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watching phantom of the opera with my friends and the way Raoul takes Christine to the roof—physically the highest he can take her—to profess his love for her before the world and promise to take care of her and see her succeed and shine versus the Phantom taking Christine down into the depths—as low as he could take her—to profess his love where no one can hear or see and hide her away among the other collected items where they would otherwise collect dust

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So now you can listen to your favorite moment over and over on repeat.

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day two of throughly modern jeremillie! this is probably my favourite video of the lot and anyone who says he isn’t a triple threat is wrong 😌

sorry this didn’t post yesterday! don’t know why it didn’t :(

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day two of throughly modern jeremillie! this is probably my favourite video of the lot and anyone who says he isn’t a triple threat is wrong 😌

sorry this didn’t post yesterday! don’t know why it didn’t :(

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as promised, the first of many snippets of jeremy as mr trevor graydon!

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when the autism is being an actual mental health problem instead of making me obsess over fictional characters again:

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REBLOG if you are old enough to remember what a VCR is.

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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA + OVERTURE

(Broadway, Broadway, US Tour, Hamburg, Broadway, Broadway, Sao Paulo revival, Stockholm revival, Copenhagen revival, Copenhagen revival, Stockholm revival, Beijing)

Original design by Maria Bjørnson

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AUCTION DRAPES / AUCTION SCENE

(Stockholm revival, Broadway, Broadway, Broadway, Copenhagen revival, Stockholm revival, Broadway, World Tour/Busan, Shanghai, Shanghai, Copenhagen revival, Broadway, West End, original Stockholm, Toronto (?), Broadway, Copenhagen revival, Antwerp, Copenhagen revival, Sao Paulo revival, Nagoya, Hamburg)

Design by Maria Bjørnson (and I only went for the original look and not the redesigned (UK Tour, West End), simplified (RAH) or amplified (Las Vegas) auction set-ups)

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I'm sorry but Raoul Viscount of Chagny vaguely reminds me of another Viscount...

Yes, that’s exactly what I was telling myself. Also here :

Our two viscounts have very similar ways of looking at the love of their lives. 😂

@ablatheringblatherskite

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audio gift- poto bway 7/31/22

you asked, I shall deliver

The Phantom of the Opera- Jeremy Stolle, Julia Udine, Greg Mills

Google drive:

MEGA:

Notes under the cut:

Keep reading

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Alternate view of the boat/lair set breakdown from this past Monday during the first lair scene. I only filmed the parts where there had to be alternate blocking due to the set breakdown, hence the brief blackout towards the end before the video ends.

I mentioned in another post, but this is the THIRD time I have seen this set malfunction/breakdown in the past month.

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Notes - Phantom Broadway - Monday, March 20 (evening)

Notes courtesy of my best friend @brendadaaedestler (I can tag her now, she's on Tumblr 😂)! These are long, so enjoy the read if you're up to it. I'll put them below the cut!

Act One

The trio was Jeremy Stolle, Julia Udine, and Paul A. Schaefer

Paul’s old man Raoul sounded like he was three seconds from keeling over.

Ted’s Piangi was really funny. Also, his top notes? Stunning.

Ted’s Italian accent has improved.

During Think of Me, Paul stood up really quickly to excitedly applaud Christine.

He looked around at everyone else in the box like, “Why aren’t you clapping?”

Julia and Sara had real bestie energy, their hug before Angel of Music was so sweet.

You could tell Paul’s Raoul enjoyed joking with Christine during the whole “Little Lotte, where is your red scarf…” bit.

Paul and Julia’s shared giggles were so sweet; they seemed so happy to see each other.

Jeremy spat out his “Insolent boy…” lines, and we got a really good “fool”

Jeremy’s HAND when the mirror closed!!!

Paul had a very good, very confused, “Angel?”

For the title song, they had a bunch of tech issues, which meant Jeremy and Julia had to do a bunch of improvising. The candles didn’t totally move aside, so the boat didn’t completely come out. They stayed in the boat until just before Jeremy’s last “Sing for me!”, when he walked around the candles to then lift Julia out of the boat.

The organ and mirror bride didn’t make it out at first, so Jeremy took his hat and cloak off during the whole “I have brought you…” bit and had to lay the cloak on the floor.

He just had to Strolle™ around the stage a little at the beginning of Music of the Night, as the organ and mirror didn’t make it on to stage until a little before his top note on “soar”.

When the organ finally came out, Jeremy Strolled™ over to smoothly pick up the cloak from the floor and then draped it over the organ.

The first time they nearly kissed, Jeremy pulled away with an audible intake of air, as though very overwhelmed by the proximity to Christine.

The portcullis didn’t come down, but Jeremy is incredible with his improv, so instead of a portcullis sprawl, he briefly wrapped his arms around Julia’s waist.

Jeremy’s voice was so rich throughout the whole song.

He looked so amazed at Christine’s presence during the whole “you alone can make my song take flight”, and we also got a voice crack, which just made it heartbreaking.

Jeremy really chose to be anger in Stranger Than you Dreamt It, and I was so here for it.

The candles were still out, so they had to run around them. Jeremy half hopped/half tripped over the boat at one point while chasing Julia.

He had to take a moment to compose himself before going into “Stranger than you dreamt it…”

His crawl was so smooth.

We got some growls in his singing, some voice cracks, all of the good stuff.

“Oh, Christine” sounded so devastated.

You could see the confidence visibly return once he had the mask back on.

Craig and Nehal had such great chemistry during Notes and the beginning of Prima Donna. Nehal did his usual frantic gesturing to Carlotta to get Firmin to join him in his groveling, and Craig sounded like he wanted to throw up at having to say “we need you too.”

Jeremy acting on the proscenium was fantastic. His “Madame, perhaps it is you who are the toad.” had Cherik sarcasm vibes. He was absolutely killing himself laughing; they weren’t evil laughs, it was laughter of pure amusement.

He yanked the chandelier so hard that it was still swinging well into All I Ask of You.

Paul’s All I Ask of You was so comforting. He did the little lean over and head tilt thing at the beginning when standing in front of her.

Paul’s vocals were incredible, as always!

He gave Julia a good spin at the end.

Jeremy shattered me with his Reprise. He was a broken man throughout the whole thing.

When Paul and Julia started singing, he immediately shoved his hands over his ears and seems so tormented/broken-hearted to hear her with Raoul. His voice got really low on “no” and he sounded so broken.

Jeremy went off on “You will curse the day…”

Act Two

Paul’s dancing in Masquerade was absolutely phenomenal. Him lifting Julia was sooo smooth and honestly really hot.

Julia’s dancing was also super good! You can tell she’s done ballet.

Nehal had a solid catch when Jeremy tossed the Don Juan score. Great job on both their parts.

Paul is really soft in Notes II when he kneels in front of Christine.

Julia’s Wishing was absolutely stunning. Up until now, her Christine was sort of generic for me, but she went off from this point forward.

Wandering Child was absolutely gorgeous.

Paul really put his back into that belting.

Jeremy went up a note on “do not shun me.”

The way Jeremy hits the last “angel” really does things to me.

Julia’s Christine stood there very entranced during Jeremy’s “Come to me, Angel of Music” and was genuinely shocked to turn and see Raoul standing there.

Jeremy shuts the curtain in a really sexy way when he appears as Don Juan.

His voice was soooo rich, and the choreography was super smooth. You can tell he’s been playing this role for years.

PHANTOM HANDS!!!

The way Jeremy sings “soul” is sooo sexy.

He went progressively lower on “what rich desire unlock its door?” 👌🏻👌🏻

How he hits “seduction” might actually be the sexiest thing in this show, and it should be illegal.

Julia’s vocals and acting were stunning throughout the whole song.

After Julia starts singing, when Jeremy got up from the bench to walk around it and sit down on the other side, he was super sexy in his movements. HANDS.

The bench acting was phenomenal. He started out not really moving, and then the hands started going up and down his thighs, and he touched some ahem other things a couple times.

He went rigid when Christine put her leg up on the bench.

We got a fully body reaction when Christine touched him.

Julia scooped her hands really low when he was on the bench and she was standing behind him. You can draw your conclusions about where the hands nearly were.

When Christine was feeling the mask, Jeremy tried to turn his head away like he was trying to stop her.

They both startled at the same time and ran from each other.

When Jeremy noticed Madame Giry, he stood up straighter and looked very resigned, like he’d just realized: “wow, so you betrayed me too.”

His proposal was shattering. He was so pleading, and he got really breathy on “save me.”

The POWER in his voice when he got to “anywhere you go…”

Down Once More was so full of anger and betrayal. “Christine, why?” sounded genuinely confused and so hurt, and then the second “why?” was angry.

Jeremy gave Julia a good shove forward when they entered for final lair.

Jeremy turned into such a sad Mama’s boy at “this face, which earned a mother’s fear and loathing…”

He immediately switched to being angry when he got to “Pity comes too late…”

Jeremy was very sarcastic when Raoul showed up, while also seeming frustrated that Raoul came to throw a wrench in things.

Paul’s vocals when begging at the portcullis? chef’s kiss

Paul looks like he’s actually choking to death when he’s caught in the lasso. I was concerned for this man for a second there.

At “raise up your hand to the level of your eyes,” Jeremy just kinda Strolled™ over and held his hand up and stared at Paul for a moment before walking away. Had vibes of “are you dumb?”

You could watch the plan form in his head during the whole “nothing can save you now…except, perhaps, Christine.”

Jeremy did the “This is the choice!” opt up!!!!!!!!

The whole “You try my patience. Make your choice” was very low and a bit growly at the end.

Julia’s Christine sounded sooo sad singing, “Pitiful creature of darkness…”

THE KISS!!! Jeremy’s arms sort of hovered around her like he wanted to hold her to him but didn’t really know how, and then he just kinda froze when she hugged him. When Christine kissed him again, his arms reached up like he didn’t know what to do with the situation, but then he melted into it and brought them down around her, almost holding her (he may have actually held her very briefly, but I don’t 100% remember).

I once again feel the need to state that Paul’s acting in the noose is so amazing. It really does look like he’s dying, and then his collapse when the Phantom lets him go is very realistic. Props, man.

Jeremy’s “take him, forget me…” lines sounded so broken.

He sounded so sad when yelling at Raoul and Christine to leave him.

When he got up to face Christine when she came to return the ring, we got a little snuggle before “Christine, I love you.” He held on tightly to her hand for a moment before she pulled way, and they stood there looking at each other for a moment before she turned to leave.

Jeremy seemed so dejected when she left and after a moment of standing there by himself, he went over to shove his face in the veil.

His final line was absolutely breathtaking, and I love the way he looks around at his lair, taking it all in before he disappears

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i wonder if perhaps she had a looser wig style like kanisha marie feliciano did on broadway? kanisha’s natural hair is much tighter than her wig’s was. it looks almost like the typical christine wig on broadway, perhaps with slightly tighter curls than julia udine and elizabeth welch but definitely not close to her natural texture like emilie kouatchou had :/

So I don’t do reviews but here is some details about Chumisa’s costumes/wigs:

- her wig is loosely textured, not as tightly curled as the previous wigs worn by Lucy, Beatrice & Paige

- it also seems thinner with less hair

- blue/mint ribbon in Il Muto (same as Paige)

- the act 2 wigs follow the same pattern as Lucy’s did

— updo for masquerade with a ponytail extension to one side, but with a regular Star Princess tiara and little stars clipped in

— low bun for notes and wishing

— hair down for rest of act 2 (with red rose for Don Juan)

- the Elissa skirt is not the same as the one recently used by Lily/Paige/Eve/Colleen so either Chumisa is using a different skirt to the others or they have made a whole new skirt for them all to use, this one does not have the gold overlapping the false bodice and apron

- not a fully decorated masquerade bodice but this is the normal now (excluding Eve), it is beaded all the way round and her skirt had the stars all the way round as well

- it’s possible she has inherited some costumes, some costumes I recognised but it’s hard to pinpoint without picture comparisons and some costumes could be mix and match

(Pictures above are my pictures)