#west end

[livhowlett]

I got tickets for October 26th!!!

I'll be visiting the UK for the first time ever on my honeymoon and I'm only in London for 2 days! I was so happy the timing worked out!

POV me in the audience:

[lilykerhoas]

lily kerhoas and jon robyns posing for pictures at the national lottery's big night of musicals (2024). images originally sourced from getty, watermarks and microphones removed by me using photoshop. please do not repost my edited versions without credit, thank you!

[highkingofnarnia]

Photos from the West End production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. There are actual tears in my eyes.

[littleeliza-lotte]

Hadestown London Trailer (x)

[madrewrites]

les mis: takes place over 15+ years

phantom of the opera: at least 3 months

hamilton: 28-ish years

wicked: between 2 and 5 years

west side story: just a really stressful 48 hours for everyone involved

[brooklynbadboys]

let’s all say it together. thank you jeremy jordan for newsies content. you own our hearts <<3

[keep-ur-head-low]

All Hadestown West End lyric changes (as of Feb 15 2024)

Many thanks to @ghostlypawn for posting their audio of Hadestown on the West End :) Keep in mind these are from a preview performance and the production wasn't finalized until Feb 21st, so things may have been altered further since then.

Lines in bold indicate changed lyric

Road To Hell

New Hermes line: "You can tip your hats and your wallets / With your pennies and your pearls / To the hardest working chorus / In the gods' almighty world"

Original Bway line: "Brothers and sisters, boys and girls"

If It's True

New Orpheus final verse: "Brother, look around today / Is this how the world was made? / There must be another way / Is it true? Is it true what they say?"

Original Bway verse: "If it's true what they say / I'll be on my way / Tell me what to do / Is it true? Is it true what they say?"

(Note: In the Hadestown development book Working On a Song written in 2016, Anais Mitchell said she felt If It's True as written on Broadway needed to end on more of a political mic drop and commented she may change it someday. Nice to see she got the opportunity.)

Epic III

New Orpheus section: "I know how it is because he is like me / I know how it is to be left all alone / There's a hole in his arms where the world used to be / When Persephone's gone / His work never done, his war never won / Will go on forever whatever the cost / 'Cause the thing that he's building his wall around / Is already lost / Where is the treasure inside of your chest?..."

Original Bway/NYTW section: "What has become of the heart of that man?" up to "What he doesn't know is that what he's defending / Is already gone"

(Note: I think whether you like this change is entirely dependent on your feelings on Broadway's changes to Epic III. In Working On a Song, an early draft of this new verse can be found with Anais' commentary that her intent was to simplify the Epic so that it became a simple gift of empathy as opposed to the intricate poetry and lyricism of NYTW's Epic, something she couldn't quite finish in time for Broadway's opening. It seems like she and Orpheus might have finally finished their song.)

Miscellaneous

All references to Hermes as "mister" or "missus" are altered (ex: "a god with feathers on her feet... Yes it's Hermes, that's me", "excuse me Hermes" from Orpheus instead of "Mister/Missus Hermes")

(Note: May or may not be specific to Melanie La Barrie's portrayal)

[pinklemonslices]

bitches think im normal and then BOOM i won’t stfu about musicals

[ashleyslorens]

AIMEE LOU WOOD as SALLY BOWLES CABARET

[lesmiserabelles]

alright, time to go (x)

[lilykerhoas]

floating, falling, sweet intoxication...

@shakeatradefeather's master. august 2023.

[inkwell-illustrations]

A question for (most of) the theater kids!

My dream role is Davey Jacobs!

(Tell me yours in notes/tags)

[littleeliza-lotte]

I am actually obsessed with this photo (x)

[thephantom]

BIG NIGHT OF MUSICALS 2024 — Lily Kerhoas & Jon Robyns.

[brooklynbadboys]

go and look it up the poor guys head is spinning 🤘

🎥 jenelleotani3201 on youtube