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Padlet #378: Secondary lesbian couple to foil the main straight couple? The more I think about it the more I see it. Not just starlight express, but in Rent, in Falettos, and even the gym teacher and prison gal from Hairspray. I get that having more representation is good, but I think we can hope for better especially in revivals of older shows.

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Padlet #377: During any of the raids at stonewall a cis woman had to be wearing 3 pieces of female clothing??? What does that look like??? Are we Victorian and women can’t wear pants??? Also apparently the first thing thrown at stonewall was actually a shot glass at a mirror! 

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Padlet #376: YEAH MR HARVEY!! He ate her up with every response and talked as if it was common sense. So ahead of his time. 

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padlet #375: I’m trying to think of a lesbian icon that is a straight man and the closest thing that comes to mind is Hozier, but he isn’t even called a straight man in the gay community and most jokingly refer to him as a “he/him lesbian”. Why would lesbians have a straight man as an icon when the straight men have either hated lesbians or fetishized them so much that “lesbian” has become a dirty and loaded term.

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Padlet #374: So it’s Dorothy Parker who was a liberal member of a group of progressive poets!! Huzzah! 

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Padlet #373: PANSY CRAZE MENTIONED! I had never heard of the Hays code, but it checks out.

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Padlet #372: I loved the Wicked movie, but it didn’t need to be two parts. Anyways, I really enjoyed the way they took the animal cruelty and leaned into the allegory for the erasure of “critical race” theory in schools. It is not subtle at all, and I think it picks up the slack for what the original musical lacks in themes about race and prejudice. The painting of the animals underneath the Wizard was very powerful and effective. 

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Padlet #371: I loved this little reminder of queer history in musical theatre! This creator claims that Ariana probably didn’t know about Billie Burke being gay, but I think this is rather presumptuous. Ariana has loved all things Wizard of Oz and Wicked related and she has been a theatre nut since a very young age AND she is playing Glinda, like she has probably done a whole lot of research in regards to everything Glinda. I don’t like it when people try to inform actors of their characters in a rude way.

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Padlet #370: These are my favorite musical sequels. They make the most sense as sequels because it’s easy to watch them back to back on a free site that is YouTube and it cashes in on a series that is wildly popular and easy to parody. 

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Padlet #369: It makes sense that the evil British mad man Webber would follow the blockbuster model by making his cash cow stretch into a sequel.

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Padlet #368: This was hated! It lasted for two weeks and then when kaput.

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Padlet #367: This is crazy. I’m actually curious because if this means that we get more fun villain songs than I might be interested. Though, if Miss Hannibal doesn’t get her due run time than I’m not eating my time watching it.

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Padlet #366: This is very similar to the second one but we get to see the iconic font that is used in the final musical form! It seems like this and the last one were smushed together to create what became Falsettos.

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Padlet #264: This was the first installment to the lore and acts as a prequel where Marvin first comes out as gay. 

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Padlet #363: There was quite a build up to the musical we all know and love: Falettos. There was like three different musicals until we got to the final two act musical.

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Padlet #362: I find this title to be very funny. We say bye to birdie and now suddenly we say no wait come back birdie. 

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Padlet #361: This sequel from 1964 came after “The Boy Friend” and I think it’s rather bold for 1964 but then again this is after the death of innocence so maybe it checks out.

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Padlet #360: How fun! Of Thee I Sing got a sequel called Let Em Eat Cake which I think is a very funny name for a political musical sequel. Lots of “uls” n that sentence.

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Padlet #359: The Talk of New York was the name of the sequel btw. Also it was composed by our boy George M. Cohen! He really liked to write about New York I suppose.

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Padlet #358: I was wondering what musical sequals existed outside of Mama Mia 2: Here We Go Again and I found this! 45 Minutes From Broadway (1906) was the first musical to receive a sequel! 

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Padlet #357: I was never all that well versed on wicked, so I looked up who the main character was to make sure that I wasn’t crazy in thinking it was Elphaba. I was right, but still Ariana’s name is not only mentioned first but it’s also highlighted!! I don’t like that.

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Padlet #356: There’s been some scandal over the difference in pay between Cynthia and Ariana. A spokesperson at universal claimed that the rumors of a pay gap between the two was false, but they still didn’t disclose the amount they were paid. he rumored amount was that Cynthia was paid 1 mil and Ariana 15 mil. I don’t want to believe it, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Not only is Ariana a lot more famous than Cynthia, but this whole marketing scheme seems to have an underlying racist tone to it. More of the trailers I have seen are mostly just Ariana as Glinda and makes it seem like she’s the protagonist. Everyone keeps falling at the feet of the pop star that used to tan her skin so much to the point of it being borderline blackface and puts on a “blackcent” from time to time. 

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Padlet #355: Ariana as looked ozempified for a while now, but Cynthia has also lost her muscle mass and it makes me very sad. I hope that they are happy and healthy and that neither of them were coerced into taking drastic measures to look a certain way, but it was super cool to see a toned and beautiful woman of color as the lead for the movie and this is shockingly different from how she started out.

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Padlet #354: I can’t say much because I myself am a crybaby and it feels like I’m watching a cast party where the seniors are huddled in the corner and crying. Anyways, I think they should date if they aren’t already.

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Padlet#353: Knowing that this was the last song he had written adds another layer of cryability to this performance. I really enjoyed this video because it was one diva praising acknowledging another younger diva. Two generations of divas who represent where we have been in musical theatre and where it is going. 

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Padlet #352: This has become my newest vocal stim and it won’t leave my brain.

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Padlet #351: So I sent my boyfriend a video of Patti Lupone singing Anything Goes in 1988 because I can’t stop listening to it because it is so good. I wanted to know his reaction because I felt crazy just replaying it over and over and wanted to talk about it with someone and he sent me this GIF. Apparently the song was in Fallout the video game. I forget that these older musical numbers are jazz standards and were also popular mainstream, so o guess it makes sense that it would be featured in a game that never got past the 50’s culture wise. To see that as a response to Patti’s vocals was quite humbling I must admit.

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Padlet #350: I know it was just a recording of the live show, but god does it work in any form of media. A show made up of people who look like everyday people and the MUSICOHMYGOOOOOShhhhh! Like I wish this were available everywhere so schools could force their kids to watch this instead of people dying on 9/11. Definitely earned the 98.

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 #349: There were only five tomato reviewers but good lord how did they manage to vote unanimously. I only include this Disney channel original because it’s an allegory for racism and segregation but they substituted black people with zombies. huh? Disney are you trying to say the quiet part out loud? The zombies where collars to control their monster-ness, but when they don’t they are suddenly faster and better at sports? Rotted and gutted. The reviewers must have been nine at the oldest.

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Padlet #348: It got cut out but know that tomato said 97 and audience was 86. I agree with tomato because it’s Julie Andrew’s as a magical nanny. It’s a  charming film and it’s whimsical and everything I need for there to be a smile on my face. I think the tomato likes Julie too.

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Padlet #347: A RECENT AND ANIMATED FILM WITH A 100% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES???? I have never seen this movie but I am immediately interested. It looks so whimsical and fun and I must watch it immediately.

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Padlet #346: I agree with the score. It’s not perfect but it’s so fun and every actor does a great job. John Travolta is both perfect and haunting as the mom and it’s lovely. I don’t understand why the teacher is on the cover though when it should have been Little Inez.

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Padlet #345: THIS IS SO GOOD! Dimitri walked so Flynn Rider could run. IM SO SAD THAT THE ACTUAL MUSICAL VERSION DOESNT HAVE RASPTIN!!!! For that, it beats the Broadway version. I would kill to have had in a crowd of thousands in this version though. Anyways, I think that the audience is wrong and I would have made the tomato meter a little higher.

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Padlet #344: I am surprised at how high they both rated this version. I saw Sweeney Todd at the Muny with Carmen Cusack as Ms. Lovett  and it was so good where as this was not so much. It felt very Tim Burton stop motion and not very musical. That’s it the worst thing, but I just know how good it could be especially listening to the Josh Groban version. 

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Padlet #343: THIS IS A PERFECT MOVIE MUSICAL!!!!! It is so good. Every number is so much fun or just enchanting. This is the most movie musical to ever musical movie. Make ‘em’ laugh, singin in the rain, good morning, ALL OF IT! Kelly was too mean to Debbie though. I think he took some notes on being a jerk from Fosse and Cole.

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Padlet #342:  God. Jesus. Gross. The positive reviews on the audience are theatre kids and Evan apologists. I love Ben platt but it felt like a double edged sword that people would hate it if he wasn’t Evan and they’ll still hate it if he was Evan because of how old he was. The songs they added were also boring. I didn’t like Requiem and that’s my favorite song. I didn’t like what they did to his friends characters. BOOOOOO.

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Padlet #341: I agree. This was good! Very good! The costumes, acting, songs, dance, good! 

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Padlet #340: It was okay. It was kind of boring. Once again I hate James Gordon. He didn’t deserve this role. They casted a lot of big names. The poor reviews from the audience score is from Sondheim fans. Love Streep though. I hope she had fun.

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Padlet #339: Prefer a live shadow casting because of the cultural phenomena. As a movie it’s wonderful and very silly and very camp. Right up my alley. The music is very good. I would have gone more with the audience rating. I feel like the tomato restricted itself from giving a film like Rocky Horror a higher score than 80.

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Padlet #338: I agree with both scores. Anything higher or lower would be odd, but I think this fits. Liked most of the acting and I will always defend Hugh Jackman. Hate the director. Love Anne Hathaway. Helena did lovely as always. WHY COULD JAVERT NOT SING!?! WHAT IS IT WITH CASTING MEN WHO CANT CARRY A TUNE IN A BUCKET!?!

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 Padlet #337: Completely agree with critiques. The only reason why the audience is so high is because of horny men and women everywhere. THE ANGEL OF MUSIC SHOULD BE ABLE TO SING GOSH DARN IT!!!!!

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 Padlet #336: Now this ranking is generous. This was the last movie I watched in 2019 in a movie theatre on New Year’s Eve and I am still convinced that it’s why 2020 turned out the way it did. Jason D. was creepy and if I see another James Gordan cameo in my movie musical then I will throw up. The CGI??? I’m sure that is also why Tomato gave it a rotten score as well because at least the original was known for excellent dancing and costumes and makeup. This had kind of half of those things.

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Padlet #335: This is my stranded island musical. This also the first musical I have ever seen and I have been obsessed with since I was six. I know it’s stupid. I know that the songs often don’t flow naturally with the dialogue. I know the three father plot is silly and it’s very British. BUT ITS FUN! I think it deserves a nice 65 at least. 

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Padlet #334: THIS DESERVES AT LEAST A 95! A C grade for this masterpiece of cinema is insulting and insane. The scene where the Angel of death comes by? And the music???? And THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA?!?? And no, it’s not just my catholic bias. This movie is so universal and that’s what makes it wonderful. Audience had it right. I also think critics are automatically harsher on animated/family films.

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Padlet #333: I completely disagree with this rating. It deserves no more than 70% and that’s that on that. The stupid movie is stupid because it’s unsatisfying AND pretentious. You can’t have both without making me angry and I was angry when I watched it. Also Ryan, love you, but they should have had him lip sync or casted someone else because yikes. I think tomato liked it because it was a “smart” musical and wasn’t The Greatest Showman.

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Padlet #332: I’m going to go through some movie musicals that I have seen and talk about if I agree with the critique on rotten tomatoes or not and why I am right or it is wrong :D! I dearly love The Wizard of Oz and how campy it is so I agree with this ranking. I also think that it got some points with critiques for the technicolor technology for 1939. Do not endorse the treatment of Judy Garland though. 

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Padlet #331: apparently the number of seats you need for a theater to be off-Broadway vs Broadway is 500 seats!

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Padlet #330: The original Pippin album was recorded in  Motown recording studio and therefore this recording of a Jackson 5 rendition of Corner of the Sky exists and that’s lovely.

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Padlet #329: The leading player in Pippin has no defined gender and Ben and Patina were the first to receive a Tony for the same role as different sexes.

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padlet #328: I went down a sort of rabbit hole and found this gem when I was searching for the grease clip. Enjoy. 

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Padlet #327: Every time I think about grease I can’t help but think about this clip and I hope it amuses you. 

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Padlet #326: Patrick Swayze played Danny in Grease ON BROADWAY???!? That is very hard for me to imagine.

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Padlet #325: Marie Osmond was also the first pick for Sandy, but the bad girl transformation was against her morals as a former Mormon. 

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Padlet #324: Lucile Ball’s daughter was the first choice to play Rizzo, but Lucy didn’t want her daughter playing such a trampish role.

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Padlet #323: Sonny was 31 and this makes complete sense.

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Padlet #322: Marni was only 21 and that really shocked me! I think they purposefully aged her up with hair, costumes and makeup to make her match the rest of the cast.

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Padlet #321: Kenickie’s actor was 26 and this makes sense to me.

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Padlet #320: John was 23 and that really surprises me! I thought he was older.

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Padlet #319: Rizzo’s actress was 33 and so what?

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Padlet #318: I was always confused as to why I didn’t look like the cast of Grease when I got to High School, until I realized that they were a lot older than I was. I’m not hating though, because I believe in protecting children from exploitation. Olivia was 29 during the filming!

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Padlet #317: THOSE HICKEYS ARE REAL!! AND HEY WERE GIVEN BY THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED KENICKIE!!!

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Padlet #316: Apparently they rewrote her character to be Australian because Olivia was worried about doing an American accent! 

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Padlet #315: I found it! The original line was about Sal Mineo and I didn’t know him from before, but apparently he was in Rebel Without a Cause so that’s probably why they wanted him referenced.

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Padlet #314: This quite surprising to me that Elvis would have been the first choice to play Danny. Also fun fact is that I don’t know that the Elvis line was something else before so I’m going to go find that now.

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Padlet #313: I WAS TODAY YEARS OLD WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SANDY HAD A LAST NAME AND WHAT “DEE” STOOD FOR!!

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Padlet #312: I like how the movie takes the transubstantiation and uses it as a metaphor. I know that lots of branches of Christianity deems it as symbolic as well, but as a Roman Catholic it’s interesting to make that choice because it leans less into the religious aspect and more into making Jesus a man rather than a part of the trinity. Stripping myth from man I suppose.

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Padlet #311: Alan is an icon! I loved his performance in Cabaret and in this interview he talked about how positive this was for him and how scandalous it was in the states because the scandal with Bill Clinton had just happened so sex was once again a forbidden topic.

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Padlet #310: I was watching Liza in Cabaret and it just smacked me in the face how much she looks and sounds like her mom. Now I can’t and will never unsee it.

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Padlet #309: This song is like being teased because the song is so close to being let the sun shine in and when they get there it’s so satisfying.

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Padlet #308: I had to read the lyrics to know what they were singing and it’s so funny, but also was that okay to mix with the mantra? I would not be too sure, but I got a giggle out of it.

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Padlet #307: This is Rama! He is the 7th avatar of Vishnu the preserver and he is the Hindu God of chivalry and virtue.

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Padlet #306: This is Krishna and he is the Hindu God of love, protection, and compassion. He is often called the dark one and he is the 8th avatar of the Vishnu the Peserver.

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Padlet #305: I did not know what “Hare Krishna” was, and apparently it was a mantra created by this man, Bhaktivedanta, and popularized in 1965 in the States. This chant called on the Gods Krishna and Rama to bless their souls and lives. This is what I have gathered and I really hope I am not wrong.

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Padlet #304: The way this is written reminds me of the beat poets. There’s no particular rhyme scheme and it sounds like an artsy fartsy conversation with the self in the mirror.

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Padlet #303: I don’t have a proper picture or this one because duh. I did find this amusing quip n urban dictionary about how fellatio is not a town in France. I find it surprising that I didn’t know this one but I had heard of and knew what cunnilingus was. That’s like a first ever that I knew what the female version of something was before I knew what the male version was.

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Padlet #302: I looked up Pederasty and good Lord that sounds nasty for a good reason. I am all for people doing what they want to do as long as they aren’t hurting anyone, but I will never be able to accept any form of pedophilia. Hard stop. No. It’s hurting the child. It’s immoral no matter what. 

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Padlet #301: We aren’t in the 50’s anymore! I had to look up three new words from the song that has only 22 words in it: Sodomy from Hair. I did not know what the Kama Sutra is, and I found that it’s a Hindu text about sexuality and emotional fulfillment. Apparently lots of he English translations are inaccurate so that’s no fun.

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Padlet #300: This one took my heart and squeezed it because I love little women so so so very dearly and it’s crazy how I still very much relate to the characters and their problems specifically.

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Padlet #299: This hit me in the stomach. Tears are on my phone screen.

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Padlet #298: Sobbing. This was the second to pop up and it hit me in my eyes.

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Padlet #297: Playbill did another article with a collection of songs to use to get excited for the election featuring our boy Lin as Hamilton. All of these songs are a slap in the face after the results. Every single photo I looked at almost made me tear up. This is not how it was supposed to go.

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Padlet #296: Once again, the look of hope and confidence. I am completely and totally flabbergasted and I wonder how Uzo is feeling right now.

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Padlet #295: Aw. My true Glinda. I hate Ariana Grabde and I adore Kristen. They’re both divas but I can’t stand Ariana and I hate how every single trailer is focusing on her rather than the actual star of the movie and giving the white girl who uses a “blackcent” all of the praise is insulting and frustrating when Cynthia is right there killing it as Elpheba. Anyways, yay Kristen voted!!

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Padlet #294: Playbill did an article with photos of Broadway personnel with their voting stickers. She looks so optimistic.

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Padlet #293: This article was written in 2020 and God do I wish things turned out how they did that year, minus the pandemic of course. Why is it that when Trump goes up against another very old man he loses but when he runs against a woman of color he wins? Why did he win in 2016 against another woman? I can’t help but wonder. Also a quote from our boy Irving is up there! I couldn’t agree more, Irv.

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Padlet #292: Until I remembered that the majority of the population couldn’t vote. Only white men. The population was around five million for all three times that Jefferson ran and the sum of every vote he got was under 200,000? That’s much less than a 100,000 vote average of each election. Our country is insane.

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Padlet #291: I was wondering why a lot of the earliest presidents didn’t have as much and then I remembered it wasn’t just the population and considering how many states that didn’t exist yet…

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Padlet #290: Next is Bill. He allegedly did not have sexual relations with that woman. RENT came out during his presidency and that checks out in my brain. Very 90’s.

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Padlet #289: Next up is Ronald. You know, it makes a whole lot of sense that Donald stole his catch phrase of “Make America Great Again” from him.

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Padlet #288: Yay all time champ!!! He slayed his way through the depression and a whole world war. I commend him for that. Anything Goes came out during his presidency and so did Annie Get Your Gun. That’s so silly to me. 

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Padlet #287: In fourth place we have George W. Bush. I’m not saying I’m excited to talk about musical theater post 9/11, but I think it will certainly be interesting.

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Padlet #286: In third place we have Richard Nixon. Weird that The Fantasticks came out the same year as Richard losing the first time. 

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Padlet #285: In second place we have Barack Obama who won both of his races and is yet still in second place before the site was updated. That’s kind of crazy that the voting turnout had increased that much.

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Padlet #284: I will now go into who has the most votes overall including every election that a candidate ran for. This is not up to date as of this morning. Up until today Donald had the most votes ever and still will after today. Very sad. It is interesting to see how eery election has a bigger turn out. It does make me happy to see more people exercising their rights.

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Padlet #283: Teddy was also cool in the way he protected our natural resources, land, went after monopolies, and started aking real change for the food and drug and work industry in general after reading the jungle. Still probably a racist and homophobe in today’s standards, so a big whomp whomp there.

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Padlet #282: Ulysses was cool and I hate what the dunning school did to his legacy. Of course he was problematic in some ways, he was a white man in the Victorian era. I don’t think he gets enough credit  for he amount of civil rights protection he did in the south and the mess he cleaned up after Andrew Johnson was in office.

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Padlet #281: Poor Bernie. He didn’t do so well. 

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Padlet #280: This man ad the least amount of popular votes ever. Poor buddy. Maybe if his entire party wasn’t just based on being against a different party he would have succeeded lol.

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Padlet #279: HOLY COW THERE WAS A COMMUNIST WHO RAN?? AND THREE TIMES TOO?? AND THE TIMING???? He was running during the first wave of the red scare and that’s insane to me. Good try Will!!