Shows from the Small Stage! | Musical Theatre SPEEDPAINT

Howdy y’all, thanks for stopping by! I had a real fun time rambling about all of these shows, so I hope you enjoyed hearing about ‘em too! \(^^)/ All the links for donating to the Bards4Bards 2021 charity drive, as well as links for all of the musicals mentioned in this video, are up in the description! (Also, as a heads up: I’m not gonna be putting prints of Starry and Epic on my Redbubble store ‘cause they’re specifically inspired by shows made by small independent teams, so I’d rather any support y’all wanna give went to the creators of the shows themselves instead 💖)

I’m a simple theater kid. I see musical theatre. I click.

OH. MY. GOSH!!! I am so honored and thankful that you saw my TikToks of EPIC and liked it!!! Thank you SO SO SO MUCH for taking the time to create such a beautiful work of art, and thank you for your amazing and thoughtful description of the show and for spreading the word about it! This means the world to me, your artwork is gorgeous and I teared up multiple times seeing you bring these characters to life. <3

Gay or European replays in my mind rent free, and I can't get enough of it

I never realized that the leaves in his intro move until now

Wow. WOW! We are speechless. Our creators and team were moved to tears from your Starry piece... Thank you for capturing the heart of our show, for expressing these feelings through your own artistry... just, thank you. It is magic ✨ and THANK YOU for sharing and spreading the word on our little show. Your support gives us those breaths of life needed to keep going, onward & onward 💫

“Sorry math teacher I must leave now, ABD Illustrates uploaded.”

Epic: *exists in progress* Me, a Greek mythos nerd who loves musicals: alright, I’m in, take my money!

I got home from school and this drops as soon as I walk in the door? Must be FATE

Alex: "This next musical is actually being written by one guy alone in his home" Me: "There is no way he's talking about EPIC" Alex: "It's called EPIC" AKJSCSIBC DUDE THAT IS SO COOL, I'M SO GLAD MORE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS EPIC MUSICAL (pun intended) LET'S GET HYPED !!!

I cannot get over Vincent's expression in that drawing it just looks so soULFUL AND HOPEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE BITTERSWEET REALIZATION THAT YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN GRAY-SCALE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE AND THIS IS TRUE COLOR AND I CAN'T HANDLE IT AAAAAAA

Though this comment may be buried and un seen here goes, All your designs and techniques motivate me to keep drawing, i use procreate to draw and I only ever drew anime characters back in school but then moved to monster and furry designs ,human like characters are my weakest art link and your work helps me out tremendously , it makes me feel like in time i too can draw humans and maybe some day Phantom of the Opera and other classics! Your art is fantasy, bold and your personality shines in your work! Thank you for all the youtube content you make! Thank you for reading and liking ^^

I just finished listening to Starry and he was NOT kidding about how sappy that musical makes a person. jesus christ i am so emotional right now. anyway it's a banger

I was going to work but I saw this and my brain went “ALEX UPLOAD ALEX UPLOAD ALEX UPLOAD-“ so here we are

/slaps knee EVERY TIME Vincent Van Gogh gets brought up my brain supplies me with that one Dr Who ep where they bring him into a museum & he starts crying. And then I start crying also. Excellent video 10/10 would cry again.

I miss the days when I could enjoy legally blond Sadly my high school drama class were horrible people and now I have trauma yay

okay but can I just say that you are the Bob Ross of speedpaints, your voice is SO calming!!!

Me: Sees thumbnail “IS THAT STARRY????? IS THAT FUCKING STARRY????” Let’s just say I’m very happy right now. (And seconding that smaller-scale productions part, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen was a smaller musical in NYC and I’m still enthralled by it to this day)

Not even sure if this counts because there’s not really a script and it’s never been on stage, but I implore you all to listen to The Raven Locks! Basically it’s about this hat-maker who falls in love with a woman, then immediately gets her killed and goes on a very trippy and ambiguously real journey to bring her back. It’s got a morally dubious protagonist, great themes, and of course stunning music. I can’t put into words how good the music is. If I had to pick three songs to recommend for someone who wants to try out the show, I’d say Solemn Dream, She Was the Gateway to the Empire/Fallen (either one or two songs depending on the version of the soundtrack but I’m counting it as one), and Furthest Star. Honorable mentions go to Bring Her Back (my favorite song in the show), Wasteland (catchy, peppy, and makes fun of the protagonist a lot), and Justice (killer vocals and summarizes the plot from the perspective of the protagonist, the woman who died, and the narrator). Also if you want to know the plot you’ll have to look through these old archived facebook livestreams but it’s totally worth it lol.

Idea: Historical Musical Theater speedpaint. Shows like Hamilton, Six, etc. It would be so cool to see them brought to life in your art style!