Jared Gray

Glinda and Elphaba’s hands reaching for each other, from the Wicked movie poster

I think I’m finished, just gotta double check to make sure! But right now, the final clock-ticks are as follows:

PART ONE: 1:59:10
INTERMISSION: 00:15:11
FOR GOOD: 01:43:52
CREDITS: 00:09:27

Though Cameron Mackintosh, the producer of Miss Saigon, had employed a "student rush," the tickets were in the rear balcony and only reserved for high school and college kids. "What about all the poor people who aren't students?" I say. "Let's flip it" says Kevin. "What do you mean?" "We'll put them in the first two rows." "That's it!" I say. "We'll sell the first two rows for twenty dollars-but to everybody." "It'll be like a wave" says Kevin. "The people in the first two rows will start a wave that spreads to the back of the theater." "And we'll sell them on the day of the show, which will guarantee there's a line in front of the theater every day." We have a plan. From Memoirs Of A Theater Kid

Speaking it into existence: I want to be Jeffrey Seller when I grow up, not because of his accomplishments and impact, but because he knew how IMPORTANT it was to include this specific bit in his memoirs

As one of the many teenage Rent-Heads who benefited tremendously from this decision, thank you!

How big are you?

It’s snowing! And it’s pretty! And it’s nice to see that the world is full of wonderful things.

People who make art, who encourage children, who tip a little extra, who marvel at the natural world, who say thank you, who believe in love… they always try so hard to keep the world a nice place and keep it cool to be alive despite, or in spite of, everything else.

And sometimes that’s enough. 🩵

The Baker from Into The Woods, “No More”

No more giants waging war
Can’t we just pursue our lives
With our children and our wives?
Till that happy day arrives
How do you ignore
All the witches
All the curses
All the wolves, all the lies
The false hopes, the goodbyes
The reverses
All the wondering what even worse is
Still in store?

The Baker from Into The Woods, “No More”

No more giants waging war
Can’t we just pursue our lives
With our children and our wives?
Till that happy day arrives
How do you ignore
All the witches
All the curses
All the wolves, all the lies
The false hopes, the goodbyes
The reverses
All the wondering what even worse is
Still in store?

These and a functional opposition party would fix me

POCAHONTAS:
You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

JOHN SMITH:

But it’s still such a goddamn struggle every time let me tell you 🙃

People who make art, who encourage children, who tip a little extra, who marvel at the natural world, who say thank you, who believe in love… they always try so hard to keep the world a nice place and keep it cool to be alive despite, or in spite of, everything else.

And sometimes that’s enough. 🩵

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

*Republican president does the same thing republican presidents have done for the last 70 years*

A stupid person: “wow Trump really wants to cover up the Epstein files!”

Really glad it’s the weekend so everybody can wait until Monday to deal with this 🙃🙃🙃

Lyrics from Ragtime: “But it was too late. The world was already at war”

Welp, warn the Duke, I guess

Oolong, no doubt

Mr. Goldstone, after what he thought was going to be a simple meeting about a new act:

One day I’ll tell everyone the story of how, back in the year 2000, I ****** a bunch of ******* so he could **** * ********* **** of *** ******* ******* at **********, and how, after I ****** him ******, he *** * ***** ******* to me, the one who ******* his ********* ******.

I’ve known since then.

I knew you were all right

Also because Canadians enjoy Craft Dinner, yes? 🤣

Like, we’ve got years of published scripts, interviews, DVD commentary, etc… these dumb things are all DEMONSTRABLY false.

Let’s leave those Al “Hello Kitty in the office” images in 2025, okay?

My current This Has Got To Stop:

Movie/TV clips captioned with
“He improvised the whole scene!”
“She forgot her line, they’re all struggling to keep it together!”
“They didn’t tell them what was going to happen, these are their real reactions!”
and other lies.

Have some faith in your actors, damn.

Lyrics from “Thank Goodness” from Wicked modified to read: I hear the snow is so made of water pure sunshine can melt her

Don’t worry, all you winter haters, it won’t last forever!

Evergreen

Stop you’re gonna make me sneeze!

When I tell you I have been thinking about this ALL. DAY.

I will be saying this forEVER

I have seen the film and that’s all taken care of.

The timeline, however, still remains appropriately messy.