#wow tam-shade-song

[sarayu-sunrays]

You have red-brown hair, brown eyes, and a slightly uneven jaw. You have a freckle on your cheek.

Woahhh if I looked like that... 😍😍😍

You were right about one thing though - I have super dark brown eyes :D

[councillor-kenric-fathdon]

Hello there! My beloved Oralie suggested I should get [tumblr], and while I’m not 100% sure what a “[tumblr]” is, everyone else seems to be here, so all’s well, I suppose! By the way, I’m Councillor Kenric, though most just call me Kenric (you can, too!). If you’re interested in saying hi to some of my friends, here they are!

Children to protect:

Sophie - @therealsophieelizabethfoster

Mr Sencen - @keefe--sencen

Mr Vacker - @fitz-avery-vacker and/or @fitzroy-avery-vacker

Miss Vacker - @sparkles-make-anything-better

Mr Dizznee - @dex-the-smart-one

Mr Song - @tam-shade-song and/or @tam-song-the-shade

Miss Song - @linh--song

Miss Heks - @im-just-cooler

Miss Chebota - @the-only-maruca-chebota

Miss Redek - @shut-up-i-will-burn-you

Mr Endal - @flasher-boi-endal

Miss (Amy) Foster - @amy-rose-foster

Mr Babblos - @jensi-babblos-rules

Responsible Adults:

Alden - @alden-dendrick-vacker

Quinlin - @quinlin-sonden

Grady - @not-a-fan-of-that-boy

Edaline - @edaline--ruwen

Elwin - @elwin-at-your-service

Magnate Leto - @magnatetheleto

Juline - @julinekdizznee-off

…

Lord Cassius - @thebestsencen

Fallon Vacker: @fall-on-this-widows-peak

Fellow Councillors:

Terik - @terik-the-councillor

The one to be kept away from Sophie at all costs (Bronte) (jk jk he’s my bestie) - @bronte-the-inflictor

Oralie <3 - @oralie-pretty-in-pink

Emery - @emery-is-a-king

Black Swan:

Squall - @the-prettiest-ice-cube

Blur - @blurrieidentities

Forkle - @norwegian-trickster-god

Tiergan/Granite - @prentices-husband

Livvy - @candies-and-sparkles

Miss Jolie Ruewen - @jolie-lucine-ruewen

Neverseen/ex Neverseen/associated with the Neverseen:

Fintan - @fintan-pyren

The worst mother known to Elfkind - @lady-gisela

Vespera: @vespera-neci-folend

Ruy: @ruy-tonio-ignis

Alvar - @alvar-not-vacker

Glimmer (Rayni) - @little-miss-neverseen

Trix - @trix-up-my-sleeve

Brant - @brant--redacted

Umber - @umberthebettershade

And the rest!

Sandor - @igowhereyougo

Silveny - @therarestprattlespin

Ro - @hunkyhairs-backup

Iggy - @iggy-the-imp

Organizations:

Black Swan - @black-swan-official

Neverseen - @neverseen-official

Foxfire Academy - @foxfire-official

Exillium - @exillium

Matchmakers - @thematchmakingoffice and @the-official-matchmaking-office

The Council - @thecouncil-official

Eternalia's Library - @eternalialibrary-official

Main rp - @kotlc-rp-official

Bonus!

The incredible artist who drew my pfp - @wow-youre-so-pretty

My main - @bookwormgirl123

And that’s everyone! Have a lovely day, everybody!

[drplague1961]

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[suldreen-saga]

hi! can you do 13, 21, 18, 25, 31, 64, 27, 11, 10 from the wyr? thx!

oh wow anon, you really went ham with this and I love you for it! :)

10) cryokinetic or pyrokinetic

tough choice! I would love to be able to pull an Elsa and freeze stuff. but being able to control fire, even if it’s dangerous, sounds so badass! (I have a strange obsession with fire. no I am not a pyromaniac)

11) atlantis or eternalia

Eternalia sounds great and beautiful, especially since it’s in the Himalayas! Atlantis on the other hand, though?? I’ve always loved going to aquariums so the idea of an underwater city makes me so happy. I’m sure most of my time there would be spent near the force field, watching ocean life on the outside. also, ever heard of that game Bioshock? I love it so much!! Sam, I hope you’re seeing this lol. if any of you remember my Atlantis art, I actually based it on the city of Rapture from that game so... you can see that I have strong opinions about this particular wyr question

13) ogres or gnomes

hmm. my first instinct was to answer ‘gnomes’. I mean, who doesn’t love them? they are the best!! but ogres culture is fascinating to me? I know they seem barbaric and cruel but there has to be so much more beneath the surface. there must be a reason that Lady Cadence, the person who spent so much time close to them, came to respect and appreciate this species. I would love to learn more about their culture and way of thinking so that I could better understand them!

18) elwin or livvy

oof, sorry Livvy, I love you... but Elwin has a special place in my heart. and if anything happened to him I would fight whoever or whatever harmed him with my bare hands

21) blue eyes or brown eyes

don’t make me choose between these two!! they are both so pretty??

25) project moonlark or lodestar initiative

why do we not know virtually anything about the Lodestar Initiative? it’s been 4 books since it was first mentioned, Shannon! we want answers *slams fists on table*

27) song twins or dizznee triplets

okay, listen everyone, I love the Dizznee triplets so much? but I do have younger siblings so I guarantee you I would burst through a wall in an attempt to escape from the triplets if I spent more than five minutes around them. I have no idea how Dex does it?? on the other hand, Tam and Linh can step on me and I would thank them

31) keefe’s neverseen era or tam’s neverseen era

this may be surprising but I’ll go with Keefe’s Neverseen Era! it sucked and we were all in pain and dead inside but it felt less of a dire situation for some reason? like, there seemed to be hope still, what with Sophie keeping in touch with him and it being his choice in the first place? nobody else was threatened to be harmed really? Tam, however, was dragged away unconscious, after having been blackmailed, and we knew little to nothing of what was going on with him...

64) shade or flasher

both are amazing! I, personally, would love to try out being a Shade. getting readings on other people? power move and super useful

I feel like not much is known about Flashers apart from their ability to use light to better help with medical stuff or being able to create really cool spectacles like the Celestial Festival. what about all the other stuff though? there has to be a lot more, like Glimmer’s ability to create bonds, Cyrah and her starstones, maybe even Stellarlune? I’m sure you are all aware how much I crave answers at this point

[thesweatycollectiontyrant]

110 in the Shade

I decided to make it as pleasing as possible for myself to just profile each musical in alphabetical (and numerical? hence 110 in the Shade) order, starting with a gorgeous classic, 110 in the Shade.

Background Info

This is a musical that opened just after the Golden Age. It’s kind of in that area of musicals that people don’t really know how to refer to. Others in the area are a lot of Bock and Harnick musicals, like Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me, also, Jerry Herman favorites, Mame and Hello, Dolly!

Writers

The show has music and lyrics by the team of Harvey Schmidt who actually died exactly a week after my 18th birthday and Tom Jones who did not die exactly a week after my 18th birthday. Schmidt and Jones wrote other works together including, The Fantasticks (one of the longest-running shows in history), and the marriage profile, I Do! I Do! starring the likes of Robert Preston and Mary Martin (with a low Db), who were quite the duo, if you’d ask me. The book was by N. Richard Nash, who actually wrote a play called The Rainmaker, that was produced a few years prior.

Da System

The way I’m going to do this is that I’m going to write while listening. I’m always going to include the cast recording I chose to listen to.

Side note: Most of the time, I’m going to choose especially with classic musicals cast recordings that I feel have the best voices. ALSO, while I do listen to the entire show, I’m gonna just talk about highlights.

Who’s Singing?

For 110 in the Shade, I decided to go with a studio recording from 1997, starring Karen Ziemba as Lizzie Curry and Ron Raines as Bill Starbuck.

Time to dig into this loaded show.

Let’s Do This

For a while, I listened to the recording with Audra McDonald (one of my favorite voices of ALL time, period) as Lizzie, but eventually, I noticed that they transposed a lot of songs for her. Which by all means is okay although a bit surprising for a soprano, but I wanted to hear the way it was intended. I also wasn’t the biggest fan of Steve Kazee’s voice as Bill Starbuck (choppy vibrato), so I searched for a recording for something that is true to the original material, but recent. Thankfully, this recording served everything I was looking for. Another thing that’s funny listening to Karen Ziemba sing this instead of Audra McDonald are these two things: When I think of Karen Ziemba, I think of her phenomenal dancing and the fact that she’s an alto. When I think of Audra, I think of her amazing acting and the fact that she’s a soprano. It’s funny to me that they had Karen Ziemba do the part. Maybe, she was a soprano back in the day. However, despite her alto-ness, she really has quite the range and went OFF in this recording. Very pleasantly surprised.

As I listen to the score, I can say that it is incredibly picturesque. The Overture is both riveting and solemn. It reminded me a lot of Rossini’s William Tell Overture with the whole Morning section mixed with some Fireball. The orchestra is phenomenal. The orchestrations are very lush; something like a mattress that eats you up, but doesn’t make you sink. It’s very full for such a Western-esque score, and it’s perfect to me. It’s a lot like Copland’s Rodeo.

During the opening number, you find out from the Greek chorus (kinda) of townspeople. There’s a drought and it’s gonna be Another Hot Day. The opening number is special because it introduces many themes that happen all the way through the show. The interesting thing is that they introduce them in a way that it doesn’t get annoying to the listener. The motif is formed in many different ways all the way through the show. Also, most of the singing in this number is unison or counterpoint between the men and the women on different themes. The unison singing (while it can be beautiful at times) really gives you that bored sense of I Don’t Care What Happens Today Get Me a Palm Tree I’m Hot.

“Lizzie’s Comin’ Home” is very fun and gives you something you don’t get to hear as much. A trio between three men ("Sincerely, Me" anybody?), Lizzie’s father, H.C. Curry, and her two brothers, Noah and Jimmy. Nice harmonies at the end, and definitely something that could be performed in a concert/cabaret setting.

A few things happen: Lizzie gets her “I Want” song, addressed to Love, so she can get her a mans. The dudes sing about poker and stuff (which is actually a fun number, and a great example of a “Blow High, Blow Low” male ensemble number).

Then the male lead is introduced. Bill Starbuck(s)(?) claims to be a rainmaker (what about a coffee maker? wow now I need caffeine). He leads all the townsfolk in a SUPER DUPER FUN ensemble number that I honestly love, simply titled “The Rain Song”. It’s so exciting and something that you can listen to to get your blood pumping. WOW Ron Raines’ voice. Ooft. Love it.

“You’re Not Foolin’ Me” is a fun duet between Lizzie and Starbuck where they are doubting each other to the point that it’s comical, sort of Beatrice and Benedick meet “Anything You Can Do”.

“Raunchy” is the ultimate definition of a hoot. I don’t need to say anything else. Just watch Audra McDonald do cartwheels at Radio City Music Hall.

“Old Maid” serves as Lizzie’s nervous breakdown that she truly might never find love. She’s just met this guy who she thinks she might like, but she’s not sure, because she’s never really had a chance before, and now he comes along and she doesn’t know what to do, so she just resorts to imagining the thought of being alone forever. This is a fantastic example of amazing songwriting, from changing meter, repeated themes, chord voicing, orchestrations, character arc, everything. This is a great example of a song to give a superstar Soprano who has some fantastic acting chops.

Act Two traditionally opens with an ensemble number *squeals in excitement* called “Everything Beautiful Happens at Night”. It gave me some “Clambake” vibes, as it was written in waltz time, and has some really beautiful and interesting harmonies that just fed my musician soul like I had some Cracker Barrel. Then there’s a fun dance routine with either tapping or softshoe that sounded like tons of sweat, or as my high school theatre teacher called it, success.

Starbuck gets a really nice solo called “Melisande” which is a sort of tale he tells Lizzie. I’ll have to listen again to get specifics yikes but y’all know.

“Simple Little Things” is a nice little (kind of redundant, but still beautiful and necessary) solo for Lizzie.

Kristin Chenoweth made a little appearance in “Little Red Hat” which is more or less of a throwaway duet with one of Lizzie’s brothers, whom she is dating.

The Finale culminates in an enormous celebration by the ensemble when the rain finally comes and the temperature drops from 110 while they’re in the shade to a melancholy 100 in the shade. RIP I guess. The number has some fun A-flats for the Tenors and Sopranos. An interesting ending to a genuinely fun show.

Audition Songs

Cool thing about future posts. Most of the shows that I post about, I have access to vocal scores for, so if you’d like PDFs of songs for auditions or anything, just let me know, and I’d be more than happy to send to you! YouTube links will be posted with the title of the song.

Regarding this show in particular, while I mentioned that this is not in the Golden Age, per se, this is still a perfect show to take to an audition that asks for a Golden Age song.

“Love, Don’t Turn Away” - Lizzie, D4-F5

The song has a charming quality. Good idea for auditioning for a Rodgers and Hammerstein show, like Cinderella. It’s for a Soprano, but can easily be sung by a Mezzo, as it doesn’t go too high.

“Raunchy” - Lizzie, G3-Ab5

This song is so so so so so funny. Coincidentally, this would also be good for a Rodgers and Hammerstein/Bock and Harnick/Lerner and Loewe audition. Maybe something along the lines of Amalia Balash or Eliza Doolittle. The song is for a soprano. The situation is that she’s explaining to her dad how she’s gonna get her mans. There are some harmonies at the end between her and her dad that could easily be cut for an audition. That’s where the high Ab happens, so if you choose to cut the section where they sing the “Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo”s, the song goes up to a G5, which is only a half-step difference.

“Old Maid” - Lizzie, B3-G5

This song is featured in the infamous The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology: Soprano, Volume One. Disclaimer: I’m not hating on the series of books; I’m hating on the idea that many voice teachers across the country simply choose the same songs for their students to sing. While this is in the anthology, It is more of an unpopular one. Which is good *maniacal laugh*. This is a great song to show your dramatic acting ability, ladies. It’s an awesome song to take to a Weill or Bernstein audition because of its opus nature, but also it’s great to bring to an audition for the composers and roles mentioned in the above paragraph. This is a fantastic song.

“Melisande” - Starbuck, G2-G4

This song is pretty range-y, but it’s a story-telling song. It’s a good song to have fun with. Very appropriate for a Baritone or Tenor.

“Simple Little Things” - Lizzie, B3-E5

Not much to say about it other than I think it’s really pretty. Starbuck has a weird line at the end you can cut if you use it.

To Wrap It Up

This is actually a really fantastic show. I love the plot. Lizzie really grows up over the show, and shows that even people who are a little silly can find love too. This show is a really good choice for high schools. You can cast it as big as you need by adding to the townsfolk. Not sure if they have a lot of individual lines, but it could be solved easily. The revised version, offered by Tams-Witmark only has twelve characters. Crizzazy. I know the original version, also offered by Tams-Witmark has a similar get-up, but gives the option to add more to the ensemble. If you’ve got a dynamite soprano who can act really well, this is the way to go. It’s a very accessible show, and something that could really bring a group of people together.

Get it.