#Stereophonic

[madisoncounty]

congratulations to stereophonic on winning the 2024 tony award for best play!

[butareyoureallysure]

Idk who needs to know this but I saw Stereophonic on broadway yesterday and met Sarah at the stage door. She was incredibly sweet and was happy to sign a picture of my Leatin painting. It’s now the most special thing I own. Her first thought was to sign her boobs but she changed her mind. And where she *did* sign of all the places she could’ve chosen…

[notebookmusical]

get to know me meme ♡ favorite plays → stereophonic

sunday morning and the light is fine. in the beating of a bird's wing, i come alive. i was dreaming of a love song, but what good is love when the wind starts blowing? nothing forgotten, nothing forgiven, when the night comes to an end.

[jimalim]

Celebrating my 30th Birthday in style at the Golden Theater to see Sarah Pidgeon in Stereophonic!

[phierecycled]

rip marvin falsettos you would have loved the stereophonic original cast recording

[bungandmunchpi]

The cast of Stereophonic backstage

Photos by Andy Henderson

[devilledee]

[sondheim-girly]

Fleetwood Mac is suing stereophonic what 😭😭

[comic-book-jawns]

Leah & Fatin || “without enough darkness left…”

Feat. “Bright v1” from Stereophonic (so yes, that is Sarah Pidgeon singing!)

[droughtofapathy]

2023-2024 Broadway Season Ranked

I saw every new show that opened on Broadway in the 2023-2024 season. Once more, perfectly normal and not at all cost-prohibitive. Compared to seasons' past, this one was plentiful in new musicals and utterly bereft of quality. Usually I have at least four shows that rewire my entire circuitry, but not this time.

Do you have strong opinions on any of these new shows? Are you filled with unstoppable rage at this list? Do you agree wholeheartedly? Discuss.

[dittobtch]

HI I MET SARAH PIDGEON AT THE STAGE DOOR OF STEREOPHONIC AND SHE HUGGED ME AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE WILDS

Me: The Wilds changed my life

Her: Honestly, it changed my life too

also sarah streicher (aka the creator of the wilds) was there and i saw her but i didn't know it was her and it was at a distance so i didn't get to talk to her

AND SARAH PIDGEON HUGGED ME IM FREAKING OUT

[kairithemang0]

The nighttime loves you but it is not your friend

An overly in-depth essay on why bright take 22 from stereophonic is an Owen song

This is my post on why bright v1 is a Curt song, and may play into this post. I'd recommend just reading it over before reading this, and also I just like it

One thing I didn't mention in the Curt post is the instrumentation. v1 is simple piano, it is the first version after all. However, it does show the scale we're working with. It's piano, it's quiet, it's small. Curt feels small, he feels weak, a lot of this song is a post fall song, there are bits of memories, of moments from before, but for the most part it can be read as post fall.

However, take 22 has the full band. It's large, its booming, Owen's world has grown, while Curt's has shrunk. Owen's high up now, his world is bigger, it's better, and yet the lyrics remain the same for the most part. The chorus is the same, they're in the light of their lives, the light of realization, the light of pain.

"You've been singing in your sleep again, but the words come out all cluttered. I can't make sense. like you're dreamin' of a love song"

A memory, in this reading, the same way v1 starts. Owen remembering Curt, remembering how he doesn't understand him. Curt's version of pure love, of want, is a mess. He wants Owen, but he can't show it. How can he show it? Owen knows this, he thought he did. Or maybe, as Curt leaves, he was faking it all along. He wasn't, but no one is telling Owen that.

"Oh, what good is love when the wind starts blowin'? Nothing forgotten, nothing forgiven when the night comes to an end"

This is the same meaning as Curt's. It's the fall. The wind starts blowing, Curt is swept away. Nothing is forgotten, Owen doesn't forgive. Owen's captured, tortured, he remembers everything, he can't get it out of his head.

"Like a child, you hold out your hand and tremble like I'm right beside you and not a thousand miles away"

Playing into "i probably hated you just as much as you did". Curt sees Owen, he freezes at his memory. The Owen in Curt's head holds out a hand to him, right beside him, instead of rotting away in Chimera. Curt's scared, trembling, heart pounding. Owen's gone. It's his fault

"I'm in the bright light forgettin' my name. The shadow of our lives, familiar but strange. Without enough darkness left to hide all the pain. I'm in the bright light again"

Again, it means something similar to Curt's. The light of realization, the light of pain. Trembling in the light of their mistakes, of everything they'd change. Owen forgets his name, forgets himself. He becomes the DMA, yet still can't get rid of his thoughts of Curt, not even a man so dark and mysterious can hide what he's gone through, he shows this in torture tango, in the staircase scene. He can't hide it, his emotions are on full display after a lifetime of hiding them, but Curt knows how to break his walls down and show him that harsh light of pain and agony he refuses to see, not seeing it for 4 long years.

"The nighttime loves you, but it is not your friend. The lights will flicker, and we're lost again"

If Curt is the light, Owen is the dark. The night loves him, Owen loves him, but he's not his friend, not anymore. The lights will flicker, Owen is brought into the light for just a moment, maybe for just a moment Curt can reach him, but then he's gone, back in his shadows.

"The crowd is laughin', but the joke, it isn't clear. I long to click my heels and disappear, oh babe"

I don't really have one for the first half, possibly something on Chimera and their views? Owen agrees with them though, so I'm not sure. But that second part, OUGH. Owen hates himself, Owen hates what he's become, he just wants to be gone, to disappear, to escape this life, to escape Curt.

The chorus repeats, I'm in a bright light again repeats until it disappears. Until Owen disappears. He's in the bright light, Curt's bright light, and then he's gone, shot dead, no longer there. He's in the bright light again

[notebookmusical]

broadway musicals redesigned as movie posters

the notebook as it's a wonderful life

stereophonic as the last waltz

she loves me as once upon a honeymoon

the bridges of madison county as green mansion

[especially-the-beans]

Happy Tonys season!! If you want to hear a taste of all of the musicals this season, I made a Spotify playlist with 3-5 songs from each:

[danishprince]

truly the joke is on me because i walked out of stereophonic thinking "that play was fucking great but i don't know why people are already referring to it as a 'must-see american classic'". well, three days later i haven't been able to stop thinking about it...literally IS a must-see american classic i guess. also the cast album goes so hard

[jbaileyfansite]

Jonathan Bailey with a fan at the Stereophonic play on Friday (May 10, 2024) [x]