《夢傳說》

One of my best friends from high school, Leon Ko, has written this new musical for Hong Kong Dance. I attend the second performance tonight. The story is very simple:

小時候的胡樂，開始聽當攝影師的爸爸講故事。突然有一天，爸爸離開了他們，到外地搞攝影創作，但是，失去蹤影，究竟是遇到了意外，還是遭到了什麼遭遇，沒有人知道。當舞蹈員的媽媽胡麗仙，獨自撫養胡樂長大，生活逼人，胡麗仙放棄了自己心愛的藝術，不再跳舞，以銷售水晶為生，但兒子悄悄地繼承了母親的理想，希望成為出色的舞蹈員......

The main actress, Amy Chan (陳秀雯), sang really well. I think she is one of the most versatile singer/actress in Hong Kong. The music is very typical of Leon Ko - catchy melody with broadway style numbers. Although I think the story is somewhat too simple, but I was touched in one of the scenes about 故事裡面主角胡樂及演他小時候的小樂在台上﹐他們一起看著胡麗仙(陳秀雯飾)在忙著生意的電話﹐小樂唱著一曲《媽媽你變了》﹕「媽媽你變了﹐媽媽你變了﹐媽媽你變了﹐你知道嗎﹖　媽媽你哭吧﹐媽媽你哭吧﹐媽媽你哭啦﹐就舒服了」. My eyes were wet.

I was quite happy for Leon as his music has matured. The flow was much better than that of the previous shows. To Kwok Wai's lyrics is so so, but there were some sparks in a few songs.

There is, however, an odd scene where Amy Chan appeared as Amy Chan and discussed the story with other performers. To me, this disturbed the flow of the show and was abrupt. I don't understand it and it did not add any value to the understanding of the story.

I truly enjoyed the show. If you are interested in local musicals, you may consider going to this show.