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I am Vanessa, student. I currently live in Paris, studying and working in communications. I like travelling. I've lived on three continents. I studied linguistics as an undergrad and I still love it. I also studied chemistry, but in the words of a friend, I pretend that I didn't. I grew up with Harry Potter and I think that's significant enough to warrant a mention. I love sleeping and I am not a morning person.

I can't really think of anything else to put here, but you can always drop me a question in my ask box. :)

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Theatre master post

Update 14 (prev update)

Big-budget theatre post for my records.

Shows seen:

  • A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Broadway, Broadway, Broadway)
  • Aladdin (Broadway)
  • American Psycho (Broadway)
  • An American in Paris (Broadway)
  • Art (Singapore)
  • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway)
  • Billy Elliot (West End)
  • The Book of Mormon (Broadway)
  • Cabaret (Broadway, Singapore)
  • Cats (Singapore)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (West End)
  • Chicago (Broadway)
  • Chinglish (Broadway)
  • Cinderella (Broadway)
  • Clinton the Musical (Off-Broadway)
  • The Color Purple (Broadway)
  • The Cripple of Inishmaan (West End)
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway)
  • Disgraced (Singapore)
  • Do I Hear A Waltz? (Encores)
  • The Effect (Singapore, Broadway)
  • Falling (Singapore)
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway)
  • Finding Neverland (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Fun Home (Broadway)
  • Fully Committed (Broadway)
  • Gigi (Broadway)
  • Hamilton (Broadway)
  • Hand to God (Broadway)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway)
  • The Heidi Chronicles (Broadway)
  • Hotel (Singapore)
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Broadway, Broadway)
  • If/Then (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Into the Woods (Off-Broadway)
  • It Shoulda Been You (Broadway)
  • It’s Only A Play (Broadway)
  • The King and I (Broadway)
  • Kinky Boots (Broadway)
  • Les Misérables (San Francisco, West End, Broadway)
  • The Lion King (Singapore)
  • Lord of the Flies (Singapore)
  • Matilda (West End, Broadway)
  • Miss Saigon (Singapore)
  • New York Spring Spectacular (Radio City)
  • Oliver! (Singapore)
  • On the Town (Broadway)
  • On the Twentieth Century (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Phantom of the Opera (Singapore, Broadway)
  • Pippin (Broadway)
  • Rent (Off-Broadway, Singapore)
  • The Robber Bridegroom (Off-Broadway)
  • School of Rock (Broadway)
  • She Loves Me (Broadway, Broadway, Broadway)
  • Shuffle Along (Broadway)
  • Significant Other (Off-Broadway)
  • Skylight (Broadway)
  • Something Rotten! (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Spring Awakening (Singapore)
  • Tony Awards 2015 (technically Radio City, but really)
  • The Visit (Broadway)
  • Tuck Everlasting (Broadway)
  • Waitress (Boston, Broadway)
  • West Side Story (San Francisco)
  • Wicked (San Francisco, West End, Broadway)
  • The Wild Party (Encores)
  • The Woodsman (Off-Broadway)
  • You Can’t Take It With You (Broadway)

Going to see:

  • Chicago (Singapore)
  • Fun Home (Pangdemonium)
  • Hand to God (SRT)
  • The Pillowman (Pangdemonium)
  • Tropicana (Singapore)

Want to see:

  • Avenue Q (Off-Broadway)
  • Miss Saigon (Broadway)
  • Violet
  • Bridges of Madison County
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie

Theatre master post

Update 13 (prev update)

Big-budget theatre post for my records.

Shows seen:

  • A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Broadway, Broadway, Broadway)
  • American Psycho (Broadway)
  • An American in Paris (Broadway)
  • Aladdin (Broadway)
  • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway)
  • Billy Elliot (West End)
  • The Book of Mormon (Broadway)
  • Cabaret (Broadway, Singapore)
  • Cats (Singapore)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (West End)
  • Chicago (Broadway)
  • Chinglish (Broadway)
  • Cinderella (Broadway)
  • Clinton the Musical (Off-Broadway)
  • The Color Purple (Broadway)
  • The Cripple of Inishmaan (West End)
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway)
  • Do I Hear A Waltz? (Encores)
  • The Effect (Singapore, Broadway)
  • Falling (Singapore)
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway)
  • Finding Neverland (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Fun Home (Broadway)
  • Fully Committed (Broadway)
  • Gigi (Broadway)
  • Hamilton (Broadway)
  • Hand to God (Broadway)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway)
  • The Heidi Chronicles (Broadway)
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Broadway, Broadway)
  • If/Then (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Into the Woods (Off-Broadway)
  • It Shoulda Been You (Broadway)
  • It’s Only A Play (Broadway)
  • The King and I (Broadway)
  • Kinky Boots (Broadway)
  • Les Misérables (San Francisco, West End, Broadway)
  • The Lion King (Singapore)
  • Matilda (West End, Broadway)
  • Miss Saigon (Singapore)
  • New York Spring Spectacular (Radio City)
  • Oliver! (Singapore)
  • On the Town (Broadway)
  • On the Twentieth Century (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Phantom of the Opera (Singapore, Broadway)
  • Pippin (Broadway)
  • Rent (Off-Broadway)
  • The Robber Bridegroom (Off-Broadway)
  • School of Rock (Broadway)
  • She Loves Me (Broadway, Broadway, Broadway)
  • Shuffle Along (Broadway)
  • Significant Other (Off-Broadway)
  • Skylight (Broadway)
  • Something Rotten! (Broadway, Broadway)
  • Tony Awards 2015 (technically Radio City, but really)
  • The Visit (Broadway)
  • Tuck Everlasting (Broadway)
  • Waitress (Boston, Broadway)
  • West Side Story (San Francisco)
  • Wicked (San Francisco, West End, Broadway)
  • The Wild Party (Encores)
  • The Woodsman (Off-Broadway)
  • You Can’t Take It With You (Broadway)

Going to see:

  • Les Misérables (Singapore) – well, maybe
  • Wicked (Singapore) – can’t believe I’ll be watching this show again!
  • Rent (Singapore) – Pangdemonium production

Want to see:

  • Avenue Q (Off-Broadway)
  • Miss Saigon (Broadway)
  • Spring Awakening – missed the Deaf West production
  • Anything Goes
  • Violet
  • Bridges of Madison County
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie

as-warm-as-choco:

Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans, Michael Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie ! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.

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There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves ! 

Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:

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