Singing in the Rain

頗具盛名的音樂劇 『Singing in the Rain』在今天 (2013/06/08)演出最後一場告別作，在倫敦正式下檔了。我剛好趕上末班車，看到了真正的最後一場。我聽到一位伯伯跟販賣手冊工作人員詢問，說最後一場了有沒有甚麼特別的加碼？工作人員說, "Oh yeah, in the last few shows, they really sang their hearts out. We might have encores tonight. You're definitely in for a treat."


這是比較復古的音樂劇，劇情故事相當簡單，演出的重點在於踢踏舞(Tap Dance)以及歌手演唱。最耳熟能詳的莫過於 Good Morning 以及Singing in the Rain 兩首，曲調輕盈氣氛也歡樂。但我更喜歡溫柔深情的 Would You。完整的曲目，歌詞與影片可以在這邊找到，雖然Youtube上目前流傳的都是1952年的版本，但是經典的曲子是歷久彌新的。今天的演出，各方面都稍微有modernize過。味道再稍微活潑一些。雖然不是我最喜歡的歌舞劇風格，但大致上來說表演相當不錯。如果花大錢坐前排的坐位，雨中的舞蹈會故意潑水到觀眾席，現場驚呼聲連連，挺逗趣的。

歌舞劇是這樣的，不同的時間看，會跟不同首歌產生共鳴。
今天腦子揮之不去的是這首『Would You』：





He holds her in his arms, 
would you, would you? 
He tells her of her charms, 
would you, would you? 

They met as you and I and they were only friends, 
But before the story ends, 
He’ll kiss her with a sigh, would you, 
would you?

And if the girl were I would you, would you
And would you dare to say let’s do the same as they,
I would, would you? 
And would you dare to say let’s do the same as they,
I would, would you?