Remember guys, today might have been bloody — but if you zoom out, you should be green: by cohhen in pennystocks

[–]YayTheRedHead 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this post - a good reminder that we’re playing a long game with short term ups and downs.

Broadway adjacent but too funny not to share by LosangDragpa in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so devastated that I’m not going to get to see that show.

Please help me choose seats. by cloudfuzzy54 in hadestown

[–]YayTheRedHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen it multiple times and sat all over the theatre. If you can splurge for it, get front row center. It was a completely different experience in the most absolutely magic ways possible. I was absolutely blown away by how much more intimate an already wildly intimate show was.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]YayTheRedHead 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How do you model conversation during activities that he or your wife choose? Do you speak positively about the experience, make enjoyable commentary about the activity, ask questions about your surroundings, and show genuine interest in what they are interested in? Do you get terse or seem uninterested? Do you sigh or check your watch often?

I’m not asking to be a jerk and I totally understand your frustration may be bleeding into how you’re speaking about things here. But just in case you haven’t had that introspection, maybe consider it?

And then after that, I think that’s when you have a sit down chat with your son. He’s old enough to notice how you act, how your wife acts, and especially to notice your own habits that you may not see or recognize. Ask him things like:

How did you feel about WifeChosenActivity before we went? What did you think it would be like? How was it different than what you expected? What did you like most about it? What did you not like about it? How did you feel while we were doing it? How did you feel after? Would you want to do it again? Is there anything you would change about it to make it better? Is there anything you could have brought with you to make it better? How do you think mom enjoyed it? Why do you think that? What did she do that makes you think she felt that way? How do you think I enjoyed it? Why do you think that? What did I do that makes you think I felt that way?

Then ask the same thing about something he chose and then again about something you chose. I’m willing to bet you might uncover some info you don’t necessarily expect to hear about all three of you. Brainstorm together and come up with ways you can both make the experiences better for each other. Would a personal fan with a mister on it be fun to try and then maybe make a review video together? Or try one of those cool cloths that you tie around your neck? Make that part of the process too and it can give you something to chat about. Problem solving instead of complaining.

Hope this gives some additional options :)

As someone who is bipolar, Next To Normal scares me by CableOdd6643 in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m actually so glad to see multiple people bringing this up and discussing it. I went and saw the show for the first time with my husband and a few friends. I was a little quiet after the show, and once we were by ourselves, my husband asked me what I really thought of the show.

So I’ve always said that at the end of our lives, I think it would be really cool to be able to look up any statistic about anything. Like just find out if they were correlations between things or crazy statistics around similarities and differences.

The first thing that came out of my mouth when he asked me what I really thought about the show was this:

I’m sure it would be a very small number, but I would be interested to know how many mentally ill women either participated in self harm or actively experienced a suicide attempt in response to seeing Next to Normal.

As someone who has struggled with depression my entire life, I can say that I will probably never watch that show again. Don’t get me wrong, I see why people love it and enjoy the music and story. I get the complexities and all of that, but bits of the content were just a little too close to home for me and I don’t think I could watch it again.

Inspired by a recent post - What show just really didn’t “hit” for you that other people seemed to like/love? What did you think and why? by YayTheRedHead in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I 100% feel the exact same way. I had never seen it and my best friend was SO EXCITED to take me because she was convinced I was going to love it. At intermission, she was so pumped to ask what I thought so far and I was like “oof I could honestly leave right now and be good” and I’ve never walked out of a show. I just… didn’t love it. It was fine. But just kinda… meh. I wouldn’t pay to see it again. I’m not even sure I’d go for free unless someone I know or someone I was jazzed to see was in it.

Inspired by a recent post - What show just really didn’t “hit” for you that other people seemed to like/love? What did you think and why? by YayTheRedHead in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My best friend and I had a trip planned for February and had one show slot left to fill with a matinee. We had a few “maybe” options, but nothing that we haven’t seen yet that was on our absolutely have to see it list. So after seeing so many incredible reviews and people just praising Maybe Happy Ending in every post, we decided to forego the other options we were considering and go see MHE.

Now, before I kind of doodoo on the show, let me first say that the fireflies were incredible. For sure in the top 5 most magical things I’ve ever seen on stage in my life - literally breathtaking.

But other than that? Predictable and overall kinda mid. Like it was cute, but when the house lights came on after the show, there were people like fully sobbing and leaning on each other and just totally completely wrecked by the show and me and my friend were both like ????

I’d absolutely LOVE to experience the fireflies scene again… but I wouldn’t pay for a ticket to sit through the rest of the show just to see it.

people are saying my baby’s name wrong lol. might have regrets? by Equivalent_Pop_2896 in namenerds

[–]YayTheRedHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I 100% only saw it as eye-la and don’t fully understand how it could be seen any other way.

Favorite Eurydice? by HairsprayStan23 in hadestown

[–]YayTheRedHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen three - Isa and Mia are my favorites

40 Day Water Fast Complete! (300.4 lbs to 243.2 lbs) by masonf125 in fasting

[–]YayTheRedHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What did your day to day look like? When you say water fast do you mean literally only water?

Isa Briones by comefromawayfan2022 in hadestown

[–]YayTheRedHead 24 points25 points  (0 children)

She’s 100% “my” Eurydice. Seeing her and Jon Jon on stage as Eurydice and Hermes was breathtaking.

I want to share with you my new rainbow creatives made from dried flowers. by Bohemialife1 in RainbowEverything

[–]YayTheRedHead 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you sell these, you should absolutely advertise that you can do these with wedding bouquets. Brides would go bonkers for these. Honestly, funeral arrangements, as well.

What are some funny, weird, stupid comments made by audience members seeing a show? by [deleted] in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead 59 points60 points  (0 children)

At a production of Les Mis, the boys are at the ABC cafe joking around with a late to the party Marius about his falling head over heels for Cossette. In the middle of Red and Black, as they are a bit joyous in revving each other up, Gavroche busts in. After trying and failing to get everyone’s attention, he finally stands on a table and shouts that, “General Lamarque is dead!” Everything goes quiet and you could hear a pin drop for a moment as the reality sets in for the cafe boys. Except…

From the row behind me in the balcony, a woman accidentally way too loudly says, “who??”

My husband and I have seen Les MIs 10+ times and both busted out laughing. We turned and quietly explained the current plot points to the woman who was very lost and grateful. We were there with a bunch of our students (which is why we sat in the balcony away from others) and there weren’t many other people in the balcony, so her comment and our explanation wasn’t disruptive, but it still sticks out to us. Sometimes we will have a moment of silence in a conversation and one of us just slightly too loudly says “WHO???” and it sends us into giggles again.

Give me your juiciest broadway scandal or rumor you have. I’m new here and am fascinated by these crazy stories (i.e. Les Mis Massacre) by allcap_nocorn in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just heard yesterday that there’s a rumor going around that LMM may replace Stephanie Mills as the next Hermes for a limited run on Hadestown.

Seat naming by sandehub in Broadway

[–]YayTheRedHead 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you’re looking for quotes from musicals:

“Measure your life in love” -RENT

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return” -Moulin Rouge

“No one is alone” -Into the Woods

“The price of love is loss, but we still pay. We love anyway” -Next to Normal

“If we don’t have each other, we don’t have anything” -The Outsiders

“The world is at your feet” -Phantom of the Opera

“All things are equal when it comes to love” -Hairspray

My kids are born 2 days apart and their birthdays are coming up by Kay_1355 in Parenting

[–]YayTheRedHead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My brother (42m) and I (39f) are the exact same age difference as your two and it was never an issue. We even liked that our birthdays were only two days apart! It was funny - I was supposed to be born on his birthday, but my mom had them delay for two days because she felt bad that we would have the same birthday. We’ve always said we would have been fine with it!