A Study on the Shanghai New Stage's Peking Opera Series Jigong Buddha
Jigong Buddha is the longest performing and highest grossing play in the history of Shanghai New Stage,but it is also the most criticized play.At that time,cultural elites believed that the New Stage had degenerated from pro-moting progressive ideas to striving to please the audience.New Stage is a professional theatrical group that emphasi-zes both commercial profitability and social responsibility.Jigong Buddha is an attempt by the New Stage to achieve the concept of popular educational drama.The specific approach of Jigong Buddha still has enlightening significance for contemporary Chinese opera.
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