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Appreciation blog for my favorite musicals

[josie-and-the-pussycats-2001]

I’m seeing a lot of information being passed around about the SAG-AFTRA strike and have already seen this line of questioning on Twitter so I thought I’d address what this means for Broadway actors as I understand it;

Many of your favourite Broadway actors work in film, television and other fields of acting outside of Broadway and do have SAG memberships and thus ARE currently on strike

HOWEVER

Broadway actors are also apart of the Actors’ Equity Association - typically known as Actors’ Equity or just Equity - this is a SEPERATE union

Broadway actors apart of Equity are signed and working under Equity contracts for the productions they are starring in

As they are working under different union contracts, if you see Broadway actors going to their jobs, performing as usual, promoting upcoming theatrical work, etc. - They are NOT scabbing or crossing the picket line as they are not under SAG-AFTRA contracts

Broadway actors are complying with their Equity contracts and to do so would put their jobs in jeopardies

Remember, the people who comprise Broadway productions are not just famous names but are comprised of many hard working actors who do not have the status or recognition of their more notable co-stars and should NOT be shamed under the guise of false information

HOWEVER

If you see Broadway actors signing onto new screen productions, promoting upcoming screen work, and breaking any of SAG-AFTRA’s strike rules, then it is up to your discretion if you want to bring this to people’s attention

I would like to make it clear that I am NOT an expert nor a professional working on Broadway, this is all information I have gathered from discussions from people involved in the industry. I am only making this post as I have yet to see anyone else address this and have seen some people be confused about what Broadway actors are currently doing in this moment so I hope to help clear things up.

If there is any information I have misunderstood, failed to share or falsely spread, please feel free to correct me and I will update this post.

TLDR: Broadway Actors are not crossing the picket line by continuing to perform in their current theatrical roles as they are under Actor’s Equity Contracts which is a seperate union to SAG-AFTRA

[mattsmithonstage]

Matt Smith as Patrick Bateman in the musical adaptation of American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre (2013) photos: Alastair Muir

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[mattsmithonstage]

Matt Smith as Patrick Bateman in the musical adaptation of American Psycho (2013) Adapted from the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. photos: Manuel Harlan

[ermwhatsup]

was anybody going to tell me that matt smith —as in the eleventh doctor matt smith — was patrick bateman in the american psycho musical or was i just supposed to accidentally find that out myself when i looked at the soundtrack???

[adaptationsdaily]

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly in Chicago (2002)

[jackmansjoy]

Regardless of what happens tomorrow I just want any of you going to sleep with a heavy and anxious heart to know that you are seen, you are heard, and you are valid. Just stay alive, that would be enough. 

[anthoniejcrowley]

[falllpoutboy]

there is a new official white house petition for breonna taylor!! please sign and reblog!!

[teashoesandhair]

High School Musical is THE cultural text of our generation. It defines the word 'iconic'. It moves me in ways that no other media can. It deconstructs class, capitalism, gender, and sexuality. It is perhaps the truest gesamtkunstwerk; it betters all of its peers in every medium. It is opera; it is drama; it is ballet. It brings forth tears, laughter, self-expression and, dare I say it, self-actualisation. We watch HSM and we see ourselves. Also Ryan and Kelsi wear lots of hats and that's neat.

[teashoesandhair]

High School Musical depicts a microcosm of society in which the status quo is, over the course of three perfect films, summarily deconstructed and subverted, paying particular attention to heteronormativity and primarily capitalist kyriarchy. In this essay I will

[starkdottir]

Actors untying their hair to play different characters

[whoreneliastreet]

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory.

Ariana DeBose as ‘The Bullet’ in Hamilton (2020).

[adeles]

Show yourself! I’m no longer trembling.  Here I am I’ve come so far. You are the answer I’ve waited for, all of my life. Oh, show yourself! Let me see who you are. Show yourself! Step into your power. Grow yourself into something new. You are the one you’ve been waiting for, all of my life. Oh, show yourself.

Frozen 2 (2019)

[revolutionary-romanticv-deactiv]

When I say I like a musical, I either mean that: 

I have listened to it too many times to count and memorized all the lyrics

or,

I listened to like two songs and they were decent so yeah, I’ll put it on my list.

[vonnabeee]

♫   Show Yourself   ♫

I watched Frozen 2!!!!!!!!

[hamiltonianwritings]

so obviously hamilton was staged and choreographed and lit to be best enjoyed by a theater audience

but I must say that the dynamics of the “rewind” segment at the beginning of Satisfied where the cameras were able to move around and show Angelica centered while everything rushed past her at different angles was truly spectacular from a cinematic visual standpoint

[smilecapsules-deactivated202106]

wait for it…

endless gifs of hamilton (1/?)