#deaf west theater

[the-river-rix]

once again thinking about the deaf west production of bare: A Pop Opera that exists only in my mind (but vividly in my mind)

[thesongofpurplesummer]

What are some of your controversial opinions about The Tony Awards or Olivier Awards? (Shows/People that should have won)

[nonbinarytheatrekid07]

Hey op stop talking

[such-a-radical]

at the 70th annual tony awards, held in 2016, hamilton took home eleven tony awards while the spring awakening revival, deaf west spring awakening, won zero of their three nominations. vote spring awakening in @bestmusicalworldcup’s poll to avenge them. do it for them

[helenaredamancy]

some of my favorite musical theatre production photos (part 1)

[bestmusicalworldcup]

Best Snubbed Musical World Cup: Deaf West Spring Awakening

It has occurred to me that someone has submitted Deaf West Spring Awakening for the upcoming Best Snubbed Musical World Cup, which is a revival of the Best Musical-winning Spring Awakening which is in the Best Musical World Cup. I am not familiar with Spring Awakening, so it is possible people might consider Deaf West Spring Awakening to be quite distinct from the original, so I need the help of all of you to decide.

[ilovetheater24601]

Musical Moritz is trans masc and play Moritz is trans fem i will not be elaborating at this time

[defan-kb-1865]

Hello to all the theatre kids out there!!

I was hoping someone would be willing to help find a "slime tutorial" (if one exists) of Tick Tick Boom! At the Bucks County Playhouse starring Andy Mientus & Krystina Alabado?

[improperingenue]

Consider: Deaf West style Matilda

Hear me out: Matilda in BSL or ASL would actually be the greatest thing. It's like the show was made for sign

Headcanon:

Matilda is is profoundly deaf but comes from a hearing family

Miss Honey is deaf too, and maybe one or two of her parents were as well

She sees a lot of herself reflected in Matilda

Crunchem Hall was originally meant to be a safe space for deaf or HoH kids/kids with deaf or HoH family, but now

Trunchbull is pushing and oralist agenda

When kids start to fingerspell or sign, she reprimands them and has them speak instead (like the Latin recitation scene in DWSA)

Chokey especially sucks because the kids can't communicate by sign since no one can see them

Lavender is HoH and as spoken communication isn't her strong suit, she likes to express herself through loud clothes and a big personality

Bruce is hearing, so when he's sent off to Chokey it makes a lot of kids scared since it could be a lot worse for them as they'd be even more alone

Matilda's pushback means a lot to the kids at school because it might be the first time they see someone like them making real change

The fear and higher stakes exacerbates the importance of the kids' rebellion and the bravery that goes into it

Revolting Children is the coolest thing ever because all the kids stand up and very deliberately incorrectly fingerspell every. single. word.

And the song - and the rest of the show - is not just them standing up for their classmate, it's them standing up for their own identities and the identities of people they love

(And obviously, we must sneak Marlee Matlin in there somewhere)

[eyesocketinchworm]

totally fucked in the deaf west version is so fun to watch just bc of the absolute lengths they go to to keep a completely unnecessary second mic in melchior’s face while he’s signing

[punkass-diogenes]

It was excellent!

[the-river-rix]

The director of deaf west theater is seeing me perform I’m seriously fighting the urge to pitch deaf west bare a pop opera

[nonbinarytheatrekid07]

Musicals i like but I describe them badly(lol did I already do this?)

Be more chill- Everyone hates you, take drugs

Dear Evan hansen- the truth? Hardly know her

Falsettos- ✨HOMOSEXUALS✨

Spring Awakening- *head bangs while sobbing*

The lightning thief- we're not great but we're better than the movies so

Newsies- look, we get it, these fuckers can dance

Hamilton- well now I'm sad but I know about american history

21 chump street- Lin, again? God damnit just let Anthony Ramos be happy for once

Chicago- Murder

[such-a-radical]

reblog if u want for bigger sample size idk

[lenbryant]

Nothing’s more civilized than enjoying a classic Greek tragedy outdoors at the Getty Villa, especially when the temperature is 20 degrees cooler than at your house. Deaf West Theatre and the Getty presented “Oedipus.” Still packing a punch all these 2,500 years later.

[earl-of-221b]

you’re so right i just got out of the theater and investiture of the gods SLAPPED HARD

It’s an amazing movie with beautiful design, acting and atmosphere, and the effort and skill and love that went into it is so starkly apparent - especially because this is an adaption of INVESTITURE OF THE GODS, which seemed for thee longest time to be impossible to adapt as movies. Many poor adaptions focus too much on the spectacle of gods and demons, but Creation of Gods knew the gods and demons were written into this real historical chapter to represent the struggles and turmoil of humans. It’s really a story about fathers and sons. The good father and son relationship that will foster a king, a king who will be a good father to his people in turn. What is a king if not a father, with duty and love for his people. In comparison to the toxic father and son relationship that gives rise to a tyrant, a tyrant king who eats his own sons, who really eats his own people. It’s staggering how good this movie was and how it got to be made.

I really love how they changed up the archetypical and frankly lazy interpretations of Yin Shou/ Zhou Wang as just a neglectful and gluttonous King, seduced and puppeted by Daji the fox demon. Creation of the Gods said no, Yin Shou is authentically a terrible man who was always going to become a uniquely bad despot with or without evil fox magics, and he has full autonomy over the many awful actions. (The entire hostage-son setup was also just a very smart way to exert political control, and maintain power in a personal cult of personality and family cult, making Yin Shou not only a skilled general but a great strategist.) He’s a great villain. And because he’s so good at what he does, it’s genuinely riveting to see and understand how Ji Fa can break away from that indoctrination through his real father and best friend/brother.

The actor for Ji Chang, Ji Fa’s elderly father and Duke of the West, in my opinion, was the highlight actor of this entire movie. He sold that prison food scene. He, forgive me, ATE. This actor is like almost completely deaf and he ate that role up like the absolute artist he is. His name is Li Xuejian (李雪健) and he was just on another level.

I felt that the actress for Daji was pitch perfect and she didn’t dominate the story like other adaptions. Her motivations being genuine adoration and gratitude for Yin Shou is similar to the 2003 Nezha tv show, which was very welcome for me. She really does feel like a cold body being possessed by a fox, a very unsettling allure.

Of course this movie has Jiang Ziya, Erlang Shen and Nezha in their earlier days. I enjoyed their how hilariously removed they seemed to be from mortals, overpowered fish out of water but taking their jobs Seriously. This is probably the most coolest and faithful adaption of live action Nezha EVER - I WAS SCREAMING AT YHE WAY THE WIND FIRE WHEELS AND ARMILLARY SASH WERE DEPICTED - NEZHA FLYING ON THE WIND FIRE WHEELS WAS AMAZING!!!

Again, the movie’s main narrative is so compelling and quite dark, that the three national heroes, Jiang Ziya, Erlang Shen and Nezha (each who have headlined their own animated movies in the last 4 years,) could be COMIC RELIEF.

AND IT WAS GREAT!