#Linda McDonald

[metal-sludge]

PHANTOM BLUE (1987 - 2009) | METAL HAMMER, September 1988.

[leatherpearlslace]

[themetalmassacrevault]

[onegentlemansescapades]

The great actresses who have portrayed the iconic Mama Rose in Broadway's Gypsy: Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Linda Lavin and Audra McDonald.

[charliethomascoxuniverse]

A mere 49 secs of Charlie in The Ordained (2013), but I’ll take what I can get. 🥺

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

I think this is my favorite song off this album, and while there are MANY notable things about this song musically (or lyrically; god damn, Phantom Blue had the best fucking lyrics in ALL OF '80S HEAVY METAL, or maybe even of all classic heavy metal?), can I just say: THOSE DRUMS, THOUGH...especially in the outro. Linda McDonald KILLED IT on this, omgggggggggg.

And thank FUCKING GOD there is live footage of this song, because, OH MY GOD...it's orgasmic. And I absolutely never say that, but it's necessary here. Everything about the band's performance (ignoring the probably drunk concertgoers who get up on stage, lol) is fucking perfect. And the combination of Michelle Meldrum and Nicole Couch...holy fucking shit, does ANY band (but I suppose I would, especially in heavy metal?) have a combination of such skilled guitarists [who can alternate covering lead, and, might I add, PRETTY AMAZINGLY, TOO, IN BOTH REGARDS]?!

Go ahead, watch this. And then pick your jaw and panties up off the floor, among other things...

[mweiii]

OK BUT LISTEN

happy meals are so iconic like imagine walking to your local McDonald’s and asking for a happy meal 🤩

anywaus I’m adding name tags now

-George

[tocafitas]

Fim de noite FM volume 2

Continuando minha seleção romântica de Soul/R&B que comecei no post anterior, trago mais clássicos que nunca deixaram de tocar em rádio, nem que seja nas webrádios especializadas (que também embalam algumas noites minhas). A ideia inicial era fazer uma playlist só, mas quis separar pra entrar nesse formato novo que simula uma fita K-7, com dois tempos de 45 minutos. Acabei enfeitando com algumas…

[leatherpearlslace]

[broadwaydivastournament]

A Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Diva posts and polls with a 24-hour Stephen Sondheim lockdown to recognize an honorary Broadway Diva and certified musical theatre god.

Stephen Joshua Sondheim (1930) was a legendary composer and lyricist who essentially reinvented the American musical with his soaring scores and fiendishly clever lyrics. With Oscar Hammerstein as his mentor, he began his Broadway career writing lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). Throughout his life, he won eight Tony Awards, including a Special Tony, more than any other composer. His dedicating to writing fascinating, flawed, fantastic roles for women (particularly women of a certain age) means his work is some of the most sought-after of our Divas.

Sondheim Theatre and Concert Credits:

I have done the research and pulled together a list of every single role our Divas have played, and every Sondheim concert they have participated in. Here are just a few takeaways.

All together, 64 Divas have had a whopping 245 roles/concerts and counting.

Eleven Divas have never (to my knowledge) performed in a Sondheim or at a Sondheim-specific concert. Seven of those are non-singing actresses, leaving just four musically-inclined Divas bereft. (Brenda Braxton, Lillias White, Linda Eder, Ute Lemper). However, all four Divas have performed Sondheim's songs in their personal concert repertoires

Eighteen Divas have done just one Sondheim, some in particularly obscure contexts.

The most common roles are The Witch (Into the Woods - 9), Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd - 8), Mama Rose (Gypsy - 8), Desiree Armfeldt (A Little Night Music - 8), Phyllis Rogers Stone (Follies - 6). More on that later.

Most Frequent Sondheim Performers:

Bernadette Peters: 21 Highlights include: Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Follies, Gypsy.

Patti LuPone: 20 Highlights include: Company, Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle.

Marin Mazzie: 13 Highlights include: Passion, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Anyone Can Whistle.

Audra McDonald: 11 Highlights include: Sweeney Todd, Passion, Six by Sondheim, A Little Night Music.

Donna Murphy: 11 Highlights include: Passion, Into the Woods, Anyone Can Whistle, Follies.

Christine Baranski: 11 Highlights include: Company, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, Follies.

Tony Awards and Nominations:

Leading Actress in a Musical: 14 Nominations (exc. wins) | 5 Divas 9 Wins | 4 Divas

Mama Rose in Gypsy is the most-decorated role in musical theatre canon, and arguably the best role for women period. In five productions, every actress has either been nominated (Ethel Merman, Bernadette Peters), or won (Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Patti LuPone).

Both Desiree Armfeldt actresses have won their respective years (Glynis Johns, Catherine Zeta-Jones). Additional winning roles have been Phyllis Rogers Stone (Alexis Smith), Mrs. Lovett (Angela Lansbury), The Baker's Wife (Joanna Gleason), and Fosca (Donna Murphy).

Featured Actress in a Musical: 17 Nominations (exc. wins) | 4 Divas 4 Wins | 1 Diva

Some of the most common roles to be nominated for in a Sondheim show are Amy and Joanne from Company (in the original production, Elaine Stritch competed in Leading Actress), and Louise in Gypsy. No featured role has netted more than one award.

Winners: Patricia Elliott (Charlotte, ALNM), Laura Benanti (Louise, Gypsy), Karen Olivo (Anita, West Side Story), and Patti LuPone (Joanne, Company).

[year2000electronics]

i think darnold and tommy are the kings of doing Weird Shit. you know in the mitchells vs the machines where linda is lookng at all the posies' family photos. thats gordon getting back from a date with benrey where they both sat in the mcdonalds parking lot and chased each other around with sticks for a little and whoever got caught had to kiss the other one but they accidentally bumped into each other and now gordon has a bloody nose. so he looks at the group chat to get his mind off things and sees tommy and darnold posting from fucking Omega Mart and hes like "YOU GUYS WENT ON A DATE TO FUCKING OMEGA MART???" and darnold is like "omega mart isnt rocket science doctor freeman"

[charliethomascoxuniverse]

💕 Charlie Cox in The Ordained (2013) 💕

[evb0]

gay little boy writes fan fiction part two.

Ruth Fleming has a hard time at a family reunion. 872 words, aggressive headcannons added :3 enjoy

Ruth never liked her family all that much. They were.. a lot, to say the least. Unaccepting, bitchy, loud, the list goes on. Ruth has eight siblings– too many, if you ask her. All of them piss her off in some different way. And don’t get her started on her parents. They’re not.. horrible, but— Overall, she tried to stay out of the house as much as she could.

So, easy to say family reunions were not fun. Big families, for some fucking reason, were common for their family tree. Really common.

A fight had broken out. As often happens, with the sheer amount of people. Ruth had migrated into the kitchen. All she could hear now was vague yelling with her headphones on. Fuck. She wasn’t crying, was she? she looked up from the corner she was sitting in to grab a napkin or something, startled to find someone else. A taller, blonde woman. She was just sorta looking at Ruth uncomfortably.

“You look like shit. Are you ok..?”

She hesitated, a grimace on her face. Ruth nodded awkwardly, stood up and tried to act like she was doing anything other than pathetically crying in the kitchen of her dead grandma or whatever.

“Uh- yeah! Yeah. Yeah, totally fine. I’m— I was,” Ruth sniffled, glancing at the casserole on the counter. “Getting more food! Casserole. Yeah.”

The woman nodded awkwardly and Ruth was forced, by her own lie, to take a plate and a piece of casserole. She didn’t eat any yet. Both of them just stood there, trying not to look at each other.

“Youuuu.. want some?”

Ruth tried and held up another place and spatula hopefully. Anything to break the dreadful silence. Well, not quite silence. There was still the yelling. Maybe even awkward silence was better than having to listen to that.

“S..sure. Sure, kid.”

Ruth nodded and handed the other a serving after hearing her reply. She leaned against the counter and ate a spoonful of food. She stifled a cough.Too much salt, and somehow, not enough flavor? The older woman grimaced.

“This casserole tastes like shit.”

The blonde spoke, causing Ruth to laugh out loud. Ruth had basically never talked to this woman before, she knows that she’s technically related to her? She’s seen her around other family events and photos sometimes, but she wouldn’t know her name or how to act around her. And one of the first things she’s ever said to Ruth was insulting someone’s shitty casserole.

“Yeah! It fucken does! It’s too salty but it also doesn’t taste like shit!”

“God, never letting Cathrine into MY house with food again. Walmart cookies are better than this.”

Ruth smiled and giggled again, feeling safe enough to take off the headphones. She regretted this quickly, hearing the fight escalate. They were yelling so loud and calling names — Ruth couldn’t even hear what they were saying anymore, it was just loud. Ruth put the headphones back on immediately and tried to ignore it, taking a few deep breaths.

“I’m— I’m Linda, technically, your aunt. Feel like that’s important.”

Linda noticed Ruth’s demeanor shifting. She also came into the kitchen to catch a break from the fighting, after all. Ruth sniffled and nodded.

“Ruth. Sorry, I— I’m fine.”

She pressed her hands to her ears. Linda dug around in her purse for a second and fished out some jangly keys.

“You wanna go.. get ice cream? Or something? Whatever you kids like. Starrrrbuckss…? I’m getting pretty tired of the damn volume in here. I’ll buy.”

Ruth pondered for a second. Why was she offering to buy ice cream for her niece she JUST met? Should she really get into a car alone with a random woman? I mean, they ARE related.. Ah, whatever..

“Really? I mean- that’d— that’d be really nice of you, if you’re willing, I just— It’s so loud and—“

“Let’s go, kid. McDonald’s sound alright?”

Ruth nodded and followed Linda outside — through the back door, into her SUV. They pulled into a drive through after Linda reapplied lipstick and turned on whatever trashy music was on the radio. One bad cover of TikTok by Kesha Ruth had to sit through later, Ruth had a large ice cream she probably shouldn’t have and Linda an iced tea. By now it was late enough for the McDonald’s employees to be annoyed that they were there, and Ruth to be yawning on the drive back.

“Thank you again aunt Linda.”

Ruth mumbled, rubbing her eyes.

“Of course. I’m not too fond of the annual reunions. Let me know if you want a .. break from the next one, you’re one of the least irritating people I’m related to.”

Linda snickered, and though her words weren’t terribly ‘nice’ she spoke with a warmth that Ruth felt she could get used to. She yawned again and leaned towards the side of the car. She was juuust gonna rest her eyes.. Blink. Blink. Blink……..

When Ruth woke up, in her bed, at home, it almost felt like a dream, the only thing she to remember it by was a sticky note stuck to her forehead with a phone number and ‘Your favorite aunt.’ written in pink gel pen.

[cncowitcher]

🥨 ┊PIQUENIQUE !!

ᡣ𐭩 ─ francisco romero × leitora.

ᡣ𐭩 ─ gênero: divertido. 🩰

ᡣ𐭩 ─ número de palavras: 438.

ᡣ𐭩 ─ notas da autora: oioi meus aneizinhos de saturno, como vão? espero que gostem viu? se cuidem e bebam água, um beijo. 😽💌

O clima estava sereno e agradável e S/n sorria de olhos fechados no banco do passageiro enquanto seu namorado dirigia, a levando para fazer um piquenique em Mar del Plata, na Argentina.

No rádio começou a tocar Alibi de Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar e Yseult, o que fez Romero aumentar o som e ─ assim como sua mulher ─ ficar à espera do refrão, pois era só essa parte da música que eles tinham aprendido até o momento.

─ When I'm out of faith, she's my idol. I just killed a man, she's my alibi. Rosa, que linda eres, Rosa, que linda eres, Rosa, que linda eres, Rosa, que linda eres… ─ O casal cantava alto e animados enquanto chegavam perto de um estacionamento local que, infelizmente, teriam que pagar.

Assim que saíram do carro, Fran e sua namorada decidiram tirar algumas fotos para postar quando chegassem em casa, o que demorou mais do que esperado por ambos, pois eles terminaram de tirar as fotografias por volta das duas da tarde ─ e olha que chegaram em Mar del Plata quase onze da manhã.

─ Amor, vamos pegar as coisas pro piquenique! ─ Disse S/n animada no mesmo momento em que se aproxima de Francisco, o abraçando de lado com os braços.

O mais velho, que estava se divertindo naquele momento com sua namorada, rindo sem parar, de repente ficou sem reação e calado enquanto não saia do lugar.

─ ¿Qué pasó Fran? ─ A mulher perguntou sem entender a ação repentina do argentino.

─ Você não pegou a cesta pro piquenique que eu deixei em cima da mesa da cozinha? ─ Indagou o de olhos esverdeados observando sua mulher abrir a boca, levantando o dedo indicador para dizer algo, porém desistiu e comprimiu os lábios, desistindo, fazendo Fran fechar os olhos calmamente com um pequeno sorriso que relaxou seu rosto. ─ Você esqueceu de pegar, não é? ─ Ele indaga novamente já sabendo a resposta da brasileira.

─ Foi sem querer! Eu pensei que você já tinha colocado ela no carro, Fran… ─ A garota diz de cabeça baixa, se culpando por ter esquecido a cesta de piquenique. Romero a abraçou e depositou um beijo no topo da cabeça dela, a tranquilizando.

─ Está tudo bem, mi vida. Podemos comprar lanches e bebidas ali no McDonald's, o que você acha? ─ O argentino perguntou sorrindo e observou sua namorada fazer o mesmo minutos antes de se lembrar de outra coisa que ela esqueceu de pegar…

S/n tinha esquecido de pegar a carteira de Fran e sua bolsinha de dinheiro que ficou em cima da cama…

[renyfisher]

who are ur favorite actors

Firstly thank you dear for your question. Secondly, OH MY GOODNESS, I have MANY!!, I need to think 🤣 I think I need to make two groups to make my brain function 🤣🤣 sooo…

American: Patti (obviously 🥰) Carrie Fisher🤍, Jean Smart, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Kate Mulgrew, Rebecca Wisocky, Debbie Reynolds🤍, Betty White🤍, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Keaton, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Easterbrook, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Audra McDonald, Sigourney Weaver, Mary Steenburgen, Candice Bergen, Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy, Glenn Close, Bette Midler, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Holland Taylor, Angela Bassett, Frances McDormand, Annette Bening, Eve Best, Julianne Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laura Dern, Cate Blanchett, Vera Farmiga, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Viola Davis, Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Queen Latifah, Sarah Paulson, Wendie Malick, Kirstie Alley🤍, Georgia Engel🤍, Debra Jo Rupp, Bea Arthur🤍, Rue McClanahan🤍, Estelle Getty🤍, Lauren Lane, Fran Drescher, Lainie Kazan, Cassandra Peterson, Andrea Martin, Della Reese🤍, Roma Downey.

English: Julie Andrews, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith🤍, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis Logan(I know she is Scottish😆), Celia Imrie, Alex Kingston, Catherine Tate, Elisabeth Sladen🤍, Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen McCrory🤍, Julie Walters, Lesley Manville, Miranda Richardson, Emma Thompson, Angela Lansbury🤍, Helen Mirren, Raquel Cassidy, Eileen Atkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Joanna Lumley, Zoë Wanamaker, Miriam Margolyes, Joan Plowright, Samantha Bond, Geraldine James, Adjoa Andoh, Ruth Gemmell, Polly Walker, Golda Rosheuvel, Nicola Coughlan(she is Irish I know😌), Gillian Anderson, Anna Chancellor, Jenny Agutter, Georgie Glen, Linda Bassett, Harriet Walter, Miranda Hart, Joan Collins, Lindsay Duncan, Suranne Jones, Eva Green, Julie Graham, Catherine Rabett, Susie Brann.

I think that’s it but I’m not sure 😅 my brain just broke 🫠

I’m soo wired 🤣