#i miss stephen sondheim :(
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pogging out of my fucking gourd over here, lads, the sondheim well has dragged me down further still. the new merrily is on broadway and tickets for the first cast are at $100 or so for February, which is still a slow fucking month at my job. let’s gooooooooo
#merrily we roll along#stephen sondheim#danrad is rad#this on top of my ticket for josh groban annaleigh ashford sweeney todd#and also listening to the original cast the 2005 john doyle and the 2023 revival cast#as in: song a 1987 song a 2005 song a 2023#song b 1987 song b 2005 song b 2023#and so on#or at least i started at work today#the bitch is 288 minutes long#but i hope to chew on it for the next few days and see where we go#incidentally i am so sad I missed gaten mattarazzo#his voice is so good i wish i could have seen the performance#also SOOOOOO glad that he did something outside of hollywood bc stranger things is ending#and i worry so much about those kids#especially millie bobbie brown#and of course noah schnapp’s reprehensible behavior#anyway i digress a million times#also danrad said in an interview that he thinks sondheim is our era’s answer to shakespeare#and i agree
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hi basil i’m so curious as to what you thought of passion bc i was SO ready to like it based off of what i heard and then i came away basically only liking the music and thinking the concept was poorly executed which was so tragic….. but bc it is such a strange show i am always so curious about people’s reactions/interpretations
hi theo! i also was very interested in the concept, as as gothic horror girlie but was a bit let down by the execution. i think the main problem is i'm not a huge fan of shows that just focus on a relationship without much ensemble and takes itself very seriously, like Miss Saigon and Phantom, because to be honest, they just kinda bore me?? and at least the two examples i gave have a few upbeat and comedic ensemble numbers to change up the mood, and while there were a few opportunities for those in Passion, ie. from the other military leaders they never really went the full way. However, maybe just because of my love of sondheim i think i liked it more than the other two, but it might be my least favourite of his shows so far.
In a more positive light, Passion is so intriguing conceptually. I really liked how it explores the 19th century idea that women can only be loved for their beauty, but also it was interesting how Fosca, and Clara to an extent, have so little power in their lives which might be why they can only exert it to their feeling towards Giorgio. Also very fascinated by its exploration of disability and illness. Something that i only just considered while listening to tick tick boom in the shower before, is that i think the decision to adapt the film/book during that time could be a reaction to the AIDS epidemic, especially considering James Lapine also wrote falsettos. In the biography, Meryle Secrest has a very strong argument that Passion is somewhat connected to Sondheim's relationship with Peter Jones and him learning to 'not be ashamed..of the way [he] felt', which i agree with. Secrest also connects Fosca's belief that 'Love...is not possible without suffering, sacrifice, and being abused' to Being Alive "Someone to hold you too close/Someone to hurt you too deep", which is.. insane. Something i also learnt from rereading the Passion chapter, is that the unnamed illness Fosca had is epilepsy which hit close to me because i knew someone who was lost to it way too early, and i don't think many people talk about how fatal it is.
I don't know where to put this but i also really liked the acting, Donna Murphy is an icon and thats about all i have to say.
#i honestly didn't expect to write so much...... i guess you could say i was being.. passionite#my posts#my asks#passion#passion musical#theatre tag#callixton#stephen sondheim#miss saigon#phantom of the opera#fosca#james lapine#falsettos#merlye secrest#queer history#stephen sondheim: a life#peter jones#death tw
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anything can happen in the woods ♫
#ts4 edit#ts4#ts4 simblr#simblr#my sims#ts4 challenge#the sims 4#sims 4#ts4 legacy#ts4 story#postcard legacy challenge#i miss her#never got to post these before her death :(#stephen sondheim#musical lyrics#into the woods#sondheim
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God if this were true no one would wanna be in heaven
#good omens#crowley#stephen sondheim#?#bro lik I’ve been saying#his fans are wiiiild#anthony j crowley#aziraphale#lmao should I tag this as ineffable husbands#Crowley in this scene: but hunk about all the gayass music you’d miss out on!!!!#question for the fans of this show ?#why is Sondheim in hell?
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sometimes people leave you!!!!!!!!! halfway through the wood!!!!!!
#depending on the day the next line changes tbh#others may deceive you / you decide what’s good#vs:#do not let it grieve you / no one leaves for good#b:personal#feeling so fucking emo about this stanza 2nite folks#text post#stephen sondheim i miss you
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Stephen Sondheim went off w "You're all so nice. You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice. I'm not good I'm not nice I'm just right"
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them: hey, you okay?
me:
#I JUST THINK THAT THIS VIDEO SHOULDNT STILL MAKE ME CRY#also god Sondheim was such a fucking fox#it's sondheim lockdown again 😔#rip (reeses in pieces)#i miss him so fucking much holy shit#stephen sondheim
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can't believe sondheim almost quit the theatre to write mystery novels if he'd done that we never would've gotten assassins
#everyday i am thankful for stephen sondheim#i'm wearing my sondheim shirt today#i miss u so much bestieeee
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you should all thank me for not flooding your dashes with tonys liveblogging this year
#heres the summary of what I WOULD have posted:#hugh jackman sucks hes too old there are definitely better actors out there for this#i love patti lupone w my whole heart. and i know her performance in company is good. but she does not need that tony#paul tazewell wasn't really robbed but I wanted justice for the oscar he didn't get for west side story#i still dont know how i feel about genderbent company. adding gay people really muddles the plot/message imo. but the set is amazing#i hate girl from the north country. sorry. and im even from minnesota.#i miss stephen sondheim :(#I NEED TO SEE A STRANGE LOOP SO BAD it looks so so good my goddddd#i love spring awakening so much like i dont know how to express how much i love this musical#lehman trilogy makes me want to watch succession#paradise square also looks amazing#clyde's started here at a theater literally a couple blocks from my house#strange loop deserved to win <3 this years tonys were pretty good overall im happy#ok this wasnt really a summary. but yk ive said my piece#OH ALSO ariana debose's outfits <<33333
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Yuji Itadori Headcanons
Synopsis: SFW and NSFW headcanons. Yuji Itadori x female reader.
I beg of y'all to listen to Being Alive by Stephen Sondheim while reading this bc it almost made me cry when writing this 😭
SFW:
Yuji being a green flag? Babe, he's the whole damn forest.
Calls you pretty girl.
Adores it when he's playing video games and you sit in his lap, wrapping your arms around him.
Yuji promises he'll be done soon and you eventually fall asleep, your head resting on his shoulder.
Yuji will stop anything he's doing and just sit there, gently rubbing your back and holding you.
Yuji loves physical touch so freaking much.
He'll wrap you up in a blanket and cuddle with you in bed all day long.
When Yuji needs your attention, he'll ask for cuddles or text you.
You'll give him good luck kisses and they encourage him so much before going out into the battlefield.
His smiles are so precious and they give you butterflies.
His kisses are gentle, but he can become impatient. He'll hold your face his his hands, giving you long, slow kisses.
Yuji would rather pass out thanks top kissing.
Yuji is so romantic and gentle.
He'll walk on the side that closer to the street and hold your hand, tugging you away from the side where the cars are flying by.
There's no need to ask Yuji to hold your heavy bags because he's already grabbing them before you even can.
He always is watching you and asking if you're okay/ comfortable.
Yuji doesn't realize how cute and attractive he really is.
Especially, when he comes out of the shower, wet dripping from his pink hair and a towel hanging so dangerously low on his hips.
Whenever he texts you, he always uses way too much emojis and that brings a smile to your face.
The way he says your name makes your heart ram against your chest.
He's calling out to you with a tender voice that's almost begging and needy for attention.
Yuji could listen to you for hours, he never gets tired of hearing your voice.
Yuji makes you laugh to point where your chest hurts and your cheeks are burning and flustered.
He craves any type of hugs; bear hugs, side hugs, hugs from behind, etc.
He never knows what kind of gifts to buy you for Christmas or your birthday, so he'll take you shopping and will grab random things asking your opinion on them.
Always expresses how much he misses you while pressing kisses on your cheek.
He's just excited to be with you.
NSFW:
AHHHHh, if you sit on Yuji's lap, he just cannot help himself.
Make-out sessions on his lap, where you grind against him and feel his cock grow hard in his boxers.
When you wrap your legs around his waist, he's already gone.
Especially if you start to kiss his neck, right underneath his ear or start nibbling on his earlobe.
Yuji's body becomes flustered and you'll giggle, playing with his soft pink hair.
His hands drift down your body to your ass, giving it a gentle squeeze.
Yuji will groan into your mouth, praises spilling from his mouth that are so needy.
He compliments you all the time, calling you pretty, beautiful, gorgeous, whatever comes to his mind.
Yuji likes it when you ride him, feeling your plush walls clamp around his.
He really enjoys it when you take control, leaving tiny red marks all his neck and chest.
Yuji is super soft and gentle when it comes to sex.
His number one is hurting you, so he'll never do anything that could possibly do that.
He loves to take his time in between your thighs, using his tongue and fingers to pleasure you in insane ways.
Yuji would never ask you to pleasure him, he's really never thought of his own pleasure.
He definitely whimpers and groans as your hand runs up and down the shaft of his length.
He'll say how pretty you look on your knees.
Yuji is obsessed with your ass, squeezing it and his fingers melting into your flesh.
Yuji can get nervous during the act and you sometimes have to reassure him.
His cheeks fluster as he drives his hips forward, sinking his cock back inside of you and hearing your sweet moans float in the air.
He whispers soft praises and compliments into your ear, making your body tingle.
His touch is so gentle.
His pace is slow and sensual, filling you up with pleasure.
Yuji can be serious or he can be cracking jokes to make you feel better or make him less nervous.
AFTER CARE IS A 10000000 OUT OF 10.
Yuji will take his time, cleaning you up and running his hands over your body.
He loves the way your skin glides in his hands.
Yuji loves to watch you afterwards, his knuckles running up and down your bare side.
He'll stay awake long after your asleep, admiring how your pretty your face is.
Yuji loves to kiss your cheek before he falls asleep.
#yuji itadori#yuji itadori x reader#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#jjk yuji#jjk x reader#itadori yuji#jjk itadori#jujutsu itadori#itadori x reader#itadori x you#yuuji#yuuji itadori#yuji itadori x you#yuji itadori fluff#yuji itadori headcanons#jjk yuji x female reader#jujustu kaisen#jujutsu kaisen yuji#jujutsu kaisen fluff#jujutsu kaisen headcanons#jujutsu kaisen itadori
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Okay so the canonical list of real world people in various D20 campaigns:
- Music producer Mark Ronson (Dead, Dungeons and Drag Queens)
- Rapper Fetty Wap ( Potential homecoming performance, Fantasy High Junior Year)
- Actor Jeremy Renner ( Performing “The Green Hunter”, A Court of Fey and Flowers)
- Chris Angel Mindfreak (Former student of the Gowpenny Academy of the Arcane Arts, Misfits and Magic)
- Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim ( Same as the real world but more magical, Unsleeping City)
- Writer and Poet Emma Lazarus ( Vox Phantasma, Unsleeping City)
- Businessman Robert Moses ( Major Antagonist of Unsleeping City season 1)
Am I missing anyone
#fantasy high#fantasy high junior year spoilers#fantasy high spoilers#dimension 20#I did not know this about Robert Moses until I looked at the wiki
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Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 2A
Christine Baranski (1952)
"CHRISTINE BARANSKI (Charlotte) last appeared in the Playwrights Horizon’s workshop production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. Just prior to that she appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festiva’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for which she received an Obie Award. She also recently completed filming Louis Malle’s new movie Crackers in which she co-stars with Donald Sutherland. Other New York credits include Sally and Marsha with Bernadette Peters at the Manhattan Theatre Club; The Undefeated Rhumba Champ at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Coming Attractions at Playwrights Horizons. Her films include Playing for Time with Vanessa Redgrave, Lovesick, and Soup for One. She has worked at Center Stage in Baltimore, Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and the McCarter Theatre in Princeton as well as the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut. Christine is a graduate of the Julliard School and is the happy bride of actor Matthew Cowles.” – Playbill bio from The Real Thing, May 1984
Judy Kuhn (1958)
“JUDY KUHN (Alice/Succuba/Citizen/Miss Isabel Yearsley) is making her Broadway debut in Drood and was a member of the original company in Central Park last summer. Off-Broadway she received critical praise for her performance in the Jewish Repertory Theatre’s production of Pearls. Before that she was seen with Yul Brynner’s farewell tour of The King and I. Roles in stock productions include Maria in West Side Story, Julie in Carousel, Rosamund in The Robber Bridegroom. Judy is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and studies acting with John Stix.” – Playbill bio from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, April 1986.
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"With the devastating elimination of Patti LuPone, Christine Baranski may well be our reigning *Diva* in the most literal sense of the word. Are you truly worthy of the title if you don't inspire drag egos? Go on, close your eyes right now and picture a living Broadway Diva. Baranski is going to be on that list every time."
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"Four-time Tony loser Judy Kuhn is a sad sentence to type. But hey, at least she's in good company with Elaine Stritch. Judy doesn't need a fancy trophy to prove how talented she is. She's booked and busy, and aren't we glad for it?"
#broadwaydivastournament#broadway#broadway divas#tournament poll#christine baranski#judy kuhn#round 2a
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Knives Out Reference Guide
hello it’s your friendly neighborhood obsessive murder mystery fan here. the knives out films are delightful for a number of reasons, one of which is that rian johnson is a huuuuuge movie nerd and loves to include references and hat tips in his films. i have had great fun recognizing those references, so here is a little guide! some of this is based on things johnson has said and some of it on my own observations. i’ll indicate which is which for the purists.
first off, if you’re not interested in having these pointed out to you but want a viewing list, here it is! i’ll put everything else under a cut (which will have glass onion spoilers, so beware). these are great movies for knives out reasons but also for normal film reasons, and i highly recommend them.
Sleuth (1972)
Death on the Nile (1978)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
First off: Benoit Blanc himself.
Blanc is very clearly meant to be an homage to gentlemen sleuths of the past, and Johnson even gives us a clue as to which gentleman sleuth he was thinking of with Blanc, with his Southern gentleman amidst the Northerners aping Hercule Poirot’s Belgian-amongst-the-Brits. Johnson has also said that Peter Ustinov is his favourite portrayer of Poirot (fun fact: he was also Agatha Christie’s!--not that she lived to see David Suchet take on the role), and personally I think having Blanc direct the questioning from the piano in Knives Out was an echo of Poirot at the piano in a similar scene in Death on the Nile.
That said, I think there’s a lot of Miss Marple (and Jessica Fletcher, who is herself a modern Miss Marple) in Blanc. The way he has a tendency to observe while deputizing a younger assistant to do the actual snooping for him is very Jane Marple. And he weaponizes the lil-ol’-me Southern gentleman act in much the way Marple made use of the assumptions people in her day and age had about retiring spinsters.
now let’s get into the FILMS. the first one is easy, because it’s really just Sleuth. (1972. i cannot stress this enough--Sleuth 1972.) it does not share a plot, but Knives Out is clearly paying a lot of tribute. Sleuth is a film in which two men, one older and richer and laurence olivier and the other younger and poorer and michael caine, attempt to outwit one another in order to win the woman they both love but who we never see (and yes it’s very very homoerotic). (fun fact: Sleuth was originally a play by Anthony Schaffer--who also wrote the screenplay for Death on the Nile!--who based the elder character in part on Stephen Sondheim, who loved to play games.) it’s set entirely inside the rambling manor house belonging to olivier’s character, a mystery writer, and it’s full of figurines and automatons, and otherwise weird old shit. you seeing how this lines up?
there’s even a very direct tribute in the form of the sailor you see almost immediately in the film.
however, aside from the setting and the blueprint for harlan’s character, there aren’t a lot of similarities between Knives Out and Sleuth. Knives Out is much more a play on general mystery tropes than it is a specific mystery movie.
Glass Onion is very much the opposite.
(FROM THIS POINT ON, GLASS ONION SPOILERS ABOUND)
Glass Onion is playing very deliberately on The Last of Sheila. The Last of Sheila (written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim name a more iconic duo i’ll wait) is about a wealthy and powerful man who invites a group of old friends onto his yacht (”Sheila”) in order to play a series of games (i see u Stephen) and perhaps solve a mystery? (the mystery is who killed his wife, Sheila.) The friends all come in spite of misgivings because they all need something from their host.
Glass Onion is about a wealthy and powerful man who invites a group of old friends onto his private island in order to play a game and solve a mystery (the mystery is who “killed” him). the friends all come in spite of misgivings because they all need something from their host.
so you see what’s he’s done there.
it’s a very loving tribute, and johnson has put his own distinctive spin on it, both with the addition of a detective who nobody expected to be there, as well as the inexperienced assistant whom he’s deputized. but unlike your typical watson and very like marta’s character in Knives Out, helen in Glass Onion has a huge personal stake in solving the mystery. also, of course, Miles is a very specific, recognizable piece of shit.
but door, you might be saying, because you have very closely read this post for some reason, what about Evil Under the Sun? oh, i am so glad you asked!
Evil Under the Sun is another Ustinov Poirot mystery, set in a resort on a private island. The trappings of Glass Onion owe much to it, from the luxury getaway setting (complete with swim fits), to the opportunity to have your characters dress for cocktails, to the “hourly dong” (based on Evil’s “hourly gun”). oh, and i know this was deliberate:
so! that’s what i’ve got! if you noticed other things i missed (i’ve only seen Glass Onion once at this point), please let me know!
#here it is ashleigh!#enjoy!#knives out#glass onion#glass onion spoilers#murder mysteries#rian johnson be my penpal challenge
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stay with me, the world is dark and wild
stay a child while you can be a child
#this song will pierce directly to my heart for the rest of my life i swear to god#something about a mother’s anguish#i am losing it#AND#THIS SONG COMING IN DURING THE ACCOMPANIMENT FOR NO ONE IS ALONE???#I NEED A MINUTE 😭😭😭#b:personal#text post#sondheim supremacy stephen sondheim i miss u every day
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I actually missed them calling Hugh Grant’s character “Philip” in Glass Onion; just like Benoit Blanc was buddies with Stephen Sondheim, I assumed he was dating Hugh Grant.
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