Ukubuyekezwa kwama-Musical "Amakati" e-Fisher Theatre e-Detroit

01 ka 05

"Amakati"

Amakati womculo aqala eLondon Stage emuva ngo-1981, kodwa isisekelo salo esisha senza kube njalo. Ngesikhathi umculo ka-Andrew Lloyd Webber ngokuqinisekile "ungakukhumbuleki," yi-cat choreography kaGillian Lynne obeka lo mdlalo eceleni. I-cast yonke yenza izindlela zokuqothula, futhi ukusetshenziswa kukaLynn kwezakhi ze-jazz ne-ballet ku-choreography kuqedela ukukhohlisa.

Amakati yilolu chungechunge lwezimpawu zokungena ezisekelwe encwadini yezinkondlo ngu-TS Eliot: Incwadi Yase-Old Possum YamaCats Asebenzayo . Izingxenye ezilinganayo ze-cat opera ne-ballet, ama-vignettes ahlanganiswe ngokubambisana ngendaba. Lokhu kwenza ukubonisa kube nzima ukulandela ngezikhathi ezithile, ngakho ukufunda i-synopsis ngaphambi kokunconywa ngesandla.

02 ka 05

Isiqubulo

Lo mdlalo uvula i-junkyard, lapho i-Jellicle Cats ihlangana khona nomkhosi wonyaka: I-Jellicle Ball. Njengoba amakati abuthana, aqaphela izethameli (ngaleyo ndlela ephula udonga lwesine) futhi usethe ngokuchaza ukuthi yini ebeka eceleni ihlobo lezinja zeJellicle.

I-Jellicle Cats

Njengoba kuvela, amakati aseJellicle anamagama amathathu. Igama lokuqala yilokho abantu ababizayo, igama lesibili lisetshenziswe amanye amakati, kanti okwesithathu kugcinwa imfihlo. Eqinisweni, ikati ngalinye lichitha isikhathi sayo sokuphila, ukuchaza ukuthi kungani amakati ngokuvamile ebonakala ezindla.

Uhambo lokuya ku-Layout Heaviside

Amakati alinde umdala weqembu labo, uDruth Old, ukuze ibhola liqale. Kubonakala sengathi uDkt Duteronomi uzokhetha ukuthi iyiphi ikati ezokwenyuka noma i-Journey ku-Layout Heaviside ukuze izalwe kabusha. Lesi sinqumo sibeka uhlaka lendaba. Okulandelako uchungechunge lwezicwaninga (noma ama-vignettes) ngamakati ahlukahlukeneko embuthanweni, kuhlanganise neJennyanydots, i-Old Grumbie Cat; I-Rum Tum Tugger, i-lothario engathandeki; UBustopher Jones, ikati elimnandi lomphakathi ophakeme; I-Asparagus ("Gus"), i-Cat ye-Theater iye yaba yilapho; kanye ne-Skimbleshanks, i-Railway Cat.

I-Grizabella, I-Glamor Cat

Kulo lonke ubusuku i-Grizabella (aka I-Glamor Cat) yenza ukubonakala okuphindaphindiwe. I-"cat" enobuningi bobusuku ifuna ukwamukelwa amanye amakati futhi kucatshangelwe nguDruth Dala. Uphindwa ngokuphindaphindiwe yiqembu, kodwa uDruth Endala ugcina ukufakaza umzuzwana lapho uGrizabella ekhumbula khona izikhathi ezimnandi ( Izikhumbuzo ).

I-Macavity: I-Antagonist

Enye ikati egijima ngezikhathi ngezikhathi i-Macavity, ikati elibi, elibi elithukuthele ngokungamenywa ebhola. Ngosizo lwabafana bakhe ababili, uthatha uDuteronomi Omdala. Lapho ebuyela eqenjini egqoke njengoDuteronomi Omdala, utholakala, ulwa namanye amakati amaduna, futhi ekugcineni, u-electrocutes ngokwakhe lapho ezama ukubalekela. Lapho ukuxokozela sekuphelile, noma kunjalo, uDuteronomi Endala ayasadingeki. Faka isiteji ushiye umlingo uMnuz Mistoffelees, i-Conjuring Cat, osebenzisa umlingo wakhe ukubuyisela uDuteronomi Omdala.

Isiphetho

Manje sekuyisikhathi sokuba uDuteronomi Omdala enze isinqumo sakhe. Uma i-Grizabella ibuyisela isikhathi esengeziwe sokuqeda ukukhumbula , amakati ekugcineni amamukela, futhi ukhethwa njengekhambo ukuya kuLuhambo oluya kuLoveli lweHeaviside ukuze azalwe kabusha. Lo mdlalo uphetha ekupheleni kwebhola ngeyokugcina kukaDeuteronomile endala "Ukukhuluma ngamakati."

03 ka 05

I-2010 National Tour

Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi i-National National of Cats ka-2010 isebenzisa isiqondiso, ukufundwa, ukubeka kanye nezembatho zokukhiqizwa kokuqala kwe-Tony-Award, kunzima ukuthola iphutha. Yiqiniso, uRichard Stafford, umqondisi wezokuvakasha / i-choreographer kufanele futhi abizwe. Endabeni yokubeka kanye nezembatho, zakhiwe kabusha kusukela kumiklamo yasekuqaleni kaJohn Napier, umklami we-Tony-Award-winning.

Umphumela uwukubonakaliswa okuyingqayizivele kwendwangu enkulu, enethalenta. Ngenkathi imiphumela ekhethekile ngezinye izikhathi iphazamisa futhi amazwi kaThim Eliot izinkondlo ngezinye izikhathi kunzima ukuwaqonda, umculo omnandi, ukufundwa kwemisebenzi emisha kanye ne-multi-talent cast kwenza ukukhiqizwa kuhle kubonakale.

04 ka 05

I-Cast

Inkanyezi yangempela yohambo luka-2010 ngumqondisi okhishwayo, owakwazi ukuthola nje abadlali ababengabacula nokudansa, kodwa ngubani ongahambisa umusa ongahambisani nomzimba nezindlela zomzimba. Ukukhishwa kwakuyinto evelele, futhi ilungu ngalinye lalingenalo lisetshenziselwa amathalenta namandla abo endaweni yesehlakalo.

Ukuma kusuka eMichigan

Ama-standout amabili e-cast kukhona abantu baseMichigan u-Anastasia Lange no-Adam Steiner.

I-Lange idlala i-Grizabella futhi ihlabelela ukukhumbula okumiswayo . I-Lange yenziwe ukuba ibukeke njengoGloria Swanson eSunset Boulevard , kodwa yilona ulimi lomzimba oludlulisela ukuthi umhlaba udiniwe kanjani I-Glamor Cat. Ngesikhathi ebonakala lapho kuhlabelela izingoma zomculo odumile kulo lonke lo mdlalo, kwakungukuhumusha kokugcina kwe-Lange, okuyi-Memorable-wrenching Memories eyenza ukuphendula okungokomzwelo kanye nokwesaba okukhulu.

U-Adam Steiner uvela eDetroit futhi waya eMnyangweni we-Western Michigan. Ukuvezwa kwakhe ngoRum Tum Tugger, i-cat lothario engathandekayo, weba lo mdlalo. Wabonakala ehambisa uTim Curry njengoFrank N. Furter evela kuThe Rocky Horror Picture Show , kanti iziqhumane zakhe zanyathelisa uConrad wase Bye, Bye Birdie . Nokho, ubuntu bakhe bokudlala bekungokwakhe.

Gus the Cat Cat

UNathan Morgan wayemnandi njenge-Asparagus endala, ephazamisekile ephazamisekile ("Gus") kanye ne-Tigergrowl enkulu kune-life. Uphumelele ngokuphumelelayo ukuguqulwa okwenziwe kusuka emidlalo yaseshashalazini ephelele-ephelele ngezwi elidala futhi elithuthukisa i-paw - inguqulo encane ye "Gus" edlala iTigergrowl esiteji. Izwi lakhe lokucula laliqinile futhi licebile, futhi wayeyidlala kakhulu futhi enhle kakhulu.

05 ka 05

Setha, Imiphumela Ekhethekile, Umsindo, Ukukhethwa Kokubamba kanye Nezilaleli Ukubamba iqhaza

Wonke umbukiso wenziwa ku-junkyard eyodwa. I-hodgepodge yedoti ihlangene ndawonye ngendlela yokuhlinzekela amazinga ahlukahlukene kanye nama-hidey-holes elula amakati.

Imiphumela Ekhethekile

Imiphumela ekhethekile ngezinye izikhathi yayisiphazamiso embukisweni. Isibonelo, isondo elivuthayo i-Grizabella le-Heaviside "liqhutshwa" ngomswakama nokukhanya okuningi kangangokuthi kubonakala sengathi kunqotshwa ukukhishwa kwe-saucer kunokunyuka okungokomoya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngezinye izikhathi umkhumbi wawukhuphukela ezithameli futhi wavala isenzo esiteji.

I-Choreography

Ngaphandle kwe- Standltiger's Last Stand , ukufundwa kwemisebenzi kwakumangalisa, ikakhulukazi kunikezwa izitifiketi ezilinganiselwe zesiteji nobukhulu obukhulu be-cast ngenkathi bekhona phakathi kwezigcawu eziningi kulo mboniso.

Umsindo

Kube nezikhathi kulo mbukiso lapho amanothi aphezulu wezingoma ezwakala. Kwakungacacile ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yempendulo evela ohlelweni lomsindo noma i-pitch "high" pitch. Kwakunzima ukuzwa izinkondlo ze-TS Eliot ezisebenzela kokubili izingoma ezithandweni kanye nencwadi embukisweni. Lokhu kwenzé ukuthi kakade kunalokhu kunzima kakhulu ukulandela.

Ukubamba iqhaza kwabalaleli

Ngesikhathi lo mbukiso uhloswe ukuba uhlanganyele, amakati aphuma emaphethelweni ezethameli ngezikhathi ezimbalwa, futhi ngesikhathi esisodwa ilunga elikhishiwe lidansa ukudansa nelungu lezethameli - i-Rum Tum Tugger - umzuzu kwaba mnandi. Ngaphandle kokukhanyisa okwenziwe okukhethekile okwakungeniswe ngokuqondile kancane kuzilaleli, abahlengi abakhanyayo yibo kuphela okuyingxenye yokukhiqiza okushiya esiteji.