#Josh Assor

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Picture: Josh Assor instagram

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Josh Assor | Lady Marmalade | Broadway Dance Center

Pillar

Listen to the difference during concert or small venues

[danceoftheday]

Performed by: Jordan Betscher, Courtney Crain, Sophie Holloway, Aspen Waddell, and Elizabeth Yanick

Number: “Copchase”

Choreographer: Josh Assor

Style: Theater Jazz

From: “COPCHASE - JOSH ASSOR CHOREOGRAPGHY” (2020)

[kevinmchalenews]

Kevin in Hawaii (April 6-10, 2019) [via 1, 2]

[mojeanz]

This picture fills me with pure happiness

[pastrami-on-rye-witha-sourpickle]

Happy National Swing Day 2019

Image Source: Andrew Wilson’s IG Story

[pastrami-on-rye-witha-sourpickle]

This is a Henry and Albert post definitely.

you know when you’re eating a sandwich and you go to take a bite and like a huge chunk of your favorite part just slips out (like say your eating a blt and you accidentally pull out a whole piece of bacon) and you’re torn because on the one hand that bite is going to be the best bite ever but on the other hand the rest of your sandwich just lost a valuable team player 3 minutes into the game and no one’s sure how it’s going to be able to cover that loss.

[daniellewade]

a moment of appreciation for the inter-toursie twinsies. and by that I mean mostly ben and josh.

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[candybisous]

here’s a lil dance video!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1eJaoFD-B/?

choreography by Josh Assor

song- she wants to move by N.E.R.D

[all-hail-the-witcher]

looks like jp fererri and josh assor

thank youuu

i have more blurry screenshots from kony to decipher

[newsiepedia]

Character Profile: Smalls

Real Name: None

Nickname and Meaning: Smalls, probably because they’re so thin. Could also refer to them being the youngest borough leader.

Age: Unsure. If they’re a leader, they’re probably older, but their nickname could be referring to them being young. They’re most likely between 13 and 15, but could be up to 18 years old.

Gender: Smalls is played by both men and women.

Family: Smalls has more than one brother and at least one parent who she helps support. (Meet the Newsies: Liana Hunt)

Smalls…:

Is a Bronx newsie, probably the leader or a higher up, as they’re the one to say “So’s the Bronx!” (Newsies Live script, page 62) Laurie Veldheer confirmed that they are the same person as the Smalls who spoon fights with Race during King of New York. (Backstage at “Newsies” with Ben Fankhauser and Tommy Bracco)

However, Smalls is still allowed to come to Manhattan (specifically Jacobi’s), (Newsies Live script, pages 32 and 50) implying that the Bronx and Manhattan are on good terms.

Is androgynous. Besides being played by both boys and girls, there seems to be some confusion on whether the character themself is a boy or a girl. Laurie Veldheer has stated that they’re “supposed to be a boy” (Backstage at “Newsies” with Ben Fankhauser and Tommy Bracco) but Liana Hunt says that Smalls is a “girl newsie”. (Meet the Newsies: Liana Hunt) Either way, Smalls probably has some sort of non- standard gender or gender presentation going on.

Is a fighter. Smalls "knows (their) way to fit in is to be one of the guys”, which probably means being rough- and- tumble. During Brooklyn’s here, they’re the only newsie to shout their borough rather than sing it, implying a more aggressive personality. (Newsies Live script, page 62)

Headcanon Fuel:

Why is Smalls allowed in Manhattan?

If the Bronx is on good terms with Manhattan, why would they wait for Brooklyn to join the strike to support them?

Actors and Physical Appearance:

Liana Hunt

Molly Jobe

Julian DeGuzman

Josh Assor

Smalls is thin and young looking, with a slightly elvish face. Their hair is short and messy, hanging over their face.

[kevinmchalenews]

Kevin in Hawaii (April 6-10, 2019) [via 1, 2, 3]

[broadwaycantdie]

How do you know so many newsies? I’ve frankly gotten a lot better at it than I used to be (I can easily recognize Mush/Romeo/Specs/Albert/Finch/Spot/Race/etc, and I’m getting better at recognizing Tommy Boy/Elmer/Henry, and I’m working on recognizing Buttons) but there’s still some newsies who I have no idea who they are, like Sniper, Mike/Ike, Smalls, and more. So I was just wondering if you have some tips??

this is actually something i love helping people with ! it can be super hard to figure out who is who especially when watching the show and everyone is moving around, dancing, and wearing practically the same outfit over and over, but these are my tips as well as who plays each character !

( i’ll skip main characters as well as the ones you listed )

also i’m gonna do this based on LIVE cause that’s what most people have access too but i’ll also put who they’ve been played by in the rest of the run

also also, the best way i would say to remember them (and what i do) is just memorize the actors honestly, i just made a list of everyone in each cast (which i would be happy to share) and studied it and pointed them out as i watched or looked at pictures and matched them up and eventually got it

Buttons:

played by Chaz Wolcott in live

tall and lanky pale white boy

always a smiley boy!

lowkey constantly looks confused

find him tap dancing the best

he “won’t be last in line for the tub tonight” when he sees his face in the pape :)

also played by: JP Ferreri, Jess LeProtto, Damon J. Gillespie

Elmer:

played by Anthony Zas in live

medium height white boy

curly floof hair boy

smiles a lot

very confused / doesn’t know what’s going on a lot of the time but excited about it

pants are pulled up VERY high (higher than everyone else’s)

also played by: Evan Kasprzak, Jeff Heimbrock

Henry:

played by MJ Rios in live

curly hair

short poc boy

wants a “pastrami on rye with a sour pickle” in king of new york :)

has the prettiest whitest teeth i’ve ever seen

^ smiles to show them off a lot

also played by: Kyle Coffman, Iain Young, Demarius R. Copes

Hotshot:

played by JP Ferreri in live

tall(ish) possibly poc boy

brooklyn boy

red shirt w/o sleeves

skinniest of the brooklyn newsies (in live)

during the run the brooklyn boys were constantly being switched out and hotshot didn’t get a name until live (to my knowledge) so it’s hard to say who played him

Jojo:

played by Joshua Burrage in live

very tall lanky white boy

wants “a solid gold watch with a chain to twirl it” in king of new york

smiles a lot

often in close vicinity to race

also played by: Corey Hummerston, Thayne Jasperson, Nico James Greetham

Kenny:

played by Jack J. Sippel in live

medium height white boy

very happy to be here

gorgeous teeth

spins his pape bag around his ankle in carrying the banner

only in live, although some swings during the run didn’t have names so they could technically also be kenny

Kid Blink:

played by Andy Richardson in live

short poc boy

no eyepatch even though he should so it gets confusing

gets lost in the crowd easily

also only in live (by name)

Mike / Ike:

played by Jacob and David Guzman

twins !

medium / shortish curly haired poc boys

David plays Ike because “I” comes before “M” in the alphabet and “D” comes before “J” (David is alphabetically before Jacob and Ike is before Mike as well, so they line up)

easy to point out because they are twins so just find two people that look the same

Jacob has a freckle on his nose (not cheek)

David has a freckle on his cheek (not nose)

in everything but live, the Delaney brothers also double as Mike and Ike

Jacob ( Mike ) wear a checkerd shirt

David ( Ike ) wears a stripped shirt

also played by: (Ike) Brendon Stimpson, Jon Hacker, Anthony Norman // (Mike) Mike Faist, Adam Kaplan, Michael Patrick Ryan, Devin Lewis

Smalls:

played by Julian DeGuzman in live

very short poc boy

smiles a lot lot

does the spoon fight with Race in king of new york

is one of the 2 newsies to be played by females (not in live)

also played by: Laurie Veldheer, Molly Jobe, Josh Assor

Sniper:

played by Daniel Switzer in live

medium / tall pale white male

usually looks very serious or angry

the other newsie to be played by females (not in live)

also played by: Scott Shendenhelm, Alex Wong, Jacob Guzman, Ginna Claire Mason, Kaitlyn Frank

Tommy Boy:

played by Michael Dameski in live

just look for the most technically correct and perfect dancer (they are all great but Dameski always has perfect technique and likes to show it off)

also he has the thickest eyebrows of everyone!

has a very bad american accent (he gets like one like and it’s hard to hear but when you do you can tell)

looks very serious all the time

also played by: Tommy Bracco, Evan Autio

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heres some pics that i hope help too ( the unnamed swings or swings filling in for characters i left blank to avoid being wrong or causing confusion ) // and if i couldn’t see their face and i couldn’t tell who they were they are also blank

LIVE

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BROADWAY ( Jeremy Jordan - Corey Cott era )

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TOUR ( Dan Delcua - Joey Barrerio era )

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They seriously are the one of best ensemble casts.

[amateur-theater-critic-blog]

Medicine the Musical

Medicine the Musical is “for anyone who’s ever worked hard for a dream” as their website says. However, it is not truly one cohesive storyline of a group of first year medical students. While, yes, we focus on them, the whole thing feels more like a season of a show (like Grey’s Anatomy) condensed into a half an hour with no intermission. While you like everything and they certainly have the passion to sell the story to the audience, everything feels a little rushed. It feels less like we are learning about the characters and how they overcome the difficulties of medical school, and more like the first episode of a show, that happens to last the full year of medical school. (Oh hey! Look, there’s Bobby, he’s rich, and oh there’s Sam, she’s poor and oh no they don’t like each other. Whatever will we do?)

Instead of one cohesive story, it feel more like short vignettes of each of the main characters - which is still okay, if you’re expecting that. Individually they are as strong as they are allowed to be in the time they are given (which isn’t that much). There was also an issue where it felt like one of the characters (Tyler) felt like the writer of the play was trying to shoehorn diversity into the story where it didn’t fit. The character didn’t interact with any of the other main characters, his short story never got any kind of conclusion and in the end I forgot he was meant to be one of the major characters we followed through med school.

The acting itself was pretty okay. Given the stereotypical characters they had been given, there was a pretty good expansion on them and integration of their personality in the actions they had to take - but it was nothing phenomenal. Same with the directing.

Nextly, the singing is pretty bad. While I do not claim to be any kind of a musical expert, the songs would consistently feel strained and difficult for the actors in the vocals department. However, their passion does override that difficulty a little, eventually. Especially if you don’t know what to listen for. They also try to cover the vocals slightly with the live music, which, while very good, only made me strain to hear the vocals better, which isn’t the best in this case.

Now, onto something I loved the most! The lighting! It was so beautiful, especially when we were seeing the non-singing parts of reality, and it knew when to highlight the right things. I would give it perfect marks, except for the fact that there was a pretty big overuse of the dapple effect on the ground, with lots of colored dots lit up, and I had some personal issues with the choices of color -- which was highlighted by the usage of dapple.

Overall this was a nice musical and an okay play. If you don’t particularly like musicals, I wouldn’t recommend it, and if you go to musicals because the singing is amazing, I would say also don’t go. It’s something light and fluffy to watch if you have a soft spot for musicals, but aren’t particularly obsessed by them either. AKA me in a nutshell.

Rating: 3/5

Tickets Available through November 18, 2018

http://medicinethemusical.com/tickets/

Trigger Warning: Mentions of murder and attempted suicide, as well as some flashing lights and haze.

Cast and Credits:

Christina -- Sarah Stewart Chapin

Blake -- Ethan Crystal

Tyler -- Gregory Driscoll

Ensemble -- Emily Esposito

Ensemble -- Matthew Fairlee

Eddie -- Ethan Kirschbaum

Tiff -- Marina Laurendi

Ensemble -- Alaina Vi Maderal

Professor Crutch -- Dan Rosenbaum

Ensemble -- Isaac Rycheghem

Bass -- Billy Smolen

Drums -- Derek Swink

Guitar -- John Barry

Keyboard -- Nick Wilders

Director -- Joey Murray

Choreographer -- Josh Assor

Music Director -- Nick Wilders

Book, Music and Lyrics Writer -- Michael Ehrenreich

Sound Design -- Ashton M Corey

Lighting Design -- Jamie Roderick

Costume Design -- Susanne Houstle

Scenic Design -- Colleen Shea