#musicals and theatre

[susiephone]

*puts hands on hollywood exec's shoulders, staring unblinking into their eyes* listen to me. you will never get people who hate musicals to like musicals by making your musical less of a musical. if you hide the fact that your film is a musical in the advertising, you're going to get a lot of low ratings from people who hate musicals and went into your movie not expecting a musical and got one anyway. people who hate musicals will hate them no matter how realistic and diegetic and lowkey you try to make it. they will hate musicals even if you completely excise anything complicated, over the top, silly, or even slightly challenging. they will hate musicals even if you cut half the songs. they will hate musicals even if you cast that a-lister who can't sing worth a damn. stop trying to market to people who hate musicals. they're a lost cause. your audience should be people who love musicals. this half-assed middle ground pisses off both camps. just embrace the fact that your movie is a musical. lean into it. don't try and trick musical haters into coming to your film when you could be marketing to the theater kids. better cringe than a coward.

#musicals #musical theatre #broadway #there are SOME good movie musicals but god they're few and far between #theatre

[trashpidgeon48]

Leitmotifs drive me insane, like I hear *repeated melody that has an association with a person, idea, or situation* and I go *tears up the fucking rug like a dog*

#music #musical theatre #leitmotif #les miserables #anastasia musical #sweeney todd #jesus christ superstar #broadway #hadestown #phantom of the opera #ride the cyclone #the hunchback of notre dame #rent musical #fiddler on the roof #starkid

[automaticbreakfastmachine]

#musicals #theatre #movies #memes #funny #Twitter #les mis #bread #shit post #French class #i have a sub rn and I’m too bored enjoy the shitpost

[saveugoodmadam]

*leaves theatre* wow what a great show my favourite bit was how it fundamentally changed me as a person forever

#theatre #theater #musical theatre #For me this is newsies and operation epsilon. #I will NEVER be the same since Matthew Duckett made eye contact with me

[thedrawingduke]

I realized I never posted these here on tumblr! 2020 did unspeakable things to my mind and body…I staggered away from lockdown with a whole pitch of how I would make an animated Cats adaptation. I got the whole thing up here *taps skull*—it would be Very Good. I can’t think about it too much lest I awaken my sleeping obsession…still want to finish Old Deut and Macavity one of these days.

Fun fact: The term "Jellicle Cat" is actually the cats’ mishearing of the term "Dear Little Cat" (this gives me much joy)

@thedrawingduke on Instagram

#Cats #cats the musical #thedrawingduke #grizabella #Victoria #bustopher jones #jemima #the gumbie cat #jennyanydots #gus the theatre cat #skimbleshanks #Demeter #bombalurina #munkustrap #the rum tum tugger #mr mistoffelees #main coon #sphinx #English shorthair #tabby

[uselessalexis165]

like daughter, like father 🍎

#musical theatre runs in their veins #my text #hazbin hotel #charlie morningstar #lucifer morningstar

[locallibrarylover]

*by live theatre i mean plays, musicals, operas, ballets, concert versions of musicals, staged readings, & things of that nature. EDIT: YES this includes amateur, local, kids, high school, & community theatre. almost every show i've seen has been local

if you want, list the names of the shows you've seen in the tags!

#(if you saw this before no you didnt. i wanted to add more options) #anyways! very curious about how much live theatre people on here see. #personally i've 22 shows? those being: sleeping beauty (ballet). mary poppins. the lion king. the sound of music. once on this island. #little shop of horrors. mamma mia! chess. annie. music man jr. jesus christ superstar. joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. #something rotten! sam's room. the blender. bad auditions by bad actors. the 10 worst breakups of all time. drugs are bad. fairy tale court. #peter and the starcatcher. a christmas carol. & robin hood! all of those have been local/community except lion king ^_^ #(yes i also redid this because i forgot about robin hood & sleeping beauty...) #musings

[dark-chocolate-frog]

reblog if the first musical you listened to was not Hamilton

#broadway #musical theatre #hamilton musical #newsies #into the woods #six the musical #music #les mis #les miserables #deh musical #dear evan hansen #wicked #phantom of the opera #book of mormon #falsettos #hadestown #etc etc #livesies

[langernameohnebedeutung]

ngl, I'm beginning to take issue with how in conversations about anti-intellectualism almost automatically, the face of girls and women will be slapped on the problem.

#'all those tiktok girls who only like marvel films and' - why do you always say girls and women? are the guys filling opera halls instead? #'women in their mid 20s who still only read YA novels' okay sure that's an example and relevant discussions can be had #but it reminds me of the mocking tone in which people speak of 'chick-lit' to use women's interest as an indicator of lower value #while in fact women are reading more than men in EVERY single genre of fiction. Women are doing a lot of (often unpaid) labour #supporting libaries supporting theatres supporting cultural events #meanwhile there is a pretty big overlap between toxic masculinity and anti-intellectualism #(especially misogyny and homophobia) #especially when it comes to things like ballet or opera or musical or generally dance #in fact it is often the female investment in specific things that makes them less 'valuable' in general consciousness #for thousands of years the theatre was well-respected and a high form of art - and now it's a 'wife-thing' #the father who will teach his son that theatre and dance are for girls - how is that never an example for anti-intellectualism

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

hell HAS frozen over for theatre kids everywhere

#the show has since closed so if you’re rbing this now then just know that it’s not a will. it’s a has. #anyway. original tags: #I hope this doesn’t jumpscare normal people into thinking something important is happening this is just for the theatre people #phantom of the opera #poto #musicals #post i made #greatest hits

[ruenii]

Tim, [pointing his staff at the human traffickers]: YOU ARE OUTGUNNED

Jason, [hyping him up]: WHAT?

Tim: OUTMANNED!

Jason: WHAT?!

Tim: OUTNUMBERED OUTPLANNED

Jason: PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES!

Tim: PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN ON MY COMMAND

Jason: HAND EM OVER!!

Tim: THIS IS HAMILTON MY RIGHT HAND MAN!

Jason, [getting his guns out]: PWO PWO PWO PWO PWO-

Goons: *shaking* what the FUCK are Batman feeding his partners--

#tim drake #jason todd #dc #batbros #suki drabbles #jason and tim have monthly musical reenactment nights #duke and steph come by as well sometimes #duke slays as angelica #damian sees tim jason and duke act out candy store and bully bruce #needless to say dami hides from them whenever its 'that' time #dick wanted to join them too #jason & tim: sorry but its MIDDLE CHILD only privileges <3 #dick: :( #cass may not be able to say she means sometimes but she supports them nonetheless ^_^ #and by that it means she has fun wrestling w her siblings whenever theres a fight scene #alfred is quietly cheering them on bcos you cannot tell me alfred wasn't a theatre kid #bruce wants join but is too emotionally incompetent to ask #batfam

[thecommunalfoolboy]

Why can’t we have a campy musical about an aroace person figuring out what they are, complete with a running gag where they constantly almost throw up when sex is mentioned

#aroace #aro #ace #aro memes #aromanitc #asexual #asexual memes #musicals #theatre #sex repulsed

[toffyrats]

#hamilton #les mis #newsies #ride the cyclone #six the musical #heathers #mean girls #beetlejuice #les miserables #rtc #theatre #musicals

[adaptationsdaily]

Little Shop of Horrors (1986) dir. Frank Oz

#filmedit #little shop of horrors #frank oz #theatre #musicals #alan menken #howard ashman #chewieblog #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #userpavlova #userkraina #userrobin #cinematv #filmgifs #musicalgifs #horroredit #horror tw #ours #by hana

[susiephone]

#theatre #susie's sick polls #broadway #musical theatre

[akicklineisinevitable]

no genuinely i think the fastest way to a Max Jägerman Redemption Arc(TM) is putting him in the drama club. literally it would help him get over his toxic masculinity AND let him be a dramatic bitch without being a bully about it. High School Musical his ass

#toxic masculinity is DEAD. he DANCES NOW. #he and ruth could bond over theatre!!! he could help her get over her stage fright!!!! #i need ruth and max friendship they would just be such chaotic besties #originals #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #hatchetfield musicals #hatchetfield series #hatchetfield universe #max jägerman