#jesus christ superstar 2007

[ohmyenjolrass]

my ranking of every production i have seen (or listened) of jesus christ superstar

we are getting closer to holy week so IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. this is a remake of this post.

as always, sorry for any grammar mistakes, english is not my first language. also, this is my personal opinion, any other opinion is also accepted :)

without further ado, let's get into it!

1. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 movie)

YOU CAN'T OUTDO THE DOER.

everything in this movie changed my life. literally.

it was the first time i actually saw jesus christ superstar represented visually (i had only heard the 2007 madrid version before). the overture scene is one of my favourites of all time, the concept is amazing.

the cast is SUPREME. carl anderson is one of my favourite judas of all time; he is an excellent singer and his interpretation is E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. also, yvonne elliman and ted neely are amazing. both their interpretations are absolutely gorgeous.

i love the costume design also (mary magdalene's dress AND JUDAS' OUTFIT FOR SUPERSTAR), i feel like it really fits the 70s vibe and i love that jesus is still dressed as, well, jesus.

overall, it is an amazing production AND the original so 10/10 without a doubt.

2. Jesucristo Superstar (2007 Madrid)

i may be a little biased by this one but HEAR ME OUT. it is an impressive production. i grew up listening to this soundtrack in my parents' car and i feel like it is one of the best cast recordings of all time. the lyrics of this version are different from the 1975 spanish one, but they are equally amazing.

costume design for me in this one is also a bonus, because i love how everyone is dressed as people dressed in spain in the 2000s. also, i like that jesus doesn't wear a tunic, i don't know why lol. one of my favourite costumes is the priests' outfits.

now, the cast. WOW. ignasi vidal is my favourite judas. it is not even up for debate. he is AMAZING in everything he does, BUT JUDAS. his role. his 'heaven on their minds' ('el cielo los cegó' in this production) is on repeat in my brain 24/7. also, miquel fernández, who plays jesus, IS STUNNING. he was my first celebrity crush. his voice and acting is something else (you should really check out his 'gethsemane'!). lorena calero plays mary magdalene, and apart from being THE MOST GORGEOUS WOMAN ON EARTH, i want her voice to sing for me every day of my life.

this production is truly something else, and i feel like it is great heritage from the 1975 version. again, i encourage you to see it! (10/10!)

3. Jesus Christ Superstar (2012 O2 Arena)

LISTEN. i know in my last post i said it wasn't one of my favourites. BUT AFTER A REWATCH, i have a lot to say.

first, setting. how the scene is organised is the coolest. i love the tents, i love the stairs, i love the screens. everything. i feel like it is the best setting (without counting the movie because they are literally IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT).

now, cast. TIM MINCHIN, LOVE OF MY LIFE. i'm not gonna say anything new, his judas is amazing. he plays the part so effortless it makes me think i can do it to. ALSO, BEN FORSTER. i know i talked shit about him before, but i really didn't know how to appreciate him. i love you, bensus, sorry for anything i've said before. mel c still doesn't sit right for me as mary magdalene, but her voice is truly beautiful.

costumes, right. i love how jesus is both dressed in black and white, not only in white. also, JUDAS. serving looks the entire play. one thing i have to say, mary's outfit was not made for me. i love the vibe, but not really my thing.

in general, good production, amazing singers. 9/10.

4. Jesus Christ Superstar (2012 Broadway Revival)

I DISCOVERED AMERICA WITH THIS ONE. OH MY GOD.

josh young ABSOLUTELY blows my mind. his voice, his outfit, his angst, EVERYTHING. he is stunning and i would give my life for him. also, chilina kennedy????? WHATEVER YOU SAY, SWEETHEART. i swear she is a dream, her voice, her acting, HER FACE.

one thing i really liked in this version was the scene, and also the little screen that was saying like '3 days until passover'. i think that was very original and guiding tbh lol.

if i have to say something that i didn't like is paul nolan as jesus. i liked his acting and his voice is pretty, but i feel like his gethsemane was lacking something and it wasn't really my favourite.

also, the dynamic between jesus, judas, and mary in this version was one of the sweetest ever. i loved loved LOVED it.

all in all, 7.5/10!

5. Jesucristo Superstar (Spain, 1975)

i haven't seen this version but i heard it when i was little as well. i still prefer the 2007 spanish recording, but this one is amazing.

camilo sesto's gethsemane never ceases to amaze me. his voice and the pain in it are truly heartbreaking. also, ángela carrasco's voice???? life-saving. i swear everyone who plays mary is GORGEOUS and an amazing singer.

the lyrics are well-translated and the 70s vibe throughout the whole album is absolutely stunning.

now, negative points. teddy bautista as judas is not my favourite. his voice is amazing but i think it is not made for me. however, his passion and interpretation are truly something.

i have to give it a few more listenings to this so i can get a better opinion, but in general, 7/10!

6. Jesus Christ Superstar (2000 movie)

well, after a year, this has gone down a few positions.

what to say, let's see. the scene was cool. i feel like they did a lot with very little decorations. it was original and well-used.

now, the cast. renée castle is a dream. she is absolutely stunning, as a person and as a singer. her voice is just so soothing and relaxing. and tony vincent as simon is SO HOT. the rest, well...

glenn carter is a pretty good singer, but i feel like lots of his songs lacked a bit of something. he is a good actor (never seen a sadder jesus), but i think that there are other jesus that i like better.

now, jerôme pradon. interpretation, 10/10. singing, well. could be better. i love his acting throughout the whole musical, and also his evil twink vibe. however, his voice kinda makes me nervous??? i don't know how to explain it but maybe it wasn't the role for him, i don't know.

costume design was questionable to say the least. i gotta say that judas' outfit is so cool but WHO HAD THE THOUGHT OF PUTTING JESUS ON CARGOS. costume department found arrested.

after giving it a few rewatches, 6/10. enjoyable but not the best.

7. Jesus Christ Superstar: Live In Concert (2018)

this was a bit of a mess, to be honest. let's go first with the positive points.

SARA BAREILLES, MY LORD AND SAVIOR. she could sing me her grocery list and i would listen to her. she has such a captivating and calming voice and she's an amazing performer.

also, norm lewis. that man is just *chef's kiss*. brandon victor dixon is also amazing as judas and i feel like he deserves more recognition. his damned for all time is one of my favourites.

moreover, the set. i think it was very modern and the vibe was so cool with the orchestra in the scaffolds. also, i feel like the public played a very important role in this performance and they really knew how to use it.

costume design wasn't my favourite but we have seen worse.

now, negative things. JOHN LEGEND. my guy could not play jesus and i think he knew it too. his gethsemane sounds like i sound when i sing it in the shower. his acting was also pretty questionable. don't get me wrong, he is an amazing singer, but i feel like he shouldn't play a role that requires reaching high notes.

also, i feel like alice cooper could have done a much better job as herod. he is lacking that dorky, humoristic element that i think is essential in that song.

i gotta say this gets bonus points for glitter. i love glitter. overall, 5.5/10. would rewatch only for sara bareilles.

and that was everything! another year, another ranking. i hope you enjoyed it and tell me your opinions too! see you next year x

[platadesangre]

Jesucristo Superstar Madrid 2008 - 2009 Tour

Geronimo Rauch as Jesus

Lorena Calero as Mary Magdalene

Ignasi Vidal as Judas

[va-tosca]

Yippee yay yippee yo

[marybeatriceofmodena]

What did Andrew Lloyd Webber do to make Patti Lupone upset? Sorry, saw your tags and i was curious

Oh.

Oh honey.

You sweet child.

Anyway, get ready for one of the most infamous showdowns in all musical theatre history, with the guy who writes the straightest musicals on Broadway (derogatory) and the one and only, the matriarch, the queen, two three-time Tony award winner Patti LuPone.

So, Andrew Lloyd Webber was basically kind of a boy genius in his prime - he met his future collaborator Tim Rice when they were 17 and 20 respectively, he wrote his first big hit, Jesus Christ Superstar, at 22, with Tim Rice writing the lyrics. And it was kind of a big deal at the time because the topic was controversial (you know, the Passion with rock music), but also because Broadway wasn't that far off from its golden age and let's just say the music and style were very different from, say, My Fair Lady. Or The Sound of Music. Or Funny Girl. It was basically the Rent/Hamilton of its time. (Yeah, Stephen Sondheim was around at that time, he worked on West Side Story which was revolutionary in of itself, but he's kind of an oddball in this case. You'll understand why later.)

Their real follow up (I'm not counting Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for a variety of reasons) was a little musical called Evita, which you might know mainly because of a song called Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Or at least, your mom has probably heard it once at the very least. It's that song that's oversung from a musical while being out of context along with I Dreamed a Dream for Les Misérables. Or Memory from Cats.

Evita tells the story of Eva Peron, the wife of an Argentinian dictator, who basically screws her way to the top and ends up becoming the mistress of Juan Peron and the most beloved woman in her country through guile and deceit. Yes, I know the historical accuracy is very much debated but I know jackshit about Argentina's history except the bare basics so don't come at me. It was first produced in the West End in London, with Elaine Paige in the role, but because of Equity issues, she couldn't reprise her role for the Broadway production. So a Julliard graduate who was mostly starring in David Mamet plays got the part instead, and that was Patti LuPone.

Patti... did not have a good time during Evita, because the part is basically the kind of score where you can tell the composer is used to writing male parts, but most female singers have a two-octave range (yes, you got Julie Andrews who used to have a three-octave range, and many others, but they're exceptions), so she struggled a lot. That being said, if you listen to live recordings of her, you wouldn't be able to tell, and it got a lot easier later on. But she had this to say:

"Evita was the worst experience of my life. I was screaming my way through a part that could only have been written by a man who hates women. And I had no support from the producers, who wanted a star performance onstage but treated me as an unknown backstage. It was like Beirut, and I fought like a banshee."

This is from Patti's autobiography, which she wrote in 2007 - 8 years after shit with ALW went down. With all that said, she won a Tony Award for Evita, and she pretty much became a musical theatre household name from then on. She played Fantine in Les Misérables, Nancy in Oliver!, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Meanwhile, ALW's next big hits were Cats (I'm not even kidding, Cats was a hit), and, you guessed it, The Phantom of the Opera, which he wrote in part to showcase his then wife Sarah Brightman's triple threat talents.

So, you need to understand before I continue that ALW, from my perspective, has always had a bit of an inferiority complex. He's basically associated to writing these commercially successful musicals that show a big spectacle but aren't ultimately substantial. I'm not sure I entirely agree with that, but I do think that if he didn't have Hal Prince, Maria Bjornson, Charles Hart and Gillian Lynne backing him up for Phantom, it would have probably been a Rocky Horror Picture Show knockoff people would have forgotten about pretty quickly. This is what I mean:

Yep, that was Phantom before any of the people I mentioned above (and Michael Crawford) were really involved.

Remember how I said Stephen Sondheim was an oddball? The thing with him is that his musicals weren't always commercially successful, but in general, in part thanks to being Leonard Bernstein's protégé, he was generally pretty well-respected and it was considered that his work was bringing musicals to a whole other level. Without Sondheim, you wouldn't have Jonathan Larson, and you wouldn't have Lin-Manuel Miranda. I am convinced ALW is resentful of that, and when you stop and think about it for more than 10 seconds, it's so obvious he REALLY wants to be Sondheim or at least command the same level of respect, but that's a story for another day.

So, after Phantom, ALW had other musicals that followed that either got a meh reception or outright flopped. Then there was Sunset Boulevard, which is based on the movie of the same name with Gloria Swanson. Despite all of her griefs for Evita, Patti LuPone agreed to partake in the musical as Norma Desmond, for its production in London, with the promise that she would transfer to Broadway once that production would open. And overall, after a string of flops, Sunset was actually doing pretty well.

HOWEVER. One day, while reading the gossip column of a newspaper, Patti found out that contrary to what she was promised, Glenn Close, who was meanwhile starring as Norma in the Los Angeles production, was to play Norma on Broadway. That was a complete surprise for her since no one on the production team had bothered to tell her it was happening - and keep in mind that for the news to come up the way it did in a gossip column, it probably would have necessitated a delay of a few weeks between the producers and the newspaper, which would have given them plenty of time to break the news to Patti. And Patti kind of needed the leg up because she was pretty bitter that a) Madonna was cast in the Evita adaptation instead of her; b) they actually lowered the key to fit Madonna's voice range, and she still had to expand her own to be able to sing the (lowered) score. And trust me, Patti is mad about it to this day.

So of course, she trashed her dressing room, the cast and crew weren't even mad about it because they were as shocked and angered as she was by the news. Patti sued Andrew Lloyd Webber for breach of contract, namely for 1 MILLION DOLLARS (yup, those are the real numbers), won, used the money she got from the lawsuit to get a swimming pool, which she called (and I SHIT YOU NOT) the Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool. Since then, Webber is dead to her, to the point rumor has it she had part of a building blocked during an event so she could get out of it without coming across Webber, because she hates him so flipping much she doesn't even want to be in the same building as the guy.

(There's also drama that happened with Faye Dunaway who was supposed to replace Glenn Close after she went from Los Angeles to Broadway, except they abruptly closed the show down after Close left, but that's a story for another day)

So with all the bad press, and with ALW forced to pay 1 million dollars for Patti's lawsuit, that led Sunset's productions to close earlier than expected. ALW has stayed around since, with... mitigated output, so to say. The lowest point for a lot of people is Love Never Dies, the sequel to Phantom, which some people love, and that's fine, but it didn't do well with either critics nor fans of the original show, which ALW is EXTREMELY BUTTHURT ABOUT. And like, there are so many stories I could tell about LND alone, but I will share my own crack theory about it, since it does relate to the ask.

Anyway, buckle up.

So. There have been jokes going around for years that the Phantom in LND is basically ALW's self-insert, where he displays to the world that he's totally not over Sarah Brightman leaving him (in part because making Phantom kinda ruined their marriage lmao), despite, you know, having married since. (Aaaaaakward.) So LND basically becomes this really uncomfortable therapy session where a man writes a self-insert musical about how his ex-wife made a big mistake of leaving a sensitive artistic soul such as himself. The characters from Phantom who appear in LND are all more or less unrecognizable as a result, and one who gets it worse (in my humble opinion) is Meg Giry, who was basically Christine's sweet and loyal ballerina friend who basically went into the Phantom's lair on her own to save her friend despite the danger. In LND, she's basically a bitter hag (because ALW hates women, guess Patti was right about that), who really likes the swim and even has a stripping vaudeville number about it, written in universe by the Phantom, no less.

For comparison, here's Don Juan Triumphant (the Phantom's opera in the original):

And here's Bathing Beauty (the vaudeville number):

Yeah, so... do you see why people hate LND already?

And that's not the only thing with Meg! She's also pining for the Phantom to pay attention to her and threatens to drown the Phantom and Christine's secret love child when he makes it clear that he's gonna love Christine for EVA AND EVA.

So, with everything we learned today about ALW, would someone like him view someone like Patti LuPone as some sort of crazy, bitter diva who's obsessed with him for whatever reason? Absolutely. Would he be petty enough to insert Patti LuPone into his self-insert musical, which gave us the version of Meg Giry we got in LND? Of course. Why does Meg love to swim so much and why does she drag Gustave out ostensibly for a swim? Is it a dig at Patti's Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool? Maybe.

I kind of hope we find out one day if that theory is true. And maybe start a kickstarter so Patti can add this painting from the 2004 movie in her collection.

Fun fact: during the process of casting for the 2004 movie adaptation of POTO, ALW allegedly suggested Patti LuPone to play Carlotta... only for Joel Schumacher to have to awkwardly remind him that they were not on speaking terms. The idea was therefore promptly dropped.

[backseatloversz]

need to go to 2007 and give a Jesus Christ Superstar record to panic at the disco so bad. i think theyd really like it

[the-bitterest-breakups-poll]

Bracket!

Its done! 64 competitors on this.

its so small I will put the mashups under the cut, but know that the first 8 polls, Round 1 A will release on Sunday, August 20th, 3pm EST, and will last 1 week.

If anyone has ANY specific photos they want me to use for anyone here, please send them to me. (Also if you see anyone on this list you like, feel free to send n more propaganda for them because I may put it in their poll and some people here don't have any lol)

Round 1 A

Edgar and Fay from Dolls of New Albion vs Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker from star wars

Catra and Adora from She ra vs The doctor and the Master from Doctor who

Jekyll and Lanyon from The glass scientist vs Chell and Wheatley from Portal

Colm Doherty and Pádraic Súilleabháin from Banshees of Inisherin vs Chalres Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr from x -men

Jesus and Judas from Jesus Christ Superstar vs Rogue and Gambit from x- men

Grace and Simon from Infinity train vs kim Wexler and Jimmy from Better call Saul

Evellyn, Luel, and Sahar from Luna Story picross/coloring book apps vs Andreth and Aegnor from Silmarillion!

Anna and Hans from Frozen vs Kirk and SPock from Star trek

Round 1b

Ruth and Debbie from GLOW vs Agent Curt and Owen Carvour from Spies are forever

aziraphale & crowley from good omens vs Nastya and Aurora from Mechanism

John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent vs Kotetsu and Barnaby from tiger and Bunny

Fitz and the fool from Realm of the Elderlings vs HeathCliff and cathy from Wuthering Heights

Akeelah and Dr.Larabee from akeelah and the bee vs Arthur and Guinevere from Arthurianna.

Peery the platypus and Dr. Heniz Doofenshmirtiz from phineas and Ferb vs Skull and vintage from Spatoon

Hil and Tavek from Girl Genius vs Vrisrezi from Homestuck

Harry Du bois and Dora Ingerlund from Disco Elysium vs Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao-Long from RWBY

Round 1c

Jackieshannua from Yellow Jackets vs Addek from Greys Anatomy

Eddie and Shannon from 9-1-1 vs Mercymorn the First/Augustine the First/Emperor John Gaius from The locked tomb seris

Junpei and Skane from Zero escape vs Lea & Isa / Axel & Saïx from Kingdom hearts

Scooge MC'Duck and Goldie I'Gill Ducktails (2017) vsCavendish and Dakota from Milo Murphy's law

Rebecca Bunch and Josh Chen from Crazy ex-girlfriend vs Sophia and fitz from keeper of lost cities

Cherry and Adam from sk8 vs Dazi Osamu and Nakahara chuuya from Bungo Stray dog

 Shen Qingqiu & Yue Qingyuan from Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System vs Igor Grom and Sergey razumovski from Major Grom: Plague Doctor 

Jack harness and John Hart from Torchwood vs Yuma Tsukumo and Vector/Rei Shingetru from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

Round 1d

Powl and Mesothulas (trantulas) from transformers vs Jason Mcconnel and Peter simmonds from Bare: A pop Opera

Cappie and Even from Greek (2007) vs Junnana from Revue Starlight

The band Amatelast from Show By Rock! vs Mac Macdonald and Dennis Reynolds from Its always sunny in Philadelphia

Mulder and scully from x-files vsRosho and Sasara from Hypnosis Microphone!

Yoo Junghyuk and Anna Croft from omniscient reader vs Archie and maxie from Pokemon

sherlock and Watson from Blackeyed Theatre's Valley of Fear vs Anna, Sasha, and Marcy from Amphibia

The two boys from Bokura from Bokura vs Rom and Tammy from Parks and recs

[philcollinsenjoyer]

hello auguste do u have movie recommendations.. just like any movies

helloooo how are you<3 i sure do i can give you a few based on genres if you want since you didn't specify! i don't really have any deep cuts i'm not a big enough cinephile yet💔 you'll forgive me if you've seen some:

romance and romcoms:

bringing up baby (1938) - some like it hot (1959) - when harry met sally (1989) (i know it's a tumblr classic but just in case i can't stress enough how much you need to see it) - 4 weddings and funeral (1994) - whisper of the heart (1995) - dirty dancing (1987) (again. but you need to see it.) - pride and prejudice (1995) (i insist on the date. watch all 5 hours.) - amélie (2001) - two weeks notice (2002) - saved! (2004) (wasn't sure where to put it exactly i guess i'll say romance but it's so much more) - rye lane (2023)

horror:

rebecca (1940) - the red shoes (1948) - rear window (1954) - psycho (1960) - rosemary's baby (1968) - suspiria (1977) - alien (1979) - the thing (1982) - child's play (1988) - final destination (2000) - saw (2004) - house of wax (2005) - black swan (2010) - the cabin in the woods (2011) - unfriended (2014) - train to busan (2016) - happy death day (2017) - nope (2022) & get out (2017)

thrillers dramas and action movies :

dial m for murder (1954) - donkey skin (1970) - dog day afternoon (1975) - ...and justice for all (1979) - amadeus (1984) - karate kid (1984) - the last temptation of christ (1988) - dead poets society (1989) - boyz n the hood (1991) - speed (1994) - la haine (1995) - heat (1995) - practical magic (1998) - velvet goldmine (1998) - fight club (1999) - 28 days (2000) - erin brockovich (2000) - billy elliot (2000) - panic room (2004) - kung fu hustle (2004) - mysterious skin (2004) (look up the triggers for this one) - brick (2005) - julie & julia (2009) - a single man (2009) - shutter island (2010) - inception (2010) - the girl with the dragon tattoo (2011) (look up triggers as well) - gone girl (2014) - the handmaiden (2016) - thoroughbreds (2017) - hustlers (2019) -

musicals (with the note that i generally don't like musicals that much so👍)

singin' in the rain (1952) - yellow submarine (1968) (💗) - jesus christ superstar (1973) - grease (1978) - a monster in paris (2011)

fuckass roadtrip movies :

it happened one night (1938) - the outsiders (1983) - my own private idaho (1991) - thelma & louise (1991) - my cousin vinny (1992) - little miss sunshine (2006) - stardust (2007) - the voyage of the dawn threader (2010) - the green knight (2021) (i'm putting this one in for the bit don't actually watch it it's bad)

[dwellordream]

it’s a frigid monday night in 2007. my cathechism teacher is showing our class of 8 year olds the 1973 version of the hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar. i am about to be irrevocably changed by this experience.

[13eyond13]

I've been kindly tagged by @longagoitwastuesday and @eyecicles to list 10 of My All-Time Favourite Movies! 👀 (I find it too difficult to rank them, so I'm just listing them in order of release):

🧡 • There Will Be Blood (2007) • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) • The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) • Moulin Rouge! (2001) • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Edward Scissorhands (1990) • The Princess Bride (1987) • Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) • Rope (1948) • 🧡

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not sure who has done this yet, but let's tag @queen--of--maggots @mihaelkeehl @stvlti @grelleswife @poruchik-logy @peppersnot if you want! 🤗

[brookston]

Holidays 7.11

Holidays

Advice to the Lovelorn Day

Bean Day (French Republic)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Bowdler's Day

Celebration of the Golden Spurs (Flanders)

Convenience Store Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)

Day of the Fire Fighter (Mexico)

Day of the Five Billion (1987)

Drummer Appreciation Day

Duel Day

Eleventh Night (Bonfire Night; Northern Ireland)

Flemish Community Day (Belgium)

International EcoBrick Day

International Essential Oils Day

International Richard Cheese Day

Ker Puja (Tripura, India)

Maritime Day (China)

Naadam (Mongolia)

National All American Pet Photo Day

National Cheer Up the Lonely Day

National Culture and Senior Citizens Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists on Citizens of the Second Republic of Poland (Poland)

National Essential Oils Day

National Journalist Day (Chile)

National Maritime Day (China)

National Polyphenol Day

National Recovery Day

National 7-Eleven Day

National Swimming Pool Day

Orangeman’s Day (Canada)

Reading Guilt Day

Relisha Rudd Remembrance Day (DC)

Robert the Bruce Day (Scotland)

711 Day

Straw Free Day (Colorado)

Swimming Pool Day

To Kill A Mockingbird Day

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

World Fringe Day

World Independent Living Day

World Massage Day

World Population Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Blueberry Muffin Day

Free Slurpee Day (7-11 Stores)

Hot Dog Night (Luverne, Minnesota)

International Raw Food Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherry Day

National State Fair Food Day

Ramen Day (Japan)

Vegetarian Food Day

World Chocolate Day (Russia)

2nd Tuesday in July

Alpenfest begins (Gaylord, Missouri) [2nd Tuesday thru Saturday]

Carnival Tuesday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Tuesday]

Cow Appreciation Day [2nd Tuesday]

Independence Days

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Polarveinn (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Benedict of Nursia (Christian; Saint)

Drostan of Dalcongaile (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Min (Ancient Egyptian harvest & fertility festival)

Feast of Theano (patron of vegetarianism)

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)

James, Bishop of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)

James McNeill Whistler (Artology)

Hidulphus (Christian; Saint)

Naadam begins (Three Games of Men Festival; Mongolia) [thru 7.15]

Next Generation Captain (Muppetism)

Olga of Kiev (Christian; Saint)

Pancho Villa Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Pius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Solstitium VII (Pagan)

St. Stephen of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

World Population Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Alphas (TV Series; 2011)

Beechwood 4-5789, by The Marvelettes (Song; 1962)

Boyhood (Film; 2014)

Contact (Film; 1997)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2014)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Animated Film; 2001)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1975)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (US Film; 2007) [#5]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Film; 2008)

Honky Tonk Women, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Play; 1971) [1st Stage Performance]

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (Novel; 1939)

My Bodyguard (Film; 1980)

The Newlywed Game (Game Show; 1967)

Orange Is the New Black (TV Series; 2013)

Porky’s Pet (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

School for Scoundrels (Film; 1960)

Shall We Dance? (Film; 1997)

Sharknado (Film; 2013)

Snowpiercer (Film; 2014)

Sorry Not Sorry, by Demi Lovato (Song; 2014)

Space Oddity, by David Bowie (Song; 1969)

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Novel; 1960)

Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh (Novel; 1993)

Wild Over You (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Benedikt, Olga, Oliver (Austria)

Oleg, Olga (Bulgariaa)

Benedikt, Dobroslav, Olga (Croatia)

Olga (Czech Republic)

Josva (Denmark)

Asko, Askur (Estonia)

Eleonoora, Elli, Nelli, Noora (Finland)

Benoît, Olga, Yolande (France)

Benedikt (Germany)

Evfemia, Evfimia, Olga (Greece)

Lili, Nóra (Hungary)

Benedetto, Emanuele, Fabrizio, Olga (Italy)

Leonora, Lore, Svens, Varaidotis (Latvia)

Kipras, Kiprijonas, Pijus, Šarūnė, Vilmantas (Lithuania)

Kjell, Kjetil (Norway)

Benedykt, Cyprian, Kalina, Kallina, Kir, Olga, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Pius, Placyd, Sawin, Wyszesława (Poland)

Eufimia (Romania)

Milota (Slovakia)

Benito, Olga (Spain)

Eleonora, Ellinor (Sweden)

Lusia, Olha, Olusia, Olia (Ukraine)

Alvia, Helga, Livia, Olga, Olive, Ollie, Oliver, Olivia, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn, Quintina, Quinton (USA)

Benoît, Alenka, Olga, Olya (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 192 of 2024; 173 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 24 (Geng-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 22 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 12 Lux; Fiveday [12 of 30]

Julian: 28 June 2023

Moon: 32%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Stephen of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 21 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 21 of 31)

[ohmyenjolrass]

shoutout to ignasi vidal singing 'superstar', gotta be one of my favourite genres.

the outfit, the singing, him putting on his sunglasses to jesus??? serving cunt the whole performance

[michaelgruberfan]

(WIP)

Timeline of Michael’s shows/ work up to 2013 will add more as I get the time (Taken from the Michaelgruber Angelfire website but will be updated by me at a later date (ill rb it then))

2012-2013 -- Bye Bye Birdie Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Chanhassen, MN 2012 -- Roman Holiday The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN 2011-2012 -- Hairspray Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Chanhassen, MN 2011 -- Jesus Christ Superstar Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Chanhassen, MN 2010 -- Hairspray TUTS, Houston, TX 2010 -- Hits from The Music Man, Seattle Symphony, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA 2009 -- White Christmas 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA 2009 -- A Chorus Line National and International Tours 2009 -- Singin' In The Rain Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN 2009 -- Grey Gardens Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN 2008 -- White Christmas Theatre Under The Stars, Houston 2008 -- A Chorus Line National Tour 2007-2008 -- A Chorus Line Schoenfeld Theatre, New York City 2007 -- Stairway To Paradise - 50 Years of Revue in Review An Original Encores! Production, New York City Center 2007 -- Irving Berlin's Easter Parade - World Premier Chanhassen Theatres, Chanhassen, MN 2006-2007 -- Irving Berlin's White Christmas 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle and California Musical Theatre, Sacramento 2006 -- My One and Only Reprise Concert Series, Freud Playhouse, Westwood, CA 2006 -- Godspell Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia 2006 -- Applause for the Golden Boy: The Music of Charles Strouse - benefit tribute - New York Historical Society, New York City 2006 -- Guys and Dolls Maltz Jupiter Theatre, FL 2005 -- Irving Berlin's White Christmas Wang Center Theatre, Boston 2005 -- And Then I Wrote... The Songs of Steve Marzullo - concert Birdland Jazz Club, New York City 2005 -- What A Glorious Feeling - World Premiere Production Mason Street Warehouse, MI Dec. 2004 - Mar. 2005 -- Singin' in the Rain - tour Houston TUTS Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre Sacramento's California Musical Theatre 2004 -- Anything Goes Avon Theatre - Stratford, ON 2003 -- A Manhattan Christmas - cabaret King Kong Room, New York City 2003 -- Laughing Room Only Brooks Atkins Theatre, New York City 2003 -- Wizard of Oz Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma City 2003 -- Crazy For You Marian Theatre and Solvang Festival, CA 2003 -- Anything Goes Riverside Theatre, FL 2003 -- Taboo - reading New York City 2002 -- Ain't That a Kick in the Head - workshop The New 42nd Street Studios, New York City 2002 - Smokey Joe's Cafe California Musical Theatre 2002 -- Dames at Sea Goodspeed Opera House 2001 -- Red Hot and Blue Paper Mill Playhouse 2001 -- Kiss Me, Kate Martin Beck Theatre, New York City 2000 -- Anything Goes 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle 2000 -- Rags Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia 2000 -- Singin' in the Rain Music Theatre of Wichita 2000 -- Symposium on theatre at SUNY's Stony Brook campus 2000 -- 14th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City 1999 - 2000 -- Swing! St. James Theatre, New York City 1999 -- Floyd's Follies - Benefit Paper Mill Playhouse 1999 -- Tommy - concert tour 1998 -- History of Sex Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas 1998 -- Follies Paper Mill Playhouse 1997 -- filming of Cats video Adelphi Theatre, London 1997 -- Wizard of Oz The Theatre at Madison Square Garden 1996 -- Angela Lansbury - A Celebration - benefit tribute Majestic Theatre, New York City 1996 -- Dodsworth Douglas Fairbanks and John Houseman Theatres, New York City 1996 - 1999 -- Cats Winter Garden Theatre, New York City 1995 -- New Year's Eve Celebration Paper Mill Playhouse 1995 -- West Side Story The Muny Theatre, St. Louis 1995 -- Oklahoma! Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson and Phoenix 1995 -- Little By Little Eighty-eights Club, New York City 1994 -- Harvest of Stars - ArtsPower Benefit Paper Mill Playhouse 1994 -- Songbook Arts and Artists at St. Paul's/National Music Theater Network, New York City 1994 -- Singin' in the Rain Paper Mill Playhouse 1994 -- West Side Story Music Theatre of Wichita 1994 -- Kiss Me, Kate Goodspeed Opera House 1993 -- Little Me Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, MI 1993 -- Falsettos Alliance Theatre, Atlanta 1993 -- Anything Goes Music Theatre of Wichita 1993 -- Good News! Music Theatre of Wichita 1993 -- Singin' in the Rain California Musical Theatre 1993 -- 7th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition Broadway Theatre, New York City 1993 -- Assisted with choreography of Singin' in the Rain Indian Hill (OH) High School 1993 -- Songs of Unlikely Lovers - A Valentine's Day Review Music Theatre of Wichita 1993 -- My Favorite Year Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City 1992 -- Singin' in the Rain Music Theatre of Wichita 1991 - 1994 -- Miss Saigon - original company Broadway Theatre, New York City 1990 -- West Side Story - national tour 1989 - 1990 -- A Chorus Line - final company Shubert Theatre, New York City 1988 -- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alaska Light Opera, Anchorage 1988 -- Dreamgirls Elmsford (NY) Dinner Theatre 1988 -- West Side Story - European Tour 1987 -- My One and Only Paper Mill Playhouse

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2006 - Number 20 - Laila Adéle - "Don't Try To Stop Me"

A one-off Melfest appearance for a rising star of the musical stage. Laila Adéle is a Moroccan-born soul singer who's about to release her second album and is bringing the funk to Melodifestivalen. Laila has been acclaimed one of the strongest voices in Sweden. From her own website bio, she's also a soul goddess, a power of nature and Sweden's undisputed soul queen who can move mountains.

That's quite some CV. The question is would the Melfest voting public try to stop her?

Don't Try to Stop Me was written by Anders Hallbäck and Henrik Hansson, two composer/producers not normally associated with Melfest songs, but then this song is pretty much a unique experience all round. It certainly has the pep expected from a Melfest entry. It's upbeat, in your face and delivered not only competently, but with enthusiasm. Laila is going to get her way - and that way is away from you. She's leaving and ain't nothing you can say is going to change that. And by the way, she's already been playing around - so tough.

There's confidence and direction oozing from every sax stab and guitar lick. If there's one thing about this song that's noticeable compared to other Melfest material, is that how tight it is. The musicianship on display feels a long way ahead of the usual pop compositions that tend to be all about the singer and not necessarily the song. This not only has that musical exuberance, but that's more than matched by the sass coming from Laila centre stage.

I do love it when a musical genre not normally heard at Eurovision tries to make it there, and this is absolutely one of those occasions. There have been later attempts and indeed funk has made it to Eurovision, but those examples fall a long way short of this.

Unfortunately Sweden is about the pop glitter and not funkiness. The competition's hype was focussed on several other acts all of which were considerably more Melfest mainstream. Laila was almost an also-ran from the start having no name recognition and performing a song that the audience weren't really there for. She finished seventh of the eight songs in her heat and was eliminated at the first hurdle.

This entry marks a change of course for Laila's career in music. Up to this point, she's been following the standard route of recording, performing and getting her face out there. This performance and the underperformance of her 2006 album redirected her to stage musicals. It was there that her attitude and her theatre-filling voice would find its home.

In 2007 she stared out with Little Shop of Horrors before moving on to Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Mary Magdelene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Cabaret and Rock of Ages. She's done them all. More recently, like many national finalists, she's become the singing voice on many recent Disney films - singing Circle of Life in Swedish dub of the Lion King and took the main role of the dragon Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon. She's currently appearing as Effie in DreamGirls at the China Theatre in Stockholm.

She's still got it. This is her cover of Ain't Nobody performed in 2019

[orchidbutch]

watching jesus christ superstar 2007 madrid... so far it's really good and WOW !!!! lorena calero's voice almost had me in tears immediately

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.11

Holidays

Advice to the Lovelorn Day

Bean Day (French Republic)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Bowdler's Day

Celebration of the Golden Spurs (Flanders)

Convenience Store Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)

Day of the Fire Fighter (Mexico)

Day of the Five Billion (1987)

Drummer Appreciation Day

Duel Day

Eleventh Night (Bonfire Night; Northern Ireland)

Flemish Community Day (Belgium)

International EcoBrick Day

International Essential Oils Day

International Richard Cheese Day

Ker Puja (Tripura, India)

Maritime Day (China)

Naadam (Mongolia)

National All American Pet Photo Day

National Cheer Up the Lonely Day

National Culture and Senior Citizens Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists on Citizens of the Second Republic of Poland (Poland)

National Essential Oils Day

National Journalist Day (Chile)

National Maritime Day (China)

National Polyphenol Day

National Recovery Day

National 7-Eleven Day

National Swimming Pool Day

Orangeman’s Day (Canada)

Reading Guilt Day

Relisha Rudd Remembrance Day (DC)

Robert the Bruce Day (Scotland)

711 Day

Straw Free Day (Colorado)

Swimming Pool Day

To Kill A Mockingbird Day

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

World Fringe Day

World Independent Living Day

World Massage Day

World Population Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Blueberry Muffin Day

Free Slurpee Day (7-11 Stores)

Hot Dog Night (Luverne, Minnesota)

International Raw Food Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherry Day

National State Fair Food Day

Ramen Day (Japan)

Vegetarian Food Day

World Chocolate Day (Russia)

2nd Tuesday in July

Alpenfest begins (Gaylord, Missouri) [2nd Tuesday thru Saturday]

Carnival Tuesday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Tuesday]

Cow Appreciation Day [2nd Tuesday]

Independence Days

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Polarveinn (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Benedict of Nursia (Christian; Saint)

Drostan of Dalcongaile (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Min (Ancient Egyptian harvest & fertility festival)

Feast of Theano (patron of vegetarianism)

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)

James, Bishop of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)

James McNeill Whistler (Artology)

Hidulphus (Christian; Saint)

Naadam begins (Three Games of Men Festival; Mongolia) [thru 7.15]

Next Generation Captain (Muppetism)

Olga of Kiev (Christian; Saint)

Pancho Villa Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Pius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Solstitium VII (Pagan)

St. Stephen of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

World Population Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Alphas (TV Series; 2011)

Beechwood 4-5789, by The Marvelettes (Song; 1962)

Boyhood (Film; 2014)

Contact (Film; 1997)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2014)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Animated Film; 2001)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1975)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (US Film; 2007) [#5]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Film; 2008)

Honky Tonk Women, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Play; 1971) [1st Stage Performance]

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (Novel; 1939)

My Bodyguard (Film; 1980)

The Newlywed Game (Game Show; 1967)

Orange Is the New Black (TV Series; 2013)

Porky’s Pet (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

School for Scoundrels (Film; 1960)

Shall We Dance? (Film; 1997)

Sharknado (Film; 2013)

Snowpiercer (Film; 2014)

Sorry Not Sorry, by Demi Lovato (Song; 2014)

Space Oddity, by David Bowie (Song; 1969)

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Novel; 1960)

Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh (Novel; 1993)

Wild Over You (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Benedikt, Olga, Oliver (Austria)

Oleg, Olga (Bulgariaa)

Benedikt, Dobroslav, Olga (Croatia)

Olga (Czech Republic)

Josva (Denmark)

Asko, Askur (Estonia)

Eleonoora, Elli, Nelli, Noora (Finland)

Benoît, Olga, Yolande (France)

Benedikt (Germany)

Evfemia, Evfimia, Olga (Greece)

Lili, Nóra (Hungary)

Benedetto, Emanuele, Fabrizio, Olga (Italy)

Leonora, Lore, Svens, Varaidotis (Latvia)

Kipras, Kiprijonas, Pijus, Šarūnė, Vilmantas (Lithuania)

Kjell, Kjetil (Norway)

Benedykt, Cyprian, Kalina, Kallina, Kir, Olga, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Pius, Placyd, Sawin, Wyszesława (Poland)

Eufimia (Romania)

Milota (Slovakia)

Benito, Olga (Spain)

Eleonora, Ellinor (Sweden)

Lusia, Olha, Olusia, Olia (Ukraine)

Alvia, Helga, Livia, Olga, Olive, Ollie, Oliver, Olivia, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn, Quintina, Quinton (USA)

Benoît, Alenka, Olga, Olya (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 192 of 2024; 173 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 24 (Geng-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 22 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 12 Lux; Fiveday [12 of 30]

Julian: 28 June 2023

Moon: 32%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Stephen of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 21 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 21 of 31)

[low-key-theatre]

Plays I’ve seen Masterpost

(There’s probably a few I’ve forgotten.) X = forgotten the exact year.

-A few minor community and school productions I acted or worked back stage in growing up that I’ll keep private.

-British Pantos that all blend together in my head including the one with John Barrowman, the angry house and CGI giant

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Seen On Stage

-Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (saw it in Glasgow Old Fruitmarket sometime in the late 00’s or early 10’s)

-Citizens Theatre’s The Red Shoes (2010)

-Matilda, London West End (201X?)

-Wicked, London West End (201X?)

-Phantom of The Opera, London West End (201X?)

-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, UK Tour (2015)/(or Possibly 2017 I don’t remember)

- Book of Mormon, London West End (2018)

- Waitress, London West End (201X?)

- Heathers The Musical, UK tour (2021 (postponed))

-The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, UK Tour (2022)

-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, UK Tour (2022)

-Scottish Ballet's The Snow Queen (2022)

-Kidnapped, UK Tour (2023)

-Kinky Boots presented by The Lyric Club (2023)

-The Mousetrap, 70th UK Anniversary Tour (2023)

-SIX, UK Tour (2023)

-Heathers: The Musical, UK Tour (2023)

-42nd Street, UK Tour (2023)

-Ocean at The End of The Lane, UK Tour (2023)

-Dracula: Mina's Reckoning, UK Tour (2023)

-Jesus Christ Superstar, UK Tour (2023)

-RCS’s Into The Woods (2023)

- Wicked, UK Tour (2023)

- The Bodyguard, UK Tour (2024)

- Shrek: The Musical, UK Tour (2024)

- The Quare Fellow, The Abbey Dublin (2024)

- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, UK Tour (2024)

-Jesus Christ Superstar, UK Tour (2024)

- RCS’s Urinetown (2024)

- Disney’s The Lion King, London West End (2024)

- Hadestown, London West End (2024)

- Peter Pan Goes Wrong, UK Tour (2024)

- Woman in Black, UK Tour (2024)

- Bonnie & Clyde, UK Tour (2024)

- Testmatch, Orange Tree Theatre London (2024)

- Sister Act, UK Tour (2024)

- Looking for the One, A Play A Pie & A Pint (2024)

- Everybody's Talking About Jamie, UK Tour (2024)

- Maggie & Me, UK Tour (2024)

- Grease, UK Tour (2024)

- RCS’s Sweet Charity (2024)

- Life of Pi, UK Tour (2024)

- Les Misérables, London West End (2024)

- Hamilton, London West End (2024)

- Moulin Rouge, London West End (2024)

- RCS’s Antigone (2024)

- The Wizard of Oz, UK Tour (2024)

- RCS’s Knight of the Burning Pestle (2024)

- Here You Come Again, UK Tour (2024)

- Cabaret, London West End (2024)

- Back to The Future The Musical, London West End (2024)

- Burlesque, UK Tour (2024)

- Love Beyond, Tron Theatre (2024)

- Don Pasquale, Scottish Opera Dress Rehearsal (2024)

- Lost Girls/At Bus Stops, A Play, A Pie & A Pint (2024)

- Blood Brothers, UK Tour (2024)

- Albert Herring, Scottish Opera (2024)

- RCS’s After Life (2024)

- RCS’s The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union (2024)

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Upcoming shows

- Disney’s Aladdin, UK Tour (2024)

- The Phantom of the Opera London, West End (2024)

- MAMMA MIA!, London West End (2024)

- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, UK Tour (2024)

- The Rocky Horror Show, UK Tour (2025)

- Hairspray The Musical, UK Tour (2025)

- Chicago, UK Tour (2025)

- Kinky Boots, UK Tour (2025)

- War Horse, UK Tour (2025)

- MAMMA MIA!, UK Tour (2025)

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Plays I’ve seen on a screen

- National Theatre Live: Frankiensien (with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature) (Live 2011)

- National Theatre Live: War Horse (Live 2014?)

-The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! (Online 2019)

- Heathers: The Musical (High-school version? YouTube)

- Be more Chill (animatic reconstruction*)

- Dear Evan Hanson (animatic reconstruction*)

- Beetlejuice The Musical (trust me if I could see Alex Brightman as Beetlejuice in person I would I Stan this show)

- Urinetown: The Musical (YouTube upload of 2007 Studio Playhouse production with me occasionally switching to other YouTube upload of other community productions like Pebble Players Youth Theatre if I couldn’t make out what was being said)

- Into the Woods (1989 PBS recording)

- Fallcettos (proshoot? 2017)

- Zoonation’s The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (2020 ROH free Livestream. it had a nice speech at the beginning about the Queen of Hearts actress)

- Spies Are Forever (Tin Can Bros)

- The Solve It Squad (Tin Can Bros)

- The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (Team StarKid)

- Black Friday (Team StarKid)

- Firebringer (Team StarKid)

- Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019 M2S / Trafalgar Proshoot)

- National Theatre Live: Good (2023)

- National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)

- National Theatre Live: Fleabag (2023 rebroadcast of 2019 recording)

- Legally Blond: The Musical (MTV’s 2007 Pro-Shot)

- Hamilton (Disney+ 2016 Pro-Shot)

- Anything Goes (Trafalgar 2021 Pro-Shot)

- National Theatre Live: Nye (rescreening 2024)

- Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now (Trafalgar 2024 Cinema Sceening)

- National Theatre Live: Prima Facie (rescreening 2024)

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Shows I saw during Edinburgh Fringe 2023**

Lost & Found

Queer Street

Hersterectomy

Waiting for Champagne

The Haunted

OommoO

Shakesperimental: Euripides' Hekabe

Awake, Gay and Writing a Play

Birthmarked

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

A Fairie Tale

Sunday in the Park with George

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

Cowboys and Lesbians

Shakesperimental: Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter

Jazz Emu: You Shouldn't Have

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Shows I saw during Edinburgh Fringe 2024

- no one is coming to save us

- Jake Roche: Neporrhoids

- Paper Swans

- Dylan Thomas: Return Journey – Bob Kingdom, Original Direction by Anthony Hopkins

- Rebels & Patriots

- Anna Akana: It Gets Darker

- Huge Davies: Album For My Ancestors (Dead)

- This Doesn't Leave The Room w/ Steen Raskopoulos

- A Jaffa Cake Musical

- Dee Allum: Deadname

- Ashley Gavin: My Therapist is Dying

- Alice Snedden: Highly Credible

- This Doesn't Leave The Room w/ Sophie Duker

- Solve-it Squad

- For the Love of Spam

- Babe Lincoln

- Jazz Emu: Knight Fever

- All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

- The Greatest Musical Ever Written

- Spring Day: Exvangelical

- Henry Rowley: Just Literally

- Jobsworth

- Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray

- Love’s a Beach

- Bi-Curious George

- John Tothill: Thank God This Lasts Forever

- Damien Power: Not So Funny Now Is It?

- BriTANicK: Dummy

- Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

- Steen Raskopolous: Friendly Stranger

- Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her

- Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

- The Emu War: A New Musical

- Willy's Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody

- The Importance of Being... Earnest?

- Flight

- Tit Swingers

- Screen test

- Ghost Huns Live

- Sorry (I Broke your Arms and Legs)

- RCS’s Fountain of You

- OommoO: I am A Walking Universe

- The Smeds and The Smoos

- Gay Witch Cult

- Frankenstein (On a Budget)

- Burning Down the Horse

- Duck

- Chatterbox

- Shellshocked – An Explosive New Play

- Fool's Paradise – A Comedy of Cross-Continental Courting, Clowns and Catastrophes

- Tarot: Shuffle

- Moscow Love Story

- Gang Bang

- Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

- Elf Lyons: Horses

- Two Hearts

- Jordan brookes: fontanelle

- RCS’s A Little Night Music

- Juniper and Jules

- 44 Sex Acts in One Week

- Stamptown

- The Daughters Of Róisín

- The Lady Garden

- Tom Brace: The Ride 4D

- Riki Lindhome: Dead Inside

- One Man Musical By Flo & Joan

- The Master

- Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

- Yoga With Gillian

- Spy Movie: The Play

- Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets!

- Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate

- Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

- Runi Talwar as 'Runi Talwar' in Runi Talwar: The Runi Talwar Story

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Plays I’d love to see some day

- BEETLEJUICE - THE MUSICAL, THE MUSICAL, THE MUSICAL!!!!

- Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

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Theatre Tours I’ve been on

- The Theatre Royal Drury Lane (201X)

- King’s Theatre - Glasgow (Doors Open Days Festival September 2023)

- Websters Theatre - Glasgow (Doors Open Days Festival September 2023)

- National Theatre - London Southbank (November 2023)

- King’s Theatre - Glasgow (Building And Heritage Tour January 2024)

- BBC Scotland (June 2024)

- Theatre Royal- Glasgow (Building And Heritage Tour June 2024)

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*I don’t know which animatic reconstructions they where and they are probably gone but now. they where basically a few people’s animatics of each song with “slime tutorial” footage in between for the dialogue which between taking the exact versions of the song from the album, uploading bootleg footage and taking other people animatics possibly without permission was a doomed endeavour from the start.

** excluding stand up comedy