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nando161mando · 2 months

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thesquirrelqueer · 5 months

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I cannot stress this enough that how to dance in ohio is about autistic YOUNG ADULTS. not kids. remy is the only character who is under the age of 18. it is so important that the show be known as being about autistic adults because so often autism is seen as something that only affects kids or when we do become adults we are almost always infantilized. how to dance in ohio is about YOUNG ADULTS, not KIDS

#htdio #how to dance in ohio #musicals #broadway #shut up dani

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muppetmagic · 3 months

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happy trails 'how to dance in ohio' (12/10/23 - 02/11/24)

we all deserve a second chance, so welcome to the second-chance-dance!

#how to dance in ohio #htdio #broadwayedit #theatreedit #musicaledit #htdio musical #made by me**#a cute show </3 gonna miss it! the cast is The show imo like i hope all their careers skyrocket!!!#amelia fei especially hehehehe i just adore her i want her to play eurydice so badly #throw liam in as orpheus while ur at it

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olivertheinternet · 4 months

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“you are now meeting 7! autistic people!”

finally was able to break out of art block and was able to draw this amazing musical!!!

#how to dance in ohio #musical theatre #broadway musicals #musicals #broadway #fanart

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thetisming · 17 days

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spent all day making bracelets!!

my favourite musicals!!

close ups:

aaaaaand heres all my &j ones:

i had fun!!

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ashleywool · 5 months

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Some thoughts and lessons from my first week on Broadway

(in no particular order)

Insecurities don't magically disappear when you hit The Big Dream. But the Big Dream has made it clearer than ever that my default instinct to downplay my achievements is kind of ridiculous. I need to accept that there's just no casual way to talk about my life right now. There is no pretending that any of this isn't a big deal. It's a huge freaking deal, and I earned it, and it's awesome, and I am no less deserving of its awesomeness than anybody else.

Autistic people have more allies out there than we realize. In advocacy circles, we tend to get rather cynical about what people don't understand, or don't want to understand. But there really are so many people who think we are worth listening to, learning from, and amplifying. There are so many people rooting for us, and actively seeking ways to include and affirm everything we are. They know they aren't going to get everything "right" immediately, and they know we won't always have the emotional energy for the hard conversations, but they are THERE, and they are there because they WANT to be. Yes, even on Broadway.

Fun fact: my first survival job was "Starbucks barista." (Other fun fact: the day I made my Broadway debut, Starbucks Workers United announced a massive strike for the very next day.) One thing that my time on Broadway has with my time at Starbucks is that I never seem to have enough Sharpies. At Starbucks, the Sharpies were for marking cups by hand (yes, I'm that old), and on Broadway, they're for signing Playbills at the stage door. (Like I said, there's no casual way to talk about this stuff.)

I honestly underestimated how much Broadway performers have to eat. It's easy to think most Broadway performers tend to be predominantly thin/buff just because the industry is fatphobic--and don't get me wrong, it totally is--but I also don't think most people really understand how athletic it is to do a full musical eight times a week, and what you have to do offstage to make sure you have the strength and stamina for it. It's genuinely harder than I thought it would be to make sure I'm not at a calorie deficit--and my less-than-stellar autistic interoception means that I can't always rely on "hunger cues" the way most people can. I really do have to PLAN to eat. And eat more than I would usually think I need.

I'm getting a lot better at doing my own wig prep. And I'm very excited about how pretty my hair looks at the end of the night when I release it from the pincurls.

Thanks to Mayte Natalio and Team Choreo, I'm also getting a lot better at learning choreography without a mirror. Poor proprioception is common in autistic people and it's one of my biggest insecurities, so it is always very stressful and overwhelming for me to learn choreography without a mirror, especially if I'm in a large group. It's difficult for me to visualize where I am in space and what my movement looks like in relation to others. But the choreo team knows this about me and helps me find other ways to learn and feel confident in the moves without constantly needing immediate visual proof. And that's something I never thought was possible before.

If I had the authority, I would ban pedicabs. Those things are like sensory assault. And they're RIGHT outside our show (and my bedroom window) every night with their lights flashing and their subwoofers blaring. But as a consolation prize to the drivers, I would equip each of them with a food truck. Let them solicit us and our patrons with chicken shawarma and Nuts 4 Nuts instead. That'll certainly get more business from patrons coming out of a show about autistic people.

#how to dance in ohio #musical theatre #broadway #spectrum club 7 #actually autistic #broadway debut

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officialrapunzelfitzherbert · 3 months

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i arrive at the amigo spring formal

momentum: built

animals: unlikely

chevy: silverado

i am forcibly removed from the amigo spring formal

#i was going to tweet this and then i thought no. tumblr would understand. tumblr deserves this #how to dance in ohio

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handmadeangels · 3 months

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BUILDING MOMENTUM 🌈🪩

id: 7 portraits of the main characters from How To Dance in Ohio. they are all outlined in one color with a different colored background. the first is of Remy, who is outlined in dark purple with a blue background. the second is of Meredith, who is outlined in teal with a blue background. the third of is Drew, who is outlined in blue with a pink background. the fourth is of Mel, who is outlined in green with a purple background. the fifth is of Caroline, who is outlined in pink with a pink background. the sixth is of Jessica, who is outlined in purple-pink with a green background. the seventh is of Tommy, who is outlined in red with a blue background. end id

#although i never got to see this show in person it means A LOT TO ME so i of course had to draw something for it.#also you can use these as icons (with credit) if you want i suppose :)#handmade angels #how to dance in ohio #htdio

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harveyguillensource · 5 months

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