#avengingactress92

[emjee]

(con't) The finale of Hadestown sums up everything about WHY musicals and art are made - we always want to see the story turn out different - probably why things like Titanic are so compelling. It's the "maybe this time the ship won't sink...."

I think it’s a combination of “maybe this time...” but also the inevitability. I go to Hadestown and Titanic when I need a good cry because I know what I’m about to put myself through, and that’s the best part of tragedy, in my opinion--despite how very sad those shows are, I always feel better after I’ve seen them, because catharsis. I confess I’m partial to the NYTW cast recording of Hadestown so I’ve only ever heard that version of the finale but I love how stripped down it is.

[of-scythia]

Had a random late night thought - figured I'd share. Just: Andy joining a roller derby team. Immortal or mortal. Thoughts? : D

smells like a new au

[emjee]

Literally just throwing this at your, because you're probably the only person who's niche interests perfectly line up. "Dust and Ashes" = peak Booker angst. Discuss?

Ooooh, that’s a thought. Honestly I think Booker when we last see him in the film does not have the self-awareness Pierre displays by the end of the song, but one of the things I love about Great Comet is that “Dust and Ashes” comes less than halfway through the show and Great Comet itself ends about halfway through War and Peace—for everything Pierre realizes about himself, about life, through the course of that story, there’s still space afterward. I do like that in regards to Booker. With a preternaturally long life, he still has space to get better.

[emjee]

(Con't) The finale of In the Heights turns me feral everytime - like will re-listen to parts over and over so I actually probably spend three-four times as long listening to the song that how long the song actually is.

the finale of In the Heights is one of the GREATS, “you hear that music in the air / take the train to the top of the world and I’m there / I’m home” is one of the best last lines of a musical ever.

[emjee]

In honor of Twelfth Night, here is a post that made me laugh: fluentisonus(.)tumblr(.)com/post/622001601175076865/fluentisonus-every-version-of-twelfth-night-is

Oh this is one of my favorite posts. Orsino is allergic to shirts!

[emjee]

Anyway last yelling of the night: I miss theatre so much. I majored in musical theatre and I miss seeing shows, and auditioning and trying to perform. I'm breaking my own heart, but I never know if I'm enough, so now I'm applying to grad school and just driving the stake in hard. Anyway, I'm sure you are already sleeping, but here we are - you wanted yelling lololololol.

I worked for the theatre department at my undergrad and got two free tickets to every show, so I saw about ten shows a year for free plus whatever was touring through my city plus whatever the opera theatre was putting on, and it breaks my heart that I live so close to all of those places again and can’t go to any of them (although it’s a problem Shakespeare would recognize). Very best of luck with graduate school! And thank you for yelling with me <3

[emjee]

(con't) I love Sweeney Todd and think it is a classic but I don't actually sit and listen to it a lot, because uhhh it is disturbing. Everyone in that story is insane, truly. If someone tries to play Johanna as a straight-forward ingenue they are WRONG.

Sweeney Todd is probably my favorite Sondheim but I also never listen to it for that exact reason, and you are absolutely correct about Johanna.

[emjee]

I am always up to yell about musicals!!! I may be too late, but here are some OPINIONS. --- Natasha, Pierre was robbed of Best Score - DEH is fine, Ben Platt is great, but that score is perfection. Unfortunately the site specific-ness makes it impossible to tour so my dream of being Mary is almost dashed. Regional would work, but tours are too complex.

Great Comet was robbed full stop, but best score especially!! Site-specific shows have been adapted for tour and if I have faith in anyone I have faith in that creative team, so perhaps there’s still hope! I personally would like to be Marya Dmitrievna.