#andrew samonsky

[moxyphinx]

LEMPICKA, a new broadway musical

[ben-the-hyena]

Found the perfect cover for Fox who always was a loner serial killer millionnaire playboy when he realizes he is feeling more than just lust for Wolf (the choir are the voice(s) he hears, the more prominent one could be his Mother's)

[lempickathemusical]

We do not control the world  We control one flat rectangle of canvas at a time LEMPICKA (2024)

[chrissyjoshys]

Broadway has turned into something commercialised and all about money, rather than stages for stories to be shared. people only care about how much money shows make, but people never give new shows a try so amazing new shows that tell important stories and production and soundtrack and actors close. if there's not a big tv (specifically tv, people don't care about actual BROADWAY legends anymore) name for the media or it's not a revival people don't care. new musicals that tell historical stories that shouldn't be forgotten close after a few months, no matter how amazing the story or score or set or actors are. Broadway isn't about the heart anymore, it's about money and big names. it's barely even for theatre people.

Lempicka is closing and i am devastated for so many reasons. Harmony already closed earlier this year.

Tamara de Lempicka was a famous painter. she was married to a rich man, and originally painted their daughter or landscapes and things like that, but she eventually painted Rafaela -- her girlfriend. she painted her mainly naked and they loved each other. she was a bisexual painter, and more than that a brilliant painter, and she is being forgotten. she was part Jewish, too. she fled to Paris with her husband, which is where she met Rafaela.

there's a musical about her. it's closing on May 19th. it opened officially on Broadway on April 14th. both this year.

The Comedian Harmonists were a band. they were an internationally popular German band between 1928 and 1934. 3 of the 6 of them were Jewish. Nazi Germany started in 1933. you can probably piece together what happened, but i'll tell you anyway. they were separated and erased. they were not forgotten, they were erased. Nazis destroyed almost all of their recordings. the Harmonists never saw each other again. their names were Ari Leschnikoff, Harry Frommermann, Robert Biberti, Roman Cycowski, Erwin "Chopin" Bootz and Erich A. Collin.

there was a musical about them. it closed on February 4th, and opened officially on Broadway on November 13th (2023).

do not let Tamara or the Harmonists go forgotten. listen to Lempicka and Harmony. research the people. find bootlegs of the musicals if you can. learn about them. teach about them. please, don't let people forget about them.

this isn't about the musicals closing, these are about important people being forgotten and erased from history. please, don't let this happen.

[music-in-my-veins14]

[kiskeronation]

finally uploaded falsettos 2007 benefit concert audio to drive after seeing someone on twitter ask for it, I'll gladly send it to anyone for free it has Malcolm Gets Marvin, Andrew Samonsky Whizzer, Jason Alexander Mendel i don't know the rest of the cast from the top of my head but it's great you should ask me to send it to you

[sparkleface42]

Could you please draw captain Phoebus from hunchback musical and his time in the wars ? I love the part it gives Phoebus some ptsd which fleshed out his character greatly.

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR THE REQUEST!!

And yes I LOVE this new addition to the musical! I feel like it improves the one of the features from the movie. In the Disney movie Hunchback of notre dame captain Phoebus just feels so plain and doesn’t really have a personality tbh but adding this feature gives him more dimension (not sure if I used that word right lol) 

but I do have a liiittle tiny problem with musical Phoebus. In La Jolla Playhouse Phoebus was basically turned into a himbo character which tbh I actually enjoyed a lot, his comedic timing was good but he still made feel sad at appropriate times, but in the Papermill Playhouse they made him a more serious character, which would be completely fine but they kinda just give him a minute to vent about his past in “Rest and Recreation” and that one time he talked to Esmeralda. I wish we’ve gotten more of it but unfortunately we didn’t.

[theatreism]

let me catch my breath. this is really hard.

ben fankhauser / michael arden / grant gustin / joanna burns / aaron tveit / matt doyle / emma hunton / joshua henry / jeremy jordan / andrew samonsky