Theatre Stuff™︎

a lot of you bitches don’t understand that i’m coming wait for me. i hear the walls repeating. the falling of our feet and it sounds like drumming. and we are not alone. i hear the rocks and stones echoing our song. i’m coming

i don’t know if this was just my show or if this is like Part Of It but at the start of hadestown like as everyone walked on stage and got into place, hermes put his hand on eurydice’s shoulder and smiled, and she put her hand on top of his, and then he came to the front and did a little breathing exercise and started the tale. to me, that was hermes comforting eurydice the character as they prepared to walk through this tragedy together once again

Sometimes I'll be minding my own business and then my brain will suddenly be like WHAT HAVE I DONE SWEET JESUS WHAT HAVE I DONE BECOME A THEIF IN THE NIGHT BECOME A DOG ON THE RUN

Guys I am literally going insane right now (posted from the intermission of Hadestown on Broadway)

anyone up carrying the banner right now

Imagine you get arrested for a crime you didn't commit. It's super dramatic and the cop arresting you acts like you personally killed his dog the whole time and you're so confused. Eventually you go to trial and you find out the horrible crime not-you committed was violating parole. You're just about to be convicted of this crime you didn't commit and the fucking mayor sprints in and shouts "It was me! I did it!" Then proceeds to get arrested instantly. You'd be so fucking confused right

watch musicals with me if you want to hear me say "this is my favourite song" for like every song that comes on

EVERYONE TALK ABOUT HOW HISTORICAL MUSICALS HAVE TAUGHT YOU

I feel so bad for people who can't get into musicals because they just can't comprehend that the singing and dancing is a part of the storytelling. No, Jack Kelly did not just start singing and dancing to a random song in the middle of the movie, the song is exposition, back story, a soliloquy, ect. The dancing is a visual representation of his emotions. The lyrics matter and the composition is a blend of motifs reused through the show to tie themes and characters together. They aren't pausing the movie/show for a concert or something, they're telling you important and relevant pieces of information about the characters and what they are thinking, feeling, and experiencing.