#c borle

[dingus0401]

what do u mean christian borle isn’t gay in real life??? but he’s so good at it???

[oddlydrawnscissors]

falsettos soon, for now this man is taking over my life (along with mr rannells) ref image below the cut!

[knives-right-beauty-mark]

Oh my god it’s been over a month already….

[gl1tchrix]

Currently sobbing

So, because I’ve been obsessed with Christian Borle, I finally decided to watch (a totally legal version of) falsettos.

It honestly was so much better than I was prepared for. The way it explores so many themes: queerness in the 70/80s, irregular family dynamics, fragile masculinity, Jewish culture, and the AIDS epidemic. It’s a show that’s just so full of love and soul and I couldn’t be happier that I watched it… but oh god nothing has made me cry like that in a good long while. like. I swear to you. It’s very hard for media to make me cry. But by the end of this show I was WEEPING.

I woke up my sleeping girlfriend just because I needed to tell her I love her and how happy I am I have her because oh my god. There’s no wake up call stronger than watching a loving couple be separated by forces out of their control. Reminding me that I can’t take my loved ones for granted. (P.s. girlfriend was very concerned cuz she woke up and I’m just sat, crying and saying I love you)

anyways, if you haven’t watched falsettos, go watch it, and if you have, watch it again.

[scriv3lloirl]

Gen question, why do you hate the 2019 production

Jesus. This is gonna be a really long post. Check under the cut.

Honestly? I'm not quite sure m'self. It's jus.. not good and I don't know how to describe it. No hate if you like it, Anon, but I listened to the soundtrack once n I couldn't get through it. Once 'Dentist!' turned on, I had to shut it off halfway through the song, which I never do, cus it was that bad.

Christian Borle as Orin Scrivello? I despise it. He's not a good Orin, n I will die on that hill. He seemed so.. bored while playin the role n I don't understand how you can be bored playing Orin.

I sat down to actually watched the slime tutorial up on YouTube, cus I wanted to give the show a chance n I hoping it was jus the cast album that was bad, but watchin the video jus made my dislike grow but I stuck it out n watched the whole thing.

There is one thing that I can appreciate bout Borle playin Orin, though, n it's that he's bringin a lot of new fans into the fandom! He's a popular actor n a Tony Award winner; a lot of people know him as Vox from Hazbin plus other roles he's played that I can't think of right now—and ev'ryone wants to check him out in Little Shop!!

Enough of Borle though—Time for Jonathan Groff as Seymour.

I don't have as many problems with him as I do Borle. Jonathan is a fantastic actor, but he's not a good Seymour. When he sings all I can hear is Kristoff from Frozen n it brings me out of whatever song we're in. The way Groff acts as Seymour is.. odd. It jus doesn't feel like Seymour, y'know?

Tammy Blanchard as Audrey? I don't really have words for her, she is awful pretty I gotta say. When I listened to the songs on album, it seemed like she changed actresses halfway through songs. I dunno what's up with that. It was weird.

But in the slime tutorial I saw, Joy Woods played Audrey n—hoo boy. I love Joy Woods. She's a fantastic Audrey (the main inspirations for my black Audrey design) but she really disappointed me in the video.

Feed Me (Git It!) is always a make it or break it song for me—with how almost all of the main cast will be on stage—n ev'ryone was.. eugh. Nobody had any emotion durin the song (especially durin that one part where Orin literally smacks Audrey. Orin sounded so flat.) n Christ, it really pissed me off.

Anyway I have a lot more thoughts on this production but, I don't really know how to continue on with this post.. I jus don't like the cast n they don't sing well t'gether. I dunno.

Thanks for your ask, Anon!

[emilythezeldafan]

Open Starter

((factory tour, works better with CATCF muses or OCs but open to all! Crossovers and OCs welcome as always.))

Wren Wonka would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous. Sure, she actually left the factory, unlike her brother (her twin, younger by five minutes and thirty seven seconds), but she very rarely was out for very long, even then. The poor woman had become practically agoraphobic. She hadn't socialized properly with anyone aside from her brother aside from the Oompa Loompa, Lofty. And she wasn't sure if the little orange man even liked her company, though he was just like that with everyone.

However, she pushed her nerves to the side, adjusting the top hat she was wearing, brown with a purple band wrapped around it and what seemed to be...a cog attached to it. If that looked strange, the rest of the outfit was something else entirely. "Steampunk" was the word the elder Wonka twin had used to describe it. Her dress was reminiscent of a chocolate wrapper, browns and purples mixing in an aesthetically pleasing way, a few chains attached to her skirt, aswell as pockets. She wondered why no one had invented a dress with pockets before her. She also had on tights and boots, which had a spiked heel.

She made all of her own clothes, had done ever since she learned to sew. She remembered begging mama to teach her. She never got the chance, sadly.

"Good-"

She cleared her throat to hide the nervous crack of her voice.

"Good evening, and welcome to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory!"

[chipadequeso]

do you understand. 1993 falsettos. marvin hits trina. marvin screams why and he doesnt stop looking at whizzer. he walks drunkenly towards trina slowly and careully builfing up the tension but he never turns towards her. he looks at whizzer the entire time. and THEN he turns and hits trina. DO YOU UNDERSTAAAAAAAND!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!

[scriv3lloirl]

PREACH. I wish I sent this in t' the confession blog m'self cus, good god. I agree wit this take so much.

I hate his portrayal of Orin. It makes me so angry that word's cannot even begin t' describe my hatred.

Hot take Christian Borle Orin isn't that good

He sounds so. Bored :(

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[godlessondheimite]

what’s your favorite example of a tv show shoehorning in an actor’s singing ability when singing is not necessarily part of their character? mine is christian borle “don’t say yes” in smash and michael c. hall joining a gay men’s choir/lauren ambrose “what a little moonlight” daydream in six feet under

[tntduopolls]

I saw someone else do this, so I decided to put my own nerd ass spin on it

Which of the musical theatre songs on my c!TNT duo playlist is your favorite?

Lucy Meets Jekyll from Jekyll & Hyde the musical

What Is This Feeling from Wicked

The Thrill of First Love from Falsettos 2016

The Chess Game from Falsettos 2016

Marian The Librarian from The Music Man

For the Record from 36 Questions

More Is Better from Mean Girls the musical

hi! fellow nerd here, how fucking dare you not include dead girl walking

previews of all songs below the cut!

all of these are them, by the way. bangers. yk what else is a banger though? DEAD GIRL WALKING WHICH IS SUUUCH A TNTDUO ANTEHM!

[madebyteenagefury]

ok lemme preface this by saying, love c borle, love tom levitt, so far im very invested in smash, overall a good time

so that said, is it just me or does christian feel VERY straight in this role. i cant tell if its him, or if its like, straight ppl writing gay ppl yknow. but something feels off.

[scriv3lloirl]

Hey, this yer man?

Fellas is it gay to want a man in the most sinful of ways if ur technically an ampromorphized fish who goes nyoom? Asking for a friend

[transparentcheesecake2]

I think we found Baxter's VA and it's not Richard or Alex

it's Kevin Del Aguila Thanks to @/strw_bxrii(Twitter)

He's a Broadway actor

hasn't posted any HH related posts until the Baxter storyboard

follows the hazbin hotel account on insta

Vivzie and Kevin follows each other on insta and Twitter

used to work with Christian Borle in "Some Like It Hot" (points for the voxtech baxter theory)

What's interesting is that Alex brightman is the only HH actor he followed on insta (baxtious hahahaha baxtious)

You can hear his voice sample here: https://youtu.be/9BLT9Le3wR4?si=WDXueFiLz-TB5XE6 https://x.com/VaporBabe2023/status/1823572013471961360?t=PAPSjRaThf84G9ze0MVQHQ&s=19

here's his insta account and the Baxter storyboard post: https://www.instagram.com/kevinoftheeagle/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-EP7diPpaD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[witlesswitnesstm]

I have complained about this to my friends all too often, but last year, for my highschool’s performing arts trip, we went to New York to see some Broadway shows. My favorite that I saw was Some Like it Hot. Amazing show, btw, I cried because it was my first time seeing a trans person performing on Broadway. Anyway, now that I’ve seen Falsettos and gotten to see more of Christian Borle, I’m kind of mad I didn’t appreciate back then how insane it was that I was seeing Christian Borle perform live. Like now I’ve forgotten a lot of it, but if I just knew back then what I know now, I would remember so much more of it.

Can I just say, I haven’t seen a lot of C Borle’s work, except for these 2 musicals, but I see almost no one talk about his work on Some Like it Hot. Like after listening to the cast album, He lied When he Said Hello became one of my favorite songs from the whole show.

This isn’t to downplay the rest of the cast btw. Like I said, I cried over J. Harrison Ghee’s performance, and Adrianna Hicks’s performance of Sugar was absolutely incredible, just to name some of the people I remember the most. But everyone did great. I love Some like it Hot

[nekole-doodles]

Part #5 of DSMP-coded song series! I haven't done one in a while so I'll do a lightning round of a few random characters or duos!

Philza and Kristin. Come on, it's so sweet, it's literally them

C! TNT Duo(/r)

"One of us just has to change, you say the same"

"Twist my umbrella 'til it's inside-out, Hand you a bouquet of rain"

"Did I shout or think I could save you this way?"

"Then you looked in my eyes and said, 'How dare you love me? When you should despise me? You should be scared of me,' It seems that that's what it means when somebody needs you"

"When the smoke clears are we friends or strangers again? Just a familiar face"

"So how could we separately heal? God, I don't get it. I really don't get it, Could someone tell me how to feel?"

"So watch your step or you'll trip and fall right out of love"

"'Til death do us part, please keep breaking my heart, 'Til it ceases to beat, please be mine"

"So if love conquers all, then all else must have failed, I mean, who wants to fall? Can't we just take the stairs?"

C! Clingy Duo, especially New L'manberg time right before and after Tommy gets exiled

C! Crimeboys or C! TNT Duo(but headcanon-ized), in a what-if scenario if Tommy or Quackity found Wilbur in the button room on the 16th instead of Phil. (C! Wilbur is so JD-coded, this is very old news in this fandom)

C! TNT Duo(/r) /hj but not really. Idk, it just kinda fits how I imagine their dynamic

C! Disc Duo in Exile arc. So fun :D Nothing ever happened ever in exile arc

"Nobody ever loved me, Like she tells me she does" Dream claiming he's Tommy's only friend and no one else cares for him like Dream cares about him.

"Tender as a bruise, sharper than a razor, Wrap her tentacles around me like she'll never let me go, Her fury shakes the rafters, but never in my favor" Whenever Dream gives angry(sometimes physically) at Tommy for whatever reason

"I should be counting blessings, Something is better than nothing, Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it? It's close enough to perfect, What does it hurt, a little bit?" Tommy trying to convince himself that exile is fine and that Dream really is his friend and he should be grateful for him despite how much Dream is hurting him.

[veeflix]

Hello, I’m Vee

Honestly am just a desperate theater kid who needs to interact with other theater freaks rn.

If you’re interested in any of these musicals, you should hit me up because again, I am DESPERATE (on my knees begging guys)

MY FAVORITE MUSICALS (as of late):

Some Like It Hot

Falsettos (The entire Marvin Trilogy, actually. This is and has always been my favorite — I love In Trousers and the original 1992 cast of Falsettos, but the 2016 revival have my entire heart as well obviously — huge C. Borle fan)

Grand Hotel

Next To Normal

A New Brain

25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee

(I like any/everything by William Finn)

Spies Are Forever

Something Rotten

The Boys from Syracuse

Some honorable mentions:

Ride The Cyclone, Avenue Q, Bare: A Pop Opera, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, Annie, The Book of Mormon, School of Rock, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Six, 1776, Bring It On, Jekyll & Hyde, The Producers. . .

A lot more I don’t feel like listing, but my musical theater/showtunes playlist is well over 24 hours. I’m getting into Gutenberg right now and recommendations are very much welcome

That’s all, bye

My Discord is @voxflixx