#musical thoughts

[codesquire]

Today is a day to listen to the entirety of London Calling...

[purecommemasolitude]

Lyrically, Il est temps would've been better suited for Act One Arthur and Guenievre, and Quelque chose de magique would've been better suited for Act Two Lancelot and Guenievre. In this essay I will

[metis-the-lizard-king]

my favorite musical trope is that of "im leaving my beloved country so i'll sing a song in its honor" and honestly? every single time it slaps

especially if the country in question is russia

[a--messy--blog]

My random thoughts about Heathers the musical (yes i just watched it today)

Okay first of all, J.D needs professional helps (i only realized this when i read the comments and it took me so long to realize: his dad doesn't take good care of him, his mom's death traumatized him and he doesn't have any friend at all)

The beautiful's ending reminds me of chip on my shoulder's ending (come on it's the same guy who wrote the music for both musicals)

Yes a lot of songs in this remind me of other legally blonde and mean girls songs. ( lifeboat and what's wrong and me; big fun and whose house is this; kindergarten boyfriend and ireland; fight for me and stupid with love etc.)

why all the songs is so CATCHY? (they shouldn't make inappropriate songs that catchy)

"You'll go to some college and marry a lawyer" OMGG ELLE WOODS EMMETT FORREST IS THAT YOU????? (i couldn't stop myself sorry)

Veronica sweetie calm down don't you think that it would be too fast to break into your crush's house and have sex with him and you just talked to him like 2 times before?

IT'S SO AWKWARD TO WATCH THE WHOLE DEAD GIRL WALKING PERFORMANCE my dream role was Veronica until that part soooo now it's Heather Chandler

Singing dead girl walking (maybe while doing the choreography whatever) with my future husband is now in my bucket list. Idk but it would be fun i guess

How did Veronica find J.D's address? WE NEVER KNOW-

YEAH MARTHA IS STILL THE MOST INOCENT PERSON! She can't get over the past when she was happy :(

"My problem is myriad!-I wAS HaVING mY PERIod...HEHeheHEhehHEHEH HEEEEEEEEHeeeee hm OH MYY GOODD"

i really like the idea to let H. Chandler, Kurt and Ram haunt Veronica, like it shows Veronica's thoughts and feelings beside the diary, and it lets actors and actresses more time on stage/onscreen time!

Blue is stuck in my head and i-

My dead gay son is pretty good tbh but both of their dads were coming out (it's pretty weird), what's about their moms? They're supposed to be dead right? Or they will come out and become a couple later oops

AGAIN the funeral outfits are so goooood (and Ram, Kurt and H. Chandler attended the funeral omg)

Heather Duke/ Alice Lee needs a real solo! (i know they did this on purpose to highlights "no discernible personality" line and West End production actually has one but still)

Just 3 words: The red scrunchie.

Heather Chandler is a ICON no matter she's dead or not and no one can change my mind.

Heather Chandler can insult me and i would thank her.

AWW HEATHER MCNAMARA.

The explore scene is impressive wow.

Some lines is iconic so i will make a post about them later :)

i need to watch the West End production btw.

J.D and Veronica is cute at first but after all it's still toxic and ehh.

Wow everyone is so amazing and talented! (ok don't judge me but the understudy who plays J.D was pretty hot ngl)

I really like the curtain call!

Also Ryan McCartan singing dead girl walking is a masterpiece.

A pretty fun experience to watch this musical overall. I would give it 7.5/10!

[arcanehumansociety]

I just watched a bootleg of Six:the musical and I'm making it all of your problems

Ok I just watched a totally legal bootleg of six the musical, and I am making it all of your problems. No I am not about to go off on historical accuracy or costume design. I want to talk about attitude, I want to explain how perfect the attitudes of the queens are.

First off Catherine of Aragon: This queen is amazing and honestly I love the way she is portrayed. She is confident, she knows what she is doing, and she isn't scared. Around the other queens she wants to lead them because she was the first, in her song you can hear the grief of Henry Divorcing her. Which makes sense because at the point of their divorce Catherine had known the royal family for at least a decade. She may not have been in love with him but she absolutely trusted him and thought him at least a friend, then he turns around and divorces her taking away all of her power. The grief, and anger, and confusion is evident in every part of her.

Anne Boleyn: I love the little looks and arguments her and Catherine have. Also i think it's interesting how she has almost a fake confidence, like throughout her song she is trying to make herself look as though she knew what she was doing though, small breaks show she didn't. Also throughout the musical she keeps trying to convince everyone else that she had it worst, which is interesting because it is as though she is trying to validate her trauma.

Jane Seymour: I really like how the character acted almost the most mature out of them all (at least in the way she holds herself), it's very motherly, which goes to show the loss of her child further. She is usually the first one to hug another queen after reliving trauma. I think they purposely made her act like this to show the depression of a lost of child and how much it hurts her. I think there is a lot to break down in this character and I don't have enough time 

Anne Of Cleves: the attitude, the life, the drama! I love it. Throughout the show she doesn't even try to act like she had it bad because she knows she didn't. She has confidence but at the same time she acts almost egotistical as she was the only one to get out without any real trauma (not that she didn't go through anything)

Catherine Howard: omg I almost cried, her character, everything. Oh! It shows her innocence and throughout her song it shows how she was groomed and continually getting let down. I think it's amazing how it's obvious she is young (historically she was a teenager when beheaded I believe). She acts like one as well, confused, annoyed, stubborn. I think there's also a lot to talk about with her but not many people do. She is overlooked even in the musical and it think how they brought her to life is amazing.

Catherine Parr: the one that survived. Towards the end of the musical when she brings everyone together you can see her survivor's guilt, feeling bad that she was the only one to make it out alive. It's upsetting seeing her watch all the other queens, her hindsight in all of their lives of terrifying to see and it think she protrays the fear of marrying Henry so well in her song. I also love how by the end of the song she accepts that she survived and starts going off on Henry and showing the other queens they are more than him. She's using her time to prove that not only she but all the queens were more than who they married. 

Anyway that's it, that's just some quick thoughts I had. I definitely missed a ton I wanted to say bit oh well (: 

[bakingmusicals]

'Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist' Showrunner Is Calling for Fans to Save the Dramedy

The show was recently canceled by NBC — but there's still hope it could continue.

This is completely unacceptable! UNACCEPTABLE, YOU HEAR ME?! Why, why, why do we have great shows like this cancelled all the time, but we have, and I’m sure people will be pissed, another fucking superhero TV show or movie. Here we have a show that has great representation, as most musicals do, and NBC says “Nope, not having it anymore. Time to get rid of something different.” Spread this shit around! 

[bitchwholikesbooks]

I just can’t get over that fact the during No one Mourns the Wicked Glinda isn’t singing about Elphaba she’s talking about herself

‘When you’re wicked you’re left only on your own’ ‘nothing grows for the wicked they reap only what they sow’

Glinda believes her best friend and the man she loves are dead and she blames herself. She blames herself for not standing up for not standing up for Elphaba. She’s completely alone and she blames herself. She thinks that she is the Wicked one.