#Christie Prades

[whatwouldbeenough]

christie_prades: Life is but a D R E A M 💫

[thatgirlintheaudience]

Christie Prades being a gorgeous queen.

[wenshow]

#OnYourFeet – Highlights of Curaçao's own Clayton Rosa

#OnYourFeet – Highlights of Curaçao’s own Clayton Rosa

Get on your feet for Clayton Rosa

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Clayton Rosa, best known as Clay is a Dutch Caribbean Curaçaoan professional dancer currently based in London, England. He is experienced in acting, modeling, and trained dancer in jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, ballet, salsa, and modern dance styles.

He never held back to pursue his passion and discovered what he was meant…

[rissa-explains-it-all]

On Your Feet is an amazing musical and let me see myself on that stage. Let me see my mother on that stage. I'm so grateful for the tour because so many others will see Mauricio and Christie and see that their culture is something to be proud of and I'm not crying but I definitely am.

[emiltons]

oitnb; christie prades as carolina

[seethreepio]

Second lottery win in as many days! This time we get to see @christie_elaine kill it as Gloria Estefan! 💃💃🙌🙌 (at Marquis Theatre)

[kompelleintrare]

I hear You saying to me:

"I will give you what you desire. I will lead you into solitude. I will lead you by the way that you cannot possibly understand, because I want it to be the quickest way.

"Therefore all the things around you will be armed against you, to deny you, to hurt you, to give you pain, and therefore to reduce you to solitude.

"Because of their enmity, you will soon be left alone. They will cast you out and forsake you and reject you and you will be alone.

"Everything that touches you shall burn you, and you will draw your hand away in pain, until you have withdrawn yourself from all things. Then you will be all alone.

"Everything that can be desired will sear you, and brand you with a cautery, and you will fly from it in pain, to be alone. Every created joy will only come to you as pain, and you will die to all joy and be left alone. All the good things that other people love and desire and seek will come to you, but only as murderers to cut you off from the world and its occupations.

"You will be praised, and it will be like burning at the stake. You will be loved, and it will murder your heart and drive you into the desert.

"You will have gifts, and they will break you with their burden. You will have pleasures of prayer, and they will sicken you and you will fly from them.

"And when you have been praised a little and loved a little I will take away all your gifts and all your love and all your praise and you will be utterly forgotten and abandoned and you will be nothing, a dead thing, a rejection. And in that day you shall being to possess the solitude you have so long desired. And your solitude will bear immense fruit in the souls of men you will never see on earth.

"Do not ask when it will be or where it will be or how it will be: On a mountain or in a prison, in a desert or in a concentration camp or in a hospital or at Gethsemani. It does not matter. So do not ask me, because I am not going to tell you. You will not know until you are in it.

"But you shall taste the true solitude of my anguish and my poverty and I shall lead you into the high places of my joy and you shall die in Me and find all things in My mercy which has created you for this end and brought you from Prades to Bermuda to St. Antonin to Oakham to London to Cambridge to Rome to New York to Columbia to Corpus Christi to St. Bonaventure to the Cistercian Abbey of the poor men who labor in Gethsemani:

"That you may become the brother of God and learn to know the Christ of the burnt men.

Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain

[loveinkfanfics]

I wanted to know who you based your Ocs because I've read several stories where they base their own Ocs on celebrities and it got me thinking on which celebrities are playing our favorite characters in your stories.

Ooh that’s a good question! :)

Angela began as Missy Peregrym and her character Andy McNally from Rookie Blue. I loved how she was tough and funny at the same time, so when I wrote Angela, I thought of Missy a lot. I have had people comment how she’s not Latinx, though, so I also think of Genesis Rodriguez from Man on The Ledge and I just saw the Broadway Show “Get On Your Feet” and the actress who played Gloria Estefan, Christie Prades, gives me a lot of Angela-esque vibes. :) 

Chloe has always been Olivia Munn. I love her. I haven’t thought of anyone else for her.

Bones is Dylan O’Brien in the Internship. The glasses and the whole look. Love him. 

Lino I think of as Manny Montana from Graceland and Good Girls. A reader brought up picturing him as Carlos PenaVega, who also definitely works! But when I write him, it’s always Manny I picture. His voice, his mannerisms. All of it. :) 

I know Kenny and Ellie Winston are not technically OCs, but since they’re quite a bit older in my stories, I see them as Nick Robinson and Britt Robertson.

...am I missing anyone?? Are you asking just from Hands All Over/Overexposed? Or have you been reading ‘She Will Be Loved’ too?  >.<

These are just my ideas when I write the characters, but I know readers see them very differently some times. 

I’m curious to know, who do you picture?? 

[larryland]

Proctors Presents “On Your Feet!” Based on the Life Story of Gloria Estefan SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—MAY 8, 2018—Proctors is pleased to announce that the Schenectady engagement of the hit Broadway musical 

[whatwouldbeenough]

still Christie Prades trash in case any of you were wondering

[thatgirlintheaudience]

[mademoiselleenjolras]

A bit more about On Your Feet

Okay, I've had a decent amount of time to recover from this show, and to think about it, so I figured I'd share a bit more about this wonderful performance that Does Not Get Enough Love™

The preshow announcement was absolutely adorable can I just say? I reblogged it a while back and y'all should give it a listen

This show was so high energy from the get go you KNEW you were going to be on your feet (haha) by then end of it

Gloria and Emilio Estefan are actual goals their love story and the way they care about each other is apparent from the opening scene and all the way through

The show stayed really true to their music- only one word in one song is changed, which can’t be said for a lot of jukebox musicals like this

The guy who plays Emilio is Super Hot and I fell in love from the back of the theater

Christie Prades, who was the Gloria cover during part of the Broadway run, makes an incredible Gloria Estefan

Gloria’s grandmother plays a major role and she is absolutely Hilarious

Gloria’s mother also plays a very important role, as she nearly became a professional singer herself. There’s an incredibly moving scene of her performing during what she finds out mid-set will be her last night in Cuba 

The vocal ranges of both Gloria’s mother and grandmother are considerably lower than the typical range of a female character. Both tend more toward a tenor range in their biggest songs and it’s honestly really great to see that

Speaking of great things to see the DANCING was great it drew really heavily from Cuban styles and from more than just the salsa and I loved seeing it so much

Emilio has so many great lines in this show I don’t even know where to start

During an Act I scene where Gloria and Emilio are trying to get one of their label execs to help them ‘crossover’ into the English-speaking market, he shoots them down and tells them to keep playing in Spanish and basically insinuates that they aren’t “American enough”

Emilio: *up in this guy’s space, points to his own face*

“Look very closely at my face... THIS is what an American looks like!”

And you can bet that in Downtown Miami

That line brought the fuckING HOUSE DOWN

A solid 40 seconds-a minute of applause and its no hyperbole

Eventually the exec became one of their biggest supporters which I like to think means he learned how not to be a jerk and how to be accepting and supportive of other people’s cultures and I feel like a lot of people who see it should take that lesson to heart

The references to Miami clubs and night life in Miami were just great

Gloria’s grandmother traded Cuban pastries to one of the most important club owners in Miami to get him to play their music and it was set up to look like a drug deal and I hope its a true story because that was HILARIOUS

The kids in the cast were FABULOUS omg

During the Act I closer the ensemble came offstage to dance with the audience on the floor level (sadly, I was up in the third tier, but ya’ll can bet my rhythm-less self was dancing in my seat anyhow). I didn’t know this was part of the show, which surprised me because of all the hype that Great Comet got for expanding upon the same thing. I would love to know if this happens in more shows out there

Her grandmother also came out of the audience during one of Gloria’s ‘concerts’ now that I think about it

And of course during the standard jukebox-musical-mix of all her songs at the very end of the show they got the audience dancing as well

A flashback scene shows Emilio having to leave his mother and grandfather behind in Cuba in order to leave the country and I don’t cry at musicals but I swear it was hard right there and my mascara suffered. These stories are always so moving to me.

The portrayal of Gloria’s relationship with her own mother is so powerful and their story is so important

“You’re 19, you know 19 things. I’m 48. I know 48 things.”

Another musical that officially lets the male lead cry onstage because he is emotionally terrified lord please let this trend continue thanks

They used Famous and I was Not expecting it, especially where it came in during the show

The scene where Gloria performs at the AMA after being in a horrible bus accident is gorgeous

There’s more but this is already really long so I’ll continue on to the curtain call before ya’ll get bored If anyone wants to hear me rant more message me please

Let me just say that I Did Not Realize that I was attending the show on opening night. It had already been playing for a few days and I didn’t even know that tours had previews but I guess they do???

But we all stood up to applaud for the bows, as people are wont to do, and when things calmed down, a couple of people start going up on stage, and my mind could not wrap around it

I honestly thought they were inviting the audience up on stage for some weird finale thing

But then people start going “Oh my god that’s her” “Holy crap that’s really her”

And my jaw just DROPPED and I looked to my friend to the left of me who isn’t from Florida and who didn’t quite get it right then and all I could say was “HOLY SHIT”

Because there were Gloria and Emilio Estefan there on stage

As well as most of the original Broadway cast and the creative team

The Estefans both gave speeches- Emilio’s far shorter because Gloria kept saying how grateful she was that the show made it this far and how wonderful all of the people involved were and she went on a tangent about how talented her grandson was and it was just the sweetest thing because you could tell how happy she was to bring this story back to life and to Miami

I called my mom to tell her about it and she hung up on me when I told her lol

Okay I know I’m rambling at this point

I just... as a Floridian, as someone who has grown up seeing Cuban culture all around and hearing the Miami Sound Machine, I love how this show worked hard to embody the story of the Estefans, which can be translated to so many immigrant families here

Though I am not an immigrant myself I could see that it hit so close to home for so many people around me and that was so beautiful to see

It truly was beautiful and a wonderful show

And yes, it fell into a few of the pitfalls that usually chase shows built around an existing catalog of songs, mostly in the areas of transitions and plot in this case

But overall it was wonderful and I will be damned if it gets forgotten like so many other shows that came out in the same year

On Your Feet is an incredibly moving and relevant show about family and the story of two immigrants who made their own dreams come true and it truly embodies the Miami vibe

Check it out. Give it a listen. And get On Your Feet.

[emgmedia]

The Rhythm is Gonna Get You London!

 The West End cast for On Your Feet has been announced! Including Christie Prades as ‘Gloria Estefan’ and George Ioannides as ‘Emilio Estefan’!! 

Also joining the conga line is Philippa Stefani, Madalena Alberto and many more! 

https://www.onyourfeetmusical.co.uk/cast-creatives 

[brothermarc7theatre]

"On Your Feet" show #756

Who would have thought a musical adaptation of Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s rise to fame would make for such an entertaining musical? In this intoxicating, purely enjoyable bio-musical, the struggles and triumphs that make up the Estefan’s road to stardom are passionately told through the Grammy-winning music they are most known for. Leading the charge is an infallible Christie Prades as Gloria and a devastatingly charismatic Ektor Rivera as Emilio, both telling the Estefan saga with stellar vocals and genuine chemistry.

The story doesn’t deviate from the real-life upbringing of Gloria. Alexander Dinelaris’ book explores the multi-hit career of the Estefans, filling in gaps in our common knowledge of Gloria and Emilio’s history, while giving audiences a second act that dramatizes Gloria’s biggest setback in well-paced fashion. Playing Gloria’s maternal guides are Nancy Ticotin as her mother and Alma Cuervo as her grandmother. Ms. Ticotin’s performance as Gloria Fajardo is vivacious and commanding, infusing the maternal stubbornness Ms. Prades shows later on. Ms. Ticotin sings and dances up a storm throughout the production, making her performance a triple-threat endeavor. As Consuelo, Ms. Cuervo brings nuance and a stage veteran’s knack for comedic timing to her memorable performance. The few solo moments of singing time she gets, mainly in the mega mix at the end, are a vibrato-fest of delightful notes and enthusiastic commitment.

Ms. Prades and Mr. Rivera truly are right for this production, exuding Latin passion and the Cuban dialect naturally. Ms. Prades’ vocal prowess is among the tops of touring leading ladies I’ve seen, not made easy with the amount of marathon-dancing she is charged with. When she sings and performs “Conga,” it is comprised of homage to the real Gloria Estefan while still curating the hit song  to suit her own voice. Mr. Rivera charms and delights in his delivery of the motivated Emilio, doing his best to make the less-than-dramatically satisfying “Don’t Wanna Lose You” a romantic enough soliloquy to pass for musical stage worthiness.

As is always the case, choreographer Sergio Trujillo makes his ensemble earn their paycheck, with various forms of fast-paced and sensually slow Latin dances accenting nearly every musical number. His dance breaks are electric, and executed by a stellar, storytelling ensemble. Jerry Mitchell’s direction gives the musical the necessary Broadway touch and flow needed to fall in the ranks of a legitimately worthwhile jukebox musical. Though it has left San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre, you can certainly get on your feet at any number of cities during the rest of its tour. Go see this show!

[pittsburghclo]

The stars from the National Tour of On Your Feet!, Christie Prades and Mauricio Martinez, have a friendship like no other. Read about their “natural onstage chemistry” before seeing them conga in person on the Benedum Center stage this June 12- June 17! 

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