2013.11.19
LONDON APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE
我最早知道有《Wicked》这部音乐剧是因为看的《Glee》里面有一集Kurt和Rachel比拼唱功比赛那首《Defying Gravity》(BTW,这首的原唱Kristin Chenoweth和Idina Menzel也都先后上过这部剧)。这首《Defying Gravity》不仅好听,而且相当励志。后来我又听了这部音乐剧的原声碟,发现里面还多歌都很好听,其中还有一首《Popular》还被MIKA拿来改编成他的新歌《Popular Song》。所以我的这次英国之行,在参加Doctor Who 50周年庆典之外,最最期待的就是去看这部音乐剧。
看完以后我发觉,用“好”不能足够形容这部音乐剧,因为对我来说简直是充满了惊喜。惊喜一:因为其实在之前,我已经听过那张原声碟无数遍了,但是说实话我并没有搞明白其中的剧情。我本以为作为音乐剧,它的唱词相对比较直白,情节也应当比较好抓。现场看了音乐剧才知道原来情节变化如此多,难怪我当初没搞懂剧情,原来是因为这部剧的剧情反转真的好多。两位主人公的关系分分合合,各位配角一会是正面人物、一会是反面人物、一会又是正面人物等等。惊喜二:它的层次比我想象当中的要多好多。我原来一直以为《Defying Gravity》是这部音乐剧的主打歌、重头戏,它讲的是身来就全身绿色的少女Elphaba却天赋秉承魔法能力然后与外部做抗争的情节。于是我就天真地认为这部剧其实讲地重点也就是成长类的,如何认识自我、与外部打交道等等。没想到其实这只是这部音乐剧一部分的情节,正如《Defying Gravity》只是第一幕的结束曲一样,第二幕讲的完全是另一个层次的故事。在第二幕的故事里,其实情节有一点点过于仓促,好像有点坐过山车一样,一波波事件目不暇接,而每件事其实都需要时间消化和情绪上的调整。所以第二幕里面的那些歌曲的立义有那么一点乱。但是这并不影响这部音乐剧最终还是找到了它真正想要说的内容,原来是友谊。
这部剧有两位女主角,绿皮Elphaba和金发Glinda。第一幕的时候,我一直把Elphaba当作是第一主角,而把Glinda作为反派看待的。说实话,Glinda的种种娇气做作大小姐行径,很难把她认真对待。然后Elphaba和Glinda两人走了两条完全不同的道路,看到她们分道扬镳的时候,我还是有点不甘心的,因为《Defying Gravity》里面都说了“together we’ll be unlimited”,我看到Glinda不愿意跟Elphaba一起走还挺生气的。但是再看到后面,其实是留下来的Glinda担当起了所有,甚至可以说Glinda才是真正的hero,大家都是大团圆结局,可能唯一不圆满的就是Glinda了吧。此时的Glinda成了我心目中的第一女主角。
回过头来再说里面的歌曲,真的好赞!每一次听《Defying Gravity》的时候,感觉就像加油器一样,充满了能量。特别是最后Elphaba越长越笃定、甚至有点义无反顾的“’And nobody in all of Oz no wizard that there is or was is ever gonna bring me down!’”,每次听都起鸡皮疙瘩。最近我更喜欢第二幕的压轴《For Good》,满满的友情!
(Glinda):
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you…
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made from what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend…
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant world
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda):
Because I knew you
(Both):
I have been changed for good