#thanks user signawyvern for helping me out with ids

*I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys starts playing*
me: “Wow, what a great &Juliet reference”

[I.D.: An image of Juliet from the musical &Juliet. Juliet is a Black woman with dark brown skin in her late 20s. She wears one of her costumes from the show (blue pants and a corset-like top with wide sleeves) and some jewelry (three necklaces, earrings, and a ring). She has an undercut with short curls on top). She sits on a swing with Romeo, looks at him, her face, partially lit by stage lights and the rest of it is in the shadow, has a surprised expression mixed with sadness. Romeo is a white man with short straight hair in his late 20s. He sits in front of her and wears a pink shirt. End I.D.]

heyyy!!! saw a cool pic of Fiona Apple a few days ago and decided to redraw :-)

[I.D.: An image of young Fiona Apple (a white woman with dark hair, probably in her 20s at the time of taking the picture the painting is based off) sitting in front of a piano in side view, she has a full smile on her face while she plays it. The light hits her entire upper body and (partially) arms. Her hair looks red in the light, it flutters in the wind behind her. She wears a black bra and a sleeveless shirt on top. End I.D.]

“You’re early… — I missed you”

[I.D.: A set of three images of Hades and Persephone from the NYTW run of Hadestown. Persephone is a woman with medium tan skin and curly hair in her late 30s. Hades is a white man with short straight hair in his 50s. Persephone has her hair in two buns with a few flowers tucked into them. She wears a green dress with a low cut and a green coat on top. The dress has a flowery ornament (vines and red flowers). Hades wears a black suit and a pair of sunglasses. Only the upper parts of their bodies are visible. They stand next to each other, Persehpone’s hand in Hades’s hand. She looks at him and smirks lightly, he smiles back at her. End I.D.]

Park Hye Naand Kim Sun YoungasPersephone

Photo Credit: hadestown_kr@ig

[I.D.: A set of two images. The first one illustrates Park Hye Na as Persephone in the korean run of Hadestown. She wears a black dress, a necklace and an arm bracelet. She has big hair. She stands, slightly leaning on the wall next to her, there’s an orange-y light behind her. The second image illustrates Kim Sun Young as Persephone in the korean run of Hadestown. She wears a black dress with some jewelry (a necklace, an arm bracelet and a pair of square-shaped earrings). She has big hair too and the lower part of it is pulled in a tail. There’re bright yellow projectors behind her. She leans on the wall with her elbow and her hand rests on the top of her head. The illustration has a slightly tilted angle. End I.D.]

an artistic interpretation of exactly what he’s talking about

[I.D.: An image of Laurey and Curly from the 2019 revival of Oklahoma! Laurey is a Black woman in her 30s with medium-dark skin and long curly dark hair. Curly is a white man in his 30s with short curly dark hair.  Laurey smiles, her eyes closed, she dances to the music that Curly plays on his guitar. Curly looks at her smiling, slightly slouching. Laurey’s hand almost reaches his arm. They have a text  ‘Don’t dance all night with me…’ written above them in small cursive. End I.D.]

was in the mood for finishing something quick today so here’s a study from Abduction

[I.D.: An image of Mary and Helene from the Broadway musical Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Mary is a white woman in her 30s with red hair tied in a bun. Helene is a woman in her late 30s with medium tan skin and curly dark hair. They’re depicted during a certain scene from the Abduction number where they hug and kiss. Mary’s arm on Helene’s shoulder, the other arm grabs Helene’s back. Helene’s hand grabs Mary’s jacket. End I.D.]

not a painting but as soon as I saw these I just realized I need to give one of these to nytw!Orpheus’s boots

[I.D.: A close-up image of Orpheus and Eurydice from the NYTW run of Hadestown. Only their legs are shown in the picture. Eurydice’s yellow skirt, socks, and sneakers are visible as well as Orpheus’ pants and combat boots. They dance in a field in sunny weather. Orpheus’ boots have various flowers tucked in between its shoelaces. They are surrounded by some flower dust. End I.D.]

I think I’m back in the dream
I think I’m back on the ceiling

[I.D.: A set of two different images of Conor and Raphina from the Broadway musical Sing Street. Conor is a white man in his early 20s with short fluffy dark hair. Raphina is a white woman in her 20s with long curly dark hair. They both look into each other’s eyes, slightly smiling. There’s a telephone booth behind them lit inside with a soft blue light. Raphina wears headphones. The second image illustrates Raphina, alone, dancing to the music that she listens to through her headphones. Her arms are outstretched, she holds a player in one of her hands. Her other hand reaches a string in the air. There’s a lot of space around her lit by warm yellow light. End I.D.]

Such a shame to bury pearls in the country

Photo credit: Chad Batka

[I.D.: A set of images depicting Helene and Natasha from the Broadway show Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Helene is a woman in her late 30s with medium tan skin and curly dark hair. She has her hair combed to the top, with some curls falling on her forehead. She wears a black-green dress from the show. Natasha is a Black woman in her 20s with dark brown skin and dark hair. Her hair is tied in a bun. Natasha looks off camera, smiling. Helene stands behind her, smiles and holds a necklace in her hands in front of Natasha. It looks like they both admire Natasha’s reflection in the mirror. End I.D.]

Gods and men, a'ight? We got some gods in the house tonight!

[I.D.: An image of Hermes from the Broadway musical Hadestown. He is a thin-looking 75 year old Black man with dark brown skin and short curly grey hair. He stands, leaning on the table. There’s a staircase behind him. Hermes’ expression is calm with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He wears a gold suit with a shirt, a tie, and a vest underneath. End I.D.]

Eliza Schuyler study, colorized. (roughly 4 hrs).

Photo credit: Josh Lehrer

[I.D.: A portrait of Eliza Schuyler from the Broadway musical Hamilton. She is a Black woman in her 20s with dark brown skin. She wears a green gown from the show, a pair of small earrings, her hair in dreadlocks. She looks at the viewer, slightly smirking, with her hands folded together in front of her. End I.D.]

Do you ever think of T. V. Carpio’s Eurydice? Because I sure do a lot

[I.D.: An image composed out of three separate images of Eurydice from the Edmonton run of Hadestown. Eurydice is an Asian woman in her 30s with light skin and long straight dark hair. The very top image depicts her in a crown of leaves, her head turned slightly to the side, she looks down smiling, with eyes closed and her upper body is slightly visible. The next image depicts her standing with her arms slightly outstretched, she appears lost, her face has a worrying expression. The last image depicts a scene from the ‘Hey, Little Songbird’ number. She slightly opens her arms, her mouth is half-open, she looks almost hypnotized. Hades stands behind her, slightly leaning to her, his mouth is open. He wears a dark coat and a pair of sunglasses. Eurydice wears a white top and pants on every image, except for the last one where she also wears a grey coat on top and a red neck tie. End I.D.]

He says we have this connection…

[I.D.: A set of two images of Katherine Howard from the West End musical Six. Katherine is a white woman in her 30s with long straight hair. She looks down, head slightly tilted to the side, mouth half-open, eyes closed. She holds a mic in her hand very loosely. Her hair is pulled in a high ponytail and has multiple purple/blue-colored strands of hair. End I.D.]

echochamber:

“And Eurydice was a young girl

But she’d seen how the world was

When she fell

She fell in spite of herself

In love

With Orpheus”

[I.D.: A set of two images of Orpheus and Eurydice from the Broadway musical Hadestown. Orpheus is a white man in his 30s with short straight dark hair. Eurydice is an Asian woman in her 20s with gold medium skin and black hair. They sit on the floor, closely facing each other, Eurydice’s hand almost touches Orpheus’ face gently. Her other hand covers his. They look directly at each other, the background behind them is dark, except for several web-like strings going out of them and some smoke coming out of the opposite side. End I.D.]

REFERENCE + 2 orphydice sketches under the cut :)

REFS

“And Eurydice was a young girl

But she’d seen how the world was

When she fell

She fell in spite of herself

In love

With Orpheus”

[I.D.: A set of two images of Orpheus and Eurydice from the Broadway musical Hadestown. Orpheus is a white man in his 30s with short straight dark hair. Eurydice is an Asian woman in her 20s with gold medium skin and black hair. They sit on the floor, closely facing each other, Eurydice’s hand almost touches Orpheus’ face gently. Her other hand covers his. They look directly at each other, the background behind them is dark, except for several web-like strings going out of them and some smoke coming out of the opposite side. End I.D.]

“And anyway, it was the board I noticed first. - The board? - Yes. It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it, I can dominate it. And it’s predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.”

TEXTURE CREDIT: kosmic_love

[I.D.: An image of Beth Harmon (a white woman in her early 20s) from the show Queen’s Gambit. Her face and upper body are visible, she wears a blouse with a tie. She looks down and her look is concentrated on something. There’re square ornaments all over the image, resembling a checkerboard, some have a red tint to them. The image is mostly in black and white except for her hair which is red. The background behind her is light grey. End I.D.]

They couldn’t pick a better time to start in life

Photo credit: Sara Krulwich

[I.D.: A set of images depicting Laurey and Curly from 2019 revival of Oklahoma! Laurey is a Black woman in her 30s with medium dark skin and long curly dark hair. Curly is a white man in his 30s with short curly dark hair. It depicts the last scene of the show aka the wedding scene. Laurey and Curly stand side by side, faces turned to each other. They’re both covered in blood. Laurey looks at Curly with a wide-eyed, terrified expression, she wears her white wedding dress and a white flower in her hair. Curly looks at her with a neutral, calm expression, he wears a white suit. End I.D.]

a reworked piece from a year ago

 [I.D.: A portrait of Eurydice from the NYTW run of Hadestown. Eurydice is a Black woman in her 20s with long curly dark hair. Only her head and her upper body are visible. She wears a white top, a headband with a white feather, a necklace, and earrings. Her head is slightly turned away from the viewer but she looks at us with a neutral expression. There are several small blue butterflies surrounding her face. The background behind her is red. End I.D.]

Lot’s of folk sang doo-wop on street corners but not everybody had a good bass. This fella named Melvin Franklin, who went to school with me though…

Photo credit: Emilio Madrid-Kuser

[I.D.: An image of one of the Temps (Melvin Franklin) from the Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud. Melvin is a Black man in his 30s with short black hair. His body is turned to the side, he looks somewhere off camera. His hands are in front of him, fingers tangled together. The background behind him is mostly dark except for huge transparent purple-blue circles. End I.D.]

Hey what’s up. I did a study of livevamaria’s twitter profile pic

[I.D.: An image of Eva Noblezada (an Asian woman in her 20s with gold medium skin and black hair) looking off-camera, with a blurry background behind her. Only her head and shoulders are visible. She wears a suit with one shoulder open revealing some type of dark laced top/bra underneath. She also wears a pair of earrings in the form of crosses, her hair is short, she has a bob cut with bangs, her bangs are slightly ruffled. End I.D.]

I have no idea if it has any relevancy to the actual plot but when I sawTHISphoto I haven’t been able to think about anything else ever since…..

[I.D.: An semi-realistic (flat colors, not a painting) image of the characters from 2019 revival of Oklahoma! Laurey and Curly hug, Jud stands next to them, leaning heavily on something that looks like a balustrade. Laurey looks at Curly, Curly looks at Jud, Jud looks at Laurey in Curly’s arms with a worried expression on his face. Laurey is a Black woman in her 30s with medium-dark skin and long curly dark hair. Curly is a white man in his 30s with short curly dark hair. Jud is a white man in his 30s with slightly longer dark blonde hair. End I.D.]

“Well it’s like he said, I’m an outdoor girl”

[I.D.: An image of Persephone from the Broadway production of Hadestown. She is a woman with medium tan skin in her late 30s with long curly dark brown hair. Her full upper body is visible, she wears her green show dress with a white fur coat on top and has a bag hanging on her forearm. She wears a black choker necklace and a ring. Her head is turned to the side, her face has a neutral and calm expression. The background behind her is split into halves - black and red. End I.D.]

Is it my fault that you’re enchanting?

Photo credit: Gretjen Helene

[I.D.: An image of Natasha from the A.R.T. run of the musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Natasha is a Black woman in her 20s with dark brown skin and dark hair. Her full upper body is visible. Her hair is tied in a bun. She wears a white dress, white pearl earrings, and a thin golden metallic headband. She stands slightly slouching, almost leaning forward, head turned to the side. She slightly lifts the skirt of her dress to help her move. She holds a red flower in one of her hands. She has a worried look on her face, slightly frowning, mouth half-open. End I.D.]

n0caviar:

“Songbird versus rattlesnake.- What is it?- Eurydice was a hungry, young girl. -Your ticket.- And Hades gave her a choice to make. A ticket to the underworld”

my entry for @signawyvernhadestown art collab. Got ‘When the chips are down’. 

[I.D.: An image of two hands holding what appears to be coins. One has a large letter H printed on the center, the other has an image of a snake. The edges are a little blurry and out of focus. The background is black. End I.D.]

He loved his fellow men…

refs:1,2,3

[I.D.: A black and white image of Curly and Jud’s faces from 2019 revival of Oklahoma! Curly is a white man in his 30s with short curly dark hair. Jud is a white man in his 30s with slightly longer dark blonde hair. The image depicts the smokehouse scene where they sit very closely facing each other and duet ‘Poor Jud is dead’. Jud has his mouth open (he sings a note), they look at each other’s lips. The background is black. End I.D.]