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Gabriel in Next to Normal is not a parasitic demon! He is not deliberately malicious for everyone! He is grief manifest!! He is present in each character’s life, and how he interacts with them is representative of how they handle their grief, but he is not a single sentient character. When he latches onto Dan at the end, that’s not Dan ~becoming like Diana~ because ~a parasite needs a host~ or whatever, because acknowledging Gabe’s presence is something he NEEDED to do! Diana was unable to let go of her grief for years, and it destroyed her relationships and mental health. She had to let go of Gabe. Dan, however, repressed his grief, and let it fester for years. Finally acknowledging his son’s existence is the first step towards healing for Dan, the same way leaving was for Diana

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In light of the Next to Normal proshot, I’m sharing the essay I wrote about it last year when I saw a regional production!

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I can’t believe PBS is playing Next to Normal Mother’s Day weekend

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A Strange Loop review: It’s great, but don’t see it with your mom. Five minutes in and she leans over to ask me what a verse bottom is and I knew I was in for a long 100 mintes

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Shakespeare, professing his love and apologizing for how he treated Anne: "There will never be another Anne Hathaway"

Anne: looks into camera like she's on the office

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stark sands and betsy wolfe as shakespeare and anne in & juliet ❤️❤️

📸 - matthew murphy

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Going full on English teacher with Falsettos is the greatest thing a person can do with their time

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Oh no Moritz is dead. That's so sad. Anyway back to teen defiance

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Happy 6 years of the Side by Side Falsettos Thanksgiving-tacular!

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Christian Borle’s bio for Some Like It Hot is iconic

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The duality of man

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musicals actively weirder than “an actor and musical fall in love” (la la land)

(also im trying to keep this to either weird ideas or adaptations that are unexpected, so shrek (based on a wildly popular film despite being an odd concept) or similar adaptations are not included)

about 70 pages from the middle of war and peace (natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812)

the trial of leo frank (parade)

the stories of the assassins and would be assassins of american presidents, also set kind of at a carnival? also its written by sondheim? (assassins)

an adaptation of the frogs by aristophanes, also by sondheim (the frogs)

a modern adaptation of lysistrada, in which women withhold sex to get their men to make peace, or in this case, win the big game (lysistrada jones)

a jutebox musical using the songs of jim steinmen popularized by meatloaf that’s also a loose retelling of peter pan (bat out of hell)

a couple’s car breaks down on the way to visit an old teacher, a doctor creates a sexy man, there are aliens? i suppose it’s a loose retelling of frankenstein. (rocky horror show)

look, i have to include hamilton because it is a weird musical idea

a young man plays the role of one of charlemagne’s sons, almost is convinced to self-immolate himself at the end (pippin)

a spelling bee (25th annual putnam spelling bee)

world chess competitions during the cold war (chess)

cats get up to wacky hyjinks (cats)

thomas the tank engine falls in love, also its an adaptation of the story of john henry (starlight express)

a retelling of sir philip sidney’s arcadia using the music of the go-gos (and belinda carlisle) and also it’s very queer (head over heels) 

acapella internet addicts anonymous (octet)

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Frogs have so much spring within them🐸🥺❤️ watched this for jonny groff, stayed for the good music and mr bungee💕

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william finn lyrics : "why don’t we tell him that we don’t have the answers? and that life can be grim, life’s not all about him. and things rarely go according to plan. tell him things happen for no damned good reason, and his lack of control kills what’s best in your soul. and this is the start to his becoming a man."

also william finn lyrics : i'm gonna crack your feet

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A New Brain is one of my fave shows 🥺 this is something i drew some months ago, wdyt

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@projectbway  event 03 : not broadway   —  Pippin Revival Tour

Actually, you look terrible You need some good food and some fresh air And some hanky panky