2017年CRI Chinese production of 'The Last Five Years' will premiere in Beijing

 

"The Last Five Years," a classical musical composition written and composed by three-time Tony Winner Jason Brown, now has a Chinese adaptation.

The Chinese production, which will use a 6-member live band on stage, also features the directorial debut¹ by Luo Lan.

"Although The Last Five Years is a simple love story, the interesting thing is an interweaving change of time simultaneously² portrayed³ by our lead actress and actor. The lead actress would tell this love story in reversed chronological⁴ order from the fifth to the first year. The actor performs in chronological order starting from the moment when they began to know each other."

The musical, which explores a five-year relationship between Jamie and Cathy, stars Ji Jie, famous for his soul music style and unique voice since his start as top five of Super Boy in 2007.

He will share the stage with Jiang Qianru, who was once a winner of CCTV Young Singers Competition, and has since taken on leading roles in several acclaimed⁵ Chinese original musical productions.

This Chinese version of "The Last Five Years" will premiere in Beijing at the Poly Theatre in late January.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

3 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 chronological   

adj.按年月顺序排列的，年代学的

参考例句：

• The paintings are exhibited in chronological sequence.这些画是按创作的时间顺序展出的。
• Give me the dates in chronological order.把日期按年月顺序给我。

5 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。