casey (train musical flop queen)

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phd candidate, theatre artist, flop collector. i write about commercial failure(s), megamusicals, and neoliberalism. ask me about the 1986 musical RAGS. she/her/hers

three panel donnie darko meme reading: panel 1: i had an idea for a new musical panel 2: new, or Chess again? panel 3: Chess again
philip (a white man with glasses and a brown beard) and i (a white woman with a glasses and a brown braid) in head-to-toe phillies gear
a plaid tote full of purple flowers, most notably hanging wisteria. you can’t see this, but the tote is Downton Abbey branded.
a shoddy edit of the title sequence of Only Murders in the Building. the words “murders” and “building” have been scribbled out with text crudely overlaid in pink script so it now reads Only Divas in the Birthday. steve martin, martin short, and selena gomez are there. if i had committed to the bit i’d have crudely photoshopping me, stevie, and teresa in, but it’s before 8am and i’m lazy
image from DIANA, THE MUSICAL of prince charles and diana at a classical concert in black tie attire, which has been edited so a speech bubble is coming out of prince charles's mouth. that's because in DIANA, THE MUSICAL, charles literally calls this band "duran duran duran." i have a very normal relationship to this musical i promise.
screenshot of my home screen on my phone showing that i’m listening to “Der Jellicle Ball (live)” from the Austrian live cast album of CATS. if you look closely, you can see that my screensaver is of the phillie phanatic giving a ball cap to moo deng
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
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
a comic from the facebook page Simpsons pictures that I gone and done with the caption: the reason why we call today good friday is because on a friday 300 years ago jesus went around putting mini chocolate eggs between peoples toes to cheer them up and everyone had such a good friday we still talk about it to this very day. love from your friend Chris (Simpsons artist) XOX the comic depicts jesus on his knees sticking chocolate eggs between the toed of a man in a red and orange robe seated in front of him. there’s also a close up of the feet with chocolate eggs between each toe
dune generator meme that just reads “ZAZZ GENERATOR part 2”
small domino to big domino meme where the small domino is labeled “SMILE flopping on broadway” and the big one is labeled “having to read that with my own two eyes”
captain von trapp is about to rip the nazi flag. on top of this, i've circled in yellow the fabric right between his hands, where you can sort of see CVT's tan suit peeking through, and the fabric right where the white background for the swastika starts, because there's a tiny reddish line there indicating a tear or distressing.
the marquee of INTO THE WOODS at the martin beck theatre. there’s an inflatable giant’s foot about the stomp the theatre
a green chalkboard with faux ivy bordering it. on the left in multicolor chalk reads “Stephen Sondheim: musical theatre genius AND master at games and puzzles! Can you help us put our poster back together?” On the right, brightly colored jigsaw puzzle pieces are stuck to the chalkboard for the audience to play with
a screenshot of rob’s last skeet, which now displays a “toxic posting” label. i don’t endorse this
full length pic of an Eagles-colored baby blanket. it’s corner-to-corner crochet. the body of the blanket’s yarn is a white-light green-dark green-black gradient, and the border is a forest green
meme: tiktok of a white guy captioned “I don't really care if something good happened to you. It should have happened to me instead”
Gritty, a giant orange muppet in philadelphia flyers gear, and me, a white brunette woman in grey and orange winter clothes. i look ECSTATIC. gritty and i are both flashing peace signs at the camera
a tan chihuahua walking on a tree-lined street in brooklyn, the sun peeking between the orange leaves
selfie of me, a white woman in big red glasses with dark, medium length, slightly damp hair. no makeup and looking tired as hell. i’m holding up a pink water bottle covered in stickers, showcasing a black and orange “halloween voter 2025” with a picture of a trick-or-treating pigeon in the center
a screenshot of my lock screen from moments before this skeet was posted. i am most of the way through “Pretty Pretty Girl” from Diana the Musical. the album art is an inky blue impression of princess diana’s face on a white background. i will not hear criticism of my choices
blue bubble text to twitter’s kevin daly from me that reads: “like listen, famously, if the he wanted to say rewrite has no haters it means im dead”
an apple notes app note that reads: Law and Order: ChessVU OBC: Judy Kuhn: -"Savant" (9.04) Philip Casnoff: -"Pixies" (2.09) David Carroll: never on SVU Marcia Mitzman: never on SVU 1990 Tour Carolee Carmello: -"Appearances" (4.19) -"Melancholy Pursuit" (17.08) John Herrera: -"911" (7.03) Stephen Bogardus: -"Uncivilized" (1.07) -"Alien" (7.11) Barbara Walsh: never on SVU (on OG and Cl though) 2003 AEA Julia Murney: -"A Single Life" (1.02) -need to note that she plaved a rabbi on 0-
me, a white lady with dark hair pulled back into a bun and stuffed under a grey phillies cap. it’s not a normal cap though, it’s like the one che guevara wore but with a red phillies P on the side. my head is turned all the way to the right at a weird upward angle so the camera gets the red P. i’m wearing glasses with big, thick red frames and a white phillies jersey with red pinstripes—you can’t see any evidence of this, but it’s a 2008 carlos ruiz jersey. snuggled up to my chest is archie, a sand-colored chihuahua. you only get the top of his head and his ears, though, because he’s too snuggly
jenna from 30 rock saying to the guy who won her via surge points, "but the sheik who won me in that poker game was beheaded"
the teenage mutant ninja turtles logo edited to read "deadly fettu-ccine outbreak," which scans metrically with "teenage mutant ninja turtles." there's a random hyphen in fettuccine because otherwise the generator wouldn't put "outbreak" in the turtle font
that “______ tonight queen??” imessage meme, except its been crudely edited to be about a certain actress playing denise in the baker’s wife at csc
selfie of me, a white lady wearing a kelly green eagles hat, red glasses, an ivy green mask, and a cream-colored blouse with blue and green flower accents. you can’t see my green pants or green claw clip. an unfortunately-timed stye means i’m also not wearing any makeup, which means no sparkly green eyeshadow. i’m riding the subway. go birds.
“society if” meme depicting a futuristic chrome-colored techno-utopia, with flying cars and a guy walking a robot dog. come to think of it, i should interrogate this image more.
The top of a black bookshelf in the corner of a room—you can see some critical theory books on the top shelf. A variety of candles are stacked in front of, and on, the two shelves of a black metal spice rack. The walls adjacent to the bookshelf are decorated with theatre windowcards—posters for DIANA and CHESS are visible in the background.
the sad oompa loompa at the sad oompa loompa table from that willy wonka experience ai scam
a hand holding a thin white paperback book. the top half of the cover is a black and white photograph of a bald man sitting captive in a wooden chair while a woman with short hair in an elegant top straddles him, holding a gun behind his head in one hand and gripping his chin menacingly with the other. below, a blue bar with “ARIEL DORFMAN,” the playwright’s name, written in white capital letters, then a white bar with the play’s name, “Death and the Maiden,” in black letters. The logo and name of Penguin Plays is at the bottom
screengrab of me, a recently-31 white woman with short wavy brown hair wearing a slutty green jumpsuit and black doc martens, in the midst of singing “Let Me Be Your Star” from SMASH. my arm is raised in a fistpump and i’m belting into a white microphone
meme of two texts: the first is a selfie of a guy in a hospital gown. the second is him texting “i lived bitch”
Philly mentioned meme with an anime girl in a phillies cap holding a cheesesteak in one hand and a yards in the other
eric andre shooting hannibal burress meme. top panel is eric, labelled "the producers and music team" shooting hannibal, labelled "the director." in the bottom panel, eric looks at the camera and asks "why would Joseph Stein's book do this?"
Barley, a grey tabby cat, eats a “birthday cake” of canned wet food, churu, and cat treats with a pink candle stuck in the top. the cake is on a nice-ish blue and white plate
this is a 30-second video that is just a super cut of Carolee Carmello, a middle aged woman with red hair and a powerful belt, singing the word "Philadelphia" in a concert production of 1776
a still from 1776 with (right to left, from closest to the camera) John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson sitting in a row in revolutionary-era garb. i think they’re about to sing “the egg” but it’s been a sec so i’m not sure
Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock, a white blonde actress, looks distressed. She’s holding someone else’s pregnancy test and saying “Oh no! Someone’s gonna get more attention than me.”
a dial labeled “Phillies” with two ends: a red “sucks” zone and a green “eats” zone. the dial is turned all the way to “eats”
screenshot of a Liz Lemon quote from 30 Rock: "I get your Yankees tickets on A-Rod bobble head day. And I'm going to throw that thing in front of a train. Go Phillies!"
photo of Barley, a small grey shorthair tabby cat. she is laying in a cat bed shaped like a mushroom—the base is off-white with a hole cut out for an entrance, and the red-and-white top of the mushroom forms a little roof. the cat bed is on brown hardwood flooring. notably, the bed isn’t cushioned. nearby sit sunglasses that used to be mine and now belong to Barley. she does not look thrilled to be photographed.
the "this is fine" dog, a brown dog with a hat sitting on an orange chair with flames surrounding him on all sides
a photo of a Kansas City Chiefs championship banner. the top reads CHIEFS in yellow against a red backdrop, and the center features the KC arrowhead logo against yellow. at the bottom, the real text detailing their super bowl has been scribbled out lazily in red marker and replaced in a sans serif font with white text reading “had a good second half against Philly’s second-stringers”
a whiteboard with the following text written in blue ink. both items are checked off. “Today (2/9) -GO BIRDS -E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES”
the cover of DOPPELGANGER: A Trip Into The Mirror World by Naomi Klein. the cover image depicts two close-cropped headshots of white women with light brown hair overlaid onto each other, pixelated and uncanny, with the title over the forehead and the author name over the nose and lips (both in a white sans-serif font)
the cover of Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell held against a purple bedspread. the cover depicts little plastic dolls of an adult woman and a small boy standing in a plastic cemetary in front of tombstones and crosses.
an anonymous NGL submission reading “How could you like an objectively cool thing (theatrical plays), but also like Philly? 🤢”
screenshot of an anonymous NGL submission reading “Philly is just ok”
excerpt of lyrics from “Opening Doors” from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: [FRANK, spoken] What about the book? [MARY, spoken] What about the book? [FRANK, spoken] Nothing, are you working on your book? [MARY, spoken] Yes... [FRANK, spoken] Good. [MARY, spoken] No...
meme of a man standing in front of a car captioned: Shout out to Terrence Mann playing a socialist in a musical. Gotta be one of my favorite genders”
barley, a small great tabby cat, stands in her mountain of trash looking kind of sad. above her is a TV playing OLIVER AND COMPANY, where oliver (an orange tabby kitten) looks very sad while he hides from the rain.