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rent has never sounded this good musically speaking. HUGE fan of the symphonic orchestrations. bro they got a harp and an english horn in there. in RENT! it's perfect
plus the sweeping strings and big brass sound reminds me so much of the orchestrations of the golden age and mid-late 20th century musical theater orchestration style and i have such a soft spot for that, i really really enjoyed that much
conductor was a ton of fun to watch he was just grooving up there on the podium the whole time
i love that they did a short orchestral medley as an overture at the top of the concert. do not love that the audience chattered away during the whole first part of it but i haven't yet perfected my mind powers to be able to shut them the hell up yet. alas.
dear gd when the audience started to clap along at the beginning of la vie boheme i was like. SHUT THE FUCK UP. thankfully it petered out fairly quickly but like what were you guys THINKING
actually i think opera has spoiled me a bit now because the audience needing to stop and clap and cheer for So Long after Every Single Number. kind of exhausting lmao. let's get on with it guys.
performance wise ali stroker was the star. i went in expecting that. and i was right <3 her delivery of "'THE ONLY WAY OUT IS UP!!!' she whispered." or whatever the line was in over the moon was genuinely funny. hard scene to pull off without being extremely annoying about it but ali stroker manages to pull it off! go queen!
there were a lot of wheelchair users in the audience tonight i noticed and i have no doubt a big reason why they were here was to see her. good for them tbh
okay i normally don't like to rag on performers much but i really. did not like the guy who was playing benny LOL. i just did not like whatever he was doing vocally, he sounded like a dollar store jason derulo to me. actually funnily enough my first thought was "he's giving mj the musical" and then i checked the digital program and he was in mj the musical on broadway...lmao. anyway not the vibe for benny imho
also while i don't think the guy playing collins was at all bad, i wish he had more Presence in his low register. the vocal cast as a whole was missing that low bass-y tone and i expect more of that from collins especially which i was very much missing here
very very glad to finally go to a musical and not absolutely need my earbuds to get through it. it did get a little loud at points especially towards the end but nothing that i needed hearing protection for. thank you national symphony orchestra
(of course i went into it as an Orchestra Concert whereas everyone around me went into it as a Musical Performance so. i'm better than them (joke))
although the sound balance was not the best? there were a lot of times it was hard to hear the actors singing clearly over the orchestra. now i understand that it can be tough to mic a singer loud enough to carry all the way over an entire symphony orchestra, and i'm honestly glad they didn't try to solve that problem by upping the amps to an earsplitting level. and honestly with this performance in particular i'm not even upset that the orchestra is covering the singers a little bit because the orchestra is really what i came to hear (besides ali stroker) and the orchestra is just sooooo good here.
still, worth bringing up, especially in the moments where everyone is singing all together, especially multiple lines simultaneously as in will i, christmas bells, and la vie boheme. especially for the ensemble singers, whom you could barely hear at all
i liked the lighting overall too. decent key lighting on the actors. attractive use of color and textures. for a concert performance it was good and surprisingly not obnoxious
also there was a surprising amount cut from the script for this. i've seen in concert performances of things before and i know it can vary a lot from show to show and performance to performance whether it's just the songs or if any of the scenes are kept as well; rent in concert hewed closer to the former in spirit. almost all of the dialogue was cut, as were a few of the "less important" musical numbers (most of the voicemails, we're okay, etc). even a couple of sections within larger, important musical numbers were cut (notably in christmas bells, which disappointed me bc i actually really like that number and was excited to hear the FULL thing with the orchestra. i feel cheated.)
which honestly leads to some. weird plot pacing? like if we're cutting all the voicemails out of act i that's fine but then they have alexi darling's voicemail from voicemail #3 there in act ii (but still none from the parents anywhere), and it comes out of nowhere. joanne's mini-reprise of we're okay in happy new year A doesn't really land the same when we're okay was cut entirely from act i too. and the entire collins and angel relationship is like ??? when they cut the scene of collins getting beat up in the beginning (but they kept angel meeting and helping him, of course), as well as cutting their section in christmas bells. like ??
honestly the near-complete excision of dialogue is really funny to me cause it feels like they were trying to solve the problem of rent having a messy plot by just. removing the plot entirely. and gd help you if you were watching and weren't already intimately familiar with the plot of rent as it's supposed to go because it was IMPOSSIBLE to follow from this version lmao. and yet they somehow managed to make the little bit of plot (loose as it is) that remains even more confusing and weirdly paced. incredible. zero notes
anyway tldr ali stroker good national symphony good LOVE these orchestrations and i hope that overture/medley becomes a pops concert staple or something
#sasha speaks#sasha reviews#rent in concert#really funny to me that i saw la boheme literally in the hall next door in the same building like. two months ago. lmao
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Bisan is calling for another global strike!
I saw some posts just outlining Jan 21st, and wanted to clarify that Bisan has called for a full seven days of action.
What a global strike would look like is:
calling in sick to work
purchasing bare essentials ahead of the week so you can observe the general boycott of goods / buying as little as you genuinely can
putting in a concerted effort to elevate Palestinian voices and make it clear that this strike is in support of a permanent ceasefire!
For those who will have to purchase necessary goods during this time, please observe the brands that the BDS movement is asking us to boycott!
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Right now is also a good time to mention some better uses for your money during this week.
Available e-sims in Gaza are running low!!
Mirna El Helbawi and her team are working round the clock to continue to connect Palestinians as Israel does its best to cut them off from the rest of the world.
You can learn how to purchase and send e-sims here, and below you’ll find a list of what is currently needed (the areas in brackets indicate what region you should select to buy e-sims in).
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CareforGaza is an organisation that does verifiably good work, distributing supplies directly to Palestinian families.
They have a Gofundme set up at the moment, but because of Gofundme’s poor track record regarding refusing to transfer funds to Palestinians, I’d recommend continuing to donate directly to their PayPal here.
Good luck to all of you. Don't turn away from Palestine!
#i know that for some people their first instinct will be to scoff. how can anyone just not buy things for a full week?#what about groceries? rent?#and personally. i wanna say yes. there are some things that we have to spend money on to survive.#but it is possible still to make a concerted effort in your life#to carve out seven days where you can minimise that amount of money#i know its a lot.#for some people who are living on a tight budget. i know its not possible and i dont fault you for that#but i know for a fact that so many of us would be able to take out a few daily purchases in observance of this strike#do your best#dont turn away from palestine#free palestine#palestine#from the river to the sea#call to action
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♪ I don’t want to be your friend, can I unfriend? Havе you ever asked? I’ve given you all my heart, where do I start? Me being with you is never a friend’s task ♪
#offtay#beluca concert#beluca fourtiverse concert#off jumpol#tay tawan#thai actors#my gifs#bypiningbisexuals#FINALLY giffed the scene that lives in my head rent-free every fucking day <3
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aaron tveit for the bushnell - "an evening with: aaron tveit"
#aaron tveit#atveitedit#my edit#me seeing the little photoshoots aaron does for his concerts: its free real estate#$350 for a meet and greet is crazy but the man's gotta pay rent 🫡#moulin rogue broadway#les miserables#next to normal
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A little throwback to Disney Channel's February 1999 schedule found in a copy of Behind the Ears magazine.
#so weird#so weird disney#disney so weird#disney plus#disney channel#behind the ears#zenon girl of the 21st century#erik von detten#cara delizia#mackenzie phillips#vault disney#paper brigade#growing pains#dinosaurs#muppets tonight#toon disney#the famous jett jackson#sleeping beauty#hercules#the hunchback of notre dame#turner and hooch#brink!#cleopatra in concert#omba mokomba#john henry#on promised land#the brave little toaster#wish upon a star#mr. magoo#rent a kid
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i sent this to @wronghuntress earlier but just decided i should share this here too bc i've been having a very specific tyt scenario in my head all day
kayla posts a tiktok to please please please at the "i beg you don't embarrass me motherfucker" with the caption of "me when introducing literally anyone to my brother's friends"
and then nico duets it with like half his face showing with the caption "what does this mean kayla phoebe knowles"
and yes i did literally come up with her middle name just for this specific scenario
#wrongcaitlyn#talk ur talk fic#this au lives rent free in my head!!#this is followed up with (credits to jenna's wonderful brain) nico texting kayla that he's supposed to be the cool friend#and saying that he'll revoke her vip concert seating + meet and greets privelages#and kayla duets the vid again with “except for the very cool and awesome nico di angelo who's the greatest person and very cool���#and the comments are all “did you make this at gunpoint kayla”#thank you wronghuntress for indulging my au obsession
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This outfit still has me in a chokehold
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I’m obsessed with three particular parts of the 54 below concert version of torture tango
1. The MLM lighting
2. Curt Mega fully just moaning, whimpering, and panting like he’s in a porno into his mic the entire time
3. The very homoerotic and sexual movement/gestures (there’s mimed nipple twisting/tearing off nipples???)
#spies are forever continues to plague me#spies are forever#btw u can rent the digital ticket I highly recommend#i had the time of my life#also Curt does time-a-decide#it’s just wonderful#all of it#pls watch it#curtwen#torture tango#spies are forever 54 below#spies in concert#agent curt mega#dma
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for all the bokris girlies: have bojan playfully almost slapping kris for 5 seconds during plastika and kris really enjoying it (x)
#this moment has been living in my head rent free since the concert and i couldn't for the life of me find it but now i managed to#bojan cvjetićanin#kris guštin#joker out#bokris#thank you to the person who uploaded the full song to youtube
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„accidentally“ bought the vinyl oops🫢
now I have to wait 4 months for it to arrive…😐
#first his concert and now this#this man makes me broke this month#who needs to pay rent when you can buy his merch instead…🫠#käärijä#people‘s champion
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considering making catastrophic financial decisions again
#$160 for pit at the national tn . yes i have rent due today also#easily triple what id normally pay for a concert but ive been experiencing horrors i deserve this
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#when i tell u this man is So Fine#this has been living rent free in my head since dallas concert i need to finally post it#he's literally just wearing a black tshirt and trying to read a sign in the crowd#and yet#and yet!!#posts that if i were a character on a tv show would get me labelled bad lesbian rep#onlyoneof#ooo#jung wookjin#nine#ooo tour#ooo fansite#video games
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Don't close the doors, take me, While I still know you, Truth! Having fulfilled His Design, not knowing it's price, I thank you for opening up to me!
Maxim Rakovsky as Finrod Felagund | Finrod Rock Opera
#tolkien#the silmarillion#finrod rock opera#finrod zong#finrod#maxim rakovsky#musicalgifs#listen LISTEN#maxim is 100 % my favorite finrod#the fairest and most tragic of them all#i know we all love sunshiny finrod but there's something about his finrod who is like a silmaril (as someone pointed out in yt comments) -#pure light caught into glass of dignity - that makes me go: yes that's MY finrod#and i love that maxim's finrod never loses composure during his duel with sauron#and the steely notes in his voice are !!!!!!#(yes you can tell that /солнце взошло над лесною страной/ from april 2nd concert still lives rent free in my head)#and then AND THEN HE LOOKS SO HEARTBREAKINGLY YOUNG WHEN HE SINGS “THE TRUTH”#HE'S NOT KING FELAGUND HE'S JUST FINROD WHO HAS NOTHING BUT ESTEL - IMPOSIBBLE HOPE THAT DYING FOR BEREN WOULD BE ENOUGH#i'm just......#a) i love maxim b) let him play finrod in leithian too i want to see the difference#(because maxim's raistlins from vita (we saw little but still) and etherius productions are very different!)
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Going to the P!nk concert taught me that my fandom brainrot is so bad that now I can't go to a simple concert anymore without only being able to think of that rinney/brance/biffin The Black Phone (2022) fic where Robin, Griffin, and Vance are in a famous band called The Ghost Boys and Robin brings Finney on stage to reveal him as his boyfriend and sings at him, and also Billy is a famous reporter despite not yet having graduated from bOSTON UNIVERSITY and gets the first ever interview with The Ghost Boys through the nepotism of being Finney's roommate, and Bruce is also a hot famous model who also lives with them and I'm unclear as to if he's also going to BU. Also that Finney was famous online under the pseudonym Angel as Robin's boyfriend and the only people that seemed to know who he was were The Ghost Boys, and two random famous people that lived with Finney. How no one figured Finney out before that is bEYOND ME.
But yeah all I can think of every concert now is how entertaining it would be for the celebrity to bring out a surprise boyfriend in a leather skirt and sit them on a stool and sing at them. Imagine if that's what Shawn Mendes did at his next concert or something, that is so fucking funny. Love that fic, it was endlessly entertaining.
#add concerts to the list of things fandom has ruined for me#along with olympic level ice skating (buffy the vampire slayer fics in 6th grade)#and kickboxing (the 100 modern au linctavia fics in freshmen year of highschool)#also the nfl (that amazing hangster top gun nfl au fic)#also oil (the television show 2010 spartacus and then reading fics about it)#i'm also so not sure if at the point that fic was at when it was (i think) abandoned if finney and robin were engaged or not#OOH AND TINY HOUSES (a walking dead fic that is one of my biggest losses because it was abandoned)#but yeah you all better know if i put you in my living in my head rent free collection i fucking mean it#p!nk#the black phone#rinney#robin arellano#finney blake#brance#bruce yamada#vance hopper#billy showalter#griffin stagg#melissa og#melissa on fandom#melissa on pop culture#melissa on the black phone#i should describe more fics randomly by memory lol#melissa bullshit
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i need help to manage my budget... by help i mean 3 million euro sent directly from heaven i guess
#this is not even about The Economy and Housing Crisis this is like. my life and choices lately lol afjsahfjk let's see:#1. christmas gifts - i don't even know how much i spent on them because i had the flu and wasn't really thinking but let's say 1000 pln#2. trip for new years eve to the mountains - 2200 for hotel and then let's say 300-350 for food and stuff#3. bills like the internet and phone is 90; rent is 1100#4. trip to warsaw 100 hotel 180 food and drinks 200 ?#5. meet and greet with simple plan 800 .... i will never recover sfshdfsj but it was kinda worth it - won't do that again tho#6. groceries since i am back 120#7. and now i need to travel back home and it's like a cumulation because it was my dad's name day + my mom's birthday and their wedding#anniversary adsfhgsdjhsd so i need gifts again i mean i want to buy them something nice i already spent 180 pln but i will buy something#extra for each of them because i kinda want to because we see each other so rarely#8. public transport ticket for another month is 80#9. i will have to pay rent again soon and the internet and phone#10. i have a wedding coming and like 37 concerts#to sum up. i am Fucked <3 but writing it out helped a little ;_;#i will eat concrete and drywall by march <3#personal
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I need to yell at you about how cheng yi definitely thought about his own starting position and falling back in shock before they started the role-swap, because the boy might be slow but he puts his whole chest into acting
literal adorable kitten who thinks about nothing but acting all day ;_;
i went back and rewatched the role-reversal again for this and you're right he absolutely did. he's also the one who makes both himself and zsx sit down before it starts so it has to have been on his mind. kitten thinks about nothing but acting all day and has made it other people's emotional problem!!!
#he's so GOOD#like ness said hjffjdkdk joseph wasn't being quite as serious at first and then cheng yi started acting like the rent was due#so they both just gave it their all#mysterious lotus casebook cast#mysterious lotus casebook concert#cheng yi#of-sevenseas#ashton answers
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