#theatre blogging

[mexashepot]

Yevgeniya Dodina love of my life is going to star as Richard III in Gesher's upcoming production

Ahhhhh

[aesthetic-otd]

Today's aesthetic is theatre academia

[staticsnowfall]

the famous fouettés of swan lake

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featured above is chloe misseldine, prima ballerina of american ballet theatre, as odile in ‘swan lake’.

the thirty-two fouettés in swan lake, and the embodiment of odette and odile as a whole are considered a stepping stone into a ballerina’s career as a prima. a debut is ultimately a test, a deciding factor in whether a company decides to promote a dancer or leave her alone. the fouettés of odile are difficult, requiring much strength, stamina, and training, performed during the coda after a lengthy pas de deux and variation. the legendary pierina legnani was the first ballerina to accomplish this feat in 1895, the fouettés being added just for her by choreographer marius petipa.

misseldine is the most recent ballerina to join the ranks of principal in the company: her promotion was on july 3rd, 2024, after her performance of odette/odile at the metropolitan opera house in manhattan, new york.

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footage sourced from @juliette_2626’s story on instagram, july 3rd, 2024, the met opera.

[allthingseurope]

Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki (by Alexandru)

[scottlikeslesmis]

Ladies, if your man had long blond hair, like red, loves France, would lay down his life for the freedom of his people (the French)

Thats not your man, thats Frances man (and grantaires)

[gotta-pet-em-all]

OOC tag game

Put the Pokémon irl blog you would love to make in the tags. The one that’s so fucking tempting, but you haven’t made it or something is holding you back from it

[transxfiles]

Falsettos CDs from the 2016 Broadway Revival Cast Recording

[have-you-seen-this-musical]

Have you seen this musical?

[bumblingest-bee]

fun fact the (now lost) 1926 film version of the great gatsby was despised by the fitzgeralds and most reviewers because it was a shallow adaptation which changed the plot to be less controversial and played up the show and glamour of the source material instead. isn't that interesting? anyways on an unrelated note did you hear about that new jeremy jordan musical

[datshitrandom]

Darren Criss + reading | 20/30 days idol challenge

[justdavina]

La Grande Dame: Such a HOT Drag Queen!

Hello Darling's!!! Once again here at Justdavina it's DRAG QUEEN THURSDAY!! YES YES YES!!!! Only one more day until the weekend here in San Francisco and the weather is perfect for going the Castro District.

[valeriearmani1]

regulus is dramatic, sirius is theatrical

[screecherofthenight]

Guys. GUYS. I was thinking about a Wolf 359 social media au and I came to an earth shattering realization. Kepler is a story time youtuber. he’s a fucking STORYTIME YOUTUBER. I’m having a moment.

[buckys-metal-arm]

I didn't have "Cats the Musical used in a Marvel movie" on my 2023 bingo card but here we are man the theatre kids really won out with this one

[dcdreamblog]

@terriwriting That's actually a great question. I assume you're thinking of "The Phantom of the Fair" Very mysterious that one. Though he's known as "The First Supervillain" in many respects his actual story is unclear even to this day. I can share what I know though.

This is probably the clearest photo ever taken of the man, from very early on the morning of April 30th, 1939 taken by a photographer from the New York Globe-Leader. The photographer assumed it was some kind of statue only "it" vanished when he went to take a second picture. No one was prepared for what would occur during the opening ceremony conducted by then mayor Fiorello La Guardia

Another photo, this time from the Planet capturing the moment where the Phantom dropped in on La Guardia, causing a panic in the crowd and taking the microphone The Phantom spoke the now famous works "Men and women of New York City—this World's Fair is now declared officially haunted by the Phantom of the Fair!" before vanishing back into the rooftops despite the best efforts of the NYPD

Now you would THINK that he would instantly be marked for arrest but World's Fairs aren't cheap so Mayor La Guardia, in his infinite wisdom, treated the guy like a publicity stunt for the next several days.

A photo of the Phantom taken on the evening of May 3rd, 1939 as a spotlight is pointed up at the building. No attempt is made to apprehend the Phantom It wasn't until the visit of the UK's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth that the Phantom made a move. Somehow "reprogramming" the mechanical marvel Elektro in the other room and sending it to attack the royal couple.

The police escort was caught totally flat footed and the royal couple was nearly smashed beneath the robot's heavy iron boot until...

The appearance of two strange men. One in an inhuman gas mask and the other in a blood red cloak. Courtesy of the Gazette Up until that point "The Sandman" and "The Crimson Avenger" were considered myths, legend, yellow journalism crafted by a New York in the midst of the Great Depression and an organized crime spike. A modern day Spring Heeled Jack. But there they were. Their fight with the rampaging Elektro and the Phantom lasted for upwards of two hours across the interiors and rooftops of the Fair's central buildings. In the end the broken robot was left sprawled across the dance floor of the central hall and the Phantom was nowhere to be found.

Now this one, taken after the defeat of the Phantom by a photographer from the Planet is one of my favorite shots in history. Beneath this picture, a reporter would coin the term "Mystery Man" and it is at that very moment that the age of the superhero is born. The Sandman and The Crimson Avenger had made themselves known as not just specters in the dark but honest to god crime fighters known the world over. This is the photograph that christened an era. Within the next year we would move from "Yellow Journalism" to the foundation of the Justice Society. As for the Phantom, no one really knows what happened to him. but there are two popular theories. The historically attested theory and the one that was unquestioned for the longest time is that The Phantom was a Nazi saboteur attempting to assassinate King George VI on American soul to alienate the two nations and remove a powerful symbol against fascism (possibly attempting to secure the throne for Edward VIII who was more sympathetic to the German cause) In the early 90s however historian Matt Wagner put forward a theory connecting the Phantom to a man named Gerald Zimmerman as the suspect in a series of anti-queer hate crimes that occurred near the fairgrounds in the days leading up to the Fair itself. The crimes, as one can expect of anti-gay killings investigated in the 1930s, were never conclusively solved but circumstantial evidence and modern psychological analysis of the Phantom and Zimmerman gives the theory some legs. As a historian myself, I can't make conclusive proof one way or another. Rest assured the Fairground has LONG since been scoured for every single scrap of proof that might grant us insight one way or the other Perhaps the Phantom was one last Penny Dreadful style unsolved mystery to open the door to a newer age. When these "Mystery Men" would, for once and always, step out of the shadows as the world sat balanced on a knife's edge.

[fitzrove]

TOP 5 VIENNA REVIVAL CATEGORY 7 TODOLF EVENTS (as gifs)

5. fritz schmid. just every second of fritz schmid,,, no words he understood the assignment

4. hey lil mama let me whisper in your ear

3. "grab" = "grave" in German - clever symbolism,, thank u jesper (recordings are 5 months apart. he kept doing it)

2. SPIN HIM!!!! ok this is 3 events but since it was never seen again in this prod afterwards i count it as one,,, what blessed three days...

this... lukas is so real for this máté too for that neck grab,,, take all my money. biblically accurate todolf etc