i finally caved and listened to the only tracklist i could find for the great gataby musicaland By God This Sounds Like Shit. Dear Fucking Lord.
maybe they changed things up after that recording but LORD ALMIGHTY it seems like they just didnt understand the story at ALL from what i could bare listening to.
songs from musicals that are the same but also one of them is a good person and one of them is my personal enemy something something anyway it’s Hard to Be the Bard from Something Rotten and Moving Too Fast from The Last Five Years have such similar energy??
yeah little mix are a british girl group who won the x factor in 2011. they're a trio of singer/songwriters (formerly a quartet) who speak out for women's rights, lgbtq rights, blm and body inclusivity, all around a very wholesome group. They're amazing vocalists both individually and as a group, tbh you cant go wrong with any of their live acoustic performances. imo secret love song pt.2 could be a musical theatre song so i think you'll like it, and it also became an lgbtq anthem over the years.
they're not huge in america cuz their label is sabotaging them but that's a whole other story lmao
interesting! knowing background information about bands/singers in no way influences whether i listen to them because i don’t really care tbh, but good to know about the music!
decided to take a little break from writing (I will still be writing after this, don’t worry!) but I didn’t want to leave you guys without content so I present the Written In The Photos series. each driver/player has a song and their post is inspired by said song :) I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed making it <3 // special thank you to my bestie @themandaloriansdiaries for all her help with song choices and all the cracked out convos we had to put it together.
Carlos Sainz Jr - Smooth Operator by Sade
late nights, jet leg and messed up sleep schedules lead to words spoken which would normally be kept to themselves.
Jack Grealish - Hot Girl Summer by Meg Thee Stallion
party after party, Jack seems to be spotted with the same girl over and over again.
Lewis Hamilton - Loveeeeeee Song by Rihanna and Future
he’s sick and tired of seeing you in private, he wants the world to know you’re his.
Sergio Ramos - Way 2 Sexy by Drake
working for a footballer isn’t easy, it’s even harder when everyone thinks you’re dating. ( footballer x pr manager)
Max Verstappen - Can We Still Friends by Tyler, The Creator
even the best of the friends can have falling outs, especially when you’re on opposites side of the track. (teammate/rival!reader)
Andy Robertson - I’m Still In Love With You by Sean Paul ft. Sasha and Jeremy Harding
so many years apart and you’re still in love with the same guy you’ve always been in love with.
Lance Stroll - Stuck With You by Ariana Grande
every relationship goes sour, except for the one you had with a certain brown eyed boy.
Pato O’Ward - Sunday Candy by Nico Segal
snapshots of love and life with the love of your life.
Jude Bellingham - P Power by Gunna ft Drake
young and in love, you two find yourselves making headlines more often than not.
Sebastian Vettel - Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado and Timberland
can’t keep his hands off you and can’t keep the flirty comments away. (redbull seb)
Kylian Mbappe - Hotel Room Service by Pitbull
secrets unravel when you’re caught together in spain.
Jenson Button - Money by Cardi B
diamonds are a girl’s best friend after all (sugar daddy!jenson)
Ruben Dias - Golden Hour by JVKE
you supported him through it all, it only made sense you were the one there in the end.
George Russell - London Boy by Taylor Swift
grey weather is a bit of a downer, unless you have someone by your side.
Bukayo Saka - Star Boy by The Weeknd
proud, proud, proud; you showed everyone just how proud you really were.
Mick Schumacher - Dark Red by Steve Lacy
he only has eyes for one girl and it’s the one girl he wasn’t supposed to be looking at. (vettel!reader)
Neymar Jr - Tití Me Preguntó by Bad Bunny
he promised to change, you were stupid enough to believe him but people never really change do they?
Lando Norris - Young, Dumb and Broke by Khalid
regret makes people do crazy things.
John Stones - I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston
your husband winning the treble calls for celebration and you two finally get the night out you deserve.
Esteban Ocon - Sure Thing by Miguel
attached at the hip; the sunshine to his rain. you were everything to him.
Erling Haaland - Sunday Mornings by Maroon 5
sunday mornings were a bit of a tradition for you, everyone notices when the pattern changes.
Pierre Gasly - Creepin’ by The Weeknd
loyalty runs both ways, until it doesn’t anymore but nothing ever really changes, does it?
Virgil Van Dijk - Let ‘Em Know by Bryson Tiller
some things never change, no matter how much you try.
Fernando Alonso - I’m Still Standing by Elton John
looking up and looking down, it never felt so right.
Jordan Henderson - If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys
with your 10th anniversary around the corner, you both get a bit in your feels.
Charles Leclerc - A Sunday Kind Of Love by Etta James
races, weddings and races again; sundays hold a special place in his heart.
Trent Alexander Arnold - One Kiss by Dua Lipa
all it took was one kiss and the floodgates were opened.
Daniel Ricciardo - Woo by Rihanna
monaco is good to those who are good to it, especially those who win. every winner deserves a prize worthy of a king.
Christian Pulisic - Unforgettable by French Montana and Swae Lee
the star player and the ex girlfriend of his closest teammate are spotted together; you’re too unforgettable.
Kostas Tsimikas - Boyfriend by Ariana Grande and Social House
you were his until you weren't, but then you were again. the two of you tangled in the sheets and in a web of confusion; were you or were you not?
So I've been browsing through BehindTheName (great resource!) recently and have compiled several name lists. Here are some names, A-Z, that I like.
NOTE: If you want to use any of these please verify sources, meanings etc, I just used BehindTheName to browse and find all of these. Under the cut:
Well I can't stop thinking about if Apple's Spirited was actually done on Broadway with Broadway actors so have a fancast
Disclaimer: This is literally just actors I like and know are currently active. There is very little thought put into this beside "ooo I love this voice and think it would fit the role p well." Feel free to dispute and brainstorm further in the reblogs/tags, but like there is genuinely 4% thought put into this, lmao.
Present (Will Farrell) - Jonathan Groff
The heart and soul of the show. Requires strong acting, strong vocals, and a stunning sense of humor. Honestly maybe this is just me being a simp but like I fully think he would have a gotdamn blast dressed up in Scrooge makeup for the 1800s scene and no one can convince me otherwise.
Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds) - Jeremy Jordan
This is it, the entire reason I made this fan cast. Just. Imagine Jeremy Jordan singing Bringin' Back Christmas. The same energy as Ready As I'll Ever Be, and also as The World Will Know from Newsies??? Like, that's barely anything, and he's perfect.
Kimberly (Octavia Spencer) - Khaila Anyé Wilcoxon
Yeah okay I did sadly feel like I needed to slightly de-age Kimberly to match the younger form of Present; my original casting was NaTasha Yvette Williams and she would still slay this so hard, but like. Consistency, ya know? And besides, Khaila is STUNNING, fr; her performance as Catherine of Aragon is a testament to her skills alone, but if you want proof of her ability to sing gently as well as to Belt Like All Hell as she does in Six, then I will just direct you kindly to her role as one of the Fates in Hadestown; girl SLAYS! (Alternate pick: Renée Elise Goldsberry, because I can just HEAR her sing these songs.)
Jacob Marley (Patrick Page) - Patrick Page
I mean. Come on. Even if he hadn't played this role already, he originated Hades in Hadestown. No one can top this guy.
Past (Sunita Mani) - Solea Pfeiffer
Hadestown haunts the cast again, but like, come on. She's so good, no one can tell me no.
Yet-to-Come (Tracy Morgan) - Michael James Scott
IDK something about his energy as Genie just translates really well to this role to me. (Alternatively, the Beetlejuice energy of Alex Brightman would give a REALLY fun twist to it, especially if the director decided to lean into YTC as a comic relief character, but the energy is just off enough I wanna stick to the source material for now.)
Wren (Marlow Barkley) - Isabella Esler
Okay to be completely honest am I pretty much just pulling a random Lydia Deets out of a hat since they're like the only consistent kid actresses I can find? Maybe, lmao. That said, having heard her sing, she's GOOD fam! I think she could pull Wren really well!
Owen (Joe Tippett) - Justin Collette
Okay, so once again, he happens to be a Beetlejuice star, but the vibe check here really comes from his role in School of Rock! It's the same sort of offbeat-person-with-a-heart-of-gold vibe as Owen has in the movie, and like with him also playing the Beetlejuice to Isabella's Lydia, I think they'd do great as dad and daughter on stage. Alternatively, Will Burton (who played Adam in the same cast) would also be a great pick, but gives off some more panicky vibes that I don't feel are as great of a match to Owen.
Carrie (Andrea Anders) - Michaela Diamond
If you've seen her video on her favorite song from NYT, you Know the vibes.
Anyway that's my brainrot for the year thank you and enjoy—
Okay I'm a sucker for found family dynamics in shows so I'm going to list all the found family or platonic relationships I know of. In TV shows/series. Just because :) ALSO please add if you know more, because I'm probably missing a whole lot. I JUST WANT MORE.
Here are the ones me and my friends know or have found (some might be father daughter centric and they're all from very random fandoms so excuse that) :
1. Kakashi & Team 7 (Naruto)
2. Anakin & Ahsoka & Obiwan (Clone wars. I know the whole star wars universe too, but I'm focusing on clone wars)
3. Kate Bishop & Clint Barton (Hawkeye)
4. Farah Dowling & Bloom (Fate : Winx)
4. Charming & Emma (Once Upon A Time)
5. Bay Kennish & Daphne Vasquez (Switched at Birth)
6. Cirilla & Geralt (The Witcher)
7. Calliope & Augie (tidelanders)
8. Byakuya & Rukia (Bleach)
9. Sara & Danny (Witchblade)
10. Georgia & Rube (Dead like me)
11. Silco & Jinx, Vander & Vi (Arcane)
12. Andrè & Jane (Painkiller Jane)
13. Jamie & Jonas & Jay (Bionic woman)
14. Dr. Tom & Erica (Being Erica)
15. The pines family (Gravity falls)
16. Tom & Cassie (the inbetween)
17. The Gaang & Team Avatar (Avatar the last Airbender & Legend of korra)
18. Kara & Clark (Supergirl & superman/batman apocalypse)
19. Charlie & Miles matheson (revolution)
20. Arthur & Joan & Auggie & Annie (Covert affairs)
21. Khlyen & Dutch (Killjoys)
22. Guerrero & Ames (Human Target)
23. Adam & Emma (Mutant X)
24. Nolan & Emily "Amanda" (Revenge)
25. Voight & his whole team (Chicago P. D.)
26. Elena & Jeremy (Bitten)
27. Jinggang & Chu hun (double world)
28. Hannibal & Abigail (Hannibal)
29. Dream & Death (The sandman)
30. Jiwoo & Mujin (My name)
31. Buffy & Giles (BTVS)
32. Benedict & his kids (Mysterious Benedict society)
33. The cullen family (twilight)
34. Elijah & Yo Han (the devil's judge)
35. Magnus & Clary (Shadow hunters)
36. Gu xiang & Wen Kexing (Word of honor (Cdrama))
37. Optimus & the human kids (Transformers prime)
38. Mildred & her teachers (Mainly miss hardbroom)
39. Dylan & Lizzie (instinct)
40. Marina & Arturo (A private affair)
41. Moiraine & Lan (Wheel of time)
42. the BAU team (Criminal minds)
43. The SVU team (Law & Order : SVU)
44. Ellie & Joel (TLOU)
45. Barbara & the batfam (Batgirl, batman comics)
46. Carmen & Shadow San (Carmen sandiego)
47. Nile & the rest of the old guard (the old guard)
48. Nick Fury & Maria Hill (secret invasion)
49. Jordan & Garrett (crossing Jordan)
50. America chavez & Doctor strange (Multiverse of Madness)
I got my main criticisms out of the way so now I get to have fun and gush about the stuff I enjoyed and hopefully will continue to enjoy! Because honestly even though I think the writing and pacing are objectively bad, I'm still having fun with this series like I do with Helluva Boss, and its mainly for one reason:
The voice cast is singlehandedly carrying the show.
Viv may not be great at character design or storytelling, but if she's good at one thing she is damn good at casting.
The voice cast is perfect, they all understood the assignment. Like everyone who was saying the new cast was gonna be worse than the pilot cast for the sole reason that they weren't the pilot cast were just flat out wrong. They all ate and are all easily the most enjoyable part of the series.
Erika Henningsen was the perfect choice for Charlie, she fits the role of "Disney Princess in Hell" like a glove. She's bubbly and sweet and excitable and kind! She fits this role way better than she fit the role of Cady in the Mean Girls musical (I said what I said) She sounds so much like Mandy Moore as Rapunzel, another favorite character of mine!
Blake Roman's performance???? As Angel??? Hello sir???? My jaw was on the floor during Angel's scene with Valentino because I was absolutely blown away by his performance. It was heartbreaking and raw and impactful, a stellar performance. I have a good feeling Blake Roman is gonna get the Alex Brightman treatment after this winning combination of his performance as Angel Dust and his Broadway debut in "Harmony: A New Musical". Blake Roman is a STAR
Speaking of Alex Brightman, man do I love his voice. I've been on the Alex Brightman stan train for years now, waaaaaaaaay before Helluva Boss. I've loved Alex Brightman since his performance as Dewy Finn in the School of Rock Musical (which is criminally underrated. There could not have been a better casting decision for Dewy) Hearing Alex Brightman sing a more rock style song for the first time since his School of Rock days was so so wonderful. "Hell is Forever" was the best part of ep 1 there I said it. Not to mention his performance as Sir Pentious is also quite enjoyable. All of his voice work has gotten him so much positive exposure too! I'm so glad he's getting all the love and attention he deserves after being so underrated for so long. Its like the universe is apologizing for kicking Beetlejuice out of the Winter Garden Theater and replacing it with the Music Man and also robbing him of his Tony back in 2019. (Alex Brightman deserved Best Male Lead in a Musical at the 2019 Tony's argue with the wall)
Christian Borle as Vox was such a fun choice! I've also been a Christian Borle stan for many years now, since I listened to the "Legally Blonde" musical for the first time back in 2017 where he played Emmett Forrest. I'm always happy to hear one of my Broadway faves perform in something, and I was thrilled to find out he was going to be part of the cast!
Lili Cooper as Velvette was also a pleasant surprise! She killed it. She's brash and loud and confident and the accent was a nice touch too! Loved her as Sandy in the Spongebob musical, love her as Velvette.
I don't really have much to say about the rest of the main and supporting cast, they all sound great! I can't wait to hear Jeremy Jordan as Lucifer, Leslie Kritzer as Roise and Darren Criss as St. Peter!
And last but not least, Amir Talai as Alastor. Holy shit is he fun! Amir Talai was the voice that inspired Alastor in the first place, so I'm glad they got him in the cast! I kept seeing people say that he wasn't "intimidating enough" as a Alastor and that he was much weaker than Edward Bosco and all I have to say is:
How does it feel to be wrong?
Because Amir Talai ATE THIS UP. He devoured. Not a CRUMB IN SIGHT. I get all giggly when I hear him sing "let's begin", its so playfully sinister and perfect and lovely. Every single line delivery is perfect.
But even with such a spectacularly talented Broadway cast, the decision to make Hazbin a full on musical was.....interesting. Helluva Boss is similar because they have at least one song per episode, but Hazbin has two, and sometimes they're kind of shoehorned in with no buildup. Ep 3 is the biggest offender of this. I enjoyed Lili Cooper singing "Respectless" but the song was unnecessary. Neither one of the songs in ep 3 made any sense and honestly felt like they were there to fill the quota of "two songs per episode". "It Starts With Sorry" in ep 2 was also kinda weird, but not unforgivable.
The best songs so far are easily "Stayed Gone", "Poison" and "Losers, Baby". All three are bangers and everyone slayed. "Happy Day in Hell" is fun, feels like a typical Disney song, and "Hell is Forever" also slaps, but both songs have a lot of unnecessary swearing that throws them off course.
So yep that's pretty much it for my positives about Hazbin! I'll happily keep watching Hazbin just to hear the cast continuing to slay.
The Postman Always Rings Twice / Bob Rafelson (1981)
Secretary* / Steven Shainberg (2002)
Spirited Away* / Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
Watcher / Chloe Okuno (2022)
The Talented Mr. Ripley / Anthony Minghella (1999)
Pride & Prejudice / Joe Wright (2005)
Moonage Daydream / Brett Morgan (2022)
Volver / Pedro Almodóvar (2006)
Belfast / Kenneth Branagh (2021)
The Last Picture Show / Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
I, Tonya / Craig Gillespie (2017)
The Postman Always Rings Twice / Tay Garnett (1946)
Rocketman / Dexter Fletcher (2019)
The Unholy / Evan Spiliotopoulos (2021)
Mara / Clive Tonge (2018)
Frogs / George McCowan (1972)
Prometheus / Ridley Scott (2012)
Men / Alex Garland (2022)
All the Right Moves / Michael Chapman (1983)
Poseidon / Wolfgang Petersen (2006)
Saint Maud / Rose Glass (2019)
Monstrous / Chris Sivertson (2022)
Wander Darkly / Tara Miele (2020)
Howl’s Moving Castle / Hayao Miyazaki (2004)
Iris / Albert Maysles (2014)
Lamb / Valdimar Jóhannsson (2021)
In Fabric / Peter Strickland (2018)
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. / C.B. Stockfleth (2022)
The Visitor / Justin P. Lange (2022)
Smile / Parker Finn (2022)
Yellowjackets [szn 1-2] (2021-2022)
It Comes at Night / Trey Edward Shults (2017)
Everything Everywhere All at Once / Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (2022)
Black Bear / Lawrence Michael Levine (2020)
mother! / Darren Aronofsky (2017)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story / Eric Appel (2022)
X / Ti West (2022)
I Heart Huckabees* / David O. Russell (2004)
The Right Stuff / Philip Kaufman (1983)
Goliath Awaits / Kevin Connor (1981)
Poltergeist* / Tobe Hooper (1982)
Doctor Who [TV Movie]* / Geoffrey Sax (1996)
Earthstorm / Terry Cunningham (2006)
Lake Eerie / Chris Majors (2016)
Fantastic Planet* / René Laloux (1973)
Synecdoche, New York* / Charlie Kaufman (2008)
Flight of the Navigator* / Randal Kleiser (1986)
NOPE / Jordan Peele (2022)
Women Talking / Sarah Polley (2022)
Striking Distance / Rowdy Herrington (1993)
Vivarium / Lorcan Finnegan (2019)
Saw* / James Wan (2004)
A Peculiar Noise / Jorge Torres-Torres (2016)
In the Earth / Ben Wheatley (2021)
Cats 2 / Jake Jones (2023)
Bringing Out the Dead* / Martin Scorsese (1999)
The Last Blockbuster / Taylor Morden (2020)
The Dance of Reality / Alejandro Jodorowsky (2013)
In the Mouth of Madness / John Carpenter (1994)
The Chamber / Ben Parker (2016)
Tenet / Christopher Nolan (2020)
Synchronic / Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead (2019)
Paprika / Satoshi Kon (2006)
The Menu / Mark Mylod (2022)
Sunshine / Danny Boyle (2007)
Devil’s Island / Sean King, Taylor King (2021)
Benedetta / Paul Verhoeven (2021)
Scotland, PA* / Billy Morrissette (2001)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover / Peter Greenaway (1989)
The Color of Pomegranates* / Sergei Parajanov (1969)
Face/Off* / John Woo (1997)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial / Steven Spielberg (1982)
The Gilded Age (PBS American Experience) / Sarah Colt (2018)
Aniara / Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja (2018)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas* / Chuck Jones, Ben Washam (1966)
The Quake / John Andreas Andersen (2018)
The Guilty / Gustav Möller (2018)
The Muppet Christmas Carol* [VHS] / Brian Henson (1992)
M3GAN / Gerard Johnstone (2022)
Caught / Jamie Patterson (2017)
Shot / Jeremy Kagan (2017)
A Charlie Brown Christmas* / Bill Melendez (1965)
Body at Brighton Rock / Roxanne Benjamin (2019)
Trancers / Charles Band (1984)
Higher Power / Matthew Charles Santoro (2018)
*Asterisk = rewatch
Favorites first watched in 2023: Men, In Fabric, Yellowjackets, Everything Everywhere All at Once, mother!, NOPE, The Dance of Reality. (ETA: Vivarium and Aniara, which I wouldn't necessarily call "favorites" but they've stuck with me.)
Favorite rewatches: Secretary, I Heart Huckabees, Poltergeist, Bringing Out the Dead