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artzychic27 · 2 years

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I’m making a miraculous theater kid au, do you have suggestions for the play or the cast? ( the main Heroes are ladybug! Sabrina and Cat! Alix btw

I have like ten ideas for a cast for different plays

(Gonna assume you want canon characters, but just in case, I got OCs in red. Also, slashes means different choices)

Be More Chill💊

Jeremy: Jean

Michael: Nino

Christine: Mireille/Ondine

Jenna: Alya

Rich: Ismael/Alix

Jake: Kim

Chloe: Aurore/Zoe (Ha!)

Brooke: Myléne

Mr. Heere: Ivan

Mr. Reyes: Max

Squip: Denise/Austin T/Marc/Rose/Kagami

Dear Evan Hansen📝

Evan: Adrien

Connor: Marc

Jared: Nathaniel

Zoe: Reshma/Sabrina

Alana: Cosette/Alya

Heidi: Zoé

Larry: Simon/Adrien

Cynthia: Aurore

Heathers💣

Veronica: Juleka

JD: Jean/Mireille (JD was female in some versions. Look it up)

Heather C: Reshma/Alya

Heather M: Sabrina/Lacey

Heather D: Aurore/Ondine/Cosette

Kurt: Kim

Ram: Nino

Martha: Denise/Rose

Miss. Flemming: Myléne

Bud Dean: Ivan

Mr. Sawyer: Nathaniel

Mrs. Sawyer: Marinette/Zoe

Hamilton🪶

Alexander Hamilton: Jean

Eliza Hamilton: Mireille/Lacey

Aaron Burr: Nino

Angelica Schuyler: Kagami

George Washington: Ivan

Marquis de Lafayette & Thomas Jefferson: Max/Simon

Hercules Mulligan & James Madison: Ismael/Adrien

John Laurens & Philip Hamilton: Austin T/Nathaniel

Peggy Schuyler & Maria Reynolds: Marinette/Alya/Reshma

King George III: Kim

SIX (Just… Screw gender for this. A guy understudied for one performance, let’s just do this)👑

Catherine of Aragon: Denise/Aurore

Anne Boleyn: Nathaniel/Cosette/Marinette

Jane Seymour: Sabrina/Ondine

Anne of Cleves: Alix/Nino

Katherine Howard: Reshma/Kim

Catherine Parr: Myléne/Juleka/Jean

The Lightning Thief⚡️

Percy: Jean

Annabeth: Kagami

Grover: Nino

Mr. D: Ivan

Luke: Marc/Simon

Ares: Nathaniel

Charon: Cosette/Alix

Silena: Reshma/Juleka/Sabrina

Sally: Denise/Alya

The Oracle: Nathaniel

Mrs. Dodds: Marinette

Clarisse: Ondine/Zoe

Katie: Myléne/Aurore

Mr. Brunner/Chiron: Adrien

Poseidon: Kim

Hades: Marc

Medusa: Rose

Kronos: Ismael/Max

Emojiland (Also screw gender because they’re emojis) ✌️👍👊👌✋

Princess: Reshma/Aurore/Jean

Prince: Marc/Rose/Adrien

Skull: Ivan/Juleka

Pile of Poo: Lacey

Police Officer: Alya

Construction Worker: Ondine/Alix

Nerd Face: Nathaniel/Marinette

Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes: Cosette/Sabrina/Zoe

Person in Business Suit Levitating: Alix/Max/

Smiling Face with Sunglasses: Ismael/Myléne

Guard: Nino/Kagami

Kissy Face: Mireille

Beetlejuice🪲

Beetlejuice: Jean/Kim

Lydia: Rose/Sabrina

Adam: Nathaniel

Barbara: Lacey/Zoe/Marinette

Charles: Nino

Delia: Myléne

Miss. Argentina: Alya/Denise

Otho: Ivan

Girl Scout: Juleka/Mireille/Cosette

Maxie Dean: Austin T/Adrien

SpongeBob the Musical🌊

SpongeBob: Jean

Sandy: Alya/Reshma

Patrick: Kim/Adrien

Squidward: Ismael/Nino

Mr. Krabs: Ivan

Plankton: Max/Simon

Karen: Cosette/Sabrina/Denise

Pearl: Rose

Carrie🩸

Carrie: Zoé

Sue: Myléne/Sabrina

Tommy: Nino/Jean

Chris: Kagami

Billy: Adrien/Ismael

Miss Gardner: Juleka/Cosette

Margaret: Denise/Aurore

Mr. Stephens: Ivan

Norma: Alya

Frieda: Marinette

Helen: Mireille

George: Kim

Stokes: Marc

Freddy: Nathaniel

Pippin 🎪

Leading Player: Nino/Reshma/Zoe

Pippin: Jean/Adrien

Berthe: Cosette/Sabrina

Catherine: Mireille

Charlemagne: Nathaniel/Kim

Fastrada: Marinette/Denise/Lacey

Theo: Rose

Lewis: Ismael/Ivan

Take your pick

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #musicals #kwami swap #be more chill #dear Evan Hansen #heathers #Hamilton #carrie the musical #six the musical #spongebob the musical #pippin #the lightning theif musical #emojiland #beetlejuice #cast list

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crunchycrystals · 2 years

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i haven't seen anyone anywhere talk about how good sarah beth pfeifer is in the lightning thief musical. she plays clarisse, katie gardner, janis joplin in doa, mrs dodds, the news reporter in drive, and annabeth's understudy. i thought they were all played by different people until i saw the live performances they did in the green room and you could see her face singing for all of them.

her performance as clarisse is something i think about all the time especially this one part in bring on the monsters where she's teasing the trio and they bring up that they met ares. she says "you met my dad? ... did he say anything about me?" and her delivery of it makes me remember that they're all just kids whose parents weren't great to say the least.

anyways. i just wanted to talk about my appreciation for sarah beth pfeifer in the lightning thief musical.

#the lightning thief musical #pjo #percy jackson #lightning thief musical #she's got a song on rob rokicki's ep smart girls #which has a cut song for annabeth on it #and an acoustic version of good kid covered by morgan siobhan green #go check out the ep if you haven't i beg of you #sarah beth pfeifer #percy jackson and the olympians #crunchyposts #tltm

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ao3feed-kanechronicles · 4 years

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by TheTimeTraveler24

The timeline that I base all my fics off for the Riordanverse. Spans from 1926-2011.

May also include timelines for various other works of mine at some point such as When They Came, The Sum of Our Choices, Always Towards the Sun, and Nico di Angelo and the Quest to Save the Stupid Idiots.

This timeline is free for any of you to reference with your stories since it's nice to be able to see when everything happens.

Words: 5334, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan, The Kane Chronicles - Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, The Demigod Diaries - Rick Riordan, Demigods and Magicians - Rick Riordan

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Grover Underwood, Chiron (Percy Jackson), Clarisse La Rue, Luke Castellan, Dionysus (Percy Jackson), Jason Grace, Thalia Grace, Katie Gardner, Miranda Gardiner, Billie Ng, Meg McCaffrey, Sherman Yang, Ellis Wakefield, Mark (Percy Jackson), Malcolm Pace, Lee Fletcher, Michael Yew, Will Solace, Kayla Knowles, Austin Lake, Zoe Nightshade (James Bond), Phoebe (Percy Jackson), Tyson (Percy Jackson), Charles Beckendorf, Jake Mason, Nyssa Barrera, Leo Valdez, Shane (Percy Jackson), Harley (Percy Jackson), Silena Beauregard, Drew Tanaka, Lacy (Percy Jackson), Piper McLean, Mitchell (Percy Jackson), Valentina Diaz, Connor Stoll, Travis Stoll, Chris Rodriguez, Cecil Markowitz, Julia Feingold, Alice Miyazawa, Castor (Percy Jackson), Pollux (Percy Jackson), Nico di Angelo, Bianca di Angelo, Hazel Levesque, Butch Walker (Percy Jackson), Clovis (Percy Jackson), Ethan Nakamura, Damien White, Damien White (Percy Jackson), Holly Victor, Laurel Victor, Paolo Montes, Chiara Benvenuti, Lou Ellen Blackstone, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Hunter Kowalski, Hemithea | Emmie, Josephine "Jo" (Percy Jackson), Celyn (Percy Jackson), The Hunters of Artemis (Percy Jackson), The Amazons (Percy Jackson), Hylla Ramírez-Arellano, Octavian (Percy Jackson), Michael Kahale, Michael Varus, Dakota (Percy Jackson), Gwendolyn (Percy Jackson), Camp Half-Blood Campers, Camp Jupiter Campers, Campers (Percy Jackson), Sally Jackson (Percy Jackson), Paul Blofis, Estelle Blofis, Zeus (Percy Jackson), Hera (Percy Jackson), Poseidon (Percy Jackson), Demeter (Percy Jackson), Ares (Percy Jackson), Athena (Percy Jackson), Apollo (Percy Jackson), Artemis (Percy Jackson), Hephaestus (Percy Jackson), Aphrodite (Percy Jackson), Hermes (Percy Jackson), Hades (Percy Jackson), Persephone (Percy Jackson), Iris (Percy Jackson), Hypnos (Percy Jackson), Morpheus (Percy Jackson), Nemesis (Percy Jackson), Nike (Percy Jackson), Hebe (Percy Jackson), Tyche (Percy Jackson), Hecate (Percy Jackson), Jupiter (Percy Jackson), Juno (Percy Jackson), Neptune (Percy Jackson), Ceres (Percy Jackson), Mars (Percy Jackson), Minerva (Percy Jackson), Diana (Percy Jackson), Vulcan (Percy Jackson), Venus (Percy Jackson), Mercury (Percy Jackson), Pluto (Percy Jackson), The Olympians (Percy Jackson), Magnus Chase, Blitzen (Magnus Chase), Hearthstone (Magnus Chase), Samirah al-Abbas, Mallory Keen, Halfborn Gunderson, Thomas Jefferson Jr. (Magnus Chase), Odin (Magnus Chase), Gunilla (Magnus Chase), Hunding (Magnus Chase), Helgi (Magnus Chase), Randolph Chase, Jack | Sumarbrander, Loki (Magnus Chase), Frey (Magnus Chase), Freya (Magnus Chase), Thor (Magnus Chase), Manticore | Dr. Thorn (Percy Jackson), Alderman (Magnus Chase), Balder (Magnus Chase), Alex Fierro, Amir Fadlan, Sif (Magnus Chase), Natalie Chase, Frederick Chase, Mrs. Chase (Percy Jackson), Bobby Chase, Matthew Chase, Mrs. O'Leary (Percy Jackson), Mrs. Dodds (Percy Jackson), Mrs. Fierro (Magnus Chase), Mr. Fierro (Magnus Chase), Inge (Magnus Chase), Alabaster Torrington, Andiron (Magnus Chase), Sigyn (Magnus Chase), Norns (Magnus Chase), The Fates (Percy Jackson), Carter Kane, Sadie Kane, Bast (Kane Chronicles), Anubis (Kane Chronicles), Julius Kane, Ruby Kane, Osiris (Kane Chronicles), Isis (Kane Chronicles), Horus (Kane Chronicles), Set (Kane Chronicles), Nephthys (Kane Chronicles), Walt Stone, Jasmine "Jaz" Anderson, Felix (Kane Chronicles), Alyssa (Kane Chronicles), Julian (Kane Chronicles), Bes (Kane Chronicles), Amos Kane, Zia Rashid, Khufu (Kane Chronicles), Michel Desjardins, Vladimir Menshikov, Khaemwaset "Setne" (Kane Chronicles), Iskandar (Kane Chronicles), Mellie (Percy Jackson), Gleeson Hedge, Liz (Kane Chronicles), Emma (Kane Chronicles), Emma Chase, Caroline Chase, Cleo (Kane Chronicles), Sarah Jacobi, Shelby (Kane Chronicles), Hathor (Kane Chronicles), Ammit the Devourer (Kane Chronicles), Ra (Kane Chronicles), Freak (Kane Chronicles), Khonsu (Kane Chronicles), Thoth (Kane Chronicles), Sobek (Kane Chronicles), Tawaret (Kane Chronicles), Babi (Kane Chronicles), Nekhbet (Kane Chronicles), Philip of Macedonia (Kane Chronicles)

Relationships: Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & Grover Underwood, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & Tyson, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson & Grover Underwood, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson & Tyson & Grover Underwood, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson & Tyson, Luke Castellan & Annabeth Chase & Thalia Grace, Luke Castellan & Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan & Thalia Grace, Annabeth Chase & Thalia Grace, Nico di Angelo & Percy Jackson, Bianca di Angelo & Nico di Angelo, Annabeth Chase & Thalia Grace & Grover Underwood, Annabeth Chase & Thalia Grace & Percy Jackson & Grover Underwood, Luke Castellan & Annabeth Chase & Thalia Grace & Grover Underwood, Connor Stoll & Travis Stoll, Jason Grace/Piper McLean, Jason Grace & Piper McLean, Jason Grace & Leo Valdez, Piper McLean & Leo Valdez, Jason Grace & Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Calypso/Leo Valdez, Calypso & Leo Valdez, Jason Grace & Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase & Piper McLean, Jason Grace & Thalia Grace, Nico di Angelo & Jason Grace, Hazel Levesque/Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque & Frank Zhang, Percy Jackson & Hazel Levesque & Frank Zhang, Percy Jackson & Hazel Levesque, Percy Jackson & Frank Zhang, Percy Jackson & Leo Valdez, Calypso & Percy Jackson, Rachel Elizabeth Dare & Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase & Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Annabeth Chase & Hazel Levesque, Annabeth Chase & Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque & Leo Valdez, Gleeson Hedge & Everyone, Annabeth Chase & Jason Grace & Percy J. & Hazel Levesque & Piper McLean & Leo Valdez & Frank Zhang, Nico di Angelo & Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Nico di Angelo & Gleeson Hedge & Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Hylla Ramírez-Arellano & Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Nico di Angelo & Will Solace, Lou Ellen Blackstone & Cecil Markowitz, Lou Ellen Blackstone & Will Solace, Cecil Markowitz & Will Solace, Lou Ellen Blackstone & Nico di Angelo, Nico di Angelo & Cecil Markowitz, Kayla Knowles & Will Solace, Kayla Knowles & Austin Lake, Austin Lake & Will Solace, Apollo & Kayla Knowles & Austin Lake & Will Solace, Nico di Angelo & Kayla Knowles, Nico di Angelo & Austin Lake, Apollo & Meg McCaffrey, Apollo & Leo Valdez, Apollo & Calypso & Leo Valdez, Hemithea | Emmie/Josephine "Jo", Carter Kane & Sadie Kane, Carter Kane/Zia Rashid, Anubis/Sadie Kane/Walt Stone, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson & Carter Kane & Sadie Kane, Percy Jackson & Carter Kane, Annabeth Chase & Sadie Kane, Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson & Sadie Kane, Percy Jackson & Sadie Kane, Annabeth Chase & Carter Kane, Blitzen & Magnus Chase & Hearthstone, Blitzen & Magnus Chase, Magnus Chase & Hearthstone, Blitzen & Hearthstone, Samirah al-Abbas & Magnus Chase, Halfborn Gunderson/Mallory Keen, Thomas Jefferson Jr. & Mallory Keen, Magnus Chase & Alex Fierro & Halfborn Gunderson & Thomas Jefferson Jr. & Mallory Keen, Samirah al-Abbas/Amir Fadlan, Samirah al-Abbas & Alex Fierro, Magnus Chase & Alex Fierro, Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro, Annabeth Chase & Magnus Chase, Annabeth Chase & Magnus Chase & Alex Fierro & Percy Jackson, Sally Jackson/Poseidon (Percy Jackson), Athena/Frederick Chase, Apollo/Naomi Solace, Apollo/Darren Knowles, Apollo/Latricia Lake, Beryl Grace/Zeus, Beryl Grace/Jupiter, Mars/Emily Zhang, Aphrodite/Tristan McLean, Hephaestus/Esperanza Valdez, Maria di Angelo/Hades, Pluto/Marie Levesque, Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson, Julius Kane/Ruby Kane, Paul Blofis/Sally Jackson, Estelle Blofis & Percy Jackson, Natalie Chase/Frey (Magnus Chase), Freya & Blitzen, Silena Beauregard & Clarisse la Rue, Silena Beauregard/Charles Beckendorf, Clarisse La Rue/Chris Rodriguez

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#AO3 works tagged 'The Kane Chronicles - Rick Riordan'#ao3feed #fanfic #tkc #the kane chronicles #ri

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ao3feed-fierrochase · 4 years

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Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus/Trials of Apollo/Kane Chronicles/Magnus Chase Timelines

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2DDCruy

by TheTimeTraveler24

The timeline that I base all my fics off for the Riordanverse. Spans from 1926-2011.

This timeline is free for any of you to reference with your stories since it's nice to be able to see when everything happens.

Words: 5334, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2DDCruy

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #fierrochase #Magnus Chase #Alex Fierro #Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard

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blackaquokat · 4 years

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I SAW THE LIGHTNING THIEF MUSICAL ON SUNDAY

Okay, so first off, the stuff that stood out to me, and then after the highlights, THE STORY OF A LIFETIME INVOLVING A CAST MEMBER THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE SHOW EVEN STARTED

This is going to be very long, strap in.

***Spoilers Under the Cut***

--Chris McCarrell, indeed, slides out to the edge of the stage and sits like, “Paint me like one of your French Girls, audience” for a full moment before singing.

--For a cast of SEVEN people, all of their voices fill that stage SO WELL.

--I’d only ever heard the soundtrack, but in the show (this time, anyway) Percy says he stopped Nancy Bobofit from “setting the first graders on fire” instead of preventing wedgies and it was just as if not more hilarious because his delivery was just totally stiff terror in the face of Mrs. Dodds.

--HE ACTED SO DEVASTATED WHEN HE THOUGHT MR BRUNNER THOUGHT HE WAS TROUBLE AFTER HE GOT EXPELLED, LIKE, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO CRY, HIS VOICE SHOOK, MY BOOOOOII

--When Smelly Gabe appears, Percy not only covers his face with his shirt but also SPRAYS ACTUAL AIR FRESHENER behind the bastard’s back, I was on the FLOOR

--Chris mimics the body language of an awkward twelve year old so well. Fiddling with his jacket, looking down, awkward motions with his hands, he nailed it.

--SALLY IS STILL THE BEST MOM EVER AND THE MUSICAL CAPTURES HER STRENGTH AND LOVE AND AGENCY SO WELL, SHE TOTALLY GETS GABE TO BACK OFF OF PERCY AND IT’S GLORIOUS

--”Percy was attacked by a fury!” “What? Grover, YOU’RE THE FURRY!”

--Just before his mom is “crushed” by the Minotaur, Percy said, “Mom?” shakily and I was freaking SHOOK, MY FEELINGS

--During the first Dream Sequence, Poseidon comes down with the GOOFIEST grin and hands off the seashell. There’s this long, hilarious silence before he says. “It’s a seashell.” The audience couldn’t stop laughing up until Percy said, several beats later, “Like I said. Weird.”

--MR. D SHARPENING A PENCIL IN KATIE GARDNER’S FACE AFTER HER RANT ABOUT TREE RIGHTS

--During the entirety of Another Terrible Day, Percy is just standing in the back, slack-jawed, in a “What the Hell have I walked into” look

--Chiron does this hilarious dancy step with his feet to mimic the clip-clopping of horse steps and every time it got a laugh.

--In the books, Luke is described as the Hot Boy of the Camp, that half the demigods are in love with him, and honestly, it’s one of the reasons I think James Hayden Rodriguez is perfect because you take one look at him and you’re like, “Yeah, I can see everyone falling in love with this guy in no time flat,” because aside from being REALLY attractive (like, damn boi, you’ve got amazing arms and face and just a LOT going for you) he’s so damn sweet and you want to trust and I DON’T THINK I EVER WANTED CANON TO CHANGE SO BADLY FOR HIM UNTIL THE MUSICAL CAME OUT

--Okay, so seeing Luke portrayed in this show made me care SO MUCH MORE about him than I did reading the books, which is a very strange feeling for me, ngl. His adorable interactions with Percy and Annabeth made me SO EMOTIONAL I MEAN

--Like, when Annabeth acts all suspicious about Percy, Luke is there to validate her skills and tease her and she teases him right back, like, you can definitely see she “likes” him and it could be interpreted that he feels something for her too, and he had such chemistry with Percy too, was endlessly supportive up until, you know, the end (I...may or may not be on board with this Tragic OT3, FRICK)

--OH ON THAT NOTE, when Grover finds Percy after the Minotaur, he’s all, “I’m sorry, Percy, I’m the worst Satyr Guardian ever” and Percy just HUGS HIM, “GROVER, I’m SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE” LIKE MY TWO BOIS I MISSED THEM

--”Grover, are you ever going to wear pants again?” followed by a gleeful “NOPE!!”

--Clarisse’s first two entrances involved this loud fighting yell before her song started

--Percy’s first time with his sword in Camp and he freaking made lightsaber noises when he swung, I read about it but I was NOT PREPARED, it was the cutest damn thing

--I was equally unprepared when Annabeth walked up behind him and when he turned and saw her and yelled out, “MY DREAM GIRL!!” Long beat of silence while the audience laughs their asses off, and he follows it up with, “I mean...you were the girl...in my dream...earlier...”

--When Percy says, “I love girls,” when Annabeth calls him out on assuming her dad was where she got her Godly heritage, Luke gives him the BIGGEST side-eye, it was adorable and Percy did his best to recover, but alas, he is but an awkward noodle.

--”Luke, Hermes kids are fast--” “Actually, that’s a stereotype--” I MEAN

--Percy sitting on the toilet and rolling it across the stage with his feet after the fight sequence, my God, what a visual.

--CHAPTER TITLE DROP, LUKE CALLS PERCY THE SUPREME LORD OF THE BATHROOM

--The Campfire Song was just amazing, everyone’s familiar body language with each other, Luke and Annabeth, Luke and Percy, Grover’s adorable little dance during his bit, everyone comforting him when he starts crying, everyone agreeing that “Chiron wins” in the shitty dad department, everyone’s sympathetic horror with every bad story they all tell,

--after Silena’s bit about how her mom “steals her mascara and all of her dates” she says to Katie, “She’s why I cry,” my sister and I can’t stop talking about how much we related to that moment (not about our mom, but more about our other relatives)

--When Percy is claimed, you can see the horror on everyone’s faces, but he doesn’t, and he’s like, “I’m...the son of the Sea God. That is so COOOOOL!!!” Then he realizes he just squealed like an anime girl and tries to recover by posing and saying to Luke next to him, “Hey,” in a very Miles Morales-from-Spiderverse kind of voice.

--The dread on Luke’s face whenever he interacts with Percy from here on out, by the way, hurts me so much. You can tell every time he talks with Percy that he really doesn’t want to manipulate him, doesn’t want to do this, but he does, and even before the reveal, you can see how unsure and guilty he feels, even if Percy is totally clueless, like even when Percy agrees to go to the Underworld you see he’s THIS CLOSE to maybe trying to talk Percy out of it again and when Grover hops in to join the quest, there’s another layer of Luke going, “Oh no, not Grover too, shit, no!” and I SWEAR, JAMES HAYDEN RODRIGUEZ, IF THIS TURNS INTO A SHOW, YOU’RE THE ONLY LUKE I WANT

-- Mr. D: “WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME TIN FOIL PROP THAT YOU’D FIND IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL”

--Percy yells for Mr. D to eat his pants in Latin. It’s amazing.

--Chiron: ”You must talk to” *everyone looks at the ceiling* “Our mummy.” Percy: “...when you say ‘mummy,’ you mean old-person slang for Mom, right?”

--Percy, in the most ‘I am so done’ voice ever: ”You’re expelling me? Again?!”

--This is turning into an appreciation post for Rodriguez, but for real, after Good Kid (which gave me ALL THE FEELS just like when I first heard it on the soundtrack), Luke goes to him with this nervous but genuine grin and laugh, like, “Hey, so when you’re the son of the Sea God, and you want to be left alone, maybe don’t go to the lake? It’s the first place anyone will look.” And they have this real sweet moment where Percy confides in Luke, and Luke validates his anger with the gods and says, “I’m not saying you owe them anything BUT” and if you’ve read the books or already listened to the show, you KNOW how this turns out but you see how SINCERE Luke is about Percy’s pain and his own pain and how much he obviously is already regretting that he has to manipulate Percy into going to the Underworld and DAMN IT CANON

-- Clarisse: ”Don’t get eaten by monsters!” Chiron: *claps hand over Clarisse’s mouth* “Have a great quest!”

--The immediate Squad Energy that Percy, Annabeth, and Grover embody right before the act break, what LEGENDS

--Act II opens up in the middle of Mrs. Dodds attacking the bus. Percy: “I LIKED YOU BETTER AS A MATH TEACHTER!!”

--Mrs. Dodds: ”PREPARE FOR ETERNAL SUFFERING!!” Percy: “I’M SUFFERING NOW!!”

--Cheerful Stoner Stranger from the bus just before the bus explodes into confetti: “Not my weirdest experience on a Greyhound!”

--I knew the show was low-budget going in, but I at least thought the squirrel would be a puppet not a freaking figurine that Sarah Beth Pfeifer sat next to in plain sight to voice, I was dying

--On that note, Annabeth visibly holds back laughter at Percy’s “that’s kinda nuts” joke, these idiot CUTIES

--Grover is the only one who catches onto Medusa, who is played by Chiron’s actor in DRAG, but not even in a funny way, it’s played straight (not that Medusa wasn’t hilarious, but that fact that it was a drag role wasn’t mocked at all)

--Annabeth starting to explain why Medusa hates her and muffling her words by drinking her bottle while Percy and Grover are NOT impressed

--Annabeth teaching Percy how to hold a sword better because this adorable dumbass just twirled the damn thing into his shoulder because he forgot it was sharp

--MY GRAND PLAN, MY GOD and intersecting it with Annabeth saying, “When boys screw up, Percy, they get a second chance” Like, this show pulled no punches, and then afterwards when he’s sending Medusa’s head to Olympus and signs Annabeth’s name next to his and she’s like, “WAIT NO STOP” and the “Impertinent” interaction that not only is in the books but also comes back at the end of the show HELL YEAH

--DRIVE. WAS AMAZING. It was my mom’s favorite on the soundtrack and it still is (although now Bring on the Monsters competes as her favorite)

--YOU CAN HEAR LUKE AGAIN WITH HIS HESITATION ABOUT SACRIFICING PERCY DURING THE STRANGEST DREAM REPRISE

--Grover: “Percy, you almost woke everyone up. Well, not Annabeth.” Annabeth, in her sleep: “Mom...you remembered my birthday...” WILL THESE DEADBEAT GODS VISIT THEIR KIDS, I SWEAR---

--OKAY SO TREE ON THE HILL, LEMME TELL YOU

--On the second level, you see Annabeth, Luke, and Thalia re-enacting the scene while Grover narrates at the bottom and not only does Jorrel Javier look SERIOUSLY emotional and on the verge of tears for the whole thing, but at the top when Thalia is re-enacting her death, LUKE GOES TO REACH FOR THALIA TO SAVE HER AND ANNABETH PULLS HIM BACK AND THEN THEY JUST HUG EACH OTHER SO TIGHTLY BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO WATCH THALIA DIE AND THEN THEY STAND BEHIND THALIA AND REACH OUT THEIR ARMS TO SYMBOLIZE HER TURNING INTO THE TREE AND YA’LL I SHIT YOU NOT I ALMOST BURST INTO REALLY LOUD SOBBING I WAS NOT OKAY

--They did the Bathtub Story from the book. Every second that passed I was more in love with the show.

--Charon: ”Ya’ll wanna hear my song?” *choruses of refusals* “SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THIS SWEET ASS RIFF!!”

--DOA is just as much of a bop in person as it is on the soundtrack.

--OKAY SO, Percy is almost yanked into Tartarus with his winged shoes and the mood is like, SUPER SERIOUS, as they all realize he almost fell into the pit and when Annabeth says, “I think that’s Tartarus,” Percy says, in this confused but still scared and serious soft voice, “You mean like the fish sauce?” and just. Annabeth and Grover both. Annabeth looks at him like, “THIS is the idiot I’m going to fall in love with over the next four books,” while Grover just Facepalms so much he shoves his glasses up his forehead and shakes his head, another RELATABLE MOMENT that my sister and I won’t shut up about

--Hades. I just...there’s nothing else I can say, but Ryan Knowles, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, Jorrel Javier, Jalynn Steele, and James Hayden Rodriguez deserve about fifty Tonys for all the roles they do in this show, for real

--SON OF POSEIDON, WHAT A HYPE SONG, AND ALL THE TOILET PAPER DURING THE LAST NOTE IT WAS GLORIOUS IT COVERED HALF THE FLOOR AUDIENCE

--My Poseidon and Sally feels have returned with a vengeance. That Miles Morales moment with Percy that I mentioned earlier? Poseidon does the same thing when he sees Sally, and the two of them are just Vibing it up while Percy is between them like, “THIS IS SO WEIRD”

--As Poseidon leaves, he turns away from Sally and makes this fist bump gesture like, “Hell yeah, best time of my life was this woman right here”

--Percy, after Poseidon exits: “So that’s my dad?” Sally, in a very horny tone: “THAT’S your dad.” Like, GET IT, Sally

--Sally: “Oh, what is this package, Percy?” Percy, with a shit-eating grin: “Oh, it’s a...DIY Statue Kit” *Sally goes to open it* “WAIT NO DON’T IT’S MEDUSA’S HEAD!!” and the Grossed Out Look on her face as she exits the stage. Priceless.

--Luke is Very Obviously avoiding Percy when they return to camp. More on this later because My. Feels.

--Annabeth: “Hey Clarisse! We met your dad! He’s not as tough as you are!” Clarisse: “Hey, get back here! You saw my dad!” *slightly vulnerable voice* “Did he ask about me?” YOU DUMBASS GODS, TALK TO YOUR DAMN KIDS WILL YOU???

--Annabeth and Percy grinning like idiots over Sally’s Medusified statue of Gabe, what cuties, I love that their romance wasn’t forced in the show, it was handled so gracefully because they are Twelve and in the Very Early Stages of their Undying Love for each other (and Luke, I promise you guys, all three of these idiots are in love with each other and it hurts me so much)

--OKAY SO PERCY RUNS UP TO LUKE CLEARLY EXPECTING TO BE COMFORTED AND TO SLIP INTO THEIR SWEET AND SUPPORTIVE DYNAMIC BUT THEN PLOT AND PAIN AND LAST DAY OF SUMMER HIT ME THE HARDEST ON THE SOUNDTRACK BESIDES TREE ON THE HILL AND IT DIDN’T DISAPPOINT

--And the hardest part? The way Rodriguez plays Luke, you really CAN’T be angry with him. I mean, there’s no justifying his actions because it’s freaking KRONOS, but given that we’ve been given the time to see what a great guy he was, how much he cared about the campers, how many he must have seen never come back from quests the Gods gave them, who feel abandoned by their parents, Luke’s own quest, how he watched Thalia die with little to no intervention from the Gods, how he must hate to see Annabeth killing herself to prove her worth to the Gods for a quest that could get her killed, and then Percy coming in after losing his mom and sympathizing with his justifiable bitterness towards the Gods, the show doesn’t shy away from the fact that the Gods are effed up and you just can’t blame Luke at ALL for how he feels about the Gods, but it makes everything hurt all the more.

--The Most Millenial/Gen Z ending ever, “We didn’t ask for this, we shouldn’t be the ones fighting this war, but if we don’t, we all die, so fine, we don’t want to do this, but no one else will, so here we are, ready to fight” and then Bring on the Monsters which is one of the best closing numbers to a show ever, I swear.

--All in all, the critics can suck it, this show has more heart and love and hilarity and depth than half the stuff on Broadway and the fact that it’s going to have such a short run is a Crime.

--I sincerely hope they can do another one, if at all possible. I would go watch it too if it’s made by the same creative team and the same actors (maybe even more actors).

OKAY NOW FOR MY STORY!!!!!!

So I had paid leave to use up, hence our trip to NYC last weekend, and we stayed in a hotel really close to the theatre. My sister and I, having been fans of the books for half our lives, were wearing Camp Half-Blood t-shirts. Anyway, we were so excited that we got there an hour and ten minutes early, and they weren’t letting anyone in for another half hour, so we decided to take a few pictures and go get a snack.

While we’re taking pictures, suddenly behind us my sister and I hear “TAKE ANOTHER ONE!!” so I turn around thinking What the hell and then have the biggest Brain Glitch of my life because it’s CHRIS FREAKING MCCARRELL WITH A COFFEE/SMOOTHIE THING AND A MUFFIN STANDING BEHIND US AS IF HE WAS JUST LA-DEE-DA-ING ALONG TO THE THEATRE AND DECIDED HE WANTED TO GIVE AN INNOCENT FAN A HEART ATTACK, because he could have just gone in and we wouldn’t have even noticed but NOPE HE CAME RIGHT UP TO US, AND I’M STILL IN SHOCK, NGL.

My gut reaction was to hug him and then I apologized because I hadn’t asked his permission and didn’t want to be That Person who didn’t respect boundaries (I am a very tactile, hugging kind of person and have to remind myself that not everyone is the same way, especially with performers) and he said I was fine and not to worry. My sister and I got a few pictures together with him and he asked if we were seeing the show that night, and we were, and he looked so pumped, and I got to tell him that I read Percy Jackson before Harry Potter and that it was my favorite book series and when he asked if I had listened to the soundtrack, My mom said yes, multiple times, but fondly, and he looked so excited that we were so excited to go that night.

So yeah. That happened.

And then after the show, we managed to catch Kristen Stokes on her way out, but we waited until she got to talk with and sign playbills for kids (there were so many kids in the theatre, it was adorable, even if the ones behind us kept crinkling their snack wrappers consistently during THE WHOLE SHOW which got annoying, ngl). My sister and I took a few with her and I got to tell her, also, that this was my favorite book series growing up and that she played Annabeth, a big role model for me, absolutely perfectly and she looked so touched.

(Also, she was much shorter than me. I forget that even if I’m one of the shorter members of my family, I’m still pretty tall by usual standards.)

Anyway, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE, PJO FANS, AM I RIGHT????

...I wanna see the show again, but idk what the chances of that happening are. If you haven’t seen it and have the ability to, I must encourage you to GO. PLEASE. GO SEE IT.

#the lightning thief musical #tlt musical #percy jackson and the olympians #rick riordan #kat rants #chris mccarrell #kristen stokes

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kristinstoked · 5 years

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The Lightning Thief: Tracks Breakdown

This is kind of an appreciation post for this wonderful cast; The Lightning Thief musical includes many, many roles, but–and if you didn’t know this yet, you do now–there are only 7 actors on stage every night. Yeah, SEVEN. So, I decided to write sort of breakdown for every track in the musical; which roles it includes (except nameless ones or at least ones I can’t really explain such as who’s under the oracle and who moves stuff around at points), the principle actors of those roles (both off-broadway (2017) and the tour (2019) as the cast album was from the Off-Broadway run; a distinction will be made if applicable), and the current understudies, to show how amazing this entire cast is, and also to give a bit more insight into the musical.

Disclaimer: I wrote these with limited knowledge gained from the cast album, audios and a friend who saw the show; @whereforeartthouart, who helped me fill in the blanks, so if there’s anything wrong don’t be afraid to contact me and I’ll edit it accordingly

“Percy”: Percy Jackson; Greyhound Announcer (Pre-recorded message)

Played by: Chris McCarrell

Current understudy: Sam Leicht

“Annabeth Chase”: Annabeth Chase; Student (during the Prologue)

Played by: Kristin Stokes

Current understudy: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

“Grover/Mr. D”: Grover; Mr. D/Dionysus

Played by: Jorrel Javier (Tour) / George Salazar (Off-Broadway)

Current understudy: Izzy Figueroa

“Chiron and Others”: Chiron/Mr. Brunner; Poseidon; Skater Girl Camper; Greyhound Bus Guy; Medusa; Amtrack Conductor; Tractor Driver; Kronos; Underworld Spirit; Hades.

Played by: Ryan Knowles (Tour) / Jonathan Raviv (Off-Broadway)

Current understudy: Izzy Figueroa

“Clarisse and Others”: Mrs. Dodds; “Sweaty Camper” (named by Sarah Beth Pfeifer); Katie Gardner; Clarisse la Rue; the Squirrel; Statue; Weather Reporter; Bianca di Angelo; Thalia Grace; Underworld Spirit; (the puppets for) the Vienna’s Boy Choir; Poseidon’s Dolphin.

Played by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

Current understudy: T. Shyvonne Stewart

“Luke and Others”: Student; “Smelly” Gabe Ugliano; “Murray” (named by the cast) the Minotaur; Luke Castellan; Statue; Ares; Underworld Spirit.

Played by: James Hayden Rodriguez

Current understudy: Sam Leicht

“Sally and Others”: Sally Jackson; Silena Beauregard; The Oracle; Greyhound Passenger; Statue; Echidna; Charon.

Played by: Jalynn Steele (Tour); Carrie Compere (Off-Broadway)

Current understudy: T. Shyvonne Stewart

#the lightning thief musical #pjo #hoo #the lightning thief #tlt musical #broadway #musicals #tlt cast #musical #bway #tlt #rick riordan #chris mccarrell #this cast does stress me out sometimes jesus #why are there so few understudies #track breakdown

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child-of-pan-grover-underwo-blog · 6 years

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List of Available Lightning Thief Characters

I’ve seen a similar list made with Mean Girls (I think), so I wanted to make one for The Lightning Thief! This will update as new blogs are made

Percy Jackson - @i-didnt-wanna-be-a-halfblood

Annabeth Chase - @chase-ingadventure

Grover Underwood - You are here (@child-of-pan-grover-underwood)

Mr. D (Dionysus) - Open

Luke Castellan - Open

Sally Jackson - Open

Silena Beauregard - Open

Clarisse La Rue - Open

Mr. Brunner/Chiron - Open

Ares - Open

Mrs. Dodds - Open

Katie Gardner - Open

Oracle - Open

Charon - Open

If I forget any, please tell me!

#ooc #the lightning thief #the lightning thief musical #percy jackson

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zoenightstars · 7 years

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pjo musical: the rundown

so i went to see the lightning thief with @angelicomma yesterday and um. oKAY GUYS GALS AND NONBINARY PALS LEMME TELL U ABOUT THIS MOTHER!FUCKIN! SHOW!!!! because it was SO GOOD this is just like. the short list of what i loved about it because oh my god

prepare for the longest post ever

the set was such an aesthetic? it was all very metallic like there was scaffolding and greek columns with graffiti on them? it was very chb and very nyc and overall a Blessing

every time they needed to show a different location they’d do it with the lights so like there were these lights lining the scaffolding that would change color ?? in the underworld they’d flash red, yellow and orange and were made to look like fire and near the ocean theyd be blue and if they were talking about trees itd be green and! if they wanted u to focus on a certain part of the scaffolding it’d be a different light color than any of the other parts which was rad af

the overhead lights were used really well too like when percy was singing about being the son of poseidon or when there was water the lights would be blue and when they were in the forest theyd be green

there is an entire song about how they hate new jersey and how they refuse to die in the garden state. know this

the show was very low budget like oh my god it was great

they didnt make some of their own props so sally walked in once with a trader joe’s bag and also the most important bag in the world (containing the master bolt) was a fucking jansport

their representation of water was just to attach toilet paper rolls to leaf blowers and turn the overhead lights blue like what even

they covered the first 4 rows in toilet paper at one point

also they fuckin deca-casted everyone except for percy (chris mccarrell, the light of my life actually he was so good)

jonathan raviv played chiron, auntie em, random chb girl in a bike helmet and braids (?), random tractor guy (?), a bus driver, a train conductor, hades, and poseidon and im probably missing someone. he had very distinctive characters for all of them not to mention horse puns

“the gods are kind of dicks”

medusa’s eyes were just light up swim goggles

sarah beth pfeifer, who probably has the best comic timing ive seen ever, played clarisse, katie gardner, a fucking squirrel?, mrs. dodds, lotus casino girl, random camper assistant to mr. d, and thalia

*chases annabeth down a flight of stairs with a sword while screaming*

“for their sixteenth birthdays my friends all got cars. I got a fern and a mason jar!”

“ARROWS ARE MADE WITH WOOD. I REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ACTIVITY THAT CONDONES VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR ARBOR BRETHREN!”

they had the most roles and they were GREAT

george salazar was such a wonderful grover and mr d oh man

mr d’s whole gag was he’d kick a chair when he got pissed which was hysterical bc the camper assistant would start pouting every time and he also wanted to turn percy into a dolphin

“grover, are you ever going to wear pants again?” “NOPE!”

his solo song was about thalia and how he couldnt save her talk about EMOTIONAL he cried

dam jokes

“we might have more drachmas if you didnt spend them on those DAM SNACKS” “HEY! IT WAS THE HOOVER DAM”

let me talk about. carrie compere for like multiple hot seconds bc GODDAMN GIRL CAN SANG

she was such a good sally. can she be my mom. she sang a song abt percy being special and wonderful and i got a lil teary

“you saved my life, percy. It’s time i learned how to live it.” cryin g

her silena was really funny? like very whiny but very funny.

“every time i bring a boy home, my mom’s there in her nightie [...] she steals my mascara and all my dates!”

she also played sort of charon? underworld guide in this awesome gold dress (she looked SO GOOD) who smacked grover’s goat ass (?????)

“you know, bringing people to the underworld isn’t my only job. I also have a band. wanna hear a demo?” “not really?” “sorry, i can’t hear you over this SWEET ASS RIFF”

“We got everyone! we got kurt kobain, we got beethoven. any requests?” “um, do you have josh groban?” “we will.”

JAMES! HAYDEN ! RODRIGUEZ! was sO GOOD AS LUKE

THERE WAS A GOOD KID REPRISE AND I WAS SHOOKEN

“being a good kid gets you nowhere at all” bruh

they couldn’t have a scorpion onstage so luke just. fucking stabs percy in the back???

He was also a really funny ares and gabe!!

ok and my gal KRISTIN STOKES

fun fact abt me and kristin stokes ..... so we were walking in the same direction after stage door and so me and @angelicomma just walked with her....to the train.... she gave us dessert recs...... and talked about the show (she’s so salty about how rangey her big solo is but trust me she was so good on that song) and also waitress with us.... it was the best experience of all time she is so nice and cool and was wearing jurassic park leggings how rad is she oh my god

her annabeth? was awesome? she was witty and tough and aggressive and i was ABOUT IT

she called out sexism all the damn time

“annabeth, i get it. do you know how many schools i’ve been kicked out of?” “yeah, percy, but when boys mess up they get a second chance.”

“hey, annabeth, who’s your dad?” “he’s a history professor.” “i thought everyone’s dad was-” “a god? that’s my mom. sexist.”

longest yeah boi ever

the moment where she betrayed luke at the end??? YES GIRL

chris mccarrell was such a perfect percy i am elated

“Tartarus? LIKE THE FISH SAUCE???!!!?!?!”

*swings riptide like a lightsaber while making lightsaber noises*

*packages medusa’s head* “To Mount Olympus. Signed, Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase.” “the gods will think we’re impertinent!” “*winning smile* we are impertinent.”

*pouts* “i know how to hold a sword! like this!” annabeth corrects him and he swings it “oh wow actually that’s a lot easier”

in good kid he was like? running around the stage and climbing the scaffolding and shit? and i cried??? the no mom line was the WORST i wanted to actually scream and his voice is so pretty

and he was so shook by his own powers oh man

he was just. so good at the twelve year old thing it was fantastic he was all fidgety and Dramatic (tm) god bless

he loves sally so much!!! all the demigods were salty af abt their parents and he was just quietly singing like “my mom loves hugs and scary movies” and i just. screamed quietly

there were rlly cute percabeth moments too.

percy’s knocked tf out the first time annabeth meets him (she infiltrates his dream a lil) and he sings a lil song abt how she’s beautiful and stuff and he wakes up and she’s all “YOU DROOL IN YOUR SLEEP” shook

she shows up at capture the flag (percy hasnt officially met her yet) and he points at her and was just “gasps YOURE MY DREAM GIRL!” and annabeth side-eyes him hardcore and he goes “UM. THE GIRL. FROM MY DREAM.”

“the god is my mom. sexist.” “NO NO I LOVE GIRLS!” annabeth is shook yet again and percy panics and is like “I MEAN UM THEYRE VERY NICE”

percy gets serious side eye from luke

it’s great

when percy gets stabbed they almost kiss and then grover RUNS ONSTAGE “HEY! here’s your ambrosia percy” goddamn it was DRAMATIC

im definitely missing shit but oh boy it was so so good

i’d kill a man for that soundtrack

if you have the chance (and the money) it’s just. such an Experience and everything i could have ever dreamed of. the cast is great (and theyre all so freakin NICE s/o to kristin especially).

i’d highly recommend it!!! A+ 1000/10

#pjo musical #the lightning thief #the lightning thief musical #tlt musical #pjo #supremememeteme #annaveth #percyyoulittleshit #long post //#maya says stuff #angelicomma #it was AMAZING ahhhhh #BELIEVE IT OR NOT IM LEAVING THINGS OUT #yall reblog this. appreciate the fruits of my labor

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fierrochase · 7 years

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my favorite moments from the lightning thief musical: a list

far from comprehensive, because it was all-around amazing :D

also geez i meant for this to be short?? ok this is the long version and i’ll post an abridged one that’s a bit less wordy in a few

in terms of production value, it reminded me a bit of a starkid musical - there were no fancy special effects, but i liked it that way! it felt homemade almost, like they didn’t try to convince the audience that they weren’t sitting in a theatre watching a show and i appreciate that! brecht would be proud lol (sorry for the lame theatre nerd jokes)

they included blue food!! sally and percy had blue marshmallows at montauk!! on that note, percy and sally’s relationship was absolutely spot-on, it was clear from the start how much he loved her and how much she loved him :’)

they included the “you drool when you sleep” line boy I nearly cried!! ALSO she said that to him when he was still all dazed from the minotaur attack (a guy with a paper mache head, btw haha) so later when he meets her again when luke introduces her percy saw her and shouted “YOU’RE MY DREAM GIRL! no no wait I mean the girl from my dream!” it made me laugh like a fool and it was sooooo THEM like thank jesus lord, we’ve finally got a GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THESE CHARACTERS!!

jumping off from that: chris mccarrell as percy was INCREDIBLE. he perfectly encapsulated everything percy should be - his impulsivity, his frustrations with dyslexia/adhd/not doing well in school, his love for his mom, his friendship with grover, his disrespect for authority (i refuse to use the word “sass” in relation to percy but i mean if it was 2013 that’s how i would describe it), his confusion, his bravery, his goofiness - when he picked up his sword for capture the flag he went “COOOOOL” and started making lightsaber noises and i almost teared up a bit i kid you not because I really finally felt like I was seeing Percy up on that stage. also, the boy has some wicked pipes.

also for reference i’ll try my best to list who all played what part because there were a lot

percy and annabeth were just themselves the whole time, and grover also played mr. d in a few scenes but the rest of the cast played all the different parts

mr. brunner/chiron also played a random aphrodite girl (he wore a wig with long blonde braids skdjhfsjdh), medusa, poseidon, and hades

sally also played silena, the oracle, echidna, and charon

luke also played smelly gabe and ares

clarisse also played mrs. dodds, katie gardner, a squirrel (to be explained later hah), bianca (also to be explained later), and thalia (also also to be explained later)

& i’m probably missing a few but those were the major ones! they also played generic students, tourists, etc.

chiron was really funny, when he revealed himself to be a centaur he sort of just stood up from his wheelchair and was wearing a fake horse tail and he walked everywhere by prancing which was funny

mr. d was ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL? as mentioned he was played by the guy who played grover! he was angry and he was loud and he wore this floppy hat and pants pulled up to like his ribcage and he shouted every line and i LOVED IT. a random/unnamed half blood came in and set up a metal chair for him at his table full of paperwork and he kicked it over in rage so she set it up again and he kicked it again later and she ran away and he tried to kick his chair over a third time but it wasn’t there so he went and picked it up just to kick it over again. ALSO HE CALLED PERCY PETER JOHNSON GOD BLESS THE WRITERS!!

also i’m giving them a thumbs up for diversity!! luke and sally were both african american and grover was latino!! it was nice!!

annabeth did call percy out for assuming her dad was the god, like i think that convo was almost word for word from the book AMAZING

also her crush on luke was super obvi, she got all giggly every time he talked to her or put his arm around her shoulder aw

they sort of condensed a few events, which makes sense because most people wouldn’t sit through a 6-hour musical (i would but that’s beside the point!), so annabeth’s capture the flag strategy was to send percy into the bathroom as clarisse bait. ALSO the toilet explosion & the later tidal wave he hits ares with were done by attaching toilet paper rolls to leaf blowers and blowing them all over the stage - like i said, no fancy special effects, but it got the point across pretty well!!

percy’s claiming happened at the bonfire after they all sang a fun song about how much it sucks to be a kid of a god (during which grover ate his marshmallow roasting stick, like it’s the little things that make this show so great!!) and for that they stood downstage and all pointed vaguely outwards and said “look! the stars are arranging themselves into a trident!” hah

ALSO mr. d’s bit about wanting to turn percy into a dolphin was in there god bless

percy wore the winged shoes the whole time instead of giving them to grover!

^that all was act 1! act 2 was the entirety of the quest which meant that a lot of the events got cut or shortened

the medusa scene was awesome, and pretty true to the books!! also they both sort of ran offstage and then percy ran back onstage with his sword and the head in his hands lol

while grover went into the back of aunty m’s to look for supplies annabeth had this amazing, utterly badass song called “wise girl” about how she’s had to fight all her life to make it, like she talked about her stepmom hating her and running away from home and stuff and it was SOOOOO GOOD like at one point she said “boys who mess up are given a second chance, but i don’t have that luxury” like DAMN GIRL TELL THEM!! also she did call him seaweed brain a few times and i was like oooooh man i’d almost forgotten my vintage percabeth feels

also yes percy did mail medusa’s head to mount olympus and did this very percy-ish little “heh heh heh i’m clever” laugh as he did

instead of a poodle grover asked a squirrel for directions which was cute!! and yes, annabeth did yell at percy to apologize to the squirrel for offending it :D

most of the trip west was done as a song/montage sort of thing, from post-medusa to vegas all happened in one song! so echidna and her chimera were there, but it was just her holding a dog carrier and it biting percy’s hand when he reached in and them all screaming and then it moved on!!

OK UM the part that made my day was the lotus hotel, it was like 5 seconds long because annabeth was like “wait!! in the odyssey if you sleep in a lotus bed you wake up years later!” so percy was like “that’s ridiculous! here let me ask this girl how long she’s been here” and the girl was like “my brother and I have been here since thursday!” and percy was like “see? we’re fine” and then she went “in 1939!!” and they sorta screamed and ran out lol and she charlestoned off but anyway the point is she had black braids and a little hat and i turned to my sister and whisper-shouted “THAT’S BIANCA!!!” and she was like “OMG IT IS” i loved it!!!!!!!!!!!! thank god the writers of this ACTUALLY READ THE BOOKS!!

ares’ first scene was kinda short too, they cut the bit about going to waterland/the tunnel of love ride and just had him give them a ride to the next place, also it was suuuuper obvi foreshadowing because when he gave percy the backpack an ominous chord played lol

my other fav moment was when they were on the train to LA (they cut the zoo truck too) grover told percy the story of getting annabeth/luke/thalia to CHB and they reenacted it as he sang about it (that sounds cheesy, it was the three of them up on the top platform sort of doing it in slow motion while Grover sang) and like ngl i almost teared up a bit when thalia died

no procrustes :(( i know i’m listing thing after thing that they left out but like i understand why they did and i don’t think it suffered too badly!! like someone who hasn’t read the book would probs be a bit confused but in what they did have they were so spot-on that i really didn’t mind!

charon was reimagined as a cool beyonce-esque r&b singer, she was like “hey, y’all want a copy of my mixtape?” lol, also they sang this real fun and upbeat song welcoming to the underworld, like telling them about all the cool dead musicians they have (janis joplin, kurt cobain, and mozart all made cameos - annabeth was fangirling over mozart it was adorable!) and the trio was like “oh this is cool!!” until they realized they were about to die lol and charon started evil laughing it was great!

percy did almost get drawn into tartarus, that was cool bc a trap door opened and all this fog lit with red light started billowing out! also when annabeth was like “that’s tartarus!!” percy went “THE FISH SAUCE??” adorable

hades was great!! very sulky like, “why does everyone always think I’M the bad guy?? maybe it’s the decor” i loved it

also the lightning bolt itself was really nice-looking!! it was like described, a tube with metal caps, but it lit up really brightly as annabeth took it out from the backpack and it looked real cool!!

instead of the pearls they escaped the underworld with a conch shell that poseidon gave percy in a dream way back after he defeated the minotaur and he did have to leave sally which is sad every time :(

the final battle against ares was fun, that’s when percy sang his showstopper “son of poseidon” which was truly #lit. if/when they release the cast album that’s the one i’ll be playing on repeat and full blast. and he exploded the toilet paper ocean at ares and it was fun!

poseidon showed up then to take the bolt back to zeus and chat with percy, he was in his hawaiian shirt and looking real cool! and he got sally back and after she hugged percy real tight she saw poseidon and they had a heated moment of “you’re as beautiful as ever” “you’re as charming as ever” and then percy was like “OKAY THIS IS WEIRD” truly great!!

and they did include the final chat with luke about kronos! i was wondering if they’d cut that because it’s not like they can do a series of musicals (though if they did i’d go see every one) but they had it! plus they needed to tie up the loose end of percy being betrayed by a friend! and he stabbed percy in the lower back but was disarmed by annabeth go girl!! but he didn’t take long to recover hah because he was able to sing the badass closing number about being cool demigods and saving the world!!

anyway there’s much more that i forgot to mention but just know overall that it was amazingly true to the characters and the tone/world/humor/etc. of the books and i was almost giddy for the rest of the day because it was one of the most loving, fun, entertaining, and on-point adaptations of a book i’ve seen in any form. m*vies who?? i only know the musical!!

feel free to send me asks if you want to know more about a particular scene!!

jesus lord this was long!! like i said, short version forthcoming!

#mango.txt #not mcga #the lightning thief #percy jackson musical #idk what else to tag so people can find this post but that should cover it!

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