#musical theatre history

[unwelcome-ephestion]

We have lost a legend today in Chaim Topol, who immortalised Reb Tevye onscreen in Fiddler on the Roof. Zero Mostel originated the role on Broadway, but Norman Jewison was keen to hire someone who did not bring a pre existing persona to the role, and so the role went to Israeli actor Topol. He was a rogue choice - only 30, a role of a man supposed to have adult daughters, and with very little English, but Jewison's casting was inspired. Tevye would become the role of a lifetime for Topol - he would play him onstage more than 3,500 times.

During the famous If I Were a Rich Man scene, he later revealed that he was fighting a horrendous toothache, claiming that he sounded odd because of it. The scene took three days because of the pain. It's still a wonderful scene - take a look below.

L'chaim, sunrise, sunset. May his memory be a blessing.

#musical theatre history #musical theatre #topol #chaim topol #may his memory be a blessing #fiddler on the roof #rip topol #zero mostel #if i were a rich man #Youtube

[plathsbitch]

I could really use becoming a vampire right about now. it’s so romantic, so horrifying, so gruesome. gimme it

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[justarandombrit]

Owen "Spent four years pretending to be dead, whilst secretly concocting an elaborate plot to take revenge on his ex boyfriend by gradually dismantling every principal he has ever believed in, thus making his entire life purpose obsolete" Carvour: Here's some advice, Curt. It's called moving on.

#the staircase scene is honestly one of the saddest moments in musical theatre history but that does not mean i am above joking about it #they really had the most dramatic breakup ever #ever think about the fact that in one step ahead they sing ''we're done'' ''we're through'' as if THAT is when they are breaking up #not when curt (almost) accidentally killed owen #or when owen (on purpose) almost killed curt #they really did deserve their win in the fictional divorce tournament #spies are forever #tcb spies are forever #saf #tcb #tin can brothers #tin can bros #owen carvour #curtwen

[dawningfairytale]

something i love about musical theatre is that there's no sequels. you go to the performance and that's it. it's brought to life in different ways, sure, it may have references to other properties, but you don't need to watch them. everything can be self-contained. and when We Live In A Society where everything gets a live-action remake, or a sequel, or is a part of a Cinematic Universe, or is a musical remake, the fact that you can just enjoy a musical without having to catch up on a bunch of other content is a relief.

#i know love never dies is an exception but also fuck andrew lloyd webber #rtc #ride the cyclone #i know legoland is a tie-in but it's just that. a tie in #you don't need legoland to understand rtc or vice versa but it can heighten the experience just slightly enough #six #heathers #hamilton #deh #bmc #hadestown #it helps that some of them are based on history and so you can't sequalify it #but i love that for me #musicals #musical theatre #on my sugar queue

[catboyrichardkarinsky]

hey people of tumblr. yes everyone. this isn't fandom specific.

you've probably never heard of it but there was a german singing group called the comedian harmonists. they were as popular as the beatles at their time. yet you haven't heard of them. it's because three of them were jewish and active around the ride of hitler and the nazis intentionally destroyed nearly every recording they ever released.

they made a Broadway musical about them called Harmony. you probably haven't heard of that either even though it wanted to keep their legacy alive. Not enough people cared and so it closed early and while until now we had the hope that it will be nominated at the tony awards, it unfortunately wasn't.

I want all of you to look up the comedian harmonists. And listen to Harmony. and the podcast the creators of Harmony made called Who were the comedian harmonists.

Harry Frommermann. Robert Biberti. Ari Leschnikoff. Roman Cycowski. Erich Collin. Erwin Bootz.

Please please please do not forget them.

#i don't know how to tag this because i want this post to reach people #history #musical theatre #Broadway #I'm putting really broad tags on this. please please please don't ignore this post

[zombie-bait]

Listen I could spend forever writing an essay on why Rocky Horror Picture Show works so well but I think it comes down to the movie just being unapologetically horny and queer. It’s a film that says it’s ok to let go of everything dragging you down, it’s ok to be monstrous and strange in all the ways normal society just can’t understand. You should go and be the person you are because you just might end up really enjoying it.

And above all that you can be desirable. You can be sexy and free and fucked up with everyone else who’s just like you.

Why be normal when you can be extraordinary?

#rocky horror picture show #rhps #frank n furter #rocky horror #queer media #musical theatre #queer history #The fact that it came out in the 70s too #Like how brutally personal that mustve been for queer youths #I watched it literally last night btw #It’s been taking up all my brain space #Tim curry

[fake-daily-watcher-tweets]

This is my last year of University, and I am graduating with a dual bachelors degree in history and musical theatre, and the next person who asks me what i’m supposed to do/want to do when I graduate is just getting the link to all puppet history songs. I will no longer be explaining my future endeavors, I’m gonna leave that up to Shane Madej💀😌

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[terrible-musical-theatre-ideas]

Combining Six, Hamilton, and Assassins into one musical and calling it History Class

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[fitzrove]

19th century royal carriages (Austria-Hungary)

(Ones at the bottom are miniatures made as toys for Crown Prince Rudolf)

vs. 19th century hearses (A-H & Poland)

Wenn ich tanzen will

Die schatten werden länger

#elisabeth's carriage vs. death's... #musicals #theatre #elisabeth das musical #history #interesting interesting

[incorrent-quotes]

bleeding heart camera man and the pretty boy front man <3

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[badgerswithbagels]

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[unwelcome-ephestion]

The original Little Mermaid, written by Hans Christian Anderson, is a thinly veiled tale of homosexual repression. It is easy to see the parallels between Anderson's life, that of a depressed, closeted gay man in the 1800s, and the story of The Little Mermaid, who is in love with a man she can never have. In order to be near her love, she gives up her voice so that she can never express it, and as a result he falls for and marries someone else. Having given up her tail and thus her ocean family when she fell in love with the Prince, she has nothing left and kills herself, throwing herself into the ocean that used to be her home.

When Howard Ashman, also a gay man, started working for Disney on The Little Mermaid, he was clear on one thing - that to his mind, it was unconscionable to show gay children a world in which they were destined to unhappiness. He was determined to show gay love, however metaphorically veiled, was just as deserving of a happy ending. Queer culture slips into the Little Mermaid thinly disguised - the wicked sea monster Ursula is modelled on the drag legend Divine, for example.

Ashman went one step further with Beauty and the Beast. He died of AIDS in 1991, shortly before the film premiered, and so we will never know his intentions, but the metaphor of a man outcast by conservative society looking for love and companionship is very telling. It's vital to remember that this was written in the height of the AIDS crisis, and the rhetoric used by the pitchfork wielding crowd directly draws on the homophobic protests of the 1980s that Ashman himself would have faced. (See the song above.) But what is so telling about Ashman is that even whilst dying, he insisted on telling an allegory to children in which love always triumphs, no matter what. This dedication in the height of adversity always makes these films feel especially poignant to me.

#queer musical theatre history #queue stole my heart away #musical theatre history #musical theatre #queer history #howard ashman #alan menken #disney #the little mermaid #kiss the girl #samuel e wright #beauty and the beast #the mob song #aids crisis #hans christian andersen #divine #disney renaissance #Spotify #Youtube

[thefairyfellermasterstroke]

I unironically NEED a three hours long musical that is just like Hamilton but with Napoleon

#cmon #how cool would it be #and it HAS to be wrote by lin #i would die #does napoleon fandom still exits #lin manuel miranda #hamilton musical #alexander hamilton #Hamilton #musical kid #musical theatre #hamilton the musical #napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #napoleon fandom #history fandom

[broadway1011]

Jeanna de Waal as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway

Jeanna is the Lovett and Beggar Woman Standby! 📷: @Lizovich on Instagram

#Jeannadewaal #sweeney todd #mrs lovett #stephen sondheim #sondheim #standby #understudy #broadway #musical theatre #theatre kid #annaleigh ashford #josh groban #Ruthie Ann Miles #into the woods #a little night music #sunday in the park with george #theatre history #theatre

[theatricalfangirl]

My parents are going to see Six the Musical without me (traitors). I will be punishing them by infodumping any and every piece of trivia relating to the show I can get my hands on. There will be no escape.

#six the musical #broadway #tudor history #anne boleyn #catherine of aragon #jane seymour #anna of cleves #katherine howard #catherine parr #ex wives #musical theatre #special interest #Henry the eighth was a bitch #but damn he had good taste in women

[garadinervi]

[To Aid / Southern States Sit in Movement / Martin Luther King Defense] [An Evening of / Music and Drama / for Freedom Now / Starring in person / Harry Belafonte / Mahalia Jackson / Sidney Poitier / Shelley Winters / (1960 Academy Award Winner) / Diahann Carroll / Production Supervised by / Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee / Freedom Drama written by / Lorraine Hansbury (author of ‘Raisin In The Sun’) – John Killens – George Tabori], New York, NY, 1960 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

#graphic design #typography #theatre #theater #play #music #poster #martin luther king jr #harry belafonte #mahalia jackson #sidney poitier #shelley winters #diahann carroll #ossie davis #ruby dee #lorraine hansberry #john oliver killens #george tabori #national museum of african american history and culture #smithsonian institution #1960s