Aug 31, 2025
SWEET ACHE OF LONELINESS from Noir performed by Christy Altomare
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SWEET ACHE OF LONELINESS from Noir performed by Christy Altomare
Do you know SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical (2016) ?
Yes, I’ve been in it/worked on it
Yes, I’ve seen it
Yes, I’ve listened to it
No, but I’ve heard of it
No, never heard of it
Purple Hearts (2022)
If your romantic drama, comedy, etc. contains a line similar to “In reality, marriage is really just a pointless legal arrangement that turns lovers into enemies”, don't be surprised if your audience hates your movie. While Purple Hearts has likeable performers, their characters are insufferable. The movie spends so much time with them at each others’ throats you’ll check out long before the forced romance sparks to life.
Recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, aspiring singer/songwriter Cassie Salazar (Sofia Carson) can either afford her medication or her rent but not both. While bartending, she meets Luke Morrow (Nicholas Galitzine), a newly recruited U.S. Marine about to be deployed in Iraq. He does not have the money to pay his drug debts to his former dealer, Johnno (Anthony Ippolito). Though they mix like oil and water, they agree to get married to benefit from the bonuses offered to military couples.
Luke makes a terrible first impression. He and his marine buddies stomp into the frame making misogynist jokes, he comes off as massively entitled, plus he’s got this substantial debt he’s dragging Cassie and/or his family into. Conversely, you sympathize with Cassie, whose turd of a boss cuts off her band after exactly two songs, is going to die if she doesn’t get her medication, is living in a run-down apartment and is on the “right side” of every modern-day issue. The problem immediately is that seeing her hang a Black Lives Matter flag, combined with some insensitive comments the marines make about Arabs makes you think Luke is the kind of bro who would’ve participated in the 2021 United States Capitol attack. Them falling in love is inconceivable.
As the film progresses, your sympathy for Cassie vaporizes. Her mother suggests she move back in with her. Cassie refuses - instead opting to enter a fake marriage followed by a divorce once Luke returns home. I’m not saying defrauding the government makes you dislike her, I’m saying she comes off as too stubborn for her own good. As an aspiring musician, she says she would rather struggle with her art than “punch the clock at a soul-sucking job making the rich richer”. Well. Would you rather die?
So what if Luke is brave by enlisting and putting his life at risk? In her mind, he's a dude-bro and doesn't deserve the time of day. In fact, when an injury sends him home, she still insists on him sleeping on the couch while she takes the bed. She’s a caricature of a feminist, determined not to depend on any man for any reason whatsoever and practically gags at the mention of the word “husband”.
You’ll be sitting on the couch with your significant other, getting madder and madder. That's what nearly two hours of people constantly arguing will do to you. Then, there will be a couple of scenes that prove the actors have decent chemistry. Nicholas Galitzine is handsome, he can even be charismatic. As for Sofia Carson, her character performs a few covers and several original songs throughout the film. Every time she sings, she’s pretty great. I could even see some of the numbers becoming minor hits. It doesn’t sound like much but these are enough to make you imagine a film with these people that might be nice to watch.
Purple Hearts mentions many hot-button issues and modern topics but none are ever addressed. Instead, the film indulges in oversentimentality (bet you can foresee what happens to Chosen Jacobs right away) and contrivances at every opportunity - anything to make us forget we don’t like the protagonists. No one could watch Purple Hearts and feel the warm fuzzies afterward. (July 31, 2022)
Christy Altomare of "Disney Princess - The Concert" shared photos on Instagram from her new musical, "Noir". Noir will be playing from June 2 - July 3, 2022 at the Alley Theatre in Houston TX. Tix link below.
World Premiere Musical
so like. I just assumed, as I’m sure a few people did, that when Kyle Jarrow commissioned TMBG to write a song for Spongebob the Musical, he told them specifically to write Squidward’s big theatrical showstopper.
what actually happened was that Kyle Jarrow commissioned TMBG to write a simple character-establishing piece. and what John & John sent back was a piece that includes 1) an implied established backstory, 2) a dramatic build-up, 3) a clarinet solo, and 4) an entire chorus line of sea anemones.
and instead of saying ‘hm, you know, this wasn’t quite what we were going for,’ Jarrow went “WELL SHOOT I GUESS WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO MOLD SQUIDWARD’S WHOLE PLOTLINE AROUND THIS SONG AND GIVE HIM THE BIGGEST GLITZIEST MOST BROADWAY NUMBER IN THE ENTIRE SHOW, YOUR WORD IS LAW MISTER GIANTS”
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“SpongeBob SquarePants Theme” is the twenty-first and final song in the 2017 comedy musical SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. The musical was written by Kyle Jarrow based on the television show SpongeBob SquarePants and featured music and lyrics from over twenty artists, with Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) as the main orchestrator. This song was written and composed by Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg & Blaise Smith. The show was nominated for twelve Tony awards, including Best Musical, and won one.
(Just A) Simple Sponge - The Spongebob Musical (2016) Kyle Jarrow
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