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Music Director and Fairy Godfairy. 🧚🏻♂️ MD #DisneyPrincessConcert @JeremyMJordan #arianadebose @derekklena @krystar0driguez. 🎹 he/him
New York, NY
Joined July 2009
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your votes, and for all of your love. 💜
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Real Broadway fans know that the amount of spit shown in “Hamilton” is actually a VERY conservative display from Jonathan Groff.
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Can you imagine how tasty all of the vocals are going to be on Broadway when we all finally return on April 13th after a month of ferocious vocal rest? The mixes will be CLEAR, the belts will be STRONG, and the riffs CLEAN, henney!.
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“Yummy” nominated for a Grammy, but not “Lose You To Love Me”? NO THANK YOU, NARAS!.
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Broadway stars being cast in film adaptations is a win for our industry. Sprinkle your salt elsewhere, bitter queens. 😘.
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This is my revival. Broadway Loves @selenagomez, July 22nd at @54below. If you’re ready - come and get it. It’s Selena’s birthday. It’s the first “Broadway Loves” concert in over a year, and I cannot WAIT to celebrate her epic music! #bwaylovesselena.
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Selegend returns!!! @OnlyMurdersHulu in Times Square, baby! 😍 Slay @selenagomez, slayyyy! Comedy queen.
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.@katyperry just ATE and left NO CRUMBS with that @nbcsnl performance of “When I’m Gone.” Those VOCALS, and that full-out choreo!!! Love that it was a taste of Vegas, but with even more DANNCE, dahhhling! Slay, Pop Queen, slay!.
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I think it’s important that we find a way for @LauraOsnes and @JeremyMJordan to star in this! 🤩.
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Feels so good to dance again!. I was so inspired by @selenagomez’s new album that I had to stage a RARE REVIVAL of #BwayLovesSelena! This superstar cast will celebrate her biggest hits, and her most personal album yet, the current #1, #Rare! 4/27 at 7pm!.
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Champagne and Domino’s for the QUEEN! 🥂🍕👑 Celebrating @ArianaDeBose’s TRIUMPHANT @nbcsnl hosting debut!!! A supernova shining bright in living rooms all over America. I couldn’t be prouder!!! SLAY, ARIYONCÉ! Love you!
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Selegend said GET VACCINATED, peeps! Listen to the icon! 🥰.
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The year, 2010. An 18-year old @selenagomez sings the lyric “a day without you is like a year without rain” and single-handedly invents thirst. What an icon.
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One year ago tonight, @JeremyMJordan was an absolute legend at Carnegie Hall, and I cried my face off as he sang this legendary @RnH_Org number.
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Tell ‘em that it’s her birthday! Broadway Loves @selenagomez, July 22nd at @54Below! Over a dozen of Bway’s most distinctive voices slaying Selena’s most iconic bops. One night only! If you’re ready COME AND GET IT! Tix at #bwaylovesselena @SelenaFanClub
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Michigan brought us Taylor Louderman, Gavin Creel, Andy Mientus, Erika Henningsen, Helené Yorke, Ashley Park, Darren Criss, and now THISSSSSS! Go Blue! 🤩.
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A "Beauty and the Beast" @disneybroadway revival is in the works, and I would like to manifest this dreamcast: @IAmSusanEgan as Mrs. Potts, @LauraOsnes as Belle, @JeremyMJordan as the Beast, @jamesmiglehart as Lumiere, and myself on the music team under @mkosarin's leadership!.
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Abbreviated Sondheim musical titles are ELITE. “Merrily,” “Sweeney,” “Night Music,” “Woods,” “Sunday”… every theater person knows immediately and has had deep talks about it. Just how the classical person folks have “Mahler 8” and “Beethoven 9,” etc. Our own little language!.
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Known bullies and abusers, people who create hostile and unsafe work environments for others, should never be hired again on a Broadway stage. PERIOD. You can be fired from one show for terrorizing your castmates, then hired for another. Just watched it on stage last night. (1/2).
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The moment when my sister Pisces @oliviarodrigo looked directly into my soul as we sang about finding therapists for our exes? Truly legendary. My traumas? HEALED. #sourtour #OliviaRodrigo
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Got a little excited for the new @ddlovato album! 😍🤩😍 The artistry is brave, brilliant, and beautiful, and I cannot WAIT to play these songs live with friends one day! Congrats, Demi!!! #DWTDTAOSO
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Y’all, @selenagomez fixed my quarantine sleep schedule by dropping #RareDeluxe at 8AM! She she did a completely new tracklist to integrate three new BOPS, so the album now tells a completely new story! 😍 Re-experiencing my fave album this way has been magical! #SelenasBoyfriend
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No YOU'RE up at 4AM arranging a medley from "Frozen 2".
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Gang. Jeremy is one of the dweebiest nerds I have ever met, and - since this article goes there - also wears glasses in real life. 🙄 An excellent actor is playing an excellent role in an excellent production. It’s not even stunt casting - just great casting. 😑 I’m exhausted.
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There is a new @selenagomez record dropping in less than 24 hours, and I could not be more ready for this very moment. It looks like it’s going to make me feel all the feels! #BroadwayLovesSelenaGomez will need a revival immediately to bring #LoseYouToLoveMe to life!!!.
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Best music, best friends, best night! So proud of team #BwayLovesSelena! The way you all channeled @selenagomez’s beautiful heart into your performances was truly magical. You all are brilliant unicorns, and I am honored to make music with you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SELENA!!!
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Stay inside, wash your hands, and watch “Hit List.” 🤫 Don’t tell NBC. @Anthologist @jenashtep #SmashLives #HitList
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These two changed everyone who loves Broadway for good, and we love you both for it forever. ✨ @KChenoweth @idinamenzel #TonyAwards @WICKED_Musical
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Any time a handsome actor DMs me, I want to say first, “Just to prevent me from future sadness - are you at all interested in dating me or are you just looking for Jeremy Jordan sheet music? Because I should tell you two things. 1) I think you’re cute and 2) I don’t send it out.”.
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I spent so much of 2019 getting #BroadwayLovesSelena ready because bringing @selenagomez’s heartfelt, beautiful music to life meant so much to me! I would be so honored to get to experience her most personal album yet WITH her! What a dream! @SelenaFanClub .#RareReleaseParty
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Wow. We actually just had a completely unplanned second encore in London. The kind where we’ve truly completed the show, everyone has left the stage, and the audience won’t stop applauding until @JeremyMJordan returns to the stage, and I pull up a song on the iPad. TOTALLY WILD.
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Jeremy and Ashley’s daughter sang “Some Things Never Change” to me today in the backseat, pitch, rhythm, and word perfect, and… I cried. She’s gotten all the good genes. The legacy lives on. 😭😭😭 Uncle Benny is so proud.
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I AM SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! YOU ALL DID IT FOR US! @JeremyMJordan, WE WON! 😭😭🤯🤯🤯🤩🤩 THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO VOTED!.
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Tonight, for my birthday, @JeremyMJordan let me write a medley of whatever I wanted. So yes, tonight we sang Britney, the Spice Girls, Céline, The Little Mermaid, the Wizard of Oz, Frozen, and Cats. And it was legendary. BEST. GIFT. EVER.
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GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNER @arianadebose!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 CONGRATULATIONS, MI AMOR!!! I am SO PROUD OF YOU!!!
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Hey #Selenators!!! All of the videos are now up on my @YouTube channel of #BwayLovesSelena, and I am so proud to share our birthday celebration of our princess @selenagomez with you all! Check it out, and let me know which vids are your faves! 🥰
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Here are some never-before-seen clips from “Carry On,” @JeremyMJordan’s beautiful new solo show that we debuted in Feb. 🤩 We’re nominated for @BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards, him for “Best Show - Celebrity” and me for “Best Musical Director.” Vote for us? 🥺
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I’m really glad @SaraBareilles didn’t actually give up Manhattan to that dude. Instead of being afraid of what had already changed, she took over a Broadway theater. May we all handle our breakups like a BOSS like this.
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ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE, @arianadebose! A living lesson in knowing your worth and not accepting discounts. (And in eating Oreo McFlurries in bed at 1:45AM to celebrate your achievements.) 🥰 I love you so much, Ariyoncé, and couldn’t be prouder to see your brilliance recognized! 💜
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Every morning I wake up and thank the lord that @JessicaVosk stepped away from finance at 30 so she could bless us all with her legendary and iconic musicality. BLESSED BE THE BROKEN ROAD THAT LED US TO VOSK.
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A gentle reminder that “Hit List” has a book. Just saying. 😇.
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How long is the waiting period after dating one Newsie before you can date another Newsie? Asking for a friend.
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.@nataliemayparis sings @selenagomez’s #LoseYouToLoveMe 🖤 . As soon as she began to sing “Heart of Stone” in @sixthemusical, I knew 1) that Natalie and I needed to make music together and 2) that she needed to sing Selena’s heartbreaking new single immediately. She smashes it!
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I am getting dressed UP to go to Target! . why? Because I’m GAY, and this is my Saturday night now.
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“Holding hands with the darkness and knowing my heart is allowed.”. “Broadway Loves @selenagomez” was supposed to be tonight, but Ms. Rona had other plans. We’re rescheduled for 8/16, but here’s a mashup @adamjoseflevy and I’d been working on of “A Sweeter Place” & “Vulnerable.”
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MY LYFT DRIVER JUST SKIPPED “…BABY ONE MORE TIME” ON SPOTIFY AFTER THE THREE PIANO NOTES!!! I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A HATE CRIME!.
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“It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” is trending on TikTok, and I feel like I have the strong responsibility to DO SOMETHING…. 😏.
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@AdrianCJax I will never recover from the cancellation of “Popular” after season 2. It ended on the WORST kind of cliffhanger.
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For the record, “Broadway Princess Party” was inspired by a Princess Tea Party I went to on Disney Cruise Line. 😘.
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If I go do ‘cast album karaoke’ at @WaitressLondon and bring my own track or band charts, do you think @katharinemcphee would sing “Don’t Let Me Know” with me?! #reviveSMASH
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I’m currently weeding @JeremyMJordan’s island on “Animal Crossing” while we’re drinking on Zoom, and this feels like a large metaphor for our relationship.
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Y’all! @KellyClarksonTV was SO fun! @kellyclarkson sang an incredible arrangement of “Lose You to Love Me” (kudos @jasonhalbert!) & she and @selenagomez talked about what makes vulnerable truth-telling vocalists like @britneyspears and Selena as iconic as the belters. We stan. 🥰
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“willow” (broadway witch version) with @kathryng & @andymientus. Happy Winter Solstice witches and Swifties! @taylorswift13. Full version on YouTube at #TaylorSwift #evermore #willow
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That thing where the two icons from @AnastasiaBway sing the duet you wrote with them on Broadway, with the full orchestra, and with the composers in the audience, and you get to sit in the front row and BEAM AT THEM. My face hurt from smiling so big! LOVE! 😍😁.
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Céline had the audacity to OPEN with this iconic @jeremymjordan cover! Keep watching to see if he approves. 😂😍😭 #BwayLovesCeline (THIRD ROW CENTER, I may never recover! Happy Birthday @ajbway and ME!) @celinedion
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Having a high voice. Sounding gay. Liking “gay music.” Having dolls. Singing showtunes. Loving princesses. JOKE’S ON THEM! I grew up to be a princess loving Broadway musician who Britney Spears follows on Twitter. And being gay is one of the best things about me!.
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I am emotionally shattered by @selenagomez’s open-hearted new single, #LoseYouToLoveMe. Dazzled by the vulnerability, and so moved by her vocal performance. A stunning lyric, and a haunting melody. My heart needed this, and I am so grateful for it! 💖
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My favorite YouTube comment I’ve ever gotten is: “Pianist seems gay.”. YES, JAN. THAT’S THE WHOLE AESTHETIC. 😂🥰🌈 I’m Fairy GodFAIRY not FATHER for a reason! 🧚🏻♂️.
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Just got to congratulate Patti when she walked by me. SO, THIS REALLY *IS* THE BEST DAY OF ALL!.
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The heart wants what it wants. AKA, it wants you to come see @AntonioCip_ sing this achingly beautiful @selenagomez bop on Monday at #BwayLovesSelena! I cannot WAIT for you to hear this full arrangement at @54Below. Don’t miss it! #selenagomez
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Gavin is actually my favorite male musical theater voice. Don’t tell the rest of the boys! 😍 HIS BUTTERY TONE! His pure spirit in each note! 🥰.
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I am forever shocked and dismayed at how our community doesn’t hold these people accountable. Did we learn *nothing* in the pandemic? . Hire people of better character to play your characters, Broadway. (2/2).
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It is deeply cruel that Terrence McNally, who survived the HIV/AIDS epidemic and beautifully shared the stories of our lost brothers and sisters, should be lost to COVID-19. We are lucky to have had him for 81 years, and his immortal words will be our comfort now. Rest In Peace.
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Me watching “The Devil Wears Prada” for the first time: Wow! So much iconic scenework between Fantine, Mary Poppins, and Donna. 🥰.
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Vaccinated people are very sexy! I hope to be a sexy vaccinated person someday soon!!!.
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How am I supposed to sleep when @JeremyMJordan and I are playing ON THE WEST END PROPER *tonight*?! Just rewrote the string charts for the first medley because I just want everything to SPARKLE, and to know I gave it my all! AHHH! What a dream!.
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SUCCESSFULLY GOT VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS FOR BOTH OF MY PARENTS ON MY BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK. Two hours away, but THE APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED! Y. E. S. !.
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And now the best news of all!!! With a thousand thanks to @SelenaFanClub and all of you for your amazing support, I’ll be celebrating with @selenagomez on Thursday night at the #RareReleaseParty!!! WHAT A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!! 😍😭😍.
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Never forget when the cast and team re-staged “The Battle of Yorktown” the morning of the Tonys to remove the gun violence because of the massacre in Orlando. While juggling a dress rehearsal, a matinee, and the award show. #HamiltonFilm #Hamilfilm @HamiltonMusical.
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A year ago tonight, @jeremymjordan and I were in the midst of his third sold-out run in London. Truly some of my favorite memories ever, thanks to our friends at @club11london, and the man who changed my life and takes me around the world as his bestie and #2! 💙 More soon!
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AHHHH!!!! My legend @ArianaDeBose is about to host motha effing @nbcsnl and I am HERE and going to SCREAM FOR MY LIFE!!! I am so proud already! BREAK A LEG, ARIYONCÉ!!!
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.@JeremyMJordan is VERY VERY good in the play at @littleshopnyc! Hilarious, playful, charming as heck, and sounds like a dream. 👑 The production is stellar as ever - it captures the essence, whimsy, and heart of @PartOfHisWorld and @AIMenken’s first masterpiece perfectly. 💜
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Lol at these “Miscast/Roles We’ll Never Do” concerts still happening in 2020 as if gender isn’t just a construct, or that anyone in 2020 wants to hear a white person sing anything that wasn’t written for their race. Truly lol. Time for a new concept, folx.
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On my flight to Vegas to see @gwenstefani in #JustAGirlVegas, wearing my “Harajuku Lovers Tour” hoodie from Halloween 2005 in Boston! 🤩🍌🍊 And I’m meeting my other favorite Orange County Girl, @KRYSTAR0DRIGUEZ, there! This sh*t really is 🍌🍌🍌! 🥰
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Fun fact! @KerryButlerNyc did the readings of “The Little Mermaid” as ‘Ariel,’ in addition to playing ‘Belle’ on Broadway (as well as Howard’s other princess, ‘Audrey.’) She has one of the most beautiful princess voices! 😍 And her Disney album is gorg!.
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WHEN THEY ASK FOR 'UPTEMPO CLASSIC BROADWAY' & YOUR BWAY CREDITS ARE 'NEXT TO NORMAL,' 'SPRING AWAKENING,' 'SPIDER-MAN,' & 'AMERICAN PSYCHO'
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Today, we celebrate this legend’s birthday. He’s an incredible Daddy. Also an incredible father. 😏 I couldn’t let the day pass without telling you all that @jeremymjordan is one of my favorite people on the planet, and I’m so happy he was born. LOVE YOU, DAD!
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Update - WE’RE IN!!! See you at 4pm, Queens! @sixthemusical @JeremyMJordan (THANK YOU SO MUCH, @HarpyRach!!!) AH!!! 💜.
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Got a call to play the Tony Awards after party, but had to say “no,” because I AM FLYING TO SEE THE SPICE GIRLS THAT NIGHT. #priorities #sorryAntoinette #girlpower.
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I’m finally watching @Cinderella and I am clearly the intended audience. The entrance of this Ed Sheeran classic at the ball had me SCREAMING (and giggling a bit.) But then the musical arrangement is actually stellar!.
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It would be really royal to return to London in the spring, wouldn’t it? 🤔.
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I may never recover from “Moulin Rouge,” and it is only intermission.
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.@NapOnACott playing piano for @LauraOsnes in “Love Will Come and Find Me Again” at this concert is friendship goals. I love them so much. #letsduet.
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Some folks complain about receiving unsolicited d*ck pics on their DMs, but I receive unsolicited singing videos from boys, and, I assure you, it is much worse.
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Make sure you see @tellyleung and @MsLeaSalonga's stunning performances in @allegiancebway before 2/14! Beautiful!
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