#katie rose clarke

[pdouwes]

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason.

[mossandfable]

elphaba stop she might think you're into her!!!!! ✨✨✨

based on that one tweet and definitely certainly 100% on KRC's arms

[dearest-darlingest]

[gelphiearegay]

Wicked Pt. 1 explained through The Onion Headlines

And a bonus act two meme featuring KRC:

(Link to part 2)

[tophuukiey]

Sketched some stage show gelphie pairings I've enjoyed (so far) and by enjoyed I mean that their thank goodness & finale performances low-key hurt my soul

[professorspork]

friends i am FROTHING AT THE MOUTH over the Nov 1 2008 Wicked boot, Carmen Cusack's penultimate 1NT show with Katie Rose Clarke

it is far and away the best boot I've seen so far in the great chronological watch and just kEPT GETTING BETTER OVER TIME

like. Carmen really gets her teeth into Elphaba and lets her be a bitch when she needs to be

and she and Katie's Galinda are just such fascinating equal-and-opposite autistic4autistic

and Deedee Magno Hall's transition from Nice Nessa to Wicked Nessa is so tangible and legible and good

and Cliffton Hall's Fiyero actually gives thropple for once

and like. it's stellar throughout, and there are so many gay little moments (KATIE KISSES CARMEN'S SHOULDER IN ONE SHORT DAY WTF) but like

after "Wonderful" it just goes. the fuck. OFF.

and by "it" i mostly mean "Katie Rose Clarke"

please forgive me these gifs will not even remotely capture it but my words alone would not do this justice

first of all the REUNION HUG they just CANNOT BEAR TO END so they KEEP FINDING NEW WAYS TO TOUCH

but all good things must end, and when Elphaba and Fiyero leave Glinda is FURIOUS with them and SO HEARTBROKEN

but not as furious as she is with HERSELF. I have never seen an "I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)" that is so dripping with self-hatred and like you stupid bitch of course they left you, you should have known better energy

like PLEASE look at this UNHINGED SHIT katie is doing with her head and neck about "don't wish":

and then after that our big reward is one of the straight-up horniest ALAYM renditions i have EVER seen

and then the catfight

THIS CATFIGHT

gifs cannot capture Carmen's delivery of "wretched little farmgirl" but know it was so perfect I was screaming and clapping

and like. ok. throughout this performance Katie does this Obvious Regret thing where like, Glinda says things aloud and then visibly immediately hears how stupid it sounds and wishes to take it back and there's nothing she can do about it (changing her name to Glinda being the biggest example, but the delivery of "FINE GO, YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER" above is ALSO a great example)

and this fight escalates so quickly because she CANNOT stop making it WORSE

and she KNOWS

but can't QUIT IT

and then Carmen literally STOMPS THE GROUND on "by bubble"

and then delivers "someone like him could actually choose someone like me" in the platonic ideal way that acknowledges thropple, the indictment of Fiyero coming with her when Glinda didn't

and then

Katie ACTUALLY SLAPS HER

SO HARD HER HAT FALLS OFF

AND THEN PLEASE LOOK AT THE SLAP BACK

Katie's "lemme go I almost had her" is FERAL

and afterwards she is still SO MAD that she KICKS THE BROOM

EVEN HER "DO IT" IS MAD, she TURNS HER BACK ON HER

but then

then it's For Good and it starts to dawn on you that it's Carmen's second to last show because she LITERALLY cannot BEAR to look at Katie (who is crying) for most of the song because she knows she'll mcfreaking lose it if she does

but that's fine because when she actually DOES look at her she KISSES HER HAND

I AM DEAD

this boot has ended me. ENDED ME. @theseerasures and I finished watching it and IMMEDIATELY had to go back and watch the highlights again

like I didn't even have TIME to get into this Popular

anyway uh if you're looking for a bootleg that'll really fuckin hit the spot

i STRONGLY RECOMMEND this one

[olympain]

Till the days go by

[stevenkodalys]

(X)

[gelphiegifs]

To be young and in love.

[henrytheduck36q]

Just the thought of them makes me happy (⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠´⁠꒳⁠`⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠)♡

Babygirl 🥺

[pdouwes]

One short day in the Emerald City, one short day full of so much to do. Every way that you look in this city there's something exquisite. You'll want to visit before the day's through!

[dorothy16]

jennyandersonphoto What a beautiful, full circle moment to watch @merrilyonbway’s final Broadway show today after shooting their final show last year at @nytw79 and being with them backstage at the @thetonyawards I just adore these humans and what they created. I love the magic of theatre so much and watching today’s performance was one of those once in a lifetime theatrical experiences that make it so special.

[dearest-darlingest]

[gelphiearegay]

Wicked as The Onion Headlines Pt. 2

(Link to part 1)

Some act two memes with KRC and Willemijn:

[glimeres]

Merrily We Roll Along (2023, Broadway) - Digital Booklet Pics

[professorspork]

*descends from above and lovingly kisses your forehead*

don't cry. 11/30/11 boot with Mamie Parris and KRC best boot since 11/1/08, ok?

featuring (AMONG OTHER HIGHLIGHTS):

the most electric unresolved sexual tension i've ever seen in a What Is This Feeling

a Fiyero that can genuinely fucking dance and Does The Thing

(he also has chemistry with both girls and it's great, Lion Cub scene does not translate the magic in gif form but TRUST ME)

a Nessa that believably portrays every human emotion while still feeling like a cohesive person [not pictured bc impossible to picture: the first GENUINELY HILARIOUS ON PURPOSE reading of "what?" after "let's dance"]

Glinda's Look Of Obvious What-Have-I-Done-Regret after spilling abt Nessa

the most heartbreaking nostalgic fond smile from Elphie as she bids Glinda a cosmic farewell

AND SO MUCH MORE

AAAAAH