#musical theater trash

[poppitron360]

Easily my favourite moment in Epic

[edensundae]

Constance Blackwood 🍭

I cannot be the only person who cries like a BABY during Jawbreaker. I mean UGLY CRYING 😭😭 she’s a deeply relatable character for me, & I LOVE HER W MY WHOLE HEART 🙋🏽

[theatrekidsstuff]

Marvin’s wiki is wild

[daughter-of-eden]

here life is BEAUTIFUL i saw Cabaret last weekend and it was one of the most gorgeous musicals i have ever seen. the interaction with the audience and the ability to make a story come alive with a limited set truly made for a unique experience.

i've seen a lot of mixed messages about the revival, but honestly it's so hard to compare the different versions when they all bring a different version of the story and emcee to the table. alan cumming portrayed a creepy/insane emcee, and while eddie redmayne might not have the weird factor, he certainly portrays the emcee as a puppet and an outside observer.

it is as if his version of emcee transcends the story itself, becoming a watcher over all of the individual storylines, but never fully getting involved. eddie portrayed the character like god watching down on his people and i think that interpretation was unexpected and wonderful. so for any fans of Cabaret, definitely try to get to nyc and see him and gayle rankin. they were amazing <3

[anecdotal-acorn]

hey all, in preparation for the les mis stream (Sunday at 7am est) i'm @ing everyone who expressed interest in both this one and the last one, also if it's okay i decided to do a repeat showing of the video from last time since i had to do it at such a weird time that most of you guys couldn't make it (JOJ, Earl Carpenter, Katie Hall, Jon Robyns, Adam Linstead, Gareth Gates, Rosalind James)

@calico-cows

@kim-the-miserable-rat

@briarlily

@angel-with-paper-wings

@sunburstsofmusic

@meilas

@flora2324

@alphazed

@alsofullofflies

@musical-dash-trash

@sarcdominus

@big-theatre-nerd

@books-and-shadows

@runefirestarter

please just let me know if you will be attending! hope to see you there! :)

[kitsunecrows]

you’ve gotta work, gotta haunt ‘til it hurts through the night!

[lilacthebooklover]

me, age 11, finding out fanfiction exists through @charismabee telling me about the harry potter au she made with her friend:

[taoofshigeru]

You know what probably won't happen but would be oodles of fun?

A Hamefura musical episode.

Wouldn't take much to set the thing up. Alan gets bonked on the noggin and, when he wakes up, everyone seems to him to be singing.

It starts with Geordo delivering Katarina a big bouquet of eggplant seeds, dropping innuendos that she completely fails to catch. Like one of those duets where two characters in two different locations are singing in parallel to each other, except in their case it's just a conversation.

Sophia's number has her narrating the plot of her new favorite F/F novel while Katarina reads through it, interjecting repeatedly with remarks about how it's neat how the two protagonists are such great friends. (Nicol is humming in the background to be supportive.)

Maria sings about the treats she baked and how wonderful they are, and Katarina agrees while repeatedly emphasizing how delicious they are (and how marriageable Maria is). The duet ends with them almost kissing before Katarina turns away to eat the last cookie.

And, when Alan heads to the Hunt family for afternoon tea, we cut to Mary Hunt curating her blackmail book and she bursts into a grade-A villain song.

[homicidalbrunette]

Musical theater gays be like

[roseg96]

My Sweeney Todd hyper fixation has been revived once again and I’m loving it 💅🏼

[eridonna]

✧ 𝕸𝖞 𝕳𝖔𝖑𝖞 𝕿𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝕸𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖊 ✧

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

[poppitron360]

I must get to see Penelope

And Telemachus so if I must sail through

Dangerous

Oceans

And beaches

I’ll go where

Poseidon

Won’t reach us

And if I gotta drop another

Infant

From a wall

In an

Instant

SO WE ALL

Don’T DIE-

THEN I’LL BECOME THE

MONSTER

[edensundae]

Beej & Lyds!

Partners in crime!

*NO SHIP

[thesongofpurplesummer]

‘Hairspray’ but John Mulaney is Corny Collins

[kadythethief]

i don't understand korean but holy fuck he's nailing the tone like holy fu- ahdjfjdjs

[anecdotal-acorn]

I AM A CHANGED WOMAN. OH MY G-D. I can't think coherently. But here are my thoughts on Sweeney Todd (3/30/24 matinee)

Act I

- I almost jumped out of my skin when they said “swing your razor high, Sweeney,” in Ballad of Sweeney Todd, like if that was possible I would have done it lol; the ensemble was so scary, there was a bright white light change, and the music got super loud, it was awesome

- Seeing Joe Locke in that opening number, something about him made me realize “oh he's gonna be great,” like his really intense pained vibes, his Toby really wears his heart on his sleeve

- WHEN AARON JUMPED OUT WITH THE SPOTLIGHT ON HIM!!!!!!!!!!!! I think my soul left my body (& it's still in the theater)

- Aaron’s weird cockney accent that he clearly has so much pride in, like King you could've just done a normal voice but no, he chose to do his own strange thing and it was giving Prince James One Royal Holiday (his Hallmark movie, iykyk) tbh

- When Mrs. Lovett threw flour across the stage at Sweeney to get his attention in Worst Pies

- The shadow/silhouette projections going through the story in Poor Thing, they were so tantalizing they actually managed to distract me from Aaron lol

- AARON’S MY FRIENDS WAS LIKE HEARING AN ANGEL SING FR

- It really didn't seem like he snapped when he said “my right arm is complete,” it seemed like he was a depressed man who finally found passion and drive again, not someone who was going crazy

- Maria was IMMACULATE as Johanna, the most gorgeous voice and acting…her halting, jerky movements really showed how damaged Johanna is, yet she still had this grace about her underneath, true beauty that couldn't be stamped out of her, even with all she endures

- Joe Locke was so light on his feet in Miracle Elixir (also he seemed to be having a great time, which goes for everyone during the whole show honestly)

- The lights changed color with each line of the song, like there was orange, white, then blue

- Aaron leaned over when he was standing by his little razor table and Sutton’s Mrs. Lovett ate that shit up, she crouched down to check out his butt for a solid twenty seconds

- When the Judge came into the shop Aaron had this huge grin on his face, he was so excited to kill him and he just spent too long relishing the moment

- Epiphany was a full-body experience I swear

- When Mrs. Lovett stared at his package in A Little Priest

- And then Aaron laughed when he pointed down at her cupped hands and said “what's that,” you could tell it was a genuine laugh from Aaron and not a Sweeney thing

- Aaron’s buttery voice when he sang “the history of the world, my pet”

- And he did a little growl too (don't look at me. DON'T)

Act II

- his voice was SO well-suited for Johanna Act II

- SUTTON FOSTER’S FEET IN BY THE SEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping SO HARD that she would do that, and she did and it did not disappoint; Miss Foster how does it feel to be living out my dreams, thank you queen for letting me see that and live vicariously through you <33333333333

- she struck a pose like she was taking photos for Playboy when she said “me in stripes”

- “Not While I’m Around” was emotional af, Joe Locke did not have to go that hard but he fucking did

- For some reason I was the only one who clapped when Johanna shot Fogg? Is that not an applause-worthy moment??

- He was so giddy when he finally killed the Judge

- Aaron actually scared me when he was gonna kill Johanna, and esp when he chased down the stairs after her like a hulking monster

- the scariest thing was that even as things unraveled, he didn't seem to be “losing it”; he seemed to be getting even more intent on his revenge, stronger, more deft and precise, more confident, more powerful in his evilness

- he was scary af when they were looking for Toby too, so menacing

- his growl when he said “you lied to me”

- how he crawled towards Mrs. Lovett like an animal and scrabbled at the floor to grab her

- How loud the fire roared when he put Mrs. Lovett inside

- his body language (hunched shoulders, limp limbs/posture) seemed maybe almost remorseful once he threw her in the fire? Like as if he was thinking I'm glad I did that, I had to, but I'm exhausted and can't exactly process that she’s actually gone because of me

- The way Johanna held Anthony close when she saw the bodies

- Aaron’s acting when Toby killed Sweeney—he didn't fight him off, he just looked so sad and tired, like he wanted to be dead (what a wonderful interpretation of the lyric “she was his reason and his life”)

- UGH when Sweeney and Lovett hold hands and step into the pit, finally weightless, they’ve got each other, Sutton and Aaron are right, it IS a love story, oh my g-d my heart

I don't know if I'll ever be able to stop thinking about this. It was SO GOOD!!!!! Anyway thanks for reading my rambles if you got this far hahaha, hope you have a lovely day