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RENT by Deaf Broadway

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I am so mad I only just found out about this and it’s this Friday! 😫

The Lon Chaney Musical

Anyone near Jersey I know? Or that would like to know me? 😅 Like it’s totally sold out. But it’s also a free staged reading, so maybe people have to RSVP but then some of them never show. Y’know.😅

So, I’m wondering a lot about this now👀

Also there’s Deaf actors in it! With songs that were written for Deaf actors! Seriously go check out the website—there’s videos and gorgeous photos.

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CODA will be adapted into a musical for Deaf West Theatre!!!

Deaf West can take all my money.

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i had a dream that bmc was doing a deaf production on broadway. i was watching will roland sign and sing as jeremy and it was glorious. the people say MAKE IT SO

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This is a Daniel Durant appreciation post because I love him and so should the whole world okay goodnight

Its Josh Castille’s Birthday! I love him so much I hope he had great day because he deserves it.

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Some cool behind the scenes pictures of Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin, and the cast and crew of the movie “CODA” because I just watched it again and fell in love with it all over again. This movie and it’s company have been nominated and won many awards (and deserve all of them) and I’m very excited for Daniel and Marlee to have a chance to be nominated/win at the SAG Awards, and I’m so happy that this little film has been considered for the Oscars! This movie is incredible and if you have the opportunity, please watch it! There’s signing, there’s singing, there’s deaf characters, there’s drama, there’s comedy, and importantly, there’s authenticity. It’s a beautiful film all around.

Also, I might to a review of this movie later because I kinda like doing reviews now.

Please excuse my essay, I just wanted to make a few points… Please feel free to read if you’re a DWSA or Spring Awakening OBC fan or just if you’re interested.

In light of the news about the Spring Awakening Reunion Concert getting a documentary, I have a few things to say.

I am super excited for the OBC to have a documentary and a concert because I love the original so much and it deserves all the love, but I’m very disappointed that DWSA remains in the shadows.

All I want is a DWSA documentary. Here me out, I know you see a lot of DWSA fans complain about how underrated and under appreciated DWSA is. But of any Broadway show, DWSA really deserves it. Think about how many documentaries Hamilton got! Like Hamilton, Deaf West Spring Awakening is revolutionary. It gave voice to those who usually aren’t listened to by society. Despite the predisposition that Spring Awakening has as a popular musical with a cult following, Deaf West Spring Awakening faced challenge after challenge trying to make it as far as it got. Not only is it indubitably a gorgeous show, but it has such an interesting story of what it went through to get to Broadway. In short, that little show started off by rehearsing in some church in the worst and most dangerous part of LA, was pitched to Deaf West Theatre in LA, who picked it up, was extended at Deaf West Theatre, closed, then defied all odds, making it to Broadway (which wasn’t even expected by anyone involved), made 25 Broadway debuts, had Deaf and Hard of Hearing actors in a musical, plus one actress who was battling cancer and just finishing up chemotherapy and radiation at the time. And let’s see what history the show made:

- Had the first person in a wheelchair on Broadway ever

- Made the Brooks Atkinson Theatre the first Broadway theater with wheelchair accessibility for actors and not just audience members

- The first ever Broadway production to provide interpretation for deaf-blind theatergoers

- Had the youngest conductor in Broadway history (which is still unrecognized)

It also had a very limited run, was cut shorter due to a huge historic blizzard, got three Tony Award nominations after it closed, was able to reunite the cast to perform at the Tony Awards, and was snubbed, all while paving the way for future Tony Award Nominated and Tony Award Winning actors/directors/producers such as Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!) Kathryn Gallagher (Jagged Little Pill), Alex Boniello (Hadestown), Alex Wyse (What The Constitution Means To Me), and Michael Arden (Once on This Island).

The little musical with Deaf actors that people on Twitter complained about really made Broadway history in more ways than one. Now that is what I need a documentary about.

But seriously, I’m super excited for the HBO documentary for the OBC. They definitely deserve it, especially after all these years.