曾经在百老汇风靡一时的音乐喜剧,现在正在莎士比亚和肖伯纳艺术活动的故乡伦敦西区遍地开花,其热烈程度并不亚于当年的百老汇,剧院门前人头攒动,票房前挂着“满座”的牌子,乐队随着指挥强而有力的击拍奏出振人心弦的乐声。更令人刮目相看的是,与过去几年不同,风靡一时的作品不是来自美国,而是土生土长的英国式音乐喜剧。在伦敦西区上演的音乐喜剧题材广泛,从轰动一时的《国际象棋》、《悲惨世界》到传记文学式的《伦农》、《今晚你可寂寞》,以及一组技巧高超的作品,如《时势》、《背叛》、《星光快车》等等。很难说出音乐喜剧在伦敦是什么时候开始压倒纽约的,不过对于促使形成这种局面的关键人物却是毫无疑问的,那就是安德鲁·劳埃 The once-popular music comedy on Broadway is now spreading over West London, the hometown of Shakespeare and Shaw’s art events, no less intense than those of Broadway that year. The theater is full of people, with “full seats” in front of the box office, The band strikes with strong and powerful beat loud and clear. Even more impressive is that unlike the past few years, the rage of the work is not from the United States, but a native British musical comedy. There are a wide range of musical comedy shows in the West End, ranging from sensational “Chess,” “Les Miserables,” to biographies of Lunnan, “You can be lonesome tonight,” and a group of highly skilled works such as “Current situation”, “betrayal”, “Star Express” and so on. It’s hard to say when a musical comedy started to overwhelm New York in London, but there’s no doubt about the key figure that helped shape the situation: Andrew Lloyd