#the full monty broadway

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Let It Go - The Full Monty

Song: Let It Go - The Full Monty Broadway Musical (2000)

Movie: The Full Monty (1997)

Fun fact: Andre De Shields was in the original Broadway and West End cast!!

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2001 Tony Awards - Kathleen Freeman introduces the The Full Monty cast, performing the number Let It Go

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Which version of this do you prefer?

PROPAGANDA:

The TV show is a sequel to the original film, and therefore not included under my rules about continuity and what I count as an independent adaptation

The original film is available on streaming and DVD

I don't know if the play is available for amateur licensing, but it does appear that you can purchase and read the script, and I believe a UK tour just wrapped up a few months ago

The musical is licensable through MTI

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And then Eric walks out onto the stage and I paused it and went, oh, it's the dance. -Danielle 

Oh, I knew it. Like five minutes in. -Wil

You guys remember what this was all a reference to, an homage to right? -Rider

Oh yeah, absolutely. -Will

The full Monty....Full Monty had come out, was nominated for an Academy Award. It was a huge hit. And it became a Broadway show too but it was before it was a live show. But it was a huge, it was a great movie. I gotta watch that again. But the whole thing was about guys learning how to dance or strip ultimately, but this is, yeah. So it's, it's that we were riffing on that. It's so funny to think of all the influences that our writers were having, you know, engaging with pop culture. -Rider 

....Did you guys have fun rehearsing it? -Danelle

Yeah. I mean, it was a lot of work and I remember being nervous and yeah. But I remember Steve Hoefer saying, 'cause like it was Steve Hoefer's take was like, Will's the best when we did the first day, he, he's like, Will's amazing. And then by the end he was like, you know, Will was the best outta the gate and then just kind of stayed there....you were, I remember the first day you had no problems. Nailed it and then just kinda stayed there. -Rider

That's it. I've got it down. I'm out. Sounds about right. I also can't dance. I just can't, I can do a lot of things very well. Dancing ain't one of them. -Will 

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Monty's Redemption

I realized why I want Monty to return for season 2 (if we get it). Obviously, love Joshua Colley; fantastic actor that I actually recognized from a Broadway miscast performance from way back in 2016. He played Eliza along with two other little boys and performed The Schuyler Sisters. Tangent: For those who did not already know this, you should absolutely watch it here. He was so good that I remembered him constantly whenever Hamilton was brought up. It happened enough that I went and followed him a few years later. It was a crazy while watching him, cause he felt familiar, but I didn't why, then I saw his name in the credits, and I was like, "Isn't that the name of the kid who played Eliza in that miscast? I'm pretty sure that's his name, let me check." Boom! It was him, and I immediately rewatched the miscast, and it was so crazy because his face has not changed at all! Like, obviously it's matured, but it's the same fucking face. Some people look completely different when they grow up, and some people literally look the same. (I'm one of these people. My face has not changed since I was a fucking toddler. Couple that with my short height and you have a childhood of bullying then an early adulthood of being mistaken for a child. RIP 🥲) Joshua's face is literally the same, it was so crazy lmfao

But other than loving the actor, I really want Monty to come back! I think it would be adorable if he turned back into a human, and joined the squad. He and Edwin would be an adorable QPR, and Edwin could teach him about being a human, since he probably only knows the bare minimum Esther told him so he could be in disguise. I actually wrote an essay about this a little while ago that I might rewrite.

But it is more than just wanting him back for the cuteness and fun of having him around. My urge for him to return feels too strong, too pinpointed, and I couldn't figure out why for a while.

Surprise, surprise! I figured it out!

It has to do with redemption! Charles literally says it when he pushes the backpack to him when he couldn't reach it.

Here's the thing, obviously I'd like him to come back to get a full redemption arc, but I figured out why I'm so set on him getting one. It's specifically Edwin.

There's something Edwin says about Monty that rubs me the wrong way. It's during the conversation he has with Niko on the roof. He says, "He was a good liar, for a crow." It always made my skin prickle, just a little bit.

It's because calling Monty a "liar" feels like an unfair label. Did he lie? Yes, absolutely. But he also didn't.

Everything Monty tells Edwin behind the butcher shop is true. The only lie is the reason he wasn't free to make his own decisions before. It wasn't a coma, but he was still trapped and "in the dark" metaphorically speaking. Even what he says about feeling braver is true.

He's essentially Esther's property; she can do with him what she likes. She quite literally rips him apart and puts him back together, making him a human against his will. Monty says, "I never asked to be human. With all these... feelings."

She forces a massive change in his entire being, mind, and life. Imagine how jarring it would be to suddenly not have wings that you were born with? To have no tail, beak, or claws? To be something completely other than you?

It was simpler for Monty when he was a crow. He was probably scared all the time, and just did as he was told. But once he becomes human, if you pay attention, you can see immediately that Monty does not actually like Esther that much, nor enjoys having to help her. He speaks his mind, and backtalks her, a couple times.

"That little slither bug is the size of a bus. It could afford to miss a few meals." - Ep05 When he says this, he says it with actual disdain in his voice. He's not just being sarcastic about it. Monty's voice and expression when he says it could miss meals looks like he genuinely doesn't like it.

"Well, I mean, you stood bleeding on the shore so Lilith would come out of the ocean and grant you eternal life. She never said you had to stay young and beautiful." - Ep05 Given how much she believes Lilith tricked her, and how much she cares about being young and beautiful, this was an incredibly ballsy thing for Monty to say.

"You didn't tell me that mushroom thing was gonna completely eradicate them. Or how gruesome it would be. Or how to-" - Ep06 Monty is genuinely distraught over this, and saying she didn't tell him implies his actions would have been different if he'd known. How so? We'll never know, but it's possible he would've tried to sabotage or refuse to help her. "Tried" being a key word here because it's clear that she had little-to-no care for Monty at all. He obeys her, but gets revealed by the Cat King, and she rips him up for it. There's really no way he could've survived if he'd tried to refuse/stop her.

Speaking of genuine feelings, Monty did actually like them. Yes, "them" plural. He says, "-gonna completely eradicate them." Monty could've said "him", referring to Edwin since he's the one he's in love with, but he doesn't. He's upset about both of them being destroyed. Earlier when Esther gives him the napkin of fungus, he asks her what she's going to do with Crystal. If Edwin was the only one he cared about, he wouldn't have bothered to ask.

He's not supposed to care at all! If he was still a crow, he couldn't have asked. He'd just go do it. He's her familiar; he pretty much has to. Based on Monty's emotional responses, and the fact that he helps Charles at the end, it seems like he has free will. And you can say, "Why didn't he refuse sooner if he really cared?" and at the end of the day, that doesn't matter. She would have killed him regardless of what point in her plot he betrayed her. He doesn't want to die! That's a very reasonable response to the situation.

The affection Monty has for Edwin is completely real, and develops quickly. After their first meeting, they're swapping books, and Monty seems to have actually read it. Saying it was beautiful is a generic compliment, but how would he know it was funny?

He was genuinely looking forward to seeing Edwin, and disappointed that the plans were canceled.

Esther even says, "Monty, ew. You're not besotted with that little brat, are you?" Funny how he actually never responds to that question here, but immediately shuts the notion down after Edwin rejects him.

And it's when Edwin tells him sincerely that he is his friend that Monty makes the decision to try and get him out of the forest.

I said in my other essay and earlier in this one that betraying Esther is a death sentence. There's no way she wouldn't find out if he helped them escape, but he was going to try anyway.

Monty may have lied about his identity as Esther's crow, but he didn't lie about the rest of who he is. That is why Edwin referring to him as a "liar", plain and simple, feels wrong. Monty deserves the chance to talk to Edwin, to actually explain himself, not under the threat of the Forest Elemental destroying Edwin, and without the Cat King's jeering. Honestly, I think he only ran because of the way Edwin called him a crow as though that on its own was disgusting or insulting rather than the real problem which is him being Esther's crow. I don't think Edwin would've actually cared about Monty originally being a crow, especially given the fact that the Cat King literally switches back and forth between human and cat. He's a human now (in that moment).

The way Edwin calls him a "liar" makes me feel like he didn't believe Monty when he said that he wasn't pretending, that it started off as that, but that it had changed into real feelings for him. It feels wrong for Edwin not to know/acknowledge that, especially if Charles tells him about the help he provided against Esther.

That it is what I want most if Monty is brought back.

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Patrick Wilson, Jason Danieley and John Ellison Conlee in The Full Monty on Broadway (2000)

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Best Musical World Cup 2023 - Full Ranking

While the Best Musical World Cup 2023 ended a week ago, I have decided it would still be worthwhile to publish some more stats about it! As such, I have created a full ranking of all 74 entrants; the winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical.

Ranking Parameters:

Musicals that finished in higher stages ranked higher than those that finished below, and I used the votes each musical got in its final poll to rank musicals within a single stage. Musicals that placed 3rd in the Group Stage rank higher than those placed 4th, which rank higher than those placed 5th.

Link to the Best Musical World Cup Knockout Stage

Link to the Best Musical World Cup Group Stage

The full ranking is below the keep reading button.

Fiddler on the Roof 🏆🥇

Les Misérables 🥈

Hadestown 🥉

Cabaret

The Phantom of the Opera

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Sound of Music

Spring Awakening

Hamilton

Cats

Rent

In The Heights

The Lion King

Hairspray

Fun Home

Company

Moulin Rouge

The Wiz

Guys and Dolls

A Chorus Line

The Book of Mormon

Hello, Dolly!

The Producers

Annie

Avenue Q

Kinky Boots

My Fair Lady

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Once

The Band's Visit

The Music Man

The King and I

Monty Python's Spamalot

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Dear Evan Hansen

Billy Elliot the Musical

Evita

La Cage aux Folles

Kiss Me, Kate

A Little Night Music

South Pacific

Man of La Mancha

Jersey Boys

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Titanic

42nd Street

The Will Rogers Follies

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1776

Bye Bye Birdie

Thoroughly Modern Millie

The Pajama Game

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

City of Angels

Nine

Passion

Sunset Boulevard

Fosse

Damn Yankees

Memphis

Hallelujah, Baby!

Applause

Contact

A Strange Loop

Big River

Crazy for You

Ain't Misbehavin

Kismet

Raisin

Redhead

Fiorello!

Wonderful Town

Jerome Robbins' Broadway

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Dig Yerself a "Dead Outlaw"

Here’s a crazy yarn about a crazier yarn! In 2006, Broadway brilliantine David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Tootsie), having read my book No Applause and learning that I was also a playwright, approached me about a quirky project he wanted to collaborate on about the epically ill-fated Oklahoma outlaw Elmer McCurdy (1880-1911). We met for a few writing sessions to try to sort…

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4, 19, and 26 for the three song ask game!

4. Three songs that you know thanks to your parents

Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners - fun fact, when I was eight or so my stepdad told the joke... well, I say it was TO me, he says it was IN FRONT OF me, it's a point of contention. Anyway, it's a ridiculous and very common joke: What's worse than Grease on Olivia Newton-John? Come On Eileen. And because I was EIGHT it will literally never leave my brain and so EVERY time this song pops up, that joke appears in my head.

Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus - my mum was a fitness instructor and I can still see the step aerobics routine to this song in my head. It involved a grapevine.

Decomposing Composers by Monty Python - we had this thing on VINYL (before the vinyl renaissance) and I fucking love it

19. Three songs that are your guilty pleasure

You know, I refuse to feel guilty about the songs I like anymore. I spent my teenage/early twenties downplaying and defending my love of TSwift to my rock/metal friends, my love of hard rock to my Swiftie friends, my adoration of movie versions of Broadway shows to my theatre friends.... etc. You get it. HOWEVER, I will put here three songs from my Barbecue Beats playlist that always get me a "THIS?" when people are at my house and hear them lmao.

Get Low by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - the day after the RWRB film came out my spouse came into the kitchen while I was cooking and this song was playing, and they were like "Oh, this is stuck in your head because of the film?" and I had to be like no, it's been on my playlist for ages lmao.

Everywhere I Go by Hollywood Undead - also on my 'Feminism Off Misogyny On' playlist for obvious reasons, it's ridiculous but fuck is it fun to sing.

Pull My Beads Of Love by Mr Fantastic and Sam Riegel (from The Legend of Vox Machina) - this song is fucking unhinged and I'm obsessed with it.

26. Three favourite non-English songs

I actually have two separate playlists for non-English songs: Waiata has all my te reo Māori songs and Esperanto has everything else.

Bist du down? by ACE TEE - this song fucking slaps start to finish

Te Ao Mārama by Lorde - the lyrics are absolutely fucking gorgeous and it's one of those songs that's so fun to sing along to

Kia Tū Au Hei Ariki from Lion King Reo Māori - so far Lion King, Moana, Frozen, and Coco have all had full te reo Māori releases and I believe Encanto is next? And every damn song is incredible, the films aren't direct translations, the use of pronouns, dialects etc is VERY deliberate, and they are all amazing, BUT as Lion King is the only one of these films from MY childhood I have a particular soft spot for it. This song is a banger in every language, but what I like about this one is there are a few lines in it that are sentences/sentence structures you learn very early in te reo lessons, so beginner Māori speakers will listen to this song and be like OH!

["The Three Songs" ask set]

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I was tagged by @apprenticemockingbird

Last song: "Breeze Off the River" was on the SiriusXM radio when I went to get sushi, from the "Full Monty" Original Broadway Cast. But if we want full song, "Amazing" by Tin Machine.

Currently reading: I was reading Emily Post's Etiquette, but with the chaos of the move, who knows, maybe I'll grab something else.

Currently watching: Very slowly, the original Mobile Suit Gundam.

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

1 Of The Most Noticeable Top Actors In Cinema 🎥 Today

With Such Brilliant & Remarkable Films 🎥 In His Acting Career

Born On July 3rd, 1973

He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 3, 1973, the son of voice teacher and singer Mary Kay Wilson and WTVT news anchor John Franklin Wilson. He has two older brothers: Paul, an advertising executive, and Mark, who succeeded their father as a WTVT news anchor. He grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he attended Shorecrest Preparatory School. In 1995, he graduated with a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.

He made his acting debut as an understudy in the role of Chris Scott in the national touring production of Miss Saigon. The following year, he portrayed Billy Bigelow in the national tour of Carousel.

He is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of demonologist Ed Warren in The Conjuring universe (2013–present).

He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in The Full Monty (2000–2001) and Oklahoma! (2002). He co-starred in the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America (2003), which he was nominated for both the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.

In DC COMICS He portrayed 1 Of The Most Iconic Roles Of Superheroes In 2009 From The Warner Bros Pictures & Paramount Pictures Film 🎥

WatchMen ⌚ ⏱

As The Caped Crusader, Nite Owl 🦉

In the DC Extended Universe, he voiced the U.S. President in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and later portrayed Orm Marius / Ocean Master in Aquaman (2018), a role which he is set to reprise in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023).

Please Wish This Talented & Incredible Actor Of Cinema 🎥 Today, A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

You Know Him & You Love Him Anyways

The 1 & The Only

MR. PATRICK JOESPH WILSON AKA NITE OWL 🦉  / ED WARREN / OCEAN MASTER 🌊

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU, MR. WILSON & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME #PatrickWilson #NiteOwl #EdWarren #OceanMaster

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André De Shields (born January 12, 1946) is an actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. His Broadway credits include Warp!, Ain't Misbehavin', Play On!, The Full Monty, Impressionism, and The Wiz. He was born in Dundalk, Maryland, to Mary Gunther and John De Shields. He was raised in Baltimore, the ninth of eleven children. He attended Wilmington College, where he starred in a production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, he transferred and earned his BA in English literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He received his MA in African American studies from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He serves as an adjunct professor at Gallatin. He originated the role of Hermes on Broadway in the musical Hadestown, winning the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his performance. He has appeared on television and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Ain't Misbehavin'. He began his professional career in the Chicago production of Hair, which led to a role in The Me Nobody Knows and participation in Chicago's Organic Theater Company. He performed in several off-off-Broadway productions at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s. These included Sacred Guard, Thoughts, and the Cotton Club Gala. He co-wrote and directed an evening of songs called Judith and the Cohen Sisters in Midnight in Manhattan at La MaMa. He directed a production of The Adventures of Rhubarb: The Rock and Roll Rabbit and a production of his work, Saint Tous, to celebrate Black History Month at La MaMa. He has appeared on Another World, Cosby, Sex and the City, Great Performances, Lipstick Jungle, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He played Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland. He appeared in John Mulaney's John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch in which he sang "Algebra Song!". He played the role of Chubby, a recurring character in Katy Keene. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUA9xPO7Qr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Is the present cast as good as when it first opened on Broadway in the early 2000's? Debatable. Where Tim Curry absolutely killed it as King Arthur and under Mike Nichols brilliant direction, "Spamalot was a sensation back when. Under the book by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle this musical is still a brilliant piece. Director (and choreography) Josh Rhodes takes this great piece based on the 1975 movie Monty Python and The Holy Grail now playing at the St. James Theatre and keeps the side splitting laughter front and center.

It is 932 AD, plague beseeches much of England. God has chosen King Arthur (James Monroe Iglehart) to find the Holy Grail. Arthur summons his round table to help him in his journey. From Sir Lancelot(Taran Killam), Sir Robin( Michael Urie), Galahad (Nik Walker), the entire trip is rip roaring laughter!

The cast plays many roles and all are quite good, however, Michael Urie and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer(The Lady of the Lake), steal the show. Urie is one of the best Broadway has to offer today; having seen him in various role over the years, Urie always give the audience a treat with his acting. Kritzer's singing, her acting were outstanding.

As the King trudges through a not- yet-united-kingdom, he is helped along by his neglected sidekick Patsy (Christopher Fitzgerald). Faced with zany characters (some oversized; to the Ni' and onto a killer rabbit). We meet mud-covered mothers and an amputee swordsman. Adding to this farce, even the French get spoofed and it maybe the highlight of the afternoon.

What has been added to this "Spamalot" is the frustrated historian and it is well played by Ethan Slater (SpongeBob the Musical), wimpy Prince Herbert, the killer bunny and many other wacky characters. Slater, like Urie gives us great business, funny action that brings the show to higher levels.

The design in this musical is decent (Paul Tate dePoo lll) as is the projections. I thought the projection here never changes the locations well enough. In the design it merely supports the show rather than being just functional it never raises the show to a bigger brighter visual. Here we get a missed opportunity to separate itself from the "Spamelot" we saw back in 2005.

In Jen Caprio's costume design, Cory Pattak's lighting and Kai Harada's sound design we get full support to the musical. Where scenic and projection just exist, the aforementioned really bring great effect and support to this two plus hours of entertainment.

In a spoof such as this, the music needs to be as memorable as the plot itself. Songs like :"I Am Not Dead Yet", "All In One", "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", "You Won't Succeed on Broadway", "Diva's Lament" and "I'm All Alone" are all memorable and funny.

By way of entertainment, "Spamalot" is great-good-fun and certainly something we can all us in these times; pure escapism and for the most part, the jokes land well. The actors are versatile and talented and they bring excitement and lite fun to their performances. The show never is slow and moves at a rapid pace throughout. Comparing it to when it first came to Broadway hurts this show in that it had a different director, different actors but I promise you that you will not be disappointed seeing this rendition.

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Ep54 Free Vibrating Butt Lamps For All! w/ David Yazbek! (Broadway!)

Dig a hole under another hole, because we're joined by none-other-than David Yazbek! The GENIUS composer/lyricist of the Tony/Emmy/Grammy-Winning hits such as today's musical - The Band's Visit, plus Tootsie, The Full Monty, and more. In our raunchiest, silliest episode yet, we'll chat about all-things Broadway, Led Zeppelin's 'IV', Winning Awards, Losing Awards, and what would a 'Yazbek' Jukebox Musical be called?! www.twitter.com/davidyazbek -- https://linktr.ee/TheBandsVisit

**No actual Vibrating Butt Lamps are available. Sorry to disappoint.

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@justaboutsnapped I owe you MY nonexistent firstborn for introducing me to this funky, funky production of Jesus Christ Superstar. I really want to unpack everything I just saw, because I watched it very late at night and I’m still not convinced it wasn’t a pipe dream.. TW: Self-harm, suicide and spoilers ahead!

2010 Essen Germany prod is very heavy on the Throuple™️ elements, more akin to 2000 JCS than Broadway revival 2012. Judas’ first interaction with Mary is (I kid you not) pelvic thrusting her into Jesus’ arms before touching her chest and proceeding to wipe his hand off on his shirt in disgust 🤦🏻‍♀️ Another interesting factor is how SHAMELESS Jesus and Mary are with their relationship, they basically can’t go a full minute without dry-humping in front of the disciples. Essen also does a scene where Judas forcibly kisses Mary to make Jesus jealous, which I’ve only scene in a couple of productions (but always reads peak douche)

Lemme just say that watching Serkan Kaya as Judas launched him into my top five, he’s a pitiful wet bag man with a healthy dose of dickwad (which happens to be my favorite flavor) AND his aesthetic invokes Josh Young’s Judas if he were an edgy asshole (think Bluedas + Jeromdas)

The backdrops were absolutely stunning and ornate, there seemed to be a fine-arts/museum theme. At the end of TJMD the High Priests congregate with Judas and hand him what looks to be a Polaroid (Also Ponytail Annas weeeee)

Judas gets dogpiled by signs during Simon Zealots and Kelsey Grammer Jesus has to come and lift them all off him 🥺

Other than the Swedish prod, this is definitely the most chaotic JCS performance I’ve seen, rife with the wackiness of European musical theatre. Another similarity to Swedish JCS was Jesus in a Shopping Cart™️, except this time He chucked it to the ground before bodying a sexy Santa 😬 I’ve came to the (rather obvious) conclusion that The Temple was actually a reference to Capitalist greed all along..

We need to talk about Mary!!! Peti van der Velde is gorgeous and has a perfect voice, no complaints there! After IDKHTLH she falls asleep with JC on the couch, only to get woken up by Judas and a handful of cards to the face (He’s the worst jdjzkdhdizsk I love him) Peti is one of the rare Marys that can really throw it back, granting her extra points in my book 😎

As you can see above there’s quite a bit of chemistry between Judas and the priests.. They alternate between fondling him and tossing him around like a hot potato. At the end of blood money Caiaphas dresses Judas up in his hilariously ill-fitting suit and tie (the latter of which functions as a metaphor for the noose)

“Get up off the floor” Annas says as he pushes Judas back onto the floor 🤣

Caiaphas’ actor is named *deep breath* Gesungen von Heribert Feckler, Gespielt von Wolfgang Gruber (Which might be the most German name I’ve ever heard)

I’m sure everyone’s familiar with the infamous scene of Jesus and Judas throwing hands during Last Supper, which reads as both violent and incredibly intimate.

Post-arrest the priests immediately take the opportunity to rip off Jesus’ shirt and expose his hott bod, and Annas climbs on JC’s shoulders (which was something I didn’t know I needed) In a heart-wrenching moment, Judas is restrained on the verge of tears while Jesus gets escorted away.

Tally of times Judas gets his ass beat: 4

Somebody in the comments mentioned that Pilate looks like Putin and now I physically cannot see anything else- the fur coat and smoke machines add an air of tyrannical mystique ✨

Herod is simultaneously a national treasure and Batman supervillain, PLUS HE MAKES A F-ING MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE 😱

Mary and Simon are herded in blindfolded and hogtied during CWSAP, while JC gets the shit kicked out of him (the music is very off-putting considering the situation)

Annas mockingly wipes away Judas’ tear, Caiaphas re-enacts the kiss. Both priests are very touchy-feely and oop! It’s hot potato time again X’D Prior to his death, Judas cuts his own imaginary crown of thorns as his sanity slowly circles down the drain.

IDKHTLH reprise sounds more like an Islamic Call to Prayer than the typical screamfest + some interesting echoing effects make it one of the most unique and artistic renditions I’ve seen thus far 🤩

During the flogging scene everybody leaves a bloody handprint, my favorite part involves a random granny clapping in the background jovially while JC gets his ass handed to him once more. Pilate then rubs his hands all over Jesus’ bare chest as he sings “I wash my hands of your demolition” (Pilate x Jesus shippers I see you 👀 )

Granny (who is now my favorite character) points up in awe as the Cross descends and Judas jumps up out his trapdoor like the little sussy baka he is. The Superstar backup dancers are essentially Dolly Parton lookalikes and Judas has his hair slicked back, finally coming into his full douchesona 💅

PLOT TWIST: Jesus wasn’t actually Jesus?!?! Somebody else please try to explain the doppelgänger who got hung on the cross, I’ve been typing this review all day and my brain hurts 😣

On the seventh day: they all had a sick dance party!! Jesus tips his crown of thorns like a fedora, high fives Judas and they moonwalk into the sunset together. Mary and Peter reappear intact, the only person who’s not having a good time is Putin Pilate, who’s slumped over on the left hand side of the stage (again someone please help me with this, I’m sooo confused 😭)

Serkan Kaya does his trademark cute conductor impression and Jesus recites the spoken lines from John Nineteen Forty-One, which Judas then translates into German. The curtain closes.

Although there was no weak link in this production (Henrik Wagner sang a divine Gethsemane) the standout performance for me was hands down Mr. Kaya’s Judas. His vocals alone are delicious, exponentially elevated by hella acting chops and charisma. If Blue!das’ fursona is a lamb and Jerome!das’ a weasel, then Kaya!das is a rabid dog with wild, self destructive and unhinged tendencies that make him hard (but not impossible) to love. Seeing him flinch away from Jesus’ touch after multiple rounds of abuse solidified the impression, darn tootin’ I’ll be posting hurt/comfort/whump on ao3 about this dysfunctional pairing.

I’m realizing now this is mostly just an ode to Serkan Kaya’s Judas, but who am I kidding he stole the show

In conclusion: I firmly believe everybody should watch this prod everything about it is A Choice

My dudes Jesus & Judas be chillin’ as the show begins

This is literally how it begins gotta love this production’s changes (it doesn’t make sense at the beginning by by the end you’ll realise it’s genius)

Also Serkan Kaya Serkan Kaya Serkan Kaya

In conclusion someone pls watch this version of JCS I’ll give you my nonexistent firstborn for doing so (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1oW411L7Bt?from=search&seid=8365716334088860636)