#Rita Hanson

[krispyy-lotol]

GUY.EXE

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#RELEASE MEEEEEE #groundhog day #phil connors #rita hanson #ghd wof au #bill murray #andy karl #groundhog day musical #adamz art #dragonification #channel 9 pittsburgh #oc: weatherwatcher #oc: rhinestone #poetryshipping

[artsying-ifer]

they're gonna party like there's no tomorrow :)

#groundhog day #groundhog day musical #ghd #ghd musical #phil connors #rita hanson #musical fanart #art #digital art #fanart #andy karl. tanisha spring. i love you guys. you are like parents to me

[egot1stical]

think im gonna lose it altogether if one more person talks -

#groundhog day musical #phil connors #rita hanson #ghd #ghd musical #Groundhog Day fanart #my art #saw it live a few days ago. miss it so bad #last two images are literally from last year LOL

[matataku-hoshi]

Groundhog Day at the Old Vic, London 2023

*dusts off the old blog* It's certainly been a minute, hasn't it! Still here, still a huge GHD fan. In the intervening years, I got to see productions at San Francisco Playhouse and at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, IL. (I also got married and went through a bunch of other life stuff, but that's neither here nor there). But then it was announced that Groudhog Day would be returning to the Old Vic in 2023 with Andy Karl, and my husband and I used that as an excuse to finally do that UK trip we'd been talking about for years.

Tumblr user colemckenzies did a great post outlining some of the changes between Broadway and 2023 Old Vic. I wanted to further elaborate on some additional changes I noticed. Obviously spoilers to follow:

In “There Will Be Sun”, the first chorus of “Tomorrow spring will come and then there will be blue skies my friend” is cut. It goes straight from “If not tomorrow then tomorrow or tomorrow there will be sun” to “Oh if I could I’d will these clouds away my love”

While obviously the revolves are gone (look at me picking up British-isms 😄), the bedroom set gets wheeled in every loop. They keep the trick from Broadway where this is always done counter-clockwise until the loop finally breaks.

As previously mentioned, there’s a wonderful lyric change in Day One. “Their dumb superstitions and vacuous chat, their total unawareness of the fact their trapped, perhaps you don't miss it if you don't know you lack it, I'm sure there was a pack of xanax in this jacket'

I adore this because of the foreshadowing, and how Phil thinks he’s singing about the townsfolk when he’s really singing about himself.

Dialogue change in 2023 when Phil runs into Jonathan:

Jonathan: “Off to the see the groundhog?”

Phil: “Why, isn’t there a tractor pull or a cow-tipping contest?”

Jonathan, looks confused: “I don’t think that’s today.”

When Rita introduces  to Phil on Day One and reminds him of the flood story, Phil takes a second before recalling, groans, and goes, "Oh, the intern? They didn't even send me a real producer." After which Rita corrects him that she's a real producer now, albeit an associate producer. 

On Day 2 when the sheriff drops his gun, Phil asks "How do you have a permit???"

At the end of Day 2, Rita sings “I mean he acts kind of asshole-ish still. I think he might be mentally ill.” While it’s on the cast recording and the early previews bootleg, I could have sworn it was cut in the final Broadway version. Regardless, it’s restored in the 2023 version.

Phil’s “Help me~~~~” at the end of Day 3 is cut.

In Philandering, they cut the line where Phil "proposes" to Nancy (which I prefer - no one is that stupid, and they make the point later that Nancy is more than a caricature)

Also in Philandering, you can hear the chorus singing, “Gonna party like it’s no tomorrow~~~” in the party scene (formerly the orgy scene). Phil also gets 10 pizzas delivered to his room.

Phil is less aggressive when he confesses his “love” to Rita in One Day. 

On Broadway, they sit down directly on the stage, and Phil leans sideways to Rita to confess. As he gets more desperate, he starts to position himself over her and tries to take her hand, after which she slaps him.

In 2023, they’re sitting on a bench together. Phil tries to take her hand, and she pulls away and slaps him. Still creepy, but much less heading in the direction of sexual assault.

Either way Phil totally deserves to get slapped. I’ve talked to a few people who have said they could never root for Phil because of this scene (which is a fair critique). The 2023 version IMO makes the same point without so much portraying Phil as a potential sexual predator. 

Right before Phil smashes the alarm clock at the end of One Day, he yells “Make it stop!” (“Somebody make it stop”? Memory is a fickle thing)

When Phil kills himself with the gun before Hope, it's more explicit that he stole the gun off of the sheriff with his faulty holster.

I don't remember if this is new, but when Phil wakes up at the beginning of Hope, he touches the side of his head where he shot himself and even though he knows that the day will always reset, he still looks a little surprised and it's heartbreaking. 

For the third death/revival in Hope (where Phil climbs the ladder):

Broadway: Phil reappears in bed

Old Vic 2023: Phil reappears on the scene of the broadcast, fully dressed

As noted, lots of changes to If I Had My Time Again. 

Cast recording: "The thing with these revolving rides / they're only fun because you know they're going to end"

Broadway (as of early in previews): "I was completely dead inside / But today I'm like 85%"

London 2023: We're back to the cast recording lyrics.

IMO the orchestration and lyric changes are for the better. I adored this song on the cast recording, but in the August Wilson theater it frequently felt swallowed up.

With the emphasis on just Phil and Rita, it’s a much more intimate song, which is what the scene needs IMO.

I also love Rita’s new lyric “Go to all the parties that I missed / Kiss all the boys I was too afraid to kiss”, because then it’s Rita fulfilling her “time again” when she kisses Phil during Seeing You.

After "If I Had My Time Again", Phil eats a carton of Ben & Jerry's while discussing the almanac with Rita. I love the implication that he’s eaten all of this junk food before, but he’s trying it again with her.

Dialogue change after "If I Had My Time Again" 

Phil: "You know, Larry, we never really talk."

Broadway Larry: "Sometimes I think you don't notice that I'm there."

London 2023 Larry: "Well you never brought me donuts before."

Not a change, but I was sitting close enough one night to see the stock photos they use for Ned’s wallet pictures of his kids, and I realized that “little Mary” is just a baby. It really hit home that Ned has probably just lost his wife in the last year or two, and he’s trying to raise five very young kids on his own.

In the Broadway/cast recording versions of "Philanthropy", you can hear some melodic callbacks to earlier songs. In the London 2023 version, the chorus actually sings lines like, "I'm not sure what the point is / But this point is it don't matter" and "If I had my time again I would not do it all the same"

There's no pause of silence before "Seeing You" starts

After Phil and Rita run off into the snow at the end of Seeing You, the couples left dancing are Nancy/Larry, Debbie/Fred, and then Mrs. Lancaster dances alone in the snow in joyous wonder. I love this bit, becuase it feels like all the different ways you can find a new meaning of love (Nancy/Larry, the couple just discovering each other, Debbie/Fred, who have moved into a new phase of their relationship, and then Mrs. Lancaster, who even as an old woman can revel in the beauty of the snow)

In 2023 when Phil takes Rita to see the sunrise, he makes her cover her eyes, and then unveil them once the full sunrise is in view. It’s very sweet.

Anyway, I love this show, and I love talking about this show, so please feel free to hit me up! I may post more general thoughts, etc. if anyone is interested.

#andy karl #groundhog day musical #groundhog day the musical #groundhog day #phil connors #rita hanson #old vic #ghd musical

[tothetoonandback]

Hellooooooo ladies (Phil Connors and Rita Hanson)

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#Groundhog Day #Groundhog Day musical #Groundhog Day movie #if I had my time again #Phil connors #Rita hanson #moon doobles

[peggycosplays]

TUMBLRINAS!!! GROUNDHOG DAY FANATICS!!! I MET ANDY KARL!!!!

THE Andy Karl!!!!

Original Phil Connors for the first West End and Broadway runs of GHD the musical Andy Karl!!!!!

And he liked our cosplays so much HE ASKED FOR A SELFIE!

Screaming, crying, throwing up, I am never getting over this ever in my life. On par with meeting Anthony Head in Bleak Expectations cosplays and him loving us too.

Happy re-release of GHD the musical to the west end honestly, we all deserve this treat.

Phil Connors: Andy Karl

Phil Connors: @halusional-cp

Rita Hanson: @peggycosplays

#groundhog day the musical #groundhog day #ghd the musical #ghd #cosplay #groundhog day cosplay #ghd cosplay #phil connors #andy karl #andy karl ghd #phil connors cosplay #rita hanson #rita hanson cosplay #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[thatonebluedog]

Some Ritas (based on Elise McCann)

#top left and bottom right are studies #the other two are me trying to decide how to stylise her #rita hanson #groundhog day #groundhog day the musical #elise mccann #fanart #i had to look up what rita's last name was to tag this #i genuinely didn't think she had one #rita groundhog day

[pixlerelish]

#My daily mantras #Groundhog Day #Groundhog Day 1993 #Larry the cameraman #Rita Hanson #gifset

[nerds-yearbook]

On Febuary 1, 1993, weather man Phil Connors, cameraman Larry, and producer Rita Hanson traveled to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to see if the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow or not on the following day. ("Groundhog Day", film)

#nerds yearbook #sci fi movie #time travel #febuary #1993 #groundhog day #holiday #news #weather #danny rubin #harold ramis #bill murray #phil connors #andie macdowell #rita hanson #chris elliott #stephen tobolowsky #brian doyle murray #marita geraghty #angela paton #rick ducommun #rick overton #robin duke #carol bivins #pennsylvania #punxsutawney #punxsutawney phil

[handmethelilies]

it’s 2022! listen to groundhog day!

#groundhog day the musical #groundhog day #phil connors #rita hanson #my art

[krispyy-lotol]

This kiss was adorable but LET ‼️HIM‼️INFODUMP‼️

#groundhog day #groundhog day musical #phil connors #rita hanson

[twindrillscomputer]

philrita groundhog day ship shit idfk

#groundhog day #phil connors #rita hanson #philrita

[misespinas]

“I was brought up in tafetta dresses

And taught to be pretty and precious

Spending my playtimes with

Plastic princesses

Who all had those bodies,

Just utterly ludicrous!

Minuscule waists and huge boobs

And it’s all nipple-less and no pubes

And no creases, I mean, Jesus

It’s pretty confusing—

Especially at six.”

Rita Hanson

(Tim Manchin, “One Day,” Groundhog Day the Musical)

#groundhog day #groundhog day the musical #phil connors #musicals #musical lyrics #song lyrics #feminism #feminist theory #girlhood #body insecurity #body image #rita hanson #theatre

[incorrectghdquotes]

Phil: So here's where I'm at. I love you.

Rita: ...Okay. Well, thank you. Noted.

Phil: That's it? Come on. "And...I..."

Rita: Okay. Uhh, I'm not sure that I love you.

Phil: ...Yeah, you do.

Rita: (smiling sweetly) Fuck you.

Phil: Look, you don't want us to date, right? We don't know why right now, you say you don't. Now, that makes me unhappy. On the other hand, you claim, and of course I don't believe you, that us being together will make you unhappy. So one of us is going to be unhappy. I just don't see why it has to be me.

Rita: Wow. I-I cannot argue with that logic.

Phil: No, it's, like, impenetrable logic.

Rita: It's the argument of a psychopath.

Phil: A psychopath who might, hypothetically, be the man...who loves you.

#been wanting to do this one for a while lol #one of kendall's all-time douchiest moments gd bless #phil connors #rita hanson #groundhog day musical #ghd #incorrect ghd quotes #source: succession #ok i guess the chat format is fucked now thanks tumblr

[blackcur-rants]

AMPHIBIA MUSICAL FINALE TEMPLATE

(With all due credit to Tim Minchin and “Groundhog Day: The Musical”)

ANNE: Went to an old store,  And then left with an old music box in tow Was it really just a few months ago? If we had known what now we know maybe we Would have taken a moment Maybe looked over our shoulders Maybe shed some tears Now we’re here A storm rolled in,  Overwhelmed us sometime late one evening

ANNE + MARCY Think we ignored the warnings

MARCY I spent a lifetime seeking signs, reading lines Trying to control my life’s plot line Always kept the clouds around my head…

MARCY + SASHA Wasn’t such a great idea But we’re here

SASHA I thought I could have it all Was sure I could grab myself a high place I swore I had all the power and more to spare!

And then everyone would finally tremble at my face! I thought the only way To better days was through control and power. But I know now that I know I know now that I know nothing

SASHA + ANNE But we’re here And we’re fine And we are ourselves, for the first time I'm alright And we are ourselves, for the first time

ANNE + SASHA + MARCY: I thought I'd seen it all before I thought I knew everything

ANNE There was to know

SASHA There was to know

MARCY About the world there is

SASHA And I was sure

SASHA + MARCY I thought the only way to better days was through control and power.

ANNE + SASHA + MARCY But we know now, that we know Yes, we know now, that we know That we are here And we are fine And we are ourselves for the first time We’re alright and we are ourselves…for the first time…

#Amphibia #Amphibia folk #Filk #Groundhog Day #Calamity Trio #Anne Boonchuy #Phil Connors #Sasha Waybright #Rita Hanson #Marcy Wu #long post cw #Tim Minchin #Matt Braly #Long post cw #caps cw

[girlbossfrankshepard]

Also my old Rita posts are so funny because like. People are straight sometimes, it's fine

#love is love and whatnot #groundhog day musical #ghd #rita hanson