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Temperatures have dropped, gotta warm up 🤧
#i can't dance#darren criss merchandising#masquerade#i can't dance sweatshirt#i basically made this piece of clothing my entire personality#darren criss
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Would someone be interested in having these socks ? I never wore them!
I suppose I would sell them for a couple of busks but mostly shipping cost, let me know! I want them to be used if that makes someone happy!
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Darren Criss + Disney Adult
#darren criss#mia criss#mia swier#bb criss#mama criss#ashley weston#john stamos#jodi benson#darren plus#darren x disney#disney adult#common hobbies include:#visiting theme parks#collecting merchandise and apparel#cosplaying characters#consuming content#attending expos and other events#using couple costumes for halloween#singing songs at your own piano bar#and getting a disneyland day trip as a wedding gift ??#disney parks#disney apparel#mancandykings#popculturesource#long post#please do not repost
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Jeremy Jordan, Daphne Rubin-Vega & More Join HAZBIN HOTEL Musical Series
In the continued spirit of Thanksgiving, Prime Video is showing its appreciation to Hazbin Hotel fans by revealing the premiere date for Season One of the highly anticipated adult animated musical comedy.
Episodes will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video beginning January 19, 2024, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Guest stars include Broadway veterans Darren Criss (Saint Peter), Jeremy Jordan (Lucifer Morningstar), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Carmilla Carmine), Patina Miller (Sera), and Jessica Vosk (Lute).
They will join the stacked lineup of previously announced main cast including Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Alex Brightman, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Christian Borle, and Joel Perez. The series will feature original music and lyrics from platinum-certified artist Sam Haft and Emmy-nominated Andrew Underberg.
In true Broadway fashion, Prime Video will be announcing the new guest stars via the marquee at the iconic Pantages Theatre in Hollywood today from 8am - 6pm PT. Assets will be serviced to you directly.
Fans can continue to visit here to pre-order special packages that include exclusive Season One merchandise, digital access to the first two episodes before they release on Prime Video, and a virtual Q&A event with Vivienne Medrano and special guests. Early access episodes will be available to stream for a limited time on the A24 App.
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About Hazbin Hotel
Hazbin Hotel follows Charlie, the princess of Hell, as she pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom. After a yearly extermination imposed by angels, she opens a hotel in the hopes that patrons will be "checking out" into Heaven.
While most of Hell mocks her goal, her devoted partner Vaggie, and their first test subject, adult-film star Angel Dust, stick by her side. When a powerful entity known as the "Radio Demon" reaches out to assist Charlie in her endeavors, her crazy dream is given a chance to become a reality.
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Went to my first Darren Criss concert tonight— it was epic, so much fun, he is so talented, but most memorable part of the night has to be when I went to the merchandise booth to get a t-shirt and COREY LUBOWICH from TCB was managing the cash register??
I’m sorta new to being a Starkid/TCB fan so I was like wait…are you…from Tin Can Bros? Cuz like I not expecting to see him there at ALL
But now I have Corey’s autograph on a TCB sticker :)
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The thing that gets me is the musical, album whatever, is very clearly a adaptation of the show not even the books. They used lines from the show that are not in the book and also the vibe and characterization of the show. So of course Shonda is gonna get involved. And the work itself is not at all transformative?? It's not like StarKid and A Very Potter Musical, which I have seen brought up, that's very clearly a parody of the Harry Potter movies.
I have no idea what those 2 were thinking not cooperating with Netflix, when they fully didn't even have to offer mind you! And then tried to make money off the concerts and the worst of all merchandise. I literally cannot believe they tried to sell marchandise?? I bet you that's the thing that pushed Netflix to sue.
Yeah, this is another good point--even though lol, even if they had been adapting the books, pretty sure Netflix still holds the adaptation rights and they didn't get it cleared with Julia Quinn either. But yeah, direct lines are taken from the show, and it's not transformative. I believe that A Very Potter Musical still ran into some legal shit in the beginning--they had to alter the name of the musical slightly, change some jokes. I don't think they really profited from it either, though I'm not sure--if they did, it couldn't have been much. You know what they did, though?
Exactly what Bear and Barlow should've done! Darren Criss is an established actor and performer--he's been on Broadway (multiple times), he got a main role (a love interest role! In a show that was huge at the time!) on Glee, which also led to him recording music for Glee, he's been in movies, he won a fuckin' Emmy and probably has an eternal in with Ryan Murphy as long as he plays his cards right. I'm not saying he's like, forever successful, but he really worked the shine he got off of AVPM.
I wonder if they had a shitty lawyer and... listened to them? Like surely they have a lawyer or lawyers looking over this, but the question is did the lawyer tell them to pony up for Netflix and they ignored them, or did the lawyer give them bad advice? Lol. One thing I noticed is that Netflix very purposefully turned a blind eye to the charity performance, but saying "we will turn a blind eye" is not authorization. Only authorization is authorization, which Netflix knows because they have what I imagine is a fairly high-powered legal team. Man. If they actually listened to bad legal advice or didn't speak with a lawyer about this--the importance of hiring a good lawyer, people! You don't need to hire people as expensive as the ones Netflix has, but you do need a good one if you're gonna play with the big boys!
According to the lawsuit Netflix is focusing on the musical being a rival "experience" to the ones Netflix has launched for Bridgerton, but like. I'm sure it was a combo of a lot of things. A lot of people on Etsy sell copyright-violating "merch", but most people on Etsy aren't selling as many as these people could.
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VIDEO: Watch Brandy Perform the Official World Princess Week Theme Song in Disneyland!
VIDEO: Watch Brandy Perform the Official World Princess Week Theme Song in Disneyland!
Happy World Princess Week!
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In case you missed it, Disney is celebrating princesses from August 21st to the 27th with all kinds of special treats, entertainment, merchandise, and more in Disney Parks, and there’s also an official theme song!
The World Princess Week theme song is called “Starting Now,” and it was written by Jason Mater, Darren Criss, and Jordon Powers, and produced by…
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Klaine❤️
#glee#klaine#kurt hummel#blaine anderson#gleek#darren criss#chris colfer#regalos#merchandise#glee cast#music#fav fav fav#adoro#in love#musica
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Some of Darren’s LMDC tour merchandise. The last pic is the VIP Gold merch.
Pictures: @mardie186
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Darren via his Instagram Story
March 31, 2018
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Hypocrisy 101
So Cassie reblogged a story that the staff of TSG were in Instagram singing American Pie while selling merchandise. She is appalled by this. Cassie, who posted nasty things about Chuck just a few months ago. The crones who hated Chuck because he liked his sister-in-law. The guy that the witches posted pictures of with Mia and saying that she had been Chuck’s girlfriend. And now they are talking insensitivity. Amazing. I also noted that she has posted a picture of a woman in a van with her streaming out the window. It has the phrase “Sometimes you just have to shut the world out, let your hair down…and turn the music up!” If it sounds kind of familiar, let me remind you that Darren Criss said, when he won the Emmy, thank you to Mia because “you roll the window down and turn the music up in my life”. The coven has spent years degrading this comment when applied to Mia Criss and yet it is somehow wonderful for Cassie and will no doubt be reposted by the rest. Venomous to the end. What a sad, sorry group
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New merch! Buy here. Available for one week only!
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Starship (Rewatch #4, 9/30/2020)
YouTube publish date: April 30, 2011
Number of views on date of rewatch: 4,171, 828
Original Performance Run: February 11-23, 2011 at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre in Chicago
Ticket price: $25
Director: Matt Lang
Music and Lyrics: Darren Criss
Book: Brian Holden, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Joe Walker
Cast album price and availability: $8.91 on Amazon and iTunes
Release date: April 29, 2011
Parody or original: original content, inspired by Starship Troopers, The Little Mermaid, and Alien
Main cast and characters:
Bug - Joey Richter
February - Denise Donovan
Commander Up - Joe Walker
Taz/Buggette - Lauren Lopez
Tootsie Noodles/Pincer - Dylan Saunders
Mega-Girl - Meredith Stepien
Junior - Brian Holden
Roach - Brant Cox
Specs - Julia Albain
Krayonder - Joe Moses
Musical numbers
Act I
“I Wanna Be” Characters: Bug, Roach, and Ensemble (playing inhabitants of the Bug World)
“Get Back Up” Characters: Taz, Up, and Starship Rangers
“Life” Characters: Bug
“Hideous Creatures” Characters: Starship Rangers and Bugs
“Kick It Up A Notch” Characters: Pincer, The Mosquitoes, and Bug
“Status Quo” Characters: Bug
Act II
“The Way I Do” Characters: Tootsie Noodles, Mega-Girl, February, and Bug
“Beauty” Characters: Roach and Bugs
“Kick It Up A Notch (Reprise)” Characters: Junior
“Beauty” Characters: Company
Notable Notes:
This production won the 2011 “Best New Work” award from BroadwayWorld’s Chicago theatre awards
Starship is Starkid’s first show that they produced independently from the University of Michigan! The show opened in Chicago, where the following few shows were produced before a majority of the most active members moved to Los Angeles prior to The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, which opened in 2018
StarKid had their own short segment on MTV that highlighted certain aspects of the production such as Criss’ music and the puppetry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlnIXIGrjVg). At that point in time, Darren Criss was already a television favorite due to his role as Blaine Anderson on Glee, who joined the cast during its second season
The show’s cast album debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top Cast Albums within three days of its release and at the 134th spot during that week’s Billboard’s Top 200 chart (x)
The opening sequence features cameos from other StarKid members such as Chris Allen, Tyler Brunsman, Richard Campbell, Britney Coleman, Arielle Goldman, Devin Lytle, Lily Marks, Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia, and Brian Rosenthal.The same sequence was narrated by actor Bob Joles (AKA Man Ray in Spongebob Squarepants)
***Fun Facts provided by Abby:
Nick and Dylan think the worst StarKid song is ‘Hideous Creatures’
During a rehearsal, Joey told Nick that he thought the choreography for ‘Beauty’ was boring. Then Nick asked him, “Do you want to choreograph the number?" and then walked out of the room.
There was a theoretical sequel to Starship in which Taz and Up arrest Spaceclaw but get injured by an explosion. Up ends up in the hospital because of his injuries, and while Taz waits for him to heal, she has flashbacks of when they first met and the missions they went on together (Taz’s quinceañera, etc.)
Lauren: I'd like to imagine that Taz has that same hairstyle just in a big quinceañera dress
Once during rehearsal, they were all in a bad mood during ‘Beauty’. Darren wanted to surprise the cast with a visit, so he burst into the theatre singing the song and was just met by silence
At LeakyCon 2014 on Orlando, StarKid were invited as guests and performed a staged reading of a one-act sequel to Starship called Starship: Requiem.
Official synopsis: The story follows the adventures of Mega-Girl the robot and her half-witted Starship Ranger husband. The newlyweds are sucked into a black hole of trouble when they go to visit Mega-Girl’s human-hating family, including her overbearing mother-unit, her jealous sister-unit and the return of her hunky ex-boyfriend-unit. (x)
Cultural Context: 2011
The production’s MTV segment aired a little over a week after Glee’s “Original Song” episode, which featured Kurt and Blaine’s long-awaited first kiss [rip Pavarotti]
Prince William and Kate Middleton get married
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 premieres on July 15th
Beyoncé announces her pregnancy during her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards
“Friday” by Rebecca Black gets released in March
In early May, President Obama announces that Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces
New York becomes the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage on June 24th
The 9/11 Memorial Museum opens to the public on the tenth anniversary of the attacks
Content Analysis:
During my time on social media, I have found that Starship is one of the StarKid shows that gets discussed the least. Up until the show’s debut in StarKid’s history, the only shows they’ve done were AVPM and AVPS, both major viral hits, and MAMD, which reached popularity partly because it was released after StarKid became known for AVPM. Coming off of their great and unexpected successes with these productions, one would think that there would be a bigger fandom for Starship. It’s their second show that is based on original content rather than being a parody, and the production quality is the strongest in their repertoire, considering the funds they gained from their album sales for MAMD and their growing merchandise sales for their Potter musical series.
Personally, it’s one of my favorite StarKid shows because of the production quality and because the performances are so strong. Joey Richter makes a perfect leading man, and seeing how his general abilities as a performer have grown since MAMD has been delightful. His vocal range got stronger and more pronounced and he has a very confident stage presence, especially since Starship was StarKid’s first production independent of the University of Michigan’s monetary assistance and performance space. Lauren Lopez and Dylan Saunders do such an incredible job at playing two completely different characters themselves within the same show. Saunders plays Tootsie Noodles, a lovable idiot with a heart of gold who falls in love with a robot of all things, while also playing Pincer, the villainous instigator of the plot. Lopez has a similar about-face in character portrayal. She plays Buggette, a bug who’s in a helpless one-sided romantic relationship with Bug, and then two seconds later Lopez transforms into Taz, a kickass Latina Starship Ranger with excellent comedic presence and the undisputed leader of the group before Up regains his confidence as commander.
Starship is very unique in that about half of the characters in the show are portrayed by puppets, which themselves are incredibly designed, but unlike other productions that use puppets, they do not detract from the actor’s performance of the character. StarKid did a very good job in ensuring that the puppets are not a gimmick, but rather a compliment, to their individual actor’s portrayal of the character. All actors who play puppet roles do such a great job of vocalizing their character that, despite the design of the puppet not having the ability to change facial features, make the puppets feel so alive that it’s almost like watching a live-action animated movie (the good kind we’ve yet to experience, not the Disney kind). If there is any one thing that Starship represents for the company as a whole, it’s that character creation and embodiment make up the heartblood of the performances. Aside from the vocal performances, the facial expressions and physicality of the performances add so much to the puppetry performances, even when the focus on the character isn’t their physical representation but their dialogue and place in the plot. Regardless of whether or not the recording is emphasizing the puppet itself during a scene, the actor controlling the puppet is using perfect facial expressions and has matching body language with the puppet, which not only helps the actor stay in character, but gives more life to the puppet itself.
While I am eternally grateful that StarKid to this day ensures that their musical productions are put on YouTube for free, there are two very clear downsides that make themselves especially present in the recording. One is that, unlike in live theatre where any audience member can choose who and what to look at onstage at any given time, the camera is the one dictating what each audience member can focus on. Generally speaking, that isn’t too much of a detriment as most of the shots StarKid uses tend to showcase the most important characters during each scene, which any audience member would do if they were to attend a production live, but because StarKid members are so adept at character performance, it really makes me wish that I can look more at the ensemble’s performances during group scenes, or secondary character’s reactions during smaller scenes in which their character may not be the main focus.
Another thing was the general editing style. Though it did not necessarily take away anything from the performance itself or make watching the recording any less enjoyable, there were some editing choices that I felt were too distracting for what the scene called for in the show. For example, when Crayonder mentions to Taz that he thinks that Commander Up has “gone soft” since the injury he sustained in the Robot War, twice does the camera pause on his face and a record scratch and ‘booooo’ track is heard overlaid onto the scene. I understand the comedic nature of that bit in retrospect, but for a viewer, regardless of whether or not they are watching the show for the first time, it’s very distracting and forcibly shifts the audience’s focus on the story and the characters to a one-off joke. For a first-time viewer, that editing choice especially does not have as much impact as it does for a recurring viewer, as at that point in the story, the audience is only just being introduced to the characters and has no personal connection to Up and his backstory, making the effect of the joke less successful. As well, throughout the recording, and during the first act in particular, the show has a lot of quick and experimental cuts in the frame that I feel don’t allow the audience to sit enough with the action and the performance happening onstage, instead making the audience pay more attention to quick facial gestures rather than allowing the audience to take in the performance of an individual actor or an entire scene as a whole. Overall, the editing just reminds me that I am watching this beautifully done live-performance through a screen rather than being there for the performance in person, and lessens the potential impact of the recording as a whole.
Regardless of the editing, Starship still has some of the best character performances and musical numbers in StarKid’s production history. One that really stood out for me during this rewatch was Denise Donovan’s portrayal of February. Her character gets introduced as a classic ditzy character who initially doesn’t have a lot of agency in the story, but through good writing and likable performance, grows into the most sympathetic and dynamic character in the show. Donovan’s performance makes February more human than the trope she represents, and plays off her character so well that her jokes make her more endearing than a throw-away character that’s used just for laughs and a love-interest. Starkid tends to do this with a lot of the trope-y roles that they write for their productions . The writing and the direction have a very unique way of taking seemingly predictable, one-dimensional characters and fleshing them out into entire human beings with backstories and arcs, making their comedic impact all the more enjoyable because the audience genuinely likes them.
#@TeamStarkid#for my independent study#starship#team starkid#starkid productions#starkid musicals#starkid#musical theatre#musicals#theatre#@stillunsteady#thank you!
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Darren Criss – A Very Darren Crissmas
Wednesday Dec 06 2023
Show: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $95 – $135
Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT
MEMBER PRE-SALE FOR A VERY DARREN CRISSMAS BEGINS TUESDAY, JULY 18 AT 10AM
Members can purchase tickets online or call the box office 203.438.5795
PUBLIC ON-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, JULY 21 AT 10AM
Not a Member yet? Get your Membership and instantly access tickets to this performance.
Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor, singer and Glee favorite, Darren Criss, will make his return to Ridgefield to celebrate the holiday season! Since starring in his breakout role as Blaine Anderson on TV’s Glee, Criss has since gone on to star on the screen and stage. He starred in American Buffalo on Broadway and co-hosted the 2022 Tony Awards: Act One with Julianne Hough. He previously starred as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch after his Broadway debut in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as J. Pierrepont Finch. Since then, he garnered major acclaim on the small screen for his starring role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, winning the Emmy and Golden Globe Award. Don’t miss the chance to celebrate the season with songs from his hit holiday album A Very Darren Crissmas!
VIP INFO / DISCOUNTS / PROMOTIONS
VIP Package Includes
• Meet & Greet with Darren Criss with photo opportunity.
• One limited edition signed “A Very Darren Crissmas Carol Book”
• One limited edition Darren Crissmas merch bundle
• One commemorative VIP laminate Pre-show merchandise shopping opportunity
• Priority entry into the venue
Timing subject to change.You must purchase a standard ticket in order to purchase the VIP add-on.
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Pat Brady of CESD: “For Darren, I do StarKid stuff, but also my partner Cathey Lizzio and I are his voice-over agents.” X
“Pat Brady has been a talent agent for over 30 years, specializing in voice-over clientèle...She has represented Team StarKid since 2009″ X
A Very Potter Musical, a loving Harry Potter parody, launched the Chicago-based theatre company StarKid Productions and one of its four owners, Darren Criss—who played the title role and co-wrote its score—to Internet and future “Glee” stardom.
The musical has more than a million views on YouTube, though the company can’t license the show or sell all of the songs due to copyright issues with the Harry Potter brand. In two Potter sequels, the writers specifically avoided this issue by writing songs that don’t reference the copyrighted material at all. And besides, their business model is thus far not based on song sales and licensing but on merchandise. Says Nick Lang, who owns the company along with his brother Matt, Brian Holden, and Criss: “The show itself wasn’t really a source of income, but the things around the show were...”X
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LiddyJay is very unstable, insecure, and needs serious help. She genuinely wants to burn her Darren Criss merchandise (if not, she’ll sell it, and I hope she uses the money to get help). I’m the same age as her, and I can’t imagine ever behaving as atrociously childish as she does. The same with Abby (ajw), I hope to god I am never like her when I’m her age. She’s a terrible “role model” and I could think of nothing worse.
Yes, I saw she was pretending she as going to burn everything. I don’t believe it. Darren is her lifeblood. All of them LIVE to disparage his life and they connect through it. It’s disgusting but mostly it is pathetic. They are pathetic. They WANT to be exactly where they are. Abby’s thrilled because her views were high and she has 60 asks. Idiot.
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