#c: connor o'malley

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the gays.

boone leigh | available for plots. (m/nb only) cosima rainwright | available for plots. (f/nb only) lucien o'malley | unavailable for plots. (taken by henry ashford) maggie hancock | unavailable for plots. (taken by georgie cox) nat andersson | available for plots. (f/nb only) randy connors | unavailable for plots. (taken by erin elwyn) richie pearson | unavailable for plots. (taken by henry ashford) winnie barton | available for plots.

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BOOTYLEGS (updated nov 22 2021)

Hello! Here’s a list of my bootlegs. They are all video, the ones which are audio are specified. 

If there’s only the title of the show then I don’t know which cast it is (sorry). 

I’m willing to gift these but  trading is appreciated! 

If I gift you a bootleg PLEASE consider donating something to my Ko-Fi, I’m putting away some money for University, and your donation no matter how small can really help me out!

If we are trading send me your list and I would appreciate it if you sent your bootleg first. 

If you want any of these MESSAGE ME, also be nice, i won’t give you anything if you are rude so please keep that in mind. 

I might not always be able to answer, so just wait, if more than 2 days pass write again. 

PLEASE be specific about the bootlegs you want. 

*All shows starting with “the” are under the letter T*

Thank you :)

[TITLE OF SHOW]

unknown cast 

&JULIET

West End Cast - november 2019

21 CHUMP STREET

21 Chump Street - Brooklyn Academy of Music (June 7th, 2014) - Original Cast

A CHORUS LINE

A Chorus Line (2006 Broadway revival, opening night)

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

Broadway 11.3.13

A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM

2013 PROSHOT Globe

Bridge Theatre NTL

A NEW BRAIN 

2015 cast

1998 cast

A VERY POTTER MUSICAL 

A VERY POTTER SEQUEL

A VERY POTTER SENIOR YEAR

AMADEUS

National Theatre Live (2016) PROSHOT

AMELIE

Original Broadway Cast

AMERICAN IDIOT

AMERICAN IDIOT | Los Angeles | Full Show PROSHOT

Broadway 2017 cast

AMERICAN PSYCHO

unknown cast

ANASTASIA

Anastasia OBC (Hartford Stage, off Broadway)

Anastasia on BROADWAY

ANGLES IN AMERICA 

National Theatre Proshot version

2003 mini series

ASSASSINS

Original Broadway Cast

AVENUE Q

OBC

BANDSTAND

On Broadway, unknown cast

Bandstand - Fatham Events

BARE: A POP OPERA

Off Broadway cast

BAT OUT OF HELL

West End version july 2017

West End (with Alex Thomas Smith as Tink)

BE MORE CHILL 

AUDIO bootleg

The play (Chicago at the Griffin theater), THIS IS NOT A BOOTLEG OF THE MUSICAL VERSION

Be More Chill UNCG Workshop (NOT OBC AND NOT COMPLETE)

INCOMPLETE bootleg of the musical (first 35 minutes)

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST

AUDIO revival (11.10.17)

AUDIO Australian Premiere Cast

BEETLEJUICE

Beetlejuice - 09-2019- BROADWAY CAST

closer view

Beetle juice play original cast (7•27•19) ( 1080 X 1920 ) [Missing Girl Scout Song]

Beetlejuice with Presley Ryan

Beetlejuice with Will Blum

BENT

Los Angeles, CA (Center Theatre Group), 8th August 2015

BILLY ELLIOT

Billy Elliot (Chicago 2010) Tommy Batchelor

Billy Elliot the Musical Live PROSHOT

BOMBSHELL

NBC cast reunion 2020

CABARET

alan cumming 1998

Cabaret (Emma Stone)

Cabaret Adam Pascal.

CAROLINE OR CHANGE

West End cast December 2018

CARRIE THE MUSICAL

Carrie the Musical- 2012 Off-Broadway Revival

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Broadway OBC

Charlie Mezzanine OBC

charlie broadway Audio First Preview

CHICAGO

AUDIO, Chicago (12/3/17) featuring Todrick Hall as Billy Flynn (link in text)Cast: Leigh Zimmerman- Velma Kelly, Charolette d'Amboise- Roxie Hart, Brian O'Brien- Fred Casely, Peter Nelson- Sergent Fogarty, Raymon Bokhour- Amos Hart, Nicole Bridgewater- Liz, Gabrielle McClinton- Annie, Donna Marie Ashbury- June, Tonya Wathen- Hunyak, Robyn Hurder- Mona, LaVon Fisher Wilson- Matron "Mama" Morton, Todrick Hall- Billy Flynn, R. Lowe- Mary Sunshine, Beth Johnson Nicely- Go-To-Hell-Kitty, Michael Scirrotto- Harry/ The Jury, Jason Patrick Sands- Doctor, Denny Paschall- Aaron, Barrett Martin- Bailiff, James T. Lane- The Judge, Barrett Martin- Court Clerk

COME FROM AWAY

OBC

Broadway Proshot 2021

COMPANY

West End Production AUDIO, February 25, 2019 - Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Mel Giedroyc (Sarah), Jonathan Bailey (Jamie), George Blagden (PJ), Ashley Campbell (Peter), Richard Fleeshman (Andy), Alex Gaumond (Paul), Richard Henders (David), Ben Lewis (Larry), Daisy Maywood (Susan), Jennifer Saayeng (Jenny), Matthew Seadon-Young (Theo), Grant Neal (u/s Harry).

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Broadway OBC

OBC HD version (ACT ONE ONLY)

AUDIO with MLB as Evan Hansen (7-12-17)

AUDIO Colton Ryan as Evan Hansen

AUDIO 7.19.17 (MLB as Evan, Colton as Jared, Garrett as Heidi)

AUDIO 7-30.17 MLB DEH

AUDIO, DEH PREVIEWS WASHINGTON DC (slight changes to songs, should be OBC) 

AUDIO, MLB AS CONNOR (first act cuts off after Sincerely Me, second act complete)

AUDIO, MLB as Evan, Olivia as Zoe, and Garrett as Heidi

AUDIO, second stage audio

AUDIO, Ben Platt last show

AUDIO, Colton Ryan and Olivia Puckett 

AUDIO, Lisa Brescia Cynthia 8-3-17

AUDIO, Noah Galvin

9.30.18 Taylor Trensch (Laura Dreyfuss, Alex Boniello, Lisa Brescia, JLT, Phoenix Best, Asa Somers, Sky Lakota Lynch 

Taylor Trensch Broadway (Mallory Betchel, Alex Boniello, Lisa Brescia, JLT, Michael Park, Phoenix Best, Sky Lynch): 

 JANUARY 2020 Broadway Cast (Jordan Fisher)

DIANA

Netflix Proshot 2021

ELEGIES

2003 off Broadway

ELISABETH DAS MUSICAL

Elisabeth das Musical Wien 2005 English Subtitles

EUGENIUS!

West end Proshot

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE

AUDIO west end 21.11.17

PROSHOT version 

Amazon Prime movie 2021

FALSETTOS

Proshot version (with audio fixed, i also have a subbed version)

Frontal view

Side/up view

Falsettoland - Original Off Broadway Cast

Falsettos LA1993OBC(Jason played by Sivan Cotel)

Falsettos Lincoln Center Revival National Tour April 19th 2019 Cast: Max Von Essen (Marvin), Nick Adams (Whizzer),Eden Espinosa (Trina),Nick Blaemire (Mendel),Thatcher Jacobs (Jason), Bryonha Marie Parham (Charlotte),Audrey Cardwell (Cordelia) Notes: Pretty much the full show. Missing the last 15 mins of Act Two. Ends at the Bar Mitzvah Scene. Occasional head blocking the right of the stage. (thegr8ststarofall master)

AUDIO Falsettos Oct 1, 2016 (Today4uTomorrow4Netflix’s Master)

AUDIO 08 January 2017 - Closing night

AUDIO 1/6/17 (Peyton Lusk u/s Jason from Making a Home)

WEST END video Septemebr 2019

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

 AUDIO, fiddler on the roof revival (jessica vosk understudy for golde starting in act 2)

FIRST DATE

OBC 

FLEABAG

NTL 2019 production PROSHOT

FRANKENSTEIN

NTL PROSHOT with Johnny Lee Miller as The Creature

NTL PROSHOT with Benedict Cumberbatch as The Creature

FROZEN

Live at the Hyperion (FIRST SHOWING) [THIS IS NOT A BROADWAY PRODUCTION]

AUDIO: Frozen (Denver) First Preview (August 17 2017)

DENVER 8.17.17 (USED TO BE NFT)

FUN HOME

Victor Garden Theatre Proshot

FUNNY GIRL

Funny Girl with Stephanie J.Block 

GHOST QUARTER

Ghost Quartet at the McKittrick Hotel, Jan. 12, 2015.

GIGI

GROUNDHOG DAY

OBC 

first preview (set breaks)

HADESTOWN

AUDIO, Edmonton, secon preview 

AUDIO, Hadestown (audio, Off-Broadway)

VIDEO of West End Production at National Theatre

Broadway Preview

Broadway January 2020

HAIRSPRAY 

Hairspray with Andrew Rannells

Hairspray Live (12/07/16)! Cast: Maddie Baillio (Tracy Turnblad), Dove Cameron (Amber von Tussle), Kristin Chenoweth (Velma von Tussle), Garrett Clayton (Link Larkin), Billy Eichner (Rob Barker),  Harvey Fierstein (Edna Turnblad), Sean Hayes (Mr. Pinky), Ariana Grande (Penny Pingleton),  Derek Hough (Corny Collins), Jennifer Hudson (Motormouth Maybelle), Shahadi Wright Joseph (Little Inez), Andrea Martin (Prudy Pingleton), Rosie O'Donnell (Health Ed Teacher),  Ephraim Sykes (Seeweed J. Stubbs), Martin Short (Wilbur Turnblad)

Hairspray with Aaron Tveit

HAMILTON

Hamilton OBC (I also have a version eng subbed, and one with ita sub)

Hamilton OBC filmed from stalls

Hamildoc

Drunk History full episode with Lin

Hamilton Chicago

AUDIO Hamilton with Jon Rua (for cast details message me)

Hamilton with Andrew Rannells (FIRST ACT ONLY)

AUDIO 08/16/2017 - Los Angeles - Michael Luwoye (Alexander Hamilton), Solea Pfeiffer (Eliza Schuyler), Joshua Henry (Aaron Burr), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Angelica Schuyler), Isaiah Johnson (George Washington), Jordan Donica (Lafayette/Jefferson), Mathenee Treco (Mulligan/Madison), Rubén J. Carbajal (Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Amber Iman (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rory O'Malley (King George)

AUDIO ANDREW RANNELLS (What Comes Next and I Know Him)

HAMILTON TOUR 2017 (VOB, It’s the one which used to be NFT)

AUDIO, Hamilton Tour Cast (Oct 6, 2017)

Hamilton West End November 2018 Cast: Sifiso Mazibuko (s/b Alexander Hamilton), Rachelle Ann Go (Eliza Hamilton), Giles Terera (Aaron Burr), Rachel John (Angelica Hamilton), Obioma Ugoala (George Washington), Jason Pennycooke (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Tarinn Callender (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Cleve September (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Christine Allado (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Michael Gibson (King George III), Jade Albertsen, Johnny Bishop, Leslie Garcia Bowman, Jon Scott Clark, Kelly Downing, Gregory Haney, Leah Hill, Waylon Jacobs, Miriam-Teak Lee, Phoebe Liberty, Gabriel Mokake (Ensemble)

DISNEY PLUS PROSHOT (also with Italian subs)

HAMLET 

 National Theatre, Andrew Scott (PROSHOT)

The Globe 2018 PROSHOT

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

april 2017 bootleg

Broadway (undated)

Broadway April 2019

HEATHERS

Heathers the Musical (New Version-proshoot)

I also have another version found on youtube

heathers oobc

AUDIO, Heathers with Thomas Sanders 

Heathers | West End | 2018/11/24 Closing Night

West End July 2021 (Christina Bennington as Veronica)

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

Andrew Rannells

Andrew Rannells (better quality)

Neil Patrick Harris

Lena Hall

Off-Broadway

Anthony Rapp

Darren Criss

Michael C. Hall

Hedwig Lena Hall (25-11-16) 

AUDIO: Andrew Rannell's birthday show

AUDIO: Hedwig Andrew’s closing night 10-12-14

Andrew Rannells 21-08-15

Andrew Rannells 30-08-15

John Cameron Mitchell 2015 Proshot

HELLO AGAIN

2017 movie version 

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

Daniel Radcliffe

IF/THEN

If-Then (Broadway preview performance)

IN THE HEIGHTS

low quality proshot

obc

IN TROUSERS

IN TROUSERS TRINITY COLLEGE PRODUCTION 1992

INDECENT

Indecent- 08-03-17 Pro-Shot

INTO THE WOODS

Into The Woods(OBC PROSHOT)

JAGGED LITTLE PILL

Broadway AUDIO Broadway November 2019

JERSEY BOYS

Andrew Rannells 12/22/07, FIRST 15 MINUTES ARE MISSING 

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

2018 PROSHOT Concert

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

The film

JULIUS CAESAR

NTL 2018 PROSHOT

KING LEAR

King Lear (Donmar Warehouse NT), PROSHOT (Derek Jacobi)

KINKY BOOTS

Kinky boots (unidentified cast)

Kinky Boots 2017 with Brendon Urie (starts at Sex is in the heel)

PROSHOT by BroadwayHD

AUDIO, with Brendon Urie as Charlie (Opening Night)

AUDIO, with Todrick Hall as Lola

OBC VIDEO Stark Sands (Charlie Price), Billy Porter (Lola), Annaleigh Ashford (Lauren), Lena Hall (Nicola), Andy Kelso (Harry), Stephen Berger (Mr. Price), Eugene Barry-Hill (Simon Sr.), Daniel Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George), Tory Ross (Pat), Jennifer Perry (Trish), John Jeffrey Martin (Richard Bailey), Adinah Alexander (Milan Stage Manager), Caroline Bowman (Maggie), Sebastian Hedges Thomas (Young Charlie), Marquise Neal (Young Lola)

LAZARUS

Original Cast Proshot

LEGALLY BLONDE

Legally Blonde The Musical -MTV (Christian Borle) proshot [I also have it with english subtitles]

Legally Blonde - February 24th 2007 - San Francisco, CA (it should be OBC, it features Christian Borle)

Legally Blonde - September 16th, 2007 (I think it’s OBC)

Legally Blonde | 2007/10/25 | Broadway | VOB [no smalls] | MEGA

Becky Gulsvig (Elle u/s), Andy Karl (Emmett u/s), Richard Blake, Kate Shindle, Michael Rupert, Orfeh, Nikki Snelson, Haven Burton, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Tracy Jai Edwards, Matthew Risch (Kyle/Dewey u/s), Rod Harrelson (Grandmaster Chad/Carlos u/s), Cara Cooper (u/s). Note: Starts in the middle of "Omigod You Guys."

LES MIS

Les Miserables (2014 Broadway Revival)

AUDIO BOOTLEG, current west end cast (summer 2017)

les mis BRASIL CAST

les mis london cast 2010-11 (Samantha Barks as Eponine)

Les mis with Carrie Hope Fletcher (London 19th September 2013)

AUDIO Les Mis west end (2017 09 02) [NFT]

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

AUDIO Little Shop of Horrors Pasadena Playhouse 9/17/19 (first preview) Cast: George Salazar (Seymour), Mj Rodriguez (Audrey), Amber Riley (Audrey II), Kevin Chamberlin (Mr. Mushnik), Matthew Wilkas (Dr. Orin Scrivello), Brittany Campbell (Ronnette), Tickwanya Jones (Chiffon), Cheyenne Isabel Wells (Crystal)

Little Shop of Horrors, Menier Chocolate Factory production. UK Tour, 2009.

LOVE IN HATE NATION

Original Off Broadway Cast

LOVE NEVER DIES

Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Joseph Milson, April 29, 2010; London (Pre-Changes)

Australian cast 2011, PROSHOT

MARY POPPINS

AUDIO Mary Poppins - Christian Borle

MATILDA

Matilda Broadway (Queen Lesli)

ME AND MY GIRL

Christian Borle and Laura Michelle Kelly

MEAN GIRLS

HQ broadway 

July 4, 2018 BROADWAY

AUDIO, Mean Girls - DC First Preview 10-31-17 (opening night))

MEDEA

National Theatre Live 2014 PROSHOT

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

merrily we roll along encores 2012 (Lin Manuel Miranda)

MISS SAIGON

Miss Saigon.25th Anniversary.2016 (proshot)

MOULIN ROUGE

Boston cast

MOZART DAS MUSICAL

Budapest 2003 Proshot Cast: Wolfgang: Dolhai Attila, Constanze Weber: Szinetár Dóra, Colloredo: Szabó P. Szilveszter, Nannerl Mozart: Janza Kata, Leopold Mozart: Földes Tamás, Waldstätten bárónő: Polyák Lilla

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Proshot with David Tennant and Catherine Tate

NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

OBC

OBC HD VIDEO FROM DECEMBER

AUDIO, closing night (9.3.2017)

AUDIO Demo Album Dave Malloy (Pierre), Phillipa Soo (Natasha), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya), Lucas Steele, Amber Gray, Nick Choksi, Blake DeLong, Gelsey Bell, Paul Pinto

Demo songs including If He Were Here Now, Prologue, Natasha Lost, Charming, Letters, Sonya Alone tracked, mp3

AUDIO Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 25/03/2017, Broadway   Josh Groban (Pierre), Denée Benton (Natasha), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D), Blaine Alden Krauss (u/s Anatole), Amber Gray (Hélène), Nick Choksi (Dolokhov), Nicholas Belton (Andrey/Bolkonsky), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Maid Servant/Opera Singer), Paul Pinto (Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer) [* The master was sitting in the orchestra right next to the curvy walkway so you can hear footsteps/stomping (and Hélène during the Abduction)! Includes the BC/EFA speech by Josh Groban and Denée Benton.] Tracked, mp3

AUDIO Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 05/05/2017, Broadway  Dave Malloy (t/r Pierre), Denee Benton (Natasha), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Maidservant/Opera Singer), Nicholas Belton(Andrey/Bolkonsky), Nick Chokski (Dolokhov), Amber Gray (Helene), Grace McLean (Marya D), Nick Gaswirth (u/s Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Reed Luplau (Opera Dancer), Mary Page Nance (Opera Dancer), Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Kennedy Caughell, Ken Clark, Lulu Fall, Ashley Perez Flanagan, Alex Gibson, Billy Joe Klessling, Reed Luplau, Brandt Martinez, Andrew Mayer, Mary Page Nance, Shoba Narayan, Azudi Onyejekwe, Celia Mei Rubin, Heath Saunders, Cathryn Wake, Katrina Yaukey, Lauren Zakrin(Ensemble)

AUDIO Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 03/01/2016, A.R.T Denée Benton (Natasha), ​Scott Stangland (Pierre), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Maid Servant/Opera Singer), Nick Choksi (Dolokhov), Lilli Cooper (Helene), Nicholas Belton (Bolkonsky/Andrey), Paul Pinto (Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer), Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Ken Clark, Erica Dorfler, Daniel Emond, Lulu Fall, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Nick Gaswirth, Azudi Onyejekwe, Pearl Rhein, Heath Saunders, Katrina Yaukey, Lauren Zakrin

AUDIO Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 22/08/2017, broadway  Scott Stangland (Pierre), Denée Benton, Brittain Ashford, Grace McLean, Lucas Steele, Kennedy Caughell (Helene), Nick Choksi, Nicholas Belton, Gelsey Bell, Paul Pinto untracked, m4a

Closing night highlights

AUGUST 13, 2017 OAK 

Dave Malloy and Shoba Narayan

U/S for Pierre, Scott Stangland

NEWSIES

Proshot version

AUDIO BOOTLEG (pretty good quality, unknown cast)

Newsies (OBC, MIKE FAIST)

corey and kara (-finale)| MIKE FAIST, better quality

AUDIO Mike Faist as Jack Kelly

AUDIO Newsies Italia Audio (November 7, 2015) - (Note: This is all in Italian!) Cast: Flavio Gismondi (Jack Kelly), Roberto Tarsi (David Baum), Giula Fabbri (Katherine), Simone Leonardi (Joseph Pulitzer), Simona Patitucci (Edda Esposito), Andrea Fazio (Gruccia)

NEXT TO NORMAL

Next to Normal Broadway - last performance of Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, and Brian d'Arcy James

Next to Normal US Tour - Original Tour Cast (Los Angeles)

NINE

2003 Broadway revival [Antonio Banderas, Chita Rivera, Laura Benanti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jane Krakowski]

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

Proshot with english subs

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

Once On This Island 1118 matinee

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Peter and the Starcatcher (Christian Borle) 

PETER PAN

1998/1999 broadway cast [-peter pan: cathy rigby -captain hook/mr darling: paul schoeffler -mrs darling: barbara McCulloh -wendy darling: elisa sagardia -tiger lily: dana solimando -michael darling: drake english -john darling: barry cavanagh -smee: michael nostrand]

PETER PAN GOES WRONG

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

- May 17, 2014 Cast: Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays, Laird Mackintosh, Tim Jerome, Ellen Harvey, Heather Hill, Christian Sebek, Deanna Doyle

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

London 1995 proshot (Ethan Freeman, Jill Washington, Simon Bowman)

Broadway 1988 (Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton)

POKÉMON LIVE

with the wonderful Andrew Rannells

RATATUILLE 

The TikTok  musical 

RENT

Rent (2008 Live on Broadway), PROSHOT, ALSO SUBBED

Rent (OBC Opening Night)

Rent (OBC  5th anniversary reuninion)

RENT 08-06-10 (Aaron Tveit)

No Day But Today  - The Story of Rent (documentary)

Rent opening night documentary

AUDIO, 20th anniversary

Rent (Bruce Haasl, Mike Spee)

AUDIO, Rent 10/25/97 Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles (NPH as Mark)

10th anniversary reunion OBC

20th anniversary tour FIRST ACT ONLY (12/9/2016)

Rent Tour, LA, 1998-01-09 (NEIL PATRICK HARRIS AS MARK)

AUDIO Rent - 1997-06-10 - BWY

RENT LIVE 2019

RENT Manchester Production 2021 PROSHOT 

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Rocky Horror 04-20-01

ROMEO AND JULIET

R&I Lily and Robert PROSHOT

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

National Theatre Live 2017 PROSHOT

SALOME

National Theatre Live 2017 PROSHOT

SISTER ACT

Sister Act OBC ( 2 april 2011)

SIX

AUDIO SiX London 15th January 2018 10pm

LONDON CAST

SOHO CINDERS

off west end oct 2019, Luke Bayer and Ben Darcy

SOMETHING ROTTEN!

OBC (BROADWAY PREVIEW) 

OBC PREVIEW March 28, 2015

Something Rotten - 2016-06-20 (Rob McClure)

Something Rotten Tour Cincinnati - 2017

AUDIO Something Rotten 3/22/16 - Andre Ward (Minstrel), David Beach (Brother Jeremiah), Kate Reinders (Portia), Christian Borle (William Shakespeare), Brian d'Arcy James (Nick Bottom), Eric Sciotto (u/s Nigel Bottom), Edward Hibbert (Lord Clapham/Master of Justice), Gerry Vichi (Shylock), Marisha Wallace (u/s Bea), David Hibbard, Brad Oscar (Nostradamus)

Will Chase, Rob McClure

SPAMALOT

Spamalot  2005 Full Show Original Production (with Christian Borle)

SPAMILTON

Off broadway (12.31.16)

SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL

Chicago

AUDIO, SPONGEBOB OBC BROADWAY (minus Nick and Carlos, Plankton and Krabs)

BROADWAY NOVEMBER 2017

SPRING AWAKENING

OBC 

sa may 18 2008 (should be the last show with OBC)

Deaf West Presents Spring Awakening

sa  deaf west 10/18/2015 

sa 11-29-06

SWEENEY TODD

Sweeney Todd OBC (PROSHOT)

2014 Revival (christian Borle) PROSHOT

TANZ DER VAMPIRE

Berlin production with english subtitles 

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

 THE BOOK OF MORMON

OBC (I also have it with subtitles)

OBC from balcony

Ben Platt 

London

Workshop

Kj Hippensteel as Elder Price (first part is missing, starts at their arrival in Africa)

Book of Mormon Jumamosi (2nd national tour, Cody Jamison Strand)

Cody J Strand, David Larson

AUDIO: Kj Hippensteel as Elder Price on Broadway

AUDIO: West End (Kj Hippensteel, Cody Jamison Strand)

AUDIO: The Book of Mormon (London 10-19-16e)

AUDIO: West end (KJ HIPPENSTEEL, CODY JAMISON STRAND, STEVEN WEBB)

BOM AUSTRALIA (not complete bootleg, just clips)

BOM US TOUR (Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner)

BOM AUDIO 15.04.2015 (NIC ROULEAU, BRIAN SEARS, DENÉE BENTON)

BOM AUDIO WESTEND Book of Mormon (KJ Hippensteel/Cody Jamison Strand) (6th Oct 2017)

BOM AUDIO west end September 9 2017 (the u/s for Cunningham is on, message me for cast info)

BOM WEST END (jan 3rd 2018)

THE CHER SHOW

Pre-Broadway Chicago July 13, 2018

Broadway (undated)

THE COLOR PURPLE

Revival cast

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTIME

proshot

OBC

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

The Drowsy Chaperone OBC

THE GRINNING MAN

West End Video (most of act one, parts of act 2)

Bristol Old Vic Proshot

THE LIGHTNING THIEF 

TLT off-broadway 2017 cast

Lightning Thief - August 20, 2014 Off-Broadway - Percy Jackson: Eric Meyers, Grover: Jordan Stanley, Annabeth: Kristin Stokes, Mr Brunner/Chiron/Poseidon/Hades: Graham Stevens, Sally/Clarisse/Thalia/Mrs Dodds: Zakiya Young, Luke/Ares/Mr D/Charon/Gabe: Parker Drown

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Royal Shakespeare Company PROSHOT

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD 

revival

THE PRODUCERS

2005 Film with Eng Subs

THE PROM

PREVIEWS CAST

The Prom - Broadway - February 2, 2019

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Proshot 2018

THE VIEW FROM UPSTAIRS

Audio

THE VOTE

The Vote (07 May 2015)

TICK, TICK…BOOM!

Tick Tick BOOM 09-18-01

Tick, Tick...Boom! (Original Off-Broadway Cast) 

TOOTSIE

11th September 2018, pre-Broadway, Chicago Production

TUCK EVERLASTING 

BROADWAY

TWELFTH NIGHT

NTL PROSHOT

URINETOWN

 Urinetown The Musical - Entire Show - Studio Players

VICTOR/VICTORIA

VICTOR/VICTORIA 2001 production

WAITING FOR GODOT

november 2013 b-way (McKellen, Stewart)

WAITRESS

OBC (not sure though)

Betsy Wolfe 

Jessie Mueller

AUDIO June 21, 2017 Matinee show Cast: Betsy Wolfe (Jenna), Charity Angél Dawson (Becky), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Eric Anderson (Cal), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Joe Tippett (Earl), Molly Hager (Mother), Matt DeAngelis (Father), Dayna Jarae Dantzler (s/b Nurse Norma), Chris Diamantopoulos (Dr. Pomatter), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie), Stephanie Torns (Francine), Ella Dane Morgan (Lulu), Ensemble: Kayla Davion, Matt DeAngelis, Thay Floyd, Molly Hager, Dayna Jarae Dantzler, Jeremy Morse, Stephanie Torns 

AUDIO Betsy Wolfe, Jason Mraz

BETSY WOLFE 06.29.2017 (VOB, It’s the one which used to be NFT)

WAITRESS featuring JEREMY JORDAN and SHOSHANA BEAN 

WAITRESS featuring Colleen Ballinger

WE WILL ROCK YOU

2003 proshot (?) version

WEST SIDE STORY

West Side Story starring Matt Smith

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF

NTL PROSHOT

WICKED

OBC

Wicked OBC pre bway 10 11 03

Wicked OBC (Idina Menzel last show)

WICKED OBC (Idina gets injured, comes up in the end in a red tracksuit)

Donna Vivino

04.09.2010, NYC, Mandy Gonzalez, Katie Rose Clarke

Aaron Tveit

Eden Espinosa, Megan HIlty (megan's last show)

Wicked (Laurel Harris, Kara Lindsay)

Stephanie J.Block

Wicked Annaleigh Ashford

Teal Wicks, Adam Lambert

October 29th, 2015 2nd National Tour - VOB + smalls Mary Kate Morrissey (s/b Elphaba), Carrie St. Louis (Glinda), Jake Boyd (Fiyero), Liana Hunt (Nessarose), Wendy Worthington (Madame Morrible), Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard). Lee Slobotikin (Boq), Chad Jennings (Dr. Dillamond) Notes: Filmed from orchestra but follows the action very well. MKM slays as Elphaba. There’s an audience member near the master in act two that yells a few drunk remarks, earning some laughs from the audience.

DUTCH WICKED: closing night (willemijn verkaik and keet deel)

GERMAN WICKED: Oberhausen 27th February 2011

YERMA

proshot with Billie Piper

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Young Frankenstein November 10th, 2007, Broadway VOB (Cast: Roger Bart, Christopher Fitzgerald, Sutton Foster, Andrea Martin, Shuler Hensley, Megan Mullally

OTHER:

OTHER:

AUDIO Andrew Rannells Live From Lincoln Center 12.20 7.30pm show

Andy Mientus Cabaret London

The Jonathan Larson Project at 54 Below 2018

WANTS:

Any BOM bootleg I don't have, especially anything with Kj Hippensteel as Price, Cody Jamison Strand as Cunningham and Steven Webb as Mckinley.

Wicked with Alice Fearn as Elphaba and Sophie Evans as Glinda

Any recent Charlie And The Chocolate Factory bootlegs with Christian Borle

Any recent DEH

Any VENICE boot

Anything with Christian Borle

WEST END boot of SOHO CINDERS

WEST END boot of RENT 2021

[onestolendare]

Bootleg trading !!

Hey folks I’m a new Bootleg trader and I would love to expand my collection so let’s trade (I also gift in reasonable amounts) I usually reply in 24 hours :) [Side Info I don’t list full cast info for my videos but I have them on my computer.]

Videos: Amelie (with Philipa Soo) Avenue Q OBC Book Of Mormon (with Ben Platt) Come From Away OBC Dear Evan Hansen OBC Dear Evan Hansen (with Micheal Lee Brown & Olivia Puckett) Great Comet OBC Great Comet (with Shoba Narayan & Dave Malloy)   Heathers (with Dan Domench) Hamilton OBC Hamilton Bway 2016 (with a lot of understudies and standby’s) Hamilton Bway 2016 Replacement Cast Hamilton Angelica Tour August 2017 Legally blond (idk the cast tho) Les Mis bway 2007 Next To Normal 8/3/2010 Newsies 2014 Closing Night Newsies 6/3/2016 National Tour  Spring Awakening (1st National Tour Amazing quality !!) Rent 10th anniversary cast Wicked (with Stephanie J. Block) Wicked (Kristin Chenoweth last performance) 

Wants: ANYTHING NOT ON THIS LIST but I’ll love you if you have Bare (Off-Broadway),Bring it on, Chicago, In The Heights, Hamilton Chicago, or anything Waitress !! But i don’t accept rar folders cause my computer can’t open those :c

Audios: (under the cut with full cast info)

Hamilton: (chronological)

27/7/2013 Vassar College (tracked) Cast: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Daveed Diggs, Joshua Henry, Chris Jackson, Lin Manuel Miranda, Javier Muñoz, Ana Nogueira, Presilah Nunez, Anika Noni Rose

01/09/16 (tracked) Jon Rua (u/s Alexander Hamilton), Leslie Odom Jr., Renee Elise Goldsberry, Alysha Deslorieux (s/b Eliza Hamilton), Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jonathan Groff

Jun 16, 2016 | bwaycomet's master - Limited trade (2:1) - Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton), Daniel Breaker (Aaron Burr), Ari Afsar (Eliza), Aubin Wise (s/b Angelica), Amber Ardolino (u/s Peggy/Maria), Colby Lewis (s/b Washington), Chris De'Sean Lee (Lafayette/Jefferson), Wallace Smith (Mulligan/Madison), Jose Ramos (Laurens/Philip), Alexander Gemignani (King George III), Malik Shabazz Kitchen (Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor), Jose Amor (Seabury), John Michael Fiumara (Charles Lee), Remmie Bourgeois (George Eacker), Chloe Campbell, Jean Godsend Floradin, Aaron Gordon, Holly James, Justice Moore, Samantha Pollino, Candace Quarrels

Hamilton - Broadway - July 29, 2016 - MP3 Untracked - LIMITED TRADE (2:1)  (Javier Munoz (Alexander Hamilton), Sydney James Harcourt (u/s Aaron Burr), Lexi Lawson (Eliza Schuyler), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Andrew Chapelle (u/s Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Anthony Ramos (John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton), Elizabeth Judd (u/s Angelica Schuyler), Alysha Deslorieux (u/s Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds)​, Rory O'Malley (King George).  Elizabeth's first performance as Angelica. :

MPEG - TRACKED (ZIP) | August 9, 2016 Javier Muñoz (Hamilton), Lexi Lawson (Eliza), Austin Smith (u/s Aaron Burr), Alysha Deslorieux (s/b Angelica), Nicholas Christopher (s/b George Washington), Andrew Chappelle (u/s Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Thayne Jasperson (u/s John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Sasha Hutchings (u/s Peggy/Maria Reynolds), Rory O'Malley (King George III)

M4A - UNTRACKED | Broadway | December 8, 2016 Cast: Javier Muñoz (Hamilton), Lexi Lawson (Eliza), Brandon Victor Dixon (Burr), Mandy Gonzalez (Angelica), Nicholas Christopher (Washington), Seth Stewart (Lafayette/Jefferson), Jordan Fisher (John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rory O'Malley (King George) Notes: Jasmine’s last performance as Peggy/Maria. Jasmine gets a little ovation after her high note in “Say No To This” and right as “Room Where It Happens” starts.

San Francisco, April 7, 2017: Michael Luwoye (Alexander Hamilton), Joshua Henry (Aaron Burr), Solea Pfeiffer (Eliza Schuyler), Isaiah Johnson (George Washington), Jordan Donica (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Mathenee Treco (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Rubén J. Carbajal (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Angelica Schuyler), Amber Iman (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rory O'Malley (King George III) 

Mai 2017  cast: Donald Webber Jr (u/s Alexander Hamilton), Lexi Lawson (Eliza Hamilton), Nik Walker (u/s Aaron Burr), Mandy Gonzalez (Angelica Schuyler), George Washington (Bryan Terrell Clark), James Monroe Iglehart (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), J. Quinton Johnson (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Anthony Lee Medina (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Alysha Deslorieux (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Brian D'Arcy James (King George), David Guzman (u/s Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor), Samuel Seabury (Thayne Jasperson), Gregory Haney (u/s Charles Lee), Rickey Tripp (George Eaker), Ensemble: Lauren Boyd, Sasha Hollinger, Elizabeth Judd, Kim Taylor, Tanairi Sade Vazquez, Voltaire Wade-Greene (swing), Zelig Williams

FLAC - UNTRACKED | 1st National Tour - Tempe, AZ | February 1, 2018 Ryan Alvarado (S/b Alexander Hamilton), Julia K. Harriman (Elizabeth Schuyler), Nicholas Christopher (Aaron Burr), Sabrina Sloan (Angelica Schuyler), Isaiah Johnson (George Washington), Josh Andres Rivera (S/b Lafayette/Jefferson), Mathenee Treco (Mulligan/Madison), Ruben J. Carbajal (Laurens/Philip), Peter Matthew Smith (King George III)​

Others: (alphabetical)

Bandstand - Papermill Playhouse - November 15, 2015 - WAV (Tracked & Untracked) Cast: Corey Cott (Donnie Novitski) , Laura Osnes (Julia Trojan) , Beth Leavel (Mrs. Adams) Joe Carroll (Johnny Simpson), Geoff Packard (Wayne Wright) 

The Band’s Visit - Off-Broadway - November 30, 2016 - M4a (Untracked)  Cast: Ari'el Stachel (Haled/Trumpet), Tony Shalhoub (Twefig/Conductor), Sharone Sayegh (Israeli Soldier 1/Anna),  Kristen Sieh (Israeli Soldier 2/Iris), George Abud (Camal/Violin), Alok Tewari (Simon/2nd Clarinet),  Harvey Valdes (Guitar/Oud), Sam Sadgursky (Clarinet/Flute), David Garo Yellin (Cello), Rachel Prather (Ticket girl/Julia), Daniel David Stewart (Papi), Andrew Polk (Avram), John Cariani (Itzik), Katrina Lenk (Dina), Bill Army (Zelger),  Erik Lieberman (Telephone Guy), Jonathan Raviv (Sammy/Guard) 

Dear Evan Hansen  Cast: Colton Ryan (u/s Evan Hansen), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe Murphy), Mike Faist (Connor Murphy), Rachel Bay Jones Heidi Hansen), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana Beck), Michael Park (Larry Murphy), Will Roland (Jared Kleinman), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia Murphy) notes: Colton's second performance as Evan. 

Dear Evan Hansen 10/7/2015 Arena Stage Cast: Ben Platt, Mike Faist, Laura Dreyfuss, Will Roland, Alexis Molnar, Michael Park, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Rachel Bay Jones Notes: Contains Cut Songs

Dear Evan Hansen 21/11/2017 Broadway anyirismusical’s master Cast : Noah Galvin, Mike Faist, Will Roland, Laura Dreyfus, Kristolyn Lloyd, Rachel Bay Jones, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Michael Park Notes: Noah’s first show as Evan

Miss Saigon - Broadway - March 29, 2017 (Matinee) - M4a (Untracked)  Cast: Jon Jon Briones (The Engineer), Lianah Sta. Ana (alt. Kim), Alistair Brammer (Chris), Katie Rose Clarke (Ellen), Nicholas Christopher (John), Devin Ilaw (Thuy), Ericka Hunter (u/s Gigi) notes: This is Ericka’s first show as Gigi!

Hadestown (July 31, 2016 Matinee): Cast: Nabiyah Be (Eurydice), Damon Daunno (Orpheus), J. Bernard Calloway (u/s Hades), Amber Gray (Persephone), Matt Saldivar (Hermes), Lulu Fall, Jessie Shelton, Erica Sweany (Fates). New York Theatre Workshop.

In The Heights - March 8th, 2007 - Off-Broadway Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Asmeret Ghebremichael (u/s Carla), Andrea Burns, Robin de Jesus, Karen Olivo, Mandy Gonzalez, John Herrera, Priscilla Lopez, Olga Merediz, Eliseo Roman, Seth Stewart

In the Heights - Off-Broadway - June 9, 2007 - MP3 (Tracked) Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda (Usnavi), Mandy Gonzalez (Nina), Joshua Henry (u/s Benny), Karen Olivo (Vanessa), Robin de Jesus (Sonny), Doreen Montavlo (u/s Abuela Claudia), John Herrera (Kevin), Priscilla Lopez (Camila), Andrea Burns (Daniela), Janet Dacal (Carla), Eliseo Roman (Piragua Guy), Rickey Tripp (u/s Graffiti Pete), Doreen Montalvo (Bolero Singer)

Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder / Audio / 2015-11-13, National Tour (Cleveland, OH): Cast: John Rapson (D'Ysquith Family); Kevin Massey (Monty Navarro); Kristen Beth Williams (Sibella Hallward); Adrienne Eller (Phoebe D'Ysquith); Mary VanArsdel (Miss Shingle)*hochbergaudio’s master

School of Rock / Audio / 2015-11-09, Broadway:  Cast: Alex Brightman (Dewey); Sierra Boggess (Rosalie); Spencer Moses (Ned); Mamie Parris (Patty); Dante Melucci (Freddy); ​Evie Dolan (Katie); Jared Parker (Lawrence); Isabella Russo (Summer); Bobbie MacKenzie (Tomika); Brandon Niederauer (Zack)

Spring Awakening 12/2/2011 2NT LA (tracked) Cast: Christopher Wood, Elizabeth Judd, Coby Getzug, Courtney Markowitz, Jim Hogan, Aliya Bowles, Rachel Geisler, Emily Mest, George Salazar, Devon Stone, Daniel Plimpton, Sarah Kleeman, Mark Poppleton  

Wicked / Audio / 2013-05-28, Broadway: Cast: Lindsay Mendez (Elphaba); Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda); Derek Klena (Fiyero); Adam Grupper (The Wizard); ​John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond); Randy Danson (Madame Morrible); Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose); F. Michael Haynie (Boq) *Lindsay and Derek’s first show

Wicked / Audio / 2014-02-22, Broadway:  Caat: Lindsay Mendez (Elphaba); Alli Mauzey (Glinda); Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero); Tom McGowan (The Wizard); Carol Kane (Madame Morrible); Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose); Michael Wartella (Boq) *Lindsay, Alli, Kyle, and Tom’s final show

[mrmichaelchadler]

Thumbnails Special Edition: Women Writers Week 2018

Women Writers Week has been an outstanding success in every respect. I am so proud of all the amazing female writers who have contributed their voices to our site over the past five days. For this special edition of Thumbnails, I am celebrating all of them, while highlighting a handful of excerpts showcasing their talents. For our official table of contents, click here. You can also find my personal introduction to #WomensWritersWeek here. And please know that each of our contributors write powerful articles and reviews either here, or at their own websites and print media all year long. A hearty thanks to all!—Chaz Ebert

1. 

"It Takes an Army": Carrie Rickey takes a close look at the disparity between male and female directors and the people fighting to correct it. See also: Jennifer Merin's optimistic take on the future for women in the industy; Olivia Collette's reflections on the documentary "Searching for Debra Winger"in light of the #MeToo movement; and Joyce Kulhawik's conversation with legendary burlesque queen Tempest Storm.

“Since 1998, Martha Lauzen, professor at San Diego State University, and head of the Center for Women in Television and Film, has published the annual Celluloid Ceiling report tracking film employment, the ‘Boxed In’ report, that does the same for women’s employment in TV, and ‘It’s a Man’s World,’ tracking representation of women on the big and small screens. In the 1990s, she read newspaper articles about how women were doing better in film and TV. The reports were anecdotal—they were about the unicorns, or exceptions—and had no correlation with what she was seeing on the big and small screens, and in the credits. ‘I started conducting research on an annual basis to accurately document women’s underemployment, and to build industry awareness,’ she wrote in an email. It didn’t occur to her that it would take decades to build momentum and ‘for the demographics of the country to help push it along.’ The Center tracks employment for women in all areas behind the camera, from cinematographer to screenwriter. (Lauzen was the first to provide statistics showing how a woman director boosts the number of women on the set: on films with exclusively male directors, women accounted for only 15% of editors and 5% of cinematographers. On films with female directors, the percentages of women editors rose to 35%, and cinematographers to 26%.)”

2. 

"How to Create Sex Scenes That Women Will Enjoy as Much as Men": An undervalued topic is given a wonderful analysis by Olivia Collette. See also: Violet LeVoit article on the representation of C-sections in American movies; and Kristen Lopez's two excellent articles, "On the Representation of Disabled Women in Cinema" and "Disability Theater Access in 2018."

“When critics focused on Lena Dunham’s body during her sex scenes in ‘Girls,’ they often missed how much women enjoyed watching those scenes. It wasn’t just the comedic awkwardness of some of it; it’s that we were seeing women with developed sexual appetites enjoying sex on their own terms. Marnie runs to the bathroom to masturbate after an artist speaks to her commandingly. Jessa wears her sexuality like armor. And Hannah loves to experiment, even if it garners mixed results. They govern their sex lives, and they have fun doing it. Elsewhere, ‘Basic Instinct’ is a fucked-up film, and though it ultimately equates Catherine’s murderousness with her ravenous bisexuality, it also has the balls to show us a woman who loves sex and is in complete control of the sex she’s having. Not only is it hot to watch, the movie makes it quite clear that sex with Catherine is amazing.”

3.

"'Phantom Thread,' Jane Eyre and the Power Dynamics of the Hetero Romance": An amazing, in-depth exploration of the literary legacy of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest Oscar-winner. See also: Jessica Ritchey's case for how "Night of the Living Dead" destroyed Hammer films; Elena Lazic's impassioned defense of "The Greatest Showman"; and the 30th anniversary of "Working Girl," as commemorated by Christy Lemire, Sheila O'Malley and Susan Wloszczyna. 

“While this resolution has the thrill of the unexpected within the context of the film’s narrative, it also had a ring of familiarity, recalling another great story of a man’s domestication: Jane Eyre. Jane is a small, poor young woman who works for the rich, overpowering Mr. Rochester. They fall in love, though their relationship is an ongoing battle of wills, as strong-willed Jane attempts to remain her own master while Rochester both loves her strength and treats her as something of a possession, expecting the ease and subservience his maleness and wealth and power have always afforded him. Jane leaves Rochester (mad wife in the attic—you know how it is), grows, turns down a proposal from a man who doesn’t love her, and conveniently inherits her own wealth. When she returns to Rochester, she finds him scarred, blind, and short a hand (that mad wife, again!). Rather than harming their relationship, this development—which has calmed him, made him meeker, less certain, more dependent—is the linchpin that finally makes their relationship tenable. Like Alma and Reynolds, it allows them to settle into an ideal and idealized marriage, complete with baby.”

4. 

"Return of 'Roseanne' Marked by Notable Highs and Lows": The popular TV reboot is given a sublime review by Allison Shoemaker. See also: Shoemaker's review of FX's "The Americans"; and Jana Monji's essays on ABC's "The Good Doctor" and Netflix's "Lost in Space".

“If the show has a weakness outside of its off-putting ‘topical’ moments, it’s Barr’s portrayal of the still-compelling central figure. She’s as charismatic as she ever was, with great timing and that terrific laugh, but there’s a hesitancy to her performance, particularly in the first episode, that was rarely, if ever, in evidence the first time around. That’s a quality that does eventually seem to fade—in the second episode, she’s back in fine form—but whether due to nerves, a little rustiness, or some other factor entirely, the spark is somewhat diminished. The same can be said of both Goranson and Fishman, though like Barr, Goranson seems more at ease as the series progresses. And while you couldn’t call the newest Connor kids rusty, the young actors recruited for this go-round lack the relaxed quality that made the young Goranson and Gilbert’s performances so memorable. Still, they all have a quality that’s essential to the show’s DNA: they can layer in the world-weariness, sorrow, or slight touch of bitterness that allow the jokes to land all the harder, because they feel so real. These characters are funny. They find life funny. But the reality isn’t funny at all.”

5. 

"King in the Wilderness": A must-read four-star review penned by Arielle Bernstein. See also: Monica Castllo's review of "Acrimony"; Tomris Laffly's review of "Birthmarked";  Tina Hassannia's review of "The China Hustle"; Susan Wloszczyna's review of "Finding Your Feet"; Jessica Ritchey's review of "First Match"; Justine Smith's review of "Gemini"; Sheila O'Malley's reviews of "God's Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness" and "The Last Movie Star"; Nell Minow's review of "Love After Love"; Allison Shoemaker's review of "Outside In"; and Christy Lemire's review of "Ready Player One".

“‘King in the Wilderness’ is a quiet and understated film, which lingers lovingly on its subject. We see Dr. King’s famous sermons at the pulpit, and also see him sitting quietly with family and friends. Regardless of whether King is performing to a crowd or sharing a private moment with someone dear to him, his gentle and determined spirit permeates every scene. This is true in the actual found footage, as well as moments that capture his friend’s recollections about the kind of man he was. These interviews convey King’s private hopes, as well as fears, frustrations, and doubts. We learn that King had a great sense of humor, worried about his ability to be a good father and husband, and wrestled with his ability to lead under the threat of violence to his own person. At one point, he develops a tic when he speaks, which eventually resolves on its own. When his friend asks about it, he explain ‘I made my peace with death.’”

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[seagrovegossip]

Top six males & females to create drama and the top six who wouldn't?

would: @ofavalons, @terrasnyd, @ffsvalkyrie, @cameron-graves, @axelfvk, @saturdayjameswouldn’t: @jfconnor, @zenxyun, @sleepyprblms, @laylarcynolds, @safiyaiisms, @akiycmas

[seagrovegossip]

Which five pairs do you want to see under a mistletoe ??

one: @zenxyun & @spaceymarstwo: @jaimeexar & @eviedawsonthree: @cameron-graves & @murph-omalleyfour: @umbellapc & @wclvenfive: @noel-fallovvs & @jfconnor

[seagrovegossip]

bella and connor are out here chatting it up. is it weird for anyone else that they're both WAY closer in age to each other than their mutual 'daddy'?

it’s only weird if both father and son are interested in the same woman, which I’m not sure is the case. care to clear up the air, @umbellapc, @jfconnor, @wclven?

[seagrovegossip]

Crackships?

let’s see…there’s @umbellapc and @jfconnor, @terrasnyd and @cosmoryans, @ellie-towners and @littlemissraylin, @dellacolleenoconnor ans @ameliae-v.

[seagrovegossip]

who are your top three new people?

I’m gonna have to go with @roryquinten, @ethcnb, and @jfconnor.

[seagrovegossip]

thoughts on eamon, murphy, connor

@wclven: not quite as scary as he looks or wants people to believe. definite papa bear. @murph-omalley: seems a bit directionless and hasn’t quite found their place in seagrove yet, but also a loyal dude. @jfconnor: seems like a pretty sweet kid, but I bet there’s more lurking under the surface we haven’t seen yet.

[seagrovegossip]

FMK the Irish

f: @aineohanniganm: @jfconnork: @wclven

[seagrovegossip]

heres what you missed on: the days of the o'malley's lives; connor knocked up rose when they were back in ireland, too bad for concon, his baby ma is a cray cray and followed his ass to seagrove. big daddy eamon not to flash hot about this news (see anything relating to grandpappy) also because peeps back home knew and said nothing. oh and speaking of the big daddy? Little birdy told me he's still married to one Anastasiya MILF Volkov. and that's what you missed the days of the o'malley's lives!

that is… a lot to take in. i’m going to need this condensed into a 45 minute per episode reality show. there’s enough drama for it, and keeping up with the o’malley’s has a certain ring to it. grandpappy clearly didn’t learn from his mistakes of teenage parenthood enough to pass down some words of advice to his darling son, eh? i’m getting a migraine just thinking about this.

@wclven @murph-omalley @jfconnor @wtfrcse @anastasiyaisms