#come from away broadway

[disastergenius]

my Only Good Thought of the day:

Come From Away but staged in the round/immersive. 

I think it would be a fun concept to introduce the audience into the show, it has the focus on bringing people together and community. Because while they are telling a story about the aftermath of one event, the show invites the audience to feel the grief and weight of 9/11 with the characters as they do, and then learn and grow with the community of Gander. 

[cascadeoceanwave]

musical theatre challenge: 1/1 seasons | 2016-2017 (insp)

[violetheart77]

I’ve seen the lights go out on Broadway

[ironicandpunny]

in honour of pride month, here’s some musicals that feature/star LBTQIA+ characters that have not aged like milk:

Falsettos

Fun Home

A Strange Loop

Company

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Ghost Quartet

Come From Away

Cabaret

35MM

A New Brain

Spies Are Forever

Firebringer

[sondheim-girly]

Ok guys, it's time to give you all a list of what I call "my musicals" (in order of when I obsessed over them in some capacity):

Hamilton

In The Heights

Rent

Wicked

Beetlejuice

Hadestown

Dear Evan Hansen

Be More Chill

Heathers

Mean Girls

Matilda

Six

A Very Potter Musical

Les Miserables 

Legally Blonde

Newsies

Book of Mormon

The Prom

Bring It On

Waitress

Come From Away

The Lighting Thief

Chicago

Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet Of 1812

Anastasia

Little Shop Of Horrors

Phantom Of The Opera

Sweeney Todd

Spongebob (the musical)

Fun Home

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Into The Woods

Ride The Cyclone

Falsettos

Something Rotten

Sunday in the park with George

Parade

Shucked

The guy who didn’t like musicals

Company

Tick tick boom

Octet

Urinetown

Kinky boots

Merrily we roll along

Spring awakening

Moulin Rouge

Next to Normal

Catch Me if You Can

The Notebook

Gutenberg

Water for Elephants

The Outsiders

[coldasyou]

musical theatre challenge: 1/1 season | 2016-2017 (playbill template)

[samix-asb]

POV : ppl never passed the aux to you in 2017-2019

[broadway-unhinged]

One Musical Has to Go (Part 1/?) :

[elphabaoftheopera]

Top 5 musicals from the last 5 years? :3

Hi, thank you so much for asking! I'll always jump at the chance to share my opinions on musical theatre so thank you for the excuse!!

Hadestown

I don't say it lightly when I say that this show is a masterpiece. I was lucky enough to see it on Broadway with Eva and Reeve and also once on tour. It's spectacular.

2. Six

It's not a perfect musical in my opinion but I think it's just so clever and for some reason the title song always makes me cry. "Heart of Stone" is damn near always playing in my car.

3. Come From Away

(technically came out 6 years ago but close enough)- I don't find myself listening to the music very much but watching it on tour was breathtaking. It just gives me hope in the goodness of every day people and was expertly written/staged.

4. Titanique

I am very biased because I saw the original cast in previews when it was still in the basement of Gristedes. I was in the front row Marla Mindelle as Celine Dion gave me a high five when she came out. I laughed so hard I cried. I've always loved the movie Titanic and it was a perfect parody. I'm glad it has continued to be successful. Also, it's the only jukebox musical I like besides Mamma Mia.

5. Schmigadoon! (Season One)

Okay so I know this isn't a "musical" in the traditional sense but HEAR me out. I think the show was across the board so perfect for me. A well crafted narrative, extremely catchy (almost too catchy) music, compelling characters to root for, and it both makes fun of and praises old timey musical theatre. I love golden age stuff and had so much fun picking out the references and themes. Cecily Strong plays a character named MELISSA (my name) who is a know-it-all about musical theatre. I have never ever ever felt more seen. If anyone needs to feel something again, or just kind of touch base with why you love theatre, watch Schmigadoon. I really loved season two as well, but most of this is about season one. Plus you can't go wrong with that cast.

Honorable mention: Beetlejuice (I just need to see it first, hopefully will see it on tour soon). I am also curious to see Kimberly Akimbo and Shucked but don't know enough about them yet to make a fully formed opinion.

What are your favorites from the last five years?

[cobaltsoulsearcher]

If Critical Role were Broadway,

Vox Machina is Wicked with a side of Hamilton

Mighty Nein is Kimberly Akimbo with a side of Come From Away

And Bell’s Hells is Les Miserables with a side of maybe it will turn out this time on the road to hell on the railroad line…

[notaseriousactor]

Is it too soon for a Harmony revival? I think we need a Harmony revival. And a Newsies revival. And Come From Away. And 1776. And Assassins. And-

[violetheart77]

*weakly* Theatre Kids how’re we doing

[clementime3]

Broadway album cover colour fields

Left to right, top to bottom:

Moulin Rouge, Six, Hamilton, Come From Away, Ghost Quartet, Hadestown, Bonnie and Clyde, Tick... Tick... BOOM!, Mean Girls, Spies Are Forever, and She Loves Me