#drowsy chaperone reference

[tiredthingbehindyou]

I'm an aviatrix

[pretzelstickrockets]

Today you're getting trivia dump on the musical The Drowsy Chaperone because I saw it last night and it's immediately become one of my dream shows (with the dream role of Man in Chair of course- look as a theatre kid who can't sing of course I'm going to latch onto a monologue-heavy character).

Let's begin!

The musical originated as an entertainment piece for the bachelor party of real life couple Bob (Robert) Martin (Canadian writer and actor) and Janet van de Graaf (Canadian improv and television artist). It was performed at the Rivoli Night Club and the admission costs were used to help fund their wedding

The original show did not have the role of the Man in Chair!

Despite having less than stellar reviews (notably being called a "sleeper" and having "forgettable" songs by critic Ben Brantly), TDC recieved thirteen Tony nominations and won five (Book, Original Score, Featured Actress, Scenic Design, and Costume Design)

The first translated version of the show opened in Japan (January 5th, 2009)

In the original Broadway production, during the Man in Chair's "intermission monologue", there's an added line about the Morosco theatre being torn down and a hotel being put in it's place. This line is a reference to the Marquis Theater (where the run took place) being part of the Marriott Marquis complex which was built where the Morosco Theater once stood.

The use of a deus ex machina in the form of Trix's plane at the end of the second act is one of the most literal version of the trope. The history of the term comes from ancient Greek performances, where, in resolution to conflicts, the Greek gods would appear in the show, often being delivered to the stage via a crane. So, the appearance of a character who can resolve the unsettled issue via a device from the sky is a fitting homage to the trope.

The Drowsy Chaperone is qualified as both a parody and a pastiche. If you didn't know what a pastiche means (aka me about five minutes ago), a parody mocks aspects while a pastiche celebrates aspects. Some examples of other pastiches are Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead (for Hamlet) and The Second Mrs Darcy (Pride and Prejudice).

The song Love is Always Lovely in the End replaced a song in the original production titled I Remember Love

In many productions, the animal Robert is compared to in Bride's Lament is changed from a monkey to a bunny to avoid racist undertones.

Aldopho says his name 15 times in the song I am Aldopho (the chaperone says it four times)

Whilst on Broadway, TDC had 32 previews and 674 performances before it closed in 2007.

Robert and George's tap dance before Underling's entrance in Cold Feet is approximately 1 minutes and 32 seconds long.

The longest song on the cast recording is Bride's Lament at 5:13, whilst the shortest (excluding Man in Chair's actor backgrounds) is the Act 1 Finale with 47 seconds.

[wizardiest-wizard-of-oz]

I FOUND ALL (OR ALMOST ALL) OF THE REFERENCES IN SOMETHING ROTTEN HOLY SHIT

I FOUND 78 AND I THINK IT WAS KAREY KIRKPATRICK THAT SAID IT WAS A LITTLE UNDER 80 REFERENCES

42nd Street

Alice in Wonderland

An American in ParisAnnie

Annie Get Your Gun

Anything Goes

Avenue Q

Billy Elliot

Cabaret

Cats

Chess

Chicago

A Chorus Line

Cinderella

Curtains

Dames At Sea

Dreamgirls

The Drowsy Chaperone

Evita

The Fairie Queen

Falsettos

The Fantasticks

Fascinating Rhythm

Fiddler on the Roof

Footloose

Funny Girl

Guys and Dolls

GypsyHair

Hairspray

Hamlet

Hello, Dolly!

Henry IV

Henry V

Henry VI

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Jesus Christ Superstar

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

The King and I

Kiss Me, Kate

Lady, Be Good

Les Miserables

The Lion King

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Women

Macbeth

Mary Poppins

The Merchant in Venice

The Merry Wives of Windsor

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Music Man

My Fair Lady

Oedipus Rex

Oklahoma!

Oliver!

Out on the Town

Phantom of the Opera

Pippin

The Producers

Rent

Richard II

Richard III

Richard IV

The Rocky Horror Picture show

Romeo and Juliet

Seussical

Sister Act

The Sound of Music

South Pacific

Sunday in the Park with George

Sweet Charity

Sweeney Todd

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Titus Andronicus

Twelfth Night

West Side Story

Wicked

Wizard of Oz

[depressedquetzal]

I need suggestions!!!

Lately I’ve been doing a thing where every single musical I become obsessed with, I’ll decide to turn a random character into a humanoid cat like the ones in Cats the musical, having it be a completely normal thing in their universe, and just have fun imagining all the random shit it would add to the character

the problem is that I have no idea what musicals to do next so I’ve decided to make a list of all the ones I’ve done so far and let others tell me which musicals to do next. I could also do headcanons for the characters I choose ig or if anyone wants to ask for headcanons for certain characters as a Neko, which is what I’ve decided to refer to them for now until I have a better name

Ik this is a very niche thing and no one will probably care but I’m greatly enjoying myself with this

List of the characters from musicals I think would be fun as Nekos so far:

Harold Bride/Wallace Hartley- Titanic (they were played by the same person in the show I saw and it just fit)

Orin Scrivello- Little Shop of Horrors

Gangsters and Doloris’ backup dancers- Sister Act

Lumiere- Beauty and the Beast

Janet- The Drowsy Chaperone

Someone from Newsies (don’t actually know the characters yet since I only just got into it but I keep giving lines to this OC I created pretty much)

[ang-artblog]

(Characters in order: Robert Martin and Aldolpho, Kitty Feldzeig, Janet Van DeGraff, Robert Martin, Ace Paige)

There is a group that Ive referred to but never explained exactly who they are, so let’s meet Feldzeig’s Follies!!

imma be real with you, some of these characters come straight out of a musical 😔. Kitty, Alsolpho, Janet Van DeGraff, Robert Martin, and Victor Feldzeig all come from “The Drowsy Chaperone”. A while back, me and some of the cast of ANG were cast in The Drowsy Chaperone. We all really missed the show and, like any hyperfixation does, i subconsciously made a story for Kitty (the character that I played in Drowsy chaperone) that was really good that I just couldn’t not add it in. The other cast members chipped in with their characters story and here they are. Of course, there are slight changes to relationships and how things played out in the musical to make it a bit more believable, but for the most part I stuck true to how they act in the musical (except Adolpho he needed to CALM DOWN).

Feldzeig’s Follies is a traveling act that takes you back to that old jazzy showbiz era, when that burlesque dancer probably shot someone backstage but you’d never know that over the music and hollers from the crowd. Big band, swing, tap dance, the whole shabang and more! Is it a cabaret? Is it just one big musical with no consistent plot? No one knows but it sure is entertaining!

Their latest trip is to Gotham City. Star guest Robert Martin sings carols with the reoccurring sister act Murderers of Mingdol County’s Death Row; Kitty Feldzeig and Ace Paige. In honor of the death of Alice Paige 2 years ago, Ace Paige announces the first ever performance of his new single act; Alice in Wonderland. And on December 26th, the follies proudly presents their partnership with “Cloud-9 Studios” by bringing back former showgirl and now world-famous performer Janet Van DeGraff.

There are a lot of original character inserts with their own subplots that still connect to the main plot. I think it’s good to keep in mind the fact that this storyline purely is for our own entertainment and my influence on how the DC characters act mostly are from the DC media I consume (yummy yummy codotverse mm munch crunch Batman audio adventures tasty tasty mm mm MMM).

[musicalrecs]

So, the script is available for The Drowsy Chaperone Jr and they replaced the belaboured monkey motif with... bunny references???

Jr editions are so weird.

Did you know that you can look up shows available for licensing? I didn't until recently, and for some reason it feels like ~forbidden knowledge~, but anyway, check it out:

I find it particularly interesting to read how they describe the casts ("Cosette is Fantine’s strong-willed, loving daughter. She is an intelligent, inquiring, personable girl; she is not in any sense a sappy, romantic heroine" - whatever you say, MTI) and am amazed by what there are school/junior versions for. (Guys and Dolls, really?)

Pertinent to this blog, there's also a handy search function with categories you can filter by.

You know, if you want to see if anyone has made a country/bluegrass fantasy musical yet (not yet, according to the search, though I did just learn there's a show called Snow White Goes West).

Anyway, I just think it's neat.

[theonlycampix]

Is that... a Drowsy Chaperone reference??

Backup dancers!? Holy cats!

The wedding is on!The wedding is off!For the love of God, why!?Robert kissed a French girl!She looked just like you!Chop the nuts, pound the dough, bake it up, nice and slow...I’m not sure what you were referring to when you asked the question, but THESE are most definitely Drowsy Chaperone references. My brother and I were the “pastry chefs” threatening to murder Feldzieg!

[lesbiansagainsttheatre]

me when my cats record keeps repeating the same 3 seconds in the jellical ball:

haha nice drowsy chaperone reference

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

Hi! Hoping you're have a good weekend. I wonder if I could ask you for some recs for musicals I can watch (bootlegged or otherwise)? You're like the musical theater expert of my mutuals so I figured I would ask. For reference I've seen three musicals, Wicked, Into the Woods, and Hamilton. Into the Woods was my fave but I loved them all! Take care and stay safe if it's super hot where you are!

the way I have to restrain myself from just listing Every show I've ever seen kshddhjf

okay so first off. my personal favorites (in no particular order): Mamma Mia (jukebox musical more grounded in reality but it's got the glitz and glam and strong female relationships that you probably dig from wicked), Rent (angry and emotional rock-opera about starving artists during an epidemic) American Psycho (based on the book/movie. violent but it was literally one of the best professional performances I've ever seen. lots of fun 80s synth in the music), Next To Normal (about mental health struggles and the effect they have on a family), In The Heights (4th of July weekend for a family as they go through A Lot, LMM wrote it and it, the music is gorgeous and it has more of a plot than hamilton so I tend to like it more lol), Hair (hippies during the vietnam war, essentially changed the face of musicals, fun and funky 60s rock music), Billy Elliot (based on a movie, INSANE dancing, takes place during the miner strike in England in the 80s, mixes classical ballet music with angry protest and some 80s vibes and it's SO GOOD lol), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (concert-set musical about a failing 80s glam rock singer essentially having a breakdown on stage for an hour until they realize they've been emotionally abusing their transgender wife who is the backup vocalist and let's her take over the final performance) Spring Awakening (a play about coming of age and the importance of sex education written in 1891, which was then banned over a hundred times until like 2007 when someone decided to tweak it a little and add some rock music lmfao), The Lightning Thief! (the first percy jackson book lmao it's cheesy but it's SO good!!!), Kinky Boots (guy inherits a failing shoe making factory and decides to market specifically to drag performers, a lot of belting and high energy songs, overall a fun and positive show), Six (the six wives of henry the 8th have risen from the dead to put on a pop concert), Beetlejuice (based on the movie/cartoon and it's so Fun omg)

shows that are kinda Big Popular with theater people that you'd probably like bc frankly most people do lmfao: Dear Evan Hansen, Be More Chill, Heathers, Chicago, Les Miserable, Hairspray, Phantom of the Opera, Book of Mormon, West Side Story, Cabaret, Hadestown, Waitress, Falsettos, Legally Blonde, The Last Five Years

shows I think are severely underrated: Jekyll and Hyde (based on the story but LISTEN the ballad 'In His Eyes' haunts my every waking move), 13 (extremely cheesy story about a boy moving right before his 13th birthday, every high school Ever has put it on so people tend to find it cringy but I'm here to say it's genuinely funny), Drowsy Chaperone (an old man recounts the plot of his favorite show and it's just literally insane and chaotic it's SO funny), Something Rotten (a play write who sees himself as William Shakespeare's biggest rival sets out to outdo the bard by creating the world's first musical. SO funny and creative and I truly think shakespeare would have wanted this show lmao), Dogfight (a soldier tricks a girl he thinks is ugly to coming to a party with him but then he realizes he sucks and falls in love with her, was NOT expecting to like it as much as a I did but it's sweet???), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (interactive comedy that gets so chaotic)

I'm pretty sure these all have bootlegs (or slime tutorials lmfao) on youtube!!! hope YOU have a good day! :)

[frogssincorner]

In the pocket of my dress, I've got a copper key

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[bastardtetsu]

haikyuu + musical theatre boys

hq characters & what they’d be like as musical theatre boys - what they’re good at, what kind of shows they book, how they are to work with, roles they’d play, etc. | starring: sugawara, oikawa, bokuto, kuroo, tendou (+ tsukishima, kenma, akaashi)

for weeks my head has been full of hq!MT boys, inspired by over a decade of being a theatre kid, and @karasimpno has only enabled my debauchery. these are just a few of my faves, but i have more theatre boys where this came from so if this doesn’t flop maybe i will post more hehe

PART 2 

tw swearing, musical theatre references, oikawa slander

SUGAWARA [tenor] this bitch is SO talented it should be illegal and he books like crazy. nothing like a pretty soft boi with the voice of an angel in musical theatre <3 not really a dancer but moves very well, also can act the house down like you think he’s this basic MT boy but then it turns out this mf has range and is not afraid to use it. will go from playing the sweetest, most charming leading man to a complex, terrifying villain, and the whiplash will make you fall in love with him. a dream to work with, obviously. very strong with classical text as well. his ability is frankly terrifying and far too powerful. the type of boy you cold read with once at a callback and never see again, but playing opposite him for those 2 minutes is enough to make you think about him for the rest of your life

lucas in the addams family, anthony in sweeney todd, the princeton/rod or nicky/trekkie/bad idea bear track in avenue Q, the emcee in cabaret PLS

OIKAWA [tenor] let’s be real oikawa already has an MT personality and it’s the worst kind. he thinks he’s rachel berry but really he’s kurt. he still books though bc he’s pretty and sings like an angel~ he can move really well and his jazz/MT style dancing is very strong, can also tap a little but it’s like barely enough to get by. his acting is kinda mediocre but his stage presence is out of this world and he’s hot so it doesn’t rlly matter, he stays booking leading men & disney princes left and right. truly is very talented at what he does, he’s just so annoying about it and constantly fronting all these skills he does not have, like he keeps trying to put leading lady songs in his book in their original key which is just.... not what those pipes are built for girl. bringing a whole new meaning to the nickname “flattykawa”

fiyero in wicked, pippin in pippin, conrad in bye bye birdie, aaron samuels in mean girls, joseph in joseph & the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, just all the basic mt boy shit

BOKUTO [baritone, tenor, everything in between, HIS RANGE] an absolute star. all-around amazing dancer (those muscles aren’t just for show babyyy) but especially tap and partnering (imagine him just lifting u.. god) powerhouse vocals across the board, his diaphragm is insane. he’s the type of MT who is always yelling even when they aren’t on stage, not even aware of it he’s just loud asf. always spitting everywhere too. no one is safe. acting is probably his weakest point just bc he doesn’t have a lot of versatility style-wise, but in no way is he bad at it i meannnnn have u seen how expressive and energetic that man is?? he does literally any golden age musical comedy leading man soooo well and is a blast to work with, such posi vibes & the character choices his himbo brain comes up with are so silly they’re genius

don lockwood in singin in the rain, gabey in on the town, bobby in crazy for you, jimmy in nice work if you can get it, robert in drowsy chaperone, will in oklahoma!

KUROO [baritenor] one of those fuckers who started doing theatre by accident, and immediately started booking out the wazoo with no training because he’s naturally talented and hot. i hate him so much. has that “idgaf i don’t have to try” aura about him, but his work ethic is actually?? really good??? once he starts learning more he really does put the work in. has that feeling of ease in his stage presence & good instincts that make up for his lack of training, plus his vocals have no right sounding that good on their own wtf. fucker thinks he’s frank sinatra, and honestly, it’s criminal how good he is at golden age material when most of what he books is contemporary bc of his dumb hair he’s not exactly a dancer but like…. bitch can move. plus he’s got body so that helps him a lot. mostly books leads anyway because that’s just how it goes when ur a hotboy with charm and talent. also he can fieRCE classical text??!?? (hint: it’s bc he’s a nerd) just stop being talented already jesus

melchior in spring awakening, sky masterson in guys & dolls, demetrius in midsummer, BENEDICK IN MUCH ADO PLS I NEED IT FOR MY HEALTH

TENDOU [countertenor] kicks ass at everything like he’s so talented and so versatile. vocals are insane, he has mad range and can do any number of character voices/impressions/dialects/what have you. his falsetto is unmatched (nice try flattykawa). we been knew his instincts are killer - character acting, comedy, improv, clown, mime, devised/alt theatre, contemporary MT, golden age MT, classical text you name it he can slay it all. his resume is so chaotic. he can body a super intense scene too, i feel like he trained in meisner & got traumatized from it and for a while he had an issue with getting too into character & doing crazy shit bc it was “method,” but eventually learned better<3 excellent mover, used to be a trina ballerina so his technique always shocks people even though he’s been out of practice for a long time (the dance world can be toxic and he was over it, so he yeeted all the way out of there a while ago). all around a wild human being with the ability to transform into numerous other wild human beings, creatures, abstract concepts, etc.

beetlejuice in beetlejuice, almost any track in cats but especially mungojerrie, mary sunshine in chicago, the porter in macbeth, CALIBAN IN THE TEMPEST PLEASEPLEASRPKEASE

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+BONUS: NOT MTs

characters who have zero MT energy but still fit elsewhere in the theatre world:

TSUKKI is a sound tech who is mean to performers esp during sound check, has a particular vitriol against MTs (except yamaguchi)

KENMA is an ASM who rarely gives a fuck, also does lighting & projection design. doesn’t hate MTs like tsukki, but their energy is usually a lot for him so he tends to avoid

AKAASHI is a playwright & dramaturg, but he used to act and can recite shakespeare on a dime, sonnets, soliloquys, whatever ur heart desires <3 may also play an instrument and sometimes writes lil songs but he doesn’t flex them bc he’s shy bby

[fuckyeahbrownuniversity]

what is the musical theatre scene like? are there extracurricular musicals?

My golly, you are in for a treat. The musical theatre scene is huge. 

There’s four main groups I’m aware of: Brown University Gilbert and Sullivan (BUGS), Musical Forum, Production Workshop (PW), and Shakespeare on the Green. Here’s a couple things my friend (who’s very involved in the theatre scene) has to say.

BUGS - “BUGS only does one show a semester, but they’re always really big comedy shows like with a big ensemble and stuff (they used to do only Gilbert and Sullivan shows, but recently they expanded to do shows that are written in a similar spirit to Gilbert and Sullivan ie comedies with big ensembles). This year, they did Drowsy Chaperone and Into the Woods.” (I was personally involved with the pit orchestra for Into the Woods - a fantastic production.)

Musical Forum - “Musical Forum does a show plus a mini musical festival for student written, 45 minute long shows. This year, they did Merrily We Roll Along and The Wiz.”

PW - “PW is (I think) the oldest of the three, they have their own building and they actually do many different shows throughout the semester - I think they have four slots throughout the semester for various things. They don’t just do musicals, they also do a lot of plays, dance shows, and student written productions. In terms of musicals, though, they did Spring Awakening and a student written production called Firefly in the Light this year.”

Shakespeare on the Green - “They do Shakespeare plays and shows about Shakespeare or shows that  reference Shakespeare.”

I believe that all of these groups are entirely or almost entirely run by students.

“The Theatre Arts & Performance Studies (TAPS) department also puts on shows - and you don’t have to be in the TAPS department to do them. they also do both plays and musicals. This year they did Next to Normal and several plays.” (This is not student-run.)

[magicalgirlmascot]

Okay like it’s been the better part of a year and I’m still not over the production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat we went to see for my dad’s birthday last year. I’ve loved this musical since I was a kid and we grew up listening to the CD where Donny Osmond played Joseph and like. It’s a good musical and I enjoy it a lot. It’s the only musical I know that can pull off having an old west cowboy type song and also an overdramatic starving Frenchman song sung by the same group of characters in a fucking Bible story and make it work. But this particular production was just so fucking perfect? You know how sometimes you see a production of a show and you can never watch another production’s version of it without comparing it to the other production because it was that good? That’s how this production of Joseph was for me. (I have similar feelings about my local community theatre’s production of the Drowsy Chaperone but that’s another post.)

I mean...first of all, the framing device they used was similar but different from how it usually goes. The general framing device used for Joseph is that the story is being told to...someone. Sometimes it’s the audience, sometimes it’s a group of schoolchildren, what have you. In this case it’s being told to one particular child who is mocked at the start of the show for not fitting in (more later). Said child is a fairly major part of the show, and this could have been extremely obnoxious, but it worked really well. (Also the Child was deliberately made to be androgynous and was referred to with they/them pronouns in the program which is cool.)

The show opened with children selecting robes from a box which matched robes being worn by couples (exclusively m/f couples, we’ll get to that), which dictated what family they were going to become a part of. It was all nice and whatnot until our main Child pulled a brightly coloured fanciful robe out, and not only did they not match anyone else but they were soundly laughed at and abandoned for not fitting in. This is when the play started for reals and the Narrator sang her opening song about dreamers and stuff.

Then the rest of the show happened. (More on this later because the show itself was excellent.)

At the end Joseph and the Narrator start the ending song and the Child goes and gets their robe from the chest again, and is welcomed into the arms of Joseph and the Narrator. The families from the beginning are all back again to join in the ending, but instead of all of them being mother/father/child, now we have two dads and a child, a mother and father and multiple children, a daughter/mother/grandmother family, just all kinds of families with all kinds of dynamics, and it honestly made me sob I was so happy.

Then also the production value was fantastic? The costumes! The set! There were two choruses, a child chorus and an adult chorus. They were kind of off to each side where they weren’t obtrusive on the main stage space (more on that later too) and occasionally during songs where they were singing but not present onstage they’d grab extra costume pieces and props and jam out. Like when they did Benjamin Calypso they all put on Hawaiian shirts and it was RAD. Everyone was clearly living their best life.

Also the guy playing Joseph had a fucking voice holy shit. That man could sing.

And like the last big thing wasn’t necessarily to do with the show itself but the venue it was in was super cool because it was in an old barn that was turned into a theatre. If you live in Ontario and have a chance to go to Westben Theatre you totally should just for the experience.

Just thinking about that show makes me so happy and I’m more than a little sad I’ll never be able to see that specific production again ahhhhh I love theatre

[phanfeed-ao3]

An Accident Waiting to Happen

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2OiLd1O

by ltuhura

When Dan joined technical crew for the school’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone it was mostly because PJ was the head of design. He was planning on stealing free cookies and avoiding lifting heavy set pieces, not having some random emo kid steal his heart and then avoid him.

Words: 903, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: PJ Liguori, Louise Pentland, Cat Valdes, Chris Kendall, Tyler Oakley

Relationships: Dan Howell/Phil Lester, Dan Howell & Phil Lester

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Musical References, drowsy chaperone

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2OiLd1O

[backtonormalthings]

Drowsy Chaperone and Coffee, sprace thingy

Hey guys, this is my first fanfic that I’ve written (thanks to @noeysoulgem for the inspiration and actually replying). So yeah, please don’t give me a lot of shit for this one.

-Spot was just sitting there. Headphones in. Eyes closed. His coffee was steaming on the table in front of him.

-He had been listening to The Drowsy Chaperone (more specifically Cold Feets) and was quietly relishing in the tap number that accompanied the singing Bridegroom and his Best Man.

-Spot frequently drowned himself in music, musicals more specifically and this was one of those instances.

-Race walked into the homey café, greeted the barista that usually served him.

-He paid for his drink and his usual muffin (race loves muffins doesn’t matter what kind fight me on this) and went for his normal table.

-As he walked over there, he heard some quiet humming along with the backtrack of a jazzy tune he wasn’t familiar with.

-He saw Spot sitting across from where he would sit and just kinda looked around confused.

(the whole should I say something? I just kinda want to eat my muffin but like- how do I handle this-ehhhhhhhhhhh. Basically Race is a anxious boy who needs a reliable schedule wait this isn’t about me).

-He eventually just sat down across from Spot and quietly ate his muffin and sipped his coffee.

-Race had started scrolling through his phone when Spot opened his eyes to see a freckle covered boy nibbling on a muffin and immediately stopped humming.

-Spot thought he looked cute sitting there, but didn’t want to disturb him from what he was doing.

-Too late.

-Race also looked up when he noticed the music stop.

-He took in Spot’s appearance for the first time and immediately looked right back down to his phone.

-Spot packed up his stuff and walked out of the café.

-Race let out a huge breath and looked where Spot had sat and noticed  a napkin in front of him.

-I’m glad you stumbled along. Don’t get cold feets and call me xxx-xxx-xxxx.

-Race typed the number into his phone and sent Spot a quick text,

-I saw you left your number, what a toledo surprise.

-They spent the rest of the night flirting through musical references

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Your spreadsheet has “no race specified” for Trix from The Drowsy Chaperone but just letting you know the script explicitly refers to her as African American

Oh wow thank you!!! I get a lot of this info like race and age range from casting calls from theatres which are never very reliable especially in the race department. I just realized I didn’t label any of the characters in South Pacific with a race even though all the characters have a very strict racial requirement. 

I use the term black for “African American” and I can go into that preference later if you want, but if she is African (like from Africa) let me know and I’ll switch that! for some reason I’ve been making a distinction between the two haha. 

Thanks! I JUST posted it but I’m gonna say it again in case anyone missed it

for those are yall who don’t know, I have spreadsheets that outline all the information I can qualify about roles of musical theatre separated by gender. The one for women’s roles is A LOT more detailed, accurate, and extensive than the one for men.

It’s super helpful to have, so check those out! I’m always trying to update and make it more accurate. Let me know if I have any mistakes on there