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 Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:08 pm
The Tad Ryerstad Memorial Center for the Performing Arts looms elegantly, a large, squarish building comfortably occupying a corner of the Nexus. Its pillared facade holds small decorative statues and a frieze of Grecian muses.
Stepping into the lobby, you are assaulted with the view of a large bronze statue of Tad Ryerstad, but the rest of the theater seems to have been decorated lavishly, red carpeting leading throughout the building.
You take your seat in the lower half of the auditorium, lucky to have avoided the balcony cheap seats but not lucky enough to have acquired one of the private boxes rising along the walls of the theater, facing the stage. A heavy red curtain obscures all but the orchestra pit. The lights dim sporadically, signaling the audience to their seats, and finally go out as the play begins.
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:09 pm
* The heavy curtian pulls back as Hellboy marches onstage to the sound of drums, backed by a complement of uniformed soldiers, and climbs the stairs to a black podium, covered in a red banner. The soldiers form up behind him; a chorus. Hellboy raises his stone fist high, saluting the audience, and brings it back down as he breaks into song, a shout*
SO YA,
THOUGHT YA,
MIGHT LIKE TO... GO TO THE SHOW?
TO FEE~EEL THE WARM THRILL OF CONFUSION, THAT SPACE CADET GLOW.
Well I've got bad news for you Sunshines, Piper isn't feeling well, he's back at the hotel...
They sent me along, as a surrogate Hand, and it's time to find out where you fans really staa~a~and! scream
*hunches over the podium, staring into the darkness of the seats*
Are there any Lanterns, in the audience tonight? Get 'em up against the wall. mad
And that dead guy in the spotlight, he don't look right! Get 'im up against the wall! scream
And that one looks SAPPHIRE and that one's deceased! Who let these chaotic punks be released?
There's one there that's bones, and she's scantily clad! If I had my way you'd all be declared MAD! scream
*he slams his fist on the podium with his final word and the lights go out, plunging the theater into darkness*
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:27 pm
The stage lights dim and a lone figure appears in the center spotlight wearing a floor length cape and a Guy Fawkes mask.The rim of the stage explodes in geysers of sparks and Addison's podium collapses, retracting into the stage. The figure strides purposefully forward and flings the mask into the crowd with a laugh. Underneath is Poison Ivy. A staircase rises from under the stage bearing her back up dancers, rough types in leather and studs, all of them men. The band strikes up LOVEGAME by LADY GAGA as the dancers shuffle up to Ivy, hands on crotches. Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stickIvy looks from side to side noticing that she is now surrounded. Huh Huh!She is approached by the first dancer who darts in and out, toying with her. I wanna kiss you,
but if I do then I might miss you, babe
It's complicated and stupid
Got my a** squeezed by sexy cupid
Guess he wants to play, wants to play
A lovegame, a lovegame
Ivy matches his feints playfully until she hits the end of the verse and grabs him by the lapels of his leather jacket and shoves him backwards where he is caught by his fellows and carried off stage. Another dancer grasps her around the middle and hoists her up like a ballet dancer. Hold me and love me
Just want touch you for a minute
Maybe three seconds is enough
For my heart to quit it
She is set down and struts away, followed but all but the most recent dancer. let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
don't think too much, just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's play a lovegame
Play a lovegame
Do you want love
Or you want fame
Are you in the game
Dons the lovegameIvy leads the dancers backwards up the stairs and back down, shuffling left and right as they go. When they return to stage level the stairs disappear below the stage and a pair of subway car seat benches are slid in from stage left and right. Ivy catches a glowing wand dropped from above and backs up onto the bench, waving the wand back down at her remaining dancers. Huh!
I'm on a mission
and it involves some heavy touching, yeah
You've indicated you're interest
I'm educated in sex, yes
and now I want it bad, want it bad
A lovegame, a lovegameShe drops the wand and drops down to her hands and knees on the bench, miming a tantrum in time with the beat. The dancers lift her ballet style and carry her across stage where several old, beat up muscle cars are being wheeled in.
Hold me and love me
just want touch you for a minute
Maybe three seconds is enough
For my heart to quit it
Ivy is set down on the hood and she crawls crab like up onto the roof and stands, dancing on the roof. Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's play a lovegame
Play a lovegame
Do you want love
Or you want fame
Are you in the game
Dons the lovegame
Ivy slides down the hood and is caught by a pair of dancers, one of whom is revealed in the glare of the spotlight to be a woman. She turns from one to the other in turn as she sings. Huh!
I can see you staring there from across the block
with a smile on your mouth and your hand on your (huh)
The story of us, it always starts the same
with a boy and a girl and a (huh) and a game
And a game (huh)
And a game (huh)
And a game (huh)
A lovegame!
Hellboy and his black-clad soldiers crash their way back onstage and begin roughing up the other dancers, cuffing them and leading them off stage one by one. Let's play a lovegame
Play a lovegame
Do you want love
Or you want fame
Are you in the game (Let's have some fun this beat is sick)
Dons the lovegame (I wanna take a ride on your disco stick)
Let's play a lovegame
Play a lovegame
Do you want love
Or you want fame
Are you in the game (Don't think too much just bust that kick)
Dons the lovegame (I wanna take a ride on your disco stick)
Huh!Ivy is cuffed at last by a scowling Hellboy. He lifts her up across his shoulder and carries her off stage as she sings the final notes of the chorus.
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:35 pm
A giant reproduction of a Nazi propaganda poster displaying smiling Aryan children picking flowers is lowered as a backdrop and the droning hum of the SLIPKNOT remix of MARILYN MANSON'S THE FIGHT SONG begins.
Loki leads a group of dancers dressed in gothic reimaginings of football gear, doing the THRILLER dance as they step out from underneath the painting. The dancers spin, clearly reanimated corpses. They flash the back of their jerseys, displaying their names. B. PARKER, CHOI, REYNOLDS, HAYDEN, JONZZ, and WAGNER.
Loki stays behind as they form up against an imaginary line of scrimage. The stage rises around Loki into a podium and he begins to sing.
Nothing suffocates you more than the passing of everyday human events
Isolation is the oxygen mask you're making children breathe into to survive
But I'm not a slave to a god that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world that doesn't give a s**t
And when we were good
You just close your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds
A half dozen gothic cheerleaders enter from either side of the stage, the reanimated corpses of GWEN STACY, JEAN GREY, JANET PYM, KAREN PAGE, NAMORITA, and GERTRUDE YORKES. They line up under the podium and chant, beginning a routine:
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
As if on cue, the zombie football players begin jostling and fighting each other while Loki stomps around the stage, singing.
You'll never grow up to be a big rock star
Celebrated victim of your fame
Just cut our wrists like cheap coupons
And say that "death was on sale today"
And when we were good
You just close your eyes
So when we are bad
We'll scar your minds
But I'm not a slave to god that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world that doesn't give a s**t
Sprinklers above the stage turn on, soaking everyone. The cheerleaders spin and thrash their wet hair while the football players slide and scramble against each other.
The death of one is a tragedy
RYAN CHOI jerks and falls lifeless to the ground. The players stop and stare at his lifeless form.
The death of one is a tragedy
JANET PYM staggers and falls lifeless to the ground. The cheerleaders stop their routine and begin chatting nervously.
The death of one is a tragedy
KURT WAGNER topples to the ground and lies still. JONN JONZZ tears his helmet off in anger and throws it into the crowd.
The death of a million is just a statistic
The rest of the reanimated corpses fall to the ground in a heap. Loki stands alone screaming into the microphone as the podium lowers to the floor.
But I'm not a slave to god that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world that doesn't give a s**t
But I'm not a slave to god that doesn't exist
And I'm not a slave to a world that doesn't give a s**t
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:44 pm
*As the lights time a chair slides across the stage, spinning on it's way to center stage. It stops a inches from Loki. As he turns within the darkness towards the char, Harl flips onto the stage from other side. She gives Loki a charming smile right before she pushes him down into the chair. Hugging him around his shoulders from behind. The beat to Human Nature by Madonna begins.*
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
*She whispers into the mic and Loki's ear as her grabs her arms. Trying to remove her. straightening her arms out around him as he scowls. Others dance onto the stage. Grabbing at Harl to pull her away from Loki.*
And I'm not sorry [I'm not sorry]
It's human nature [it's human nature]
And I'm not sorry [I'm not sorry]
Im not your b***h don't hang your s**t on me[ Its human nature]
*Her voice comes from the overhead.singing in the speakers over head as she whispers into the mic. Echoing her own words. One they have her a few steps back they try to keep their hold on her. Two of them hugging each of her legs as the others hold onto her arms. She looks to Loki as she sings. tugging at those who hold her.*
You wouldn't let me say the words I longed to say
You didn't want to see life through my eyes
[Express yourself, don't repress yourself]
You tried to shove me back inside your narrow room
And silence me with bitterness and lies
[Express yourself, don't repress yourself]
*At the sound of someone punching a drum, Harl breaks free. Flipping over their heads and a few feet behind them. As she stands she begins singing loudly. The whispering coming from or head and around the audience. Harl moves over the stage as Loki and the dancers try to grab her. She uses their body's to flip over them or slides between their legs to get free. Skidding across the stage as a clear barrier is lowered on the stage.*
Did I say something wrong?
Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about sex
[I musta been crazy]
Did I stay too long?
Oops, I didn't know I couldn't speak my mind
[What was I thinking]
*Harls sings at them through the clear glass as they try to take it down. Dramatically clasping her arms over her heart and flipping her head back. Then putting a hand over her forehead as if she may faint.*
You punished me for telling you my fantasies
I'm breakin' all the rules I didn't make
[Express yourself, don't repress yourself]
You took my words and made a trap for silly fools
You held me down and tried to make me break
[Express yourself, don't repress yourself]
*Two other dancers skip onto stage behind Harl. Singing the chorus as she continues to sing. The girls mock the men as they try to remove the barrier between them. Loki lifts the barrier magically and shakes his head, muttering the word mortals beneath his breath. The dancers rush forward, Loki slowly following after them. Two of the dancers shooting nets over the girls to capture than as the other take a hold on Harl and restrain her.*
Did I say something true?
Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about sex
[I musta been crazy]
Did I have a point of view?
Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about you
[What was I thinking]
*Harl pulls out a small gun and silently shots it downward. Next to the foot of the guy that's holding her. She looks to Loki, pouting, her violet eyes large as she sings.*
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
*The stick that had embedded into the floor explodes sending the guy tumbling backwards and Harl spins away free. Grabbing up a small jester wand as she faces them. Harl lets at a whistle and her baby runs out onto the stage.*
Did I say something true?
Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about sex
[I musta been crazy]
Did I have a point of view?
Oops, I didn't know I couldn't talk about you
[What was I thinking]
*As she speaks she point to the men coming closer and her baby snarls at them. Harl's baby snips and moves closer to them.*
And I'm not sorry [I'm not apologizing]
It's human nature [Would it sound better if I were a man?]
And I'm not sorry[You're the one with the problem]
I'm not your b***h don't hang your s**t on me[Why don't you just deal with it]
*the dancers that aren't being chased by her baby surround her as she sings, facing Loki. She leans close to Loki as she sings, as if she was going to kiss him. Whispering into the mic and close to his lips. Her baby comes up and snips at the ones holding her. Leaving just Loki and Harl there as she sings. She leans against him and when she says 'b***h' she pushes him away. Twirling away from him.*
And I'm not sorry [Would you like me better if I was?]
It's human nature [We all feel the same way]
And I'm not sorry [I have no regrets]
I'm not your b***h don't hang your s**t on me [Just look in the mirror]
*Harl whistles before singing a new verse and her other baby slides onto the stage next to her. She picks up a chair to ward off Loki as she sings. Overly dramatically expressing her wards as she holds the chair as if a lion tamer.*
And I'm not sorry [I don't have to justify anything]
It's human nature [I'm just like you]
And I'm not sorry [Why should I be?]
I'm not your b***h don't hang your s**t on me [Deal with it]
*She ruffles her baby's furr and take a gun that was attached to his collar and points it upward. shooting a smoke bomb on stage.*
Absolutely no regrets!
*She disappears within the smoke.*
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:16 pm
*The lights are dimmed as the stage is cleared of Harl's song. Her chair is still used and Misty walks over to sit before it. strumming the beat to The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie. After the intro she begins to sing. The lights move over the crowd in different arrays of colors.*
We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend
Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone, a long long time ago
*Ivy and Harl run across the stage as Harl breaks Ivy free. They Skid to a stop when they see Misty. Misty looks over as she doesn't miss a beat. She slowly stands up still singing as she glares at them.*
Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the Man Who Sold The World
*Rope appears out of no where and begings to wrap around ivy and Harl. Tying them together as she continues to sing and strum against her guitar. the other instruments being played through the speakers. Her eyes stay on them as her eyes spark with power. Ivy and Harl are slowly pulled by the rope farther onto the start. Loki runs onto stage as if in chase of them. Misty looks over him as she half smiles. *
I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home
I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here
We must have died alone, a long long time ago
*The rope tightens around Ivy and Harl a little more as they struggle to get free. Misty closes her eyes as she sings louder. singing with more feeling.*
Who knows? not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the Man who Sold the World
*She looks back over at Loki as her fingers strum on the strings of the guitar. Her voice ringing out over the crowd as she arches a brow at him.*
Who knows? not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the Man who Sold the World
*She straightens as she sings the last few words of the. her fingers moving over the strings slowly lead the song to the end. When the lights start to dim Harley smirks and there is a small yip heard as her baby comes into view. The ropes slowly dropping and Ivy and Harl make a break for it. Misty and Loki on their heels.*
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:21 pm
The floor of the stage slides back revealing a square paneled dance floor that lights up in a blinding glow. LOKI and MISTY enter stage right while IVY and HARLEY enter stage left. They stand facing each other silently.
The band strikes up HEADS WILL ROLL by THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Loki and Misty chant
Off with your head!
Harley and Ivy chant
Dance 'til you're dead!
All four sing as HELLBOY strides on stage between them.
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor
Hellboy passes them and the re-align to face his back as he sings.
Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The river's all wet
You're all chrome
Dripping with alchemy
Shiver stop shivering
The glitter's all wet
You're all chrome
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
Ivy, Misty, and Harley: The Girls cried out!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
Ivy, Misty, and Harley: The Girls cried out!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
Ivy, Misty, and Harley: The Girls cried out!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
All: Oh no!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
Ivy, Misty, and Harley: The Girls cried out!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
Ivy, Misty, and Harley: The Girls cried out!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
Ivy, Misty, and Harley: The Girls cried out!
Hellboy and Loki: The Men cried out!
All: Oh no!
Everyone but Hellboy pulls out a shining sword.
Loki and Misty: Off with your head!
Harley and Ivy: Dance 'til you're dead (dead)!
All: Heads will roll
Heads will roll
Heads will roll
On the floor
Hellboy: Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
You realize
Looking glass
Take the past
Shut your eyes
You realize
As Hellboy sings, the other four begin fighting each other viciously. Harley slashes Loki's neck open, spraying red glitter. He staggers and chops Harley's arm off, which also sprays red glitter. Misty splits Ivy's skull in half, sending a geyser of glitter spraying straight into the air. Ivy stumbles and slashes Misty's legs out from under her, coating the floor in red glitter. All four stagger and collapse dead from horrible glitter bleeding wounds.
Hellboy: Glitter on the wet streets
Silver over everything
The glitter's all wet
You're all chrome
You're all chrome
Hellboy kneels and commits seppuku, spitting red glitter out into the crowd. From the floor they sing as the lights go down:
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
Off, off, off with your head
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:27 pm
The lights come up on an empty stage. A middle aged man, THOMAS WAYNE strides onto the stage with his young son BRUCE WAYNE in tow. The two stand together looking at something out in the crowd. The band strikes up WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE by MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. Young Bruce Wayne begins to sing: When I was a young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said, "Son when you grow up,
would you be the savior of the broken,
the beaten and the damned?"
He said "Will you defeat them,
your demons, and all the non-believers,
the plans that they have made?"
"Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join The Black Parade."Thomas Wayne looks down and smiles at his son and pulls a mask out of his jacket pocket. DOCTOR HURT's mask. He lets his coat down into a cape and flies up and away, young Bruce running across the stage, trying to follow him. The band kicks up from behind the curtain, rolling onto the stage on a giant parade float decorated with the regalia of Mexico's Dia De Los Muertos, led by Zatanna who sings with rage and gusto; When I was a young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said, "Son when you grow up,
would you be the savior of the broken,
the beaten and the damned?"
Sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me.
And other times I feel like I should go.
And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets.
And when you're gone we want you all to know.
We'll carry on,
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And in my heart I can't contain it
The anthem won't explain it.
A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
So paint it black and take it back
Let's shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end we hear the call
To carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches
On and on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh
Disappointed faces of your peers
Ooh oh ohhhh
Take a look at me cause I could not care at all
Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen here, because it's who we are
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I! don't! care!
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on
Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We'll carry on)
Do or die, you'll never make me (We'll carry on)
Because the world will never take my heart (We'll carry on)
Go and try, you'll never break me (We'll carry)
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We'll carry on)As the final strains of the chorus die out the lights on the band fade and Zatanna steps down from the float, illuminated by the spot light. She slides her violet ring off her finger. She winds up and throws it out into the audience, where it explodes into violet glitter. She turns her back and walks off stage. The curtains fall on the end of the show.
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:28 pm
Zatanna's power ring slowly dims in power. The main power battery for the power rings powering down.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:45 pm
The graffiti covered van pulls up to the back of the building. A corrugated metal garage door is rolled up and the van drives through and the door rolls back down.
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:02 am
The garage door at the back of the building rolls up and the shady delivery van rolls out again, speeding off into the night.
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:44 am
The shady delivery van races back to the building, barely leaving enough time for the garage door to make it all the way up. The door slams back down behind the van.
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:02 am
Once again the shady delivery van leaves the theater, driving erratically as always except that this time it's pulling a trailer.
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:10 am
The shady delivery van returns to the garage, this time at a far more leisurely pace.
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:27 am
((And just in case you don't feel like backlogging . . . Knock it off and leave me alone.))
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