#broadway musical entertainment

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In Universe Mario Stage Plays & Movies

So there is an old hypothesis that claims all the Mario games never happened, and are all stage plays or only Super Mario Bros. happened. This hypothesis was created due to a misunderstanding about something Miyamoto said which I addressed in a previous post. However, there is some merit behind this hypothesis, just not in the way it's treated. We know the Lakitu Bros. record Mario during his adventures and important events like the unveiling of a Time Machine. In addition to newspapers reporting on events as well. Characters in universe like Goombario are fans of Mario knowing about his adventures. Well also in universe the adventures of Mario and friends are retold told in stage plays performed by the Mario and friends. These stage plays are show in various posters advertising them, all probably organized by Broadway Musical Entertainment.

These plays include ones like The Mushroom Moon, Chase! Mario's Adventure, and the Mushroom Kingdom Musical.

The Mushroom Moon's cast includes Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and is implied to also have Petey Piranha in it. These plays are also probably of unseen adventures given they don't seem to be about any previous game due to who all participates in it. In Chase! Mario's Adventure the cast includes Mario, Peach, Bowser, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser Jr., and Donkey Kong. The Mushroom Kingdom Musical's cast includes Mario, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Rosalina, Daisy, Bowser, Bowser jr., a Koopa Troopa, a Shy Guy, King Boo, Wario, Waluigi, and Pauline.

Now one would ask, why would the characters agree to allow Bowser and Bowser Jr. to be part of said events. Let alone why Bowser would agree to be part of them. Well I address this in a previous post I have made when addressing why Bowser goes go karting with Mario and Co.

There is also a poster for a movie titled Wario in the Yoshi Theater in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

There is another stage play, this one seems to be a retelling of the events of Donkey Kong because of the name and steel gutters. This play is called Donkey Kong and is labeled the best musical. It also appears to have Donkey Kong III playing the part of his grandfather the original Donkey Kong, something I talked about in a previous post.

We see something similar to this in Super Mario Odyssey with the Festival that is head to celebrate the beginnings of New Donk City. The Festival in question celebrates and retells the events of Donkey Kong.

This could also be used to explain Miyamoto's comment about Super Mario Bros. 3 being a stage play, while all the games imply the events of SMB3 happened as I've talked about in a previous post. SMB3 is probably a stage play made by Broadway Musical Entertainment retelling actual events.

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Ryan Reynolds And Hugh Jackman Reportedly Being Eyed For The Position Of The Hosts For Oscars 2025

Hollywood's hottest rumor: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman might host the Oscars 2025! After 'Deadpool and Wolverine,' could this be the duo's next big stage? Let's hope they bring the house down!

Link to the full story: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/ryan-reynolds-and-hugh-jackman-the-dynamic-duo-tapped-for-oscars-2025

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From the grand stages of Broadway to the captivating world of Marvel, Patti Lupone continues to defy expectations. The acclaimed actress and singer, celebrated for her unforgettable performances in musicals such as Evita, Sweeney Todd, and Anything Goes, now adds a Marvel series to her impressive resume. Lupone stars alongside a talented cast in Agatha: All Along, a role that surprised even the seasoned performer.

Agatha: All Along is now streaming on Disney+.

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But also listen to this, I’m dying. 

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can you do a two broadway friends mood board?

here!! 🎭

once again got a bit carried away with the story; the girl on the right with the sun patterned top is a hopeless romantic, she loves poetry, she likes light colours, and is very dramatic, imaginative and a dreamer. the girl on the left loves fairytales, dark colours, is a realist, and is more no-nonsense and practical. the left girl grounds the right girl, and helps her to see sense sometimes, while the right girl helps the left girl be more fanciful. they adore each other, and raise each other up on stage!

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My random Broadway Stunt Cast Ideas (Part 1?)

Hi here's some celebrities and the musical roles I want them to be in. my definition of "celebrity" is loose, it's basically just if they're famous to me. Also I won't be providing logic for these ones, it's mostly vibes.

Miley Cyrus as Helene in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Shane Madej as Billy Flynn in Chicago

Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lou Wilson as the Princes in Into the Woods (doesn't matter who plays which prince, they'd both slay either one)

Renee Rapp (I think she's mainstream famous enough to be a stunt cast now) as Anatole in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Hozier as Orpheus in Hadestown (this might be a hot take?)

Lou Wilson as Shakespeare in Something Rotten

Boygenius as the Fates in Hadestown

Kate Siegal as Persephone in Hadestown

Alaska Thunderfuck as Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show

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Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club review: Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin dazzle in jaw-dropping Broadway revival

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the hottest new show on Broadway.

By Emlyn Travis Published on April 21, 2024 09:30PM EDT

Before the end of the world, before Eddie Redmayne casts a spell with an impish grin and a slightly askew party hat, and before Gayle Rankin brings down the house with a thunderous performance of “Cabaret,” theatergoers are welcomed into Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club through a series of neon-drenched alleyways and offered a shot of cherry schnapps. In many ways, it’s a perfect representation of what they are about to experience: sweet, shocking, intoxicating, and leaves a lingering impression long after it’s finished. 

More than three years after opening on London's West End and winning seven Olivier Awards, including Best Musical Revival, director Rebecca Frecknall’s celebrated take on the legendary musical has transferred to Broadway in a gritty, haunting production that is jaw-droppingly gorgeous from start to finish. The revival, which opens tonight, has set up shop at the August Wilson Theatre and no expense has been spared transforming the space into a glitzy, Weimar-era Berlin nightclub that's complete with bustling bars and intimate table seating that surrounding a contained, circular wooden stage for a theater-in-the-round experience.

Attendees are encouraged to visit the show early in order to soak up its immersive atmosphere and take in its prologue — a unique pre-show event directed by Jordan Fein that follows a collection of dancers and musicians wade through the crowds performing songs, dancing up and down staircases, and teasingly toying with audience members. That fun continues during the show's intermission too, which sees the Kit Kat Club performers bring a group of lucky theatergoers upon the main stage to play games and dance with them in a charming conga line.

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club — which features a book written by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb — follows young, queer American writer Clifford "Cliff" Bradshaw (the stellar Ato Blackson-Wood) as he travels to Berlin in hopes of finding inspiration for his next novel. On his first night, he's introduced to the Kit Kat Club and "the toast of Mayfair" Sally Bowles (Rankin), and the pair strike up a fast friendship that blossoms into something more after she decides to move into his apartment without telling him. While Cliff's stern, yet secretly warm landlady Fräulein Schneider (Bebe Neuwirth) is initially unimpressed by the development, she ultimately agrees to the deal — after all, she's much more focused on spending time with the kind, older Jewish gentleman that rents a nearby room, Herr Schultz (Steven Skybell). But this beautiful, Bohemian bubble that they've all ensconced themselves within can only endure for so long amid the Nazis ascent to power.

The evening kicks off with a drumroll and then a literal bang as perfectly timed cymbals crash together just as lighting designer Isabella Byrd reveals the Kit Kat Club's fantastically flamboyant master of ceremonies (Redmayne) standing perfectly posed underneath a single spotlight. The Oscar-winning actor, reprising the role that won him an Olivier award, somehow manages to imbue the character with both a youthful innocence and a sinister side, donning a wide grin and contorting every inch of his body into peculiar shapes that simultaneously draw you in and make you want to rear back. He paints the Kit Kat Club as a place where you can leave reality behind during the production's phenomenal opening number "Willkommen," but even he's unable to keep the horrors that are unfolding outside the club's doors from slowly taking center stage.

Redmayne, both a literal Emcee for the club’s patrons as well as metaphorical representation of the spirit of the time period, soaks up the spotlight like it was made for him. He revels in the dark duality that Cabaret presents, gleefully ripping off his clothing and leaping offstage during its vivacious first act, only to end up staring despondently into the darkness from the set's edge in its second. And speaking of clothing, Cabaret has some of the most breathtaking costumes currently on Broadway — courtesy of the phenomenal scenic, theater, and costume designer Tom Scutt —  including a see-through skeletal ensemble that Redmayne sports during his knockout performance of "Money" is one of the most delightfully frightening looks of the evening, from his stark makeup all the way to his elongated, bejeweled fingernails attached to the end of each glove.

While the Emcee adores all of the Kit Kat Club’s endlessly talented ensemble, it’s easy to see why he holds a special fondness for the cabaret’s headliner, Sally Bowles. Rankin is nothing short of spectacular as the ostentatious performer, knowing when turn on her character's charming nature and when to pull back the curtain to reveal a weariness that makes it feel as if life's hardships have been weighing on her shoulders for centuries. Still, when the curtain lifts and the spotlight beams down upon her, Rankin ensures that Sally transforms into an unforgettable star with her coquettish performances of "Don't Tell Mama" and "Mein Herr." However, it's her rendition of "Maybe This Time," soft and full of hopeful surrender, that truly makes Sally's eventual arc within the musical that much more affecting.

Meanwhile, Neuwirth’s Fräulein Schneider and Skybell's Herr Schultz’s bring a sweet romance to Cabaret, only for theatergoers to witness as their bond is slowly tarnished by outside forces beyond their control. As an older woman, the fiery Fräulein Schneider sings about feeling hopeless to the changing of the political tides in the searingly poignant "What Would You Do?", while Herr Schultz swears that his proud German citizenship will protect him from the dangers that loom ahead — a devastating declaration that is made even more heartbreaking given that viewers are aware of what lies ahead. Instead, it is only Blackson-Wood's clever Cliff who is able to see the situation clearly and understand that the writing is on the wall.

Frecknall, who recently completed another celebrated West End revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, leans heavily into the spookiness of Cabaret's second act and refuses to pull her punches. In one scene, the Emcee interrupts a tender moment between Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz to step upon a glass only for the stage to plummet into darkness as explosions ring out around them, reminiscent of Kristallnacht. When the lights return, the pair can only stare at one another in shock as debris rain down upon them. And, while Cabaret is no stranger to exhibiting wonderfully risqué behavior onstage, Frecknall also ensures that the sex work depicted within the musical is shown as a means of survival for its performers too, who spin through Julia Cheng's dazzling onstage choreography with passion and gusto.

There’s a reason why Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway right now. It’s an unforgettable, immersive experience that lures audiences in with visions of sweet, sweet hedonism before bowling them over with a harrowing, unflinching tale that will have them reflecting on present day parallels and their place within the world long after they leave the theater. Come to the Cabaret, ol’ chum. There’s nothing quite like it. 

https://ew.com/cabaret-kit-kat-club-review-broadway-8636569

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I think letsplays are interesting, because a letsplay can be a way to experience a videogame as closely to the intended experience as possible without actually playing the videogame. a letsplay can also be a piece of art which uses a particular game as its medium. Some letsplays even aim to be both of these things, with varying levels of success. It always strikes me as such a labor of love, to be so dedicated to showing this game to others.

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“Friends on the Other Side is part of a picture show?” 

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"Hypothetical question; Would you be willing to defend the following banker accused of fraud??

A kind old Grandma, took her savings and she sent it- Off to your client; All she saved since she was born.

Well, he promised to invest it, but he spent it-- On prostitutes,

and heroin,

and porn."

"no, i would not wanna take that case."

"WRONG."

- Professor Callaghan, Legally Blonde Broadway (Blood in the Water)

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Mary Poppins musical cookbook Dutch

I bought this at 19 November 2022 in the thrift shop in my home village for ��1,50.

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Chita Rivera was the original Anita in Broadway’s ‘West Side Story’

Chita Rivera catapulted to fame playing Anita in the 1957 musical “West Side Story” on Broadway. But please don’t confuse the 90-year-old diva with the actress Rita Moreno, who played the same role in the 1961 film. When people tell her that they loved her in the movie, “I straighten them out,” Rivera writes in her new memoir, “Chita” (HarperOne). “Then [I] politely say, ‘I was the original…

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Broadway's Newest Comedy Has The Juice (And I Can't Imagine a More Beautiful Thing)

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XGRESSIONS, DROPS AT 12 CT TOMORROW!!

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Broadway Melody of 1936 Is Playing on TCM on March 20 (USA)

Broadway Melody of 1936, 1935, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Monday, March 20 at 6:15 a.m. est. Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, Jack Benny, Una Merkel. June Knight, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen. Broadway Melody of 1936 is a confection of a movie, meant to sweeten the lives of Depression weary Americans. It stars the unlikely triumvirate of Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor. The…

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reblog if the first musical you listened to was not Hamilton