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Former theatre kid, current Broadway fan girl. So this blog will be a little bit anecdotes from my years in semi-profession children's theatre, a little bit commentary on shows I've seen recently on Broadway, off Broadway, and even further afield, a little bit youtube videos, and a little bit fangirling over my favorite Broadway actors, directors, composers, etc. Welcome! This is a secondary blog so I can't follow you with it or answer asks privately with it. My primary account is OrangeGirl22 so if I follow you, it will be with that account and if you get a private answer from that account, it's still me! Trading link: http://sarcasticstagemanager.weebly.com

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DARREN CRISS AS OLIVER - Happy trails my robot 🤖🩵✨ | Maybe Happy Ending | October 16, 2024 - May 17, 2026

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DARREN CRISS - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at New World Stages in New York City | April 06, 2026 | 🎥 spellingbeenyc

[olympain]

It's our heads on the block, Give us room and start the clock. Our dreams coming true, Me and you, pal, Me and you!

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Nobody understands the struggles of being a teenage girl better than Prince Hamlet of Denmark

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For the last goddamn time...

"Kill your darlings" means "if something is holding you back, get rid of it, even if it sounds pretty."

That's it! That's all it means! It means if you're stuck and stalled out on your story and you could fix the whole block by removing something but you're avoiding removing that thing because it's good, you remove that thing. That's the darling.

It does NOT mean

That you have to get rid of your self-indulgent writing

That you should delete something just because you like it (?wtf?)

That you need to kill off characters (??? what)

That you have to pare your story down to the absolute bare bones

That you have to delete anything whatsoever if you don't want to

The POINT is that you STOP FEELING GUILTY for throwing out good writing that isn't SERVING THE STORY.

The POINT is that you don't get so HUNG UP on the details that you lose sight of the BIG PICTURE.

Good grief....

[prof-grace-aspen]

Also, you don't have to like, delete it from existence. Keep a second document full of the Darlings. You never know when you'll need it later.

[earhartsease]

yes, your killed darlings are ripe for rebirth

[wordswithkittywitch]

I have a section of my notes document called "The Cutting Room", based off of old film editing, where I put everything I need to cut but was good. And let me tell you something, it is SO much easier to move something to the cutting room than to delete it, which has served me very well for getting things that need to leave out of the story. Plus, if I find a spot for it later, it still exists.

[charliejaneanders]

Co-sign all of this. I hate when people misapply "kill your darlings" to mean "cut anything fun or self-indulgent." Also, I have a whole rant about how sometimes you should just marry your darlings and kill everything else.

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Never Fly Away

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Daepo Jusangjeolli, Jeju, South Korea

Have you been here?

I have been here

I have not been here

Voting ended onAug 13, 2025

[sashayed]

i keep wondering if i should watch "wicked" but i actually don't have to because i already saw that time kristin chenoweth's life was changed onstage by the voice teacher she pulled out of the audience to sing "for good" in 2013

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Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

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Maybe Happy Ending: Anatomy Of A Scene "Where You Belong"

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Best Musical Best Book of a Musical Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Best Scenic Design of a Musical Best Costume Design of a Musical Best Lighting Design of a Musical Best Sound Design of a Musical Best Direction of a Musical Best Orchestrations

MAYBE HAPPY ENDING - Congratulations to all the 10 nominees | The 78th Annual Tony Awards | May 01, 2025

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Darren Criss and Helen J Shen | Maybe Happy Ending | The show that makes us feel more than any other 🥹💜 | April 11, 2025 | 🎥 via MHE

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"The Rainy Day We Met" Lyric Video - Maybe Happy Ending

LYRICS

NEW YORK SET THE PERFECT MOOD ON THE DAY WE MET. THE PATTER OF RAIN AND SOMEWHERE A JAZZ QUARTET. MY UMBRELLA COULD HANDLE TWO – I EVEN KEPT YOUR SHOULDER DRY. AND SINCE WE BOTH WERE SHY, WE BARELY SPOKE AT ALL. YOU WORE A BRIGHT RED RAINCOAT THAT MAGIC DAY. NO WAY WOULD I CHOOSE RED FOR A RAINCOAT… YOUR BEAUTIFUL RED FUR HAT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. (AND NOW YOU’RE JUST DESCRIBING SANTA). THE CROWDED AND NOISY STREETS WERE SILENT EXCEPT OUR BEATING HEARTS IT’S ALL THOSE QUIET PARTS YOU LATER CAN’T FORGET. ONE LITTLE RAINY DAY – THE RAINY DAY WE MET. YOU STARED AT YOUR FEET, TOO NERVOUS TO SAY ONE WORD. OUR BEAUTIFUL SILENCE STARTED TO FEEL ABSURD. SO THEN IN A BREATHLESS RUSH WE BOTH STARTED TALKING AWKWARDLY WE LAUGHED SO HARD THAT WE FORGOT OUR SOCKS WERE WET. ALL ON A RAINY DAY – THE RAINY DAY WE MET. THAT OLD-TIMEY BAND WHEN I FIRST HELD YOUR HAND AND WE DANCED IN THE SUBWAY. THE BUSES WE MISSED ON THE FIRST NIGHT WE KISSED ON THAT STREET IN PARIS. THE MOMENT OUR GAME DEMANDED A NAME AND LOVE’S WHAT WE CALLED IT! THE MORNING WE TRIED WAKING UP SIDE BY SIDE AND KNEW IT WAS MEANT TO BE IT SEEMED TO ME THE CROWDED AND NOISY WORLD WAS SILENT EXCEPT OUR BEATING HEARTS IT’S ALL THOSE QUIET PARTS YOU LATER CAN’T FORGET. THANKS TO ONE RAINY DAY – THE RAINY DAY WE MET. ANYWAY, THAT’S HOW WE MET.

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maybehappyending: HwaBoon Q&A and GRWM! 🪴

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Maybe Happy Ending Concert Ft. Darren Criss, Helen J Shen & full company | bwaySHO

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mhemusical: Darren Criss using a sound by Darren Criss? Iconic.

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