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man-down-in-hatchet-town · 1 day

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So I Spied Another Day...

You know it was a good show when you can’t decide whether your heart is so full from all the love and joy, or so empty because it's over.

Really do buckle up, because this is a long one.

So the show went a little like this. They played the Spies pro-shoot on a giant movie screen, but any time a song started, the audio changed to the instrumental track, the video typically faded to simple background graphics, and the cast came out to perform the number live in concert style. There were also a series of audience participation prompts up on the movie screen, such as standing to deliver a line in unison, giving Lauren a standing ovation for the Pay Attention! Reprise, enthusiastically booing Dr. Baron von Nazi and the still infuriatingly catchy Not So Bad (for anyone who’s curious, in addition to encouraging boos and yelled disagreements with von Nazi, they also cut the audience participation bit from the song).

The energy in the room was so electric and full of joy and warmth. People shouted out iconic lines, went wild for everyone’s entrances, and absolutely lost their damn minds over Curtwen at pretty much every opportunity. And the cast were clearly having just as much fun. Doing This has always been my favorite, and there was something so sweet about them singing it again all these years later. We finally got Joey performing Spies Are Forever (Evil Reprise) again and it was just as chilling and beautiful as you’d expect. And One Step Ahead was just on a whole new level. I don’t want to give anything away, but the details in that performance were INCREDIBLE.

It was simply so special seeing most of the original gang come back while also bringing some new friends along. Shout out to Mariah for coming out at the top of the show so ready to play, setting the tone for the whole evening. Shout out to James for putting his comedy chops on full display (LET JAMES BE FUNNY MORE) and dancing the hell out of One More Shot (another favorite number). And shoutout to Carlos Alazraqui (taking over the roles of Sergio and Vladimir Poopin) and Tommy Link for coming into this crazy part of our world with such enthusiasm and silliness. Brian deserves a medal for agreeing to once again play the most cringe-worthy character in all of Pulp-StarCanWrecked history, and for sounding so fucking good while doing it. Tessa was having a blast in full unhinged glory and I gladly worship at her altar. Lauren is maybe the funniest person alive and deserved her standing ovation, prompted or not. Seeing Joe Walker perform live has been Item Number One on my fandom bucket list since I moved to LA a couple of years ago, and I still can’t quite believe I managed it. I’d wondered if he’d be rusty, but honestly he sounded great; it was like no time had passed. Mary Kate still has one of my all-time favorite voices and her Tatiana remains forever engaging. Joey showed up dressed to slay as a gay evil genius Bond-movie supervillain and proceeded to thoroughly deliver on that promise. And Curt… every time I watch Spies I am increasingly blown away by what he does with this arrogant, broken mess of a character. He clearly loves Agent Mega as much as any of us, and to see a performance refined and powered by such clear and thoughtful passion is just a huge treat.

(And while he wasn’t in the cast, I can’t not mention Corey. Between his roles as director and co-writer, so much of what Spies is comes directly from him and we don’t appreciate that nearly enough. And shout out to Esther Fallick for her wonderful work as Susan and the Informant. She might not have been there in person, but her incredible performance was with us the whole time.)

I know this is preaching to the choir, but Spies Are Forever really is such a special show. It’s a story about recovery, and devastating as it can be, I think there’s also something deeply healing about it at its core. For one thing, I know it played a huge role in mending my relationship with my asexuality. I will forever be grateful to it for existing, to TCB, Talkfine, and the original cast for creating it, and to those same people for maintaining its legacy with the amount of love and care it deserves. It was a privilege to be in the room as so many people came to celebrate this miraculous little musical. There were a couple of minor tech glitches (I wonder if they’ll even include the “big one”—the projector jumping over most of the staircase scene before getting fixed—in the digital ticket version), but nothing that could even begin to damper the magic of the night.

We all know that spies never die (except for Owen and the Informant, oops). And at times like this concert, I think this special little show with its short run in 2016 will prove to be just as immortal.

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curtmega · 7 days

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Spies LA day 1! I love this show and these people.

First two 📷 by Corey Lubowich

#spies are forever #tin can bros #tin can brothers #agent curt mega #Mary Kate wiles #tessa netting #joey richter #lauren lopez #joe walker #brian rosenthal #corey lubowich #matt dahan #Carlos alazraqui #tom lenk #mariah rose faith

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spyruce · 3 months

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The Spy Another Day cast reacted to Torture Tango and the Staircase Scene so I cut it down to the best parts (mostly Tessa calling out how horny they are) and zoomed in on people

This is my Tinlightenment propaganda please sacrifice your soul to their higher power 👍👍

#tinlightenment #tcb #tin can bros #spies are forever #saf #agent curt mega #owen carvour #curtwen #deadliest man alive #tatiana slozhno #tessa netting #joey richter #curt mega #joe walker #mary kate wiles #corey lubowich #brian rosenthal

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probably-crying-over-the-village · 17 days

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literally screaming at everybody “pete and ted can’t ever interact with each other, they’re played by the same actor : (“ DO YOU FORGET WHO WE’RE DEALING WITH HERE??

there are the insane quick changes of which we have: joey richter himself playing what i can only assume to be the entire population of independence (plus an ox) in one song:

and then, of course, the master himself, brosenthal, playing frankly 80% of the cast, but ESPECIALLY in this one scene. ONE SCENE:

“oh but joey left the scene for some of the quick changes in tto, he can’t do that if the spankoffski bros are supposed are supposed to have a conversation” FINE, the other option: just play two characters at once. which starkid has done before.

exhibit one, twisted. these two are not the same:

exhibit two, tgwdlm, a hatchetfield show. this already happened in a hatchefield show:

(also, it is two different characters, do not fight me on this. this scene is too confrontation from jekyll & hyde-coded to be the same character) SPEAKING off confrontation:

joey did already. play two different characters at once. i’m not here to argue the semantics or implications about personhood of saying confrontation and let it go has two different characters each, i’m just saying, acting-wise, there’s two distinctive characters in both songs. like. guys. absolutely joey could just simply play both of them simultaneously. they literally do this all the time. what’s your excuse now

#team starkid #starkid #peter spankoffski #ted spankoffski #joey richter #tin can bros #tin can brothers #brosenthal #brian rosenthal #shitty broadway #trail to oregon #solve it squad #aladdin #twisted the untold story of a royal vizier #paul matthews #tgwdlm

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johnsspacesuittight · 6 months

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it's crazy to me that Spies Are Forever, a musical which has a jewish guy playing a nazi with a Hitler puppet on his hand and glitter in his pockets... also somehow has a scene between the lead character and his ex-friend now great enemy, which reveals for certain that they used to be gay lovers, that goes "what about our secret? the moments we shared, the feelings we had... for each other" "that secret died the night you left me for dead" to a quiet smoke filled stage, before the lead character shoots his ex dead, like... what?

#yes I put down the dialogue from memory #I geniunely haven't seen it in years but that part won't leave my brain #it might not be 100% correct but you get it #spies are forever #saf #agent curt mega #owen carvour #tin can bros #curtwen #tin can brothers #brian rosenthal

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myheadphonesareneverloudenough · 5 days

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Spy Another Day is so soon!!!!!

#i’m excited #so so so fucking excited #tin can bros #spies are forever #spy another day #tcb #joey richter #corey lubowich #brian rosenthal #lauren lopez #mariah rose faith #joe walker #tom lenk #mary kate wiles #james tolbert #matt dahan

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yourlocalabomination · 2 months

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(Legally) Not A Cult.

(Achieve Tinlightenment here) Athem 🙏

#GO PLEDGE TO THE KICKSTARTER GUYS #they gave brian his insta password twice guys we gotta make this kickstarter happen #the fact I have a graphic design diploma really showed it face here huh #fun fact: I was backer 166 #a holy number if I may say so myself #anyway if you notice the kerning on the text is off no you don’t (I refuse to pay for the font I was using a screenshot of the typography-)#(the font is called Makawao btw and it’s $25- Corey deserves to use comic sans for paying that)#tin can bros #tin can brothers #tinlightenment #tcb #joey richter #brian rosenthal #corey lubowich #fanart #my art

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booigi-boi · 3 months

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Have you reached Tinlightenment?

#tin can bros #tin can brothers #tinlightenment #joey richter #brian rosenthal #corey lubowich #my art #art #art post #digital #digital art #fan art #fanart #sketch #drawing #kickstarter

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random-jot · 1 year

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Starkid moments where you can never quite recapture the sheer visceral feeling of seeing them happen for the first time:

• Quirrell walking onstage for the first time in AVPM

• Paul starting to sing ‘Inevitable ’at the end of TGWDLM

Feel free to add on

#Starkid #avpm #a very potter musical #brian rosenthal #Joe walker #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #Paul matthews #Emma Perkins #paulkins #jon matteson #lauren lopez #hatchetfield #hatchetfield saga #two VERY different reasons that these two moments stuck out #but still #can never forget the first time seeing them

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its-short-for-jackalope · 3 months

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Legally we have to say that this is not a cult! ✨️

click for quality! reblogs are cool, do not repost.

are you ready to be tinlightened??? I am. also pretty sure that this is my first piece of tin can bros fanart so that's fun. <3

#i will be late to the livestream because i have ✨️therapy✨️ today #jack jabbers #tin can bros #tcb #tin can brothers #tinlightenment #joey richter #brian rosenthal #corey lubowich #tcb fanart #digital art #artists on tumblr #csp #clip studio paint

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quirrelmorts · 2 months

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i worship brian in drag

#hottest he’s ever looked #brian rosenthal #tin can bros #my post

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man-down-in-hatchet-town · 3 months

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You know, I get that not all Starkid fans have chosen to make the leap over to join the Tin Can fam as well. A lot of the newer Hatchetfield fans in particular are just here for that one particular tiny town in Michigan. And that's fine! Like what you like! Fandom how you want! Still, I would like to say two things:

1) Now is the perfect time to give all the awesome stuff TCB has to offer a chance, and

2) Starkid, and therefore our beloved Hatchetfield, owe so much specially and specifically to Joey, Corey, AND Brian.

Obviously Joey is one of the main Faces of Hatchetfield and his performances as Ted, Wilbur, Pete, Ethan, and Dan are all so iconic and beloved. Seriously, can you imagine Ted being as watchable in the hands of someone else? He’s also done great work in so many other Starkid projects.

Meanwhile Corey has been so vital behind the scenes. He designed the iconic sets for TGWDLM and Black Friday (the mind-blowing moment when the set BECOMES Wiggly? That was HIM)! Over the years this man has designed most of the sets, he has directed (VHSCC! ❤️), he has assistant directed, he has overseen social media and massive kickstarters, he has produced. As one of Starkid’s main behind-the-scenes creatives, Corey has done a huge amount of the extremely vital but not particularly fun or flashy work. His job is traditionally a pretty thankless one and we should pour gratitude in his direction.

And Brian. He gave us the Award-winning sound design for TGWDLM, but also I personally think he is one of the main actors responsible for Starkid existing the way it does. This whole company and fandom all go back to AVPM, that lightning-in-a-bottle show that was so strangely magnetic we’ve been able to build everything else on top of it. I’ve seen a lot of Potter parodies over the years, and I genuinely believe that the number one factor that gave AVPM its unparalleled magic was the Voldemort and Quirrell storyline. Without Quirrellmort, I’m not sure AVPM would have taken off as it did, and it’s quite likely Starkid would never have existed. And Brian, as Quirrel, was essential to pulling off and selling that extraordinary bit of plot.

So, yeah, even if you’re only a Starkid fan, or even just a Hatchetfield fan, you’ve benefitted massively from the tireless work Joey, Corey, and Brian have put into those things we love. If you can, giving even 3 or 4 bucks to their Tinlightenment kickstarter would be a lovely way to say “thanks” for bringing us fifteen years of Starkid magic and especially that Tiny Town of Hatchetfield.

TLDR; The Tin Can Bros have all specially and specifically contributed to the existence of Hatchetfield and Starkid as a company, and, if you can, giving to their kickstarter is a great way for Starkid fans, even those who don’t follow TCB, to say thanks!😊

#tin can brothers #npmd #starkid #nerdy prudes must die #npmd spoilers #hatchetfield #tin can bros #tgwdlm #Joey richter #Brian Rosenthal #corey lubowich #AVPM #quirrellmort #tinlightenment

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cowardlykrow · 3 months

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