#arielle jacobs

[spaceasianmillennial]

Giving it the full read, this profile is about how Lea Salonga and Arielle Jacobs contextualize Here Lies Love.

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For both Jacobs and Salonga, who coincidentally have both played Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (Salonga in the Disney film and Jacobs in the Broadway show), Here Lies Love is the first time they are playing Filipinos on stage. It's a big moment for Jacobs especially because this is her first time leading a Broadway musical. Jacobs says her mom cried tears of joy upon hearing the news. Her grandfather, responded stoically with, "the Dictator..." recalls Jacobs, deepening her voice and saying it with a Filipino accent. 

Jacobs is aware that playing Imelda comes with its own share of baggage. “She represents a lot of pain for a lot of people,” Jacobs admits. At the same time, Jacobs has been doing her best to shut out the assumptions, and instead focus on Imelda as a character: a woman who rose to power and then was corrupted by it. “They aren’t born with devil horns,” says Jacobs of dictators like Marcos. “They were born as regular human beings…And then they turn into people who make choices that hurt a lot of people.” 

The key thing for Jacobs is that villains don't always know that they are villains. They rationalize their behavior as acceptable. And if Jacobs does her job right, the audience will start the show loving her and end it hating her: "And I'm not liking myself at the end of it, either" she exclaims.

Both actors are also adamant in saying that Here Lies Love does not glorify Imelda Marcos. To them, the musical explores how a dictatorship can take hold, how seductive it seems at the outset. Considering the rise of fascism around the world, such as the election of Donald Trump in America, the two actors think Here Lies Love has only become more relevant since it premiered a decade ago Off-Broadway. 

#here lies love #musicals #arielle jacobs #lea salonga #it's not a defense of the show but behind-the-scenes context #Disclaimer: I'm a non-Filipino Asian who saw the musical through my western lens

[certifieddethklokgroupie]

My fan cast of Audrey and Seymour (for a potential little shop remake that would probably never happen)

Don’t have any for the other characters yet.

But.. What do you guys think?

#little shop of horrors #arielle jacobs #johnny galecki #little shop of horrors audrey #little shop of horrors seymour

[kordifm]

This is now a Spinstress (aka Princess Petra) stan account. I am so in love with the concept of a Disney Princess-esque Spidey Variant, especially since they got Arielle Jacobs to sing the first two pages of her issue. What a fun idea!

#marvel comics #spinstress #princess petra #arielle jacobs #i’ve had her song on loop

[nonesuchrecords]

Arielle Jacobs, who stars as Imelda Marcos in the Broadway production of David Byrne & Fatboy Slim's musical Here Lies Love, was joined by her cast mates on Good Morning America to perform two songs from the show: the title track and “Eleven Days.” She was then joined by Conrad Ricamora, who stars as Ninoy Aquino, on GMA3 to perform “Opposite Attraction." You can watch them here.

#arielle jacobs #david byrne #fatboy slim #here lies love #broadway #musical theatre #conrad ricamora #good morning america #nonesuch #nonesuch records

[sailforalittle]

arielle jacobs photographed by harold julian for vogue philippines

#arielle jacobs #the blur and the purple and the lights like COME ON #COLORS

[lonelylittledot]

Listening to “A Whole New Story” on the new cast album for “Between the Lines”... and boy, do I want to see Arielle Jacobs play Natalie in Next to Normal

#between the lines #btl the musical #arielle jacobs #broadway #broadway musicals #musical theatre #next to normal #natalie goodman #dream casting #also I've been waiting for that album literally since Arielle Jacobs HERSELF told me to look out for it #yeah not to brag but I've met Arielle Jacobs in person <3

[lady-of-the-upside-down]

Drew some Here Lies Love fanart while procrastinating on my finals. 🪩✨

I really enjoy listening to the songs, and I adore this unique way of taking a stand against tyranny and corruption through using the art of musical theatre.

(MAJOR DISCLAIMER: I am strongly against the past and current Marcos regimes, the art is mostly of Arielle’s portrayal, rather than of Imelda herself)

#the songs have been stuck on my head for DAYS #I hyperfocused on finishing this despite cramming for finals #here lies love #imelda marcos #arielle jacobs #fanart #broadway #broadway fanart #musical #musicals #musical theatre #musical theater #politics #activism #philippines

[disneyprincessconcertfans]

I have quite a few photos floating around on my personal account from "Disney Princess - the Concert" in Lancaster PA on April 16th. These are some of my favorites of the cast of the Spring tour 2022. The Disney animations were absolutely breathtaking.

#disney #disney princess concert #disney concert #benjamin rauhala #ben rauhala #susan egan #syndee winters #anneliese van der pol #disney princess #arielle jacobs #anthony sagaria #beauty and the beast #aladdin #the lion king #thats so raven #ravens home #chelsea daniels #mulan #sleeping beauty #tangled #brave

[paper-lights]

The cast album for Between the Lines recently came out and I was itching to make some art for it! Practice makes perfect and I’m doing my best to try new things and grow as an artist.

Between the Lines is a new musical based on the book of the same name and stars Arielle Jacobs as Delilah, the main character. I’m such a fan of hers and she’s beautiful in the recording! You should check it out! I think it’s a loving adaptation of the book which I also really enjoyed.

Thanks for your support!

#paperlights #my art #digital art #fanart #between the lines #between the lines musical #arielle jacobs #digital artist #procreate #artists on tumblr

[spaceasianmillennial]

HERE LIES LOVE the musical: the finale

On a voter's invite, I re-attended the floor of Here Lies Love on Broadway. Because an audience wrangler noticed I was short and guided me to a stair step, I saw "God Draws Straight" (an ensemble number that notably uses actor-musicians in emotional contrast to an artificial prerecorded score) with a wider perspective.

Last preview on floor, I did NOT see an important stage direction: Arielle Jacobs (Imelda Marcos' actress), Jose Llana (Ferninand Marcos' actor), & Conrad Ricamora (Ninoy Aquino's actor) join "God Draws Straight" as anonymous Filipinos, not wearing politician costumes, joining the People Power Revolution against the Marcos dictatorship.

#here lies love #broadway #musicals #God Draws Straight #arielle jacobs #jose llana #conrad ricamora #Filipino art #Imelda Marcos #Ferdinand Marcos #Ninoy Aquino #Philippines history

[tending-the-hearth]

I already loved “Between the Lines” when it was just a novel.

But seeing Arielle Jacobs on stage, wearing a costume that looks almost identical to what I wore when I was 17 (when I first read the book), singing about using books as an escape, a way to leave behind bullies, a difficult mom, a world that doesn’t really accept who she is and what she wants, it just absolutely hits me so much more.

Delilah’s always been one of my favorite book characters, but the way Arielle plays her, the mannerisms, the nervous tics, the clothes, the glasses, it’s like i’m seeing my high school self on stage, and jfc if that doesn’t absolutely make her song s and her story affect me in a completely different and entirely more real way.

#between the lines #FULLY recommend this show if you’re a book person #like it’s so good #broadway #arielle jacobs

[music-in-my-veins14]

#Suddenly Seymour #Adam Jacobs #Arielle Jacobs #Music #Spotify

[derekklenadaily]

Arielle Jacobs' Instagram Story (August 30, 2023)

#derek klena #broadway #jojo levesque #alex timbers #moulin rouge broadway #arielle jacobs #here lies love #social media #photos #video #instagram

[thekatebridgerton]

So Hi guys, I just found out that one of my favourite books was made into a musical which is ‘Between the Lines’ by Jodi Picoult and if you’ve ever been a teenager who fell inlove with a character in a book and wished that the main character would step out of the book and also fall inlove with you, then you’re going to love this musical. So please if you guys want to do something for me, go to youtube and tiktok, try to hype up as much as you can ‘Between the Lines: The musical’. Comment in the videos, support the production, I promise you’re going to love it.

I wish productions like these could get more attention, because in a world full of cash grab remakes, the fact that Between the Lines has been made into a musical, has to be one of the best things that happened to my Musical Theater loving self. Here's a bit of the lyrics to what’s becoming my favorite song right now ‘Another Chapter’ From Between the Lines the Musical [Chorus] And so I read another chapter, another chapter So I can be miles away And if I read another chapter, another chapter At least I can get there today Life's nothing like it was before But it's nothing that I can't ignore As long as there’s another chapter, another chapter

Another world to explore

And that’s the tea

#between the lines the musical #arielle jacobs #Youtube

[disneyprincessconcertfans]

May 30, 2022

Some more photos from "Disney Princess - The Concert" in Lancaster PA on April 16, 2022. The Disney animations were absolutely breathtaking!

#disney princess concert #disney princess the concert #susan egan #ben rauhala #benjamin rauhala #disney #arielle jacobs #disney concert #anneliese van der pol #syndee winters #anthony sagaria #beauty and the beast #aladdin #the lion king #ravens home #rapunzel #sleeping beauty #brave #merida #belle #chelsea daniels #fairy godfairy #hercules #megara #wicked #american psycho #broadway princess party #broadway

[caroleditosti]

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#Alex Timbers #Annie-B Parson #Arielle Jacobs #Conrad Ricamora #David Byrne #Fatboy Slim #Jose Llana #Lea Salonga #Tom Gandey &amp; Jose Luis Pardo