#once on this island musical

[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

[incoherentgoodomenssobbing]

If you ever feel like you’ve made bad decisions just remember that somewhere out there is a theatre director at an all-white high school about to choose the spring musical

#musical theatre memes #musical theatre #theatre kid #theater kid #theatre #theater #hairspray #once on this island #Hamilton #in the heights #ragtime #west side story

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

Thinking about how many musical tragedies feature the narrative almost as a character of its own. Like a force within the story, divided from the characters. Out of their control at times.

Orpheus had to turn around, that’s just how it goes. That’s the way the story is told.

Tony had to go and get himself killed. Of course he did. He’s Romeo. The story wills it so.

Jesus must die. No matter how much he wanted to live, no matter how much the people around him wanted him to live. It’s his role to die.

Alison can’t go back and change the events of that last car ride with her father. It’s set in stone, there in the past where it will always remain.

And then there are musicals like Once On This Island and Ride The Cyclone that embrace the role of inevitability in their stories and find joy anyway.

And then on the exact opposite side of the spectrum there’s the radical freedom from the narrative that’s seen in Into The Woods. The narrator is dead and now the story is no one’s but the characters. And there’s the lack of protection that comes with that, the chaos and confusion. But it’s theirs and it’s tragic but they make the best with it.

Those themes of Inevitability vs. Freedom and the meta understanding of story within a story. I can’t seem to get enough.

#hadestown #west side story #jesus christ superstar #jcs #fun home #fun home musical #once on this island #ride the cyclone #into the woods #musicals #post i made #i love analysis

[owlpuddle]

#excellent dumb joke #once musical #once upon a mattress #once on this island

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #once on this island #stephen flaherty #lynn ahrens #language: english

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#best musical world cup #best snubbed musical world cup #best snubbed musical world cup finals #best musical #broadway #musical theater #musical theatre #musicals #theater #theatre #newsies #once on this island #miss saigon #disney #alan menken #ahrens and flaherty #polls

[fireworkss-exe]

MUSICAL BEATDOWN 2023 LINEUP

Newsies vs. Ride the Cyclone

Chicago vs. Once On this Island

Hadestown vs. Les Mis

Little Shop vs. Great Comet

Heathers vs. Falsettos

Carrie vs. JCS

Hamilton vs. Six

Phantom vs. Book of Mormon

#musical beatdown 2023 #great comet #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #newsies #rtc #ride the cyclone #hadestown #les mis #les miserables #chicago musical #once on this island #heathers #lsoh #little shop of horrors #carrie #jesus chris superstar #hamilton #six #phantom of the opera #tbom #book of mormon musical #falsettos

[wrinklemcdinkle]

is this a weird crossover of fandoms. probably. but-

riptide pirates as trolls!!!? ouuughwa? gillion and the tidestriders whaaat, they started their tours after the 2nd movie.. trolls were kinda suspicious of them for a while with good reason but now they’re well renowned!

i just think they’re neat :D

#also i have no idea how to design a troll #if any of these goobers had a grey period it would be chip 100% #gill only knew techno music before surfacing #destiny’s blade is a guitar #he starts getting into rock music once he has destiny’s blade #chip literally raised with the black rose pirates #he has unknown origin but raised on sea shantys #he flows with most music types tho #hes heard it all #jay didnt sing much because of her dad #but her mom encouraged her to sing #when jay tended her mom’s bar she would sing tunes she heard from patrons #she got her keyboard piano after the desire island arc #instead of anti-magic ferin pin its anti-singing #singing is power idk #jrwi riptide #jrwi riptide pirates #jrwi chip #chip jrwi #gillion jrwi #jrwi gillion #jrwi jay ferin #jrwi jay #jay jrwi #jrwi riptide pirates x trolls #trolls crossover #is this insane behavior? #i watch the trolls movies and this is what happens.. #i need to be detained #jrwi pretzel

[glimeres]

2002, Rosie O'Donnell Show - LaChanze performs Waiting For Life from the musical Once On This Island

#her voice is like butter #lachanze #once on this island #stephen flaherty #lynn ahrens #musical #broadway #video #posted

[alitgblog]

continuing the who is the best or most popular islander by job polls, I now ask

I for some reason thought there were more actors than this?? so that's why I added performers but no musicians/singers/dancers bc that's a different poll lol

#im queueing all these up at once fyi so i dont spam yall with polls so expect like 1-2 a day lol #litg #love island the game #litg polls #idk if cherry counts as a non musical performer or a musical performer so i'm just putting her here

[jaggedpeak]

little hollypaw for a thing i may or may not finish

#warrior cats #wc #hollyleaf #windholly #< twitter people dont know this. tumblr exclusive context #song's waiting for life from the musical once on this island #its SUUUUCH a holly song ive wanted to do smth with it n her for yeeeeears even before windholly stuff #but it fits windholly sooooo well i really do wanna turn this into a full video at some point #my art #my animation #2 cents

[improperingenue]

PSA

If this isn’t the year that Michael Arden gets his Tony I’m going to riot

#tony awards #michael arden #parade musical #spring awakening #once on this island #musicals #broadway musicals #musical theater #theater kid

[black-is-beautiful18]

I need white theater directors to stop choosing shows that require Black casts. Why would you do the The Wiz when The Wizard of Oz is right there? Why do Aida when Beauty And The Beast is right there? Why do Once On This Island when Phantom of the Opera is right there??? If the characters aren’t white and you have no one of that race to play them then the show should not be on your list. At all. You gon have them kids up there sounding and looking a fool.

#smh #black broadway #broadway black #stick with the music man #once on this island #the wiz #phantom of the opera #beauty and the beast #aida #unique writes

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

Finale: Children Will Listen - Into the Woods // Road to Hell (Reprise) - Hadestown // Why We Tell the Story - Once on This Island

#I know this is kinda obvious with hadestown but I wanted to connect them anyway #i love lyrics #musicals #into the woods #hadestown #once on this island #post i made #lovecore #compilation

[omegasmileyface]

#miracle musical #hawaii part ii #ミラクルミュージカル #also what do you mean this is a cards against humanity island. thats probably why its called that. #every once in a while i check the miracle musical twitter bc hawley implied thered be another hawaii part ii vinyl release. today i found t #this

[patwrites]

10 fave musicals in a nutshell

The Phantom of the Opera - disfigured musical genius stalks a 20-something he’s obsessed with; her chosen lover isn’t much better

Once On This Island - TFW your love goddess and local loa are having a ridiculous pissing contest of which you are the centerpiece

Hadestown - Greek myth but make it angstier

Wicked - one of the best early film villains but make her life a parable about acceptance

Sweeney Todd - wrongly convicted man commits actual crimes

Into The Woods - classic fairytales but closer to the Grimm versions

Titanic - Ismay was a greedy bastard who got hundreds of people killed

The Lion King - Julie Taymor’s genius before she ruined her reputation

Les Miserables - treat poor people better; also having a black-and-white worldview will ruin a person’s life

Carrie - superpowered outcast does some mass murder as a treat

#the phantom of the opera #once on this island #hadestown #wicked #sweeney todd #into the woods #titanic the musical #the lion king #les miserables #carrie the musical