hey, that’s not bad, someone write that down

Ace/Broadway fangirl/ artist/ singer (sometimes) i draw stuff i guess. mostly newsies but i also like a ton of other musicals. also disney (tangled the series, three caballeros, epcot, etc) Profile pic and header by me :)instagram(@/if-i-aint-got-santa-fe)

[madeline-kahn]

Dancing in Film:

Mary Poppins Returns (2018) dir. Rob Marshall

Choreography by Rob Marshall and John DeLuca

[thisstableground]

ART TUTORIAL: FLAT CAPS

i woke up at awful o’clock this morning so i thought i’d make use of the time. it’s a lil messy but i hope it helps someone because these hats are a terrible nightmare!

obviously you can play around with this to get different variations but them’s the basics. if you can just get hold of a flat cap of your own this is also helpful because then you can take pics for reference. this is my first ever tutorial, so if this helps you any i’d love to hear about it! and feel free to come by my askbox if you need anything clarifying. (next time i will not draw double-sided on the paper, i realise it’s showing through a bit)

[cranberrybutter]

I've been in New York for a while, so I decided to sketch up some rude New York teens on the flight home. Rude teens, plus Les.

[rivailles]

Elsa with her hair down

[wendydoodles]

Some boards from Cassandra’s reprise for Waiting in the Wings. I made myself sad boarding this so I hope it got you in the feels too. That key change got my every time. :,) 

[scurviesdisneyblog]

The Art of Tangled 

[retroepcot]

A Day at EPCOT Center (1991)

[paintingtori]

tried out a new brush & a new signature!! i’d like to thank corey cott for his talents and also his beautiful face.

[lily-b-art]

🎵She's a girl with the best intentions...

...He's a man of his own invention.🎵

[jackkellys]

today, right here, right now

i already feel found. 

[thecollectibles]

XII Zodiac by Olafool art  

(Visit artist’s page to view Aquarius and Pisces)

[lonely-thursday]

Jack waves to Katherine at the end of Medda’s song and it’s so pure 💖

[rustystars]

god Medda Larkin and Katherine Pulitzer are such interesting characters and y’all are really sleeping on them

[paperbooart]

newsie….s

[cauldronsart]

bandstand is a really good musical

[seekingmindatwrk]

i love jeremy jordan with all my little tiny heart

[gahdamnpunk]

American Girl stories were the best tbh

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Dude, read the books, she and her mom freed themselves in Book 1. We don’t disrespect American Girl in this house

[allthefandomss]

Don’t you dare disrespect Addy, or any of my girls for that matter. American Girl used to be legit. Good stories, good dolls, good movies.

[smugkoalas]

Felicity’s story was set in the beginnings of the American Revolution, and addressed the conflict that she faced when her loved ones were split between patriots and loyalists. It also covered the effects of animal abuse, and forgiving those who are unforgivable.

Samantha’s stories centered around the growth of industrial America, women’s suffrage, child abuse, and corruption in places of power. Also, it emphasises how dramatically adoption into a caring family can turn a life around.

Kit’s story is one of my favorites. Her family is hit hard by the Great Depression, and they begin taking in boarders and raise chickens to help make ends meet. Her books include themes of poverty, police brutality, homelessness, prejudice, and the importance of unity in difficult times.

Molly’s father, a doctor, is drafted during the Second World War. Throughout her story, friends of hers suffer the loss of their husbands, sons, and brothers overseas. Her mother leaves the traditional housewife position and works full-time to help with the war effort. They also take in an English refugee child, who learns to open up after a life of traumatic experience.

American Girl stories have always featured the very harsh realities of America through the years. But they’re always presented honestly, yet in ways that kids can understand. They just go to show that you don’t have to live in a perfect time to be a real American girl.

[chaos-in-the-making]

Dont you fucking dare disrespect the American Girls in my house. ESPECIALLY Addy!! That was my first REAL contact with the horrors of slavery, as I read about her father being whipped and sold and her mother escaping with her to freedom, but also how freedom was still a struggle.

A slave doll. Please. Read the books.

[ironwoman359]

Don’t forget Kirsten, the Swedish immigrant who had to deal with balancing her own culture and learning the english language and customs of her classmates, or Kaya (full name Kaya'aton'my, or She Who Arranges Rocks) , the brave but careless girl from the Nez Perce tribe, or Josefina, the Mexican girl learning to be a healer.

And then there are the later dolls, that kids younger than me would have grown up with (I was just outgrowing American Girl as these came out), like Rebecca, the Jewish girl who dreams of becoming an actress in the budding film industry, or  Julie, who fights against her school’s gender policy surrounding sports in the 70s, or  Nanea, the Hawaiian girl whose father worked at Pearl Harbor.

These books, these characters, are fantastic pictures into life for girls in America throughout the years, they pull no punches with the horrors that these girls had to face in their different time periods, and in many cases I learned more history from these series than social studies at school. And that’s without even mentioning the “girl of the year” series where characters are created in the modern world to help girls deal with issues like friend problems, moving, or bullying. We do NOT disrespect American Girl in this house.