Daniel's New Deaf West Musical Makes Its Grand Debut Today!!! 🤟🏻 Daniel Is Still Shining, And I

Happy birthday, Joshua Colley!!!

Thank you @stars-may-collide and everyone who got me to 10 reblogs!

Deaf West Spring Awakening Moritz Stiefel appreciation post because the poor thing deserved better. 🦋🖤🕊🤍🥺🤧🤟🏻

Thank you @dwsavideos and everyone who got me to 5 reblogs!

Can we just take a moment to talk about how adorable and precious this little bean is? We must protect him at ALL costs!!!

Daniel N. Durant and Alex Boniello collaborated to create an absolutely iconic version of Moritz Stiefel in the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening (I think John Gallagher Jr., the OG Moritz, would be proud of them)!!!

Daniel and Alex's brotherly best friend bond is so amazing to see. Who else wants to see them work together again someday? I know I do! I know that Britt and April would definitely be in the audience watching and supporting them and being the most amazing partners/spouses/sister-in-laws EVER!!!

I love how Daniel talks about how Alex has become like a brother to him during the process of doing the show together! It's so cute!

I imagine that Britt and April are probably really proud of Daniel and Alex right now.

Not just talented actors playing 2 sides of a similar character, but also adorable uncles and soul brothers to each other.

Wouldn't it be amazing if Daniel & Britt and Alex & April double dated? Not only would it be an adorable DWSA Moritz reunion, but it would also be a new bonding experience for the ladies in their lives!!! 🤟🏻💜💙🤍🕊🖤💗💕💋🫶🏻🎶

Shoutout to whoever it was that casted both Daniel and Alex as 2 different sides of the same character of Moritz in DWSA!!!

They said that Alex's role as the Voice of Moritz is serving as Moritz's inner rock star, but I would argue that Daniel and Alex are both rock stars!!!

The show in it of itself was an amazing opportunity for both deaf and hearing actors to work together and for both deaf and hearing audiences to get to experience things equally together, which I love about accessible projects like the movie CODA, and, as someone who has autism, I personally think there should be more of those kinds of projects that are accessible to everybody, and I mean, EVERYBODY, regardless who they are or what accommodations they have for certain things.

Dude, the foreshadowing with Daniel reaching for the gun in Alex's hands was so powerful and it just started to shatter my heart into literally a thousand pieces at least and made me feel even worse for Moritz. 🥺😭🤧 Poor baby lost hope on going on with life...

Long story short, if y'all told me that Daniel and Alex were brothers who were separated at birth, I would have absolutely no problem believing you!

ABSOLUTELY!!! 🤟🏻🖤🕊🤍🎸🎶🦋💚

deaf west theatre just announced that they’re doing american idiot and i am begging for someone to get ANY footage of it, this is so important to me

Deaf West Spring Awakening Moritz Stiefel has to be one of the cutest musical theatre characters of all time. This poor boy deserved better than to be treated like he was a failure. Frau Gabor did something right in treating him with such love and appreciation and in offering to help him receive better treatment from his parents.

Part 2 (of this appreciation post for the talented and adorable Daniel Durant):

11. To say that Daniel's character Aiden on Chicago Med was undeservedly lied to about the Risperidone would probably be quite a big understatement. I appreciate how Dr. Charles tried to help Aiden and his sister Sandy get by well through the schizophrenia diagnosis journey, but maybe he could've also just put a little bit more effort into actually helping them.

12. Daniel being a cutie pie will never not make my heart happy!!! 🤟🏻💜💙🫶🏻💗💕💋😍🥰

13. Aww... The way Britt kissed him on the cheek during their dinner pre-tango date was just so freaking cute! 😍🥰

14. While we're on the subject, their last live of 2022 was just so wonderful! One of my personal highlights from it was hearing Daniel use his cute speaking voice, of course!

15. Cat daddy Daniel is so cute! Meawww... I love Daniel & Britt's relationship so much!

16. I've said this before, and I'll say it again: Daniel and Alex were GOD tier Moritz!!! I miss their Moritz so much!!! 🤍🕊🖤🥺😭🤧🦋

17. Dude, Moritz and Ilse are just bestie goals! I would totally play pirates with them, no questions asked! Their comradery is just adorable! Taylor Swift definitely must've written "seven" off her 2020 album "folklore" for this cute friendship!

18. In case y'all didn't know, Daniel also stopped by the set of Netflix's thriller show YOU in the sixth episode of Season 2, titled "Farewell, My Bunny." He played James, the late first husband of Victoria Pedretti's Love Quinn. RIP, James. We saw only brief glimpses of you in the only episode you've appeared in, but we miss you nonetheless. Also, the sad scene where he tells Love that he's sick and he might die... OMG... 🥺😭🤧 Plus, James was just dream husband material, and he was just way too good for Love...

19. Colleen Foy was a perfect TV sister for Daniel on his episode of Chicago Med. Love how they incorporated ASL into the episode! 🤟🏻🫶🏻💗💙

20. I wish that he and Jenna Ortega had scenes together in their same season of Netflix's YOU. I think that James and Ellie would've become really good friends.

Part 3 is coming soon...

The only complaint I have about Alex & April's wedding is that Daniel couldn't make it, but it's fine. I'm sure that Daniel sent his love.

I was hoping that Daniel Durant was going to be there as one of Alex's best men, but I'm sure that he was there in spirit.

🤟🏻🤍🕊🖤🦋🥺😭🤧

I can’t believe this. Alex and April’s first dance song is Up from Sing Street. I never thought of it as such a romantic song until now. This is so freaking cute.

Where are my fellow DWSA/Sing Street fans? We gotta celebrate. I feel like my two worlds are colliding.

Video from @brundlesky on Instagram (Sky Lakota Lynch’s Instagram story)

I'm thinking about doing a Daniel Durant tag here on Tumblr for Daniel's 34th birthday!

Please feel free to give me some ideas for questions for the tag!!! 🤟🏻

Daniel Durant's episode of Chicago Med on NBC and his performance as a whole simultaneously warmed, melted, and broke my heart, but this scene especially DESTROYED my heart!