pros of casting broadway actors in film adaptions of musicals:
- u know they’ve got the vocal talent
- introduces them to a wider audience
- their fans who may never get to see them live on stage can support them in a different medium
cons:
- there is none
spongebob the musical live on nickelodeon:
- accessible theatre!
- political if u pay attention!
- diversity!
- female director who is also lgbtq+!
- songs of ALL genres, which isn't often seen in musicals!
- whole new story of spongebob!
- stephen hillenburg APPROVED OF IT!
you can boycott west side story (2020) for one fucked up actor in the cast, or you can go and support rachel zegler, the next big thing in musical theatre who is the most wonderful ally to all communities and isn’t afraid to speak up. support her.
yes because, get this, live theatre is actually insanely inaccessible to a very large portion of its fans, whether it be financially, geographically, or for other personal reasons OR a combination of all three
2019 WSS bway revival:
- seems to kind of hate women
- cut I Feel Pretty????
- cast a predator in a lead role
2020 WSS movie remake:
- ansel elgort
- oscar isaac’s favourite person
- incredible cast featuring bway talent
- it’s just gonna be great okay
no matter where you are in ur theatre kid phase; whether you're new to it, well in it or even a former theatre kid, you will ALWAYS know the lyrics to la vie boheme
fun idea to think about today: hiring theatre actors for ur live action musicals 😌 give them a new platform to have an audience on 😌 let them share their talent with the world 😌 give them work 😌
the most exciting thing about In The Heights blowing up mainstream is that eventually there’ll be new anthony ramos stans who will one day stumble upon the iconic musical that is 21 Chump Street
theatre kid with no talent vibe is using a speaker to loudly blast musicals when home alone so you can sing along but don’t have to hear how bad you sound check
andrew lloyd webber dj’ing a phantom of the opera remix at the phantom broadway reopening party is not something i had on my 2021 plan but i’m not even mad about it
the thing i fear most about Mean Girls (2024) not being advertised as a musical is non-theatre kids discovering the lyrics of i’d rather be me, because i too would bully theatre kids based on the lyrics “acted nice when she not nice” and “if you treat me bad i’ll say you’re bad”
the hamilton proshot is fantastic bc it could introduce a whole new world of people to theatre and how it’s more than just the golden age musicals but I can already predict the gatekeeping and “i’ve known it since 2015 therefore i’m the better fan” shit that’s gonna go down 😔✌️
I’M COMING WAIT FOR ME*break door*I HEAR THE WALLS REPEATING*smash chair*THE FALLING OF MY FEET AND*climb on table*IT SOUNDS LIKE DRUMMING*drop to knees*AND I AM NOT ALONE*raises fist*I HEAR THE ROCKS AND STONES*throw a glass*ECHOING MY SONG
*leap off table* I’M COMING
THERES AN EVENT IN MY CITY NEXT FRIDAY THAT IS LITERALLY A “CLUBBING” NIGHT BUT TO MUSICALS. ITS HAPPENING. HSM. HAMILTON. DEH. SA. WICKED. AND MORE. I’M.
recognise 👏🏻 ensemble 👏🏻 members 👏🏻 and 👏🏻 principal 👏🏻 replacements 👏🏻 and 👏🏻 stop 👏🏻 thinking 👏🏻 they’re 👏🏻 less 👏🏻 talented 👏🏻 than 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 “original” 👏🏻 people 👏🏻 who 👏🏻 played 👏🏻 that 👏🏻 role 👏🏻
the knowledge that the same man, who will be known in history as the actor playing thomas jefferson in the hamilton proshot, is the man who said “donald trump is a white supremacist, if you vote for him again, you’re a white supremacist” is the best thing to happen in 2020
beetlejuice is closing on a saturday (VERY uncommon) all because the tony awards are on the next day. I'm not sure who decides closing date but I can't imagine how painful it will be for the cast to close whilst the next day is the most celebrated day in the broadway community😞
something feels wrong about the ratatouille presentation. like yes i get it’s all for fun, but the fact that the industry will happily show a musical created on social media yet still treats minority groups terribly if they aren’t gay white men, does not sit right with me
i understand why hamilton has to be censored slightly but the fact that we’re losing “southern motherfucking democratic republicans” is slightly heartbreaking
i know the whole james corden in musical movies thing is basically a meme at this point but i just Know there’s a high chance they’ll cast him in the wicked movie
🗣 cast broadway actors in adaptions of musical movies 🗣
why?
- they can 1000% act
- they most definitely can sing
- they can sing correctly
- it gives their stans an opportunity to have recorded content of their fave
- introduced them to a wide audience of people
bootlegs on youtube are either titled “woman bakes feelings into pies but not the cannibal one slime tutorial” or “not matilda the musical on broadway” and there’s no in between
I stg if we’re still getting revivals of outdated, racist musicals when Broadway comes back, I’m handing in my theatre kid status because surely by now people have figured some shows need to be done with
fuck the version of Cats with “additional CGI”, I want the raw, non-CGI version of a bunch of really famous actors running around in green screen morph suits doing what jellicle cats do, and I want it NOW
the silence from certain “well-known/loved/popular” broadway actors about the scott rudin, jagged little pill and karen olivo situations is truly astounding
I forget that some people watching the macy's thanksgiving parade are not into musical theatre and have no fucking clue why people are singing and there's a green demon man talking to them through their tv's
here's an idea: before any large theatre production, during the "no recording" announcement, they should add in a part about not singing because a lot of people could use that reminder lmao
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if enough of us audition for the music man open call, we can gather together as an ensemble to actually start performing beetlejuice during the opening number in first preview. they can't stop all of us
@storyteIIers
there has never been a part of me that has watched a boot and thought “well now i don’t need to see this show live anymore”. bootlegs have gotten me INTO new shows and made me more excited to see them live
hadestown would be the BEST musical to perform on the subway bc they could be like "here she comes!!" whilst the doors open and persephone walks in. yes 95% of new york commuters would hate this but I want it
reeve carney:
- dating victoria justice (?)
- was in taylor swifts "i knew you were trouble" music video
- 37 but looks 25 what's his secret
- dresses like pinocchio
- rocks a top hat
- prettier than I will ever be
- talent
we stan (1) one white boy of the month
so when a rat runs across the beetlejuice stage mid-scene it's cute. but when I RUN ACROSS the beetlejuice stage mid-scene it's "disrupting the show" and I "have to leave" and "am banned for life from the winter garden"
I’M IN THE MUSIC BOX BOX OFFICE AND THERES A CAMERA CREW IN THERE AND??? I THINK JORDAN IS IN THERE ????? there’s applause but i think it’s some recording????
what's the worst thing you've seen a fellow audience member do during a live theatre show?
I'll start: a lady swiping through tinder mid-act in Cher Show broadway
why did Glee never cover anything from High School Musical. does glee exist in a universe where HSM doesn’t. because for SURE i was surrounded by HSM in 2010, why weren’t the Glee kids? why didn’t we get an emotional performance of “gotta go my own way” by rachel and some boy??
thank god that glee was cancelled before heathers the musical became a known thing because I really don’t need to see a jump cut sex scene of all the characters making out while performing dead girl walking
if you were on broadway stan twitter between june 2019-march 2020 for all the beetlejuice rumours/drama, you should eligible for an early vaccine for being a senior citizen who’s lived through some shit
HOW TO GET TO HADESTOWN👀 YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE L O N G WAY DOWN👉👉THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND🌳🌲UNDER COVER OF NIGHT🌚 LAYING LOW🤫 STAYING OUT OF SIGHT🙈 AIN’T NO COMPASS BROTHER🙅♂️🧭 AIN’T NO MAP📜JUST A TELEPHONE WIRE AND A RAILROAD TRACK🚉KEEP ON WALKING🚶♂️AND DONT LOOK BACK👈❌
hearing non-theatre people talk about TATBILB sequel is very strange because you’re telling me these people just casually don’t know who jordan fisher is?????
finding out cameron dallas is trending bc people are discovering he was in mean girls on broadway when I had NO CHOICE but to witness his whole performance in person is wild