The Story of Winnie Foster

[@lenamathiason925]

Wow. It did not take long for this to make me cry

[@keybladeofthelostcities6494]

The most underrated part of the whole show

[@m2prod]

I agree completely. I played in the pit for a production of "Tuck" and this was always my favorite part of the show.

[@tuttiflooti]

This made me shed my first tears since 2018. Even at 360p this shit is beautiful

[@audioajunkie]

thank you, thank you, thank you!!! any chance for more...??? I miss this show SO much!!

[@ToastyMouse7777]

Is this the actual broadway show? Hugo is SO cute In his courting dance!

[@halwaffles]

Yes this is from the Broadway production. The full slime tutorial for the Broadway version has been unlisted, but can be found if you do some digging. The off Broadway run in Atlanta is readily available if you want to watch that. It’s very similar to the Broadway version, but some slight changes were made when moving to Broadway.

[@Bash912]

@@halwaffles where can the slime tutorial for the Broadway version be found? Do you know? This musical helped me through some tough times and holds a special place in my nostalgic heart. I was devastated the day I found out it was taken off of KZbin.

[@ellisbell5184]

@@halwaffles is there a way you could comment the link to it?

[@halwaffles]

@@ellisbell5184 I’m concerned about the link being taken down by KZbin. I was able to find it from I think a tumblr post or somewhere on the internet after some searching.

[@ellisbell5184]

@@halwaffles thank you! Yeah, I have watched the Atlanta one too many times, and wanted to see the bway one!

[@elisej7152]

am i crying? ya

[@KatieT97]

Noticing the musical motifs just adds to the emotional weight of this ballet. Starting with Seventeen, Winnie has of course decided to not drink the water (instead giving it to the toad who hilariously shows up on cue for Jesse at Winnie's grave but I digress), she's looking forward to the rest of her life. And of course it brings in the introduction of 17 year old Winnie being courted by Hugo, juxtaposing Jesse's longing for Winnie to be immortal and to marry him. Hugo and Winnie's dating era is accompanied by what seems to be a tiny mix of Partner in Crime (ironic that Hugo's a detective), Top of the World, and Good Girl Winnie Foster. It's young love starting as a coy friendship turning into the realization that you've found your life partner through the thick and thin. At the wedding the accompaniment changes entirely to Top of the World, highlighting the happiness and excitement of a wedding day. Then the first dance is The Most Beautiful Day, the moment that Mae said Winnie, like every girl, would remember forever (cue waterworks). She's found her true love, she's never felt more beautiful, she's happy. And then Nana passes away, this accompaniment I'm not sure what it is exactly but it's to me similar to the bridge of The Wheel ("Once you drop an anchor..." that bit); and it also makes sense because this is after all Winnie moving across the Wheel (girl to wife) as Nana's boat reaches the other side to follow the established metaphors. Everlasting plays as Winnie dances with her newborn son. Possibly solidifying her content and happiness in her choice to live life normally. Her son is her new reason to live. Cue waterworks #2 with Time accompanying Winnie's son's childhood because Time is speeding by as he grows up it's a cliche but very real thing experienced by parents. But it also mirrors the love of a parent since Time is Miles lamenting of losing Thomas but here Winnie is happy as a mother and watching her son grow up into a man. We hear a tiny bit of The Wheel as well right before her son falls in love. And once again there's Top of the World, either being her son head over heels in love with a girl or Winnie happy for her son finding his wife. The Wheel has turned again and Winnie's mother passes away. Another wedding, this time Winnie and Hugo's son. They're on the Top of the World again elated for their son again all of the happy wedding emotions. And then we hear The Most Beautiful Day again. Hugo and Winnie dance together in private, looking back on their own first dance and that love continues long into their life; they grow old together still so much in love (Waterworks #3 THEYRE SO CUTE OMG). And then The Wheel turns again and Hugo passes away. Winnie is alone. Time plays again. Winnie Foster Jackson, a widow maybe a grandmother too, on her porch, wondering where the years have gone. Suddenly her life flashes before her eyes and she's on Top of the World once again. She relives many memories, dating Hugo, her wedding, dancing with her baby boy, her son's wedding, everything all at once. Then her younger self appears. Seventeen was once a lifetime away, now its a lifetime ago; after all she's probably seventy. But the song now invokes innocence and nostalgia. She dances like a young girl again. The notes are then specifically "Six years from now go to the spring" and she takes some of her last time on Earth to remember the Tucks. She pulls out Mae's music box. She remembers Jesse. She's glad she listened to Angus, because this life otherwise wouldn't have been. She has no regrets. It's pretty obvious but Winnie has passed away and the Tucks, many decades later, gather together at her grave.

[@lelandcargo9078]

My production did an interesting take to this scene and had the Winnie actress playing all the Winnie’s throughout the whole scene

[@lelandcargo9078]

Another interesting thing we did to The Story of Winnie Foster was at 8:04 had Jessie come back on and have a very brief dance together with her

[@shawnritz]

playing Middle Hugo in this

[@AndrewJBarchak]

I think Hugo married Winnie. maybe

[@shawnritz]

that is literally what is happening

[@KatieT97]

There's also Hugo's line in one of the final scenes "I'll always be there to protect you [Winnie]" and its the same actor for Hugo in the young woman Winnie section as in the rest of the show so yes