Your Profile Image

I enjoy the Profile Images that contributors post. What is your image and why have you chosen it (or conversely, why do you not have an image posted)?

My image changes frequently. At the moment, it is a picture of Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mum), mother of the current Queen Elizabeth II. She is my favorite "Royal". I have always admired her, especially for the strength and courage she displayed during World War II.

Mine was taken from the walkway and stairs leading into the balcony level of the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. One day I just happened to look up and noticed it would make a wonderful screensaver. You can see part of the proscenium arch and the gorgeous ceiling in the image. It reminds me of the excitement and anticipation I feel before every show there.

Updated On: 6/21/18 at 07:04 PM

Mine is Molly Ranson as Carrie in Carrie: the musical, which is one of my favorite musicals!

On the WICKED website they have a feature like Google Maps that lets you cruise around the Gershwin. Various characters are staged throughout. I saw Fiyero relaxing on a bench with his face covered by a book. I did a screen capture. Not really the biggest fan of the musical...I’ve only seen it once on its pre-Broadway run here in San Francisco in 2003. But I thought the pic was cute and I find Fiyero’s first costume to be incredibly sexy. Don’t know the actor, but he’s tall so I’m thinking Richard Blake or Andy Karl?

My profile image is Ben Platt and Ben Levi Ross sitting together and sitting together. The story behind it is simultaneously funny and boring.

During my Christmas break, I came back to the house and since our tree wasn't even up or decorated (It was December 23rd) my mom texted me "Decorate the mini tree with whatever you want. Top it with the cat for all I care." So my first course of action was to download and print out 2 broadway related photos as the tree topper. My first was a photo of Mike Faist as an angel during the Easter Bonnett 2017, and the second was what you see as my profile photo. I put it as the tree topper and decorated the whole thing. Ben Levi even retweeted a video of my tree with him on top! I then put the image up in my closet and thought nothing of it.

Until January came and I realized I had no image! I thought I had added one, but apparently not because it wasn't visible on my (then) recent post. I had only 4 photos on my computer vaguely relating to Broadway: Those two photos, a photo of a Bare playbill and the Newsies album cover. I immediately ruled out the photo of Mike and the Bare playbill, since they weren't square. This left me with the Newsies cover and Ben and Ben (Who will from now on be referred to as Ben². Newsies seemed too common as if 20 other people here probably already had it. Ben² was already square and of high quality. I chose it so that it would be easier to find my posts on threads and figure out where I left off (Which works really well in drama threads and satire/popular posts). This has been my icon ever since!

P.S: My mother found Ben² in my closet a month later, and was highly confused as to why I had "Two gay guys in the closet." What a pun opportunity.

TLDR: Due to a joke I played on my mom for Christmas that was put into my closet, Ben² was the clear option as my profile photo for the site.

mine is a picture of myself from around the time i made my profile!

actually this thread kind of makes me want to change it lol

Updated On: 6/22/18 at 02:45 AM

I change mine periodically as well. The present one is from a series of night skies images. I might change it soon.

Updated On: 6/22/18 at 07:43 AM

Mine is a photo from the cover shoot of Streisand's 'The Broadway Album' from 1985. There's a few reasons behind it...

1. As a Streisand fan from the age of 13 (1976-77), this became my favorite album of hers upon receiving it for a Christmas gift that year (1985). I was not familiar with Broadway music that much, as I (my family) never went to touring B'way musicals, etc. I knew some of the songs from singers who recorded them in the 60s and 70s - but never knew the meaning or the context of the songs. Streisand turned me into a fan of Broadway musicals through this album, as I needed to know as much about each song as I could.

2. The photo itself just captures the ambience of what a Broadway theater truly is (IMO) . And the Streisand props - starting with the office chair she's sitting in - is a throwback to her beginnings with "Miss Marmelstein".

3. I love the photo!