不遗余力继续怀旧以及做广告

今天小Joe在爱音客上发布Rent发DVD的消息，寒酸得连视频和照片都没，于是我开始各种找之前的资料。拜找资料所赐，看了所有的照片，看了已流传出来的所有视频，看了AIC上的review，把古早的校内分享也翻了出来，看了剧组的各位的review。就像去年这时候一样，仅仅是看着这些东西，就会感动，就会激动，就会忍不住大声高呼：La vie Boheme.  于是，我想起了这封信。时隔一年，我想，把这封邀请函拿出来并无不妥，况且里面也没写什么见不得人的事情。

我觉得当时我能想到给Don写这封信，绝对是近两年来屈指可数的IQ、EQ超常发挥，就在Rent开演没几天的时候，去邀请这么一个还能称得上重量级的人来看我们的演出。我并没有指望他能来，因为那时候42街在天津巡演，老爷子估计没法赶过来，但是据说他确实被这封信感动了，于是一定要跑来看我们。其实那时候剧组的人忙得天昏地暗，没有人能顾得上接待他，Don他默默来了，没人理他，他看完又默默走了。传说董爷爷看完以后，那叫一个激动，往我们的募捐箱里塞了大把红色纸钞。我想，这就是我们的力量，我们在用实际行动告诉那些人们，我们对于Rent的爱，我们对于音乐剧的爱，对于音乐的爱，对于生活的爱。

Dear Mr. Frantz,

Hello, I’m Crystal Wang, the ex-president of the Musical Association of Peking University.  I am very appreciated to be invited to 42nd Street on 17th Sept. in Shanghai and very lucky to get the hat with 42nd Street logo from you.  I enjoyed the show very much at that time, and in return, I’m very honored to invite you to our show, Rent, in 8th Dec. on Beijing.

The show is presented by the students in the Musical Association of Peking University, which is one of the few non-professional student associations which can give a full musical show in China.  We’ve done a lot to introduce musicals to students in Beijing.  In June, we’ve presented Avenue Q in the campus, with all handmade puppets and scenes.  The entire hall got crazy after the show.  We got actors, we got bands, we got audience, but unfortunately, we did not get copyright.  Under Chinese copyright law, performances without copyright are considered legally if actors are volunteers and no entrance fee required for the audience, versus definitely illegally in U.S.  Avenue Q, as well as Rent, is performed under this statute.  Though it was an advantage for us, we still remember there is no business like show business.  We wish to get copyright, but it is very inconvenient for us in China to get access to the copyright center, like MTI.  We hope that we can cooperate with Nederlander in the future, to get the copyright and bring more shows to the campus.  I think it’s a really good and cheap way to advertise and introduce musicals to the future audience.

Although we are a student association, we’ve tried a lot with musical shows, and some of our members are very interested in the stage.  They like acting, singing and dancing.  I know that Nederlander has made much effort in importing Broadway musicals, and I’m still interested to know if Nederlander has any plan of making Chinese version of Broadway musicals, or hold workshops for local actors.  We are always prepared to receive training for musical, and hope we can have more interactive communion in the future.

We are looking forward to your attendance this Saturday for Rent, and we will do our best to show you the passion of musical in the universities in China.

Best regards,

Crystal Wang, on behalf of Musical Association of Peking University

连倪德伦中国的老总Don看了都捐出大把钞票的演出，足见其水平！所以，大家请继续支持Rent吧！！（这个才是这个帖子的真正目的吧？）

P.S.在爱音客上找“点点点”系列找得累死，于是原封不动贴过来达到效用最大化。请点我看剧照，点我看review，视频片断咱就别点了，直接扔这里吧:)