#the wild party lippa

[doyouknowthismusical]

[starkiddreamcasting]

Starkid The Wild Party

It’s the life of the party, It’s Starkid dreamcast for The Wild Party (the Andrew Lippa version). Hope you all enjoy this dreamcast (it was tricky considering how many characters there were and how little info I could find on them.)  but be sure to vote in the polls I created where you can choose what new dreamcasts you to see and what older dreamcasts you want to want to see revised. Please enjoy!

1. Lauren Lopez as Queenie 2. Curt Mega as Burrs 3. Corey Dorris as Black 4. Britney Coleman as Kate 5. Jaime Lyn Beatty as Madelaine True 6. Dylan Saunders as Eddie 7. Jeff Blim as The Neighbor 8. Will Branner as Kegs 9. Tyler Brunsman as Phil d'Armano 10. Denise Donovan as Mae 11. Mariah Rose Faith as Rose Himmelsteen 12. Brian Holden as Jackie 13. AJ Holmes as Sam Himmelsteen 14. Janaya Mahealani Jones as Dolores 15. Jon Matteson as Oscar d'Armano 16. Joey Richter as Cop 17. Brian Rosenthal as Reno 18. Rachael Soglin as Ellie 19. James Tolbert as Max 20. Kim Whalen as Peggy 21. Tiffany Williams as Nadine

Swings: Nico Ager, Bryce Charles, Alle-Faye Monka, Joe Walker

Understudies: Nico Ager (Kegs, Jackie, Reno, Max), Jeff Blim (Eddie), Will Branner (Phil d'Armano, Oscar d'Armano), Bryce Charles (Dolores, Ellie, Nadine), Mariah Rose Faith (Queenie, Kate), Alle-Faye Monka (Mae, Rose Himmelsteen, Peggy), Joey Richter (Burrs), Rachael Soglin (Madelaine True), James Tolbert (Black), Joe Walker (The Neighbor, Sam Himmelsteen, Cop)

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

[glimeres]

"The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March was published as a narrative poem in 1928. The poem tells the story of Queenie and her actor lover Burrs, who decide to have a party, complete with illegal bathtub gin and the couple’s colorful, eccentric and egocentric friends. But the party unfolds with more tumultuous goings-on than planned. Art Spiegelman revived interest in the poem when he published a newly illustrated version in 1999. Around the same time, two musical productions were in the works. Andrew Lippa wrote the book, music and lyrics for a 2000 off-Broadway version while Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe launched another musical starring Toni Collette in her Broadway debut. Producer Jeffrey Seller planned on bringing the award-winning off-Broadway production uptown to the Great White Way. He contacted Drew Hodges and Mark Burdett of SpotCo, creator of posters for RENT, Avenue Q, In The Heights and more, to do the graphic design. The ambitious result, art directed by Kevin Brainard and photographed in luscious black and white by Ellen von Unwerth, involved showing the entire cast acting out the debauchery of the poem. “It was the best photoshoot Spot has ever done,” said Hodges. It was “the sexist Broadway cast shoot that never saw the light of day,” added Brainard, who has made an online archive of the full set of 29 images. "

The Daily Heller: One Helluva Wild Party

[haveyouseenthismusical]

[musical-chick-13]

Happy (belated) Halloween! Have a creepy song :)

[moowithmidnight]

Inside of you there are two wolves-

[modern-day-classic]

Feels incredibly apt for today

[glimeres]

There is this thread making rounds on twitter where people would put their dream casts and/or interesting choices for Sweeney and Lovett before the revival inevitably gets closed down in spring. Weeell, I have my own pick!

‘Maybe he needs me, maybe he loves me.

Maybe I like it this way.’

[thrashntreasure]

Ep63 Elphabarton Fink w/ Julia Murney! (Broadway!)

New age, what dis? It's a Wild Birthday Party! And we're joined by our very first Elphaba, Lady Julia Murney! Faints In this week's sweetly sassy, seriously insightful, and celebratory episode, we dive into Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, whilst tackling a Whitesnake eponymous album head-on. Plus we play a party game, chat about Elphaba, discuss more pet peeves, and AW edges closer to 40, d'oh!

www.twitter.com/juliamurney -- www.instagram.com/pepamama

[broadwaydivastournament]

Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 1D

Two-time Tony winner Victoria Clark (1959) is one of our remaining soprano leading ladies (and a beloved character actress to boot). Winning for both The Light in the Piazza (2005) and Kimberly Akimbo (2023), Vicki is also a trained opera soprano and has performed various concerts like Dido and Aeneas and has over a dozen directing credits to her name. Other shows she has acted in include Cinderella (2013), Titanic (1997), and Sister Act (2011). She is the second-oldest performer to win Best Leading Actress in a Musical, and frankly, she should be the oldest.

Once known as the Broadway actress who had never appeared on Broadway, Julia Murney (1969) finally made her debut in 2005 in Lennon (a show that lasted all of 49 regular performances). She returned again to better success in a seven-month Wicked stint in 2007. Her off-Broadway career is vast and varied with shows like The Wild Party (Lippa, 2000), and she has appeared in the Funny Girl (2002), Chess (2003), and Hair (2004) Actors' Fund Concerts. She is currently directing a regional production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

PROPAGANDA AND MEDIA UNDER CUT: ALL POLLS HERE

"Vicki Clark, my beloved. If you don't think sopranos can be hilarious character actresses, you haven't met Vicki. From her wildly fun Smitty in How to Succeed... to her absolutely gorgeous Piazza, she has the fucking range. Also, I just love a tall slender woman who's out here wearing cute little halter tops and midriff-baring skirt sets as a sixty-something woman. I have seen Kimberly Akimbo twelve times as I'm writing this, and I'll see it again. She's such a delight, and I love her so much. Best Beggar Woman, bar none."

"Ah, Julia Murney. An early crush in my musical theatre life. I don't care about Wicked, but I do care about a late-thirties Elphaba. And I still enjoy The Wild Party every now and then. This woman (and Vicki Lewis) is the reason I sat through that Between the Lines off-Broadway show twice in 2022 despite generally having a miserable time. The things I do for broads with broad voices."

[glimeres]

2000 - Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Taye Diggs, Brian d'Arcy James and Ensemble perform The Juggernaut from Lippa's The Wild Party

[jules-has-notes]

2019 VoicePlay spring roundup — here, there, and everywhere

An eventful start to the year led into an equally busy spring. In particular, they put out a deluge of music videos, releasing a new one every other week during April and May before settling down to a more reasonable pace.

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Celebrate good times

Layne and Tony started the spring by unboxing PattyCake's 100K YouTube subscriber plaque during a livestream chat with their fans. The next day, VoicePlay released a long-awaited video for "Any Way You Want It". A few days after that, VP passed new subscriber milestones of their own on both YouTube and Facebook.

Then the boys spent most of the rest of April working on various projects. In addition to releasing their next video — this time for a Chris Stapleton inspired rendition of "Tennessee Whiskey" — they also had a fair bit of dance rehearsal for their updated "Boy Bands" medley.

They did take a weekend off for some fun times in the middle of the month, though. J.None went to see rapper / singer Tobe Nwigwe. Layne and Cyndi had a night at the theater to see friends in the Andrew Lippa musical Wild Party.

J.None with Tobe Nwigwe and singers // Steins and friends having a night out

VoicePlay then capped off the their April adventures with two nights of shows at a casino ballroom in northern Nevada.

VoicePlay on stage at Cactus Petes in Jackpost, NV — photo by Matt Hartgrave

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The hits keep on coming

May began with yet more music videos. VoicePlay put out their groovy version of Prince's "Kiss", and PattyCake released the second episode of their Villains Lair series featuring a trio of disgruntled fairy tale step-moms.

The day after that, VoicePlay headed back to NYC. This time they hit the town in style for the Shorty Awards.

The winner of their category was announced rather unceremoniously in a montage of several awards, and sadly it wasn't our guys, but they seem to have had a fun time anyway. At the very least, they got to visit New York and meet some other folks who are situationally famous.

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During a couple more weeks plugging away at home, some of the guys also worked on other projects. Layne and Tony finished off a group of videos they'd produced for YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden, and J.None played a string of private events with Paradigm Party Band.

Then VoicePlay released their video for club jam "Lost In Japan" in mid-May before heading out of town again for a concert in Fairmont, MN. On the way there, Earl had a chance airport encounter with wrestling legend Shawn Michaels.

Fairmont, MN show — photos by Joseph Kreiss

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On the way home, J.None took a detour to Virginia to attend his high school choral director's final spring show and wish him well on his retirement after more than thirty years as an educator.

J.None and Dr. Don Krudop at the Salem High School spring choral concert

VoicePlay finished the month by filming the fiercely demanded video for an expanded version of their boy bands medley that had been thrilling audiences at live shows for many years.

Backstreet's back! Alright!

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Family time

At the beginning of June, the fellas took a few days of well-deserved rest with their loved ones. Eli and Ashley had a fun night out with an old friend and said hello to Matt Sallee again when Pentatonix came to town on their tour. Layne and his girls celebrated Dori's third birthday with another adorable family music video and a whole royal court of well wishers.

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Back to work

When VoicePlay reconvened once more, they gathered at Rayne's Room for a relatively simple video shoot compared to their recent output — the next entry in their "Aca Top 10" series. This time they tackled themes from popular sitcoms.

A few days later, they hopped on a plane to Iowa where they headlined a concert at Grinnell College's fifth annual Summerfest.

When they got home, they dropped their next album. In response to popular demand, the boys compiled a baker's dozen of the tunes from their music videos over the previous two and a half years, and released them on physical media. "Citrus" includes the best of the best from that period, starting with J.None's first collaboration with the group before he was a permanent member, and spanning through his first full-length co-arrangement for the group.

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As you were

The guys took a little more downtime to close out the month and spend time with their families.

Meanwhile, J.None was still on that grind. He played a set in a group show at a local venue with his occasional collaborator, Daniel Kelley Howard.

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Then he headed over to Cocoa Beach to film a promo video for another gig band called Summer Breeze, which is part of Entertaiment Central's offerings. That group's specialty is, as the name suggests, yacht rock and light retro party tunes.

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Things calmed down a bit for the summer, but that's a story for another time.

[auditionsuggestions]

Unique Audition Songs for Mezzos and Sopranos

Hey friends, I've been down the rabbit hole coming up with songs I haven't really heard done much in auditions (at least not in my market) and I though I'd list them here (I'll do a Tenor/Baritone list in a bit). It's a mix of belt and legit stuff.

Keep in mind the risk of this is some of these may not have readily available sheet music, others may be a bit more obscure and so your accompanist may struggle a little if they're one who relies on having at least a cursory knowledge of a piece.

Also, there is no organization to this list beyond the order I added them to my spotify playlist.

Life! from The Ballad of Little Jo

Why Can't I from Scandalous

I'm Your Man from Meet John Doe

He Threw Me from Meet John Doe

Who is this Man from Death Takes a Holiday

When the World Was Mine from The Count of Monte Cristo

A Story Of My Own from The Clock Maker's Daughter

A Whole New Story from Between the Lines

How Will I Know from Death Takes a Holiday

When the Music Played from Doctor Zhivago

This is All Very New to Me from Plain and Fancy

Children of the Wind from Rags

Is it Really Me from 110 in the Shade

I Want to Go To Hollywood from Grand Hotel

I'll Show Him from Plain and Fancy

A Quiet Thing from Flora the Red Menace

Patterns from Baby

The Finer Things from Jane Eyre

I Couldn't Know Someone Less from Daddy Long Legs

When Did I Fall in Love from Fiorello!

Love, Don't Turn Away from 110 in the Shade

Will He Like Me from She Loves Me

Dear Friend from She Loves Me

Old Maid from 110 in the Shade

Humiliation from Emma

The Epiphany from Emma

I'm Done from Rocky

Simple Little Things from 110 in the Shade

I Still Believe from Amazing Grace

When I Look at You from The Scarlet Pimpernel

Forgiveness from Jane Eyre

Sweet Liberty from Jane Eyre

Painting Her Portrait from Jane Eyre

Rain from Jane Eyre

Lay Down Your Head from Violet

How Can I Wait from Paint Your Wagon

The Story Goes On from Baby

Never Again from King David

It's a Helluva Way to Run a Love Affair from Plain and Fancy

Everything That Touched Her from The Ballad of Little Jo (A bit of a warning on this one, it is an emotionally rough song and could possibly be triggering--I'd recommend reading the synopsis of the show before you work on this one)

Troubled Heart from The Ballad of Little Jo

Unbuttoning the Buttons from The Ballad of Little Jo

Here Alone from Little Women

Days of Plenty from Little Women

And Eve Was Weak from Carrie

I Will Prevail from Wonderland

The Mad Hatter from Wonderland

Snuff Out the Light cut from The Emperor's New Groove

Everything Happens from Bandstand

Who I Was from Bandstand

Welcome Home (Reprise) from Bandstand

I Wish I Could Forget You from Passion

I Read from Passion

How Did We Come to This from The Wild Party (Lippa)

Maybe I Like it This Way from The Wild Party (Lippa)

I Resolve from She Loves Me

There's A World Out There from Little Women (Oler and Hubbard version)

I'll probably add more to this as I think of them.

[spaceoperetta]

What other show does obscure Broadway deep cuts like Riverdale? None of them!

The non-Lippa Wild Party that I don’t think I ever listened to? Originally sung by Eartha Kitt? Niche!