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I’m so happy this post exists
We have come across the most adorable bottle of ketchup…
It is so small… so defenseless…
We shall adopt it and raise it to become big and strong.
wow what an // a e s t h e t i c // wall i must stand in front of it 大理石の王女
there’s a deaf west spring awakening bootleg circulating and I don’t think it captures how truly beautiful this scene is, this is only audio, but this night I went, the emotional level was so high, it was so on point, everyone needs to listen to this.
just like that, oh, now that’s heaven
Austin McKenzie performing “Valerie” last night at 54 Below. He messed up and it’s the greatest thing ever.
Petition to have Spring Awakening professionally recorded because its use of ASL is both stunning and revolutionary, and should therefore be preserved.
That`s gold ^^
“Touch Me” - Austin McKenzie, Alex Boniello, Sean Grandillo, Alex Wyse, and the Broadway revival cast of Spring Awakening October 26, 2015
Maybe the best version of this song ever performed.
Spring Awakening: An Autocorrect Nightmare
no but guys think about how cool an ASL staging of Hamilton would be
“talk less, smile more”
Lafayette combining ASL with French Sign Language
In “Farmer Refuted” Ham and Seabury go from simply trying to block their audience’s view of each other’s hands to actively slapping each other’s hands down mid-sentence
King George doesn’t deign to sign. He has the ensemble sign for him and gets pissed at how with each reprise there seem to be fewer and fewer ensemble members there to translate.
everybody’s name signs corresponding with their musical leitmotifs
apparently the ASL word for “helpless” can also be used to mean “speechless” in some contexts
during “Helpless,” if you look closely, you can see some of Alex and Angelica’s conversation from “Satisfied” being signed in the background
LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE SIGN FOR “WAIT” IS
THE GLORY THAT IS “GUNS AND SHIPS” IN ASL
everyone breaking apart to sign their own parts in “Non-Stop” in a beautiful visual explosion like I am dying just thinking about this
AGGRESSIVE CABINET BATTLE SIGNING
“The Room Where It Happens” being all about being shut out of conversations and decisions, there’s some new subtext to “hold your nose and close your eyes” because you can’t sign while holding your nose and you can’t watch others sign while closing your eyes
Phillip not being able to complete the “sept huit neuf” with Eliza because his hands are going limp as he dies and Eliza actually screaming
Burr’s signing in “Your Obedient Servant” getting more and more angry along with his writing, the syntax of which also changes until “Weehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn.” matches up exactly with Burr signing the words–he’s sick and tired of translating every thought into perfect English, he’s tired of signing less and smiling more, he is 100% done with this shit
during Ham’s final “I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory,” it’s not just the music that drops out, it’s the English translation. that’s right, y’all, HAMILTON’S FINAL MONOLOGUE IS ONLY IN ASL
at the end of it, he sets down his pistol prop and makes the ASL sign for “gun” AND RAISES THAT SIGN INTO THE AIR
WHEN ALEXANDER AIMS AT THE SKY, BURR IS STILL HOLDING HIS PISTOL, SO HE CAN’T SIGN HIS “WAIT”–HE HAS TO SCREAM IT WHILE THE ENSEMBLE SIGNS FOR HIM
for all the emphasis put on “who tells your story” and “being a part of/erasing myself from/putting myself back in the narrative,” there isn’t much explicit mention of speech and I think that’s beautiful
I have way too many feelings about this fictional production okay
Concept: Next to normal revival, directed by Michael Arden
Even better concept: Deaf West Next to normal revival, directed by Michael Arden
for just a little little…
Spring Awakening Appreciation
10 Little Things I Love About Spring Awakening
1. The way Moritz’s voice is dressed as a punk rocker
2. The moment at the beginning of the show where Wendla hands her voice a guitar, and Voice of Wendla hands Wendla her dress through the fake mirror
3. How other people have to come in and sign for Hanschen during the masturbation scene
4. The signing of the line “oh, you’re gonna be my bruise” on the other person’s forehead
5. Voice of Ernst’s happy little spin on his piano stool when Ernst and Hanschen kiss (!!!)
6. The tragic symbolism of Martha’s voice never being near her, unlike all the other voices
7. Ali Stroker wheeling across the stage with a flirty hairflip like the queen she is
8. The human tree
9. The drummer who is no one’s voice but works so hard. He is on stage the whole time and is absolutely performing from start to finish.
10. The tension when Voice of Moritz hands Moritz the gun
I love adding “Which is why I now refuse to go to church” because I love mocking Melchior Gabor and I also refuse to go to church
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables, Les Misérables -> Melchior Gabor, Spring Awakening
Sandra Mae Frank Gif Hunt!
Underneath the cut are roughly #125 small/medium, textless gifs of the very talented 25-year-old actress Sandra Mae Frank, known especially for her role as Wendla Bergman in the recent revival of Spring Awakening! She is Deaf, and many of these gifs have her using American Sign Language, so please keep that in mind if you are using her as a faceclaim! I hope to be updating this regularly as I create/find new gifs!
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Those poor mothers, just give them a break.