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This especially applies to my fellow sopranos.

If I had a nickel for every time I saw somebody consider singing second soprano a demotion from first soprano I could retire right now.

Being able to hold your own on an inner part and sing harmony is a bit of an acquired skill, so singing parts other than the melody will actually help you in the long run. Whereas, getting upset because you’re not on the top part just makes you look like an asshat.

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Maybe it’s because most of my training has been as a musician, but it truly amazes me how many actors can’t read music at all. Reading music isn’t just a good skill to have, it’s one you absolutely must have if you have any intention of ever doing musical theater.

Know your key signatures, solfege, and how to functionally sight read. You don’t have to be a wizard of music theory, you just have to know your way around a score. You also just can’t rely on recordings to learn music, it’s inefficient in a lot of ways.

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tech week: where you somehow bond with but also end up hating all your fellow cast members

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What’s funny is when I see job postings saying “apprenticeship” then when you look at the job description you see “$150 weekly stipend for your volunteership”. So am I “staff” or am I volunteering and you’re giving me the title “apprentice” to make me feel better?

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Nobody talks about how difficult it is to transition from a 'traditional' day schedule during rehearsals to an evening schedule for performance calls.

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What my director thought would happen to my anxiety after she told me “you can’t be nervous! you’re a lead! you’ll mess up everyone else!”

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"Here, let me show you three different ways you can fall. I learned it during my stage combat course. Have I mentioned it before? Yeah, we learned for to fence with four different swords. Come here, this is how you throw a fake punch."

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I sprained my fucking knee before rehearsal

Opening night is Friday

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Let’s talk about my first theory of relativity experience!

In the production I saw everyone was wearing white. Different clothes but it was all white and barefoot. It was really beautiful and I loved the look of it!

The opening number was amazing. The music was just perfectly written and performed.

The first song being I’m allergic to cats was so silly. It gave Leaf Coneybear Vibes to me except in another universe because Leaf loved cats. It’s a very silly time and the actor was fantastic.

Pi pt. 1: Watching this character come out for this the first time was amazing. I relate to them so much he’s so silly. I sit there and memorize pi because I’m scared of asking people out? Yes.

The end of the line: This is one of the two songs that I’ve heard before driving to this show and I loved the section I heard originally, but seeing the whole song performed live was beautiful. The story is just so investing and I love it.

Great expectations: this song is fabulous. The staging was amazing with the boards on stage. I really enjoyed it and it was so powerful. This song is just perfection.

Relativity (Reprise 1): brining the show back to the title was great. This song hit so hard after great expectations.

Footprint: This song was amazing. The way that the song and the actor told this story was perfection. The dog and then the sister and then the PARENTS. This song just hit so close to me for some reason. Perfection.

Pi pt. 2: I was so happy when this silly little guy came out again. He is perfection to be protected at ALL COSTS. I want to hug him.

Lipstick: This song was so cute. Her talking about hating the shade was so funny and him calculating how to graze her hand. Perfect rom com meet cute.

Apples and oranges: this song was so fucking goofy. I loved it so much and when Ryan (footprint guy) came as the guy that liked oranges. I was giggling and kicking my feet.

Me and Ricky: this song is amazing and executed perfectly. When she smeared the red lipstick on her white shirt it was just OMFG. When I first listened to this song in the car I was thinking of RTC Ricky which was funny. Like oh what if she’s Penny and he’s Ricky. I do have a question: did she kill him? TT

Promise me this: First, how is Erika e v e r y w h e r e. But this song hit so hard and I almost started completely sobbing. The way they staged it with her descriptions being shadows on the cyc *chefs kiss*

Julie’s song: I was sitting there at first being like “wait are these the fucking cats” but it was so cute and both of the characters are PERFECT

Pi pt. 3/Relativity (Reprise 2): I loved all the pi parts but watching him literally crawl out. This song made me so happy when he finally said he’d go and talk to her.

Relative pitch: for some reason I can’t remember this very well. The harmonies are beautiful though.

You will never know: This song with the lipstick people was even better to me. There was so much for me to walk and when they went backwards and then forwards. I loved it.

Person A reprise: bringing this back after seeing the whole story was the best fucking thing. No words just happiness.

Nothing without you: this song made me so sad and gave me such a boost I actually just wanted to curl up and cry for twenty minutes.

Cake monologues: these monologues being sprinkled in were GENIUS. I loved all of these monologues. And when her and pi kid got together I had the best time of my life. I’m literally him.

Nail monologue: this monologue was so long. Like respect for memorizing it. All the stories intertwining made me so fucking happy.

This show was with live accompaniment which was great and it also had a ton of awesome lifts. Perfection.

This show was AMAZING. After I thought “that show was so fucking good there’s no way I can like ride the cyclone more right” spoiler: I was wrong… very wrong. The music was amazing. The cast was amazing. Everything was amazing.

Thank you inner voice! And thank you for reading all of this TT

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the theory of relativity (the musical) is so close to me. sooo slice of life. sooo lives intertwined. like this is a song i should relate to and i do relate to it. this is a song i shouldn’t relate to because those are not my experiences and i relate to it anyways. omg the irrationality of human relationships. also i love the singing monsters wow

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footprint from the theory of relativity musical

reblog if u agree

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This is the most theatre kid thing in the world, and given that my academic and theatre kid sides were inextricably mushed together in undergrad, I am here to say "WE DO NOT NAME THE SCOTTISH PLAY!!!"

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🎭 Theatre Kid (also known as Thespian) – aesthetic focused on acting and stage productions, most notably those that take place in a high school setting. Theatre kids are not just limited to actors, as most people think. People that are included in the theatre kid aesthetic include stage crew, costumers, techie, orchestra and band members, actors and directors and screenwriters. A stereotypical theatre kid can be outgoing and eclectic but it's obvious that many theatre kids deviate from the expected personality and are equally valid in their craft nonetheless.

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🫶 Theatre academia moodboard 🫶

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people, remember! without the theater, we will all die!!!*

*we'll all die even with the theater, but not so dramatically

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Places: The Theatre

The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.

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i love student run theatre bc when our director sent out the callback list for footloose she started the email with “howdy fellas and felons”