#stranger sings

[siriuslydandy]

Yaaaaassss 🧇🎃

@cdlindsay the soundtrack is apparently on spotify 🧐

[thisisclumsygirl]

I saw Stranger Sings on Friday and honestly it is such an underrated musical

[trans-gay-arospec-mike-wheeler]

Ngl I saw the Stranger Sings musical and it wasn’t the best… it was like a Starkid musical in that it was like a parody of the show (don’t get me wrong, I love Starkid, but this just wasn’t my cup of tea because unlike Starkid they took themselves a bit too seriously)

They purposefully mischaracterized/simplified everyone and while some people find that funny I just am too far deep in my stranger things special interest that I didn’t like it lol.

That said, I would definitely see it again only if Jamie Lyn Beatty was in it since she was in a few shows as Joyce (though the portrayal of Joyce is super ableist)

If you enjoyed it I’m happy for you though!

I’m willing to talk more about this too if people ask.

Also there was no Byler :(

[tending-the-hearth]

finally got around to typing up my thoughts on Stranger Sings because even though y'all are probably sick of me talking about the show and don't care i still want to talk about it <3

obligatory tags for my bestie @storyweaverofgondor

ok so starting off with the double/triple tracks! this took me a second to figure out, but i think i've got everyone:

Steve, Jonathan, and Brenner (he was my favorite part of the entire show kyle mangold my beloved)

Lucas, Erica, and Demogorgon

Hopper and Mr. Clark (and i THINK he also played Mrs. Wheeler which was... absolutely hilarious)

Joyce and Will (and also one of the Russians)

Nancy, Eleven, and Robin

act 1:

i mentioned it before but Will is a muppet

Hopper kept trying to sing his Emo Song about losing his daughter but kept getting cut off

Jonathan

Just Jonathan

He took a picture of me and I could not stop laughing because he was just being The Most

Barb!!!!!!!!!! I think she’s purposefully supposed to be the best singer lmao

Barb after Nancy leaves with Steve: Nancy’s kind of a bitch, right? Didn’t expect me to say that, did you?

Steve. His wig, his costume, his mannerisms, I love him dearly

Lucas was absolutely perfect

He’s so rational and wonderful ily

he interacted the most with the audience and was amazing

The demogorgon was absolutely hysterical for no reason

Joyce had a number called “Crazy” and the cast members came out dressed as Beetlejuice, Amy March, Heather Chandler, and Edward Scissorhands

Someone went to the restroom in the middle of the show after Joyce's song and Joyce said “did you see that? Am I losing my mind?”

The fourth wall breaks were so funny

Hopper broke character during his first scene bc he was laughing at Joyce

i haven't mentioned the wigs but the wigs are PERFECTION and are the most dramatic things

The demogorgon had a dance number to Thriller

I saw the demogorgon walking out and started laughing, and they waved at me

The finale of Act 1 is so good???????

act 2:

Like this show has no reason to be this good?????

SAILOR STEVE SAILOR STEVE

AND ROBIN MY WIFE

Steve and Dustin have the cutest song to open Act 2, and Max, Chrissy, and Mrs. Wheeler cameo in the song

Mike, Dustin, and Lucas call Steve dad at the end, 10/10

Barb dates the demogorgon good for her

Basically combines season 1 and season 2

Lucas’ actor plays Kali and is the funniest person

"Lucas’ actor also played Erica, iconic

"you can't spell America without Erica" 10/10 line delivery

Brenner was the funniest part of the show oh my god

I got waves from Steve and Hopper 🥰

Also I kept making eye contact with Steve and i have never known the true meaning of “giggling blushing twirling my hair” until he looked at me

if it isn't already obvious i'm in love with kyle mangold his steve is so babygirl

The Party (sans El) is running away from the Russians and they started playing “running up that hill”

STEVE SAID THE “ALWAYS THE GODDAM BABYSITTER LINE”

HE ALSO CALLED MIKE DUSTIN AND LUCAS HIS NUGGETS I'M GOING TO DIE

The final battle was a dance battle between El and the demogorgon

Listen it was played as a joke but Dustin talks about how his dad is an asshole in the first act before El's song about wanting a dad and then at the end of act 2 he sings about how he’s found a dad in Steve and I’m 🥺

And El sings about how she just wants a dad who will say he’s proud of her and that’s what Hopper says after the final fight 🥺

also just a few of my favorite lines:

Joyce: oh great, a teenager! Steve: hi! Joyce: can you watch these children while Hopper and I go into an alternate dimension and leave you all behind and hopefully come back safe?

Jonathan: i have to go Nancy: but you just got here! Jonathan: I’m an INFP and this conversation is stressing me out

[caelichythcat]

they are ready

[luciusisalive]

the way papa in stranger sings is just a great value brand lucius malfoy in avpm kills me

[uppastthejelliclemoon]

s/o to the stranger sings cast for making a cats joke during the show and actually not making fun of the show and just saying “MACAVITY” during will’s solo, i was fucking cackling

[jackknife-roach]

i'm a manmade man made of jazz btw ^_^

[miaobae]

Ok so here's my review of Stranger Sings.

Give it a 5/10. It was silly and fun but unfortunately a lot of the jokes should have stayed in the 80s. Specifically the fat jokes. They reduced Barb's character to the loser fat friend and made a lot of jokes about her weight that screamed "this was written by a conservative white man". There was so much more they could have done with the material to keep it fresh and funny in a better way.

My other gripe was the big Wynona Ryder segment in the middle of it. I know it was supposed to be a funny clever reference to her acting history but it took up way too much time and really had nothing to do with the story.

I had a good time but honestly I was expecting more in this day and age.

[willstafford]

Stranger Things Ain't What They Used To Be

STRANGER SINGS Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Monday 15th January 2024 Netflix’s first big hit series is in itself a pastiche of the works of Stephen King, and now it comes in the form of this parody musical, which pokes fun at rather than venerates the source material.  Writer of the book, music and lyrics, Jonathan Hogue is clearly a fan; the mockery he makes is always affectionate as it…

[spaceasianmillennial]

STRANGER THINGS parody musical is streaming

Tickets sold here

May 27 - 7:00 PM EST & 10:00 PM EST

May 28 - 2:00 PM EST

[linmanuelmirandarights]

did a little Barb cosplay for Stranger Sings (A Stranger Things Parody Musical) and Barb herself loved it.

[trans-gay-arospec-mike-wheeler]

Was milkvan an actually good relationship in the musical?

Had to re-listen to the designated Mildew song again to answer this, but surprisingly it isn’t that bad!

The song pokes fun at how they were strangers when they first met so it’s not actually true love (the song is literally called Stranger). It’s also super catchy and really emphasizes how Mike sees her as a superhero but also could be interpreted as him being bisexual and genuinely attracted to her.

For gay Mike truthers, there is a part in the song at the end where Mike says he wants to kiss her and then after she says he’s moving things too fast says he didn’t really want to.

Overall though, they weren’t really in a relationship in the musical since it only covered the first season.

The thing that bugged me though is that there is literally no Byler at all, like not even crumbs and they essentially made Will straight and replaced his gayness with him being a puppet…

[tending-the-hearth]

seeing stranger sings on Sunday and I’m so excited bc I desperately need a break from the week long anxiety attack I’ve been experiencing bc of my new teaching job

[yutaya]

Just realized that these ads are probably targeted and maybe not everyone is seeing the news:

STRANGER SINGS, THE STRANGER THINGS PARODY MUSICAL, IS CLOSING IN ABOUT 1 WEEK, ON 5/7/23.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO, GO NOW.

It's in NYC, off-broadway. Tickets range from $50-$150, but even the $50 seats look really good!

This is a view of the setup, courtesty of some generous soul who posted on view-from-my-seat:

As you can see they have their seats on risers to help with the age old sitting-behind-a-tall-person problem and it's a 360 theater setup.

I didn't find out about this show until it was already almost gone! Now I am telling everyone who might be interested and I think that includes most of tumblr, hahaha.

I haven't seen it yet myself - though I do already have tickets - but, I mean, it's a Parody Musical of Stranger Things. That's 3 points in it's favor right there. Let's show them some love!

[tartarusknight]

Imagine if Corroded Coffin got popular and over the years they released a shit ton of music. But one year they came out with a metal Christmas album. All of the songs going hard and exactly what everyone expected. Except, the last song was Not metal.

The cover of Santa Baby is more stripped down than the rest and Eddie changes the words of the song to Santa Buddy. But he puts in so much sexual tension in his singing that everyone is freaking out.

But then they post a music video for Santa Baby. And instead of one of the Corroded Coffin boys in the Santa outfit, it's some guy no one recognizes. Eddie dances around the guy, and it's the gayest thing anyone's seen.

And well, only their close family recognize it as Steve, Eddie's (illegal) husband.