SSPHS Theater

Here be all things SSPHS theater

[ssphstheater]

oh my gosh I didn’t know that I could still access this

[thespian-wallflower]

When your director says, “I want everyone to be off-book by tomorrow.”

[teamcoco]

WATCH: Timothy Olyphant’s Masterclass On Stage Vs. Screen Acting

[nyxelestia]

I don’t really know much about theater, so this was actually a really good explanation.

[playbill]

March is National Reading Month. Celebrate with a look at Broadway shows that originated from books.

[mindschanging-deactivated201807]

Do you know how Broadway Stars are always like “I grew up listening to Into the woods and West side story” “I was obsessed with Patti Lupone” “Bernadette Peters was my idol” “My parents will always put Les mis in the car”

Well, in a few years, Broadway stars will say things like “I grew up listening to Hamilton and Spring Awakening” “I was obsessed with Jonathan Groff and Aaron Tveit” “Idina Menzel and Laura Benanti were my idols” “My parents will always put Hairspray in the car”

We are the new generation, the girl who sits next to you in choir could become the main character in the next Broadway hit, that boy who does really nice covers on Youtube may be the next tony winner. Hell, the person reading this can become the next Broadway stars and inspiration for thousands of children from all over the world. 

Have you ever actually thought about this?

[alphawitchnyxx]

Totally random fact but one of the girls I did choir with in college is actually the new Elphaba on Broadway.

[leepacey]

Give me pain if that’s what’s real. It’s the price we pay to feel.                 The price of love is loss, but still we pay.

[hareepotter]

g-lindas’ favorite musicals | Miss Saigon 

i’m warning you / for him / i’ll kill / the earth moves where i stand / i feel the turning of the wheel / i feel nothing in my hand / not even the feel of steel / you will not take my child / you don’t know how to kill / i have no other choice / what i must do / i will / 

[endofeva1997]

theater truly transcends boundaries by bringing together the worst kind of introverts (english majors) and the worst kind of extroverts (drama kids) 

[ssphstheater]

Musicals as types of people in school

Phantom of the opera: The emo kid with short hair that's always in every singe musical the school puts on

Cats: The kid that knows that everybody hates them but they still fight to pursue their dreams/the kid that nobody knows is an acrobat

Sweeney Todd: The goth kid who hisses as people in the hallways and only hangs out with like two other people and keeps a diary

Heathers: The really popular and preppy girl who's secretly really sad about everything

Spring awakening: The kid who makes waaay to many sexual jokes and lost their virginity before everyone else

A chorus line: The kid who's never available to do anything because they're at rehearsal

Wicked: That one kid that was always ignored in school but grew up to be extremely famous

Into the woods: the kid with an unnaturally morbid sense of humor

Les Misérables: The kid who's way to into politics and starts fights just about every day

[queenfastrada-deactivated201706]

What could have possibly brought so many Pippin’s to my dressing room? KITTIES! [x]

[thiswinterskyy-deactivated20210]

opening number of book of mormon

[gordieslachance]

there will be tears today → because sometimes you really just need to cry along to showtunes 

absolution, bare // colored women, memphis // everything i know, in the heights // some things are meant to be, little women // i’ll cover you (reprise), rent // before it’s over, dogfight // how could i ever know, the secret garden // you daddy’s son, ragtime // little fall of rain, les miserables //  dyin’ ain’t so bad, bonnie and clyde // goodbye until tomorrow/i could never rescue you, the last five years // the letter, billy elliot // fly, fly away, catch me if you can // he’s not here, next to normal // wishing you were somehow here again, the phantom of the opera // i know where i’ve been, hairspray // the sermon/you’ll never walk alone (reprise), carousel // lifeboat, heathers // not my father’s son, kinky boots // how could i ever forget?, next to normal // no voice, bare

listen

[mjackdaw]

lines from musicals that will always get me, no matter what, for various reasons “you can’t keep pretending, there’s no such thing as heroes who are queer” “say hi to god” (and also like almost the entirety of any song from heathers: the musical act ii) “when you’re dying in america, at the end of the millennium- you’re not alone” “sometimes you have to write your own story, sometimes you have to shoot the storyteller in the face” and like literally all the lyrics of “pretty funny” from dogfight

[39910120]

theatre challenge - 9 shows [1/9] C A B A R E T [roundabout theatre, broadway]

[schuylering]

Not a lot of drugs, not a lot of crime, not a lot of write-ups in the New York Times

i feel like this is a good moment to remind everyone about the in the heights eater bonnet performance, which was a take-off on “one day more” from les mis feat. lmm as a rapping enjolras (complete with xylophone vest) and karen olivo as sexy javert. it is, somehow, exactly as amazing as it sounds.

[linmanuel]

TBT

[fitzherberts]

measure your life in love

[brittany-snow]

[content-dictates-form]

Honestly

[admhawthorne]

She’s absolutely correct.