When they first advertised this musical for Broadway in 2019, I was beyond skeptical. I was so sure that it wouldn’t be able to do the cult source material justice and wouldn’t be worth watching, let alone successful. But my god, was I wrong. I went to see it in January 2020, and I honestly believe this is the most perfect Broadway musical adaptation of a film, EVER. Probably the most ambitious (and impressive) set/lighting design of any show I’ve seen, on point costumes, the writing which changes the story up enough that it does it’s own thing and stays relevant while also respecting the original film, the music which speaks for itself, and to top it all off the most incredible and energetic performances you could ask for. Perfect casting all around. Easily one of the best shows of the past decade.
For people who are wondering…… At the time Mrs. Argentina was played by Leslie Kritzer. She also played Delia Deetz. Now Michelle Aravena plays Mrs. Argentina and Leslie Kritzer still plays Delia. Charles Deetz (the father) is played by Adam Dhanisher. I don’t know if that’s how you spell his last name but I tried my best. Adam still plays Charles today. Lydia Deetz at the time was played by Sophia Anne Caruso. After she left Presley Ryan became the new Lydia. And after Presley left Elizabeth Teeter took over the role of Lydia. Elizabeth Teeter is the current Lydia right now. If you’re wondering where Presley Ryan is in this, she is the person who said “Never whip a thoroughbred.” And Something cool if you did not know this, all the football players in the back at 3:46 are all puppets. One person controls them from back stage and I find that really cool! Anyways for anyone who did know all this stuff this was just probably a waist of your time, and sorry about that! Okay I’m done now.
@@samham8596 I don’t know but his clothes look torn up so maybe while he was playing he got tackled to much and just ended up dying. I don’t know but that’s just what I think.
Imagine if they used this to help prevent suicide. Like someone goes into a building expecting a therapy session, only for all these people to show up and break out into this song.
I loved being able to see this live. this musical literally introduced me to musical theater and without it I definitely wouldn’t be who I am today. Anyway, absolutely love this musical
Just realized the football players in the back are all lined up on a rod like foosball pieces. Absolutely genius. If I remember correctly, the football team died in a bus crash, so it's possible that those guys all got skewered on something.
I got to see this with the original cast before Rona, and she KILLED THIS SONG. Absolutely my #1 broadway moment to date, and going to be a hard one to dethrone.
I was hot I went to parties a lot Y'know? I was driving Lamborghinis Sipping super-dry martinis In the tiniest bikinis on a yacht But I was depressed Also completely obsessed An unhappy beauty queen Who dreamed to be Miss Argentina I had such low self-esteem I was a mess So I gave it all up for the netherworld I've been here forever, girl If I was more clever, girl I would've stuck it out Knowing what life's about Pain and joy and suffering Failing but recovering I'll tell you another thing Everyone here is alone So if you are breathing Go home! If I knew then What I know now I would have looked within and let love in somehow If I only knew The truth back then I wouldn't have had my little accident Don't be blind You left your whole life behind See a shrink Call a priest Ask the recently deceased Death is final and you cannot press rewind Don't jump when the light is red Toasters should be used for bread Never smoke cigars in bed Nietzsche was right, y'know, to live is to suffer, bro Don't cheat on the one you wed Never whip a thoroughbred Angry pygmys shrunk his head Why did it take death to see Happiness was up to me? If I knew then What I know now I would've laughed and danced And lanced every sacred cow I thought I knew But I was wrong 'Cause life is short But death is super long I exploded! If I knew then (If I knew) What I know now I would've crossed every line And drank all the wine Before my final bow If I knew (If I knew) The things that now I know I would ride the highs and cherish the lows Going, it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo So before they lower the curtain, be certain to enjoy the show That's what I know! Life is short but death is long Here, one minute then it's gone Thought I knew but I was wrong If I only knew what I know now!
I've got a couple of them. been thinking of doing the same thing. I've managed to dig up a few full recordings on reddit and various places. be happy to share what I've got with you and vice versa if you track down anything I don't have
I have links to (I think) all the videos used, I have one that’s rly good quality and a good angle but very laggy One that’s still good quality but from a bad angle And the one with Presley as Lydia Lmk if you want links
I'm saying this without knowing you or having ever heard you speak Spanish, but if you care about not giving a potentially offensive performance as a non-Hispanic, you would probably need to develop an accurate-sounding Argentinian Spanish accent that doesn't just sound like a stereotype/caricature. Either that, or drop the accent altogether. The last clip w/ the original actress from the movie sounds like a good reference point. The accent is understated and not the main focus.
As an Argentinian we don't use the name Hispanic lol rather Latino and as far as you don't do a Caribbean accent like the one in the video I think you will be fine. Also Argentina , as far as race is concerned is very mixed and white plus the character is green cus dead. But the song in itself is a bad representation of our musical culture cus no song from my country sounds like that, they should have given it a tango undertone instead of Caribbean vibes
i know therye just silly background characters in a musical but im really curious as to what killed the football guys. like the whole team?? supposedly all at the same time?? also they dont seem to have anything on their bodies that indicates physical damage so like??
The black haired girl is Lydia Deetz after her father got engaged to another woman after her mother’s death she grew distant and didn’t want to move into their new house so she got help from ghosts to scare them away and when it didn’t work she got Beetlejuice to scare them but only someone dead can open a door to the netherworld so she tricked him and went to the netherworld to find her mom with her dad following Miss Argentina is like the receptionist for the netherworld and recently deceased and the people singing along are people in line/people already in the netherworld
@@braveimposter its a musical called beetlejuice, i think there should be a few bootlegs on the internet but you'd have to find them, i can send you a link to full musical but with pl subs if you couldnt find anything
@@braveimposter You might not be able to find the whole musical (at least not on youtube) but there are lots of clips and it was based on a movie which is on netflix
@@emalaw1329I recently saw the show with the Skier (or snow boarder, idk I was far from the stage) And I believe they said ‘Careful on the down hill sleds’ So that it rhymes a bit more with everyone else
Its definitely 2 different people in this clip that they spiced together, one is Presley Ryan (she and dana take turns to be shrunkie-head) but i'm not sure who the other one is. I don't think its Elizabeth OR Presley Ryan, so probs another member of the ensemble.
At that time I don’t think Elizabeth Teeter was with this musical. I could be wrong though. Presley Ryan was the person that whipped a thourgobred. And I’m pretty sure Dana Steingold and Presley took turns playing the shrunken head guy. I’m not sure If all of this is correct. This is just what i think.
After she died, her hemoglobin level dropped causing her veins and body as time passed by to become greener. it is a sign of decay or some stuff . you can see that beetlejuice has his hair and some parts of the face green too :>>
one of them smoked in bed and probably caught fire, one of them tried to parachute before the right time to jump, the girl in the towel for some reason dropped a toaster in the bathtub, the guy who says "i exploded" probably blew himself up with fireworks And as for Miss Argentina, it is revealed in the movie of this musical that she participated in the Miss World contest and lost, she had this stash because she was Miss Argentina in 1939 and so, the argentine contestant After losing, she killed herself by cutting her own wrists, and also says that people who die by suicide are put to work as bureaucrats in the underworld
2:39 "Toasters should be used for bread." WTF was she using the toaster for? Judging by what she is wearing I'm guessing she was using it for a hair styler or something. If that's the case, she won a Darwin Award.
As an Argentinian I hate that the accent, the culture and the Caribbean under tones of the song are so far away from our country. Like she only has the name but she is a generic Latina after that even more from central America
It's because the actress is Puerto Rican, different actresses have preformed the role differently (tho sadly not authentically Argentinian or even Argentinian - American) but maybe as the tour continues they will
The way musicals can take one line from the movie and make it an entire song is just amazing
I agree i love this song but I wish I was at the musical in 2019
my dead gay son
@@wheeker409 great example
Stick it to the man School of rock the musical
@@wheeker409 our live is God too.
When they first advertised this musical for Broadway in 2019, I was beyond skeptical. I was so sure that it wouldn’t be able to do the cult source material justice and wouldn’t be worth watching, let alone successful. But my god, was I wrong. I went to see it in January 2020, and I honestly believe this is the most perfect Broadway musical adaptation of a film, EVER. Probably the most ambitious (and impressive) set/lighting design of any show I’ve seen, on point costumes, the writing which changes the story up enough that it does it’s own thing and stays relevant while also respecting the original film, the music which speaks for itself, and to top it all off the most incredible and energetic performances you could ask for. Perfect casting all around. Easily one of the best shows of the past decade.
So.... You thought you knew, but you were wrong? (I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T NOT SAY IT-)
@@who.is_updog_ how does it feel being the funniest person on the internet
@@cabinetman7124 That was by far, one of the unfunniest things I've ever commented... I kinda forgot about it-
Alex Brightman makes an awesome Beetle Juice right? As do all the cast members with their roles.
Of course! They all did absolutely great!
This girl is dancing in fucking heels, someone give her the Oscar please
Tony**
First off its a tony and second with the right amount of practice it's pretty easy lol
@@carmenmercedes9903 Shhhh Let them have this. We know what they meant.
you're not a true theatre fan if you think Broadway actors get Oscars 🤦♀️
@@parkerpeter9218 they can sometimes (like if they're in a movie) but its the tonys.
I live for Argentina's big sister chaos energy
Argentina is a country with a big chaos energy...
She is such a good singer, not to mention she is dancing in heels! This actress is amazing!
The lyrics to this song are sooooo good! Can we all just appreciate the meaning behind this song?
For people who are wondering……
At the time Mrs. Argentina was played by Leslie Kritzer. She also played Delia Deetz. Now Michelle Aravena plays Mrs. Argentina and Leslie Kritzer still plays Delia.
Charles Deetz (the father) is played by Adam Dhanisher. I don’t know if that’s how you spell his last name but I tried my best. Adam still plays Charles today.
Lydia Deetz at the time was played by Sophia Anne Caruso. After she left Presley Ryan became the new Lydia. And after Presley left Elizabeth Teeter took over the role of Lydia. Elizabeth Teeter is the current Lydia right now.
If you’re wondering where Presley Ryan is in this, she is the person who said “Never whip a thoroughbred.”
And Something cool if you did not know this, all the football players in the back at 3:46 are all puppets. One person controls them from back stage and I find that really cool!
Anyways for anyone who did know all this stuff this was just probably a waist of your time, and sorry about that! Okay I’m done now.
I cannot believe those are puppets, I never would've noticed, thank you for this!
@@miss-s182 Your welcome!
Do you know how the football player at 2:43 died?
Everyone else seems to explain how they died except for them.
@@samham8596 I don’t know but his clothes look torn up so maybe while he was playing he got tackled to much and just ended up dying. I don’t know but that’s just what I think.
@@samham8596ar crash with his teammates
I was already amazed by her fucking voice but when she hit that final pose, my jaw dropped! She's so good!
I saw this in person and man it was so good, she is I think on of my favorite characters. She took my breath away with her performance
Miss Argentina is so iconic istg 😭😭
Imagine if they used this to help prevent suicide. Like someone goes into a building expecting a therapy session, only for all these people to show up and break out into this song.
Oh I do love the bit at the end where they show the inspiration of that song- one sentence driving forth this is whole song
3:39 Coach, I don´t think we made it out of that accident
2:49 - 2:50 I'm a horse trainer...and that's make me laugh so hard.
The following morning, Charles asked Delia if she would be interested in taking Latin dance classes with him.
Absolutely nothing beats seeing this in person.
the touring company is incredible
I agree. The audience got a good show that day
0:18 the queens entrance
I'm gay for Miss Argentina
Honestly, mood
Me frfr
Same
real
so real for this one
I love these moments in musicals when a secondary character has the most iconic moment
I loved being able to see this live. this musical literally introduced me to musical theater and without it I definitely wouldn’t be who I am today. Anyway, absolutely love this musical
Just realized the football players in the back are all lined up on a rod like foosball pieces. Absolutely genius.
If I remember correctly, the football team died in a bus crash, so it's possible that those guys all got skewered on something.
why she is so iconic.
God she’s amazing.
It's giving "If I only knew the truth back then, I wouldn't have had my little accident."
Oh wow really?😂😂😂
I got to see this with the original cast before Rona, and she KILLED THIS SONG. Absolutely my #1 broadway moment to date, and going to be a hard one to dethrone.
LOOK AT HOW CLOSE HER HEAD IS IN THE END POSE😩😩
I FOUND MY PERFECT PART I LOVE HORSES I WILL BE THE 'NEVER WHIP A THOURGOBRED'
Thats what I KNOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW
0:19 omg her jaw drops so much😂
I EXPLODED
leslie kritzer eats this shit up wowowow
I was hot
I went to parties a lot
Y'know?
I was driving Lamborghinis
Sipping super-dry martinis
In the tiniest bikinis on a yacht
But I was depressed
Also completely obsessed
An unhappy beauty queen
Who dreamed to be Miss Argentina
I had such low self-esteem
I was a mess
So I gave it all up for the netherworld
I've been here forever, girl
If I was more clever, girl
I would've stuck it out
Knowing what life's about
Pain and joy and suffering
Failing but recovering
I'll tell you another thing
Everyone here is alone
So if you are breathing
Go home!
If I knew then
What I know now
I would have looked within and let love in somehow
If I only knew
The truth back then
I wouldn't have had my little accident
Don't be blind
You left your whole life behind
See a shrink
Call a priest
Ask the recently deceased
Death is final and you cannot press rewind
Don't jump when the light is red
Toasters should be used for bread
Never smoke cigars in bed
Nietzsche was right, y'know, to live is to suffer, bro
Don't cheat on the one you wed
Never whip a thoroughbred
Angry pygmys shrunk his head
Why did it take death to see
Happiness was up to me?
If I knew then
What I know now
I would've laughed and danced
And lanced every sacred cow
I thought I knew
But I was wrong
'Cause life is short
But death is super long
I exploded!
If I knew then (If I knew)
What I know now
I would've crossed every line
And drank all the wine
Before my final bow
If I knew (If I knew)
The things that now I know
I would ride the highs and cherish the lows
Going, it's a quick trick 'round the rodeo
So before they lower the curtain, be certain to enjoy the show
That's what I know!
Life is short but death is long
Here, one minute then it's gone
Thought I knew but I was wrong
If I only knew what I know now!
thank youuu
could you link the clips used here? I'm trying to make my own bj hq slime and that would really help
I've got a couple of them. been thinking of doing the same thing. I've managed to dig up a few full recordings on reddit and various places. be happy to share what I've got with you and vice versa if you track down anything I don't have
I have links to (I think) all the videos used,
I have one that’s rly good quality and a good angle but very laggy
One that’s still good quality but from a bad angle
And the one with Presley as Lydia
Lmk if you want links
@@lookingforamindatwork put the link pls
Does anyone have a BJ slime?
Why does Miss Argentina sound Puerto Rican lol
I'm from Argentina and it's true it doesnt sound like an argentina , but still love miss argentina
Cause Leslie’s half puerto rican probably
bc they turned her into a stereotype
@@ayesha5753 Nah, the actress playing her is puerto rican
Maybe because the actress that played her, Leslie Kritzer, is half Puerto Rican.
Cómo mis argentina se crio en Puerto Rico....
i love miss argentina sm help
4:10❤❤❤
I love this video❤😊
The intro reminds me of Caroline
Leslie Kritzer is my god
i love the "I EXPLODED" guy
The best!!!!
So this is one of the best musical numbers ever and I don't see many people talking about it??? Beetlejuice is extremely popular but not this song
Does someone know where i can watch whole musical?
th-cam.com/video/osGLi5jj26A/w-d-xo.html
Search beetlejuice slime tutorial on TH-cam
@@Sodacandrinker it works just search it up
@@Sodacandrinker yep
@@The8B1tWarrior i think they finally got it, RIP
oh to see this in person
Darkest dungeon
How did cigar in bed guy die??? Very confused about that one
Caught fire on the sheets most likely!
The bedding caught fire and he burnt to death
I was kinda thinking the stuff from the cigar went to his lungs if he was laying down, and he kinda choked or soemthing
Do you have a full show recording?
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
reina
Can you link the clips you used?
temaso
I would absolutely kill to play Ms Argentina some day, but I don’t know if I can because I’m not hispanic… Does it matter in a role like this?
No, especially since she's green and Hispanic isn't limited to one race.
I'm saying this without knowing you or having ever heard you speak Spanish, but if you care about not giving a potentially offensive performance as a non-Hispanic, you would probably need to develop an accurate-sounding Argentinian Spanish accent that doesn't just sound like a stereotype/caricature. Either that, or drop the accent altogether.
The last clip w/ the original actress from the movie sounds like a good reference point. The accent is understated and not the main focus.
Bro life is too short to worry about stuff like that. It's not specific to the character, so why not?
As an Argentinian we don't use the name Hispanic lol rather Latino and as far as you don't do a Caribbean accent like the one in the video I think you will be fine. Also Argentina , as far as race is concerned is very mixed and white plus the character is green cus dead. But the song in itself is a bad representation of our musical culture cus no song from my country sounds like that, they should have given it a tango undertone instead of Caribbean vibes
@@HighMaintenanceMinimalist what does it have to do with the color of the skin?XD (sorry love ya
I EXPLODED🎉
*pansexual panic*
i know therye just silly background characters in a musical but im really curious as to what killed the football guys. like the whole team?? supposedly all at the same time?? also they dont seem to have anything on their bodies that indicates physical damage so like??
In the movie, the entire football team was killed in a plane crash.
@@kaprirobinson3456
It was a car crash, everyone but the coach died.
I mean i wanna know who are they i wanna know the whole story please someone tell me
The black haired girl is Lydia Deetz after her father got engaged to another woman after her mother’s death she grew distant and didn’t want to move into their new house so she got help from ghosts to scare them away and when it didn’t work she got Beetlejuice to scare them but only someone dead can open a door to the netherworld so she tricked him and went to the netherworld to find her mom with her dad following
Miss Argentina is like the receptionist for the netherworld and recently deceased and the people singing along are people in line/people already in the netherworld
@@suckmyballs42069 i see! Thanks bro for telling me the story. How can I watch these episodes? This is really interesting!
@@braveimposter its a musical called beetlejuice, i think there should be a few bootlegs on the internet but you'd have to find them, i can send you a link to full musical but with pl subs if you couldnt find anything
There is....a movie.
@@braveimposter You might not be able to find the whole musical (at least not on youtube) but there are lots of clips and it was based on a movie which is on netflix
Is miss Argentina Delia deetz ?
Its the same actress there is a timelapse of the transformation on youtube
@@FatFiber8096 okay
was this is sf broadway because it seems like it
This song reminds me of watching Thalia’s Marimar hahaha
What are the red thing on her wrists?
slits 😓
@@kaylovestheater thank :)
She killed herself by cutting her wrists.
At what point did Leslie stop being Miss Argentina?
after the post pandemic reopening
i wished she stayed as argentina... not trying to be shady to other actresses but.. leslie did it better and nobody can take her place
3:19
Yes 😂
They made a song out of this line but not Ghost with the Most?
I think that was cut
lydia looks absolutely disgusted throughout
Isnt miss Argentina Delia deetz?
she was the same actress on the old run but its two actresses now
Can you show the video with just Sophia Anne Caruso rather than the edited one?
where did you get these clips ;-;
In the version I saw there was a skier instead of equestrian and the football player didn’t sing
How did they change the line for the ensemble member, then? Having a skier sing about whipping thoroughbreds doesn't really make sense
@@emalaw1329 maybe it was more relatable for the audience. Californians ski more than ride horses?
@@theogamer2219 I don't have an issue with that, I was wondering how they changed the line
@@emalaw1329 oh it was like “watch for trees” or something
@@emalaw1329I recently saw the show with the Skier (or snow boarder, idk I was far from the stage)
And I believe they said
‘Careful on the down hill sleds’
So that it rhymes a bit more with everyone else
That's Elizabeth Teeter as the jockey right?
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Presley Ryan.
Elizabeth Teeter plays Lydia Deetz! :)
@@oli1578 That’s not Elizabeth in this video tho
i think in some clips it's presley ryan and some clips it's dana steingold
Its definitely 2 different people in this clip that they spiced together, one is Presley Ryan (she and dana take turns to be shrunkie-head) but i'm not sure who the other one is. I don't think its Elizabeth OR Presley Ryan, so probs another member of the ensemble.
At that time I don’t think Elizabeth Teeter was with this musical. I could be wrong though. Presley Ryan was the person that whipped a thourgobred. And I’m pretty sure Dana Steingold and Presley took turns playing the shrunken head guy. I’m not sure If all of this is correct. This is just what i think.
i mean, not really argentina but Latina, and ill take what i get 😀😮💨
Is it weird that I’m gay for BeetleJuice? Idk what it is but there’s just something about him
Nah that's valid
@@user-nr6jp5xk6m fr tho
Who isn't tbh
Real
i have a question. why is she green?
why not?
@@mechanicalplague ahahah ok,, i just thought there was an explanation :p
It’s a bit macabre but I think it’s something about all her blood draining out
@@Blasepuma ohh that’s quite clever
After she died, her hemoglobin level dropped causing her veins and body as time passed by to become greener. it is a sign of decay or some stuff . you can see that beetlejuice has his hair and some parts of the face green too :>>
How did they all died?!
one of them smoked in bed and probably caught fire, one of them tried to parachute before the right time to jump, the girl in the towel for some reason dropped a toaster in the bathtub, the guy who says "i exploded" probably blew himself up with fireworks
And as for Miss Argentina, it is revealed in the movie of this musical that she participated in the Miss World contest and lost, she had this stash because she was Miss Argentina in 1939 and so, the argentine contestant
After losing, she killed herself by cutting her own wrists, and also says that people who die by suicide are put to work as bureaucrats in the underworld
@@sofiachaves7725the toaster girl either did it to unalived herself or someone else did it to her to murder her
2:39 "Toasters should be used for bread." WTF was she using the toaster for? Judging by what she is wearing I'm guessing she was using it for a hair styler or something. If that's the case, she won a Darwin Award.
Song is about a dead woman convincing a girl not to commit su!c!de. You figure out the rest
She put it in the bath with it plugged in. Toaster + Water = Big
Boom 💀
Bath tub, toaster. Death
She killed herself or someone killed her
4:47
Non-binary character in Beetlejuice??
Yes!!! Really ahead of its time
It's refering to "them" as in "the rest of the people in the waiting room."
@@Proserpira no it was actually meant like that
Nope, she is talking about the two people on the couch
Alex brightman said that beetlejuice is non binary :)
As an Argentinian I hate that the accent, the culture and the Caribbean under tones of the song are so far away from our country. Like she only has the name but she is a generic Latina after that even more from central America
It's because the actress is Puerto Rican, different actresses have preformed the role differently (tho sadly not authentically Argentinian or even Argentinian - American) but maybe as the tour continues they will
Womp womp
Ik we love an option up, but some of those opts down in the end were SUUUUPER pretty I lived for them