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[curlymcclain]

every song in hadestown, with the same melody: la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la la la,

me every time:

[musicalmatrix]

Hi! I just wanted to say that I’m very, very new at musicals, (English is not my first language, I live faaaar from any place where musicals are available, so I never saw any point) but I recently got into them, and your blog introduced me to like..... The Great Comet and The Prom and The Band’s Visit and Hadestown and I’m so, so grateful bc those shows are gems and representation makes my heart swell and I’m !!!!!! Thank you

HI!!! Idk how I missed this message in my inbox, but this is seriously so sweet?? 💕 I’m honored I introduced you to all those amazing shows, and I’m so glad you’ve gotten into music theater in general!! Thank you so much for this super nice message <3

[musicalmatrix]

If y’all care more about BMC than The Prom, you literally do not care at all about diversity and representation on Broadway, and Hamilton was just convenient diversity for you to like. Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk

[musicalmatrix]

*This also applies if you like BMC over Hadestown or Head Over Heels.

[musicalmatrix]

If y’all care more about BMC than The Prom, you literally do not care at all about diversity and representation on Broadway, and Hamilton was just convenient diversity for you to like. Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk

[playbill]

The Prom Opens on Broadway November 15

[nabiyahbae-deactivated20190913]

Anais Mitchell doesnt get the same love from the Hadestown fandom the way Lin Manuel Miranda or Dave Malloy do and we all know why

[pavelchekovswig]

Great Comet stans running back to Hamilton now that Denee is gonna be in it:

[golongbyjoannanewsom]

if hadestown opens during the 2019 tony season we’re all going to have to deal with a repeat of the great comet vs deh discourse but this time it’ll be hadestown vs bmc

[bwaygay]

theater need to be more accessible, no discussion

and im not only talking about proshots, make proshot with subtitles for deaf people and non english speakers, make theatre more accessible for people with disabilities, please 

[musicalmatrix]

Hey! I’m just sending in a message about your recent reblog of a post that suggests that the “school shooter chic” line in DEH should be taken out. Now I absolutely understand why you would think this, I’m about as pro-gun control as it gets and I participated avidly in March for our lives. However I think that this line was an all too real example of how high schoolers behave. I hear jokes like this made every day, and it further amplifies the toxic environment Evan is forced to be in. (1/2)

(2/2) And it’s because of that I think it should stay in the show. It realistically presents how lightly teens take such a terrible thing in today’s society. Personally, I’ve seen the show twice. And I can guarantee that people aren’t laughing during that line. It’s a mixture of nervous chuckles and a whole lot of disapproving “Ooooh”s. If we’re going to show people the truth, we might as well not censor it- it’s an awful thing to say, and it should make audiences uncomfortable. Thoughts?

All I’m saying is as someone who goes to a campus who went through an active shooter/attacker situation my freshman year, and as someone who is really fucking good friends with someone who went to Sandy Hook, I’m not comfortable with the line. Anyone who has been through anything like that would not be comfortable with that line. But not in a “ooh that brings up a sensitive topic in society” way, but in a “I’m now back curled up in my room, crying and listening desperately to police scanners” way.

Taking out the line is not for the audience. It’s for the people who will and are triggered by it, and have to carry the weight of the audience’s discomfort as their own personal cross. Sometimes we have to put victims before teaching the audience a lesson it already knows, especially if it’s a line that doesn’t need to be there and serves no other purpose.

[musicalmatrix]

GUESS WHO’S SEEING WILLEMIJN VERKAIK IN GHOST IN BERLIN???

[peachyjewess]

Everyone: We need more diversity on broadway!!1!1! OMG!!1!1! It’s all white we need that diversity!

The Band’s Visit: Is a musical with an all middle eastern cast that incorporates Arab and Israeli culture and has an important message about differences, sweeps at the Tonys and becomes the first Middle Eastern show to win a Tony! (And it won 10!)

Everyone: OMG NO! Mean girls and Spongebob were rOBBED! HOW DARE YOU! TBV is BORING and BAD! LET ME TRASH IT WITHOUT EVEN GIVING IT A CHANCE

[three-of-clubsandwich]

Heres the great comet performance from the tonys for people who cant watch it on youtube because of the geolock

[cuteangrycoconuts]

[eurydiceh]

guys no seriously i need a moment i remember a few years ago being pissed at the small amount of middle eastern actors on broadway and looking up articles on that and one of ari’el showed up and ever since i’ve been following his career then i got to watch him on broadway and now he won a TONY AWARD????? AND HIS SPEECH!!!!! ABT HOW HARD IT IS TO BE MIDDLE EASTERN IN AMERICA!!!!! AND PORTRAY PEOPLE OF YOUR ETHNICITY!!!!!! WTF BYE!!!!!! I AM DEAD!!!!! GONE!!!!! BYE!!!!!

[musicalmatrix]

since i’m still seeing people being mad about the tony’s last year, something needs to be fucking said right here and now:

there is a difference between being upset your show lost because it sets back invention and diversity in the community and being upset it lost because it’s your show.

the discourse this year is different than last year, and honestly i’m kind of over the theater community not actually caring about diversity and representation, because so much diversity won this year, and you’re complaining about it.

[augustds]

did you know that 5 asians won tonight for tbv and only 7 asians have won since the tonys began

they literally doubled the wins IM LIVING FOR THIS REPRESENTATION