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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you haven't guessed (because my life isn't stressful enough, I suppose), I want to explore combining all three gimmicks. Can someone pull off #1 while acing #2, *and* possibly achieve #3, depending on how quickly they reach the goal? Anyone else intrigued by this possibility? Let's discuss. (6/6)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gimmick #3 is... well, strap in. The Guinness Book, among its many distinctions, has a world record for the fastest staging of a theatrical production. (The current record holder took 9 hours, 59 minutes, and 3 seconds from pre-pro to opening. And you thought *your* show was racing the clock!) (5/x)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gimmick #2: The 24-Hour Musical Challenge. Simpler (to describe), but a similar principle... with a time crunch. In essence, a (usually) amateur group learns, rehearses, blocks, etc., a full musical in just under 24 hours. @mickeyjotheatre.bsky.social has done this at least once; it's popular. (4/x)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gimmick #1: The Confidential Musical Theatre Project. Due to character limits, I'll just say the attached link explains the ingenious "ruse," if you will, best. (NOTE: This concept is copyrighted, and you will need permission from the originator to use it.) www.marionabbott.com/theatre/conf... (3/x)

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Confidential Musical Theatre Project — Marion Abbott

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I learned of three hot new gimmicks sweeping theater, and I wondered whether one could combine them into a singular Event™ that everyone would talk about for decades, not unlike the Oldschool Shakespeare phenomenon in scope, albeit with the right publicity and (likely) some hefty pre-planning. (2/x)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My ambition recently led to an act of hubris I may not survive. So... I've been a producer for 20+ years (most active as a consultant on productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar"), and I'm always looking for new ways to introduce people to theater, whether to see it or get them talking about it. (1/x)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you want to (even remotely) understand the Broadway business model and how messy it is, I cannot recommend Jared Harbour's Substack column enough. I've been on the fringes of producing for over 20 years, and I'm still learning new things from this person. jharbour.substack.com

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Jared Harbour | Substack

Reporting from the edge of law, theater, and power. Coverage of Broadway's broken development system, the legal architecture of the entertainment industry, and the economics of who gets to make art. C...

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Jim Carrey when the memory erasing procedure in Eternal Sunshine doesn't work:

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carlotta giudicelli VEVO @angelaslamsbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My landlords are now demanding $4600 by this Friday or they will start eviction proceedings as well as probably docking my pay for back rent I only have because they stonewalled me for months on approving new roommates. My current roommates (save one) are ignoring me when I explain this. I’m sorry.

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carlotta giudicelli VEVO @angelaslamsbury.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

On top of everything else, my boss didn’t pay any of us on time and I’m in a freefall of late fees and overdrafts. I’m trying to find a second job but haven’t been contacted by anywhere I’ve applied yet. I don’t really have any options except asking for help. Please share and send what you can.

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carlotta giudicelli VEVO @angelaslamsbury.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

My boss forgot to pay me & my coworkers on time, so we’re not getting our money until Tuesday. I’m currently in overdraft & probably losing more due to bills I had timed to this paycheck bouncing, so if you can plop anything in my Venmo for me to get groceries & do laundry, I’d really appreciate it.

A text message addressed to nine people from someone labeled as Amanda:

“Hey guys, Daniel didn't do payroll on time, so we won't be getting paid until Tuesday because of the holiday. I apologize on his behalf.”

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I mean, you could do that pitch on a set design you've owed me for literal years.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Check out @ozymegdias.bsky.social getting into Internet fights with antitheists and trying to goad this atheist theologian to join her. (I will, at the appropriate moment. First, I have to collect my thoughts on the various topics she touches upon as she stumbles upon -- usually -- morons.)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Read the whole thread and help a friend out!

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

It's not my fault Kevin Smith did a better job with one scene from Sweeney Todd in Jersey Girl than Tim Burton did with the whole movie. Take it up with Hollywood.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Some folks on Reddit are having issues with the encode. Not sure if end user error or source, but thought you should know.

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Dr Sapirstein’s Rocky Horror 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration Issues

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carlotta giudicelli VEVO @angelaslamsbury.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

everybody go see my friends’ concert staging of Jesus Christ Superstar with the biggest cast & orchestra NYC has seen for this show since 1971 right NOW* *next month utopiajcs.brownpapertickets.com

UTOPIA OPERA
PRESENTS
JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR
LYRICS BY TIM RICE
MUSIC BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

MARCH 14-16 & 21-23, 2025
IDA K. LANG RECITAL HALL AT HUNTER COLLEGE
695 PARK AVE RM 424, NY, NY 10021
WITH OVER 50 SINGERS & MUSICIANS
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Really Useful Group.
www.concordtheatricals.com

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Ope. He's comin' for the military-industrial complex. They've been at this longer than Elon or Trump have been alive. JFK can tell them what kind of welcome to expect; of course, they'd have to use a Ouija board...

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

It's just a cold, but it's taking its sweet bloody time leaving.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I have shit to prove to a bunch of Jim Steinman fans on the Internet from when I was 15. That's the long and short of it, anyway.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Sitting in my sick bed, waiting for the last of this to pass, with current events on my mind, I stand firm.

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Don't Ever Take Away My Freedom - Peter, Paul, & Mary (lyrics)

YouTube video by Eric Faw

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

(Preferably something that won't zap the motherboard, which I have heard might be possible.)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Techies on my feed, assemble! I'm seeking a high-capacity SSD to replace the current HDD in my Dell Inspiron N3 3510; bought it about a year or so ago, refurbished, from the Dell Outlet Store, but even with defrag and space-saving measures, the HDD is not up to upgrading to Windows 11, version 24H2.

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Bohdan Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · 26/12/2024

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...

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A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely @garlicgothic.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

22 years ago today, the citizens of Lower Belabartokovich first graced the stage. Happy DOTV-ersary, one and all! (If you're reading, welcome to Bluesky; we'd love to interview you!)

A collage of images from the Broadway production of Dance of the Vampires, both onstage and behind the scenes, coupled with the show poster.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Petition to just call posts here tweets. I mean, why the hell not? Bluesky was started by the same dude, it carries the ethos of the old place, and it's certainly not worth calling what's posted at what remains of the old place "tweets" anymore... doesn't have to make more sense than that.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I dunno if our mutual friend brought this up, but we've taken to just calling them tweets. Bluesky was started by the same dude, it carries the ethos of the old place, and it's certainly not worth calling what's posted at what remains of the old places "tweets" anymore... doesn't have to make sense.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

To be fair, Eric Stoltz didn't keep it once he got it, either.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

On a lighter note, given today's terrible news about who is and isn't above the law, I drown my sorrows like this: what's the weirdest way you've discovered a great song? I owe my love of "I Won't Hold You Back" by Toto to a painfully brief appearance on an episode of American Dad. Who else has one?

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Lloyd Webber is his full last name. Lloyd is not a middle name. Just a (hopefully) helpful tip for the future!

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

1) she didn't call anybody names. 2) refuting it =/= spreading it. I'm sorry thar you FA, now you get to FO. "lolbye," as the kids say.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I don't see her saying anything about not wanting to see it, just being annoyed by the people who harp on this topic applying the same logic to it as those they're attempting to provoke. But that's just one reader's observation.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

(It may come, per a cursory listen to the soundtrack, from AutoTuning it, possibly to camouflage any sharp differences in sound.)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The funniest part is, much like Into the Woods, they at very least 50/50-ed it on this one, so it's not even the huge gimmick they're using it as.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

That moment when you find yourself subconsciously casting YouTubers in your unlikely reboot of one of Broadway's biggest disasters... hoo boy...

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Message to all of #TheaterBSKY: do whatever you must to hear the Dolby Atmos immersive mixes of the four Sondheim OBC albums that got that treatment (Company, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and that one show with all the presidential haters). Out of this world! You'll hear details you never heard.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Don't go by Paolino. Speaking as a Rhode Islander, he's a known douchebag and likely a DINO.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I don't envy him. He made the best of an incredibly difficult situation. (Possibly unpopular take: I honestly think most of his book was a lot better than what we got in the States. I feel like Disney pushed some babies out with the bathwater possibly to avoid having to credit and pay him.)

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

IIRC, the movie was considered Eisner's folly, and he pushed most avidly for what we got in Berlin in '01, complete with bilingual workshops and new songs from Schwartz and Menken. Then Wicked blew up shortly after Hunchback 1.0 closed, which paved the way to returning to the table later.

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Well, if we're being pedantic, they did try Hunchback 1.0 in Berlin first and then decided, "You know what, this turned out a little darker than we anticipated even when we put the screws on Lapine to keep our lighter elements in it as much as possible, maybe we try something else."

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I mean, it's not absolutely vital, we just have a mutual friend, but hi!

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Well, this time it looks like it's got some legs. We shall see!

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Gibson DelGiudice @twiliteisntlit.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I have "concepts of a plan" about Candide, West Side Story, Hair, Joseph..., Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Pippin, Sweeney Todd, Rent, Whistle Down the Wind, and Tanz der Vampire, so I guess those?

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