#THEATRE FOR THE SOUL

[soapcan18]

Epic’s Hermes def fits the certain archetype of characters I go insane for. The characters that are charismatic, silly, and mischievous and you instantly gravitate toward them but under the surface they’re actually really powerful and you do NOT wanna fuck around and find out what happens if you piss them off. It’s the BEST kind of character imo and I’ve realized that way too many of my favorite characters fit this mold… It also helps that his songs and the animatics people make to them are absolute masterpieces.

[broadwaylewzur]

the best duo, featuring fridge notes

[see-arcane]

Faustus: "I've simply never been given a Sign that there are everlasting consequences for this decision"

Mephistopheles:

Mephistopheles, banging pots and pans together the second he appears: "I am a demon fresh out of Hell, and while all existence outside of Heaven is metaphorical Hell, I cannot express clearly or loudly enough that I am from the real literal not shitting you Actual Inferno and that if you make this soul-selling deal for magic party tricks you will regret it immensely!"

Faustus: "Mannn you're chatty for a figment of my imagination. Anyway, let's get that blood document signed, I want to do sorceries for fun and profit via the powers of Hell. Which is not real :)"

Mephistopheles, aside to Satan: "Hey I know it's ahead of schedule but can I conjure just. A fuckton of aspirin? Yes right now."

[wildest-wavez]

the religious experience that is will branner's vocals in literal monster needs to be studied. like why am i transcending this plane every fucking time i hear it??

[hardly-an-escape]

here, have some questionably in focus screengrabs of Ferdinand Kingsley from this Almeida Theatre preview of The Comeuppance. just because I like his face :)

if you happen to use these as reference for art please tag me, I would love to see it!

[certified-ruler-of-everything]

Mean Girls but CCCC (TW! Cussing >:3 )

This is basically me being half theatre kid, half CJ hyperfixated after I read CCCC the Musical by @finleyforevermore (extra cool tumblr post yippee!!!). Whoopsies :3 Also btw the rhythm is VERY funky

hehe includes lots of references from CCCC animatics and internet stuff we've seen XD

Meet the Plastics but Jash-ified -

(spoken) Whoa! Who are those three?

Don't look at them, just DON'T!

(sung) They call those three the Jashlings.

They've split one into three.

The lust, the greed and intra-psychosocial envy.

They might pull out their pistols

Or threaten regicide.

They've been split from Concord,

Like Jekyll parted Hyde.

(spoken) And their loop is ENDLESS.

Soul is the balance, the grey in between.

He's always pissy, always angry at the other two.

He says if they don't stop fighting

They'll DIE.

(sung) My name's Atlas, I'm the Soul.

And I have an awesome CHICKEN!!

You seem to forget you answer to me.

Heart and Mind...

Just stop dickin'.

I've got loads to deal with.

I'll take you down in tandem.

Those two FUCKS just won't stop arguing...

I'm gonna kill them!

I'm really suffering

Mentally.

And Darrell likes eating...

*KFC!

My name's Atlas, I'm the Soul.

And I have a massive load

If we don't become Whole

I swear I'll EX-PLOOOOODE!!

(spoken) That over there is Apollo

He's the Ruler of Everything.

That's why his hair is so fluffy.

It's full of EGO!

(sung) Listen up you, I'm Apollo!

Every waking hour I spend making sure we stay a-

Live, not dying, complying.

I use my logic to

Help us all to thrive.

'Cause Soul wants us combined,

Whether that be dead or alive.

My logic is the absolute, emotion's useless.

Why can't that dumbass see that?

He is stupid, and he's clueless!

(spoken) I'm clueless?

(sung) Atlas is the host, but I'm the one holding together

I'm the only ment'lly stable one,

Even under all that pressure!

(spoken) That is Heart, the emotional dimwit.

I once saw him try to microwave mayonnaise!

(sung) *My name is Juno.

I am an optimist!

I like oreos and cats!

My eyes do not exist.

They were stabbed out.

And I am super pissed!

MY NAME IS JUNO, I'M THE LOVE THE HAAATE!

(spoken) And the emotional side :3

Footnotes:

*Darrell likes eating KFC is a reference to my friend cosplaying Darrell in human form dryly remarking that she wants KFC.

**Previous version: My name is Juno. My hair is shiny. My wings are badass. My cock is tiny! /j we were all crazy lol

[leisplayhouse]

can we just appreciate how beautiful the vintage playbills are

[blue-shy]

Lies of P, Rosa Isabelle Street

[fawna12]

Theater is

Theater is a kid, trying to figure out what clubs to do in second grade, knowing that they've seen musicals and plays before and loved watching them and seeing drama club on the list

Theater is

Audition

Casting

Rehearsal

Theater is the kid, old enough to sing in the musical, memorizing their lines and others, loving every second of being onstage

Theater is

Memorization

Blocking

Choreography

Theater is the kid, now in middle school, deciding to do the theater class since there is one at their school now, meeting the theater teacher, meeting new friends, being good at it, finally auditioning for their first actual musical

Theater is

Stage Fright

Friendship

Confidence

Theater is that kid getting the main role, doing theater again the next year, knowing so much about all of it and teaching the newer kids, painting set pieces with their friends, the friends that they now have because of theater

Theater is

Props

Costumes

Lights & Sound

Theater is the kid going into high school, leaving their middle school theater teacher and younger friends, so anxious about it but quickly finding their place in their theater class, volunteering at a drama fundraiser and meeting older theater kids there, learning their names and being able to make an impression

Theater is their first high school audition, for the fall play, multiple smaller plays directed by seniors, and having fun, getting cast in one of the biggest ones with the best directors they could've asked for, still anxious about being a good cast member but getting more confident again

Theater is rehearsals 3 times a week after school, the kid finding their footing in the cast, making friends with the older kids, being able to make suggestions or point things out that need fixing in the show

Theater is the kid being able to impress people, being able to memorize their lines, being able to be confident, being able to fix things, being able to say hi to their cast in the halls, at first just smiling at their director when they passed each other during passing period but then saying hi, even talking for a minute or two, the cast walking to the grocery store together at the start of a rehearsal for almost no reason, the kid being able to talk to their castmates, their friends, and not feel out of place, being excited for the bigger productions later in the year, not being worried about stage makeup because they know the older kids will be there, knowing that the older cast members and their directors will help them if they need it, knowing that they'll still be able to spend more time with them, knowing that they'll be so sad when the seniors graduate, but knowing that they still have almost all of the school year with them

Theater is

Belonging

Safety

Laughter

Freedom

Joking

Focusing

Acting

Acting, but with people that you trust. With people that even though you met them 2 months ago, that you know. You know their mannerisms, how they laugh, their sense of humor. You know that they're kind, you know that they care, you know that all of you love this. You all love this so, so much. You know that if you make a mistake on stage, that they'll improv and cover for you, and that you'd do the same for them. You know that no matter how anxious you are before the show, that they'll be someone with the same nerves and you can comfort each other.

And then the last show will end, and the audience will applaud. You will bow, with these people, these people that you may not have known a few months prior, but that so much trust has formed between. You've played improv games with these people, walked to the store with them, rehearsed over and over and over again with them, learned so much from them, taught and helped and been taught and helped, and it's over.

Until the next show, and the next, and the next year with more new freshmen, some of the kid's younger middle school friends now there too, until the year that the kid will direct their own show, as a senior, and try to be just as good a director as the ones they had their freshmen year.

And they will belong.

They will all belong.

[lopez-richter-fangirl]

Spies are forever evening show out of context!!

[crashhole]

Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theater #1 fucks so hard! holy shit! Definitely in the top 10 this year. Maybe even top 5. Do. Not. Skip this!!

[bumblingest-bee]

many of the things wrong with me can probably be traced back to the number of times i watched my fair lady as a child

[netheresegale]

Necromancy is the funniest subclass to give Gale cuz you just know the party is just giving him the massive side eye after they meet Balthazar and Gale would have to defend himself by saying his mother is very much alive and that he has absolutely no intentions of putting her head in a jar.

[teklarain]

sometimes you just gotta put your phone on dnd and sing an entire musical.

[prissybabyhamlet]

anyway. remember when i was a hamlet blog. im sorry everyone who likes hamlet, im sorry people i know irl, im sorry everyone who doesn’t care abt seattle mariners catcher caleb john raleigh’s ass 🥸