i just watched the muppet show ep where sam eagle makes them all wear tuxes when rudolph nureyev guest hosts. mentioning this for no real reason.
Posts by casey (train musical flop queen)
Stakes piled high as Pittsburgh, Philly "POOP series" drops tonight.
enjoy 💞 this show has actually changed my life and scholarship
don't let the short broadway run distract you, it's VERY good. it's about a community of russian-jewish immigrants on the lower east side, one of whom takes a job at triangle late in the show. the score is GORGEOUS. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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please tell me you are familiar with Rags, the broadway musical that has a triangle fire subplot
what’s your favorite bible verse? (wrong answers only)
"The University of California system, the California State system, the City University of New York — these are the institutions actually educating America’s workforce, actually moving first-generation students into the middle class, actually delivering on higher education’s democratic promise."
so alw LOVES a train. his producing company was named for thomas the tank engine until last year. but this is the song i meant, originally for stralight express (a musical about trains): youtu.be/uxhGlbFCPkA?...
guys what if i told you all there’s an andrew lloyd webber song about this, specifically???
screenshots of tweets from gritty introduction day. the penguins had quote tweeted gritty’s intro tweet with “lol okay,” so gritty responded with “sleep with one eye open tonight, bird” and a menacing picture of himself
the prophecy being fulfilled
if you saw the original version that didn’t take sense: no you didn’t
literally every* villanovan takes two semesters of “augustine and culture seminar” specifically so we don’t go out into the world saying what the vice president spewed at the POPE, an augustinian. truly lmfao
*i, personally, did not take acs, i took the Super Nerd Version via honors instead
PLEASE. his 50th nova reunion is next summer, phillies, you now have a deadline!!!
the remaster of piano man with the full broadcast on wmmr is an absolute treat, you will be hootin and hollerin and GO BIRDSin the whole time
dammit johnny, you know i love my big beef and cheddar
“Why aren’t college students protesting” stories are almost always wrong (they are protesting), omit crucial context (they were brutally punished for protesting before), and somehow suggest that 19 yr olds have more moral responsibility than elected officials three times their age
The person behind us did bring a giant dog to Cats: The Jellicle Ball last week, and it barked once really loud, and he was like "ohh he normally never barks, but it's his first broadway show!"
If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.
gun song in particular is really gun songing for me today
Let me say this plainly: Iranian children have as much of a right to live and thrive as American children.
Their babies MUST be as precious to me as my 6 niblings and my baby grandnib are IF I want them to have a future.
If I want a future for my kin AND humanity, I MUST act like it.
So must you.
There are pundits in the US, the country behind the Manhattan Project, arguing that universities are fair game because science is used to make weapons.
This attack is devastating in its own right. But the fact that this place of particular pride was targeted is an extra source of insult and pain.
his whole life IS thunder !!!
levar burton star trek tired/wired meme. captions are: tired panel: I look handsome, I look smart, I am a walking work of art wired panel: attention, ladies and gentlemen: here comes a gesamtkunstwerk
i’m brute force learning german via cast albums and need you all to know that in german, joseph sings “listen up 5s, a 10 is speaking”
help if you can ❤️
The Denial of Saint Peter, by Caravaggio, 1610
cannot believe i had to dig this comic up again in 2026
simultaneously too casual and not casual enough (my parish growing up was usually >50% phillies and eagles gear lmfao)
“In other words, the perceived worth of higher education has waned just as women have begun to outnumber men within it. Is it really a coincidence?”
oscar hammerstein ii