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Miranda Sings Live… Your Welcome

Colleen Ballinger & Miranda Sings

Netflix · 2019 · 61 min

A variety show featuring pregnancy diary readings and off-key character comedy.

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Colleen Ballinger splits her stage time down the middle, performing first as her heavily pregnant self and then as her lipstick-smeared alter ego, Miranda Sings. This structure lets her transition from one persona to the other directly in front of the audience, shifting from a self-deprecating retrospective of her own life to the off-key, narcissistic antics that made her a digital celebrity.\n\nFilmed at the Eisenhower Theater in the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the show was released on Netflix in June 2019. It marked a transition point for Ballinger. Her scripted Netflix series, \

The set list

7 bits

  1. Pregnancy stand-up and baby photos

    Ballinger discusses the bodily realities of being pregnant ('I've got a little penis inside of me') and shows childhood photos fearing her baby will inherit her goofy expressions.

  2. Mean comments ukulele song

    Performs an updated musical number setting misspelled insults and hate comments from YouTube viewers directly to music.

  3. Tween diary readings with Kory DeSoto

    Ballinger and her friend Kory perform dramatic readings of her childhood journal entries, including a church prayer diary insulting a peer named Taryn.

  4. 'Defying Gravity' onstage transformation

    Begins singing the Wicked anthem legitimately before pulling up sweatpants, putting on red lipstick, and transforming live into Miranda Sings.

  5. The next Virgin Mary routine

    Miranda explains that because she is pregnant without ever having 'done the nasty,' she must be the new Virgin Mary, performing songs like 'Pregnant Virgin.'

  6. Audience participation and dress codes

    Brings fans onstage to point out 'porn-y' clothing choices and audits male attendees to see who could step up to raise her unborn child.

  7. Patrick sword illusion

    Miranda brings Patrick (Erik Stocklin) onstage to shove a pretend sword through her throat, causing her to sing in full operatic voice.

How it plays

Tone
Goofy, theatrical, satirical, and preteen-oriented with mild double entendres.
On stage
A dual-format performance: begins as Ballinger herself (warm, candid, theatrical) before transitioning into Miranda Sings (deluded, wildly confident, lipstick-smeared, and goofy).
Pace
Starts with stand-up and ukulele songs for the first 20 minutes before a high-energy onstage transformation into physical character comedy, operatic singing, and audience interaction.
About
pregnancy, internet haters and grammar, childhood diaries, the absurdity of the Miranda Sings character

What the critics said

Reviews noted Ballinger's formidable singing and theatrical talents were clearest during her personal first half, concluding the special is a devoted gift to Miranda's preteen/teen fanbase but less likely to convert non-fans.

In the room: An ecstatic, cheering theater packed predominantly with devoted young girls, teenage fans ('Mirfandas'), and their parents.

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: thetvdb.com, decider.com, nytimes.com, chortle.co.uk, tubefilter.com.

Backstory

Filmed while Ballinger was six months pregnant with her first child (a son born in December 2018), marking a reflective transition point between her real-life persona and her internet character.

Details

Released
Taped
2018, Kennedy Center, Washington
Runtime
61 min
Where
Netflix
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