PONYO (2008) —

dir. Hayao Miyazaki.

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— The most dangerous threat to America? White male entitlement.

Rita Moreno wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in West Side Story (1962) | Ariana DeBose wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in West Side Story (2022)

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) dir. Ron Clements and John Musker

good night pascal. here is better… right by my side.

The Little Mermaid (1989)

oh yeah heres my collection of 2021 headlines that i forgot to post when the year ended

ANIS MOJGANI x ALEXANDER HARDING

‘For Those Who Can Still Ride In An Airplane For The First Time’, spoken word, uploaded on Youtube on 20 Apr. 2009;

Visible Light series (2010), photography

Her 90s were the best years of my life.

Tick, Tick...Boom! + RENT References

I do not know how to articulate this in a concise way that does it justice - sondheim would know, except he probably would brush away what I’m about to say in the way that he often did praise - part of the loss here is now that we’re forever bereft of an artistic bridge between theatre’s past and its future, and how impactful and part of the fabric of our culture broadway is. steve was mentored by rodgers and hammerstein. oscar was not only a teacher, but a surrogate father to him. he worked with leonard bernstein. he passed on that tradition of teaching and fostering new talent by reaching out to young composers, including jonathan larson (who was taken far too soon, but unquestionably had a permanent influence), including lin-manuel miranda, and that barely scratches the surface of the lives he touched, interacted with, guided and changed. all last night and today, names keep popping into my head of people who I know are grieving him, and they’re legends. they’re luminaries of the theatre. sondheim linked our cultural and musical and literary (because his lyrics ARE literary) past to where we’ve traveled and come, where we might be going. I know he said stop worrying where you’re going, but without the compass he provided, where would we be? stop worrying if your vision is new, but his always was, and its innovation and originality and moving complexity was because he was a keen observer of the current times, but also cherished the lessons he learned from those artists past. there are endless, countless things to say about the history of musical theatre and its composers and lyricists and writers, but no one had the perspective and rich perception of it that he did because he was there. his legacy lit the way because he was a part of artistic history at every turn. so it’s not only his loss as an extraordinary human being, or the realization that we won’t have new creations from him now, it’s also a grief for that piece of the past. his life kept that here with us for so long, and we were better for it.

he loved teaching. he considered it sacred. it’s our job now to keep carrying those memories and lessons on, if we can honor him in any way, it’s to keep teaching one another. his memory IS a blessing and we’ve been entrusted with it. careful the tale you tell, that is the spell. keep telling it.

Everyone sharing the letters they’ve received from Stephen Sondheim over the years all over Twitter has got me good. West Side Story/Into the Woods/Company aside, I think this is his greatest legacy: the way he championed young artists, fostered so much self-belief and truly appreciated the work that came from those who were so inspired by his own. He revolutionised musical theatre not just through his own music and lyrics, but through his belief in and love of others. What a loss this is to the theatre community, but how lucky were we to walk this earth the same time as a titan. May his memory be a blessing.

To the man who brought us some of musical theatre’s most iconic stories and songs; the man who influenced generations of composers, lyricists and theatre lovers; thank you. Thank you Stephen Sondheim.