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We need Peter and The Starcatcher on Spotify it belongs there too

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Peter and the Starcatcher being the first show mentioned on Christian Borles wiki page and yet no one talks about it

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quite possibly christian borle's best line delivery ever

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I completely forgot abt Prior Walter in Angels in America. He literally made himself sick playing this role and I'm upset there's only crumbs :(( still he looked incredible in those crumbs, and beautiful in drag

Some Christian Borle works that I hope vox fans will know about !!

I assume that there are many hazbin fans who are discovering CBorle or my tiktok has just been fueling this misunderstanding. Anyway, live laugh Christian Borle

Spamalot (OBC) - Historian/Prince Herbert/others

He is so funny in this, especially as Prince Herbert and not-dead-yet Fred. Being ragdolled and shaken around by the king as Prince Herbert or insulting Sir Robin with his tambourine as a minstrel

Legally Blonde (OBC) - Emmett Forrest

I know this is one of his most iconic roles but Emmett deserves more love literally the sweetest character and CBorle played as him so well. His "little miss woods comma Elle" AH and the little things that makes Emmett RAHHHHH

Some Like it Hot (OBC) - Joe/Josephine/Kip

Did you know that he does most of this show IN HEELS. Not only that, TAP DANCING IN HEELS like are you kidding. He also wrote some lines for the show! I love the whole show in general, it is so funny and so real in how they talk about identity and how you present yourself. I can write a whole essay but that'll be for another day. I love this show with all my heart

Little Shop of Horrors (2019 off-bway revival) - Orin/others

Speaking of heels, he too was in heels for this production, but much much less than SLiH. Still, the talent is there. Especially when he plays all the different characters, from a crazy dentist like Orin to Skip Snip. He is also super unhinged and likes to drag out his death as Orin to make the audience laugh. I recommend watching the tiny desk concert first if you are not familiar

Thoroughly Modern Millie (Replacement) - Jimmy Smith

There's not much for this show, just a video of him singing What do I need with love. I liked his singing in this and the small details he does during this song to show that Jimmy has fallen for Millie is cute

Mary Poppins (Replacement) - Bert

He may claim that he was the worst tap dancing Bert but he was still a champ for learning all that choreo and even going upside down in step in time. Another one with crumbs :" Gosh what I would give for a boot cuz rn its just the disney on Bway videos and jolly holiday. He did it with Laura Michelle Kelly :)

Me and My Girl (New York City Centre) - Bill Snibson

He did this show with Laura Michelle Kelly too :))) AND THE SHOW IS SO FUNNY it's so underrated and has very funny lines. Someone said that it was basically 2 hours of CBorle being silly. I also love his and Laura Michelle Kelly's dynamics as Bill and Sally. Speaking of this couple, Bill and Sally are literally as healthy as Emmett and Elle and i love that for them

Peter and the Starcatcher (OBC) - Blackstache

Literally my favourite show of his. His blackstache is so animated and silly I love him. And his agility sliding over the trunk and running around. His moments in Mermaid Outta Me ༼⁠;⁠´⁠༎ຶ⁠ ⁠۝ ⁠༎ຶ⁠༽ silly lil guy. Similarly to Orin, he likes to drag out his hand pain to make the audience laugh. AND HIS CURLS omg this era of CBorle hair is the best imo. And he won his first tony for it! That goes to show something about his portrayal of Captain Hook and how it needs more love !!!!!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (OBC) - Willy Wonka

A lot of people seem to see this role as the role he went bald for. We joke about Borled Egg a lot but he brought such beautiful unhingeness to this role that really brought out the joy of this show.

Footloose (The Muny) - Director

He also directs! Though there is no boot for this production, he talks about his experience directing and working on the show in some interviews and a reunion zoom call. The cast talks about how he allows them to be free in their portrayal of the characters while giving advice and proper directions, especially since he was in Footloose for tour and bway. I would have loved to watch it since footloose is a show I like too. NaTasha Yvette Williams is also in this!

Anyway, he has done a lot more shows, he's been in the industry for nearly 30 years so he has a lot under his belt and I wish he wasn't just reduced to Vox's VA, Marvin or Shakespeare. He's a brilliant actor with impeccable comedic timing and seriousness. He's not a two-time Tony award winner for nothing!

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Just watched a local production of Little shop of horrors. It was amazing!! I have goldfish memory so here are my favourite moments that I remember

We got pot trap Audrey 2 :DD

THE URCHINS UGH THEYRE SO GOOD

During the opening number the urchins were in front of the stage and as they sang "stop where you are" they pointed and looked at someone in front of them

Half hot dog toy rolling around during skid row

During da doo when the urchins slide in with the Chinese florist

Honestly I was so distracted by the urchins singing that I forgot abt Audrey 2 trying to eat them

During dentist when they tore of orins sleeves so he can show off his arms

When orins mom gave him a kiss on the cheek

Orins Johnny bravo poses

Bro prolly took aspiration from vox with the amount of thrusting he did

I was partying during Feed Me it's such a bop

During mushnik and son when it was like a peak moment and then silence and a kid sneezed during that silence

Mushnik going "aiyaiya" like an Asian uncle all the time

Orin swinging Seymour around so hard his specs fell off

They slowed down now(it's just the gas) a bit which was a bit sad :/

SUPER SPARKLY AND PRETTY COSTUMESSSSS

Audrey's heels 😭😭 just click clacking arnd

Seymour was very jittery throughout which I felt was true to his character (the understudy on was also the director)

At the end when the urchins were taking out scissors to cut Audrey 2, chiffon pulled out a medium sized one, ronette pulled out a huge one and crystal had a tiny one

Mrs Luce ༼⁠;⁠´⁠༎ຶ⁠ ⁠۝ ⁠༎ຶ⁠༽

IT WENT BY SO FAST I was like woah slow down

I would say the singing is so good they were quite close to the revival cast recording

I felt that if they had higher quality set and props, it would have been a super good production but the cast and crew were incredible and I loved it

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I long for weatherman Marvin content

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I finally came across that femboy tiktok post...

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GUYS IM SEEING LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IN A FEW DAYS ITS A LOCAL THEATRE PRODUCTION ILL UPDATE YALL AFTERWARDS BUT IM EXCITED ITS MY FIRST LOCAL SHOW

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I've been watching people talk about some like it hot musical, just trying to understand the general opinion on it because I liked it very much

But I'm also a cis person so I cannot relate and if anything I say seems to be disagreeable, I am open to discussion :))

Anyway, I honestly did not feel that the man-in-a-dress trope was the main jokes throughout the show. Especially for Joe as it seems most people felt it happened. In one interview, Christian Borle mentioned that most of the jokes in the musical have shifted from drag in the film to Joe's age, which I felt too. I felt that Joe dressing up as Josephine was like him dressing up as kip, just a way for him to get what he wants. And the moment when they came out dressed in dresses during vamp, it was like a cheer moment, less so a laughing moment.

I'm just rly curious why people didn't rly like the show I thought it could have gone longer in bway but it didn't :"

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The Main Street Pianist did a Newsies medley!

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ooauuough marvin in march of the falsettos (1981) saying that he cooks for everyone in ‘a tight-knit family’ ex. “And I sing out as I cook / I want a tight-knit family / I hope you all enjoy linguine / Talk till you hear the dinner bell” in an ‘i’m the leader of the household i do all the work im holding this all together i should be appreciated’ kind of way

but then throughout the rest of the musical we have the other characters all proving that they are the ones cooking for him, they’re the ones cleaning up after him, they’re the ones doing everything for him (ex. trina in ‘this had better come to a stop’ and ‘please come to my house’)

and even marvin admits this !! he tells whizzer that he should be there with dinner made in ‘this had better come to a stop’ but only when he’s talking to whizzer. because when he’s talking to the audience he’s saying that it’s all him while fully acknowledging that it’s not when he’s talking to the others and i just

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SHALL I COMPARE THEE!!!!

TO!!! 🗣️ A 🗣️ SUMMERS!!! 🗣️ DAY !!!🗣️

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I wish I could’ve been there when Marvin first told the lesbians what went down in act one, I just know that Cordelia especially would have been living for that tea

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It’s crazy how whenever people talk about how much shit the characters went through in Falsettos no one ever considers how hard it must have been for Bryna to be in China with a torn meniscus 😔

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look at him go

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Have you heard La Jolla's production of Hunchback of Notre Dame

I think you should listen to it