positivity. Our lives are being affected by unexpected reasons, as if we all were walking through a storm. Hope and confidence, that’s what we need most. And that’s exactly what the song says, and why I’m singing it for all of you. Stay healthy. Stay happy. See you at the theatre the day it opens again.

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“Colors of the wind” cover by Zhu Zirong

Playing this on repeat. Such a beautiful cover, and on top of that this song was my favorite when I was like 5.

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As long as you’re mine (Wicked) - Li-Tong Hsu & Oedo Kuipers

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Litong Hsu and Oedo were ready for a secret show in China

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A famous story in China from “The history of the three kingdoms ” which was talking about Diaochan and Guanyu’s story.musical “Sai Diaochan ”

From Weibo

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The player Hsu Litong and Lu Tianlong playing the music from 《The greatest show man》 This is me… https://m.youku.com/video/id_XMzgzOTA0MTYyOA==.html?refer=weibocilck&source=

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Mod recruitment

Hello everyone,

Because I’m very busy with real life business at the moment, I’m going to stop updating my personal blog and this Chinese musical theater blog. I promise I will come back when I have more time, but this blog will be on hiatus before that actually happens…unless someone could help me run it. If you’re interested in becoming a mod, please send a message in the ask box!

Thank you very much for following this blog. I really didn’t expect it to get any attention when I just started it. Love you all. <3

Sarah

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Sorry for my long time inactivity but real life has been really tough for me. I confess that I still don’t see much possibility of running this blog by myself, but fortunately we have a new mod now! Hopefully we will bring you more content related to Chinese musical theater in the future. Thank you again for sticking with us.

Sarah