Me Skipping German Class For The 4950697th Time Because I Don't Feel Like Travelling To Uni

"Zero chemistry" is so mildly put 😂

For the ones who only saw the award video - this is like, a 122% better than what happened in the production on stage.

On stage they just. Took two ends of a rope. And pulled a bit. À la whip-pulling from the German staging. But with a think rope. Except of that no eye contact or touching whatsover save for ONE moment when Der Tod stroked the cheek of a kneeling Rudolf with the butt of the gun

(@fitzrove about Rudolf - I suspect he has a condition, because one side of his face is like "frozen"; especially visible in interviews)

Hi there! The Dutch Musical Awards were yesterday evening, and they always include some performances from the nominated shows and what else is in the theatre at the moment. And they did "Er valt een zwarte schaduw" (which is "Die Schatzen werden langer" in German?) From Elisabeth the musical! The performance is on YouTube, check it out:

https://youtu.be/Q8nhMQvxxNQ?si=2ujwn4F6NR1e8lpV

Thanks for the link!

Milan sure is doing something (tm) as Death (he's fine, there have been much worse ones in Germany - not sure about that falsetto opt up lmao but idk, he's decent) but wow, these people have zero chemistry😭😭 I don't think the guy that plays Rudolf is even acting or trying to show what the character is feeling in this scene, he's just kind of there???

#vEmpire

#very small one but eh

#if they all reside in one huge Transsylvanian castle it's like an empire for them

#especially if it has a back yard

Okay I need some answers, so please share this if you can :)

#it's funny because when people are guessing where I'm from depending on my accent it's like. Two options.

#you must be from the south! Was told to me excitedly by an exchange student from Brooklyn

#are you from the west? Tentatively asked by a few other American exchange students

#I have also been told that I have an Italian accent though the only Italian I know is how to perform Il e bello com' el sol from NDDP 😂

Concert Tickets

So, I boought 2 tickets to Mark Seibert's solo concert, but, sadly, turns out I can't go, because I have an audition the same weekend. If anyone would like them, they're here:

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#rip European lyrics. We will honour you in our hearts

Europeans translating American musicals: So we worked closely with the original composer to make sure our translation is as faithful as possible while remaining a singable rhyming translation. If a literal translation is not possible, we use a localized replacement that works in the target language. Please don’t hate us, we tried our best!!!

Literally anyone translating European musicals: *splotches lyrics on a plate like spaghetti, spits in it, and shoves it in your general direction* Here’s your stupid Eurotrash pop slop in English, happy now???? Also, we turned your corny-ass fauxpera into a comedy and replaced half the score with useless reprises. As is PROPER.

There was a...*looks at history book* vaguely German kingdom with Germanic Gods who are driven out by...*throws dice* a new religion that worships the son of the Sun God, Jeshua Crest The people were reigned by a Good King who had a most trusted advicer Y'veel (prounouned E-vHil) Schemerous Traytor. Somehow *cue dramatic gasps* the people were gradually more and more oppressed Until lo and behold, a promised hero came from the future. She was a splendid career woman with HEMA as a hobby and a PhD in pharmacology which helped her reform the medical practices in the land (which were totally backwards by the way) and defeat the armies sent by Y'veel Schemerous Traytor.

“Generically medieval”, by which we mean our peerage is French, our castles are German, our weapons are Italian, and everybody speaks English.

*by live theatre i mean plays, musicals, operas, ballets, concert versions of musicals, staged readings, & things of that nature.

if you want, list the names of the shows you've seen in the tags!

I open BlackBoard and see that I have a 2000-word essay due TODAY

friends. romans. countrymen. i am asking. i am begging. please use headphones when consuming audio content in a shared space.