The Four Seas Players Inc. from New York will be hosting a musical
play on September 29, 2012 (Saturday) at 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM, the shows
will be held at the Chinese Community Center of New Jersey Chinese
Language School. The premiere of the Cantonese musical show is called
"Madame White Snake". Before and in between the shows, there will be a
Mid-Autumn festival food and authentic Malaysian food fair. The food
bazaar profits will be donated to the CCCNJ Chinese School. Mooncakes
will be available for purchase. See Flyer here. The Four Seas Players will premiere its forty-third
Cantonese musical play "Madame White Snake in two shows. This play,
directed by Jackie Huang with martial arts choregrapher Vance Young and
dance choregrapher Margaret Yuen had six premiere shows last year in New
York's Chinatown and was sold out for every show. Due to the popular
demand, CCCNJ have decided to launch this show in New Jersey. The
seating for the two shows are limited, so hurry and make your
reservation for your friends and family while they last. .
Madame White Snake (白 素貞) awakens at the Broken Bridge
as a beautiful woman. Spring is in full bloom and she glories in the
beauty of the earth and her transformation. The gods gave her the power
to assume the human form because through sheer force of will, she was
able to meditate on being human for one thousand years. Xiao Qing (小 青),
on the other hand, could only meditate for 500 years. Xiao Qing alerts
Madame White Snake to the first human (Xu Xian -許 仙) she sees who is
carrying an umbrella. Their eyes meet and they feel a sudden attraction
for each other. The couple celebrates their love, Xu proposes to Madame
White Snake that they be married. Xiao Qing regrets the day the lovers
met and decides to seduce Xu. When Madame White Snake finds out she
got very angry, but the sisterhood has bought them closer to each other
and jealousy can’t come between them. The Abbot (法海和尚) of the Golden
Monastery arrives in search of Madame White Snake and Xu Xian, and is
determine to separate this couple once and for all. Madame White Snake
and Xiao Qing fight against the Abbot. The fight between Immortal Snake
and the human begin. The ending of the story will surprise the
audiences. Theatrical costumes are well-conceived by theatrical
specialist. The martial arts scene is fantastic, along with the
classics melodies. In addition, sound and lighting designs
were specially made to be fresh and exciting.
The shows will be held on September 29, 2012 at the
Chinese Community Center of New Jersey Chinese Language School.
Premiere in Cantonese with English subtitles. All proceedings will
be donated to the Chinese Language School and Four Seas Players Inc.
Since seating is limited and a sell-out is anticipated, ticket purchases
will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Performance Date: Saturday, September 29, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM Location: Chinese Language School Chinese Community Center of New Jersey Inc. Grace Lutheran Church, 925 5th Avenue, River Edge, NJ 07661 Tickets: VIP $50, On site $15, Pre-order $12, Senior citizens and students $8 Phone inquiries and tickets for pre-order: (646) 580-8388, Bergen County - Jon Lau (917) 561-3540 Online inquiries and tickets: www.4seas.org Chinese
Community Center of New Jersey Inc. and The Chinese Language School has
forty years of history and it has a 501c3 non-profit status and their
principals and school staff are served by volunteers. Their mission is
to promote the Chinese language through reading and writing, along with
Chinese culture. The School offers Cantonese classes from kindergarten
to six grades. We welcome children over the age of four to register.
We have a Putonghua (Mandarin) class which is a special class for parents and graduate students, where they can learn simple
Mandarin. School classes start every Saturday from 9:30 am to noon.
After-school activities include: paper cutting, lion dance, young
martial arts classes, etc. If you have any questions, please refer to
the website: www.cccnj888.org or for any inquires please call principal: Jon Lau (917) 561-3540. |
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