#theater things

[astr0-biucks]

Opening night is in three hours and fifty two minutes

[blue-jolly-rancher-lvr]

i think the reason queer kids feel so safe in acting class and the performing arts is because these spaces encourage them to do something the public school system would never dream of: be weird.

normalcy is never encouraged and always critiqued in theater spaces. you’re to be big and loud and bold. you could land the role of your dreams because you happen to be great at mimicking bird calls, could debrief the whole cast on your extensive knowledge of mini-golf while they listened intently.

queer kids so often feel alienated by schools, by trying to fit in and be nothing.

but the best part about acting? you get to be everything.

[psychearrows]

…so! Newsies night #2 finished! it went relatively well, some technical difficulties, oh and also Davey FELL DOWN THE STAIRS right before “King of New York,” broke part of the set, and the rest of us had to pretend like nothing happened even tho he freaking fell BACKWARDS DOEN THE STAIRS (he was fine, just had ruined pride and pants)

anywaysssssss last show tomorrow! fingers crossed no one ends up falling off the stage!!

[radioactivemoss]

lines from musicals that make me want to scream (affectionate)

“Maybe he'll come today/Maybe he came already/And he's sitting in the drawing room /And I simply forgot” —No One Else, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

“Guys are fightin', bleedin' fallin'/Thanks to good ole' Captain Jack/Captain Jack just wants to close his eyes and go”—Santa Fe, Newsies

“I gets weary/And sick of trying/I’m tired of living/But scared of dying”—Old Man River, Showboat

“You, the one I left behind/If you ever walk this way/Come and find me lying in the bed I made”—Flowers, Hadestown

“Damned if you don’t/Damned if you do/Whole damn nation’s watching you”—Word to the Wise, Hadestown

“Where is the girl called Esmeralda?/The flames grow tall/And sharp as fleurs-de-lis/All Paris burns for Esmeralda/And still it all comes down to her and me”—Esmeralda, the Hunchback of Notre Dame

“Now here is a riddle to guess if you can/Sing the bells of Notre Dame/What makes a monster and what makes a man?”—The Bells of Notre Dame, the Hunchback of Notre Dame

“I see nothing but the candle in the mirror/No visions of the future/So lost and alone”—Letters, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

“Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?/Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain”—Gethsemane, Jesus Christ Superstar

“Look at all my trials and tribulations/Sinking in a gentle pool of wine/Don't disturb me now; I can see the answers/Till 'this evening' is 'this morning', life is fine”—The Last Supper, Jesus Christ Superstar

“Now that we have the gentleman/What more evidence do we need?/Judas, thank you for the victim/Stay a while and you'll see him bleed!”—The Arrest, Jesus Christ Superstar

“Start by admitting/From cradle to tomb/Isn’t that long a stay”—Cabaret, Cabaret

“Every coward seems courageous in the safety of the crowd/Bravery can be contagious when the band is playing loud/ Nothing makes a man so bold/As a woman's smile and a hand to hold/But all alone, his blood runs thin/And doubt comes... doubt comes in”—His Kiss, The Riot, Hadestown

[sondheim-girly]

Getting ready for a 12 hour tech day, wish me luck!

[thedarklyblue]

experience in a field means you get snobby about the funniest things.. for example i'm at this concert thinking about how the lighting designer is way too into gobos (specifically with organic textures but there are too many overall)

[nudityandnerdery]

Thank you, half hour.

[writers-worst-nightmare]

Theater kids: WE WILL FEED YOU TO THE BAND KIDS

Band kids: WE WILL FEED YOU TO THE THEATER KIDS

Me being a theater and band kid: what the hell we going to do, now?