#TheLastFiveYears

[ceenabon-gerald]

Anyone else crying over The Last 5 Years with Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick? No? Just me? Ok.

[billcarden]

feeling like jamie thelastfiveyears lately but only specifically the line iiiii have to wriiiiiiteeeeeeeee

[raurquiz]

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[beautifulballad]

Celebrate Tickets On Sale with New Promo Video for 'The Last Five Years'

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Last Five Years (@thelastfiveyears) A promo video for Nick Jonas’ new musical, The Last Five Years has been released. Also starring Adrienne Warren, the video was released to announce tickets going on sale for the musical. The musical follows two New Yorkers, rising author Jamie (Grammy Award® and Golden Globe nominee Nick Jonas) and aspiring…

[marchofthemusicals]

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[juanieboii]

"There are two sides to every love story..." How about seventeen? This is the future of #Theatre that we need to make happen: storytelling with all races, shapes, sizes, backgrounds...a reflection of real people living their real lives. Donations will go to local #BayArea theatre companies. Link in bio. #TheLastFiveYears #Broadway #MusicalTheatre #RepresentationMatters #BIPOC (at Zoom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDhvpOgjaeJ/?igshid=qe0wpyocj745

[benmcqueerlin-blog]

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The Last Five Years "Still Hurting" by Jason Robert Brown. I really hope you enjoy this little cover I did, it's taken a lot for me to start singing again and this is first time I'm posting my voice in probably 3 years. Be kind please #me #myvoice #thelastfiveyears #jasonrobertbrown #cover #musicaltheatre #acapella https://www.instagram.com/p/BqD9rXEnp4H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qxb16t1k6fc0

[jacksayspurple]

Have you been inside the museum? We could go, meet the dinosaurs 🎶🎵 #Dinosaur #museum #newyork #newyorklife #NightAtTheMuseum #TheLastFiveYears (at American Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnt-wNThf-2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wbagbgyj1k2r

[total-filmography-blog]

Anna Kendrick: Total Filmography -- EVERY role she ever had

[borifle]

it’s an ice cream and #thelastfiveyears kinda night https://www.instagram.com/p/CYho4ZfJnNz/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cece21]

If you’re not following my other page catch 🆙 @beautiful_melanated_mind2021 click the link in the bio 😁 got some stuff in the works for June #support #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #businesses #masks #mandate #reactions #preparation #newbritainct #newbritain #ct #newbritainhighschool #musical #lastoneoftheyear #thelastfiveyears #performance #melaninpoppin #blackexcellence #letswork https://www.instagram.com/p/CPRJ96sj0cj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[brothermarc7theatre]

“The Last Five Years”

Palo Alto Players has not let the pandemic get in the way of bringing real-life married couple, Marah Sotelo and Chris Sotelo, to the stage for a beautifully directed, sung, and filmed production of The Last Five Years. This partly autobiographical musical of composer Jason Robert Brown’s former marriage portrays five years of a relationship. The twist: the female partner, Cathy, begins her tale at the end of the relationship while the male partner, Jamie, begins at the start. With just a duet that unites the two, the audience’s main focus is on the individual journey, success, and struggles each partner faces. Mr. and Mrs. Sotelo have delivered a performance which makes you forget you’re streaming the production so that you may enjoy the subtleties of what makes a couple come together and break apart.

Director Patrick Klein and Vocal Director Dolores Duran-Cefalu have created a tight-knit production of The Last Five Years, one that shows the intimacies of the script and storytelling gravitas of the score. Having seen a fair amount of productions of this particular musical over the years, including the movie adaptation, I can safely say it is generally a deeper production when the stage couple is a real-life couple, and this production stays true to the pattern. Mr. and Mrs. Sotelo execute Mr. Klein’s smooth direction with ease, weaving real life intricacy into the script that only a couple who are going through life together can effectively deliver. Mrs. Sotelo’s search for her name in Jamie’s first book during “A Part of That”—all the while backdropped with Mr. Sotelo’s happy headshot, during the song’s repeat of the title lyric—is a moment of devastating denial which Mrs. Sotelo delivers with heartbreaking nuance. 

(Chris Sotelo (Jamie) and Marah Sotelo (Cathy); Photo credit: Henry Wilen)

The staging, paired with Scott Ludwig’s technical and scenic designs, puts the couple in a boat, and then in front of a beautifully decorated altar during the couple’s duet, “The Next Ten Minutes.” The visual and vocal chemistry shared by the Sotelos almost makes those familiar with the piece hope the ending has changed simply because the love is potent in the best of ways.

Individually, both shine royally when the time calls for it. Mr. Sotelo is great in “A Miracle Would Happen,” pairing vocal storytelling with expressive reactions to every female temptation crossing his eye line. Pairing well with that song is Mrs. Sotelo’s turn at “When You Come Home With Me,” which showcases her legit vocals and musical comedy chops as Cathy questions every decision she has made which led up to her current audition. Jamie’s recitation of a portion of his best-selling book, the longest speech given without music in the play, is given specific attention by Mr. Klein, seizing this more-quiet moment to place Mrs. Sotelo just above Mr. Sotelo’s shoulder looking on as he delivers the analogous passage with the right doses of expression and inflection. He later nails his final “me, me, me” song in the hauntingly gas-lit “If I Didn’t Believe in You,” giving the audience a chance to see Jamie’s regret of every decision he made that led him to committing to Cathy. However, it is the one-two punch of Mr. Sotelo’s energetic, superb delivery of “The Schmuel Song” followed by Mrs. Sotelo’s glorious “A Summer in Ohio” which serves as the production’s strongest sequence. 

Abby May has designed a wonderful lighting palette which sets the moods with simplicity and pleasing washes for each progression of the couple’s relationship. Jeff Grafton and Grant Huberty team up to execute a solid sound design and videography job, allowing audiences to enjoy the play’s theatricality while being invited in closer to the softer moments, closer than if we were sitting in the Lucie Stern Theater itself. All this is to say that Palo Alto Players has provided a production that will satisfy your theatrical hunger and distract you from “Zoom” fatigue. You have until February 14th to purchase your digital ticket and enjoy this sublime production; do see this show!

[vogueandcoffee]

Happy Birthday, David Bowie • David Bowie: The Last Five Years, premiering tonight at 8 on @hbo

[kugirocks]

[1/11] Role Models in Theatre

“ You can't live up to everyone's ideals. You just have to do your own thing and hope that it's true to the character. “ -Samantha Barks

[stagebanshee]

Jamie Wellerstein is a bad person. Contradicting opinions need not apply.

[ricagudelo]

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Just a little snippet of what the @davidbowie @HBO #documentary #TheLastFiveYears shares as to the life of #DavidBowie. Amazing! #NYC #ILoveNY #I❤️NY #Manhattan #BigApple #RichardAgudelo #RicAgudelo #Photographer #Photographing #Photography #RespectCopyright #© (at New York, New York)