Musical Theater fans, this is for you. Kendyll Romine has given the world a gift by drawing beloved characters for all 365 days of 2016 plus one bonus illustration on January 1, 2017. I discovered this project last February through @FiddlerBroadway, the Fiddler on the Roof instagram account. Because Fiddler is my favorite musical and Kendyll’s art is amazing, I was intrigued and had to find out more. When I found her on Instagram, I realized what the project was, and she immediately became my first featured artist for 2017. The images below represent the musicals I have seen. There are many many more so please utilize the links at the end of this post and check out the rest of the project. Enjoy! 😀
*Note: It is hard to keep track 0f so much content so please don’t hesitate to notify me of any mistakes.
– January 5 –
🎶 My father would have bought me a pretty dress… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 5: Louise Bigelow (Carousel). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/136703608453/my-father-would-have-bought-me-a-pretty-dress.
– January 12 –
Romine, Kendyll. Day 12: Ivy Smith (On the Town). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/137198170173/day-12-ivy-smith-on-the-town.
– January 21 –
🎶 Maybe Tuesday will be my Good News Day… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 21: Lise Dassin (An American in Paris). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/137793901673/maybe-tuesday-will-be-my-good-news-day-day-21.
– January 22 –
🎶 Oh wouldn’t it be loverly? 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 22: Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady. 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/137856211828/oh-wouldnt-it-be-loverly-day-22-eliza.
– January 27 –
🎶 For me, well, I wouldn’t holler if he was as handsome as anything! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 26: Chava, Hodel, and Tzeitel from Fiddler on the Roof. 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/138133226058/for-me-well-i-wouldnt-holler-if-he-was-as.
– January 31 –
🎶 Okay girls, let’s go get ‘em! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 31: Rizzo, Frenchie, Jan, and Marty (Grease). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/138452846128/okay-girls-lets-go-get-em-day-31-rizzo.
– February 2 –
🎶 Sweet dreams be yours dear, if dreams there be… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 33: Marian Paroo (The Music Man). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/138576223193/sweet-dreams-be-yours-dear-if-dreams-there-be.
– February 3 –
🎶 You would think it would embarrass all the people here in Paris to be thinking every minute of love! 🎶
🎶 Do not put your faith in a cape and a hood; they will not protect you the way that they should! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 63: Little Red Riding Hood (Into the Woods). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/140428490883/do-not-put-your-faith-in-a-cape-and-a-hood-they.
– March 9 –
🎶 Please try to be patient, and know that I’m still learning; I’m sorry that you have to see the strength inside me burning. 🎶
🎶 If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh why, can’t I? 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 75: Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/141117519813/if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the-rainbow.
– March 19 –
🎶 Goodbye Good-Goody girl; I’m changing and how! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 78: Millie Dillmount (Thoroughly Modern Millie). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/141293768518/goodbye-good-goody-girl-im-changing-and-how.
– April 4 –
🎶 Cinderella; it’s a name I once hated, but now I think I’ll keep it, so whenever someone thinks something is impossible, they’ll just say my name and know better! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 95: Ella (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/142267126393/cinderella-its-a-name-i-once-hated-but-now-i.
– April 8 –
🎶 Though the man may be my lord and master, though he may study me as hard as he can, the smile beneath my smile he’ll never see… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 99: Tuptim (The King and I). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/142491031518/though-the-man-may-be-my-lord-and-master-though.
– April 29 –
🎶 Darling it’s so-oh hard to be sixteen and schitzo! 🎶
🎶 Oh, I’m an hors d’oeurve, a cherry preserve, not in the recipe book! And once more, baby, I can cook! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 144: Hildy (On the Town). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/144835891063/oh-im-an-hors-doeurve-a-cherry-preserve-not.
– June 3 –
🎶 Foolish, ye may say, foolish I will stay; waitin’ for my dearie, an’ happy am I to hold my heart ‘till he comes strollin’ by… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 163: Anna Leonowens and Lady Tiang (The King and I). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/145757710203/the-tonys-are-tomorrow-lets-celebrate-with-last.
– June 14 –
🎶 You’re truly, truly scrumptious; scrumptious as a cherry peach parfait! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 166: Truly Scrumptious (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/145915506448/youre-truly-truly-scrumptious-scrumptious-as-a.
– July 1 –
🎶 I don’t like to win without a fight. 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 182: Elsa Shraeder (The Sound of Music). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/146736393538/i-dont-like-to-win-without-a-fight-day-182.
– July 2 –
🎶 And I’ve learned that we must look inside our hearts to find a world full of love… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 184: Dorothy (The Wiz). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/146824906853/and-ive-learned-that-we-must-look-inside-our.
– July 12 –
🎶 For they say when you marry in June, you will always, always, always be a bride… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 194: Millie, Liza, Martha, Sarah, Ruth, Dorcas, and Alice (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/147317673278/for-they-say-when-you-marry-in-june-you-will.
– July 18 –
🎶 “You’ve been acting most peculiar; every morning you’re awake ahead of me. Always settin’ by the winder–” “I like to watch the river meet the sea…” 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 200: Julie Jordan and Carrie Pipperidge (Carousel). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/147625417278/youve-been-acting-most-peculiar-every-morning.
– August 29 –
🎶 Build higher walls around me, change every lock and key; nothing lasts; nothing holds all of me… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 242: Belle (Beauty and the Beast). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/149680720583/build-higher-walls-around-me-change-every-lock.
– August 30 –
🎶 …And where the journey may lead me, let your prayers be my guide; I cannot stay here my family, but I’ll remember my pride… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 243: Nala (The Lion King). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/149729871078/and-where-the-journey-may-lead-me-let-your.
– August 31 –
🎶 Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun; wandering free; wish I could be part of that world… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 244: Ariel (The Little Mermaid). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/149776245313/up-where-they-walk-up-where-they-run-up-where.
– September 1 –
🎶 What if I dared? What if I tried? Am I prepared for what’s outside? 🎶
🎶 I feel at home; I’ve found my place; all this beauty before me was out of my reach, I never imagined such wonder! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 246: Jane Porter (Tarzan). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/149864116453/i-feel-at-home-ive-found-my-place-all-this.
– September 3 –
🎶 I ask for nothing, I can get by, but I know so many less lucky than I; please help my people, the poor and down-trod; I thought we all were children of God… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 247: Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/149910378243/i-ask-for-nothing-i-can-get-by-but-i-know-so.
– September 7 –
🎶 Oh no, Anita, no; you should know better! You were in love; or so you said… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 251: Maria and Anita (West Side Story). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/150102557933/oh-no-anita-no-you-should-know-better-you.
– September 17 –
🎶 What I want most of all, is to know what I want… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 261: Cinderella (Into the Woods). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/150564715463/what-i-want-most-of-all-is-to-know-what-i-want.
– September 22 –
🎶 When they criticize and make fun of me, can’t they see the hurt in my smile? Don’t they know that there’s just one of me, and it has to last me a while? 🎶
🎶 Just remembering you’ve had an ‘and’ when you’re back to ‘or,’ makes the ‘or’ mean more than it did before… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 272: The Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/151127335333/just-remembering-youve-had-an-and-when-youre.
– October 6 –
🎶 Oh! I love to climb a mountain and to reach the highest peak, but it doesn’t thrill me half as much as dancing cheek to cheek! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 279: Linda Mason (Holiday Inn). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/151452987773/oh-i-love-to-climb-a-mountain-and-to-reach-the.
– October 9 –
🎶 Why should I care? Life is one long jubilee so long as I care for you and you care for me! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 282: Milo Davenport (An American in Paris). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/151592965473/why-should-i-care-life-is-one-long-jubilee-so.
– October 24 –
🎶 You can be my best of friends as opposed to paying dues, but don’t nobody bring me no bad news! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 298: Evilene (The Wiz). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/152273760913/you-can-be-my-best-of-friends-as-opposed-to.
– October 25 –
🎶 “Well which one do you like the best?” “Whatever one I’m with!” 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 299: Ado Annie and Laurey Williams (Oklahoma!). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/152320243113/well-which-one-do-you-like-the-best-whatever.
– October 26 –
🎶 I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 300: The Witch (Into the Woods). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/152359898043/im-not-good-im-not-nice-im-just-right.
– October 28 –
🎶 You’re going to lose your heart to me, I tell you! Even if I have to magic spell you! 🎶
🎶 “He’s with me even now–” “Your hands are cold!” “–all around me–” “Your face, Christine, it’s white!” “It frightens me–” “Don’t be frightened… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 303: Christine Daae and Meg Giry (Phantom of the Opera). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/152491336033/hes-with-me-even-now-your-hands-are.
🎶 If you’da been there, if you’da seen it, I betcha you would have done the same! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 351: Liz, Annie, June, Hunyak, Velma, and Mona (Chicago). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/154573330413/if-youda-been-there-if-youda-seen-it-i-betcha.
– December 18 –
🎶 Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 352: Betty and Judy Haynes (White Christmas). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/154619656463/lord-help-the-mister-who-comes-between-me-and-my.
– December 20 –
🎶 Silly to cry, nothing to fear, betcha where they live’s as nice as right here; betcha your life is gonna be swell. Looking at them, it’s easy to tell… The sun’ll come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there’ll be sun. Just thinking about tomorrow clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow, come what may… Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow; you’re only a day away… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 355: Grace Farrell and Annie Bennett Warbucks (ANNIE). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/154748529858/silly-to-cry-nothing-to-fear-betcha-where-they.
– December 24 –
🎶 I go to the hills when my heart is lonely, I know I will hear what I’ve heard before; my heart will blessed with the sound of music, and I’ll sing once more… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 359: Maria Von Trapp (The Sound of Music). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/154917084328/i-go-to-the-hills-when-my-heart-is-lonely-i-know.
– December 25 –
🎶 Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light; next year all our troubles will be out of sight… 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 360: Esther and Tootie Smith (Meet Me in St Louis). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/154959833703/have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas-let-your.
– December 27 –
🎶 Yes, let this be a sign, let this road be mine! Let it lead me to my past, and bring me home at last! 🎶
🎶 You may think this kind of adventure never may come to you; darling ‘16-going-on-’17, wait a year or two! 🎶
Romine, Kendyll. Day 366: Liesl Von Trapp (The Sound of Music). 2016. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. ladiesoftheatre.tumblr.com/post/155234955388/you-may-think-this-kind-of-adventure-never-may.
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