#adam kantor

[derekklenadaily]

[cameronmitchelljohn]

thinking about it i am kind of glad i didnt get many christmas presents because now i have lots of money to spend on fandom related things

tbh i hate how my parents dont ever ask about my interests, and when i do they forget about it

[bootleglesbian]

available bootlegs

this is everything i currently have available (updated 06/18/24). if you have anything to trade i generally prefer that but i am open to gifting any of the titles that are not starred! as a rule, if no cast is listed or only some members are listed, that means that i do not know the cast but i am happy to send a screenshot if you would like (and if anyone is interested in helping me identify unknown casts or dates of any files, let me know!).

green = video, pink = audio, starred = trade or donations only

*Anastasia (Hartford Theatre pre-Broadway run - Christy Altomare, Derek Klena)

*Anastasia (Broadway - Christy Altomare, Derek Klena)

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway, 06/24/18 - Melissa Benoist)

Beetlejuice (Broadway, 10/31/19 aka Halloween)

Book of Mormon (Broadway - Ben Platt)

Come From Away (Broadway - Jenn Collela)

Falsettos (Proshot)

Falsettos (Broadway - ORC, not proshot)

Falsettos (Tour - Max von Essen, Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa, Nick Blaemire, Audrey Cardwell, Bryonha Marie Parham)

*Falsettos (Tour - Max von Essen, Nicka Adams, Eden Espinosa, Nick Blaemire, Audrey Cardwell, Bryonha Marie Parham)

Freaky Friday (La Jolla)

*Ghost (Broadway - Caissie Levy)

Hamilton (Broadway - Lexi Lawson)

Hamilton (First National Tour - Michael Luwoye, Solea Pffeifer, Joshua Henry, Emmy Raver Lampman, Isaiah Johnson, Jordan Donica, Mathenee Treco, Ruben J. Carbajal, Amber Iman, Rory O'Malley)

*Hamilton (Chicago Act 1 only - Karen Olivo, Ariana Afsar, Samantha Marie Ware, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry)

*Hamilton (Broadway - OBC, not proshot)

*The Last Five Years (Off-Broadway - Betsy Wolfe, Adam Kantor)

*Lempicka (Broadway, 03/38/24 - Eden Espinosa, Amber Iman, Andrew Samonsky, George Abud, Natalie Joy Johnson, Zoe Glick, Nathaniel Stampley, Beth Leavel)

*Mean Girls (Broadway, 02/22/20 - Renee Rapp, Erika Henningson, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Grey Henson, Kate Rockwell, Krystina Alabado, Kyle Selig)

*Mean Girls (National Tour)

*Mystery of Edwin Drood (Broadway - Stephanie J. Block, Betsy Wolfe, Jessie Mueller)

*The Prom (Alliance Theatre pre-Broadway - Caitlin Kinnunen, Anna Grace Barlow)

*She Loves Me (Broadway - ORC proshot)

Waitress (ART pre-Broadway run - Jessie Mueller, Jeanna de Waal, Keala Settle, Drew Gehling, Joe Tippett, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Fitzgerald, Eric Anderson)

*Waitress (Broadway - Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Molly Jobe, Drew Gehling)

*Waitress (Broadway - Sara Barielles, Chris Diamantopoulos, Charity Angel Dawson, Molly Jobe, Will Swenson, Christopher Fitzgerald)

*Waitress (Broadway, 06/19/17 - Betsy Wolfe, Drew Gehling)

Waitress (Broadway, 12/14/17 - Stephanie Torns, Jason Mraz)

Waitress (Broadway - Shoshana Bean, Jeremy Jordan)

*Waitress (Broadway - Shoshana Bean, Jeremy Jordan)

Waitress (Broadway, 02/03/19 - Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel)

Waitress (Tour, 08/26/18)

Wicked (Broadway, 02/01/15 - Caroline Bowman, Kara Lindsey)

Wicked (Broadway, 02/10/13 - Donna Vivino, Ali Mauzey, Kyle Dean Massey, Randy Danson, Adam Grupper, Catherine Charlebois, F. Michael Haynie, Tom Flynn)

Wicked (unknown - Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty)

*Wicked (Broadway - Stephanie J. Block, Annaleigh Ashford)

*Wicked (Broadway - Lindsay Mendez, Katie Rose Clark)

[thewickedbohemian]

Thoughts on the High Potential season finale which had everything from Criminal Minds and Elsbeth parallels to more Ozester than usual to a whole lotta lore getting dumped

big milestone for Ava

not helping Elliott

Morgan catastrophizing like my mom would

police gala huh and Karadec being as reticent as Kaya was in Elsbeth S1 (hmm parallels)

"Daph" huh

of course Oz caused chaos

shit just got Criminal-Minds-y

hello Adam Kantor hello dude who plays Nick on Grimm

getting a flashback to CSI and Mac's three arc with the missing piece

how many games is this going to be

diabetes, now this reminds me of Criminal Minds even more

cute converse

very Cassandra of her

isn't there an easier way to find him

rescued the guy seven minutes in so where do we go from here

more games, this dude sounds like a Batman villain

and more casual gayness, gotta love it

surprise at the diner (and I'm not talking cute waitress)

cherchez la femme

Morgan, just trust people (though part of me's still on my guard too)

wow, Ava's good at this art shit (like we didn't already know)

that's big of her

Oz seems oddly concerned

surprise phone call

two dates to the gala

round 2 of the game

please tell me this isn't a threat against her babies

so that's the Oz connection

the b-team out in the field and cute, needle drop, real cute

potential suspect

why do I have a feeling this is going to blow up in Morgan's face

go Selena standing up for Morgan

kidnap victim #2

Morgan finds a secret message

so that's the clue in the dolls

I'm getting anxious just thinking about that

cue infodump about the history of jacks

why do I feel like this guy might be trying to play with Morgan specifically as some kind of surrogate

another cute outfit (love that floral jacket)

not surprised HPI runs in the family

more casual boundary-breaking, daddy-daughter hitting the mall

Gio, really not the time

hi again agent dude

looks like the cricket updated his digs

the plot thickens

and now we gotta go save Oz

ooh other girls looking glam (though Soto's off-the-shoulder keeps making me want to adjust it)

Morgan in Elsbeth pink (would have worn a bigger necklace but I love the earrings)

there's the dancing we were promised (but what's "their song", I can't hear it)

Karadec, this guy's a Riddler not a Joker

there's her other date

and Daphne being a nerd has the epiphany

Karadec not letting them ruin their dresses

and day and detective saved

I feel like that quote about grief being love persevering is relevant here

oh hello cute kid

Karadec asking the important question and accepting a non-answer

unsub no longer un

surprise vacation but be realistic kids

and there's Nick

now it's hit close to home

and he's the unsub...ok nvm he isn't

but if the unsub isn't David (who could have been using her as a surrogate for his sister he played games with) why is he specifically targeting Morgan other than just probably having some HPI himself

and another cliffhanger and now I see why this show needed to go on

[droughtofapathy]

"Welcome to the Theatre": Diary of a Broadway Baby

Tom Kitt & Friends

May 2, 2025 | 54 Below | Evening | Cabaret | 1H 50M

Okay, you know I just showed up for Kate Baldwin. For me, the beginning and end of this night was just a miserable experience. The third of Kitt's cabarets this week, he showcased music from his recent shows of the last five or so years. Which, alas, includes the flop Almost Famous. After its failure of a Broadway run, the show's been going through more workshops, and in addition to the loud and lyrically uninspired songs that already existed, we also got a brand new number. It's not great.

The middle parts of the night, helmed by Pearl Sun, Elena Shadow, Adam Kantor, and my darling, my dearest, my beloved Kate Baldwin were so much better. While I'm devastated to report that Kate didn't get to do the titular number to Flying Over Sunset, she did get the heartbreaking "How" and the night was worth everything just for that. Helming all the heartbreaking ballads, she also did music from Superhero where she played a widowed single mother. It's exactly what you'd imagine it being. But damn if she didn't sell it.

Verdict: Well...I'm Glad I Saw It

A Note on Ratings

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Israel roster

Archery

Roy Dror (Tel Aviv)

Mikaella Moshe (Ramat HaSharon)

Athletics

Blessing Afrifah (Ramat Gan)

Maru Teferi (Kiryat Ata)

Gashau Ayale (Jaffa)

Girmaw Amare (Netanya)

Lonah Chamtai-Salpeter (Herzliya)

Maor Tiyouri (Kfar Saba)

Badminton

Misha Zilberman (Ness Ziona)

Cycling

Tomer Zaltsman (Jerusalem)

Itamar Einhorn (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut)

Mikhail Yakovlev (Tel Aviv)

Rotem Gafinovitz (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut)

Equestrian

Daniel Bluman (Weston, Florida)

Robin Muhr (Monaco City, Monaco)

Isabella Russekoff (Greenwich, Connecticut)

Ashlee Bond (Calabasas, California)

Fencing

Yuval Freilich (Jerusalem)

Gymnastics

Artem Dolgopyat (Netanya)

Lihie Raz (Ramat HaSharon)

Daria Atamanov (Tel Aviv)

Ofir Shaham (Zikhron Ya'akov)

Diana Svertsov (Bat Yam)

Adar Friedmann (Jerusalem)

Romi Paritzki (Netanya)

Shani Bakanov (Haifa)

Judo

Yam Wolczak (Jerusalem)

Baruch Shmailov (Hadera)

Tohar Butbul (Zoran)

Sagi Muki (Netanya)

Peter Paltchik (Rishon LeZion)

Shira Rishony (Even Yehuda)

Gefen Primo (Kfar Netter)

Timna Nelson-Levy (Jerusalem)

Gili Sharir (Mazor)

Maya Goshen (Even Yehuda)

Inbar Lanir (Netanya)

Raz Hershko (Netanya)

Sailing

Dor Zarka (Jerusalem)

Omer Vered-Vilenchik (Jerusalem)

Nitai Hasson (Jerusalem)

Tom Reuveny (Rosh HaAyin)

Noa Lasry (Jerusalem)

Sharon Kantor (Michmoret)

Gal Zuckerman (Sdot Yam)

Shai Kakon (Hadera)

Shooting

Sergey Richter (Kfar Saba)

Soccer

Omer Nir'on (Rishon LeZion)

Ilay Feingold (Netanya)

Sean Goldberg (Tel Aviv)

Stav Lemkin (Tel Aviv)

Roy Revivo (Tel Aviv)

Omri Gandelman (Hod HaSharon)

Osher Davida (Ashdod)

Ethane Azoulay (Netanya)

Dor Turgeman (Ashdod)

Oscar Gloukh (Rehovot)

Liel Abada (Petah Tikva)

Noam Harush (Megadim)

Elad Madmon (Netanya)

Ayano Preda (Jerusalem)

Adi Yona (Jerusalem)

Or Israelov (Shoham)

Ido Shahar (Gat)

Niv Eliasi (Kfar Warburg)

Roy Sason (Lapid)

Surfing

Anat Lelior (Tel Aviv)

Swimming

Martin Kartavi (Jerusalem)

David Gerchik (Haifa)

Alexey Glivinskiy (Jerusalem)

Eitan Ben-Shitrit (Ra'anana)

Meiron Cheruti (Haifa)

Tomer Frankel (Jerusalem)

Denis Loktev (Ashdod)

Gal Cohen-Groumi (Hod HaSharon)

Adam Maraana (Haifa)

Ron Polonsky (Haifa)

Bar Soloveychik (Kiryat Motzkin)

Matan Roditi (Herzliya)

Ariel Nassee (Jerusalem)

Shelly Bobritsky (Rehovot)

Daria Golovaty (Jerusalem)

Ayla Spitz (Newport Beach, California)

Nastasia Gorbenko (Kiryat Bialik)

Aviv Barzelay (Mitzpe Aviv)

Lea Polonsky (Haifa)

Andrea Murez (Los Angeles, California)

Taekwondo

Avishag Semberg (Gedera)

Triathlon

Shachar Sagiv (Ra'anana)

[arumpuspa29]

Sepotong Kisah di Stasiun Pemberhentian Rasa.

Wajah lama dengan topeng baru. Kisah lama dengan sudut pandang baru. Juga hati yang sama dengan luka goresan yang baru. Kali ini ada banyak pelajaran yang kupetik dari cerita-cerita tentang hal yang telah usai dan juga yang akan dimulai.

Siapa sangka jatuh cinta dengan segala kemilaunya itu tetap menyimpan duga untuk bermuara pada patah yang tak pernah mudah dilewati. Pada hati yang sempat ditanam keyakinan, pada percaya yang telah lama dirawat, juga pada tujuan-tujuan yang semula rajin disemogakan.

Benarlah bahwa memilih seseorang untuk kau cintai tidak sekalipun pernah jadi perkara sederhana. Meskipun ironinya adalah, mencintai seharusnya jadi pekerjaan yang sederhana. Sesederhana kau mencintainya karena kau memang mencintainya.

Cinta boleh jadi bermula dari satu dan suatu hal. Lalu ia perlahan berjalan menyusuri labirin hatimu yang kau bangun cukup rumit. Banyak yang tak bertahan untuk menemukan jalannya, sedang beberapa berhasil membuka pintu yang kau kunci itu. Untuk akhirnya ada satu pemenang yang berhasil masuk dan jadi pemilik tahta di ruang hatimu.

Cinta boleh jadi menjelma perjalanan panjang yang dengan hati-hati kau jalani. Yang pada mulanya berhasil membuatmu terpukau pada indahnya pemandangan yang terhampar. Padang bunga yang bermekaran, air terjun yang berkilauan, musim semi yang menyenangkan. Iya, musim semi itu akhirnya datang padamu.

Hingga suatu hari, tiba-tiba kereta yang membawamu di perjalanan musim semi itu terhenti di gurun tandus kering kerontang. Kamu terjebak dahaga, begitupun dengannya. Masing-masing kalian bertahan sekuat yang kalian mampu, dan saat tiba di batasnya, satu yang bisa kau pikirkan pertama-tama adalah bagaimana menyelamatkan dirimu sendiri terlebih dahulu.

Stasiun pemberhentian semakin dekat. Dengan sepenuh tekad, kamu berjalan mendekati pintu gerbong. Bersiap turun di pemberhentian selanjutnya sambil mengemasi apa-apa yang berharga, dan meninggalkan yang sudah habis "masa-bersama"-nya.

Dengan mata hampir basah, dia melambaikan tangannya kepadamu. Masih menatap ke arah jendela gerbong kereta, sambil berpegangan pada apapun yang bisa diraihnya. Pijakan kakinya tampak goyah. Tapi dia tak kuasa memaksamu melanjutkan perjalanan itu bersama.

Aku tahu, mungkin masih ada sepotong hatimu yang tertinggal di gerbong itu. Keping-keping memori baik, kata-kata yang menghangatkan, kebaikan-kebaikan yang kau terima darinya. Ada begitu banyak pelajaran dan hal-hal baik yang dia berikan untukmu. Dan tentu, kau tak akan pernah bisa membencinya.

Dan kini, untuk pertama kali setelah beberapa waktu, kau melangkah melanjutkan perjalanan ke tempat-tempat yang kau tuju. Tanpa perlu lagi menggenggam terlalu erat.

Untuk pertama kali setelah beberapa waktu, kau menghela napas yang terasa sesak sekaligus lega, entah bagaimana mendefinisikannya.

Dan tentu saja, babak baru petualanganmu telah dimulai.

(Semarang, 10 April 2025, 18:06. Di kantor, baru selesai lembur dan siap-siap pulang. A short point of view. Terinspirasi dari kisah kawan-kawan Trah Mbah Adam-ku tentang pengalaman jatuh hati dan patah hati mereka di 20-an. Life-updating pertemuan lebaran kemarin yang menyisakan banyak kejutan dan juga pertanyaan baru, tapi selalu, tak pernah cukup waktu untuk berbincang dengan mereka. Sehat selaluu gengs, mari bertemu di waktu baik lainnya!)

(Mungkin akan bersambung part 2 dan selanjutnya!)

[justinspoliticalcorner]

NYT: How Chief Justice Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak

Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak at NY Times:

Last February, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sent his eight Supreme Court colleagues a confidential memo that radiated frustration and certainty. Former President Donald J. Trump, seeking to retake the White House, had made a bold, last-ditch appeal to the justices. He wanted them to block his fast-approaching criminal trial on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he was protected by presidential immunity. Whatever move the court made could have lasting consequences for the next election, the scope of presidential power and the court’s own battered reputation. The chief justice’s Feb. 22 memo, jump-starting the justices’ formal discussion on whether to hear the case, offered a scathing critique of a lower-court decision and a startling preview of how the high court would later rule, according to several people from the court who saw the document.

The chief justice tore into the appellate court opinion greenlighting Mr. Trump’s trial, calling it inadequate and poorly reasoned. On one key point, he complained, the lower court judges “failed to grapple with the most difficult questions altogether.” He wrote not only that the Supreme Court should take the case — which would stall the trial — but also how the justices should decide it. “I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently” from the appeals court, he wrote. In other words: grant Mr. Trump greater protection from prosecution.

In a momentous trio of Jan. 6-related cases last term, the court found itself more entangled in presidential politics than at any time since the 2000 election, even as it was contending with its own controversies related to that day. The chief justice responded by deploying his authority to steer rulings that benefited Mr. Trump, according to a New York Times examination that uncovered extensive new information about the court’s decision making.

This account draws on details from the justices’ private memos, documentation of the proceedings and interviews with court insiders, both conservative and liberal, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because deliberations are supposed to be kept secret. The chief justice wrote the majority opinions in all three cases, including an unsigned one in March concluding that the former president could not be barred from election ballots in Colorado.

Another case involved a highly unusual switch. In April, the chief justice assigned Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. to write a majority opinion saying that prosecutors had gone too far in bringing obstruction charges against some Capitol rioters. But in late May, the chief justice took it over.

Who initiated the change, and why, is not clear. The switch came days after The Times reported that an upside-down flag, a symbol of the Stop the Steal movement, had flown outside the Alito home following the Capitol attack. While that timing is suggestive, it is unclear whether the two are linked. (All nine justices declined to respond to written questions from The Times, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.) During the February discussions of the immunity case, the most consequential of the three, some of the conservative justices wanted to schedule it for the next term. That would have deferred oral arguments until October and almost certainly pushed a decision until after the election. But Chief Justice Roberts provided crucial support for hearing the historic case earlier, siding with the liberals.

Then he froze them out. After he circulated his draft opinion in June, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the senior liberal, signaled a willingness to agree on some points in hopes of moderating the opinion, according to those familiar with the proceedings. Though the chief justice often favors consensus, he did not take the opening. As the court split 6 to 3, conservatives versus liberals, Justice Sotomayor started work on a five-alarm dissent warning of danger to democracy. In his writings on the immunity case, the chief justice seemed confident that his arguments would soar above politics, persuade the public, and stand the test of time. His opinion cited “enduring principles,” quoted Alexander Hamilton’s endorsement of a vigorous presidency, and asserted it would be a mistake to dwell too much on Mr. Trump’s actions. “In a case like this one, focusing on ‘transient results’ may have profound consequences for the separation of powers and for the future of our Republic,” he wrote. “Our perspective must be more farsighted.” But the public response to the decision, announced in July on the final day of the term, was nothing like what his lofty phrases seemed to anticipate.

Both conservatives and liberals saw it as an epic win for Mr. Trump. The former president and his supporters exulted over the decision, which greatly expanded presidential immunity and pushed off any trial until well after the election — if ever. To Democrats, the Republican-appointed justices were brushing away the violent Capitol attack and abandoning the core principle that no one is above the law. The chief justice, who had long said he wanted to keep the court out of politics, had plunged it more deeply in.

Now his opinion is the key document in a legal drama playing out this autumn, as the judge presiding over the long-delayed trial, Tanya S. Chutkan, parses what the court meant and how to move forward. Legal scholars say her job won’t be easy. Despite the chief justice’s reputation as a methodical craftsman, many experts, both conservative and liberal, say he produced a disjointed, tough-to-interpret opinion.

[...]

Roberts’s Unsigned Opinion

Two years earlier, as the other conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade, the chief justice had been sidelined as he sought a middle ground that would restrict but not eliminate the constitutional right to abortion. In failing to persuade a single colleague to adopt his approach, he appeared to lose control of the court. This term he seemed determined to regain it. In February, the justices heard arguments on a provocative question. The Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, contains language barring insurrectionists from holding office. So could Colorado kick Mr. Trump off the ballot in its Republican primary, creating an obstacle for his presidential campaign? From the start of the justices’ private discussions of the case, Trump v. Anderson, it was clear that the court was going to say no, according to several people at the court familiar with the conversations. Allowing states to excise candidates from ballots in a national election was out of the question, the justices agreed. With sparse and cryptic text in the amendment, and little case law, to guide them, they raised various ideas for the court’s ruling and rationale.

The court’s conservative supermajority has prevailed in many of the most consequential cases in recent years. This time, Chief Justice Roberts told his colleagues he wanted the decision to be unanimous and unsigned. In any politically charged case, agreement among the justices made the decision more authoritative. He even said he would consult individually with everyone to discuss what they would accept — a rare step.

While all nine justices agreed that Mr. Trump should remain on state ballots, four of the conservatives were pushing to go beyond that and rule that the Constitution’s prohibition would require congressional action to take effect. Such a decision would provide greater protection for Mr. Trump: To prevent him from taking office if he won re-election, Congress would have to vote to enforce the insurrectionist ban. That left the chief justice in control of the outcome. He lingered over the choice, those familiar with the process said. Ultimately, he sided with the four conservatives in an opinion that he wrote but that was issued unsigned. Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the three liberals wrote concurrences saying the majority had gone too far. Although the judgment was 9 to 0, the justices had not reached true agreement.

[...] The case, Fischer v. United States, posed another sensitive question: Had prosecutors overreached in charging some Jan. 6 rioters under a law originally aimed at white-collar crime? Of the nearly 1,500 people who had been indicted in the Capitol attack as of June, when Fischer was decided, about 250 cases included a charge of obstructing an official proceeding. After oral arguments in April, a majority of the court, including the chief justice, privately concluded that prosecutors had erred. It appeared that the result would narrow, overturn or prevent convictions of some Capitol rioters. It also seemed poised to imperil some of the charges against Mr. Trump, which included obstructing Congress’s certification of the 2020 election. The chief justice assigned the opinion to Justice Alito, according to several court insiders. But a month later, Chief Justice Roberts updated the court: Justice Alito was no longer the author. The chief justice was taking over the opinion.

[...]

Redefining Presidential Immunity

The immunity case, Trump v. United States, would determine whether and how the once and would-be future president could be prosecuted on charges of trying to overturn an election. Just after the chief justice sent his Feb. 22 memo, showing that he was sympathetic to Mr. Trump’s arguments, his position became stronger. Justice Kavanaugh responded the next morning, agreeing with the chief’s logic, according to insiders who knew of the exchange. The three most conservative justices were presumably on board, and with two of the justices at the court’s ideological center in agreement, the direction was clear. At the justices’ private conference meeting that day, Justice Sotomayor protested that she did not see how the court could reverse the appellate decision. It would look like the Supreme Court was being used to delay the trial, she said, according to someone with knowledge of the proceedings.

So she and the other liberal justices focused on the crucial question of timing. Every day that the court waited to hear the case was a benefit to Mr. Trump, diminishing the possibility of a trial before the Nov. 5 election. At the meeting, some of the court’s most conservative members said they did not want to hear the case until the start of the next term in October, according to several court insiders.

The New York Times has an article on how Chief Justice John Roberts paved way for Donald Trump to get a few big wins this term, such as the Trump v. United States and Trump v. Anderson cases.

[yuespropagandablog]

Hello esteemed mutual. If you are reading this, then that means my propaganda is working. But you might still have questions, so I am here to answer them.

What is The Last Five Years?

It's a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It's the doomed love story of Cathy and Jamie. It tells the story about their relationship from their first night together, to the moment Jamie files for divorce. Their relationship falls into ruin since both Cathy and Jamie are ambitious, but only Jamie is the one who succeeds. This leads to an imbalance in their relationship.

The story alternates between the perspectives of Cathy and Jamie, as in, the first scene is Cathy's POV, then the next is Jamie's, and then it's Cathy's again, etc., but here's the catch: Cathy tells the story from the ending to the beginning, and Jamie tells the story from the beginning to the ending. They meet in the middle on their wedding day.

"Meet"?

Yes, another great point of this musical is that the actors who play Jamie and Cathy never interact with each other on stage. When they're doing their scenes, they basically act towards the air, and the audience has the infer that they're acting towards the other. Even when the actors are on stage at the same time, their characters are locked in their respective timeline. It leads to a really cool theatrical experience and it drives home the point that Cathy and Jamie are truly caught up in their own perspectives and it's wonderful to see how a full story can be told in a fleshed-out way with only two people.

But there are productions that choose not to do this, which in my humble opinion is an absolutely batshit insane choice to make. Yes, this is why I have things to say about the production that I recently saw.

I prefer movies!

There is a movie version of The Last Five Years, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan. It is one of the few movie musicals that stays true to the original music. The thing is... yeah, the actors are constantly in every scene together. The main selling point that I just described above got thrown out of the window. I am a bit more lenient when it comes to the movie version, though, since I also understand that it's a different medium and sometimes things do not translate well in a different medium. Still, I recommend watching a stage version because of this change. And also, justice for Anna Kendrick. She's an amazing singer, so why did they feel the need to add autotune to her stuff?

Okay, stage version it is. Is there a proshot?

Well. There's the 2020 Southwark Playhouse version with Molly Lynch and Oli Higginson. That one was professionally recorded and released to stream for 5 days, but guess who found about it AFTER the rental period was over? ME!

And as far as I am aware, it's no longer available... anywhere. Like, what the FUCK. I am willing to pay money for this. I want to buy (or even rent) this. Live theatre, why are you like this? Folks, we gotta be tootin and bootin for this one.

Who is your favourite cast?

My favourite Cathy is Betsy Wolfe, my favourite Jamie is Jeremy Jordan. But they are from different casts.

I am very fond of the 2013 Off-Broadway production with Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe. I also really like the one with Margo Seibert and Zak Resnick. Then there's the audio boot from Cynthia Erivo and Joshua Henry, which is actually the version that completely rebooted my love for this show back when that one came out. I also listened to some audio boots of Samantha Barks and Jonathan Bailey. There was a lockdown version where Nasia Thomas and Nicholas Edwards did the entire show from an apartment. The Last Five Years really worked well for that, since ya know, social distancing already happened when the actors weren't allowed to be in the same space. AND YES, I think Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan were great, despite the movie's limitations. And even though I definitely had, uh, issues with the NANOEK production, I really liked their cast: Jolijn Henneman, Timo Tembuyser and Cody Schuitemaker. Yes, they added a third person. It was a thing.

I still have to watch the original production with Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz, and I know there's one with Katie Rose Clark and Adam Halpin that many like. This show will finally go to Broadway next year with Adrienne Warren and... Nick Jonas.

I know these names probably mean nothing to the people reading this, but all of this is to say that this show is great and I love seeing how every cast brings its own dynamic to it.

... So, is there, like, a trailer?

I'm just going to drop the one from my favourite production here:

And here's one of the proshot that I CANNOT SEE:

And you know what, here's the trailer of the movie:

Do the songs slap?

Yes. Since I don't know anything about music, I copy-pasted this from Wikipedia: "The musical style draws on a number of musical genres, including pop, jazz, classical, Klezmer, Latin, Blues, Rock, and Folk. The orchestration consists of piano, acoustic guitar, fretless bass, two cellos, one doubling on celesta and tubular bell, and violin, doubling cymbal."

Hey, this one DOES have a cello! Two, even.

But yeah, the show is ALMOST completely sung-through and it's a very cohesive sound, which I like a lot given the chronology fuckery. You know how musicals often have a sad reprise of a happy song? Well, this one has happy reprises of sad songs for extra pain and tragedy!

Why is there an entire song about Cathy not being Jewish?

Ah yes, Shiksa Goddess, also known as the "She Is Definitely Not Jewish" song. Fun fact, Jason Robert Brown based the show on his own failed marriage and his ex-wife actually sued him for it. To create more distance between his ex-wife and Cathy, he wrote an entire song to show that Cathy is TOTALLY NOT JEWISH WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOW COULD YOU EVER THINK SHE'S JEWISH?? It replaced another song that apparently hit too close to home. Fun fact, the ex-wife wasn't Jewish either. I honestly have no clue what happened here.

Are there German characters in The Last Five Years?

No, although Jamie's last name Wellerstein has Germanic origins, cause ya know...

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Can we cast Jewish actors to play Jewish characters? Do we really want to see Nick Jonas sing Shiksa Goddess or put on a fake Yiddish accent for The Shmuel Song?

(Apparently, there have only been two Jewish Jamies—Adam Kantor in the off-Broadway revival and Jeremy Jordan in the movie)

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Bryan Fenkart's Instagram Story (December 2, 2024)

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A while ago I spent 2 hours or so watching a playthrough of the Maruki arc and yeah good game. I started crying when Lavenza confirmed that Akechi's gone. ".... Everything." I KNOW LAVENZA.

So ANYWAY I booted up the game to chill in the Thieves Den and here are the things I am still missing:

(Info from https://www.reddit.com/r/Persona5/comments/g37pay/persona_5_royal_thieves_den_guide/)

Video

Yaldabaoth Arc - Phantom Bonds, His Return, Welcome Back, Journey to Freedom: All are gotten by Achieving the original Persona 5 ending.

Maruki Arc - Neverending Dream: Accept Maruki's Deal in the third Semester

Joker and Violet's Showtime CAUSE I APPARENTLY NEVER SAW IT IN-GAME???

Gallery

5 cut-ins, including from Lavenza and Twin Wardens. Not sure if that's all of Lavenza or the Twins, or if I am missing more characters.

All photos of Maruki's ideal ending.

I am missing the concept art of the 3rd level Personas of Yusuke, Futaba, Haru and Akechi

I am also missing the concept art of the Confidants I did not max out, aka Chihaya, Ohya and Yoshida.

I am also missing concept arts of 3 metaverse denizens: José, the Twin Wardens and Lavenza. I need to beat them for that.

Music

Story - Hoshi To Bukura To: Get the Original Ending of Persona 5

Story - Ideal and the Real -end version-: Accept Maruki's Deal during the third semester.

Palace Maker

Metaverse - Jose's Car: Defeat Jose in the cognitive control room in momentos.

I didn't max out Ohya, Chihaya and Yoshida, so I assume I am missing locations that are relevant to them.

Daily Life - Laundromat: Do some laundry at the laundromat near leblanc.

Daily Life - Bikkuri Boy: Go to the diner in Shibuya.

Daily Life - Fishing Pond: Go to the fishing pond in Ichigaya.

Daily Life - Vending Machines: Buy something from a vending Machine.

Daily Life - Capsule Machines: Use the Capsule Machines in Akihabara.

I only got Arsène and for Velvet Room and Adam Kantor for Enemy. Not sure if this is correct.

I am also confused about the daily life ones, because I have been to all of those locations apart from the diner.

[juliandika]

Obrolan kemarin dengan mantan kawan kantor. Sekira dua tahun lalu dia resign, lalu pindah kerja. Sebenarnya ndak dekat tapi dia buat status tentang kekecewaannya atas sebuah proyek, dari situlah obrolan ini berawal.

Intinya dia kecewa karena tidak diajak dalam mengerjakan sebuah proyek. Padahal pada proses persiapan mulai dari buat proposal sampai pengajuan, dia juga ikut berkontribusi. Namun, saat proyek itu tembus, dia ndak diajak. Dia sebenarnya sudah tahu kenapa tidak diajak walaupun tidak pernah diajak ngobrol juga. Kendalanya satu yaitu anggaran (proyek pemerintah, biasa anggaran mepet). Sekalipun begitu, kekecewaan tetap menyelimuti hatinya. Namanya juga manusia, hal itu wajar.

Kebetulan sedang punya misi menghabiskan buku Take and Give nya Adam Grant. Kurang lebih bahas terkait hal tersebut. Yang paling kuingat adalah perihal satu kasus tentang kontribusi yang tidak dihargai. Manusia sudah sewajarnya akan menuntut balasan dari kontribusi mereka terhadap sebuah karya. Namun ada juga orang yang terlalu rakus hingga tidak memandang orang lain berkontribusi. Nah orang2 ini yang disebut terlalu Taker, mereka hanya peduli benefit untuk diri mereka sendiri. Sekalipun sebuah karya itu dibuat dengan kerjasama banyak orang, orang2 yang over Taker ini akan mengakui karya itu sebagai karya mereka sendiri.

Berbeda satu jenis orang yang lain yaitu Giver. Mereka akan cenderung memberikan support kepada orang lain sekalipun kontribusi itu tidak dianggap. Mereka akan senang membantu orang lain sekalipun akan dimanfaatkan. Mereka adalah orang2 yg ikhlas membantu orang lain.

Menarik jika dihubungkan dengan konsep "mudahkan urusan orang lain maka Allah akan memudahkan urusan kita". Allah memberi perintah kepada kita untuk membantu orang lain, tapi tidak memerintah kita untuk meminta ataupun menerima balasan dari orang lain. Karena Allah lah yang akan membalas itu semua. Dari situ sebenarnya Allah sudah menjamin balasan atas apa2 yang sudah kita lakukan. Allah pun sudah tau bahwa berharap pada manusia ujungnya akan kecewa maka kita diminta berharap satu2nya kepada Allah.

Jika kamu kecewa karena telah berharap pada manusia, maka ada Allah yang tidak akan pernah membuatmu kecewa. Teruslah berharap hanya pada Allah. Allah akan membuatmu menangis haru suatu hari nanti atas harapan2 yang sudah kamu doakan setiap malam.

[realitajayasaktigroup]

Wabup Iwan Tekankan Penguatan SPIP Terintegrasi untuk Pemkab Pohuwato

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Tony Awards Flashback

The 62nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 15, 2008 at Radio City Music Hall, recognizing Broadway productions playing during the 2007 – 2008 season, and was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.

At the ceremony, the end of the original Broadway run of the musical Rent was recognized with a performance of "La Vie Bohéme." by its current (and final) Broadway cast who were introduced by the Anthony Rapp, a member of the original Broadway cast. 

Members of the original cast joined them on stage to perform "Seasons of Love" in tribute to the show's lengthy run, and the creativity of its late author, Jonathan Larson.  

Original Broadway Cast: Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs

Final Broadway Cast: Adam Kantor, Will Chase, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Michael McElroy, Justin Johnson, Eden Espinosa, Tracie Thoms, Rodney Hicks

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Bupati Kolaka Hadiri Pelantikan Azhari dan Adam Basan sebagai Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Buteng

Kendari, BuletinNews.com – Gubernur Sulawesi Tenggara, Andi Sumangerukka, secara resmi melantik Azhari dan Adam Basan sebagai Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Buton Tengah (Buteng) periode 2025-2030. Pelantikan berlangsung di Ruang Pola Kantor Gubernur Sultra, Kota Kendari, pada Jumat (21/03). Pelantikan ini dilakukan berdasarkan Surat Keputusan (SK) Nomor 100.2.1.3-1997 Tahun 2025 tentang Pengesahan…