Chapter Eighty-Nine: Preparation
Afterwards, Xu An really received a lot of phone calls, in addition to Taylor, Emily and Bruce and other friends, even Catherine eagerly came, he was afraid that his son would be bent, and the mother and son basically had the same attitude towards homosexuality, that is, not to discriminate and not accept. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Even the old guy from Douglas got the news out of nowhere and made fun of Xu An.
Time flies, and the "scandal" about Brian and Xu An on the Internet gradually subsided because they did not get a response from the parties, but Xu An's invitation to readers to audition for "Mamma Mia" received a warm response.
In particular, readers in New York and several nearby states said they would definitely come to the show.
The number of people who responded was too large, and the Golden Rose Theater only had more than 800 private rooms, so that the Golden Rose Theater Company had to urgently go online to register, and the number of registered people soon exceeded 5,000.
As a last resort, Xu An and the others thought of a way, that is, the audition tickets were decided by lottery.
Soon, January 3 officially arrived.
Xu An came to the Golden Rose Grand Theater early in the morning, after a month of emergency repairs, the theater has a new look, the fire red with rose patterns and embossed doors and doors, and the dilapidated days ago are in stark contrast, the ticket office is also very elegant and modern, but no tickets are sold during the audition, only ticket checks are required.
The inside of the theater is neat and bright, the seats are not fancy but very clean and comfortable, and the floors are spotlessly clean, and every corner is cleaned by a cleaning company.
Bruce is leading the group to rehearse nervously on the stage, and the three Donna sisters are wearing beautiful orange, red and green clothes, holding the microphone to lead the singing, the song is called "DancingQueen", the tune is cheerful, with the exaggerated movements and expressions of the three main actors and supporting dancers, it looks very infectious.
Xu An looked at it for a while and went straight to the backstage.
The backstage is divided into several sections, there is a makeup area, a changing area for the actors and actresses, where the actors who are not on stage are preparing, and the makeup artists and stylists hired by several companies are busy putting on makeup and styling the actors.
Emily stood at the exit, dressed in a pure white wedding dress, which was tightly taut against her graceful body, highlighting seductive lines, and her hair was slightly trimmed, brown and gold intertwined, very eye-catching.
"Hi, Emily."
Emily saw Xu An, curved the corners of her mouth, and called softly, "An." ”
Xu An knew that this girl was nervous at a glance, in fact, today is the first day of the audition, everyone in the theater is very nervous, even him, but the nervousness of these people is different from the actors who are going to go on stage, and the pressure on everyone is completely different.
"Take it easy, Emily, look at you, proud of your figure, clear voice, deep singing skills and graceful dancing, if you are still nervous, then the other actors will not fall on the stage?" Xu An deliberately exaggeratedly shouted.
Emily couldn't help but laugh, her face flushed with a hint of red, and she said angrily, "Ann, you're exaggerating. ”
Xu An shook his head solemnly, pressed his hands on the girl's shoulders, looked directly into the other party's eyes, and said seriously: "Emily, listen to me, you have to believe in yourself, you are the best, you are the brightest new star on Broadway, soon, everyone will be crazy for you and everyone on the stage, you will appear in major newspapers, there will be endless interviews and program invitations, there will be global tours, you are the one who wants to conquer Broadway, conquer the West End of London, In the future, there will be Tony and Oliver Award trophies on the display case in your home, but today, it's just an audition! ”
Xu An said seriously, Emily was guided by him, and couldn't help but imagine everything he said, being an actor, whether it is a movie actor, a TV series actor or a stage actor, there is no one who doesn't like to be famous.
Being able to tour on Broadway and in London's West End and win the highest awards in the theatre industry is the ultimate goal of every stage actor, because it means recognition, recognition from audiences and professionals.
couldn't help but reverie, Emily suddenly came back to her senses and patted Xu An with a smile: "Ann, it's too exaggerated, it's just an audition, as if I was about to get on the podium to get a Tony Award trophy." ”
Obviously, Emily is a lot more relaxed, Xu An also laughed, hoping that she can bring this relaxed mood to tonight, as long as she has a successful performance, there will be a lot less tension in the future, "What I said is the truth, believe me, Emily, and believe in yourself!" ”
Emily nodded heavily, glanced at Xu An deeply, and turned to step onto the stage.
Soon, Emily's clear and penetrating singing voice came from behind the curtain, Xu An listened carefully, and then snapped his fingers, at least it sounded fine.
After a while, Bruce returned to the backstage, he was sweating profusely, he kept wiping his face with a towel as soon as he got off the scene, and there were also traces of wetting behind his clothes, after seeing Xu An, he hurriedly said hello, and then called a member of the group, constantly telling something, after the instructions, he ran to talk to the choreographer on the side, and then the lighting engineer, the sound engineer, it was very busy.
In fact, he doesn't need to do a lot of these jobs, there is a choreographer, he just needs to be responsible for his own and the troupe's performances, but he can't put his mind at ease, fortunately, the choreographer can clearly see his nervousness and excitement, and he doesn't think too much.
It wasn't until the end that he came to Xu An.
Xu An patted his arm and reassured, "Relax, man, you're not Emily, you've been on Broadway for years, why are you so nervous?" ”
Bruce smiled, his smile was tired, dark circles could still be seen under heavy makeup, but the spirit was very uplifted, the feeling was a bit like the state that Brian often showed, the body was very tired, but the spirit was very high, like an addict who had just smoked something, "Seriously, after twenty years on Broadway, I have never been so nervous as I am today. ”
Xu An asked rhetorically, "What are you nervous about?" Is it because you don't have confidence in my playbook, or because you don't have confidence in yourself and your team? ”
"I don't know, in short, it's all kinds of nervousness, worrying that no one will come tonight, worrying that there will be mistakes on the stage, and worrying that the audience won't buy it, and I'm afraid that there will be no applause in the end......"
Bruce babbled and said, Xu An didn't interrupt him, even if he was given a chance to vent, and finally waited for Bruce to finish speaking, he smiled and said: "Man, you don't need comfort, in fact, you understand everything, we have the best script, no famous but solid actors, and tonight the audience will be full of seats, and there will be the warmest applause at the end, you all understand, you are just suffering from gains and losses, want to open a little." ”
Bruce was silent for a moment and nodded, "Well, you're right, we'll make it!" It will definitely work! ”
As he spoke, he clenched his fists vigorously, as if to cheer himself up!