#theatre nova

[lonelylittledot]

great things about Bandstand (feel free to add your own)

"it's radio, what does it matter?

Laura's high notes

"consider that an order, you screwy nutcase"

Davy's jokes

"sing because you just need to sing"

literally every second Beth Leavel is on stage

"don't. teach."

Jimmy's little glasses

"No, that’s shitty. Irksome is your use of the word irksome"

Corey's awkward little laugh

"wait... I gotta transpose"

Julia clutching Donny's jacket in This Is Life

"...what day of the week is Sunday?"

Donny's continuous disdain for Frank Sinatra

"it's a good thing you're one of the best, because putting up with you is an endurance test"

Johnny dancing with Julia

"and I'm never allowed to admit there is nothing remotely heroic about it"

all of Julia's waredrobe

"And stop picking up my clothes! If I wanted them in the drawer, I'd put them in the drawer!" (bonus: Wayne trying to hide his smile)

"dO i NoT kNoW TeLL mE tHE niGhT"

Wayne being a Donny x Julia shipper

"it's a solo, it's selfish by definiton!"

"you know, there’s a fine line between jazz and bad"

"this is life with the craziness of, the reality of, the necessity of being madly in love with you"

#bandstand #bandstand musical #corey cott #laura osnes #beth leavel #broadway #musical theatre #donny nova band #watch bandstand pls #it's so underrated

[worstjourney]

Scott, 18 Mar 1912: "My right foot has gone, nearly all the toes ... Like an ass I mixed a small spoonful of curry powder with my melted pemmican – it gave me violent indigestion. I lay awake and in pain all night; woke and felt done on the march; foot went and I didn’t know it."

#Captain Scott #curry #law of unintended consequences #scott expedition #terra nova expediton #making light of tragedy #polar exploration #heroic age #polar history #memesterpiece theatre

[zebraslovescupcakestoo]

Option dates for Nova.

Screen shots are from CRUSH CRUSH.

#crush crush #Nova #moon walk #beach #temple #date #autumn #fall #theatre

[lowpolylobotomy]

some recent drawing tat i did when i was afflicted with an ear infection

#novympia #hugo grrrl #nova genesis #olympia avalanche #you're in the theatre naur

[whimsicalcotton]

tfw the masterpiece is only yours and you could wreck it if you have to but you're the wreck so what would that do and it's getting better in the worst way etc etc

#masterpiece theatre lyrics go brrrrrr #and u can see my poor brushpen coughing out its last breaths. rip #sorry for my ugly hands also. sketchbook is paradoxically neater And messier than scribbling in medibang #nova scribbles #marrow max tag

[pocketgalaxies]

i miss theatre

#i watched the bts footage for the 2019 persona concert and it was neat but mostly all it did was make me miss theatre. dkfjskdfjsdf #rehearsal vibes...cannot be topped cannot be replicated cannot be described #text #nova shh #personal #theatre

[raziraphale]

still haven't recovered from the guy at work today that had just seen oppenheimer last night and seemed so... delighted? by halifax apparently being mentioned in it. bestie it was mentioned in the movie because the city fucking exploded lmao

#'wow! cool shoutout of place near me' <- guy who just learned about the horrific tragedy of the biggest pre-nuclear explosion #I once went to an outdoor showing of ghostbusters and the crowd went wild for the brief nova scotia mention... #imagining that guy doing that in the oppenheimer theatre #reilly.txt

[grideon-nav]

Have you read this fic yet? https://archiveofourown.org/works/26574244

It uses the Nova au and is like at least 15% of my brain at this point like it's so good.

HOOO BOY ive been looking for good nova au to read so ive opened up a tab for it and ill get around to reading it!!! thank u for the fic rec!!!!

#also ur tlt theatre au lives in my head rent free <3 absolute top notch #i have much trust in ur tlt tastes so i will check out the fic asapppp!! #the locked tomb #tlt #harrow nova #ask

[pettybourgeoiz]

#music discovery #music #spotify link #spotify #music artists #david lang #Ars Nova Copenhagen #theatre of voices #Paul Hillier #song #i lie #genres #choral #21st century classical #american 21st century classical #post-minimalism #post minimalism #chamber choir #Bourgeoiz Music Discovery #MORE MUSIC ON MY BLOG #from me

[everwizard]

Moulin Rouge and Cabaret evoke the same emotion in me. And that emotion is lust

#novas thoughts and ramblings #moulin rouge #cabaret #broadway #musical theatre

[onenakedfarmer]

Currently Playing

Arvo Pårt CREATOR SPIRITUS

Paul Hillier Theatre of Voices Ars Nova Copenhagen Christopher Bowers-Broadbent NYYD Quartet

#currently playing #Arvo Pärt #Paul Hillier #Theatre of Voices #Ars Nova Copenhagen #Christopher Bowers Broadbent #NYYD Quartet #living composers #choral music #Baltic composers

[alikistenou]

VITA NOVA | Mpagkeion Hotel, Athens – November/December 2023

Text: Aliki Stenou, Simon Gleave

Direction - Set Design: Aliki Stenou

Live Music (percussion): Nikos Touliatos

Movement: Korina Kokkali

Costumes: Mary Limniou

Lighting Design: Thomas Oikonomakos

Assistant Directors: Dimitra Ntanti, Victoria Karakasoglou

Assistant Set Designer: Nikolas Rouvalis

Photography: Stefanos Tavakis

Communication: Chrysa Matsagani

Organization / Execution of Production: Aliki Stenou, Dimitra Ntanti

Performed by (in alphabetical order): Korina Kokkali, Dimitra Ntanti, Aliki Stenou, Nikos Touliatos

Description of project:

'Vita Nova' is a theatre performance narrating the day after a loss, the mixed emotions, and the thoughts that arise during a visit to the family home of the past. Memory, traces of a bygone era, and the need for a new beginning intertwine in a poetic stage composition where speech, movement, and music capture the nuances of a transition.

Reviews:

"I never expected what would follow. The art of illusions, sensations, and Art with a capital 'A' unfolded abundantly in front of me. […] The direction of the performance is magical. Excellent pace, full utilization of space, intensity in the atmosphere, and an exceptional blending of the protagonists' best qualities. Ms. K. Kokkali, D. Ntanti, A. Stenou transform into beings beyond the strict material world we experience. Their voices incredibly crafted, their movement ethereal. There are moments when you truly wonder watching them if they actually exist or if we project a fantasy, captivated by the work. Mr. N. Touliatos equally amazing and expressive, without even hearing him speak for a moment." (Elpiniki Ninou – θεατρο.gr)

"We watched the excellent 'Vita Nova' at Mpageion Hotel […] a work of beautiful images but, more importantly, beautiful meanings […] Korina Kokkali, Dimitra Ntanti, and Aliki Stenou, astonishing and moving in their roles, transform into Evmenides and Maenads, but also to the three Fates: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. They speak within our protagonist's mind, weaving threads in a scene filled with dry leaves. They use the old sitting area as an arena of emotions and speech. […] Musician Nikos Touliatos breaks the silence with percussive sounds, who seem like from nightmares or pain, yet he remains silent. The three actors, with magnificent physicality and speech, with a wonderful use of space and lighting, manage to perfectly convey the essence of the play. The text shouts in favor of life, without forgetting the pain of loss and sorrow that we all carry, knowing that we are 'passing by'!" (Aris Gavrielatos – αθηΝΕΑ)

"Vita Nova / A performance-experience about loss and mourning […] Aliki Stenou directs in detail, creating through the actors' choreographed movements, the distinctive set with leaves, objects in space, and the sound of percussion played by Nikos Touliatos, a 'life-experience' performance. The atmosphere created, even by the acoustic space, constantly challenges the viewer emotionally, who experiences the stages of the protagonist's grief to the fullest." (Dimitris Bamboulis – TVXS)

"The atmosphere of the performance is eerie and enchanting. The girls move like one under Korina Kokkali's wonderful choreography and, of course, the indisputably splendid direction of Aliki Stenou. The space seems as if it was created solely for this performance. And, of course, it harmonizes amazingly with Nikos Touliatos's music. You lose yourself and find yourself again (probably) in about an hour. Words are unnecessary to describe the emotions that arise." (Katerina Zygouraki – WeLoveTheater)

"The text by Simon Gleave and Aliki Stenou is the image of the seismic aftermath, which moves us, displaces us from our existential axis. The next moment of loss and the reminder of mortality become the foundations of the work. […] Aliki Stenou, who directs and is also responsible for the set design, knows that beauty must break the shell of pain […] This beauty is what she has given us in the past and this is what she will give us again." (Alexandros Stergiopoulos – Gazzetta)

"Beauty intensifies the pain of loss. And 'Vita Nova' is very beautiful…" (Giorgos Voudiklaris)

#alikistenou #theatre #performance #vita nova #athens #art #culture

[carloskaplan]

Judy Garland e Marlene Dietrich no Palace Theatre de Broadway, (Nova York, 1951)

#judy garland #marlene dietrich #cine

[highlights-of-the-lowlife]

something that really bothers me about response to the war in ukraine is the overwhelming use of the theoretical if.

"if russia did the same thing then the world would be up in arms"

no matter what atrocity russia has commited it will never be acknowledged. ukrainian war crimes, both real and imagined, are taken at face value but there's never enough proof to pin anything to russia. use of cluster munitions on cities, executions of civilians, mass graves, widespread use of sexual assault. all of it is either a hoax or worse they blame ukraine.

no amount of proof is enough for bucha or irpin to be real but organ harvesting biolabs are taken as gospel. its an incredibly insidious way of shifting the goalposts and acting like the victim. any mention of the kidnapped children is russophobia. its all the western propaganda about the over 700 medical facilities hit with missiles. all aimed at discrediting ukraine and making russia seem like the victim.

i'm not going to pretend like ukrainian war crimes don't exist. however there are so many lies about organ harvesting, forced surrogacies and biolabs among the more mundane claims like ukraine commited the bucha massacre and blew the nova kakhovka dam that simply aren't happening.

ukrainian war crimes are solo bad actors who are punished once evidence comes forward. russian war crimes are systemic and awarded for their efforts. the pilot who blew up the mariupol theatre got a medal. and yet to the outside world when it comes to russia its always that fucking if

#ukraine

[ailendolin]

List 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material.

Thank you for tagging me @the-20th-century-girl!

1. Palaeontology: I didn't get a PhD for nothing and even though it's been years since my thesis defense, I'm sure I could still do the full presentation without preparation. I dedicated three years of my life to this (ten if you count my bachelor's and master's degrees as well) and I certainly don't mind talking about this childhood dream of mine or the issues surrounding academia, especially here in Germany.

2. Ghosts and anything Six Idiots related: the Six Idiots have been such a huge part of my life for the last few years even my family now knows who I'm talking about when I mention Thomas lol. They're lucky the original Ghosts isn't on TV here or I definitely would have made them watch it with me (on that note, I made my dad watch Bill last year and he enjoyed it!).

3. The Lord of the Rings: the films and then the books changed my life 23 years ago and if prompted, I will happily discuss why the Eagles were not the solution to the ring problem and why the Silmarillion is absolutely incredible and not dry and boring at all. Oh, and don't get me started on the musical or I will lament for an hour about the Springle Ring not being on the cast recording.

4. Survival stories: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 is just the latest in a line of survival stories that I have been fascinated by over the years. I'm sure I could talk about it for an hour alone but there's also the Franklin Expedition, the Donner Party, the Endurance Expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition, the Batavia shipwreck ... I think you get my point. There is just something about humans facing such extremes adversities and, if they're lucky, rising above them that I find deeply touching.

5. Animals in captivity: a few years ago, the documentary Blackfish opened my eyes to all the issues surrounding animals in captivity. I will never forget the pictures of Orca teeth being so far eroded that you can see the root canal or that one time my palaeo prof took one look at a skeleton and promptly asked if the specimen came from a zoo because he could immediately tell by the deformed bones and worn teeth. I don't try to convince people not to go to zoos because it's none of my business to tell them how to live their lives but if asked I do tell them why I don't visit those places anymore in the hopes that they too will realise that a fun day out for them is a lifetime of miserable imprisonment for the animals they claim to love.

Honorable mention goes to History because I have been fascinated by a wide range of historical topics over the years (the Pacific theatre of war, Chernobyl and nuclear power, the Plague, Napoleonic Wars, Ancient Rome, mountaineering history, medical history ...) and could talk about any of them for hours if prompted.

Tagging @amalthea9, @professorlehnsherr-almashy and @ginevralinton but no pressure!

#tag game #personal

[duelbraids]

Death Rattle Dazzle Plot EXPLAINED (not clickbait)

Other title ideas: So None of the Picwick Triplets Did It?, Theatre Professional Unravels the Plot of In-Universe Musical for No Reason.

This is a list of my thoughts about the plot of the in universe musical Death Rattle Dazzle from Hulu's Only Murders in the Building. This will contain no spoilers for the plot of the show proper, or the mystery, but will spoil all the songs written and theorize about their placement in an actual, two act musical. It'll also reference a few of the gags from the final episode, and this metafiction article by Playbill, which was done in collaboration with OMITB. Maxine's in universe review is bloody funny, and it contains a Playbill, which reveals some plot details about the original play. This practically is fan fiction, I will admit, but its fun, damn it, and I did my research!

Death Rattle Dazzle has the distinction of being the adaption of what is called a "classic play" by Oliver (who, despite his kookiness, is clearly well versed in theatre.) Maxine's review says that "Anyone with more culture than a vanilla yogurt has probably encountered the play in some form—if not by starring in it at the local elementary school, then in the form of a spoof on television, in film, or by Cate Blanchett opening the Tonys in 2012." This is hilarious, basically making the play a straight play version of Little Shop of Horrors. Everyone's done it, especially regional or amateur companies.*

*By amateur, I do not mean bad or unpolished. Many local, amateur companies put on fantastic plays. I simply mean the definition of amateur used in theatre: unpaid.

To me, that means Death Rattle must be old enough to be in the public domain, or was willed to be public domain after the playwright's death, et cetera. We also meet the original director of the play in 3.10, though all we know is that his version was "Weirder." This adaptation element mostly comes up in the aesthetic changes from straight play to musical, because we do not see much of the original play. However it's clear to me that Oliver knows his chops, and knows how to reference original material (keeping 'Creature of the Night' as Act One's opener to replace the opening monologue, for instance.)

Now, I want to write a mock up of the plot, and then justify my decisions. I also had the idea to name random songs to fill out a 12 song tracklist - pretty short for a 2 Act Play, but I'm just doing this part for fun. Maybe they're the songs on the cast album. Made up songs are going to marked in Red.

Players The Detective The Nanny The Constable The Godmother The Father The Boatman The Pickwick Triplets Chorus

Act One

The Detective introduces the audience to the situation at hand - a murder that is driving him to madness. (Creature of the Night) The plot follows the Detective as he and the Constable begin to try and unravel the crime. The Constable admits he has had trouble keeping law and order, thus calling in the Detective. (Private Dick) The Chorus has a song about their own suspicions, including wondering about the parentage of the children (Is It You?) The investigative duo, along with the Chorus, lay out the details of the crime, woman murdered, only her triplets in the room, found tossed from the cliff with a rattle down her throat. (Death Rattle, DAZZLE!) We see more into the mental state of the Detective, who clearly is manic about this case. They go to interview The Godmother, who tells them about her final day with her best friend, casting blame on the "Children's Father," then the Nanny (Last Light / Only Duty) This leads into the Nanny at the top of the lighthouse, closing out the act as she expresses her devotion to the triplets. (Look for the Light)

Act Two

The Chorus brings us back in, summarizing the events of Act One using crab mating as a metaphor (Entr'acte / Nova Scotia Nightfall) The Father is questioned by the Detective, who reveals he knows the children are not his own, because he had been sleeping with the Godmother, not his own wife. However, he could not have killed her, as he was at his post all night, and his wife was inside. (Private Dick Reprise) The Boatman, who had been lurking since the beginning, is finally cornered by the Constable, and reveals that he not only ferried someone over the night of the murder, but couldn't see their face. (Deadest Night) Then, the Boatman tells the Constable that he saw no one enter or leave the lighthouse, which is where the Mother was killed. This leads to the Constable realizing he may have to charge one of the Pickwick Triplets to restore order to his island. He locks himself in the lighthouse, and tries to solve the crime. (Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?) As the Detective enters with a copied key, the Constable realizes it must be he who murdered the Mother. The Detective admits this, though doesn't reveal why. (Confrontation, Dear Constable) The Nanny finds the Constable dead against the rocks, and challenges the Detective. He reveals that he is the father of the children, as well as confessing his guilt. The Nanny pushes him to his death, in order to protect herself. (For The Sake of a Child)

Okay, Justification Time.

The original play is described as "Agatha Christie" like, so casting suspicion on every character is basically a must. The actual placement of songs is based on how they were shown in the show, along with my own knowledge of theatre. Creature of the Night is a quintessential opening number: we start with our main character, before introducing every major character as they enter the stage. Look for the Light is a clear reference to Memory. A lullaby-like song to end the first act, the emotional core of the musical. Thus, similar to Cats, I structured the show to be mostly ensemble, framed by the two investigators. Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It? made me immediately think of plot twist patter songs ( ala Your Fault ) that come in at the 11th hour. And, of course, ending on that spoken For the Sake of a Child is the right level of dramatic.

While some of the plot in between the lines is inferred from the show, a lot of it comes from that metafiction article I mentioned - there's a Playbill with descriptions of the characters, and dear god, did it give me a goldmine of ideas. Seriously, I highly recommend that article. Marketing that's actually fun and engages the viewer in the show? Wow, who could've thunk it.

My original mock up included more people dying, but decided to cut that, since we have no evidence for that aside from the Nanny referring to the Detective "Serial Killing" which could have been about him killing the Constable, since we know he dies. If you want to know, they would've been: The Godmother murdered at the end of Act One, then the Father murdered in Private Dick Reprise, though not revealed until Confrontation, Dear Constable. BTW, that song is basically the only one with any basis in the show's script, as we hear a confrontation between the Detective and the Constable as cross talk near the end of 3.10.

Some scattered thoughts:

Both Private Dick and Only Duty are songs that I expect would have Ironic Echoes later in the show. Private Dick originally introducing the charming Detective in a mostly positive light, and then in the second act, used to insinuate that the Father knows the Detective used his, uh, private dick elsewhere. Only Duty, meanwhile, would be used by the Godmother to say that a Nanny's love is only because it's her paid duty, as opposed to the Mother or Godmother, and of course, later we have A nanny's only duty is to the children.

Finally, I had to include a reference that crab people breeding bit they couldn't drop in the show, lol. In my head it's a dream ballet during the entr'acte, each of the crabs wearing the character's they represent headpiece, and of course, three eggs.

EDIT: I can't believe I didn't mention this, but I believe the motive of the Detective to be a simple matter of custody; he wants the triplets, and got into a fight with the Mother when he tried to take them, leading to him murdering her. Then, he returns to the island when called by the Constable, and plans to either kill everyone in his way of getting the triplets, or to accuse someone other than him, to get out of trouble.

#only murders in the building #omitb #omitb s3 #death rattle #death rattle dazzle #meta analysis #fanfic #IT BASICALLY IS