Line #33 Creator/LangBrothers


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3	SiblingTeam Matt and Nick Lang are the co-writers and co-directors behind many of the Creator/TeamStarkid productions.
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5	Nick has had a greater on-stage presence as an actor. He also handles much of the puppet work. He worked on soapnet.com and was a part of the ''Series/GossipGirl'' [[http://crushable.com/entertainment/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-with-soapnetcoms-gossip-girl-puppets/ finger puppets]], which have reached MemeticMutation in that fandom.
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8	!!! Tropes that apply to them include:
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10	* DescendedCreator: Even though Nick is very well-liked among Starkid fans as an actor, he generally prefers to stay offstage in Starkid projects, since they're usually musicals and he considers himself a weak singer and dancer. That said, Starkid fans consider both his main roles in ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'' and ''Theatre/{{Ani}}'' extremely memorable, and are constantly looking for [[TheCameo cameos]] by him in other projects.
11	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Nick's first onscreen appearance as Kevin Bushwald in ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'' (where Kevin is a ShrinkingViolet who only comes alive when singing and playing the guitar) is pretty much the exact inverse of what Nick considers his talents to be.
12	* MisterBig: Is the shortest and skinniest of the male Starkids by a pretty wide margin, and is also the owner of the company (along with his brother) who serves as their public face. Has done a fair amount of SelfDeprecation over this, including when writing himself the role of Robin in ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'', and when talking about the fact that he stood in for Creator/LaurenLopez once in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' (including being able to fit into her costume).
13	* NonSingingVoice: In ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'', when a recording is played of Nick's character Kevin singing, it is a recording Creator/DarrenCriss' voice sped up.
14	* TheShowMustGoOn: Nick once stepped in to play the role of Emma for a performance of ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', when the Creator/LaurenLopez fell ill. [[OldShame He's made it very clear that this was the very last resort and he seems uncomfortable when it's brought up.]]
15	* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Nick has joked about becoming this -- in early 2020 he traveled to stay with his brother Matt and Matt's girlfriend Rusty's home in Wichita, KS for a one-month-long writer's retreat so they could work on "Workin' Boys" and ''Nerdy Prudes Must Die!'' Then the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic hit, and Nick was trapped in Matt and Rusty's house for ''over a year'' as a result -- which wasn't the most comfortable situation, what with him only having packed one suitcase of clothes. Luckily, Matt and Nick being trapped in one house for a year is what [[SerendipityWritesThePlot led to the creation of]] ''WebVideo/NightmareTime''.
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19	* CreatorInJoke: Matt is the source of one of the most obscure and bizarre Starkid in-jokes, the song "Liam's Got a Phone Call". (The story is that when Matt and Creator/DarrenCriss lived together with a third roommate, Liam White, Liam frequently received phone calls, leading Darren and Matt to one day improvise a song on the spot about this fact while Liam was on the phone. This got included as a "bonus track" on the SPACE Tour song list and picked up by the Starkid fandom, who largely repeated it without knowing anything about where it came from.)
20	* TheGhost: Because he is not an actor, Matt has gained this status to fans
21	* SilentPartner: Aside from not appearing as an actor (save for one brief appearance as an extra in ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'') Matt is also a generally shy and private person, who has rarely appeared at fan events or in livestreams. Nick almost always speaks on his behalf when relaying information about "Team Starkid" as a whole, especially after Matt and his girlfriend moved to Wichita, Kansas and can't be physically involved with the shows.
22	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: He looks very similar to Nick and is often mistaken for him in his rare public appearances.
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26	!! Works (all of the below are written by both brothers)
27	* ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'' (2007) - producers/cinematographers/art directors (both); assistant director (Nick)
28	* The ''[[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Very Potter]]'' trilogy (2009 - 2012) - directors (Matt directs ''Musical'' and ''Sequel'' with assistant director Nick, both brothers direct ''Senior Year''), producers (both in ''Sequel''), puppet designer (Nick in ''Sequel'')
29	* ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'' (2009) - director (Matt), assistant director (Nick), costume designers (both)
30	* ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'' (2011) - director (Matt), assistant director/puppet designer (Nick)
31	* ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'' (2012) - directors (both; Nick's first director credit)
32	* ''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier'' (2013)
33	* ''Theatre/{{Ani}}'' (2014) - director (Matt), assistant director (Nick), costume designers (both)
34	* ''Theatre/TheTrailToOregon'' (2014) - director/costume designer (Nick, in his first solo director credit)
35	* ''Theatre/{{Firebringer}}'' (2016) - director/choreographer (Nick), prop department (both)
36	* Franchise/{{Hatchetfield}}
37	** ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' (2018) - director/producer (Nick)
38	** ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' (2019) - director/producer (Nick), costume designers (both)
39	** ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' (2020) - director (Nick)
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41	!!! Actor (Nick)
42	* ''WebVideo/LittleWhiteLie'' (2007) - Kevin Bushwald
43	* ''The Hobbit 2: The Lord of the Rings'' (2008) - Gollum, the Witch-King
44	* The ''[[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Very Potter]]'' trilogy (2009-2012) - the Sorting Hat, the Scarf of Sexual Preference, Arthur Weasley, Peter Pettigrew
45	* ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'' (2011) - Mister Bug, the Caller Bug
46	** ''Starship: Requiem'' (2014) - unknown
47	* ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'' (2012) - Robin
48	* ''{{Theatre/Ani}}'' (2014) - Emperor Palpatine, Obi-Wan Kenobi
49	* ''Movies, Musicals, and Me'' (2017) - Eugene Tabernacle
50	* ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' (2020) - Narrator

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