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I literally love CFA so much, I love how it spreads just how hospitable we are on the east coast<33

absolutely LOSING IT at Move On and Tree On the Hill oh my goddd

What is the music in the intro itself from?

10:03 I totally thought you were gonna say it’s less sad with context and I was like “what am I missing here?”

The fact that he held that note so well while SWORDFIGHTING... iconic

DUDEEEE THAT LAST LIGHITHING THEIF CLIP GAVE ME MASSIVE GOOSEBUMPS

I think Jaggedd Little Pill's Uninvited deserves a spot here.

this video is so good! i’m still Thinking About the les mis performance…

YES THE GAY LES MIS AHFIDSJAFDKLSAGHL I LOVE THAT VIDEO SO MUCH

James's Luke is sooooo perfect. The absolute HEARTBREAK he conveys. 😢

I’ve been a long time Jeremy Jordan fan and I’ve just recently become a Florence + the machine fan so that clip was a blessing to my ears

Chris McCarrell💙💙💙

I swear, JJ is literally made for those “ small town boy with big dreams” kinda roles.

antonio cipriano is the loml

You could just put the entire original Bonnie and Clyde musical

If you like sign language and Hunchback, look up the 5th Avenue theatre production. The actor who plays Quasimodo is a deaf actor (Joshua Castille) who I’m pretty sure was in that production of Spring Awakening. He almost exclusively signs, and one of the gargoyles sings. I’ve only ever found the promotional footage that was released, but what has been released was AMAZING.

I’m so sorry, but as someone who was trained in theatrical design and technical theatre, I had to tell you that it’s a revolve, not a turntable. And they are ALWAYS amazing when used correctly. And CFA is no exception, with the revolve, the design, the acting, the music, EVERYTHING

If I had Joshua or Antonio's voice I simply would never shut up

The opening notes came on and I immediately was like, it's gonna be good

Donkey verse honestly is so good like come on. Donkey is underrated

I think the note JJ hit was a C5 but I may be wrong.

Is it just me or am I seeing a little bit of Nathan lane in Jeremy Jordan's performance?

Who Id Be trio is always great!

The fact that the same man who was SANGing Made of Stone also directed the show in the clip before it. DWSA was a direction masterpiece. It was my final project presentation in my musical theatre history class. Preparing for the presentation I rewatched a boot and took notes. I ended up having 12 pages of notes of things I wanted to talk about. Just in this clip alone-women inherently face more abuse than men. This boot doesn’t let us glimpse one of the greatest moments of the number, the ending pose where all the girls jerk their heads to look at the men on the opposite side of the stage. All the girls end with their hands up and out, surrendering, innocent, while the men, lead by the actual Adult Man, reach towards the girls, accusatory. I don’t think it’s Hanschen that runs up the stairs, I think it’s Ernst actually. I don’t remember from the time I saw it, but there’s a press photo of the exact moment, and Hanschen is with the other boys, while Ernst is on the stairs behind the girls, actually copying their pose. I think the inference being either that Ernst is suffering some specific similar abuse that the songs sings about, or that as a closeted gay boy there’s also a part he can’t tell about the dark he knows well. Michael Arden’s sign name wasn’t “genius” with an M for no reason. Seeing clips of these Mariuses is kinda crazy. What actors. Andy Mientus has done MANY roles, but as a DWSA fanatic, I know him best for Hanschen. And I know Chris McCarell best for Percy Jackson. Two roles that could not be more different than Marius. And the two Mariuses so different from each other. Andy’s Marius is horrified. Chris’s Marius is livid. When Andy turns around, he’s terrified of having to look in the faces of those left behind. Chris is daring them to look at him as the one left behind. When Andy says the line “Don’t ask me,” he means it, PLEASE don’t ask him, he is afraid of the answer. When Chris says it, it’s a rhetorical, don’t ask him he won’t answer, you don’t have the RIGHT to ask him. Andy’s Marius blames himself, he cannot bear to look at his candle though he raises it. Chris’s Marius blames the world, he watches his candle’s smoke waft his last act of defiance.

I want him to be cast in the live-action Hunchback movie SO SO badly. He's perfect.

Idk if you've ever listened to "I'll be here" from ordinary days but i think you'd love it❤️

Shrek the Musical is SEVERELY underrated That show is fantastic

Shrek the musical slaps so hard

That opening clip of Eva singing Take Me To Church is everything, it lives in my mind 24/7! Great video!

Your taste is impeccable!!! I loved this!

Y’all don’t appreciate Spring Awakening enough, I just started listening to the song and I already fell in love with it

All of CFA could be on this list!! That show is pure perfection and Jenn is everything!! 🥰

Our great Midland Texas boy made it big. And it is very well deserved!

I really want to hear Jeremy Jordan sing "Made of Stone".

7:21 I think the harshness of Chris McCarrell’s tone adds a good contrast to the soft tone he switches to when the realization really hits him

Hunchback the musical was CRIMINALLY underrated and should have made it to Broadway, and Michael's Made Of Stone was enough to bring a person to their knees in worship just, UGH- Frozen the musical wasn't horrible, but the fact that it won a spot on Broadway compared to something like this is just- like- HOW!?!??!?!?!?!

judge me if you want, but who’d i be was the first bway song that made me cry. THE ARRANGEMENT IS SICKENING

I've seen Michael Arden perform in many "slime tutorials" but have seen his direction way more live than his acting performances. He never ceases to amaze me. His direction is spot on and beautiful to look at. I finally saw him perform live in Hunchback and he was incredible. He can sing, act, direct, and compose. His music from Easter Rising is so amazing. I wish that would get produced. It is truly a dream of mine to work with him one day in some capacity. He literally can do it all. Sometimes actor/directors blur the lines and when they are directing they can end up going "well if I was acting in this, this is what I would do." Which is not how you are supposed to direct. But Michael does not do that. He can separate his roles in a production and really bring out the best in his actors or if he is performing he gives a top notch heartfelt performance. I could rave about him all day.

6:19 I think I like Andy's version better vocally, and the closest I can come to a reason is that Chris sounds too much like a quintessentially angsty teen to me, but maybe that's because I can't hear him without hearing Percy.

MICHAEL ARDEN AND HUNCHBACK SUPREMACY

I'm still just so weirded out that a movie that looks like pea soup and is full of fart jokes lead to a Broadway song that beautiful (Shrek). You guys have to remember to give credit to the folks who *wrote the songs in the first place* when talking about amazing performances or beautiful productions. I mean the Spring Awakening production was fabulous but the song lyrics themselves also help.

ppl really slept on the shrek musical

I LOVE MICHAEL ARDEN 2

Dude, if you're going to add captions, then make sure they're up long enough for people to read them. The amount of time I had to pause and rewind was too much.

"Who I'd Be" SO REAL THAT IS THE BEST PART OF THE MUSICAL I SWEAR and Chris McCarrell's ECAET??? oh you have TASTE

LOVEEEE this video. we don’t talk about directing enough in broadway fandom

You forgot Jekyll and Hyde the musical, literally don’t watch the one with David Hasselhoff, sure it seems like he did a good job in the show, but it was carried by the effects and the ensemble, I know this comment is now just attack David but he really did ruin it, just watch the one with Robert (forgot his last name😭)