#sharon wheatley

[suzukiblu]

‘Costume party’ by Sharon Wheatley for mistaken identities and interdimensional refugees

Kon had known he’d wanted to wear the cape someday. He’d known he’d wanted to grow up and be Superman. Carry on the name and the legacy and live up to both, and do them both proud. 

He hadn’t really understood, though, what he’d wanted from Clark. Not for a long time, anyway. Definitely not when he hadn’t even known that Clark was there to want anything from, and had still thought Superman was all there was. Thought . . . thought that it would’ve been . . . selfish, maybe, or just . . . entitled, or . . . 

Well. It would’ve been. It always would’ve been. It’d still be, if he ever–

Never mind.

[kivrin]

Tagged by @jomiddlemarch

Last Song: He of the Sidhe, Alexander James Adams

Currently Watching: Just finished "A Small Light" (Disney+) about Miep Gies and the other people who helped hide the Frank family and others in Amsterdam during WWII.

Currently Reading: L'Objet du Scandale by Robertson Davies, Drive by Sharon Wheatley,

Current Obsession: ... ok this is really hard to put succinctly. Short narrow version: the works and biographies of singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/performers Dave Carter and Alexander James Adams.

Longer broader version: How performing artists who are trans address transitioning in their professional lives - or might have done if they didn't die. Autobiographical narrative-making. Parasocial relationships. Internet archaeology (There are yahoogroups archives on archive.org! They're very difficult to use and full of nonsense character artifacts but they exist!)

[paper-star-ships]

friend I simply must know about 17 for those end of year asks :) I don't have any plans with my f/os yet, but I might actually plan something for it!

17 - how do you and your F/O(s) spend new year's eve together? do you celebrate in any way? do you have any important new years traditions? (if you celebrate the new year on any other point of the year than december 31 this question also applies of course!)

I've sorted them into categories because I am a dork <3

Kisses me at a New Years Party/Celebration:

Pleck

Willy

Ten(th Doctor)

Deacon

Eric

Arthur

Spike

Wheatley

Ace

DCA

Has a special New Years date in mind:

Snatcher

Thomas

Winter King

Simon

Alfur

Casper

Finral

Have a small private celebration w/ me:

Viktor

Newt

Astarion

Ethan

Sharon

Doesn't celebrate/know what New Years is but celebrates with me anyway:

Loki

Schmendrick

Leshy

P03

Rudyard

Snufkin

[luckybyrdrobyn]

*looks at my pile* oh boy

Thanks for tag!!

Both sides now - Emilia Jones

Dear Icarus - Anna Miriam Brown, and others

Stop the World - Lee MacDougall, Sharon Wheatley

ESOEMOEHOED - Leanna Firestone

Cast the Bronze - Raynes

@whatcouldpossiblyg0wr0ng @technologyvoid or join if you see this

When one of you favorite artists tags you! @kingdomsaurushearts, i was so surprised when i saw that tag lol!

"when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)���

As someone who listens to music almost 24/7, fuck...what to choose!

Ready Steady Go - L’arc en Ciel

Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku- Nem (official music video and Project Diva video)

Brothers - Michiru Oshima (fma 03 soundtrack)

Wait For Me - Gio Navas (fma fan song)

Blank Canvas - Jakeneuteon (Epic Mickey fan song)

Now who to tag...

@tharkflark1 @that1randomnerd @alkenna @femdenalchemist @quantizedweird @chandrahabein @psychedelic-furby @hantheheart @the-catmans-offical-2 @projectdestati

[where-our-stories-start]

[barrygeuse]

come from away: my retrospective

now that come from away has ended, i've decided to collect my thoughts and put them all together in one (not-so) little post for myself and anyone else who wants to to read.

lots of emotions below the cut and a long story about how this thing came to mean so much to me!

if you stick around and read, i really do appreciate it. this is my favorite musical (my second favorite piece of theater!) and my second biggest special interest.

tl;dr — come from away is a beautiful show about the best of human nature, about people healing from a collective trauma. it will be a part of me for as long as i live, and i couldn't be happier to have it nestled right next to my heart, keeping me warm.

i first saw the show when it visited my local theater on tour in 2019. despite being a musical theater kid, i managed to skip over it entirely—i feel like that wasn't uncommon—it wasn't exactly targeted toward the middle school crowd! my mom and i went to see it (we went in knowing literally nothing at all, and i mean nothing besides the title!), and we left that theater crying and absolutely gushing about how beautiful it was.

it became a pretty common staple to play over bluetooth when we were in the car together for the years to come.

at that point, besides having seen it and loved it immensely, i moved on. it was another piece of media to add to an ever-growing list of adorations, and it wasn't until december of two years later that it grabbed my attention for a lasting period of time.

in september of 2021, the proshot released, a day before the 20th anniversary of 9/11. i didn't end up hearing about this myself until later in the season—i was busy with college and had a lot of other things on my mind—but i was ecstatic nonetheless when i did find out.

i got my hands on the recording and watched it. something changed that day, even if i hadn't realized it yet. i showed it to my friends, new ones every time, over and over again. when i was home for that holiday break, i showed it to my parents, and put it on in the background in my free time.

as i got back to school and february came to an end, come from away became the thing that i watched whenever i felt poorly. it was a feel-good show about wonderful people. i've always loved stories, especially stories about the beautiful nature of humanity, and it got me through some pretty rough times. over the winter months i started to learn the dialogue, since i already knew the numbers.

for spring break, i took a trip to florida, and watched the proshot probably over seven times during the course of travel alone. i fell in love with the characters, their mannerisms, the stories, the reality of people coming together to heal from trauma. it was a beautiful thing to make a part of myself.

time pressed forward. sharon wheatley released her second book, which i bought, and then had the honor over the summer to send to her and have her sign for me (not to mention read my annotations and write alongside them!).

the news that the show was closing devastated me. at that point, i had no hope of going to see it, which didn't upset me too badly. i was happy to just have the professional recording to watch and to celebrate the show from afar!

summer flew by. i got back to school, settled in, and started going to classes. at the beginning of september, my parents called me and surprised me with the news that we would be going to new york city at the end of the month to see the show. i was absolutely floored. my pupils genuinely grew two sizes (it was funny, i looked like i was on drugs but it was just concentrated autism in the bloodstream) and i made a countdown for the trip as soon as we got off the phone.

telling you the details of my time in NYC could be a whole post on its own. with the broadway flea happening at the same time, i got to buy some things that i really wanted (hello, beetlejuice obc signed playbill!) and i had the insane opportunity to meet sharon, who actually recognized me and my book when i went to the table and gave me the sweetest hug.

we had front row seats, which i could never thank my parents enough for, and i silently mouthed along to the show the entire time. the actors smiled at me, i was ecstatic, i was flying, i was there and a part of the show. it was more than anything i could've ever dreamt of. i laughed, i cried, i had the time of my life.

i was lucky enough to meet jim, astrid, and jenn at the stage door, alongside seeing sharon again, who spoke to me briefly and gave me another hug before leaving. it is an experience i will never, ever forget.

come from away is something that means so much to me. more that i could ever describe, really. today, the day of the final performance, i watched along to the proshot at 3pm while the matinee played in new york. i cried nearly the entire time.

i am so proud of everyone who was a part of this amazing, amazing production. it changed lives, it put newfoundland on the map, it told real life stories about real people and did everything endless justice. i could not thank everyone involved enough.

"you are here at the end of a moment," and "you found your heart but left a part of you behind," and "you're gonna be okay," and a dozen other lines that would make this already long post too much longer.

come from away: thank you for telling stories. thank you for doing something beautiful. thank you for the tears, the laughter, and the endless joy. thank you for everything you did for me and for millions of others.

this is not the end. it is only the beginning of a tale that will be told for years to come, one that will live on in my heart and in so many others.

thank you.

[boho-days]

Linda Balgord and Sharon Wheatley in Cats, Broadway 1999

[starkiddreamcasting]

Broadway Twisted

Dream a little harder for the dreamcast for Twisted! A wonderful musical (even if it is a bit of an Aladdin rip-off) that definitely deserves it’s own dreamcast, so enjoy!

(This dreamcast was apart of my April Fools ‘Broadway Dreamcasts’)

1.   Ramin Karimloo as Ja’far 2. Kimiko Glenn as The Princess 3. Adam Pascal as Aladdin 4. Sharon Wheatley as Sherrezade 5. Bradley Dean as Prince Achmed/Royal Vizier 6. Peter Bartlett as Sultan/Djinn 7. Zachary James as Captain of the Guard 8. Tessa Alves as Ensemble 9. Wendi Bergamini as Maleficient/Ensemble/Sherrezade (u/s) 10. Colin Bradbury as Ensemble 11. Audrey Cardwell as Ensemble/The Princess (u/s) 12. Zachary Downer as Ensemble 13. Constantine Germanacos as Captain Hook/Ensemble/Ja’far (u/s) 14. Heidi Giberson as Bird/Ensemble/The Princess (u/s) 15. Talya Groves as Ensemble 16. Laurel Harris as Ensemble 17. Sheldon Henry as Scar/Ensemble 18. Tari Kelly as Cruella De Vil/Ensemble/Sherrezade (u/s) 19. Jeff Kready as Ensemble/Ja’far (u/s)/Aladdin (u/s)/Prince Achmed (u/s) 20. Linda Mugleston as Ursula/Ensemble 21. Adam Perry as Ensemble 22. William Ryall as Bookseller/Ensemble/Sultan (u/s)/Captain of the Guard (u/s) 23. Eric Sciotto as Gaston/Ensemble/Aladdin (u/s)/Prince Achmed (u/s) 24. Samantha Sturm as Ensemble 25. Cody Williams as Monkey/Ensemble 26. Natalie Charles Ellis as Swing 27. Fred Odgaard as Swing 28. T. Oliver Reid as Swing/Sultan (u/s)/Captain of the Guard (u/s) 29. Kristen Beth Williams as Swing

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.

[dailylgbtmusicals]

Sharon Wheatley as Claire in Bare: A Pop Opera

Information

Name: Sharon Wheatley

Credits: The Phantom of the Opera (Madam Firmin), Cats (Jennyannydots), Avenue Q (Kate/Lucy), Come From Away (Diane and Others)

Color of the rainbow with which they identify: specific term unknown

[queertheatre]

Day 6: Sharon Wheatley

Sharon Wheatley is a wlw actress best known for originating the role of Diane in Come From Away. She met her wife Martha Donaldson (Donaldson-Wheatley) whilst in La Jolla for Come From Away previews. 

On this day I am also wishing everyone happy International Women’s Day!

[iammusicaltheatretrash]

This is the type of terrible thing I come up with in quarantine

[womenoflesmis]

[meandtheskie]

yes, let’s appreciate jenn colella and beverley bass’ friendship but let’s also appreciate sharon wheatley and diane marson’s friendship!