Time to #introduce myself here at m.h-town.
I'm a #sysadmin with more decades in service than I care to think about. I'm a Unix guy who deals with Linux when I have to.
I am heavily into musical theatre ( #musicaltheater ) but don't act/perform. I mostly do lighting - most recently as Master SpotOp for Seattle Musical Theatre.
I love to cook.
I'm gay, single, and live in Seattle.
I generally won't accept follow requests from blank profiles.
Any other questions? Just ask.

If I were a rich man
Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum
All day long, I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard
Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich yidle-diddle-didle-didle man

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I dunno, I had been thinking about Fiddler on the Roof lately. So, I decided to do my best Tevye impression and dance while singing "If I Were a Rich Man" in a barn.

What?

Omg so someone wrote a musical about bigots trying to cancel Drag Queen Story Hour, and it's debuting in Glens Falls NY! On June 6. On account of the story is about the Rockwell Falls Public Library in Lake Luzerne, NY, and will star Scarlett Sagamore, the original cancelled drag queen. I think this is a great way to deal with the confusion and trauma of such a series of events.

Indeed, they're still casting so spread the word, thespians!

#NY #upstateNY #Drag #DragQueens #theater #CommunityTheater #LGBTQIA #QueerCulture #DragQueenStoryHour #MusicalTheater #satire

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/controversial-library-closure-inspires-new-musical-in-upstate-new-york

New account, new introduction!

I'm Beth. I'm a queer mathematician who loves musical theater, webcomics, teaching math, and my cat.

Favorite areas of math: Topology, geometry, and combinatorics.

Favorite musicals: Chess, Into the Woods, Next to Normal, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd

Favorite webcomics: this is long enough to get its own post:
https://transfem.social/notes/9ius8efgn12cewcz

#Introduction #Queer #Mathematician #Math #Musicals #MusicalTheater #MusicalTheatre #Webcomics #Teaching #TeachingMath #Cat #Cats #SillyGoose #Topology #Geometry #Combinatorics #Chess #ChessTheMusical #IntoTheWoods #NextToNormal #SundayInTheParkWithGeorge #SweeneyTodd #PandorasTaleWiki #RainverseWiki

Review: Into the Woods, Kokandy Productions, Chicago
https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/chicago/ch788.html

When musical theater star Gavin Creel died last month of a rare form of cancer, there was an outpouring of grief from the Broadway community. "After he passed, I was struck (but not surprised) by how many people posted about how Gavin was one of their best friends. Of course that happened. And I completely believe that it’s true. He made everyone feel like they were his favorite," writes fellow singer and actor Will Swenson for American Theater.

Here's his tribute to "the friend that made every single moment better. Deeper, sillier, more joyful, more absurd, more heightened, more examined, more full of love. It was like he had a constant mantra circling in his head: How can we take this moment and make it fuller?"

The piece also includes a video of Creel singing "Hero and Leander" from Adam Guettel's "Saturn Returns," which is worth a listen.

https://flip.it/72yvxO

A new adaptation of "La Haine," the award-winning French movie about 1990s life in the deprived suburbs, is in theaters in Europe, and it's a musical. @AssociatedPress spoke to the film's director Matthieu Kassovitz about its continued significance, how the musical builds on it, and the place of suburban youth in French culture today.

https://flip.it/Da5bYc

#OnThisDay, September 11, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury (depicted in Hamilton, 2020)

The musical "Cats" appeared to have been put down after an 18-year run on Broadway, a failed 2016 revival and a ridiculous 2019 film. But there's life in the old cats yet, thanks to a new revival, "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." Here's Time Out's review of the latest version, which is reimagined as a ballroom runway show, complete with extravagant costumes and wigs, and a cast whose performers fall on wide spectrums of gender identity and presentation. "[Co-directors] Levingston and Rauch’s vision fits 'Cats' like a long sequined glove. No chance is missed to tease out potential queer meanings — when the cats sing 'Jellicle cats come out tonight,' some of them carry signs that say 'COME OUT' — and at times, the matches are almost eerily perfect," writes Adam Feldman.

https://flip.it/9zNRQ-

Big names like Daniel Radcliffe, Jeremy Strong and Angelina Jolie may have dominated the headlines from last night's Tony Awards. However, the Hollywood Reporter says the majority of prizes went to "titles with nary a celebrity in their cast." The biggest winner was "Stereophonic," which was named best play and also recognized for direction, scenic design, sound design, with a "Featured Actor in a Play" award for Will Brill. Here's more.

https://flip.it/rW8Ojl

A musical satire inspired by the disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow, with the unusual name of "Willy Fest," is in development, the BBC reports. The writing team was "assembled in less time than it takes for someone to sing the first verse of 'Oompa Loompa Doompa-Dee-Do'," producer Richard Kraft said. Kraft previously produced a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory concert at the Hollywood Bowl, and the team for this project includes Emmy-nominated comedian Riki Lindhome and Broadway songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. Here's more.

https://flip.it/Bsy9o6

Hello, Mastodon! I'm the marketing director for a California theater looking to connect with other makers and lovers of theater. We stage everything from Sondheim to hip-hop comedy to Shakespeare to bilingual plays with American Sign Language. Would love to talk more with others about this wild and wonderful art form.

I made a silly video about Swords to Plowshares. #MagicTheGathering #Music #MusicalTheater

Ooooooooklahoma where the wind come sweeping down the plain!

In Texas, a Fight Over Gender and School Theater Takes an Unexpected Turn

After a high school production of “Oklahoma!” was halted in conservative Sherman, Texas, something unusual happened: The school board sided with transgender students.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/trans-actor-oklahoma-sherman-texas.html

A new US Library of Congress transcription campaign just launched today: Sheet Music of the Musical Theater

https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/musical-theater/

#OnThisDay, September 11, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury (depicted in Hamilton, 2020)

#Movies #Musicals #MusicalTheater #Hamilton #Histodons #TodayInHistory @histodons

I watched the "Subspace Rhapsody" episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds - It amused me for the first 5 minutes - but got very samey for the next 45 . Did anyone love it ?
#startrek #musicaltheater

Here's our podcast about Star Trek's first musical episode.

Professors Rodney and Michael explore Strange New Worlds S2xE9, Subspace Rhapsody.

They talk about the music, of course, and about the story's deep character development expressed in the music.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startrekacademy/episodes/Episode-112-SNW-S02x09---Subspace-Rhapsody-e27qf2a

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #Music #MusicalTheater #Podcast #StarTrekAcademy #AllStarTrek @allstartrek