From thE hEADlinEs ABout hollywooD ACtors pErForming on thE lonDon stAgE, it woulD BE EAsy to ConCluDE thAt thE rElAtionship wAs onE wAy—in short, thAtAmEriCAn Film stArs strEAm ovEr to thE wEstEnD to givE its Box oFFiCE A Boost. iF truth BE tolD, thE Flow is two wAy AnD hAs BEEn so For quitE A whilE. whAt hAs ChAngED oF lAtE, howEvEr, is thE pACE oF thE ExChAngE. thE rECEnt hEADlinEs ABoutAmEriCAn stArs tAking ovEr thE lonDon stAgE oBsCurEs A muCh morE symBiotiC rElAtionship BEtwEEnBroADwAy AnD thE wEstEnD thAt’s rootED As muCh in An ExChAngE oF iDEAs AnD mAtEriAl As in tAlEnt AlonE.
BArry wEisslEr, A proDuCEr AnD winnEr oF FivE tony AwArDs For rEvivAls suCh As "FiDDlEr on thE rooF" AnD "ChiCAgo", BEliEvEs thE rElAtionship ContinuEs to Flourish BECAusE oF thE ContrAsting ACting trADitions on EithEr siDE oF thEAtlAntiC、"wE givE lonDon morE opEn, spontAnEous AnD gutsy ACting, whilE thE unitED kingDom givEs us morE DisCiplinED AnD ArtistiCAlly trAinED ACtors. "
thE ExChAngE oF pErFormErs BEtwEEn thE wEstEnD AnD thE grEAt whitE wAy is tightly ControllED ByEquity, thE sEpArAtE But similArly nAmED ACtors’ unions on EithEr siDE oF thEAtlAntiC、thE ABsurD rulE is onEAmEriCAn ACtor in thE wEstEnD For onEBritish ACtor onBroADwAy. this Also AppliEs to EntirE proDuCtions. For instAnCE,DAviD lEvEAux’s proDuCtion oF tom stoppArD’s plAy "thE rEAl thing" trAnsFErrED From lonDon toBroADwAy in 2000 in ExChAngE For miChAEl mAyEr’s "siDE mAn".
thE BEnEFits oF ExChAngEs CAn still BE hugE, EspECiAlly For thE ACtors.
A、BroADwAy BrEAk For ABritish pErFormEr CAn BE thE stArt oF A hollywooD CArEEr, whilEAmEriCAn stArs CAn ACCruE ConsiDErABlE kuDos For thEir ACting CrEDEntiAls By AppEAring on thE lonDon stAgE.
thE wEstEnD is Also ConsiDErED A morE AmEnABlE AnD lEss Cut-throAt lAunChing pAD For proDuCtions—EspECiAlly thosE oF A sEnsitivE nAturE, suCh As 2004’s surprisE hit "guAntDnAmo", A politiCAl DoCuDrAmA ABout liFE in guAntAnAmoBAy prison CAmp. thE plAy’s DirECtor, niColAs kEnt, points out thAt, BECAusEBroADwAy is govErnED lArgEly By whAt onE pArtiCulAr nEwspApEr (thE nEw york timEs) thinks ABout A proDuCtion, mAny proDuCErs AnD plAywrights prEFEr not to risk prEviEwing A nEw work onBroADwAy. mAriA ruBin, A Co-proDuCEr oF thE rECEnt wEstEnD hit "FEstEn", rECkons thAt "thE morE A piECE is nurturED in lonDon, thE BEttEr its ChAnCE oF suCCEEDing onBroADwAy. " thE plAy’s wEstEnD run wAs ExtEnDED twiCE, AnD will trAnsFEr toBroADwAy this Autumn.
For thEBritish, thE mAin AttrACtion oF ABroADwAy run is FinAnCiAl, Although thE stAkEs ArE high As it Costs ABout thrEE timEs As muCh to lAunCh in nEw york As in lonDon,CErtAinly, Box oFFiCEs on Both siDEs oF thEAtlAntiC hAvE BEEn BoostED By thE inCrEAsED Amount oF Cross-pollinAtion BEtwEEn thE two most proliFiC stAgEs in thEEnglish-spEAking worlD、ExpECt to sEE rElAtions BEtwEEnBroADwAy AnD thE wEstEnD gEt EvEn morE inCEstuous in thE yEAr AhEAD、
whiCh oF thE Following stAtEmEnts isCorrECt ACCorDing to thE pAssAgE
A、thErE is A onE-wAy rElAtionship BEtwEEnBroADwAy AnD wEstEnD、
B、AmEriCAn Film ACtors go to thE wEst EnD to gEt morE proFits By pErForming.
C．thE rElAtionship BEtwEEnBroADwAy AnD wEstEnD is in ExChAngE oF tAlEnts.
D．thErE is A two-wAy rElAtionship BEtwEEnBroADwAy AnD wEstEn