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bright n blum

brightjuice and blumjuice just casually taunting some poor soul

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Blum!Juice vs Bright!Juice - Sitting on Adam LMAO

This part is so funny honestly. Such great physicality!

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HAHAHHAHAA HE WAS FUMBLING FOR THE LEG AWEEEEEEE

also another beetleblum dump cause I love him...

Also this is the best face... DOUBLE CHIN GANG.

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its like.. cat energy dog energy

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It’s Mr Blum’s Birthday, and he’s given us a gift! Check out the project he’s been working on.

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Hey guys, in light of recent posts of the Beetlejuice cast... I saved some photos from when the cast AND crew of the show leave the theatre.

Alex and Leslie always express their sadness when it comes to Beetlejuice TMTMTM, we love them.

Our original Adam Maitland, happily passing his role to David Josefsberg to star in Mrs. Doubtfire (WHICH I AM ANGRY THAT THERE IS NO CAST ALBUM YET) Rob is a sweet guy and what he brought to the role was the perfect balance of ditzy and lovey that Adam Maitland had from the film.

Our original Lydia Deetz, Sophia Anne Caruso, while controversy still surround her sudden leave from the show, had tremendous fun with creating the role from the DC run to Broadway. I love her voice and her spirit, she’s immensely mature for her age and when her EP drops I will be downloading it on Spotify.

We love our Blum!juice and he was amazing as Alex’s understudy. Will is a talented man who filled for Adam, Otho and Beetlejuice. He worked so hard to get there and he may not be the best dancer but he is just 🥺🥺🥺

There wouldn’t be the show without the stage managers for Beetlejuice, mad props to them for working late nights making constant adjustments and making sure everyone brings their A-game each day, 8 shows a week.

Our #broadwaydadsofnewjersey, Adam and David. Lovely gentleman and respectful family men. I love seeing them together and they were always funny when they did their bit as the Broadway dads of New Jersey.

Kerry Butler our Barbara Maitland, she was there from start to finish and jumped from Mean Girls to Beetlejuice in the drop of a hat. She’s been in the business for a long time and without her contributions to Broadway, we wouldn’t have a lot of popular shows without her.

Dana and the other ensemble from the cast, they made the show funny with their emotive personalities and eccentric choices on stage. I love them and I’m going to miss them. I didn’t get to see the show live but... the love and passion they put in Beetlejuice speaks volumes.

And lastly our Presley Ryan, Sophias broadway replacement. I’m so glad she stepped up to the plate when Sophia decided to pursue television work. Presley has been in Beetlejuice since the beginning and played multiple roles such as, the jockey, Girl Scout, Lydia, Angry Pygmy and many unnamed Netherworld roles. Even though she is still young, Presley had solidified herself as a prominent upcoming Broadway star.

I can’t wait to see what they’ll do next.

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Alright.

There are a lot of conflicting emotions about having The Music Man kicking out Beetlejuice from the Winter Garden. Although I am bitter that one of my favourite musicals is being replaced in favour of money and two big names is just.. not sitting right, but I am open to everything and trying to look at everything with open eyes and an unbiased opinion.

Did Will Blum’s influence this a little? Yes.

Was the post a little unsound and unprofessional? I think so but it brought up some great points.

Yes, I agree. The fact that you are selling a name instead of a GREAT show is disrespect to the source material. Hugh Jackman is an awesome guy and his tenure as the Boy From Oz is forever embedded into Broadway his(her)story as being a stepping stone for Hugh’s career. Also you have Broadway star, Sutton Foster, another big name who, if you are a theatre lover, can’t help but fawn and scream in excitement.

We all know and love Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine/James Howlett/ Logan, that’s what people associate him as such. Fun fact he played that role from 2000-2018. Wolverine is known to be big, all muscle and raw strength, but in the theatre world we know him as a musical theatre actor. Jackman first claim to  international’s fame was in 1999 when he played the leading man, Curly McLain, in the film adaptation of Oklahoma! He played the titular character Peter Allen in Boy from Oz in 2004 which he won a Tony for and Jean Valjean in the film adaptation of Les Miserables in 2012 while that wasn’t the best adaptation of that musical, they did include Broadway and West End actors which was awesome! And lastly the most recent entry musical/film role was P.T Barnum in The Greatest Showman, Jackman went on tour last year singing songs from The Greatest Showman and some other songs from other musicals he previously worked in. He is an amazing vocalist, actor and dancer. His performance in Boy From Oz says as such in a review by Charles Isherwood: praising Jackman but panned the show: “Jackman is giving a vital and engaging performance in this pitifully flimsy musical almost in spite of the material he’s been handed. It’s a sad waste of an exciting talent.” I’m pumped.

Sutton Foster is a Broadway actress that is well known for her two-time Tony award winning performance as Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has also roles from other shows such as: Chess, Funny Girl, Les Miserables, Anything Goes, Grease and MANY more. I knew her best as Reno Sweeney from Anything Goes, her vocals are nothing but extraordinary and her acting is nothing to sleep on, she is an excellent dancer and I cannot help to try and recreate in my bedroom when I’m alone. You can say all you want about her, but she is one of the Broadway actresses I know from the top of my head, alongside Patti LuPone, Sierra Boggess and Liza Minelli. She is also the younger sister of Hunter Foster of Little Shop of Horrors and Urinetown fame. Foster is going to be amazing as Jackman’s partner in the upcoming production and honestly as a fan, I am so excited! 

They are both triple threats but.. no one knows a lot about the Music Man. It is a classic and has been around since the late 50′s.

Broadway, coming into the new decade of 2020, is becoming more MODERN. All these new musicals that have come out during this past decade might not have made it to Broadway but they are more aligned with the changing times and modern settings. Though there are musicals based on films from the 80′s that reach out to that generation and reintroduce them into that mind space they were in back in the day.

American Idiot, great musical, angsty music but has that throwback niche to that rebellious stage some, or not most, of us went through in the 2000′s.

Elf, that also starred Will Blum at one point, is fan service to those who love the holiday season and those who loved the film that came out in 2003. I haven’t listened to it yet BUT I WILL EVENTUALLY.

Heathers, we all love the Heathers. Also Winona Ryder, who played Lydia Deetz in the 1988 Beetlejuice film, starred as Veronica Sawyer. Like Elf, IT BRINGS INTEREST TO THAT GENERATION SO THEY COULD BUY TICKETS TO THIS SHOW THAT WAS BASED ON A FILM THEY WATCHED AS TEENS. Also can we just forget about the horrible rendition of Candy Store done by the cast of Riverdale? That never happened. NEVER. HAPPENED.

Beetlejuice, Come From Away, Ghost, Once, Book of Mormon, Finding Neverland, Newsies, Kinky Boots, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Big Fish, 21 Chump Street, Amélie, Be More Chill, Hamilton, Head Over Heels, Lazarus, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, Tuck Everlasting, Waitress, Anastasia, Hadestown, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Prom, Ain’t Too Proud, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Frozen, Mean Girls, Six, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Lightning Thief, Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, The Cher Show, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, & Juliet, Mrs. Doubtfire.

These are SOME of the MANY shows that came out this decade!

Some musicals are entirely satirical so that was a niche for audiences who love the weird and messed up humour, some musicals are named after the films or shows they were based off of. So old audiences can take interest into coming to Broadway, okay I get that because again, nostalgia, some are entirely original or had little to no source material! Some are based around history, some about civil rights issues and some of them are jukebox musicals that appeal to people who like those artists.

Broadway has always been conservative and prefers to play it safe when it comes to opening a new productions and the dominant audiences have been older and more traditional. So that stereotypical Broadway show people think of is just that, the lead character getting their “want song” in, a lot of dancing, internal or external conflict that ultimately gets resolved with cheerful songs and set pieces. Although newer audiences want those boundary pushing shows so CAN get introduced to musicals like the Music Man, it means nothing if they were never introduced to the strange and unusual first. Everyone wants to advance to find that next big thing but they can’t do that when it is all safe but we did get some of them with Cats, Beetlejuice, Carrie, Matilda The Addams Family and more.

I totally get the interest of bringing back a musical that hasn’t been on Broadway for 20 years (last performance was in 2000) and it is a great way to reintroduce an old piece back into the world again, but it was at the expense of new artists making their Broadway dream a reality. The decision to evict, not close, evict Beetlejuice from the Winter Garden was a big mistake by the Schubert Organization. The Schubert Organization is one of the biggest landlord of theatres in New York, they at least own 17 Broadway theatres. Here’s the reason why they’re so successful:

They don’t keep shows that don’t bring the cold hard cash. It’s show business, it has always been about the business and never about the show. As much as we could scream and shout to keep Beetlejuice in the Winter Garden all we want, it is unfortunately their decision to keep them or boot them out. We all know that productions have to be approved by a theatre organization so that production can be leant one of their many theatres, they show also had to keep up a total of sales from tickets above that number per week. As all of you know, that’s what happened with Beetlejuice. Ticket sales dried up and fell way below the amount. There was talk around the theatre community that a production of the Music Man was in the works with Hugh Jackman as the lead. So… they saw Beetlejuice as dead weight and sought out to cash in on Hugh Jackman’s name and fame.

There was a lot of problems from the show but most of their problems came from the critics. Mixed reviews was all the show got but the biggest blows came from the New York Times and Ben Brantley saying that the show never came to that same conclusion of home and belonging like other Broadway shows. This killed their ticket sales cause everyone goes through those reviews before they see a show. However that’s the thing, Beetlejuice never wanted that. The entire creative team and the cast knew that what they had was entirely unconventional, like it was their way sticking of the middle finger at the word conventional.

There’s no doubt that the Music Man, Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster and the cast and creative team will be amazing at the Winter Garden and it is highly unfortunate that the eviction of Beetlejuice was done for the sake of financial greed. I’m glad they were only evicted and not closed, the show IS still on and the public demand for the show is high. I know a lot of us hate the decision but what could you do? It’s all about the business aspect of Broadway and never the show.

Even though Beetlejuice had its problems with its opening following the Harvey Weinstein controversy, having the Music Man revival during this time of political conflict is a little awkward. Let’s trade a sexual, murderous demon for a eulogized conman.. that seems right.

I’m sure the show will be fantastic but the circumstances leading up to the opening is shady and not shining a good light for the Schubert Organization but lets not hate the actors and the creative team of the Music Man, they didn’t do anything wrong. Instead, point that dislike to corporate greed, but is okay. The show is not closed and is only evicted from the theatre. Eventually they will find a new theatre on or off Broadway for everyone’s enjoyment again! Also that National Tour is coming up in Fall 2021 I believe, I personally can’t just fly to New York but I will be watching the National Tour if it does roll by where I live.

Keep safe my friends 💚🤍🖤

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Hey friends a reminder that you can be:

A Christmas obsessed man raised by elves in the North Pole.

A tough Greaser hiding their insecurities with a black leather jacket and hair grease.

A rockstar tricking a prestigious prep school in order to make ends meet but eventually being a beloved man who gave children their voices.

A goofy, loveable and somewhat misled missionary traveling to a third world country to preach his love for religion.

Or once again, a touch deprived and interaction depraved sexual manipulative demon...

Again, you honestly can be whoever want to be... just don’t be an asshole who won’t see multiple points of view before their own.

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Will Blum’s Stick It To The Man opening

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What a sweetheart!!!!

Left over screen caps

Shook Beej

ARMS Beej

Best Friend Beej

All Alternates, Swings and Understudies should get just as much appreciation for their abilities as well as headliner actors. Without them, all of theatre would be burnt out.

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How can we say no for these!

Will Blum is the best.

(these were taken from his IG :))

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LOOK AT THIS AMAZING DRAWING THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! HIS EXPRESSION TURNED OUT SO GOOD!!!

Hello again! So sorry if its too much asking twice, but i wanted to try and ask, you have no obligation to draw this too of course! What about blumjuice smiling a nice smile and playing his ukulele? Again, no obligation of course! Have a nice day either way!

So funny story, i forgot the ukulele the first time. 🤣

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Will Blum on his portrayal of Beetlejuice (and Dewey Finn 👀) end

Photo of all the actors who played Dewey Finn (so far)

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Will Blum on his portrayal of Beetlejuice (and Dewey Finn 👀) end

Photo of all the actors who played Dewey Finn (so far)

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Heart & Music

This is another wonderful one-man 8 part harmony performed by Will for the virtual Spotlight Awards, of which he was this year’s MC! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBZdJalDyVJ/

- Ahh that’s so cool that he got to preform for the awards show! Even if it is virtual...  Such talent!