Over My Head Telling Me That I’m Not Where I’m Supposed To Be

So....

I’m not saying that Kenny Ortega has a ‘type’ when choosing his leading male but…

All I’m saying is that I may have a type since I’m pretty sure I had a crush on all these guys! 

But Ben’s still my favorite! 

deaf west american idiot!

(will be talking about some staging here.. so spoilers? tw for drug mention)

i saw deaf west american idiot last night and i truly cannot explain to you all how simply amazing and incredible that production is and how they worked with the characters, staging, choreography and lighting…. the relationship the characters have not just with themselves but the people around them… it was truly gut wrenching. seeing that show in the time we’re in right now, and recognizing that this show is so relevant even today..

one thing i love about deaf west is the incorporation of certain characters (who are deaf) having another person resemble that characters voice/inner subconscious/etc and this production works so so beautifully with that. this production is done with so much grace, and it truly grabs your attention from the beginning. you really feel for each and every one of these characters, and they make you feel it. it hits you in the heart.

the show opens with political figures making speeches, excerpts from the news, and more. during are we the waiting, when tunny (a deaf character) decides to join the military, they conduct a hearing test on him before asking him to leave - and yet he gets to join regardless. throughout the show after johnny does drugs for this first time, st. jimmy starts to speak and sign for him during certain parts, where his addiction starts to take over. during know your enemy, johnny runs away from whatsername - who’s trying to stop him from doing drugs - to get some, while his voice and st. jimmy cheer him on and try to get her away from him. when johnny is high or he really starts to get to a bad point, johnny’s voice signs for johnny in certain parts, turning against him in a way. johnny feels like everyone - even himself - is against him and he has nobody. not even himself.

regardless of this, during letterbomb, spiderwebs are used to trap johnny and st. jimmy, and st. jimmy ends up leaving him in the spiderweb while johnny’s voice comes and helps him out - resembling johnny realizing he needs to get sober. all of the voices of johnny, will, and tunny hang out with them more than any other character does. they only have themselves. johnny and his voice run around together. johnny’s voice films johnny making a speech. will and his voice smoke together and as will is telling us about how he feels at a bad point of his life while just sitting down with a blank stare - his voice is curled up on the touch next to him gripping his hair. while tunny gets shot in the leg, his voice is watching him helplessly… tunny feels helpless and alone in that situation. later, tunny’s voice helps hold tunny up as he limps. during the end of homecoming, the voices hug each other and the non-voice characters and other characters. everyone’s coming together and embracing themselves and there is an optimistic future ahead of everybody.

this show is so beautiful and i cannot process how much i love it and how much it hurt. i hope so much for a broadway transfer - or a transfer to a bigger theater - so that so many people can see it. it is so beautiful and so beautifully well done.

High school musical 3: senior year || inspirations and visual references

We’re aspiring to do the big broadway musical numbers, big movie musical numbers, to do them like the great choreographers and directors: Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins and Michael Kidd - Kenny Ortega, director

He [Ortega] really wanted to reintroduce kids to everything about musical film and musical theatre. We all agreed that if we’re going to introduce kids to the song and the dance of the classic Hollywood and Broadway period, why not try to introduce them to a bit of the stagecraft of that time as well?“ - Mark Hofeling, production designer

Footlight parade (1933) dir. Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon / chgph. Busby Berkeley Royal Wedding (1951) dir. Stanley Donen / chgph. Nick Castle Singin’ in the rain (1952) dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen / chgph. Gene Kelly West Side Story (1961) dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins / chgph. Jerome Robbins Seven brides for seven brothers (1964) dir. Stanley Donen / chgph. Michael Kidd Sweet Charity (1966) dir. and chgph. Bob Fosse Chicago (2002) dir. and chgph. Rob Marshall Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser / chgph. Patricia Birch Material Girl (1985) dir. Mary Lambert / chgph. Kenny Ortega Saturday Night Fever (1977) dir. John Badham / chgph. Lester Wilson Gentlemen prefer blondes (1953) dir. Howard Hawks / chgph. Jack Cole

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bisexual analogy in high school musical you will always be famous to me 🙏🏻

Zac Efron // The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) Let’s just say, I’m here to deliver beer to a friend.

The pictures that Zac showed on Live with Kelly and Michael of his trip to Peru (September 2013)

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I love the fact that when Zac's on screen, your entire attention is dedicated to just him. Like we remember every single movement/reflex of his facial expressions because he's just THAT captivating. His looks contribute to his act (can't deny that).

But he has a very minimal approch, so you kind of wait on him to do the next act which keeps you wanting more.

He's a solid actor. For sure. Just needs the right project that will enclose him naturally.

Like he's a natural. He shouldn't force himself to fit into a box.

!!!!