The antagonist of the musical, Shakespeare is basically a rock star poet who just kinda wants to be famous with none of the work, so while he is a good writer, he tends to steal ideas and lines wherever he can while having a great time.
He flirts with ladies in the crowds, squeezes the ass of one of his male backup dancers as he ends his performance, constantly goes "Did you see what I did there?" When he makes a funny or smart remark, has mommy issues (the key to making a menace), and is an all around drama queen. I really recommend the slime tutorial Tap Dancing Eggs the Musical on YouTube if you haven't seen Something Rotten before, the entire musical is just hilarious and I actually learned the entirety of Sonnet 18 because of one of the songs.
He is the definition of a babygirl, a girlboss, just a little guy, and a birthday boy all wrapped into one.
helene propaganda (from @bad-ads)
rip to paul but helene is THE problematic bisexual icon
if i had a nickel for every time an actor i liked whose last name started with b played a yassified version of shakespeare and had a musical number, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice
Ugh, it was such a great show, and such a great cast!!! It was such a gender affirming show to be in, and silly fun fact! I found Brad Oscar's instagram, and I sent him a little "hey! I'm playing Nostradamus in my production, and I just wanted to say you are really inspiring to me!" AND HE RESPONDED TO ME WITH "That's so amazing!! I hope you're having a great run, and break a leg!!" WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL!!!!
Tagging my fellow cast mates!!! @littlebecky @tepikvinxi and any other cast mates who have tumblr's lol!
if you think about hazbin hotel through the lens of the VAs’ other roles it’s wild
like cady heron, the daughter of jack kelly, is the princess of hell and is dating rosa diaz. she runs a hotel where dr facilier is the bartender and dawn pinkett is the maid. its guests include beetlejuice and (sorry couldn’t find anything for Blake Roman).
beetlejuice is also an antagonistic angel in heaven always accompanied by elphaba. the head seraphim is the witch (into the woods).
in hell, there is a very powerful group of overlords comprised of willy wonka/shakespeare/marvin/tom levitt, lincoln from tick tick boom and martha bessell. other overlords include mimi marquez, delia deetz and (sorry couldn’t find anything for Amir Talai).
2015, The Tonight Show - Brian d'Arcy James, John Cariani, Christian Borle and Company perform a medley of God, I Hate Shakespeare / Hard To Be The Bard from the musical Something Rotten!