To All the Musicals Lara Jean Has (Probably) Loved Before

With two movies and a third one already filmed, the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series is a surefire hit. But the story behind these Netfilx films first existed on the page in Jenny Han’s young adult novel trilogy of the same name. If you’re a fan of the movies but have never read the books, that’s okay. But one of the things you may not know about Lara Jean is that she likes musicals.

Throughout the book series, Lara Jean references numerous musicals. She sings along to “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” from The Sound of Music with her family, she expresses her desire to see Hamilton, and she makes a Cosette-Eponine comparison a la Les Misérables (though it could have been a book reference) when confronting her ex-best friend, Gen.

As fellow introverted musical-loving bookworms, we couldn’t help but wonder what other musicals Lara Jean would be a fan of. Given the similarities we share with the character, we figure our taste in musicals are similar but not quite the same. We brainstormed some ideas, analyzed their stories and how they would fit Lara Jean’s taste, and decided the following are five musicals that Lara Jean has (probably) loved before.

Broadway Adventures: Things Musicals Have “Ruined” For Us – Part One

We were going to write an introduction for this post, but in the midst of trying to find GIFs to include in this post to make it more fun and less word-heavy, we discovered this Tumblr post, and we couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

https://xxriaa.tumblr.com/post/183707558450/well-if-you-didnt-want-me-to-ramble-on-about/

The one thing we would like to add, however, is that we make so many references to Broadway musicals that we started a “Broadway reference” jar in an attempt to stop making so many allusions. Every time we make a reference to a Broadway musical, we have to put at least 50 cents in the jar. It’s been months since we began the jar, and it has only helped slightly.

Our Adventures of October 2018

Having a birthday in October, we always look forward to the fall month. But, this year, October was an especially good month. From finally getting to be in the room where it happens to exploring new places, October was the most eventful month of 2018 so far!

Hamilton Chicago

We watched the Saturday, October 6 matinee of the Chicago production of the Tony award-winning musical Hamilton. Our mom bought us tickets in May when the new block of tickets went on sale. We decided to go to in October as an early birthday celebration (our birthday is on October 8).