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I am a huge musical theatre nerd. This was the first movie I ever went to see alone at a movie theater. I was 14 years old and already a smoker, a Daniel Day Lewis die hard fan, and Marion Cotillard obsessed.
I remember I watched on a weekday after school, still in my uniform. I was the only person in the room, it was like a 2pm screening on a Wednesday.
I was so brokenhearted because of my first boyfriend and he happened to LOVE musicals as well, so I bought my ticket alone and it felt like a really big girl move, to go without him to see a movie I knew he wanted to see.
I remember crying THE WHOLE MOVIE. Literally bawling my eyes out.
I learned every song.
Years later, I auditioned with a performance of βTake It Allβ for a Musical Theater Major I couldnβt sign up for because of money. Its weird because that song got me the scholarship (even tho I couldnβt go study, I did won the thing).
That day, by myself, at the movies, is a day Iβll remember forever.
That day, by myself, at the movies, is a day Iβll remember forever.
May 6, 2024
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I canβt say Wicked is the best movie Iβve seen in theaters but it was an awesome experience. I went alone on a rainy night, the first Friday it was out. the theater was jam-packed with gaggles of gays, women dragging along their reluctant boyfriends and husbands, little girls (many dressed like Glinda!), and young women having a girlβs night.
There were middle school girls sitting behind me who were chattering away while we waited for the movie to start; when a Target ad came on, one of them said βHas anyone noticed that Target just isnβt as fun anymore? Maybe this is just growing up.β
All of the women in the theater were audibly sobbing throughout the movie including myself. The middle school girls cried the most and one of the college girls sitting next to me said at the end βI canβt believe I cried watching WICKED thatβs so embarrassing.β The gays were screaming and jumping in the street outside afterwards about how good it was. It wasβ¦ beautiful.
(You can hear my actual thoughts on the movies here). (The Substance is objectively the best movie Iβve seen in theaters; you can hear me talk about it here if youβre interested).
There were middle school girls sitting behind me who were chattering away while we waited for the movie to start; when a Target ad came on, one of them said βHas anyone noticed that Target just isnβt as fun anymore? Maybe this is just growing up.β
All of the women in the theater were audibly sobbing throughout the movie including myself. The middle school girls cried the most and one of the college girls sitting next to me said at the end βI canβt believe I cried watching WICKED thatβs so embarrassing.β The gays were screaming and jumping in the street outside afterwards about how good it was. It wasβ¦ beautiful.
(You can hear my actual thoughts on the movies here). (The Substance is objectively the best movie Iβve seen in theaters; you can hear me talk about it here if youβre interested).
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I recently rewatched Glee and fell back into a Darren Criss rabbit hole. Heβs got this exceptional new rom-com musical that he produces and stars in, for which he originated the male lead. Simply put, I loved it. But please, please take me seriously when I say: personally, this broke me a thousand times harder than La La Land.
I donβt want to talk about it too much, because itβs something thatβs better to come into blindly, but Iβm tellinβ ya. There is a reason this won 6 out of 10 Tony nominations. There hasnβt been an original musical that has moved me this much since probably Hamilton. And that was a decade ago! For people who are part of the outcry for original material on Broadway, This. Is. It.
I donβt want to talk about it too much, because itβs something thatβs better to come into blindly, but Iβm tellinβ ya. There is a reason this won 6 out of 10 Tony nominations. There hasnβt been an original musical that has moved me this much since probably Hamilton. And that was a decade ago! For people who are part of the outcry for original material on Broadway, This. Is. It.
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i will forever be absolutely lovesick over this show. that's the perfect word to describe this show: lovesick. and heartsick.
go see this live if you can, anywhere. yes there's the pre-show bar that brings you actually physically onto the stage, but even in the audience proper, the music, the setting, the performances, it all truly feels like you're being transported in this world. it's sensory bliss
there's something to be said for simplicity. some stories are just slices of peoples lives, even if nothing seemingly eventful is happening. it mattered to them, and that's why it matters.
took my mom to see this a while ago, her apparently being a staunch hater of the movie. she loved every second of this. do with that what you will
the growing relationship of two musicians after meeting in a pub in dublin, in the midst of both of their respective relationship problems
i will forever be absolutely lovesick over this show. that's the perfect word to describe this show: lovesick. and heartsick.
go see this live if you can, anywhere. yes there's the pre-show bar that brings you actually physically onto the stage, but even in the audience proper, the music, the setting, the performances, it all truly feels like you're being transported in this world. it's sensory bliss
there's something to be said for simplicity. some stories are just slices of peoples lives, even if nothing seemingly eventful is happening. it mattered to them, and that's why it matters.
took my mom to see this a while ago, her apparently being a staunch hater of the movie. she loved every second of this. do with that what you will
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