Musical theatre characters as Taylor Swift songs

Taylor Swift is back in London this week!

In honour of her wrapping up the European leg of her history-making Eras tour in the capital, we’ve put together a non-definitive list of 13 (IYKYK) musical theatre characters that, like all of us, can relate all too well to Taylor’s tunes.

Sandy (Grease) – “A Perfectly Good Heart” (Taylor Swift)

Let’s face it, there’s quite a lot of Taylor’s spirit in Sandy – and that’s why we love her. We’d sing in solidarity in response to Danny Zuko’s heartbreak antics. A second option is folklore’s “august”, because so much for summer love and saying ‘us’!

Éponine (Les Misérables) – “You Belong With Me” (Fearless (Taylor’s Version))

No shade on Cosette, but “You Belong With Me” could be directed at a modern-day Marius. Come on, what you’re looking for has been here the whole time.

Cady Heron (Mean Girls) – “Mean” (Speak Now (Taylor’s Version))

Here it is, the song that spirals Cady’s revenge on the Plastics after the Halloween party. Why you gotta be so mean (girls)?

This song is just perfect for Jenna and Dr Pomatter’s meet cute, right down to it being a duet.

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) – “Suburban Legends” (1989 (Taylor’s Version [from the vaults])

The merry murderesses would live for, and perform the heck out of, this number.

Elsa (Frozen) – “ivy” (evermore)

Franklin Shepard (Merrily We Roll Along) – “The Tortured Poets Department” (The Tortured Poets Department)