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i said i'd stop spending money but i'm going to see mst3k live next month oops

sweeney was PHENOMENAL 

norm lewis yelled at me. carolee carmello held a butcher knife to my head. truly the best production of sweeney todd 

i already have tickets to go back and i'm looking into going a second time this is the only thing i care about

norm is the first truly angry, raging sweeney i've seen and i LOVED it. he's a big, imposing guy up close (but so sweet when he's not in character, i've never met a man with a kinder heart !!) and even more terrifying when he's an inch from your face going "HOW ABOUT A SHAVE". the tiny space rang with his angry screams while he fought to keep mrs lovett in the oven (a gruesomely wonderful little addition, imo) and wow he's just perfect

carolee is by far my favorite lovett. a lot of actresses tend to overplay the comedic aspects of the character, but she allowed this subtle emotional vulnerability that just really got me. mrs lovett is such a complex character, and carolee really blew me away with her portrayal. she let the comedy come naturally and in the delivery and never once overdid it, which is something i can't say for most lovetts. it wasn't like "oh, that's carolee carmello playing mrs lovett", it was like "no that's mrs lovett herself" and i am beyond impressed

john-michael lyles is the sweetest toby, he's such a precious ray of sunshine!

jamie jackson was a horrible terrible judge turpin- as he's meant to be! the way the candles cast shadows on his face during mea culpa chilled me to the bone and made my skin crawl. after the show, however, he was so sweet and lovely, and i'm so glad i got the chance to talk with him.

they had the audience go into the lobby during intermission and began act two by having toby jump onto the counter, bang a spoon on a pot to get our attention, and burst into God That's Good and usher us back into the new-and-improved pie shop. speaking of the pies, they're to DIE for (lmao) and the entire experience was so immersive and so unique. i'll never have a better experience as long as i live

this job is filling up my calendar SO FAST but i love it

between shows and cast parties and potlucks and galas, i'm booked up for the next nine months but holy shit i'm having so much fun. i feel so fancy and cultured 

as many of you know, my girlfriend of four years dumped me and immediately began dating someone new- however, i was unable to move out (due to finances and also, admittedly, an unwillingness to give up the hope that things would change)

this past weekend, though, i secured a dream job back home and scraped together enough money to come back. i'm still not in a great place mentally, but logging back in to see my very first DD was a HUGE mood booster! thank you all for your support and your kind words!

and to those new watchers, feel free to say hello!

i went to an open mic thing today and performed some of the poems and prose that i've written ("they know not what they do", "winter carnival", and "sunday, three times"). i'm on the speech team here at college so you'd THINK i would be totally okay

NOPE

i was shaking bodily the whole time even though my delivery was pretty solid, but the crowd really loved it and i got some compliments after so it was worth it. i never let anybody outside of this site hear/see/read anything i do so it was a big, scary step but i'm glad i did it and i'll be going out and doing it more