No Serious Acting Here

The SAME day NJ Senator Cory Booker stood before Senate and broke a 68 year old record for longest speech in Senate history, the New Jersey Governor posted to his official (official meaning the governor page not his personal page) Instagram account for April Fools that he’d be making his directorial debut for the Broadway revival of Jersey Boys (which isn’t happening) and I’m lowkey mad I didn’t use that as my segue between the Cory Booker marathon speech and my regular Broadway posts

Um anyways back to our regularly scheduled program:

Uhhh yeah when’s Harmonys getting revived?

(Okay this is the last post I SWEAR)

Something about a black man standing on the senate floor for 24 and a half hours breaking a 68 year old record set by a man pushing against the civil rights act is just so. I don’t know? Special?

Like I don’t know I just think it’s so important that Senator Booker is able to stand up there for almost twenty five hours and bring receipts and talk about things that are happening that are harmful and be the one to over take the very senate speech that was trying to stop people like him from voting or taking office or being together in public spaces together.

And like he acknowledged that he isn’t a perfect senator or person and his part isn’t a perfect party and I just appreciate when politicians are honest like that because not many ever are.

Honestly embarrassing to other senators who’s filibustered or paused senate like business (?idk I’m not a Senator?) that he’s been yapping for almost a whole day and never had to read a single children’s book to bump up the time. Like he brought the receipts.

Honestly a win for New Jersey that a senator has been talking for almost 23 hours straight with out the use of a single F bomb

Happy world theatre day!

(Thinking about how Harmony should still be open on Broadway)

I fear Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada getting engaged has infected my brain and my little fantasy love joy and whimsy heart is quaking in its boots

Like the Hadestown Instagram captioning the post “it’s an old song, and sometimes it turns out the way it should 🌹”

you’re LYING you’re JOKING

I’m like crying it’s too beautiful

Staircase Ballet oh how I adore you

I love you pookie bear

Living laughing and or l(oathing)oving not getting hard copies of books because I need to save money for like ‘necessities’

Like specifically saw a copy of the Picture of Dorian Gray the other day that was STUNNING and it took all of my will power to not get it

In the SAME trip I ended up not getting copies of: The Great Gatsby, The Giver, Fahrenheit 451, and Les Miserables

Big win for my wallet, truly devastating blow to my heart and soul. I wish I could be rich enough to have my own personal beauty and the beast level library

I forget that Harmony the Musical on Broadway (listen to it. It’s really good I swear) is not as popular as something like Harry Potter and was gagged when the ONE singular post I made about cursed child being a love story and Scorpius Malfoy giving it all up just so he could get his best friend (who he’s in love with) back got the same amount of attention in 24 hours that my Harmony posts get like ever

I fear I shall be talking about this performance of Ramin’s for the rest of my life

Lily’s Eyes from The Secret Garden is one of my favorite male duets of all time I LOVE it and my life is a Ramin Karimloo stan account so….

I know we don’t like jk rowling in this house but guys i literally have stayed up at night before thinking about the fact that Scorpius Malfoy lived in a universe where he could’ve had ANYTHING he wanted (no rumors surrounded him, people didn’t bully him, etc) and he STILL went back to a timeline where he was “worse off” because then at least he’d have Albus. Like shut up I will genuinely barf he actually loves him

I will forever be thinking about Cynthia Erivo playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl

Guys have I mentioned that I miss Harmony and think that it’s needed in this time more than ever

We should revive it with the same exact cast so Chip Zien can win his first Tony award (and receive his first Tony nomination)

Had a whole chat with two people in my class today about how important shows like Harmony are and why it’s so culturally devastating that the shows that are needed most (shows like Harmony, Suffs, etc) close earlier and also how brilliantly perfect Chip Zien was in the role and how frustrating it is that he’s never even been NOMINATED for a Tony when he has one of the most notable and consistent careers on stage since his debut. And how it’s even more ridiculous post Harmony as Rabbi (in the three of us’ collective opinion) is probably one of the, if not the, most challenging and draining roles that someone of his demographic to play. ESPECIALLY looking at the fact that he didn’t miss a single show, he performed in harmony 8 times a week every week on BROADWAY for three and a half months.

It’s the way the Peanuts and the 1999 revival (which I wasn’t even alive for to see) of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown are the reason I go to theater school and perform for a living

Like I love my emotional support boomer musical please leave me and my silly little show alone

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (1999) I love you and your unnecessarily stacked cast that ate it up

My Tony winners Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth^