#muse: Jennifer Roland

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Do you doubt me? Do you not see the corpses strewn there in my mind's eye? Can you not distinguish truth from fiction? Or were you never taught the difference?

Jeff Vandermeer, Dead Astronauts (pg 285)

[danielpowell]

Archive 81 Playlist Master List (YouTube)

Trying to make playlists for all of the cast of Archive 81 and these are what I have so far! Feel free to come suggest tracks for them and also characters I haven’t gotten to yet. If you have enough for the ‘side’ characters, please throw those at me too.

These are all very much a work in progress and subject to change.

[ Spotify Versions Here ]

Character Playlists:

Daniel Powell Tanya Molova Mark to Dromen Liam Davenport Melody Pendras Alexa Kesslen-Pendras Tamara Morris Jesse Lewis Joshua and Victor Jacob the Rat Samuel The Visser Historical Society Gladys Craig Simmons Chris Gregory Baim Carlos Rolando Iris Vos Ratty LMG Chad Timothy Beth The Messenger The Choir Green Woman Caroline the Suit Jennifer “Clara” Martine Lou Kevin Benjamin RLR Productions The Gardener Professor Vandemeer The Curator The Representative Cassandra Wall The Boatwoman  Christine Anderson Nicholas Waters Michael Waters Aleister Kathy Quinn Hunter Penelope Winthrop Jerome Jeanette Jefferys Violet Vos Payphone Static Man Cindy Johannson Busby the Beekeeper Ms. Patricia Roland The Irons Crew Thomas Morgan the Clerk The Trucker Dr. Persimmons

Miscellaneous:

Songs to Cry About Dan to What it says on the tin- a mix of songs I listened to while thinking of Dan and started crying about it. Can’t guarantee results but if you are down for some good cries, be my guest! Shuffle-friendly.

Songs to Fall in Love With Your Muse to A mix of 80s/90s queer-coded (to me anyway) love songs that remind me of Jacob Lester (pre-Rat) from season 1. I just love some 80s and 90s songs, my dudes. Shuffle-friendly.

Songs to Ominously Warn Your Bandmates With An assorted mix of garage band-esque tracks. Loosely inspired by the band practice tape from season 3. Shuffle-friendly.

Instrumental Tracks to Contemplate Your Humanity Over A mix of ambient tracks that made me feel like I was walking through the City or holed up in a bunker in the middle of the woods or performing rituals or- just general ambient A81 energy tracks. Shuffle-friendly.

Dan’s Music Library I’ve seen a lot of people’s take on what constitutes a ‘hipster’ music taste and I’m a picky mofo so here’s my take on Dan’s music taste based on what he has been stated to listen to in the actual show- it’s awful and I’m sorry not sorry. Shuffle-friendly.

Train Loneliness This is straight up just a mix of songs about trains/subways. I love train sounds and the sound design in these is super fun. It’s in here because the Train Loneliness tape is my favorite and yes, I do cry about it daily.

And Everything Turned Out Alright If you didn’t know, I’m obsessed with post-s3 Dan and Clara being roommates; so this is a little playlist I made inspired by that concept. I hope it makes you as emotional as it does for me. I Don’t Have Much Time Season three flavored Dan playlist. A lot of instrumental and ambient tracks.

95.6QRSKLB22ROBBRX29900339UOBK2RNJKLSOKV49BQ42069NNNNNNEVIOJR The Wolf A Left of the Dial playlist. Based on the idea of a weird radio station. Experimental tracks with a healthy helping of metal and a sprinkle of odd picks that just fit to me.

Tea With My Marimo An ambient/instrumental playlist based off the idea of a post-s2 Caroline recovering and growing plants. Shuffle-friendly.

Songs From the Archive Dumping grounds for any tracks I feel might work for a playlist or just have A81 vibes.  Shuffle-friendly.

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Unnecessarily Detailed Dislikes

Please repost, don’t reblog. Answer the questions for your muse and tag some people.

Muse name: Jennifer Roland 

Least favorite nickname: JJ

Least favorite color: None

Least favorite season: Spring (allergies) 

Least favorite weather: Snowstorms

Least favorite—hot or cold: Cold

Least favorite holiday: Christmas

Least favorite food: Scallops

Least favorite flavor: Anything overly sweet

Least favorite drink: Beer

Least favorite scent: Cigarette smoke

Least favorite sound: Blaring alarm clock 

Least favorite book: The Catcher in the Rye 

Least favorite movie: The Hobbit trilogy 

Least favorite tv show: Any reality TV show 

Least favorite school subject or area of study: Any sort of art history 

Least favorite aspect of their job: The constant shadow of injury or death 

Least favorite fictional character: She doesn’t have one 

Least favorite person: Richard Trager 

Least favorite trait in others: Dishonesty 

Least favorite place: Any small room with no way of escape---she has mild claustrophobia 

Least favorite thing to talk about: The psychological toll she’s taken after working at Mount Massive 

Least favorite thing about themselves: Her incessant need to argue

Least favorite sexual position: Anything where she’s doing more work to stay in the position than actual having sex 

Least favorite daily chore: Washing dishes 

Least favorite style of clothing: Tight and bright 

Least favorite activity: Coming back to work after her days off 

Least favorite superpower: She doesn’t have one 

Least favorite thing about humanity in general: Read-between-the-lines contracts 

Least favorite thing about being in love: Putting other’s needs before her own 

Least favorite thing about death: Leaving work and personal business unfinished 

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[safefromsin]

dare i...? i dare. here’s a list of my muses from 2012 until now. keep in mind - many of the deleted ones, save for richard, lasted for maybe a few days and never went anywhere. and there are also a bunch on this list that were joke muses. you’ll know them when you see them. 

Active: -Sara (Inside Eden’s Gate/Far Cry 5)  -Lynn Langermann (Outlast 2)  -Tammy Barnes (Far Cry 5)  -Isaac (Far Cry: New Dawn) 

Semi-active/available upon request: -Joseph Oda (The Evil Within) -Jeremy Blaire (Outlast: Whistleblower) -Multi-muse OC blog (includes Neel, Maddox, Delilah, Gluttony, Chelsea, and Nika)

Inactive: -Will Graham (Red Dragon book) -Neel (Against the Tide OC) -Daisy Lee (Far Cry 3) -Nathan Petrelli (Heroes) -The Locksmith (Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine) -Maddox Maclean (Witch Hunter OC) -Lilly Caul (The Walking Dead Game) -Chris (Until Dawn) -Miss Scarlet (Clue) -Death (Horseman OC) -Zero (Rage Virus OC) -Jennifer Roland (Outlast series) -Waylon Park (Outlast series) -Carl the Llama (Llamas With Hats) -Louis (Left 4 Dead) -Variant Twins (Outlast) -Reynard (Fables) -Richard (Hotline Miami) -Madison Paige (Heavy Rain) -Chris Mintz-Plasse (The Far Cry Experience) -Peter (The Walking Dead Game OC) -Henley Reeves (Now You See Me) -Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) -Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) (!! first muse on tumblr)

Deleted: -Richard (Hotline Miami) -Will Simpson/Nuke (Netflix’s Jessica Jones)  -The Evil Within Multi-muse (Juli Kidman, Laura Victoriano, Myra Castellanos, etc.)  -Pain and Panic (Hercules) -The Huntsman (Once Upon A Time) -Emily (The Corpse Bride) -Warren (Vampire OC) -Dr. Horrible (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog) -Veronica (Gorgon OC) -Bankotsu (Inuyasha) -Crysta (FernGully) -Hera (Greek Mythology) -Milo James Thatch (Atlantis: The Lost Empire) -Oogie Boogie (The Nightmare Before Christmas) -Poison Ivy (Arkham Asylum/City) -Arthur Arden (American Horror Story: Asylum) -Jonathan Carnahan (The Mummy) -Jolene (The Walking Dead Game) -Bender (Futurama) 

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From a Taller Tower The Rise of the American Mass Shooter By Seamus McGraw April 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/TallerTower

A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles A History of Politics and Race in Texas By Bill Minutaglio May 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/SingleStarBloodyKnuckles

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Violence in the Hill Country The Texas Frontier in the Civil War Era By Nicholas Keefauver Roland February 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/ViolenceInTheHillCountry

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The Myth of the Amateur A History of College Athletic Scholarships By Ronald A. Smith May 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/MythOfTheAmateur

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Below the Stars How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production | By Kate Fortmueller July 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/BelowTheStars

Building Antebellum New Orleans Free People of Color and Their Influence By Tara A. Dudley August 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/AntebellumNO

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The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights By Rachel Hall Sternberg July 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/AncientHumanRights

Playing with Things Engaging the Moche Sex Pots By Mary Weismantel August 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/SexPots

Surviving Mexico Resistance and Resilience among Journalists in the Twenty-first Century By González de Bustamante Celeste and Jeannine E. Relly July 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/SurvivingMexico

Electrifying Mexico Technology and the Transformation of a Modern City By Diana Montaño August 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/ElectrifyingMexico

Roots of Resistance A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras By Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda March 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/RootsResistance

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Egypt’s Football Revolution Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics By Carl Rommel July 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/EgyptFootballRevolution

It Can Be This Way Always Images from the Kerrville Folk Festival By David Johnson; essay by Jason Mellard; foreword by Mary Muse March 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/ItCanBeLikeThisAlways

The Republican Party of Texas A Political History By Wayne Thorburn June 2021 | Pre-order → https://bit.ly/RepublicanPartyTX

[pxperhearts]

answer the following for your muse so people know how shipping works on your blog. REPOST. don’t reblog.

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE?: dont get me started. ok I’ll give a quick run down for the ones I do have an OTP for. belle x happiness (yes it’s that broad with her); cid x tifa (take your judgy eyes elsewhere); shepard x garrus; muffy x happiness; kihanda x doc; mikasa x jean; and I got a smol thing for lailah x zaveid. These aren’t really set in stone, they’re more... pre-dispositioned preferences? from my own hcs

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?: well, romantically speaking? I like writing smut so definitely yes there if both mun and muses are overage. I’m not really big on plots with death or non con in any form. ummm I can’t really think of what this answer should cover tbh

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?: This depends on more than just age for me, unless it’s with characters that are underage then that’s just entirely uncomfortable for me. What makes large age gaps uncomfortable for me, when it concerns characters over age, are power imbalances or if it seems like it’s just shipping because... they look good? like re//ylo. Though that goes for any ship really. I think a good example would be belle x rumple from ouat. I ship this selectively and only have one person I actively RP with this at the moment because I find the original source material to be poorly executed as the series goes on.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?: Not really? People tend to play their muses very differently, even as canons, and for me it’s more about who I click with ooc. that is the way to my shipper heart. pls talk to me ooc, even if it’s just tags

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NS.FW?: I tend to mark this as when certain body parts start getting mentioned explicitly or clothes start coming off. That’s when the read more goes up for me. 

WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?:  Like ships I have currently? I’m shipping april/donatello, ellie/ian, jennifer/marty, jefferson/ariel, belle/gaston, belle/killian, belle/neal, milah/rumple, han/leia, cid/scarlet (used to ship cid/sephiroth with someone), roland/illeanna cousland, kihanda/doc annnd that’s about it? Other ships i like are ellie/alan; jennifer/a girl; milah/graham, milah/belle (whoops), really milah and belle with anyone but I find belle so shippable rip me; rey/finn; mikasa/sasha; muffy/a girl, any girl, please just let me ship muffy with a girl  

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?: You can? Most of mine seem to come from the muns noticing chemsitry and going from there or me tentatively suggesting it like hahhaha sooooo. sometimes ships just happen though and we seem to come to an agreement like, yup, there they go, look at the nerds in love

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?: it doesn’t seem to come up a lot tbh? idk if it’s me or the culture around shipping or what. but I’ve been in rp long enough to get used to the, what happens happens, mentality. you may really want to ship your OTP but that’s not a guarantee and I love a lot of ships I’ve done that I’ve never even thought about or imagined and it’s so great! crossover ships are some of my favorites but, yeah, doesn’t happen often

ARE YOU MULTISHIP?: yes, all my muses are multi ship. some *coughrolandcough* are more stuck in their ways with the one ship they have, but they are all multi ship. some muses I don’t really ship with much but that’s like, grace (cause she’s largely underage when I write her but she has older verses) and baron (he’s a statue sooo)

ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?:  IVE BEEN FOUND OUT :’’’) I feel so attacked just filling out this post tbh cause ?? I love shipping. romantically. friendship and enemies, yes, of course, I love those, but I just love shipping (says the girl who thinks she might be aro) and I always feel bad saying it cause ? it seems like a bad thing to admit with tumblr rp. but I do. I dont ever force it and I love doing everything else, but I wont even suggest a ship unless I feel the chemistry very strongly and finally conquer my social anxiety to make a joke like hahah so u wanna or...? ok I guess I’ll die 

but... yes

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?: Um uh that’s ah... that’s a lot of fandoms. well uh, sorey/mikleo gives me life so I guess that one lol

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?:  rp with me? talk about it? sometimes muses don’t act like we hope they will, so interaction is necessary (and for other reasons it’s necessary lol). we could plot all day but then go to write and muse might be like ‘haha no’ so yeah, talking + interaction. I’m always up for discussing the possibility of shipping.

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For Trade

VIDEO:

​Amelie

12-4-2016 - LA, California - VOB Phillipa Soo (Amélie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Nino), Savvy Crawford (Young Amélie), Tony Sheldon (Dufayel/Collignon), Alison Cimmet (Amandine/Philomène), Mandel Felciano (Raphael/Bretodeaux), Harriett D Foy (Suzanne), Randy Blair (Hipolito), Alyse Alan Louis (Georgette/Sylvie), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Gina), David Andino (Blind Beggar/Garden Gnome), Paul Whitty (Joseph/Fluffy), Heath Calvert (Lucien/Lug/Mysterious Man) This show is magical, Phillipa is captivating, and the entire ensemble is perfectly quirky. There have been a few changes since Berkeley that tighten up the show a bit and make it ready for Broadway. A near perfect capture with no washout, no obstruction, and just one very quick dropout. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is excellent. Includes curtain call and playbill scans. A

American Psycho

March 29, 2016 - Broadway - VOB Cast: Benjamin Walker, Helene Yorke, Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, Drew Moerlein, Krystina Alabado, Dave Thomas Brown, Jason Hite.  Excellent capture of the new dark musical transfer from the West End. Great cast and wonderful 80s style and inspired musical. A 

American Psycho 

5/13/16 - Broadway - VOB Benjamin Walker, Helene Yorke, Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, Drew Moerlein, Krystina Alabado, Dave Thomas Brown. Excellent HD capture of the final few weeks before the show would close on Broadway June 5th. Still wonderful performances from the whole cast, shame it didn’t find its audience. Minor settling in during the first couple minutes of show. A

Dear Evan Hansen

November 2016 - Broadway - VOB Ben Platt (Evan), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe), Will Roland (Jared), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana), Mike Faist (Connor), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi), Michael Park (Larry), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia)

Hamilton 

October 2nd, 2016 - Chicago - VOB Joseph Morales (alt. Alexander Hamilton), Ari Asfar (Eliza Hamilton), Joshua Henry (Aaron Burr), Jonathan Kirkland (George Washington), Chris De'Sean Lee (Marquis de Lafayett/Thomas Jefferson), Karen Olivo (Angelica Schuyler), Alexander Gemignani (King George), Jose Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Wallace Smith (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Samantha Marie Ware (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

May 4, 2014 - Broadway - VOB  cast: Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig), Lena Hall (Yitzhak), Justin Craig (Skszp), Matt Duncan (Jacek), Tim Mislock (Krzyzhtoff), Peter Yanowitz (Schlatko).  quality: HD Capture with no obstructions or blackouts. This is the performance where a lady brought her dog to the show and NPH Incorporated it into the dialogue. A+

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

June 15, 2014 - Broadway - VOB cast: Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig), Lena Hall (Yitzhak), Justin Craig (Skszp), Matt Duncan (Jacek), Tim Mislock (Krzyzhtoff), Peter Yanowitz (Schlatko). Excellent HD capture of the original revival cast. This was week of performances right after Neil, Lena and the show won Tony Awards. They were on their A game and riding high with new jokes and vocal variations. A

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Nov 6, 2016 - LA - VOB Cast: Lena Hall (Hedwig), Shannon Conley (Yitzhak) *Excellent HD capture from the LA run where Lena performed as Hedwig once a week. I can promise you have not heard a Hedwig like her, simply thrilling and makes it all her own! Her final moments on stage are as liberating as one can get! A

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Nov 25, 2016 - LA - VOB Cast: Lena Hall (Hedwig), Shannon Conley (Yitzhak) Lena’s last performance as Hedwig. Lena is absolutely stunning. She has a completely different take on the role than any other Hedwig, and she holds the audience completely captive. Fans of the show simply must see her performance. Perfectly captured with no washout, no obstruction, and no blackouts. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is excellent. Includes curtain call and playbill scans. A+

Sweeney Todd

October 29th, 2005 - Broadway - VOB Cast: Sweeney Todd - Michael Cerveris, Mrs. Lovett - Patti LuPone, Judge Turpin - Mark Jacoby, Pirelli - Donna Lynne Champlin, Tobias - Manoel Felciano, The Beadle - Alexander Gemignani, Jonas Fogg - John Arbo, Anthony - Benjamin Magnuson, Joanna - Lauren Molina

AUDIO (Untracked unless otherwise noted):

American Psycho

Duncan Sheik - 3 DEMOS

American Psycho

March 26, 2016 - Broadway Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Anna Eilinsfeld (Victoria), Ericka Hunter (Video Store Clerk/Sabrina), Alex Michael Stoll (ATM/Craig McDermott/Tom Cruise), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Theo Stockman (Timothy Price), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten), Helene Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen)

American Psycho

April 30, 2016 - Broadway - Tracked Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Anna Eilinsfeld (Victoria), Ericka Hunter (Video Store Clerk/Sabrina), Alex Michael Stoll (ATM/Craig McDermott/Tom Cruise), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Theo Stockman (Timothy Price), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten), Helene Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen)

American Psycho

May 30, 2016 - Broadway Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Anna Eilinsfeld (Victoria), Ericka Hunter (Video Store Clerk/Sabrina), Alex Michael Stoll (ATM/Craig McDermott/Tom Cruise), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Theo Stockman (Timothy Price), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten), Helene Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen) Notes: The famous mishap show! Infamous Audio mix error in Killing Spree! Ben kept making weird faces at the audience with the chainsaw.

American Psycho

June 5, 2016 - Broadway - Matinee Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Anna Eilinsfeld (Victoria), Ericka Hunter (Video Store Clerk/Sabrina), Alex Michael Stoll (ATM/Craig McDermott/Tom Cruise), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Theo Stockman (Timothy Price), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten), Helene Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen) Notes: Last matinee.

American Psycho

June 5, 2016 - Broadway - Evening Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Anna Eilinsfeld (Victoria), Ericka Hunter (Video Store Clerk/Sabrina), Alex Michael Stoll (ATM/Craig McDermott/Tom Cruise), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Theo Stockman (Timothy Price), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten), Helene Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen) Notes: Final performance.

Dear Evan Hansen

Off-Broadway - March 26, 2016 Ben Platt (Evan), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi), John Dossett (Larry), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe), Mike Faist (Connor), Will Roland (Jared) Notes: First preview.

Dear Evan Hansen

Broadway - December 7, 2016 Ben Platt (Evan), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe), Will Roland (Jared), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana), Mike Faist (Connor), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi), Michael Park (Larry), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia)

Hadestown

June 19, 2016 - New York Theatre Workshop Nabiyah Be (Eurydice), Damon Daunno (Orpheus), Patrick Page (Hades), Amber Gray (Persephone), Chris Sullivan (Hermes), Lulu Fall (Fate), Jessie Shelton (Fate), Shaina Taub (Fate)

Hamilton

Off-Broadway - April 29, 2015  cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr), Renee Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler), Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Daveed Diggs (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Anthony Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Jonathan Groff (King George)  notes: Off-Broadway final performance.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Broadway - July 7, 2014 - Tracked Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig), Lena Hall (Yitzhak)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Broadway - August 20 2016- Tracked Andrew Rannells (Hedwig), Lena Hall (Yitzhak) Notes: Andrew's first performance.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Broadway - Oct 12, 2016 Andrew Rannells (Hedwig), Lena Hall (Yitzhak) Notes: Andrew's final performance.

Lazarus

Off-Broadway - January 16, 2016  cast: Michael C. Hall (Thomas Jerome Newton), Christin Millioti (Elly), Michael Esper (Valentine), Sophia Ann Caruso (Newton's Muse)

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

December 12 2015, ART Scott Strangland (Pierre), Denée Benton (Natasha), 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)

Rent

Broadway - 01/18/98 Neil Patick Harris (Mark)

tick, tick… BOOM!

West End - July 1, 2005  cast: Neil Patrick Harris (Jon), Cassidy Janson (Susan), Tee Jaye (Michael)

tick, tick… BOOM!

New York City Center Encores - June 28, 2014 - Tracked  cast: Lin Manuel Miranda (Jon), Karen Olivo (Susan), Leslie Odom Jr. (Michael)

[title of show]

Broadway - 10/12/08 Cast: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Larry Pressgrove. Note: Final Show

Waitress

Broadway - March 31, 2017 - One .m4a file Sara Bareilles (Jenna), Charity Angel Dawson (Becky), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Will Swenson (Earl), Chris Diamantopoulos (Dr. Pomatter), Eric Anderson (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie) Notes: Sara, Will and Chris's first performances.

[newyorktheater]

See August 1

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Below is the day-by-day calendar of “theater openings”* in August, 2020, a month of abundance: Two theatrical celebrations of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage (Aug 16 & 18), two ways to re-experience Amiri Baraka’s landmark play “The Dutchman” (Aug 8 & 20), at least two annual summer theater festivals re-imagined, and three “reunion readings” of plays with their original starry casts.

  And that’s just what we know about as the month begins. Since physical theaters were shut down in March, many  shows are put together at the last minute, sometimes not even announced until the very day of their launch. (And there have also been last-minute cancellations.) That’s why  I will be updating this preview guide every day, and highlighting the offerings each new day with a new link up top. This calendar as of this moment offers a glimpse of what’s in store. Come back day by day for a better look. (Some of the plays listed do require advance reservation.)

Several ongoing series have been consistent in quality and output, many of them new or even ad-hoc.

Four offer live performances (usually referred to as readings), often of original plays:

The Homebound Project (See Aug 5) Livelabs: One Acts from MCC Play-PerView (See Aug 1, 8 and 15th) Viral Monologues from 24 Hour Plays (some 10 short new monologues almost every Tuesday) This month, the similar 48Hours in…Harlem celebrates its 10th anniversary, by going online. (See August 20.)

There is also Stars in the House, a twice-daily variety and talk show that, twice a week — on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons — presents Plays in the House,  Zoom readings of well-known plays, often classics…and a Sunday matinee for teenagers.

*My definition of theater for the purposes of this calendar generally does not extend to variety shows, cast reunions, galas, panel discussions, documentaries, classes, interviews — of which there are plenty, many worth checking out. My focus here is on creative storytelling in performance. (I make an occasional exception for a high-profile Netathon,involving many theater artists, such as Broadway Bares on Aug 1.)

A reminder that this calendar lists when the shows “open.” Some are live and available only for that one performance. Other shows are available for four days, or a week, or longer.

August 1

playwright Lydia Diamond

Crystal Monee Hall

Jelani Aladdin

Stick Fly Plays in the House 2 p.m. Available until August 5 The Zoom reading of Lydia Diamond’s play (which ran on Broadway in 2011)  is the latest matinee  in the twice-weekly spinoff series of Stars in the House. The affluent, African-American LeVay family is gathering at their Martha’s Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought their respective ladies home to meet the parents for the first time. The cast features Jelani Alladin, Crystal Monee Hall, Caroline Innerbichler, Keith Randolph Smith, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, Daniel J. Watts and Renika Williams. New original music by Crystal Monee Hall

RoosevElvis Play-PerView Launches at 5 p.m. $5-$50 A reunion reading of The TEAM’s 2013 comedy, directed by Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Great Comet): On a hallucinatory road trip from the Badlands to Graceland, the spirits of Elvis Presley and Theodore Roosevelt battle over the soul of Ann, a painfully shy meat-processing plant worker, and what kind of man or woman Ann should become.

Verdi’s Ernani Metropolitan Opera 7:30 p.m. available for 23 hours A complicated story based on a Victor Hugo play about a young woman and the three men vying for her affection

Murder in Montgomery Manor Broadway Whodunit $21.30 8 p.m. The first in a series of virtual unscripted murder mysteries created by Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen), where we play detective after one Broadway star is murdered to figure out which Broadway star was the killer. The eight-member cast this time features Feldman as host Laurence Montgomery VI, Alex Boniello as Giuseppe Romano, The Lawyer (I’ll bet he winds up the killer), Will Roland and Shereen Pimentel.

Broadway Bares 9:30 p.m. The annual strip show for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has gone online this year, featuring (clothed) appearances by Nick Adams, Charles Busch, Lea DeLaria, J. Harrison Ghee, Jane Krakowski, Nathan Lane, Beth Leavel, Judith Light, Andrew Lippa, Lesli Margherita, Angie Schworer, Marc Shaiman, Miriam Shor, Christopher Sieber, Wesley Taylor

August 2

Martin Luther On Trial Fellowship for the Performing Arts 4 p.m. A courtroom drama featuring Hitler, Freud, MLK Jr and Pope Francis as witnesses in a reenactment of Satan’s rebellion and his failed attempt to enlist Michael the Archangel!

Today I Saw A Bird…and Waze Playdate Theatre Two 15-minute plays on day two of this new theater company’s festival. In Ben Kaye’s “Today I Saw A Bird and Watched You Fly Away With It,” Sean (Owen Thiele) logs on for a work call with Roxie (Wonza Johnson), but discovers he’s in for something else entirely. In Lizz Bogaard’s “Waze,” Casey’s desire to get a job at Waze is thwarted when his grandmother causes a ruckus during his interview.

Frankie Faison

Happy by Alan Zweibel Playing on Air

In Alan Zweibel’s audio play, starring Frankie Faison and Scott Adsit, directed by Fred Berner, a baseball fan shows up at the home of his childhood hero, George “Happy” Halliday. Has the stranger come to pay his respects or to throw a curveball?

Wagner’s Die Walküre Metropolitan Opera 7:20 p.m. available for 23 hours The second installment of Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle, the most popular and most self-contained episode. It combines the mythical machinations of gods and demigods with the love story of the brave hero Siegmund and the dignified Sieglinde, whose passion is undiminished even when they discover that they are long-lost brother and sister,

August 3

The Olympians Theater Breaking Through Barriers 7:30 p.m. The first of eight new plays from the festival entitled Voices from the Great Experiment, which will be presented on TBTBTheater’s YouTube channel every night at 7:30 through August 10.

August 4

Who’s There New Ohio Theater Available through August 8 Cross-cultural encounter involving artists based in Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States: Accusations, feuds, and revelation. Created by The Transit Ensemble, co-directed by Sim Yan Ying “YY” and Alvin Tan.

August 5

  Homebound Project # 5 7 p.m. Available through August 9 The fifth anthology of short new plays (and planned as the last), this time with a cast featuring Laurie Metcalf, Kelli O’Hara, Brian Cox, Austin Pendleton, Daniel K. Isaac, performing in works by playwrights Craig Lucas, Lena Dunham, Sylvia Khoury, Stephen Karam, Donnetta Lavinia Grays.

Black Trans Women at the Center Long Wharf Theater 8 p.m. A free Zoom reading of three short plays: Dezi Bing’s “Things Unknown,” CeCe Suazo’s “You Will Nevaaa …” and Douglas Lyons’s “Sunshine.”

August 6

The Bathroom Plays Eden Theater Company 8 p.m. All three plays take place in a bathroom, and will be streamed on Eden’s YouTube channel In Amy Berryman’s “Pidgeons,” a woman confesses to a priest via Zoom, as she “lurks the bowels of the Internet” after her husband’s death. In E.E. Adams’s “Mary,” a young woman who is sheltering in place alone attempts to befriend the ghost haunting her bathroom. In Brennan Vickery’s “Monogamous Animals,” the characters would’ve never thought being so close could make them feel so lonely. A cigarette, a bathtub and a one-night getaway from quarantine might just break them.

August 7

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Usnavi

In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams PBS Great Performances A documentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway musical, as part of the program’s new “Broadway at Home” series. A cool follow-up to Hamilton on Disney+ (still available to subscribers) and the Freestyle Love Supreme documentary on Hulu (ditto.)

The Understudy Play Reading Fridays 7 p.m. Theresa Rebeck’s comedy focuses on Roxanne, who is charged with running the understudy rehearsal for the Broadway premiere of a heretofore undiscovered masterpiece by Franz Kafka. She is rattled when she discovers it’s her ex-fiance who is understudy for Jake, a mid-tier action star yearning for legitimacy.

August 8

WeSongCycle Tokyo Performing Arts 8:45 a.m. The season finale of an online documentary-style series, centered on several cultures’ definition of “Heroism.” The 16-member cast hails from the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Japan.

Dutchman Play-PerView 7 p.m. A read of Amiri Baraka’s 1964 play that’s a stark, allegorical confrontation between Lula, a white woman, and Clay, a black man, on the subway in New York, featuring the cast of the 2007 Cherry Lane production — Dulé Hill, Jennifer Mudge, and Christopher Meyer.

August 9

Anniversary Playing on Air Sarah Sokolovic, Michael Esper, Sue Jean Kim, and Steven Boyer star in this play by Rachel Bonds in which a grieving New Yorker finds herself drawn to a quirky, flirtatious friend-of-a-friend.

  August 10

Songs from an Unmade Bed 8 p.m. B.D. Wong and videographer videographer Richert Schnorr create a series of music videos out of this song cycle by librettist Mark Campbell and 18 composers about the inner musings and romantic life of a gay man living in New York.

Corkscrew 4.0 Available through August 23. What was going to be the fourth annual  Corkscrew Festival has been delayed until August 2021. HOWEVER, in the meantime, “the creative teams behind the five world premiere productions have adapted, reimagined, and exploded their plays, ending up with five unique interactive web experiences.” So, for example: “In Yankees, it’s Study Abroad Florence 2015! Introduce yourself to the Facebook group, check out the program website, and get ready to become a citizen of the WORLD…’

August 13

A Burning Church New Ohio Theater Available for two days Staged as a religious service as part of the Ice Factory Festival, this new musical traces the lives of church leaders and congregants amid protest movements, tragedies, and spiritual rebirth.

August 14

Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman

Much Ado About Nothing PBS Great Performances A recording of the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production starring Danielle Brooks as Beatrice. (My review at the Delacorte)

August 15

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Play-PerView The tenth annual reunion reading of this play written and directed by Kristoffer Diaz. Macedonio “The Mace” Guerra is a middle rank wrestler who may have discovered his ticket to the big time: a charismatic, trash-talking Indian kid from Brooklyn whom he recruits as the perfect foil to the all-American champion, Chad Deity. But when their rivalry is used to exploit racial stereotypes in the name of ratings, all three men find themselves fighting for much more than the championship title.  (My review of the play Off-Broadway in 2010.)

August 16

Cell Playing on Air Tonya Pinkins, Condola Rashad, and Melanie Nicholls-King star in this audio play by Cassandra Medley:When a jaded guard at an immigrant detention center finds jobs for her sister and niece, family tensions erupt into a battle over home and homeland security.

August 18

Finish the Fight New York Times 7 p.m. The play by Ming Peiffer (“Usual Girls”) was commissioned by the Time to mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote The performance is available for free to viewers who R.S.V.P. in advance.

August 19

The Hombres Two River Theater 7 p.m. $25 A look at the complexity and intimacy of male friendship. Set somewhere off the New Jersey Transit line, the play follows Julián, a Latino yoga teacher, as he clashes with the Latino construction workers outside his studio—particularly the older head of the crew, Héctor, who seeks from Julián something he never expected.

  August 20

The six producers of Harlem9 (three dropped out over the years) Back row: Jonathan McCrory, Garlia Cornelia Jones, Sandra A. Daley-Sharif and Spencer Scott Barros. Bottom row: Bryan E. Glover and Eric Lockley.

48Hours in…Harlem Harlem9 7 p.m. Available for four days The 10th anniversary edition of the annual theatre festival begins August 20. The new plays were written in 48 hours July 17–19, then rehearsed and recorded during an additional 48-hour period July 24–25. For this year’s festival, playwrights were inspired by the same six Black plays from 48 Hours in..’s. inaugural year: Zooman and the Sign, The Colored Museum, Day of Absence, Funnyhouse of a Negro, Dutchman, and Black Terror. The festival brings together six playwrights, six directors, and 18 actors, including A Strange Loop star Larry Owens and its choreographer Raja Feather Kelly. Penning the pieces are playwrights  Keith Josef Adkins, Brittany K. Allen, Tracey Conyer Lee, Nadine Mozon, Jeremy O’brian, and L. Trey Wilson. (My article on the ninth annual 48 Hours in Harlem)

August 21

The King and I PBS Great Performances

August 23

Julie Halston,

Lois Smith

playwright David Ives

St. Francis Preaches to the Birds Playing on Air An audio play by David Ives sarring Carson Elrod, Julie Halston, and Matthew Saldivar with cameos by Lois Smith and Ives In the middle of the desert, two vultures find their lunch interrupted by a man of faith. Now, they have a bone to pick with Saint Francis of Assisi.

August 24

August 26

Talking Statues Monumental Women This nine-minute “dialogue” (or 11 minutes in Spanish) will accompany “Monumental Women,” a 14 foot tall statue being unveiled in Central Park that depicts three pioneers in women’s rights, Sojourner Truth. Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote. The cast: Jane Alexander, Viola Davis, America Ferera, Rita Moreno, Zoe Saldana and Meryl Streep! There will be an app, and also a Qcode at the site of the monument. Will there also be a website? Stay tuned.

Sunken Cathedral Here Arts 7 p.m.

August 27

Real-life married couple Ed Harris and Amy Madigan as unhinged, unhappily married couple in Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian in 2013.

The Jacksonian The New Group $10-$25 7 p.m Continuing with the company’s reunion reading series, a starry cast (Ed Harris, Jane Krakowski , Amy Madigan, Juliet Brett,Bill Pullman) star in Beth Henley’s play set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964 – a town poisoned by racism – as a dentist Bill Perch (Harris), kicked out by his wife, commences a downward spiral at the Jacksonian Motel. (My 2013 Off-Broadway review)

  August 2020 Online Theater Openings: What’s streaming day by day Below is the day-by-day calendar of “theater openings”* in August, 2020, a month of abundance: Two…

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Books I Own Part 2

The Ruby Key Lisle, Holly

The Call of the Wild and White Fang London, Jack

The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Lord, Bette Bao

Number the Stars Lowry, Lois

The Giver Lowry, Lois

The Young Elites Lu, Marie

Snow Lynn, Tracy

A Court of Thorns and Roses Maas, Sarah J.

The Diamond Princess Saves the Day 4 Malcolm, Jahnna H.

The Emerald Princess Finds a Fairy 7 Malcolm, Jahnna H.

The Sapphire Princess Meets a Monster 2 Malcolm, Jahnna H.

The Ruby Princess Runs Away 1 Malcolm, Jahnna H.

The Sapphire Princess Hunts for Treasure 6 Malcolm, Jahnna H.

The Jewel Princesses and the Missing Crown 🌟 Malcolm, Jahnna H.

Scorched Mancusi, Mari

A Corner of the Universe Martin, Ann M.

September Surprises 6 Martin, Ann M.

The Secret Book Club 5 Martin, Ann M.

Coming Apart 9 Martin, Ann M.

Special Delivery 8 Martin, Ann M.

A Game of Thrones Martin, George R.R.

A Clash of Kings Martin, George R.R.

If the Shoe Fits 1 Mason, Jane B.

Happy Cafe 1 Matsuzuki, Kou

Happy Cafe 2 Matsuzuki, Kou

Poseur 1 Maude, Rachel

Pretty in Pink 3 Maude, Rachel

The Good, the Fab and the Ugly 2 Maude, Rachel

Urchin of the Riding Stars McAllister, M.I.

Urchin of the Riding Stars McAllister, M.I.

Island of Fire 3 McMann, Lisa

The Unwanteds 1 McMann, Lisa

Wake McMann, Lisa

Soundless Mead, Richelle

Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess Meyer, Carolyn

Cinder 1 Meyer, Marissa

Cress 3 Meyer, Marissa

Scarlet 2 Meyer, Marissa

Breaking Dawn 4 Meyer, Stephanie

Eclipse 3 Meyer, Stephanie

New Moon 2 Meyer, Stephanie

The Host Meyer, Stephanie

Twilight 1 Meyer, Stephanie

s*a 16 Minami, Maki

s*a 17 Minami, Maki

voice over 10 Minami, Maki

voice over 11 Minami, Maki

voice over 12 Minami, Maki

voice over 9 Minami, Maki

The Final Six Monir, Alexandra

Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L.M.

Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Utopia More, Thomas

Day 21 2 Morgan, Kass

Homecoming 3 Morgan, Kass

The 100 1 Morgan, Kass

Rebellion 4 Morgan, Kass

The Princess, the Crone and the Dung Cart Knight Morris, Gerald

Dragonwatch 1 Mull, Brandon

Fablehaven 1 Mull, Brandon

Fablehaven(fr) Mull, Brandon

Grip of the Shadow Plague 3 Mull, Brandon

Keys to the Demon Prison 5 Mull, Brandon

Rise of the Evening Star 2 Mull, Brandon

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary 4 Mull, Brandon

Wild Born 1 Mull, Brandon

The Candy Shop War 1 Mull, Brandon

Wrath of the Dragon King 2 Mull, Brandon

Inherit Midnight Myers, Kate Kay

The Accidental Hero Myklusch, Matt

Love💫Com Nakahara, Aya

skip beat 31 Nakamura, Yoshiki

skip beat 34 Nakamura, Yoshiki

skip beat 35 Nakamura, Yoshiki

skip beat 5 Nakamura, Yoshiki

skip beat 8 Nakamura, Yoshiki

The Enchanted Castle Nesbit, E.

The Phoenix and the Carpet Nesbit, E.

The Enchanted Castle and Five Children and It Nesbit, Edith

The Scourge Nielsen, Jennifer A.

The False Prince Nielson, Jennifer A.

Frogkisser Nix, Garth

The Romantic Period Norton

The Twentieth Century and After Norton

The Victorian Age Norton

The Tea Dragon Society O'Neill, Katie

The Civil War Otfinoski, Steven

World War I Otfinoski, Steven

World War II Otfinoski, Steven

The Vietnam War Otfinoski, Steven

Rules for Thieves Ott, Alexandra

To Catch a Pirate Parker, Jade

The Originals Patrick, Cat

The Gift 2 Patterson, James

Witch and Wizard 1 Patterson, James

Dead is a State of Mind 2 Perez, Marlene

Dead is Just a Rumor 4 Perez, Marlene

Dead is Not an Option 5 Perez, Marlene

Dead is So Last Year 3 Perez, Marlene

Dead is the New Black 1 Perez, Marlene

Freak The Mighty Philbrick, Rodman

Dead City Ponti, James

Addy Saves the Day Porter, Connie

Stranded Forbidden Passage Probst, Jeff

Stranded Survivors Probst, Jeff

Stranded the Sabotage Probst, Jeff

Stranded Trial by Fire Probst, Jeff

The Ruby in the Smoke 1 Pullman, Philip

The Shadow in the North 2 Pullman, Philip

Northern Lights 1 Pullman, Philip

The Amber Spyglass 3 Pullman, Philip

The Subtle Knife 2 Pullman, Philip

Anthem Rand, Ayn

Fate of Flames Raughley, Sarah

Mortal Engines Reeve, Philip

Stranger and Stranger Reger, Rob

Fallen Kingdoms Rhodes, Morgan

Hollow City 2 Riggs, Ransom

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1 Riggs, Ransom

Library of Souls 3 Riggs, Ransom

Half Upon a Time Riley, James

Once Upon the End Riley, James

Twice Upon a Time Riley, James

The Revenge of Magic Riley, James

The Battle of the Labyrinth 4 Riordan, Rick

The Blood of Olympus 5 Riordan, Rick

The House of Hades 4 Riordan, Rick

The Last Olympian 5 Riordan, Rick

The Lightning Thief 1 Riordan, Rick

The Mark of Athena 3 Riordan, Rick

The Red Pyramid 1 Riordan, Rick

The Sea of Monsters 2 Riordan, Rick

The Serpent's Shadow 3 Riordan, Rick

The Son of Neptune 2 Riordan, Rick

The Throne of Fire 2 Riordan, Rick

The Titans Curse 3 Riordan, Rick

The Sword of Summer 1 Riordan, Rick

Demigods & Magicians🌟 Riordan, Rick

The Lost Hero 1 Riordan, Rick

The Fog Diver Ross, Joel N.

The Chamber of Secrets 2 Rowling, J.K.

The Deathly Hallows 7 Rowling, J.K.

The Goblet of Fire 4 Rowling, J.K.

The Half-Blood Prince 6 Rowling, J.K.

The Order of the Phoenix 5 Rowling, J.K.

The Prisoner of Azkaban 3 Rowling, J.K.

The Sorcerer's Stone 1 Rowling, J.K.

Altered 1 Rush, Jennifer

Erased 2 Rush, Jennifer

Luka and the Fire of Life Rushdie, Salman

Zodiac Russell, Romina

The Secret of the Realms Rusu, Meredith

Holes Sachar, Louis

Flyte 2 Sage, Angie

Magyk 1 Sage, Angie

Magyk (fr) Sage, Angie

Physik 3 Sage, Angie

Queste 4 Sage, Angie

Song of the Sparrow Sandell, Lisa Ann

A Drowned Maidens Hair Schlitz, Laura Amy

Spelled Schow, Betsy

Girl Got Game 1 Seino, Shizuru

The Vampire Prince Shan, Darren

Meet Kaya Shaw, Janet

Kaya Shows the Way Shaw, Janet

Kaya's Escape Shaw, Janet

Kaya's Hero Shaw, Janet

Kaya and Lone Dog Shaw, Janet

Changes for Kaya Shaw, Janet

Bad Girls Throughout History Shen, Ann

25 Women Who Thought of it First Sherman, Jill

25 Women Who Fought Back Sherman, Jill

kimi no todoke 4 Shiina, Karuho

kimi no todoke 5 Shiina, Karuho

Intertwined Showalter, Gena

Firstlife Showalter, Gena

Royal Bastards Shvarts, Andrew

Timekeeper Sim, Tara

The Secret of the Attic Sinykin, Sheri Cooper

Don't Tell the Nazis Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

Alcatraz 6 Smith, Roland

Chupacabra 3 Smith, Roland

Cryptid Hunters 1 Smith, Roland

Independence Hall 1 Smith, Roland

Kitty Hawk 3 Smith, Roland

Mutation 4 Smith, Roland

Tentacles 2 Smith, Roland

The End 13 Snicket, Lemony

The Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, Elizabeth George

Hunted Spooner, Meagan

25 Women Who Ruled Stanborough, Rebecca J.

Unicorns of Balinor 🌟 Stanton, Mary

The Mysterious Benedict Society Stewart, Trenton Lee

An Ember in the Ashes 1 Tahir, Sabaa

A Torch Against the Night 2 Tahir, Sabaa

Fruits Basket 15 Takaya, Natsuki

Fruits Basket 23 Takaya, Natsuki

They Called US Enemy Takei, George

Full Moon 7 Tanemura, Arina

Strange the Dreamer 1 Taylor, Laini

Muse of Nightmares 2 Taylor, Laini

All of a Kind Family Taylor, Sydney

Grimm's Fairy Tales The Brother's Grimm

Ruined Tintera, Amy

The Hobbit Tolkien, J.R.

The Unnaturalists Trent, Tiffany

Felicity Saves the Day Tripp, Valerie

Nellie's Promise Tripp, Valerie

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo Twiss, Jill

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry Tyson, Neil deGrasse

Big Hero 6 1 Ueno, Haruki

Save Me a Seat Varadarajan, Gita and Sarah Weeks

The Second Guard Vaughn, J.D.

Pyramid Hunters Vegas, Peter

Heir Apparent Velde, Vivian Vande

Jules Verne Verne, Jules

Elissa's Quest 1 Verrillo, Erica

The Boy in the Dress Walliams, David

The Boxcar Children 1 Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Surprise Island 2 Warner, Gertrude Chandler

The Yellow House Mystery 3 Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Alice 19th 7 Watake, Yuu

The Young World Weitz, Chris

Uglies 1 Westerfeld, Scott

The Sword in the Stone White, T.H.

Honeybees and Frenemies Wientge, Kristi

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Wiggen, Kate Douglas

Little House on the Prairie Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Dragon Keeper 1 Wilkinson, Carole

Dragon Moon 3 Wilkinson, Carole

Titanic Crossing Williams, Barbara

The Far West 3 Wrede, Patricia C.

The Thirteenth Child 1 Wrede, Patricia C.

Across the Great Barrior 2 Wrede, Patricia C.

Crow Wright, Barbara

The Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Johann David

The Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Johann David

The 5th Wave Yancey, Rick

ultra maniac 5 Yoshizumi, Wataru

Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights Yousafzai, Malala

Library Wars 3 Yumi, Kiiro

Library Wars 2 Yumi, Kiiro

Prophecy of the Sisters Zina, Michelle

The Childrens Classics

Roman Myths

Greek Myths

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And I know, I know, I know, I know;

   (There is something m i s s i n g)

Something that was always there before. . .

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How Basquiat Became a Muse for So Many Artists

Jean Michel Basquiat NY, Free, 1987. Tseng Kwong Chi Eric Firestone Gallery

Twenty-nine years ago, Jean-Michel Basquiat died from a heroin overdose in his East Village apartment. His death, at just 27, was also the death knell of a scene otherwise decimated by drugs and AIDS. In his lifetime, however, he was one of the most prominent faces of downtown New York.

Now, perhaps more than any artist of his generation, he lives on in movies, books, music, and, of course, visual art, which isn’t terribly surprising, given that he was at the forefront of massive shifts in art, culture, and race in America. Yet the enduring power of his portrait also owes a lot to paparazzi and public-access TV.

Downtown New York of the late 1970s and early ’80s had more than its fair share of debauchery and party people. There was Mudd Club, Club 57, Area, seemingly infinite lofts, and plenty of drugs. Before he was 20, Basquiat was on the scene, first as one half of the graffiti duo SAMO, whose tags dotted the dilapidated city.

His band, Gray, played all the hip venues, while his girlfriend Jennifer Goode helped create the otherworldly sets at Area, and his friend and mentor Andy Warhol co-founded Interview magazine, the literary guide to downtown cultural figures.

Jean-Michel Basquiat Florence, Italy August 1985, 1985. Michael Halsband McCaig-Welles

Basquiat painting on floor, New York, 1983, 1983. Roland Hagenberg Sin Sin Fine Art

If Interview and the Village Voice were the publications that documented Basquiat’s world, TV Party was their television counterpart. Created and hosted by writer Glenn O’Brien (who also wrote and edited at Interview), the public-access TV show was a live, low-budget, frequently unhinged visual record of downtown personalities—Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Fab Five Freddy, John Lurie, David Byrne, and countless others.

Each episode was essentially a party, and Basquiat was a frequent guest there as well as at the other, untelevised parties scattered across downtown New York.

But remember: This was pre-Instagram. So how did the rest of the city spy on all the invite-only fêtes, the unmissable shows, and the revelry behind the velvet rope? That responsibility fell to photographers (those who were invited, anyway) like Tseng Kwong Chi and Michael Halsband, who shot for themselves, their friends, and for taste-making publications like ARTnews.

Then, as now, consumers across New York and the world paid to see what celebrities were up to, and Basquiat—young, handsome, cool, and eventually extremely successful—was most certainly a celebrity. Being a Warhol protégé didn’t hurt.

Blue Notes (Basquiat): Who's Who or a Pair of Aces #1, 2014. Carrie Mae Weems MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY

Reel Basquiat, . Andy Warhol Christie's

On the mercenary side, photographers like Ron Galella (fortunately or unfortunately known as the godfather of paparazzi in America) would shoot the stars for gossip rags and Page Six featurettes, where Basquiat made numerous appearances. According to Galella, the paparazzi game was more dignified back then.

“Today they hound celebrities because they are out for money,” he has said. “They seek pictures showing cellulite and fat—I never did that, I wanted beauty.”

Basquiat had beauty. On his first TV Party appearance, when he was still known as SAMO, a female viewer called in to let him know: “I love Samo’s eyes. He has beautiful eyes. I want everyone to see that.”

Now, nearly 30 years after his death, Basquiat’s name still pops up on Page Six, but usually only in news stories about collectors and auction houses buying or selling his work for millions of dollars, as in this past May when he set the record for a work sold by an American artist at auction.  

Basquiat, 2010. Shepard Fairey MUCA

Basquiat, . Otto Duecker Plus One Gallery

Meanwhile, much of what Basquiat represents—artistic rebellion, uncorked creativity, a 20th-century tragedy—is still alive in poster-ready portraits from a variety of artists today.

Whereas artists of antiquity tended to depict religious figures, philosophers, patrons, and the ruling class, today’s iconography is defined by celebrity and pop culture. Celebrities, dead and alive, are the new saints. For street artist Shepard Fairey, that means Basquiat’s portrait joins those of Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, George Harrison, and Ice T. For painter Otto Duecker, Basquiat joins Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Paul Newman, and Yoda.

Basquiat’s visage is just one volume in a library of famous faces that have accrued a tremendous amount of cultural currency.

Yet a few artists use Basquiat’s portrait to take a more nuanced view of his legacy. After all, the partying, the drugs, and the fame only glance at an essential characteristic of his story: being an artist of color in an art world that was, and is, overwhelmingly white.

In Carrie Mae Weems’s “Blue Notes” series (2014–15), she features a blurred portrait of Basquiat, his face slightly obscured by a block of color. “It’s about the way people live behind color,” she told the New York Times. “They live behind this wall of color that made it impossible for them to emerge as singular voices on their own.”

Basquiat, 2013. Bernard Pras Sergio Gonçalves Galeria

Cojones Basquiat, Gold, . Knowledge Bennett Art Angels

Even in New York, where Basquiat seemed to feel most at home, his voice sometimes didn’t come through. In the early ’80s, TV Party host O’Brien wrote a half-true documentary about a poor, young, black artist trying to make it in the city. Basquiat played the lead in what was essentially his own story.

The unfinished film, eventually called Downtown 81, was shelved and forgotten about until it was released in 2000, 12 years after Basquiat’s death. It’s now considered a cult classic, even though Basquiat died before he could record his dialogue. Most of his lines were dubbed, resulting in what is yet another incomplete portrait of a complex and deeply influential cultural figure.

—Ryan Leahey

from Artsy News

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MUSE:  Jennifer Roland FC:  Aimee Garcia  OCCUPATION:  Pathologist for Murkoff Co.  SEXUALITY:  Bisexual  PRONOUNS:  She  /  Her

REPOST & BOLD WHAT APPLIES TO YOUR MUSE:  

|| asterisk(*) is verse dependent ||

APPEARANCE:

I am 5'7" or taller

I wear glasses

I have at least one tattoo

I have at least one piercing(*)

I have blonde hair

I have brown eyes

I have short hair

My abs are at least somewhat defined

I have or have had braces

PERSONALITY:

I love meeting new people

People tell me that I’m funny

Helping others with their problems is a big priority for me

I enjoy physical challenges

I enjoy mental challenges

I’m playfully rude with people I know well

I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it

There is something I would change about my personality

ABILITY:

I can sing well

I can play an instrument

I can do over 30 pushups without stopping

I’m a fast runner

I can draw well

I have a good memory

I’m good at doing math in my head

I can hold my breath underwater for over a minute

I have beaten at least 2 people in arm wrestling

I know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch

I know how to throw a proper punch

HOBBIES:

I enjoy playing sports

I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else

I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else

I have learned a new song in the past week

I work out at least once a week

I’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months

I have drawn something in the past month

I enjoy writing

I do or have done martial arts

EXPERIENCES:

I have had my first kiss

I have had alcohol

I have scored the winning goal in a sports game

I have watched an entire season of a TV show in one sitting

I have been at an overnight event 

I have been in a taxi

I have been in the hospital or ER in the past year 

I have beaten a video game in one day

I have visited another country

I have been to one of my favourite band’s concerts

RELATIONSHIPS:

I’m in a relationship

I have a crush on a celebrity

I have a crush on someone I know

I have been in at least 3 relationships

I have never been in a relationship  

I have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them

I get crushes easily  

I have had a crush on someone for over a year

I have had feelings for a friend

MY LIFE:

I have at least one person I consider a “best friend”

I live close to my school

My parents are still together

I have/had at least one sibling

I live in the United States

There is snow right now where I live

I have hung out with a friend in the past month

I have a smartphone 

I have at least 15 CD’s 

I share my room with someone

RANDOM SHIT:

I have break-danced

I know a person named Jamie

I have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce

I have dyed my hair

I’m listening to one song on repeat right now

I have punched someone in the past week

I know someone who has gone to jail

I have broken a bone

I have eaten a waffle today

I know what I want to do with my life

I speak at least 2 languages

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25-30

asks for muns with too many muses aka me >> accepting!!

25. which muse do people send the most asks for?

Taking a brief look, I’d have to say Yuna with smatterings of Raven, Kait, Peter, Tommy, and Hancock

26. which muse is most likely to have kids?

Mmmmmmm….. well some of them already have kids or have the potential to have kids based on canon stuff but… as for one who’s willing/wants kids in the near future? Muffy, Neal, and Tommy are near the top

27. is there a rule that someone keeps breaking for your muses?

I guess I wouldn’t really call it a Rule specifically but hey did anyone know I don’t hc Cid as loving tea and that in-game he doesn’t actually say he likes tea, he just has that one Really Popular line and people assume it’s canon or something that he likes tea? Thanks for coming to my TED talk

28. can you sort your muses from weakest to strongest?

pfft well, uh, I’ll Try. We’ll go with power as in relation to, if they punched you at full force, how hard would it hurt.

Can’t do shit: Cornelius (he’s the size of your thumb ok!), Baron, Grace, Yuna, Muffy, Jane, Jennifer

Can properly form a fist and Punch you: Lailah, Calvin, Kai, April, Raven, Doc, Belle, Jefferson, Ellie, Zidane, Kaitlyn, Eric, John, 

Pack a bit of a Punch: Chelsea, Vaughn, Rue, Elisa, John, Kratos, Han, Kihanda, Rey, Emma, Milah, Neal, Peter (give him time), Link, Cid, Hancock, Rinne

You’re on your ass: Eva, Frederick, Tommy, Jecht, Roland, Mikasa

Just don’t: Cell, Jesse (as a speedster)

29. which muse are you considering deleting?

Eva :/ I think I did her narrative wrong. idk tho…. but it’s not like she really gets interactions so…..

30. most importantly, are you having fun playing each one of your muses?

for the most part, yeah! I probably need to slow down a lil and focus more though but work has been extra stupid lately.