So rarely does an artist come around and influence and impact so many generations of music and theatre lovers. He was the best of the very best. It just wont be the same without him, but we were so fucking lucky to have him for as long as we did. Thank you, Stephen Sondheim.
“One dollar, two dollars, one fifty, one sixty-nine.
I got it. You want a box of condoms? What kind?
That’s two quarters. Two quarter waters.
The New York Times. You need a bag for that? The tax is added.”
the thing i really love about hadestown is anais mitchell took this myth that has (at least as it’s been told to me) been framed as “sometimes you get really close and you still fail, because humans are flawed and it just sucks” and she said “no you guys, what orpheus was trying to do should have been impossible and he almost made it anyway. the only reason he failed is because he stopped believing he could succeed”
hamilton is a comedy bc lin manuel miranda is SO horny for actual founding father alexander hamilton and then when casting he was like and who should play this sexy beast…..this rascally sexpot…..why none other than lin manuel miranda <3
We dream of a brand new start,
But we dream in the dark for the most part,
Dark as the tomb where it happens,
I’ve got to be in The Room Where It Happens