Stage Keep it in
the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present
acrobatics (杂技) all year round. Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the
country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The program contains trick
cycling, leaping (跳跃)through hoops (圆环) and Chinese magic tricks (魔术). Some of
the artists have won prizes in international competitions (比赛). Time: 7:15 p.m. Daily Place:
36, Dongsanhuan Beitu, Chaoyang District Tel:
65071828 Use your head:Green Hat is
a new drama(戏剧) given by a group of young Chinese actors. It’s a rewrite of
American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter.
It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the
public disagreement. Time: 7:15 p.m. until
March 5, except Mondays Place: China
Children’s Theater Tel: 66037367 Mix and match:Story of Puppets (木偶) tells of a
fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world. After watching a
puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so
she uses magic to turn the puppet characters (人物) into humans, wanting to fall
in love with the puppet hero. But things don’t go as she planned... Li Liuyi,
the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present
different traditional operas (剧种) in one play. This time he combines (结合) Peking
Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band (乐队), using the structure of
modern drama. Time: 7:30 p.m. until March 10,
except Mondays Place: Small Playhouse of
Beijing People’s Art Theater Tel:
65760878 Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking
Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater. Each
performance includes two classical excerpts (选段). One is Wenxi (a play focusing
on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing).
The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow
Bridge. And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of
Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven. Time: 7:30 p.m. February 27, 28 Place: Chang’an Grand Theater Tel: 86531052 According to the text, which of the following statements is true
A. The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in
it.
B. Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American
artists.
C. Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our
country.
D. The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same
excerpts.