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thelittletsarina · 3 months

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Realized I forgot to post my Hamilton audio I took from Friday so here you go:

Blaine Alden Krauss (Alexander Hamilton), Kendyl Sayuri Yokoyama (Eliza Hamilton), Deon'te Goodman (Aaron Burr), Lencia Kebede (Angelica Schuyler), Carvens Lissaint (George Washington), Jared Howelton (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Eddie Ortega (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Jorrel Javier (u/s John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Milika Cherée (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds),Paul Louis Lessard (King George III), Nick Sanchez (James Reynolds/Philip Schuyler/Doctor), Stephen Carrasco (Samuel Seabury), Zach Bravo (s/w Charles Lee), Dharon Jones (George Eacker), Nicole DeRoux (The Bullet), Malachi Durant (Ensemble), Victoria Fiore (Ensemble), Cyndal Gilmore (Ensemble), Josh Marin (Ensemble), Alexis Hasbrouck (s/w Ensemble), Allie Jordan Butcher (s/w Ensemble) March 8, 2024; Second National Tour || Notes: international women's day! probably the first audio of Blaine, Carvens, Kendyl, and Paul in their roles! Audience was insane and almost everyone got entrance applause. Jared and Paul were the standouts for me; they’re both so hilarious and their mannerisms are to die for! Includes cast board picture and bows. Includes Tracked version || Operachristinedaae’s Master

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-AkdUddlctnOD-gat6GjmVqZZUG35KRT

#audio gift #hamilton audio #hamilton musical

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peculiarparasol · 28 days

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My Hamilton Review

So I had the ability to go see Hamilton in Dallas recently and oh god, it was lovely! Everyone was wonderful and a few interesting takes in this production really stood out to me in the most lovely ways!

The cast I saw was:

Hamilton- Blaine Alden Krauss

Burr- Deon'te Goodman

Eliza- Kendyl Sayuri Yokoyama

Angelica- Lencia Kebede

Peggy/Maria- Milika Cheree

Lafayette/Jefferson- Jared Howelton

Laurens/Phillip- Tyler Fauntleroy

Mulligan/Madison-Eddie Ortega

Washington-Carvens Lissaint

King George-Paul Louis Lessard

HIGHLIGHTS!:

Okay, right out the gate, a lot of the cast had more R&B voices, including Hamilton and I genuinely loved this. Washington and Angelica had the most beautiful control when it came to their voices and it was just gorgeous to hear them every time they were singing. And Lissaint as Washington had some booming growl to his voice that just absolutely grabbed and held onto your focus during Right Hand Man and just the most perfect soul like riffs during History Has Its Eyes On You and of course One Last Time.

The biggest differences in character portrayal were Hamilton and Burr, but I really liked these takes.

Krauss played Hamilton as angry. And I don't mean like quick to anger, but really has angry moments with everyone in his life, including anger towards Eliza when she explains she wrote to Washington that she was pregnant but not Alexander. But it also created some beautiful 'calm down' moments as well. When Washington calls him back, he plays Alexander as hesitant to leave Eliza while she's pregnant, even bends down to kiss her belly before he leaves. Just a beautiful touch. He played young, scrappy, playful Hamilton so well, I wondered if he'd sell the older version in Act 2 and he really did, he slides into it slowly. Makes his voice quieter, more gravelly as the descent starts and it's just so beautiful the way he progresses.

Goodman plays Burr as reserved, but you can feel this constantly simmering resentment towards Hamilton the whole way. This is less charismatic than Leslie plays him, but again, it works for Goodman's portrayal. He still gets loud during the right parts, goes full tilt during The Room Where It Happens . But his anger, his emotions are cagey, like you are waiting for the last straw to break the camels back and its goooooooood when he finally snaps in Obedient Servant. He makes you wait for that moment all musical and it delivers in the last two confrontation songs.

Howelton also has a slightly different portrayal of Jefferson. He has the same physicality and charm that Daveed has, but he has this wonderful deep gravel to his voice that made him sound older, and he leaned more into the limp in What'd I Miss? Daveed always seemed like his Jefferson was around the same age as Hamilton, but Howelton acts and sounds like he is the appropriate decade older and it really works, I constantly thought he was looking at Alexander like a yappy puppy he had to deal with and I really loved it.

Lessard as King George chewed on every song and scene he was in and I giggled at parts of the songs I've never reacted to before. XD He was a delight and we all cheered every time he returned to stage. I would love to see this man as the King every time if I could!

Goofy Notes:

EVERYONE besides Washington and Angelica are shorter than Hamilton in this production. I about wheezed when Jefferson and Hamilton square up in the first Cabinet Battle and Jefferson had to crane his neck to look up at a fucking smirking Hamilton, who had to look down at him. It was like a hilarious au reality and it made me giggle every time they stood close enough to notice. Eliza also only came to Hamilton's shoulder and he had to bend fully at the waist to kiss or hug her, but that man dipped her like a fairy tale prince to kiss her in Helpless. I bought that man loved her!

Stage Direction Differences:

The most differences in stage direction all happen in Take A Break, and I ate up this entire song because it was so different. It's all about the same till we get to the first 'take a break'. Hamilton buries the letter from Angelica. Not just covers it, he pulls various papers and opens a book to start writing in ontop of it, boy knows he is doing wrong in the letters. He's adorably affectionate with Phillip, softly affectionate with Eliza's plea for him to go with them.

Then Angelica shows up, and it's not the soft/nervous 'hi' Lin does. It's a giddy 'hiiii' and arms spread wide with 'gimme' hand gestures before Angelica even gets to him, wraps her up in his arms, etc. The back and forth between Eliza, Angelica and Alexander is very playful after that as well. During the 'tell this man/tell my wife' exchange, they stage Angelica in between Eliza and Alexander, having the married couple do a playful game of telephone with the eldest Schuyler. Alexander even taps Angelica on the shoulder before the 'Angelica tell my wife' line. It's fun and dangerous. Another change is how Alexander responds to the sisters making their final plea for him to go with them. Lin has Alexander panic pull away from Angelica first. Krauss lets that anger/frustration show here instead. He snaps at them, emphasizing the losing his job line here and storms away. I really loved this scene. It boths leans heavy into the playful family and the emotional affair between Angelica and Alexander.

I might have thrown in my lot for some Lucky Seats to see this cast again before they leave...no shame!

#hamilton the musical #hamilton touring cast #hamilton #lafayette #lmm #thomas jefferson #musical review

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thalassous · 2 years

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5, 17, 25, 33, 44 and 50 for the great comet asks!! (yes ik its a lot just do whichever ones you prefer bestie)

if you dont think ill do all do you even KNOW me /jj

favourite understudy

blaine alden krauss played. SUCH a suave anatole ohhhhhh what a guy

if you could play any character who would you play?

THOUGH. though my answer may be fairly obvious (cough, hack, really think about this one,) i do believe it would ALSO be interesting to play helene. now i couldnt pull it off even if i tried but i think shes really neat and. to play a character with a solo,

song that makes you cry

you will NEVER catch me listening to The Great Comet of 1812 because it DOES genuinely make me cry!! (i play it when i need to feel Emotions)

is anatole a villain?

[grits my teeth] ooohhhhh boy.

narratively? yes, an antagonist and a villain both in the sense he generally does so much harm to the musical because he lives to yknow. do That. characteristically? a lot of good points have already been said and most of them by lucas steele himself!! i think no, speaking of things lucas mentions, all anatole Stands for is just *impulse decision* *impulse decision* *imp— and i think the charm makes people forget he has no idea what the ever loving fuck hes doing at any time. (there is MUCH to be said about the fact he forgets he has a wife. much.)

favourite quote/line

OR. TAKING THE TIME TO MENTION ANOTHER FAVE. "chandeliers and caviar— the war can't touch us here!" i adore the stupid aristocracy to no end.

one thing you miss about comet

truly, truly the energy. you had to see it to believe it and really like you said kap, it showed what theatre had the means to be when it was given the platform for it. it made people like us read war and peace for crying out LOUD like not a lot of media holds that kind of power!!! cult classics that see the light of day my beloved!!

#ill ask our fictive and write the anatole essay one day i will. dont worry g—#every day i look at this show like a proud father like. sniffles. you are my only personality trait huh :')) /JOKE /JOKE #it is really sweet to be part of such a fandom for such a wonderful thing though there really is so much to love here #live bait

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dolokhoded · 2 years

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hi I am about to be so annoying but that’s what you get for rbing those Great Comet asks. 2, 5, 17, 26, 34, 42, 44 and 50?

oooogh holds these in my hands like a handful of numbers ooooogh ty kap >:)))

2. favorite natasha

denee. i love all natashas. they're all incredibly talented. but to me nobody does it like denee benton she's just mindblowing.

5. favorite understudy

HHGGG I WANNA BE VERY BIASED AND SAY BLAINE ALDEN KRAUSS BUT IM NOT GONNA cause that's just shoba narayan erasure, what a natasha.

17. if you could play any character who would you play?

i think about this all the time and i've concluded to i'd be happy playing literally any role in this show. any of them. but realistically, as in people who are actually in my vocal range i'd love to have a go at mary, maybe ? (the secret answer to this though is always natasha i wanna be a STAR !!!! I WANNA DO NO ONE ELSE IN THAT GORGEOUS BLUE LIGHTING !!!! )

26. song you love to sing

no one else is the one i do best cause i sing it like. all the time. nonstop. less now cause i dont have time to do anything but like before september it was all i ever sang i used to sing almost every day and every time i did you bet i had a couple dozen runs of no one else. but the most fun one is private and intimate life of the house. which is ironic. cause that song's whole concept is very much not fun but it's just SOOOOO oogh i love it.

34. favorite costume

(in tears) ANATOLE COAT ??!???

42. character you’d kill

oh i know this one !!!! :DDD but i'm not actually gonna answer anatole cause it's very predictable i'm gonna go with his dumbass friend the dueller instead so then moscow can maybe have One people getting shot free day. which. i realize nnow dolokhov's probably just as predictable of an answer but ://

50. one thing you miss about comet

well i never really,, actually sense that there's that big of a difference when a show's closed due to. y'know living on the other side of the planet and having zero touch with what's actually happening on broadway outside of my phone. but whenever a show closes i always miss seeing the cast all together. which y'know isn't that much of an issue with dave's shows cause he and his actors are pretty tight they're together in like half of his projects, the other day half the comet cast was in his hermes thing, but still. i miss seeing the cast post pictures backstage and be stupid about this show like we are.

#asks

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 2 years

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Casting Goals: Head Over Heels

“Admired, but untouchable reflection, a vision of nowness!”

David Bedella as Basilius

Hannah Waddingham as Gynecia

Lindsay Mendez as Pamela

Rachel Zegler as Philoclea

Kathryn Allison as Mopsa (Pamela u/s)

Nicholas Barasch as Musidorus

Manila Luzon as Pythio

Christian Šebek as Dametas

Hayden Milanés as Ensemble (Musidorus u/s, Dametas u/s)

Heath Saunders as Ensemble (Pythio u/s)

Karis Oka as Ensemble

Madison Alexander as Ensemble (Philoclea u/s)

Marie Eife as Ensemble (Mopsa u/s)

Michael Graceffa as Ensemble (Dametas u/s)

Paul Heesang Miller as Ensemble (Basilius u/s)

Sydney Parra as Ensemble

Blaine Alden Krauss as Standby (Basilius, Musidorus, Pythio)

Hannah Clarke Levine as Standby (Gynecia, Pamela, Mopsa)

Cooper Howell as Swing

Corey Kline as Swing

Kimmi Neuschultz as Swing (Pamela u/s)

Lindsay Roberts as Swing (Gynecia u/s)

Zurin Villanueva as Swing (Mopsa u/s)

Honorable Mentions Dee Roscioli as Gyencia Jon Jon Briones as Basilius Julia Murney as Gyencia Nick Spangler as Musidorus Nicole Parker as Gynecia Saycon Sengbloh as Pythio

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schuylerpics · 2 years

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#alexander hamilton #blaine alden krauss #eliza #stephanie jae park

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dreamcastingbroadway · 3 years

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Dreamcasting Broadway: INTO THE WOODS

“Oh if life were made of moments; even now and then a bad one--! But if life were only moments, then you'd never know you had one.”

Dreamcasting Broadway: Into the Woods

Andrew Kober as The Baker

Rebecca Naomi Jones as The Baker’s Wife

Amber Gray as The Witch

Carol Kane as The Mysterious Man

Krystina Alabado as Cinderella/Granny

Zachary Infante as Jack/Steward

Courtney Bowman as Little Red Riding Hood/Rapunzel

Nicholas Belton as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf/Lucinda

Paul Whitty as Rapunzel’s Prince/Milky White/Florinda

L. Morgan Lee as Cinderella’s Stepmother/Jack’s Mother/Giant

Blaine Alden Krauss as Standby (Jack, Rapunzel’s Prince)

Christopher deProphetis as Standby (Baker, Mysterious Man, Cinderella’s Prince)

Morgan Siobhan Green as Standby (Baker’s Wife, Witch, Cinderella’s Stepmother)

Vicki Manser as Standby (Witch, Cinderella, Little Red)

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dailylgbtmusicals · 3 years

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Blaine Alden Krauss as The Escapologist in Matilda the Musical

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Name: Blaine Alden Krauss

Credits: The Cher Show (Ensemble), Kinky Boots (Angel/Lola u/s), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Ensemble/u/s Anatole)

Color of the rainbow with which they identify: Gay

#blaine alden krauss #the escapologist #matilda the musical #dreamcast

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muumipekko · 6 years

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ok but blaine alden krauss’s anatole and his petersburg note is unappreciated in its time

#i love blaine have i ever said that on this blog #greyson speaks #blaine alden krauss

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archive-03012022 · 7 years

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recorded during the matinee of 8/23, dave’s first show back and blaine alden krauss u/s anatole

(and yes, that is my grandmother shouting “hey handsome” as blaine passed us)

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andryushas · 7 years

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It's him. He.

#blaine alden krauss #anatole kuragin #my art

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thelittletsarina · 3 months

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My Shot

Blaine Alden Krauss (Alexander Hamilton)

Full audio gifted here

#hamilton audio #audio gift #mine #hamilton musical #audio clip

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ladyrainmaster · 7 years

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THE GREAT COMET WAS SO GOOD!!

#MY FIRST BROADWAY SHOW!!#OAK AND DENEE KILLED IT!!#AND BLAINE ALDEN KRAUSS PLAYED ANATOLE AND HE ALSO KILLED IT #THE GREAT COMET #I NEED TO STOP #AAAAAAAAAAA

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dolokhoded · 2 years

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you mentioned ippolit and I was summoned. earlier I was thinking about potential actors who could play him if he was ever in a musical (like comet) and I settled on blaine alden krauss and would like to know your opinion on that

you know when i post that i'm thinking abt something and y'all actually come into my askbox and talk about that? that is the reason i have not yet dissolved into space. today i am grateful for the ippolit content.

ok THAT. YOU ARE ONTO SOMETHING. HE RADIATES LITO ENERGY HE HAS A LITTLE FACE.

i've actually never thought about ippolit faceclaims before though i had a couple for nikolai?? i've forgotten them though. i'm DEF keeping this one in mind.

#asks #ippolit kuragin

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 2 years

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