#the last five years

[jay-birds-fly]

Oh wow, this character is really neat and can sing really well! I wonder who could possibly play them-

Huh? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in anything-

#this is just a Jeremy Jordan appreciation post tbh #hazbin hotel #lucifer #tangled #varian tangled #death note #light yamagi #yes he played light Yagami in the death note the musical demo #newsies #jack kelly #supergirl #winn schott #musicals #the last five years #jeremy jordan

[lemonmoonlavender]

the jeremy jordan pipeline

find newsies. jeremy jordan was jack kelly in newsies. his voice? holy shit! must find more things he was in

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he was in bonnie and clyde AND the last five years???? WHAT

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HE WAS ALSO JD IN THE HEATHERS WORKSHOP????

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who is this small child in my insta feed and why is everyone saying its jeremy jordan

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apparently theres a series of tangled?

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i would commit atrocities for varian.

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what a neat varian animatic! it sounds exactly like jere- theres a death note musical????

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jeremy jordan as the great gatsby? hell yeah!

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oh! hes playing the literal devil! what a difference from the last thing he voice acted! (i will later find out there is barely any difference between previously stated small child and the literal devil and i have now fallen into a sinkhole of hazbin hotel. help me.)

#jeremy jordan #tangled the series #varian #tts varian #lucifer morningstar #hazbin lucifer #hazbin hotel #newsies #bonnie and clyde #death note musical #the last five years #the great gatsby

[katebeckets]

GET TO KNOW ME  ✰ [2/10] Musicals ⤷ The Last 5 Years (2001)

"Maybe your heart's completely swayed but your head can't follow through."

#tl5y #musicaltheatreedit #broadwaydaily #musicaledit #theatreedit #broadwayedit #the last five years #jason robert brown #anna kendrick #jeremy jordan #filmtvcentral #cinematv #userpenny #usercossette #gtkm #my gifs #my edit #musical theatre #em.musicals #i used the movie because it's just easier to gif but there are soooo many amazing versions out there #i really need a properly recorded krc album 😭 #also once i used this musical as an example of how not to argue with a partner for one of my classes lmfao

[mattivoda]

This post isn’t targeted towards this person in particular but I see this same sort of tiktok come up on my timeline every couple of months and it feels me with a very specific RAGE because of how wrong it is about the core message of this show.

For those who don’t know, the music from the TikTok comes from the musical The Last Five Years, made by Jason Robert Brown. It originally opened in Chicago in 2001, then making its way to Broadway in 2002 after great reviews from critics and audiences.

the elevator pitch of the show is simple; a writer exploding with success (Jamie) and a struggling actress (Kathy) and the rise and fall of their marriage.

Normally this would be a pretty basic musical, right? However the true genius comes from one key part of its storytelling: the order at which the story is shown to you.

Jamie performs his side of the story in chronological order, from the start of the relationship ending with their divorce. Kathy, however, tells her story flipped; starting with their divorce and ending when Kathy first meets Jamie.

The two actors almost never interact on-stage, singing solo songs for every single song except for the act one ending song The Next Ten Minutes, where Jamie proposes and the two marry.

Now you might be asking: why is this important to the story? and which character was supposed to be the “bad guy” in the marriage?

If you delve into the story and look at the way the story depicts both characters’ perspectives on what happened then an obvious fact becomes clear:

Jamie is an asshole and was the main problem in the marriage. You aren’t, and never were supposed to side with him.

Throughout the show, Jamie is shown to be obsessed with his own fame, gloating about how he seems to only be able to exponentially succeed in his writing. His obsession makes him blind to the struggles of his wife, even going as far as deluding himself into thinking his wife’s struggles is simply her being jealous of his success. By the end of the show, Jamie cheats on Kathy and proceeds to blame her for not allowing him privacy.

THAT’S why the storytelling of The Last Five Years is so compelling. By only showing these characters seperate from each other, it forces us to become familiar with Jamie and Kathy as individuals rather than a couple. It allows us to see Jamie’s douchebaggery up-close and personal, with the entire first act highlighting this glaring detail and allowing us to see the consequences of this as his marriage devolve in the second act. Just the simple fact that Jamie’s story is chronological creates a beautiful dichotomy between Kathy’s frustrations, sadness and abandonment and Jamie’s cocky, happy-go-lucky success story.

Before I finish writing this and go to bed, i’d like to say I don’t blame those who hold this view for thinking this about The Last Five Years for one reason only; the only way they got to see it was the movie version.

the film adaption of The Last Five Years (2014) decided that the reason the musical worked was because “interesting timeline go brrr” and decided to keep the original timeline, but instead had both characters constantly interacting.

Instead of having this abstract deconstruction of these two characters, with both Kathy and Jamie monologuing their personal thoughts and emotions separately, they mash together and create this weird, realistic depiction of a breakup. The performances from Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan were amazing, don’t get me wrong, but these choices in the adaption rip the emotion and soul out of its inspiration and sell the corpse for $20 a viewing.

Jamie and Kathy’s marriage is a cautionary tale about what happens when you don’t listen and understand your partner. It is not a desperate attempt of a composer to appear in the right about his marriage and it shouldn’t be a sloppy retelling of a failed marriage with a quirky form of storytelling. Please please PLEASE if you agree with this original TikTok’s message just know you are so UNBELIEVABLY wrong.

tldr; you are not supposed to side with Jamie!!!! he is in the wrong!!!! that’s the whole point of the musical!!!!! don’t watch the movie it sucks and is innacurate!!!!!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

#musicals #broadway #the last five years #anna kendrick #jeremy jordan #jason robert brown #music #theatre #art #essay #relationships #marriage #divorcedlife

[evenlarksandkatydids]

#succession #kendall roy #rava roy #stewy hosseini #naomi pierce #kenrava #kenstewy #kendall x naomi #the last five years #web weaving #kendall x rava #kendall x stewy #jason robert brown

[hellowyn-llewellyn]

it’s 3 pm and so far today I’ve listened to Hadestown, the last five years, into the woods, Heathers, Hamilton, Little Shop of horrors, Beetlejuice, and tick tick boom. I don’t think that’s good

#Sorry for being an unironic Hamilton enjoyer in 2023 <\3 #shut up lulu #musical theatre #beetlejuice broadway #hamilton #heathers #into the woods #little shop of horrors #tick tick boom #hadestown #the last five years

[halles-comet]

"A Brief Oral History of Boygenius", Bridget Read || "Climbing Uphill", Jason Robert Brown || "The Great", Tony McNamara || "The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World", Janice Kaplan || "Where Are All the Female Geniuses?",  Sandra Upson, Lauren F. Friedman || "Daisy Jones and the Six", Taylor Jenkins Reid

#words words words #boygenius #daisy jones and the six #the last five years #the great

[143bc]

#anna kendrick #Cathy hiatt #the last five years #she’s so pretty #beautiful #captivating

[iloverace]

musical recs please!!!!

I’ll put some musicals I already love in the tags :)

#newsies #west side story #bonnie and clyde #a bronx tale #in the light #dogfight #roger and hammerstein’s cinderella #anastasia #camelot 2023 #she loves me 2016 #moulin rouge #hadestown #waitress #the last five years #heathers #legally blonde #rent #come from away

[becabeale143]

Here comes the bride 🌹❤️

#anna kendrick #Cathy hiatt #the last five years #beauty

[frogmanfae]

He has a type

#has this been done yet #probably not #nobody will find this funny #its not funny #but it is silly #newsies #the last five years #jerjor #jeremy jordan

[this-is-ali]

If I had a nickel for every time Jeremy Jordan kissed someone's foot in a musical, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#these pictures are terrible quality i'm so sorry #jeremy jordan #newsies #the last five years #jack kelly #jamie wellerstein #if i had a nickel #lol #meme #musical #movie #movie musical #theatre #newsies musical #newsies 2017 #the last 5 years #tl5y #musical theatre #broadway #photoset

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#best musical world cup #2024 best musical world cup #musicals #broadway #musical theater #musical theatre #theater #theatre #polls #mozart l'opera rock #the last five years #follies musical #follies #crazy for you

[rlch-marvln-whlch-marvln]

More Broadway Songs that Remind me of Movies/Books/TV Shows

inspired by specific characters, scenes, vibes, or something in between

The Secret History

“Totally F*cked”— Spring Awakening

“Memory”— Cats

“Cell Block Tango”— Chicago

“Nature Boy”— Moulin Rouge

Too Late to Turn Back”— Bonnie and Clyde

“Someone Else’s Skin”— Catch Me if you Can

“Contact”— RENT

The Owl House

“Alyssa Greene”— The Prom

“Electricity”— Billy Elliot

“Human Stuff”— The Little Mermaid

“So Much Better”— Legally Blonde

“I Say No”— Heathers

“Giants in the Sky”— Into the Woods

“Raise You Up/Just Be”— Kinky Boots

“Naughty”— Matilda

“Good kid”— the Lightning Thief

Heartstopper

“Unruly Heart”— the Prom

“Changing my Major”— Fun Home

“Does Anybody Have a Map?”— Dear Evan Hansen

“Before the Breakdown”— We Are the Tigers

“I See Stars”— Mean Girls

“Green Green Dress”— Tick, Tick… Boom

Good Omens

“The Games I Play”— Falsettos

“When your Feet Don’t Touch the Ground”— Finding Neverland

“Don’t Break the Rules”— Catch me if You Can

“Being Alive”— Company

“Telephone Wire”— Fun Home

“Til him”— the Producers

“Therapy”— Tick, Tick… Boom

“Goodbye Until Tomorrow/ I Could Never Rescue You”— the Last Five Years

If We Were Villans

“Mattie’s Lament”— We Are The Tigers

“Backstage Romance”— Moulin Rouge

“I never miss my mark”— A Killer Party

“Costume party”— Come From Away

“God I hate Shakespeare”— Something Rotten!

“Your fault”— Into the Woods

#broadway #rent musical #good omens #musicals #falsettos #into the woods #the owl house #if we were villains #the secret history #we are the tigers #heartstopper #tick tick boom #the last five years #fun home #dear even hansen the musical #dear evan hansen

[sockie2sock]

I need more Jeremy Jordan content because I'm running out.

Something that's not death note, newsies, the last five years, supergirl, tangled the series, hazbin hotel, bonnie and clyde, the violet hour, the great gatsby, the greatest showman, waitress, heathers workshop version, it's all coming back to me, disney medleys, spinning gold, joyful noise, smash, little shop of horrors, even the livestream he had during quarantine with Ashley and Clara.

I need more, man, I need more.

#jeremy jordan #off broadway #musicals #newsies #bonnie and clyde #the violet hour #the great gatsby #the greatest showman #hazbin hotel #the last five years #joyful noise #little shop of horrors #waitress #spinning gold #i think im obsessed

[theatreism]

Then talk to me, Cathy. Talk to me.

#the last five years #jonathan bailey #tl5y #musicaledit #musicalsedit #musicaltheatreedit #musicaltheateredit #musical theater #musical theatre #theateredit #bway #bwayedit #west end #the last 5 years #jamie wellerstein #gif