I was trying to space these out so I didn't get an Understudy-squee-overload, but it seems that I can't wait 24 hours before posting the clips. (Of course it doesn't help when there are at least three people online chiming in to remind me. ;-) So! Clips first, then comments!
Macbeth A Midsummer Night's Dream I hope all of you who were looking forward to Tacchin's Lady Macbeth are pleased. She really is very talented. In fact... I usually don't like voicing my suspicions, for fear they might come true, but... I've felt more and more lately that Tacchin is Arisu's rival in Soragumi. My fears are only heightened by the fact that Tacchin got two solos in "Understudy", whereas Arisu only got one. In her lead show, for goodness' sake. Forcing my brain to come up with wild theories, and arguments for and against this and that, and...
Anyway, happier thoughts. Eriko as Macbeth = love. Midsummer = love. My favorite part is easily Arisu!Hermia preserving her chastity and telling Eriko!Lysander to sleep farther away. XDD Too cute. Of course, the antics of Marietta!Puck are very amusing as well. (I suppose I won't go into how 'Zuka has made the fairies overly cute and fluffy; that's mostly a matter of personal taste.) And Eriko and Nagi "accidentally" hugging, and the Eriko!Lysander x Mayu!Helena x Nagi!Demetrius x Arisu!Hermia love... er, love diamond? Love rhombus? Love four-pointed-object. Thingy. Oh, also, a shout-out to my cute little Dai-chan as Oberon! (I expected it to be Chigi. Still not sure why it wasn't Chigi, but... ^^;;)
And just so you all know, that second clip cuts off suddenly. It's because two seconds later Himiya Sakura bursts in and halts the performance. I promise, you're not really missing anything.
So enjoy the clips, and squee for the Sora babies with all your might! ;-D
Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention. Supreme love from this show has caused
mon_bouche and I to begin dreaming of a time in the (fairly distant) future when Eriko and Arisu can be top stars together, with Nagi as their nibante. It would be so beautiful; just thinking of it brings tears to my eyes. *sighs hopefully* ^__^