超越与融入:从《冥界》管窥当代美国女性戏剧创作的新趋向

Transcending and Integrating: Hadestown and the New Trend of Contemporary American Women’s Theatre

2019年,音乐剧《冥界》在百老汇上演,并获得巨大成功。这部由女性团队打造的剧作,不仅是女性在戏剧界赢得胜利的重要标志,也理应被看作是女性戏剧的典范。但该剧并不是大家印象中那种典型的女性戏剧,女性对该剧的影响隐藏在显性的主题和形式背后,在超越女性戏剧局限的同时,将女性的品格、精神融入创作之中,为女性戏剧注入了新的活力。本文拟从《冥界》的创作过程、舞台呈现和戏剧理念三个层面,探究女性对于这部剧作产生影响的具体方式,并由此管窥当代美国女性戏剧创作的新趋向。

In 2019, Hadestown was put on stage at Broadway and achieved a great success. The play made by a team of women is not only a milestone of women’s success in the theatre, but it also should be considered as a paragon of the women’s theatre. However, it does not seem to be the typical women’s theatre;instead, the influence of women is hidden behind its external theme and form. The team of women transcends the limit of the women’s theatre and integrates women’s unique characteristics into the creation of the play, thus bringing vitality to the women’s theatre. The present article explores how women influence the play from the three perspectives of the creation process, the stage presentation and the theatrical philosophy, and attempts to find the new trend of contemporary American women’s theatre.