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woah

Wow the interpretation on “a part of that” changes the story wildly. jamie’s storyline is forward, so if you show Cathy being bitter and mean “first” (especially right before schemul song, come on) then everything Jamie does seems understandable.

Dang. I wish I watched this instead of the movie

watching this bc i bought tickets to see nick jonas in it next april 😭

Props to Zak for being one of the only remotely likable Jamie’s and still being absolutely hatable

This is the best "If I didn't believe in you" I've ever seen. He gets it perfectly. It's a pep talk he's annoyed to be having, and the eye roll to that escalation at the bridge was just a perfect choice.

I think I'm responsible for at least half of this bootleg views

I love this so much, they're so good!

Hehehehe good one :) great upload!!

Hes so unlikable, he sucks so muchhh; but what a great actor and voice

piano goes so crazy 24/7

The tempos are way too fast here. So many moments are lost because of an immature musical director. But both actors are really great.

this is margo's world and we're all just living in it

My heart breaks every time Cathy and Jamie sings the last "Do" of "I do" in The Next Time Minutes.. the only note they ever sing in unison **sobs** Forever loving the storytelling in this show <3

This is only my second time seeing a live stage production of this musical but I've listened to the original cast recording probably over 500 times at this point and I'm absolutely shook at so many of the little details here that really add to it: their costumes as a way of showcasing the passage of time (the watch, the scarf, the rings). The parallel shot of her picking up his scarf and smelling it vs. him backstage holding the scarf out. Her putting the watch in the box vs. him giving it to her during The Schmuel Song. The little touches of humor here and there and like many other comments say the softening of Jamie's character -- I've never been really team either one of them bc I think they're both pretty awful people to each other BUT this made me feel so much sympathy for both of them, just in the way they were acted. Massive kudos to Margo and Zak. Also, something that really struck me watching it is how a lot of the musical's tragedy comes from how isolated both Cathy and Jamie are forced to be. They both go through the highs AND lows of their relationship entirely alone, and so does the audience. Even though we see both of their sides of the same/similar events as the musical progresses, it's very clear how separated they're meant to be seen from the start. Even The Next Ten Minutes, which is their literal wedding, only brings them together chronologically for about six and a half minutes before they're separated again, and here it was staged so well I teared up: the way it starts with him not wearing a coat and talking to her in the boat, and then she shows up in his coat and it ends with him giving it back to her so we see her on the other side of the boat talking to him? Please. I don't know why this is one of my favorite musicals of all time because it is just SO sad and I normally hate sad endings but here we are, lol.

I was studying this musical for my final musical project in high school and I remember after listening to Shiksa Goddess looking at the comments someone wrote something along the lines of, "Their relationship was doomed from the start. The very first song that Jamie sings about Cathy, he sings about all the things she isn't instead of the things that she is like 'kind funny sweet' etc." Ever since reading that it really made me realise that if someone idolises the idea of you and who they could turn you into, not you and who you are the relationship really is doomed.

58:35 oh my god i always find new things in this boot to love! i actually saw Zak at a stage door visiting a friend but I didn't want to interrupt them

One of the best stagings I have ever seen.

this is terrific

1:06:36 this song made me genuinely sick to my stomach

Nobody talking about 39:57 dang

I love the little detail of Cathy flipping through the book during “I’m a Part of That” as if she’s trying to find herself in the dedications and confirm she is literally ‘a part of that’ and it seems she doesn’t find her name. I’ve always taken that song to be Cathy trying to convince herself that she’s a part of it despite feeling isolated and left behind in Jamie’s shadow and a lot of Cathys don’t really portray that angle I don’t think, so the detail with the book I think really added to the song and makes the meaning of it more literal as Cathy tries and fails to be a ‘part’ of the book/Jamie’s career. This was a fantastic production of this show!

god zak's vocals choices are so fucking good

zak kinda sounds like jeremy to me

That is one attractive Jamie

g i r l :’)

the moment that he sees her for the first time when she gets in the boat is so beautiful , it made me cry so hard

Ik ppl are saying they sympathize more with Jamie in this version but I think the lyrics of no one needs to know make me feel no sympathy for him despite his apparent anguish in terms of the acting.. it’s not even the actors fault I just - those lyrics are infuriating

"If I Didn't Believe in You" is not a statement of love or support. It is all condescension and dismissal of Cathy's frustrations. He can blow her off on her birthday, but she's a whiny baby for not wanting to go to ANOTHER party? And wanting him to treat her with more respect means she wants him to fail? Nah, man. Cathy is not perfect, but she's not wrong to be angry. And Jamie is not wrong to be frustrated by her resentment. But, Jamie's ego is so massive that he goes into "she's just jealous" mode instead of trying to truly understand her perspective. "I believe in you. Okay? Now quit whining and let's go to the party." Nope. Fuck that guy. I have my sympathies for Jamie (especially in this fantastic performance), but not in this song. Not ever.

I love this show because there are so many moments to pull honestly from in each character that if you watch two different versions you could get two different stories. Did she really mean that? Is he just being defensive? Was this a retaliation or an instigation? There are so many complexities, probably because it's based on someone's actual life and story.

23:08 one of the most heartbreaking moments in the show tbh

Jamie is sooooo fine

This musical makes my mood rise and fall more than Jamie’s jackets

The guy playing Jamie kinda looks like Kevin Jones and him at the end wearing leather jacket with that scarf is the most Kevin Jonas thing that anyone has ever worn.

As someone who was first exposed to The Last Five Years through Jeremy Jordan & Anna Kendrick's portrayals, I have to say it's very interesting how the stage production does things. If I had no clue what the show was about and I had watched the play live first, I feel like it would have been more confusing, though? I mean, obviously you get the playbill but was there any kind of brief announcement about the "synopsis" or the show before it started?

"My people have suffered for thousands of years and I don't give a shit" is lowkey my favourite line ever

I think Margo spots the camera in “I Can Do Better Than That”

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can't get enough of Jamie's voice!!!

My gosh I've been rewatching this again and again for a year now! Thank you for this gem.

I love this production and that it's viewable here. Go from the last scene to the first...never been able to do that before. Kudos to the staging here...

These two are the BEST by far, their voices and delivery

Does anyone know what the actors name is that plays Jamie?

Damn. These actors really made both Cathy and Jamie more endearing and likable, which, of course, makes the whole thing even more devastating.

these tempos.

im someone who's indirectly hurt by cheating by people like my father or even my grandparents. so i walked into this musical fully expecting to hate jaime. and somehow the actor managed to get me to emphasize with him. genuinely phenomenal acting. from both jaime and cathy's actors

This show is so heartbreakingly beautiful

I love when the cast comes out for bows smiling and proud while I am literally sobbing

Thank you thank you thank you. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE

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