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Amber Gray and Patrick Page sing How Long? in rehearsal for Hadestown at New York Theatre Workshop.

And how does the sun even fit in the sky? It just burns like a fire in the pit of the sky And the earth is a bird on a spit in the sky How long? How long? How long?

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Six-feet-under getting under your skin Cabin fever is a-setting in!

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GUYS IN HELPLESS PEGGY LITERALLY PUSHES LAURENS AWAY FROM HAMILTON SHE’S THE REAL MVP TRYING TO PROTECT HER SISTER’S CHANCES

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Happy 7th Birthday One Direction ❤️

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Is it my fault that you’re enchanting?

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War and Peace (2016) + Young characters.

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Character name meanings & languages of origin - The Great Comet

Observations: Most of the names are Greek, by either French or Russian variation, which likely comes from the fact that Russia adopted the Greek church. Natasha “not like other girls” Rostova is the only one with a name of Latin origin while Mary and Marya both have variants of Miriam, a Hebrew name. Some of the characters in War and Peace have names of more Slavic origin, but many of them are not aristocrats. Balaga is probably one of them but the meaning of the name continues to elude the internet.

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just great comet things

Having a cast member go up to your section of the seats to explain that you’re not quite seeing a normal show so keep your legs close

Natasha seeing Andrey off to the war at the very beginning, before the prologue, looking really heartbroken to see him leave

Andrey leaving through The Door™

Marya dissing the whole audience as ‘gossips and crybabies’

Mary making a random audience guy climb onstage to present to her father as a suitor

Snow falling over Andrey reading a letter as Natasha sings during No One Else

Gelsey Bell doing the opera screeching and wailing

Everyone being on stage most of the time, watching what’s going on and reacting

Everyone taking the events of the opera really seriously and then Andrey pops back onstage while ensemble members pull drapes of blood out of him

The chemistry between Anatole and Natasha

The strobe lights during the club that make you feel like you’re inside a stop motion

The costumes becoming bdsm gear and neon for everyone but Anatole, Helene, Pierre and Dolokhov (yes that means Grace McLean in spandex leather doing inappropriate gestures with a whip)

Having an ensemble member scream at you to read war and peace over blaring music

Pierre forcibly inducing your midlife crisis during Dust and Ashes but it’s okay because he’s having one too

Natasha just standing on stage in her underwear for most of Charming

The consequent onstage costume change

Having a cast member casually walk by at some point and wondering how this show even exists

Natasha and Anatole sealing their fate by dramatically walking through The Door™ hand in hand as dramatic strings play 

Anatole sitting down and shutting the whole thing down just so he can flirt with someone in the audience for an obnoxious amount of time

The Door™ opening with angry red lights to reveal Marya as she screams ‘you will not enter mY HOUse scoundrelll”

Natasha pacing all over the stage during Pierre and Anatole and preparing the poison/drinking it then freaking out about what she’s done while the men argue (and then Sonya helping her off the stage)

Natasha Very Ill to The Great Comet of 1812 cleansing your soul and putting the whole theatre at peace

Feeling like you’re somehow walking in the snow on some russian road with Pierre during the finale

All of the characters standing up and gazing at the comet like they all believe it holds the key to their redemption and new beginnings

The overall performance adding so many nuances to the story that you leave the theatre confused because what you took for granted about the characters isn’t so solid anymore

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Okay so here’s the story.

Before I even knew I was going to see Great Comet (my parents surprised me with tickets for my birthday) I reblogged this post and then from me, my best friend (who had never heard of Great Comet) reblogged it and added “who is that blonde boy and where can I get one” (in reference to Lucas). After seeing that and laughing for a bit, I explained to her who he was and we went on our merry way. 

Fast forward to the night I saw the show. I was stagedooring for the first time in my life, and pretty starstruck since a. the show was jaw-droppingly amazing and b. I was getting to meet all these people I had listened to and geeked out over for months. So of course they all came out and were super nice and signed my playbill and everything and it was all a really awesome experience.

Anyway, after Josh Groban had left the theater and gotten into his car and all, a lot of people left the stage door, but I obviously wanted to stay and meet the rest of the cast. And then Lucas Steele came out.

Most of the actors that came out were super bubbly and seemed pretty excited, especially to sign playbills and meet the audience and all, but Lucas seemed pretty tired and was very quiet and even seemed a little sad (but I’m shit at reading emotions so what do I know), but hey, that show can’t be easy and is surely tiring, and it was late at night, so I completely understood and didn’t want to bother him by geeking out or talking a lot about the show. However, I wanted to say something, at least so he would know I was a fan and really was happy to see him and his performance, so as he came around to sign playbills, I decided then and there to speak to one of my favorite actors.

Now, perhaps a normal, rational person, who thinks before they speak, would have said something appropriate, like “Your performance was amazing!” “I loved the show!” etc. But I am not a normal rational person.

No, when Lucas Steele came around to me, to sign my playbill, I look him right in the eyes, and say, in the most crazy-ex-girlfriend style voice possible: “I SHOWED A PICTURE OF YOU TO MY FRIEND AND SHE SAID WHO IS THAT BLONDE BOY AND WHERE CAN I GET ONE”. (Note that I put it in caps. This was not for emphasis, my friends,  this was because there was a lot of noise on the street after the shows got out and I wanted to make sure he heard me. And he did)

After realizing the terrifying thing I just screamed at him, both his eyes and my eyes got SUPER wide. He did not say anything, he only backed away as if in fear for his mortal life. You think I am exaggerating, but no, he backed away so fast he didn’t even sign my playbill (my own fault tbh I don’t blame him) 

I, on the other hand, got so embarassed, that I left almost immediately, only waiting so I could get Deneé’s signature. And now I am hesitant to ever go back, out of pure fear that I will meet him again and be reminded of my ill-timed and embarrassing geekout. What a time to be alive

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ANDREY ISN’T HERE

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“The final nominee for best musical features a thrilling mix of rock, pop, soul, folk, electronic dance music, and classic broadway. Inspired by a 70 page slice of War and Peace, the immersive staging of this unforgettable epic story brings us just inches from the performers as they light up broadway in an experience like no other. Nominated tonight for 12 Tony Awards, please welcome nominees Josh Groban, Denée Benton, Lucas Steele, and the company of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.”

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Danatole during Balaga

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Cute. ❤

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Natasha and Anatole text post memes by pierre-bezukhova

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Pierre

Bolkonsky family

Hélène and Dolokhov

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I’m on a conference call, so I decided to pull out my top ten favorite of Malloy’s Great Comet annotations. Because that’s totally normal and fine.

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