Lord, your voice is piercing, John!

A collection of amusement and things that make me happy. Musicals, theatre, and indulgent period dramas/bbc television programs and the like may appear. Just so it's all out there.

[playbill]

Watch Daveed Diggs Sing on Sesame Street

[butmradams]

I made a "no screen time" exception for this...my baby's education has to start somewhere

[linmanuel]

Our winning Easter Bonnet Presentation, sung to the tune of “Alexander Hamilton.” Proud of our company, who raised an insane $516,029 for BCEFA. And grateful to you, who dropped Hamiltons in our buckets for people who need it to live. Thank you. *greatjob*

[theloversthedreamersandme]

I am so happy to be alive right now

[butmradams]

I can’t.

[theloversthedreamersandme]

I just want to say thank you to Lin-Manuel Miranda

For making 2015 an awesome year. I am so grateful.

[butmradams]

Ditto

[john-quincy-adams-blog1]

But someone’s gotta keep the American promise  You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!

[fuckyeahfunhomeonbroadway]

Fun Home kids in Hamilton heaven ⭐️ #home4ham #funhomebroadway

[sketchballchange]

My life is crumbling but here’s some Broadway Trivia:

I was fact-checking something about the original cast of 1776 for a piece I’m working on (barely related), and I saw that the production played the 46th Street Theater. I remembered that the 46th Street Theater is the old name for what is now the Richard Rodgers Theater. The Richard Rodgers Theater is where HAMILTON plays today. The action of HAMILTON only starts in the year 1776, where 1776 the musical starts and ends, and the musical shows many ways that the form has changed and remained basically the same. HAMILTON began previews downtown at the Public Theater 46 years after 1776 ended its Broadway run on 46th St. 46 years BEFORE 1776 closed, a musical about the birth of the country called DEAREST ENEMY closed. DEAREST ENEMY had music by, guess who, RICHARD RODGERS. 1776 shows many ways that the form had changed and stayed basically the same in those 46 years. FORTY-SIX.

None of this means absolutely anything, but I find it beautiful

#TheBatonPassesOn #MusicalTheatreHistory #MeaninglessCoincidences -Dan Jones

[butmradams]

This is incredibly beautiful. Thank you.

[hobgoblinsandpeachfuzz]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDjvRGjIICQ)

My life has been leading to this beautiful thing. I have reached eternal happiness. 

[theloversthedreamersandme]

Jefferson: ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ We fought for these ideals; we shouldn’t settle for less These are wise words, enterprising men quote ‘em Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote ‘em Adams: I have more to do than stand here listening to you quote yourself.

The 1776/Hamilton Crossover we all wanted. (via theloversthedreamersandme)

[butmradams]

(via Encores! 1776 Looks to Hamilton for a Founding Fathers Revamp)

So the only thing more exciting than Hamilton right now is the prospect of my favorite musical (1776) taking a chapter from Hamilton’s casting....so here’s my impossible dream cast for the Encores production coming up in March.

John Adams: Lin-Manuel Miranda (a little young but I don’t care, he’s already proven he can be charismatic and still play “obnoxious and disliked”)

Abigail Adams: Audra McDonald (because perfect)

Ben Franklin: George Takei (think about how perfect this is... the timbre of his voice even matches Howard da Silva’s....)

Thomas Jefferson: Christopher Jackson (can’t you just hear him sing “Mr. Adams leave me aloooooooone!”)

Martha Jefferson: Phillipa Soo ( again, I can just hear “When heaven calls to meeeeeeee”) Edward Rutledge: Leslie Odom Jr. (Molasses to Rum to Slaves...that’s all I’m gonna say) John Dickinson: Brian Stokes Mitchell (Nobody can touch his poise, Cool Cool Considerate Men? Perfect. I’m thinking Cam from Frasier) Richard Henry Lee: James Monroe Iglehart (First of all I love this man. Second of all he would bring down the house with that song!)

And a whole lot of other amazing men (since this show is all men...unless they started gender bending, which is my ultimate dream for this show...but that would be a whole different post)

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Their Favorite Things: Two-Time Tony Winner Nathan Lane Shares His Theatregoing Experiences

[butmradams]

He was nonexistent. I wrote it the week we adopted our dog.

Lin-Manuel Miranda on how old his son was when he wrote “Dear Theodosia”

So in my continual quest to find songs to sing to my dog I’ve used this information as inspiration to change “Someday, someday/ Yeah you’ll blow us all away” to the following:

“Small dog, small dog/ You are softer than a log”

“Small dog, small dog/ I can see you through the fog”

“Small dog, small dog/ You do not come from a bog”

“Small dog, small dog/ You smell better than a hog”

Note: I wept audibly when I saw Lin’s face as he sang this song onstage...which I credit to his acting, and his love for his dog (and probably his son too) :)

[linmanuel]

TUMBLRICO!

I made this for you today. It’s the scene in Hamilton that goes between “Dear Theodosia” and “Non Stop.” I made a decision not to record this scene on the album, for two reasons 1) It really is more of a scene than a song, the only SCENE in our show, and I think its impact is at its fullest in production form. 2) As someone who grew up ONLY listening to cast albums (we ain’t have money for a lot of Broadway shows, like most people) those withheld moments were REVELATIONS to me when I finally experienced them onstage, years later. Hamilton is sung through, and I wanted to have at least ONE revelation in store for you. I stand by the decision, and I think the album is better for it.

I know, I know. “But what about people who won’t get the chance to see it…” I know. “And Laurens is already so underrepresented in history…” I KNOW. THAT’S WHY HE’S SO PROMINENT IN THE SHOW. So here’s where we meet in the middle. The missing scene is above.  Please understand that the reason I left this scene off the album is precisely BECAUSE I value it (and Laurens) so much. Happy #Hamiltunes listening, Tumblrico. This is your extra credit reading. Yr Obd Serv, Lin-Manuel

[hawkbi-pierce]

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[linmanuel]

BAHAHAHAHA

[butmradams]

Everything Daveed Diggs does on this album is brilliant...but the “what”‘s are especially satisfying.

[linmanuel]

The lyrics for all 8 Hamilton Children (as seen at today’s #Ham4Ham show) lyrics by Morgan Marcell & Lin-Manuel Miranda

https://youtu.be/Yx98h6rqC6w

ANGELICA:

My name is Angie, you wouldn’t know it

Unless you listened to my brother, he’s a poet. Even tho, he’s older at the time, I can play piano better plus I can rhyme!   Of course, I have a nervous breakdown when he dies!

I play piano and everybody cries!

A sister sibling seems pretty great

When you find out our parents had 8!

ALEX JR:

I’m Alex Junior, I’m on a journey

I grow up to be a famous attorney But revenge is a sweet final course

I rep Aaron Burr’s second wife when they divorce!

JAMES ALEXANDER:

The name’s James Alexander, I’m a lawyer too!

I had five kids like Tevye, with a boy or two!

No time for relaxin,

Cuz I’m secretary of state for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson!

JOHN CHURCH:

Yo I’m John Church, I win the pennant!

Fought the war of eighteen twelve, second lieutenant!

And I’m the one who brought us glory!

I kept my mother’s promise and I wrote Dad’s story!

WILLIAM STEPHEN:

Hey, the name’s William Stephen and I COLD CRUSH!

I moved to California for the gold rush!

I’m a screamer, I’m a shouter, I’m a hollerer!

I died in Sacramento, most likely of CHOLERA!

ELIZABETH HOLLY:

My name’s Eliza Holly, please follow!

You can see my tombstone in Sleepy Hollow!

I lived with my mom while she was dying

In DC. I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING!

PHILIP HAMILTON

The sun has gone To bed and so must I

My name is Philip I’m the second try

I am the youngest Child in our line

Don’t worry I Will live a nice long time

Goodbyyyyyyyyyye

Goodbyyyyyyyyeee

Goodbyyyyyyyyeee

[butmradams]

Can we talk about the unprecedented nature of him writing additional material to be performed for free, just to make things more historically accurate....I can’t even tell you happy this makes me.

[festeringfae]

Jeanine Tesori & Lisa Kron’s acceptance speech, which absolutely SHOULD HAVE AIRED on television. 

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Dramatists Guild “Increasingly Dismayed” That Tony Broadcast Excludes Best Book and Best Score Categories; Sends Letter to CBS Execs

[lesbianelsas]

“Our foremost gratitude goes out to Alison Bechdel, you had the courage to share your family story, you trusted us to put it on Broadway, and now our audiences are finding a way to understand and love their family, thank you!”

The Public Theater production of Fun Home was nominated for nine Lucille Lortel Awards (winning three, including Outstanding Musical), seven Outer Critics Circle Awards (winning Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical), three Drama League Awards, eight Drama Desk Awards, and the Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical (which it won). Fun Home was also shortlisted as a finalist for the Pulitzer. It won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical and the Obie Award for Musical Theater. 10-year-old star Sydney Lucas also won an Obie in the Performance category, becoming the youngest performer ever to win an Obie. Fun Home earned a total of 12 nominations for the 2015 Tony Awards and won 5 of them, including Best Musical.