Chapter 1358

It's Langley hall again.

Two months ago, Langley won his first Oliver Award for his outstanding performance in "les miserables" at the Almeida theatre.

A month ago, Langley won the Cannes Film Festival's best actor award for his impressive performance in "drunken folk".

Now, the 67th Tony Awards are about to open at the Radio City Concert Hall in New York. Can Langley continue to be strong?

Langley hall! Langley hall! Langley hall! Or Langley hall!

It's old-fashioned, endless, loud and boring, and it doesn't have any new ideas repeatedly. For some audiences, it's bound to be boring, even repulsive from the heart, as if this actor is the only one left in the whole world. This name and that face can be seen in every corner and every moment. It's really annoying.

But for more audiences, they are witnessing an era and a period of history.

Strictly speaking, Langley is not a popular actor. At least he can't be compared with Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp Jr. because his commercial films are too few and his performances in works of art are difficult to win wide audience recognition; But no one can deny that lanli's outstanding and outstanding, independent to break out of their own piece of world.

In the history of the film industry, there are countless actors who once owned their own moments and even periods, but few of them have left their own marks.

Popularity is only bubble after all. Unless it can become the sexy symbol of the whole era like Rita-Hayworth or Marilyn Monroe, they will eventually be drowned in the long time.

The real factor to measure the actor is the work, commercial or artistic. Those classic works have been precipitated after the waves and become an indelible part of the history of film development. Only in this way can they be called famous.

Now, lanli is walking on this road, step by step, steady and strong.

No one knows whether he can reach the peak and write miracles; But what is certain is that he is now moving in the right direction, which is just the most wonderful part of history. Only after waiting for time to settle down can people understand what they have experienced and witnessed, and relive the years they have been in. It's really hard to describe the feeling.

This year's Tony Awards, maybe that's the moment.

At the beginning of May, shortly after the end of the Oliver prize, the Tony prize officially announced the nomination list of this year, and "witch in boots" became the biggest winner in the nomination stage.

In 2005, a British film "witch in boots" based on the real life story came out, which attracted a lot of attention in the UK. Then Broadway began the adaptation work. Because the theme was far from the right, the preparatory work and market prospects were not optimistic. It was not until October 2012 that they held an audition in Chicago, He toured and auditioned in other cities in North America step by step. After accumulating enough reputation, he officially returned to Broadway in April.

I didn't expect that once it was put on stage, it completely set off the critics' reputation, and it can be said that it was born in the air.

In the list of nominations for the Tony Awards, "witch in boots" has received 13 nominations, including the best musical, the best musical actor, the best supporting actress, the best musical director, the best musical script and all other important award departments.

In addition, the two rearranged musicals are also in the limelight, "Matilda" and "pipin's story", which have received 12 and 10 nominations respectively.

The former is based on the most successful musical of the same name in the west end of London in the past decade. It has also achieved great success on Broadway. After sweeping ten trophies above the 2010 Oliver awards, now it has a good chance to reach the top of the Tony Awards. The story is adapted from children's literature, and a large number of underage children's actors have been shown, They also carry the future of drama.

The latter is an adaptation of the classic drama of the winner of the Tony prize in 1972. It focuses on the process of seeking the value of life of the real historical figures Prince piping and Charlemagne. In that year, they won ten nominations and five trophies. After their re appearance in early 2013, they created a frenzy that the audience had to queue up and even reached the height of hard to get a vote. This is also outside the "tragic world", Another excellent work to revive the market boom.

Of course, "les miserables" is definitely a player that can not be underestimated this year.

The best series musical, the best musical actor, the best supporting actress, the best supporting actor, the best musical director, the best musical script, the best musical sound effect design, the best musical beauty design, the best musical lighting design, the best choreographer and so on.

Among them, the best supporting actress in musical won two nominations. Together, there are 11 nominations, "les miserables" is also one of the biggest winners in the nomination stage, which further intensifies the competition and trend of this year's awards.

It's no exaggeration to say that compared with the musical department, the drama department has fallen behind this year. Whether it's public praise or popularity, whether it's in the industry or outside the industry, all the attention focuses on the musical department, especially the rearrangement of the musical department, which has reappeared the peak of the golden age——

Among the four nominations for the best rehearsal musical, "Pippin", "Matilda" and "les miserables", the last "Cinderella of Rogers and Hammerstein" was also a hit, winning nine nominations.

After the list of nominations came out, the top five with the largest number of nominations were all taken by musicals, four of which were re arranged musicals, and all of them won the nominations for the best re arranged musicals. In such a competition, there is no problem to use bayonet to describe it. This has become one of the biggest highlights of this year's Tony Awards ceremony.

Of course, all the focus is not as good as the fight for the best musical actor. Even members of the American theater Association have said many times in private that this is perhaps the most competitive event since the millennium.

In other words, Lan Li's luck is not good.

Two months ago, although there was suspense about the Oliver award, in fact, lanli's overall expression was very strong, and the chance of winning the award far exceeded that of several other competitors. In contrast, the competition for the best actor in drama was really white hot at the award ceremony at that time.

But the Tony Awards just changed places.

The competition for the best actor in this year's Tony Award is no less fierce than that for the best multi row musical. The five nominees are equally powerful, and even the nominees' works are full of weight.

Billy Porter and stark Sanders of "booty monster", Bertie Carvel of "Matilda", Santino Fontana of "Cinderella of Rogers and Hammerstein", and Langley Hall of "les miserables".

All of the five actors are nominated for the best new rehearsal musical of the year. The competition is so fierce that patina Miller, the hero of Pippin's story, is directly out of the nomination stage.

Four of the five nominees have been on Broadway for many years.

Billy Porter, 44 years old, has played in a series of classic works such as "grease", "dream girl" and "angel in America". In the past 20 years, he can be seen on Broadway and off Broadway. He is a professional dramatic actor.

Although stark sands is only 35 years old, his works such as "the end of the journey", "the Twelfth Night" and "American fool" have won numerous praise on Broadway, and won the Tony Award of an outstanding new star. In addition, he has also appeared in many films and TV dramas, including the classic American dramas "under six feet", "home of mischief", "plastic surgery room" and so on.

By the way, not long ago, he played "drunken folk" with Langley. He played Troy Nelson, the soldier singer whom Albert Grossman liked. He also sang "500 miles" with Jim and Jane.

Bertie Carville is the original hero of "Mathilda" in the west end of London. With this role, she won the Oliver Award for best musical actor last year; In addition, he played the role of sheriff who tried to slander and arrest Fantine in last year's "les miserables" film version.

Sandino Fontana is a film actor. Hans of "ice and snow" is voiced by him. In addition, his figure can be seen in "proud wife" and "desire to cure the sea"; Of course, stage play is still his strong point, and his works such as "dancing out of my world", "Hamlet" and "exhausted" have won numerous praise on Broadway.

In contrast, Lan Li is undoubtedly the most junior.

Interestingly, none of the five nominees has ever won a Tony Award for best musical or actor in a play. It will be their first time to win.

Nevertheless, the competition among the five actors is still difficult to choose. Each actor has contributed the most top performance in his own works, and has received unanimous praise on Broadway. In other words, this is the competition between the strong and the peak. The judges must choose the "better" from the "best".

No doubt, this is a difficult problem, extremely difficult and extremely fatal.

As everyone knows, only one Tony Award is missing now, and Langley will achieve egot. Moreover, this year's performance of "les miserables" is so strong that it seems that the time, location and people have been perfectly matched. For the layman, it is a natural choice to choose lanli without knowing it; But for professionals, it is a cruel suffering——

They can make a history, they can kill a history.

However, Lan Li's competitors didn't make this choice easy. Among the five nominees, there is no dispute that any one of them will win in the end. So, it means that... It depends on personal preference?

On top of the Tony Award, which has always been highly respected as a professional and authoritative award, has it come to the stage of personal preference? That's not good, right?