So I got to see Jonathan in Merrily We Roll Along yesterday (matinee)!!
I dont even know where to start describing the experience. It was my first time at NYTW and I was in the third row. Jonathan was basically 2 meters aways from me at times and getting to see his talent up close was overwhelming and mind blowing!
The show is phenomenal. I went it only knowing it was Sondheim, a short description and the fact that the show hat flopped originally, but it really blew me away. The emotions, the cheer and the hope were conveyed by all the actors in such an incredible way. Jonathan really got to show off his amazing talent by going through all the emotions, from layered to expressive, as well as doing a fun little skit. You could see him enjoy every second of being on that stage!
I have to say that Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez as well as the entire ensemble were amazing. Jonathan obviously stole the show for me and I spend the show wiping away tears because of how lucky I felt to be there and witness it.
I came back after the evening show and waited around but he dis not come out, and probably snuck to a car (which I fully get because of the temps, him being told off about signing and taking pictures and the holidays). But keep that in mind.
David Oyelowo, left, and Daniel Craig in Sam Gold’s 2016 production of “Othello” at New York Theater Workshop. Credit: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
im listening to the nytw version of hadestown for the first time and falling in love with this musical again so here are some amazing lyrics for you:
it’s a love song / it’s a tale of a love that never dies / its a love song / about someone who tries
brother, i’m as free as a honeybee / in a summertime frame of mind
literally all of epic ii but specifically the tune and the “oh singing” between the la la la la la la’s in this version
orpheus’s progressively more panicked “where is she”s in Wait For Me (and also his little ‘no’)
but i don’t understand / you said this was the promised land
running his old assembly line / from pluto to the pleiades
oh, he said he’d shelter us / he said he’d harbor me / he said we'd build them up / and then the walls would set us free
absolutely all of persephone’s verse in chant ii but especially “Love was when he came to me / begging on his bended knees / to please have pity on his heart / and let him lay me in the dirt/ ... / dark seeds scattered on the ground / the wild birds were flying around”
the TUNE of the epics adjalksjdhfla
heavy and hard is the heart of the king / king of iron, king of steel / the heart of the king loves everything / like the hammer loves the nail
he covers the world in the color of rust / he scrapes the sky and scars the earth / and he comes down heavy and hard on us
have I made myself their Lord / just to fall upon the sword / of some pauper’s minor chord?
the river froze, the trees were bare / and all the birds, they disappeared / so me too, I flew away / from promises you made
doubt comes in / and strips the paint / doubt comes in / and turns the wine / doubt comes in and leaves a trace / of vinegar and turpentine
doubt comes in and my heart falters / and forgets the songs it sung
THE GASP HOLY COW
there was a railroad line on a road to Hell / there was a young man down on bended knee / and that is the ending of the tale / of Orpheus and Eurydice
everybody looked and everybody saw / that spring had come again / ... / with a love song / for anyone who tries
that new film “Bottoms” is a shitty copy of “How to Defend Yourself” which was at the NYTW and had layers of depth about sexuality and assault whereas “Bottoms” deleted every angle of depth and settles for shitty humor taped onto the skeleton of the og play
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Gather 'round, you vagabonds pickin' fruit and hoppin' freights. Anyone who's wondering, wondering why the winds have changed. I'll sing a song of a love gone wrong, between a mighty king and queen. Gather 'round and I'll sing a song Of Hades and Persephone.
"People will help you in the arena. They'll be tripping over each other to sponsor you."
"No more than you," I say.
Peeta rolls his eyes at Haymitch. "She has no idea. The effect she can have."