#the great gatsby a new musical

[rhysdoesstuff]

If I had a nickel for every time a former Eurydice from Hadestown went on to join a musical adaption of the Great Gatsby, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice-

[thegreatgatzbi]

ok so I SAW GATSBY AN AMERICAN MYTH WITH A FRIEND LAST NIGHT and i have THINGS TO FUCKING SAY. if you are a gatsby fan please see that one and dont waste your time/money on the broadway show. SEE THE BOSTON SHOW. or wait till it goes on tour/to broadway if it does!!! its beautiful and understands the source material and subtext in ways that ive yet to see any other adaptation do. it TRULY understands what its working with, and the changes that were made are purposeful and exact. also its funny as FUCK. every song is a hit that id listen to in my spare time, and im VERY critical and picky about music JFBJDDH its just an amazing adaptation thats so much more genuine and enjoyable than the broadway tgg could ever hope to be.

[more-than-tender-curiosity]

Finding out most of the Gatsby broadway fans haven’t actually read the book makes a lot of sense actually

[driftingthruspace]

gatsby hyperfixation going so hard that when i randomly got a bloody nose i went "damn guess im myrtle wilson now"

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[sunflowersand-bees]

Nick saying

“At least the Midwest blessed me with a stellar sense of right and wrong”

And then getting propositioned for a threesome by a guy two seconds later

is actually genuinely my Roman empire

[theangrypomeranian]

MY FAVORITE CLASSIC NOVEL IS NOW A MUSICAL AND IT'S GOOD 😭😭💖💖

[beheadedcousins]

GUYS!!! I MET SAM PAULY!!!!

[psychologicalwarclaire]

You have ruined me

I've had The Great Gatsby stuck in my head for the past two days

(Why is roarin on so freaking CATCHY?!?)

/pos :)

You're welcome ^^

It's New Money for me. Absolute BANGER of a song

[biteofboredom]

"fuck it we ball" *cries to oddly specific musical theatre songs*

[frankendykez]

posting this bc of @clawtistic's shadowban

[daiwild]

Saw the Broadway Gatsby musical yesterday. Drew a scene from my favorite song.

The set for this part in the show was amazing—so many flowers! Sadly I cannot draw flowers

[disacurveball]

What if… Optometrist AU / OC… (Oculist Falls)

The GF AU brainworms have been taken hold of me and this happened. AU where One Other Euclydian survived the universe’s destruction, and it was Bill’s childhood optometrist.

A little bit about the Optometrist himself:

His name is T.J. Cross. Definitely not a literary reference from on Bill’s (least) favorite classic. He’s definitely not green for the same reason. I imagine his surname is a common one in Euclydia, as it is a shape. It fits him well though, reflecting his stern attitude.

He became an optometrist because he actually has an eye defect himself. Born with one “normal” eye and one that could see More. Defects are not allowed in Euclydia. He figured out how to blind himself to what he Shouldn’t See.

He’s nearsighted in his 2D eye, so he wears a monocle.

I’ve decided to combine this OC with evil/Blind Eye Fiddleford AUs, since both share the same goal: To Blind and To Forget.

Basic Plot:

The Billford Portal incident still happens and Fiddleford is left with a sight he wishes to forget. Except this time, he gets the idea for the memory gun in a dream, from this strange figure who just appears to give him encouragement. Obviously, he’s seen what happened to Bill and Ford so he’s not too keen on trusting something like this, but continues with the memory gun plans as normal. He won’t fall for flattery like Ford, so it’s important he thinks most of his ideas are his own free will.

Fiddleford still comes up with the idea for the Society of the Blind Eye, except this time— there’s a buffer in his head that’s keeping him from going crazy and subtly limiting his usage of the memory gun on himself. With this buffer (the optometrist) subtly creating blueprints with Fiddleford in his dreams every night, his tech patents make him a boat load of money. So much so he can buy out the Northwests and put Gravity Falls on the map.

He’s now the eccentric rich inventor, reclusive but throws grandiose parties in the manor from time to time to keep up appearances (and ward off the mansion’s curse.) But in the background, he’s leading the Society of the Blind Eye. And getting subtle guidance to expand…

Bonus:

[jack-kellys]

gatsby at the ART closes today… so lucky i got to see it twice let alone at all. genuinely a one of a kind adaptation that goes beyond what the genre has been for musical theater by a mile- especially having seen the recent best musical outsiders beforehand. this was a show that kept the color and tone of the book while morphing it into a truly modern importance and interpretation.

idt there’s gonna be something like this in a while…. like this was how i felt doing cabaret for the first time years ago and that’s. big

[driftingthruspace]

i am mentally well trust

[wuwubean]

i’ve already had to deal with my sister playing the great gatsby musical on loop for the past two months, and the moment new money finally leaves my head the book of bill makes the great gatsby a huge part of it’s puzzles. i can’t escape it. send help please.