Ride is the story of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world.
Knoxville is a Stephen Flaherty musical with some great blues and folk songs. One to check out if you care a lot about composition and lyrics in musicals.
Maybe the first time I've seen a cultural reference to Gladiator 2. Unfortunately no Eddington page as far as I saw.
I think he was incredible across the board on Flood. also love Narrow Your Eyes, Sleeping in the Flowers, On the Drag, Old Pine Box, and I Like Fun. lately enjoying Hit the Ground from the new album.
Keep it civil though. I'll go first:
Sunday in the Park With George has uneven pacing in its second act. Sondheim had a lot of trouble figuring out what music would go in the story, and wrote some of it last-minute and it shows. Still has strong themes though. (And yes, I do "get it." I've extensively explained to many theater fans what the second act is trying to accomplish.)
Pacific Overtures isn't as memorable as some of his other shows in terms of characters. The themes of tradition and culture seem to take center stage before anything else. Although Mako is definitely iconic.
Act 1 of Into the Woods can get a little old if you're in the show and having to sit through it dozens of times. It can also lose a lot of magic if a production doesn't embrace the humor.
I stumbled across the webcomic Nimpy Town, which has a comic depicting a tea shop owner pouring tea into a magical cup, only for the tea to show up in another cup in a bird's nest miles away. I was amused by how the shopkeeper was like "what does this cup even do?" and how the bird was confused by its nest filling up with tea.
I'd love to know more media that feels like this sort of situation. Like something which would happen to a side character in Mary Poppins or Alice in Wonderland. Especially if it has its own sort of weird childlike internal logic. Open to movies, shows, and books but I'd especially enjoy animation.
I know there are "cozy fantasy" books about elves running tea shops and whatnot. I'm not really looking for that, more for stuff that has a specific kind of clever childlike whimsy.
Already a big Studio Ghibli and Over the Garden Wall fan and I'm aware of a lot of the bigger names in wholesome cartoons (e.g. Moomins). Try to recommend me something more niche if you can!