五十年代后期,黄小立在中央戏剧学院上学期间,曾在奥斯特洛夫斯基的名剧《肥缺》中初露锋芒,师生们称赞他将是演“英俊小生”的演员。可是,他没有就此沿着这个戏路子走下去。以后二十几年的舞台实践,他创造了各种各样的人物形象,给观众以不同的兴味。他说:“每一个演员都有自己喜欢的角色,但千万不要因此画地为牢,把自己框死了。”戏路子宽,可塑性强,是中央实验话剧院中年演员黄小立表演的突出特点。在《故都春晓》中,黄小立扮演颇有正义感的国民党元老李船石。他比较细腻地刻画了这位老者从怀疑共产党到相信共产党的感情变化。有这样一场戏, In the late fifties, Huang Xiaoli used to play a leading role in Ostrovsky’s famous drama Fat Man when he was a student at the Central Academy of Drama. Students and teachers praised him as an actor who played “handsome niche.” However, he did not go along this path of play along the way. After two decades of stage practice, he created a wide range of character images, giving the audience a different taste. He said: “Every actor has his own favorite character, but do not draw a picture for himself and put himself in a box.” The broad path of play and strong plasticity are the outstanding characteristics of the performance of Huang Xiaoli, a middle-aged actor of the Central Experimental Theater. In the “old capital of Spring”, Huang Xiaoli played quite a sense of justice, Li Kuangshi, the KMT. He more delicately portrayed this old man’s change of feelings from doubting the Communist Party to believing the Communist Party. There is such a scene,