It was worse when he wasn't even nominated for Catch Me if You Can, since he was even more the star of the show in that one. Yet his co-star Norbert on the other hand...
@@melmelodies8730 This comment is amazing if you consider a possible guilt felt by the soldiers! I mean, imagine they regret the death of all these young men and can't escape having hallucinations of Enjolras/Aaron and thinking this boy could have been right... 🤔🤔🤔
This is kinda a takeaway I had on rewatch... I read into it that she may have had an affair while in Spain, and Kevin's father is unknown. And I don't think Franklin knows about it. Obviously, in reality there is nothing wrong with bastard children (at least not more than with regular children), but it is a fiction trope that the scary kid has "unknown" origins (ala The Omen, Rosemary's Baby, etc).
This comment is exactly what someone who doesn't understand metaphors would say. Basics of metaphors: - A metaphor states that one thing is another thing . It equates those two things not because they actually are the same, but for the sake of comparison or symbolism - If you take a metaphor literally, it will probably sound very strange (a dead guy saying he's alive??? WHHHHAAAAAATTTT?!?!.) Now take it... metaphoricaly: he's saying he's alive 'cause he's still there -Where? It's art! Figure it out yourself-.
@@outmostessential591 I think you may have missed the humor in what the OP said, Outmost. Some call it a suspiciously specific denial. Or saying that the lady doth protest too much. Obviously it's a metaphor for how he's still present and alive in a certain sense. But there can be a touch of humor in saying that Gabe seems awfully insistent on declaring the thing he most obviously is not. It's like if I came up you and said I wasn't a murderer about 40 times in four minutes, you'd be forgiven for wondering if I was trying to convince you of it. By the way, not a murderer. Totally not. At all. Nope. No murder. At all.
@@allenjenkins06 Yeah, I get it. I think I probably was just a bit cranky when I replied. Sorry Victoria. Her comment has more likes than mine anyway, so she won (?) fair and square... As for you totally not being a murderer... hmmm... well, yeah, I'll take your word for it. Man, I'm so nice today, what the hell is going on? Whatever, it's Friday. Everyone have a good one! Broadway is love.
I like how Gabe’s character represents different things for Diana, Dan, and Natalie. ‘ I am what you want me to be. ‘ For Diana, she won’t let him go, so, she sees him as this perfect son and what he could’ve been, but he’s also part of her turmoil. For Dan, he doesn’t really have any discernible connection to Gabe until towards the end of the musical. But Natalie sees Gabe as this figure, basically taunting her and telling her that she’ll never been as good as him. It’s interesting how, while Aaron Tveit plays Gabe, Gabe also represents different stages of grief.
Dan seems almost ashamed of "letting" Gabe die, like he believes that if they just keep the topic out of the house they can all go along as normal so long as he's a suitably strong head of household. He can't communicate very well and most of his words in moments of grief are platitudes ("I know this is hard") or some kind of accusation that someone isn't trying or isn't being fair. He's just completely shut up in his own head about it because he doesn't like feeling the pain and can't appreciate that healing can hurt.
@@raspberrycrowns9494 Gabe is a representation of grief, he mostly exists outside of the world of the show. So unless characters are explicitly looking at and talking to him, nothing he does is "really" happening. Natalie never knew Gabe even as a baby, and in her eyes he's always been this imaginary person that she exists to replace, the golden child that she resents because she'll never live up to all the great things her parents wish he could have been. When Diana is assigned yet another intensive therapy regimen after going off her medication, Natalie realizes how close she is to never needing her parents again - being a highly skilled student and musician who's graduating school early if her piano recital goes well. This makes Natalie scared that she'll have to just move on in life without ever truly connecting with her parents, and pushes her over the edge into a feeling of inevitability where for a few months she completely gives up trying. But giving up doesn't take away the pain of all those lost moments. That's Gabe in that moment; the expectations placed on Natalie and the spite she feels toward this person who shouldn't be there but who she feels her parents see as more "real" than her. Her grief is the life she never knew, not a life she lost. And, in keeping with the whole thruline of how she fears developing a severe illness like Diana the same way Diana's mother became ill, she decides that if Diana isn't going to use the meds, she might as well. Not because she needs their intended effect, but because living in the moment, in the present world where everything except the loneliness is so uncertain, just doesn't seem worth it compared to the temporary comfort of substance abuse. Characters in this show do things that they want to believe they aren't choosing to do, when they aren't in their right minds or "aren't themselves." Gabe traffics in the empty spaces of those moments, filling them in with some kind of feeling of an outside force putting pressure on them. Like in You Don't Know when Di feels like Dan is giving up on her, or that he should. Or in Superboy And The Invisible Girl when Gabe takes over the melody, forcing Natalie to sing a high harmony because she feels like even when she's talking about her own feelings she's still actually talking about Gabe and feels so incidental in her own life. And so... Gabe is the one to give her the bag because he's also the one motivating her to resent her parents, to work her ass off for school, to want something better... And is the only thing left hanging in the air when she burns out. Everything's about Gabe and it's tearing her up inside. So, through the use of Gabe delivering the bag, we get to feel Natalie's version of Gabe being given the blame for her feeling pushed to this point. Not as an excuse to the audience, but just for an intense perspective of her thought process.
I JUST NOTICED at some points in this song where Aaron sings in a way that reminds me of Alices voice and I think that’s a amazing touch because he is her son after all and it’s just UGH
The first time I saw this show I didn't expect Gabe to be so manipulative and really just the villian. My friend had said he wasn't that bad before and felt bad for him when she first saw it and when we saw it together (my first her second) she was shocked to agree with me.
@@imagiccion That's one of the most chilling things about the libretto. There IS no Gabe. He never got to say a single word to anybody. There's only the imagination of him that everyone else projects blame for their own actions onto because they're afraid of connecting to each other. It's kind of like Dear Evan Hansen except not worryingly disrespectful to the dead person
I live in Portugal and they actually just translated the musical here so I went to see it in Portuguese yesterday- I LOVED the original musical so I was kind of afraid they would ruin it but they actually did a great job
So I found out that this kid is dead, so is this just Diana's conscience, kind of? (In a mental illness way). Because this musical seems really good, and this song is catchy.
No worries Aaron. U can't be forced to change from gay to straight by another person. Only God can do that. But probably not. Sorry man. Ur stuck with being gay. But try not to think of it as being stuck. Try to imagine urslf free at last. That's what I do. And it works, trust me!
Whilst trying to revise psychology this was playing on loop in my head it was the most frustrating thing but also strangely appropriate considering the plot...
Today I saw the Roundhouse version and it was very good. But hitting the original cast version would be impossible, especially Aaron Trveit's performance years ago as the deceased son. I was so sure this was a true winner to go to Broadway (it opened at Arena Stage temporarily located in VA). Even the understudy for Diana was spectacular, then I saw Alice Ripley the next day. Both were sensational and I am glad I didn't miss either performance before it took off to Broadway.
Grace O. HELLO ok so the basic plot is that diana and dan have two kids, gabe and natalie. except, gabe died when he was a baby. diana, who is severely mentally ill, still sees and hears him. it’s about natalie and dan helping diana recover and move on. it’s extremely good and emotional as hell. i love it very much.
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If my mental illness took on the physical form Aaron Tveit I too would talk to it constantly and struggle to leave it behind.
HAHAHA
I would marry it. 💘
OMLL THIS SENT ME
You can tell he really enjoyed that role.
Ikr, he took a lot of risks, spinning around like that meters off the ground, prolly practiced a lot to make it look cool
@@gwenminor9244 he sang I’m Alive while treadmilling on the gym actually
@@asnalelo.165that’s actually a really smart idea. I bet this would improve vocal control so much
The fact that he didn't win a Tony blows my mind. This whole show was amazing.
Right?
He wasn't even nominated! I know right?
It was worse when he wasn't even nominated for Catch Me if You Can, since he was even more the star of the show in that one. Yet his co-star Norbert on the other hand...
i mean, the show was a pulitzer award winner, i think that’s a pretty big achievement right there
@@saschahoupt6177 he wasn't even NOMINATED!! Yeah....I will never understand that. The show garnered all the other major acting nominations. harumph.
Honestly if I was hallucinating Aaron Tveit I’d be happy too 😂❤️
Who wouldn't be happy? 😂
E'tienne Laroche the guards from Les Mis
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@@melmelodies8730 This comment is amazing if you consider a possible guilt felt by the soldiers! I mean, imagine they regret the death of all these young men and can't escape having hallucinations of Enjolras/Aaron and thinking this boy could have been right... 🤔🤔🤔
This is kinda a takeaway I had on rewatch... I read into it that she may have had an affair while in Spain, and Kevin's father is unknown. And I don't think Franklin knows about it.
Obviously, in reality there is nothing wrong with bastard children (at least not more than with regular children), but it is a fiction trope that the scary kid has "unknown" origins (ala The Omen, Rosemary's Baby, etc).
Thats a bit cruel making him swing around during the falsetto part lol
I can barely hit that on a good day and he had to do it 8 times a week while swinging over an edge
@@epicremarc and then almost immediately run up some narrow and steep metal stairs with a large gaps in between them, while belting.
"I'm am so alive" is exatcly what someone who's *not* alive would say...
This comment is exactly what someone who doesn't understand metaphors would say.
Basics of metaphors:
- A metaphor states that one thing is another thing
. It equates those two things not because they actually are the same, but for the sake of comparison or symbolism
- If you take a metaphor literally, it will probably sound very strange (a dead guy saying he's alive??? WHHHHAAAAAATTTT?!?!.) Now take it... metaphoricaly: he's saying he's alive 'cause he's still there -Where? It's art! Figure it out yourself-.
@@outmostessential591 I think you may have missed the humor in what the OP said, Outmost. Some call it a suspiciously specific denial. Or saying that the lady doth protest too much. Obviously it's a metaphor for how he's still present and alive in a certain sense. But there can be a touch of humor in saying that Gabe seems awfully insistent on declaring the thing he most obviously is not. It's like if I came up you and said I wasn't a murderer about 40 times in four minutes, you'd be forgiven for wondering if I was trying to convince you of it.
By the way, not a murderer. Totally not. At all. Nope. No murder.
At all.
@@allenjenkins06 Yeah, I get it. I think I probably was just a bit cranky when I replied. Sorry Victoria. Her comment has more likes than mine anyway, so she won (?) fair and square... As for you totally not being a murderer... hmmm... well, yeah, I'll take your word for it. Man, I'm so nice today, what the hell is going on? Whatever, it's Friday. Everyone have a good one! Broadway is love.
Ha! Yeah I guess she did win. And I have no likes at all. Bummer. Have a good weekend 😁
Not after Les Mis he's not...
Well, time to add Gabe to my "list of characters I'd give anything to play but I'm not an actress or a man"
For me it my “list of characters I’d love to play but I’m a short baritone”
same
i'm glad i'm not the only one with that exact list
I have the same list. It's on a Word document on my computer. I take my unattainable dream roles very seriously.
I need that list
I like how Gabe’s character represents different things for Diana, Dan, and Natalie. ‘ I am what you want me to be. ‘ For Diana, she won’t let him go, so, she sees him as this perfect son and what he could’ve been, but he’s also part of her turmoil. For Dan, he doesn’t really have any discernible connection to Gabe until towards the end of the musical. But Natalie sees Gabe as this figure, basically taunting her and telling her that she’ll never been as good as him. It’s interesting how, while Aaron Tveit plays Gabe, Gabe also represents different stages of grief.
Dan seems almost ashamed of "letting" Gabe die, like he believes that if they just keep the topic out of the house they can all go along as normal so long as he's a suitably strong head of household. He can't communicate very well and most of his words in moments of grief are platitudes ("I know this is hard") or some kind of accusation that someone isn't trying or isn't being fair. He's just completely shut up in his own head about it because he doesn't like feeling the pain and can't appreciate that healing can hurt.
Can we just appreciate the symbolism of Gabe getting the pill bag and giving it to Natalie?
What?
@@raspberrycrowns9494 Gabe is a representation of grief, he mostly exists outside of the world of the show. So unless characters are explicitly looking at and talking to him, nothing he does is "really" happening. Natalie never knew Gabe even as a baby, and in her eyes he's always been this imaginary person that she exists to replace, the golden child that she resents because she'll never live up to all the great things her parents wish he could have been.
When Diana is assigned yet another intensive therapy regimen after going off her medication, Natalie realizes how close she is to never needing her parents again - being a highly skilled student and musician who's graduating school early if her piano recital goes well. This makes Natalie scared that she'll have to just move on in life without ever truly connecting with her parents, and pushes her over the edge into a feeling of inevitability where for a few months she completely gives up trying. But giving up doesn't take away the pain of all those lost moments.
That's Gabe in that moment; the expectations placed on Natalie and the spite she feels toward this person who shouldn't be there but who she feels her parents see as more "real" than her. Her grief is the life she never knew, not a life she lost. And, in keeping with the whole thruline of how she fears developing a severe illness like Diana the same way Diana's mother became ill, she decides that if Diana isn't going to use the meds, she might as well. Not because she needs their intended effect, but because living in the moment, in the present world where everything except the loneliness is so uncertain, just doesn't seem worth it compared to the temporary comfort of substance abuse.
Characters in this show do things that they want to believe they aren't choosing to do, when they aren't in their right minds or "aren't themselves." Gabe traffics in the empty spaces of those moments, filling them in with some kind of feeling of an outside force putting pressure on them. Like in You Don't Know when Di feels like Dan is giving up on her, or that he should. Or in Superboy And The Invisible Girl when Gabe takes over the melody, forcing Natalie to sing a high harmony because she feels like even when she's talking about her own feelings she's still actually talking about Gabe and feels so incidental in her own life.
And so... Gabe is the one to give her the bag because he's also the one motivating her to resent her parents, to work her ass off for school, to want something better... And is the only thing left hanging in the air when she burns out. Everything's about Gabe and it's tearing her up inside. So, through the use of Gabe delivering the bag, we get to feel Natalie's version of Gabe being given the blame for her feeling pushed to this point. Not as an excuse to the audience, but just for an intense perspective of her thought process.
@@QuikVidGuy It took two years to get an answer but damn was it worth it. That's a really good analysis I'm screenshoting this
It's the fact he points at the father and says "You won't grieve me" that really does me in
That word is "grieve"?? I've been listening to this for almost a year thinking that word was "cleave" :O
@@laurencohen9749 If the word was “cleave”, that line would take on a whole new meaning 😂
2:46 I love how threatening his little leap forward is. Like a spider with a fly in its web.
I know right, I love it!
Me: i don't like boys
Aaron:
Me: i LIKE ONE (1) BOY
K a l a w a k a n lmao i felt this
Literally me
10 years later Aaron is still killin' it on Broadway. Hopefully this time around he'll get his Tony.
Yes! He totally needs it. He deserves it so much. I'm just waiting to see if he is nominated so I can cry ( whether he is or not ).
hm
Surprise!!!
Good news
Wooohooo
The lyrics are really creepy and the tone is so joyful...
This makes a deliciously sinister combo.. Fantastic.
3:07 **aggressively throws money**
Victoria S. 🤣🤣🤣
I was OBSESSED with this show and now, 15 years later, it is in London. Excited is an understatement.
I just got tickets to the London show!! I'm sooo excited
@@CatHasOddSocks Jack Wolfe is Gabe there. He is every bit the belter Aaron is.
There is nothing that Aaron Tveit can't do. The way in which he sings and constantly moves is amazing.
whoever choreographed this was just like "yes, let's make the dead son pole dance"
love how a majority of his choreo consists of pole dancing..👌
Gabe is a pole dancer, it’s canon
@@selectedshipper8282 yes.
I JUST NOTICED at some points in this song where Aaron sings in a way that reminds me of Alices voice and I think that’s a amazing touch because he is her son after all and it’s just UGH
could you please elaborate?
3:07 my heart just melted
Same here
That pole swing at 3:07 though...
Everyone's freaking out over 3:07, is nobody going to mention 1:30?
The first time I saw this show I didn't expect Gabe to be so manipulative and really just the villian. My friend had said he wasn't that bad before and felt bad for him when she first saw it and when we saw it together (my first her second) she was shocked to agree with me.
That's because it's not really him, it's that destructive grief, trauma, mental illness, represented by his form.
@@imagiccion That's one of the most chilling things about the libretto. There IS no Gabe. He never got to say a single word to anybody. There's only the imagination of him that everyone else projects blame for their own actions onto because they're afraid of connecting to each other.
It's kind of like Dear Evan Hansen except not worryingly disrespectful to the dead person
@@QuikVidGuy right, that's a big part of what i don't like about dear evan hansen
He moves like a slinky! I love it
This is the most accurate description of Aaron’s dancing I have ever seen in my life
Now in 2024, Aaron Tveit still conquer people by his big passion for musical career, such a wonderful guy.
my first broadway. i died, was birthed, died again, and was born again.
MojoRisin I guess you could say... you’re alive...
MojoRisin so like Gabe?
The way he sings emphasized Ls makes me so happy ("fLesh and bLood")
*violently replays **3:07*
You and everyone else
Why am I so in love with Aaron Tveit?? He's performance as Gabe and his voice is just soooooo good!!!
One of my favourite musicals of all time
I really felt it when he said I'm behind you
how was aaron not nominated for this role >:(
The pole dancing here and him being shirtless in the opening number are Tony award winning alone.
I literally know nothing about this show but I love this song... Time to get into another musical.
Come on in and join us!
It's the scariest thing I've ever seen and it's not even horror.
In other words it's great.
That little head shake and smile at 3:28! Ugh, what a dream it would be to play Gabe (or just being on Aaron Tveit would suffice)
I live in Portugal and they actually just translated the musical here so I went to see it in Portuguese yesterday- I LOVED the original musical so I was kind of afraid they would ruin it but they actually did a great job
So I found out that this kid is dead, so is this just Diana's conscience, kind of? (In a mental illness way). Because this musical seems really good, and this song is catchy.
correct. the kid died at 8 months old, nearly 18 years ago. Diana is unable to move on, and sees him, grown, hallucinations
Well, not just Diana’s.
it must've been so hard to ignore him
Why do i love him so much
This is a legit serious question
このどAaron tveitを見て長年の不眠を克服出来そうです。素晴らしい👏❤️
I live for this performance
Did aaron just turn me straight?
KemenyDio it’s a joke...
No worries Aaron. U can't be forced to change from gay to straight by another person. Only God can do that. But probably not. Sorry man. Ur stuck with being gay. But try not to think of it as being stuck. Try to imagine urslf free at last. That's what I do. And it works, trust me!
well, I thought your joke was funny, as an LGBT person
OH MY GOD GUYS, IT'S A JOKE SJAKDJA
@@skydoesstuffc5918 thank you
I remember the first time I herd Arrons voice
I feel in love 😻
The rock n roll feel and staging of this reminds me of Out Tonight from Rent
I love Aaron, I love Kyle Dean, and I love Curt. But no one can sing this quite like Aaron Tveit
I have no idea what’s going on but this song is a banger.
Whilst trying to revise psychology this was playing on loop in my head it was the most frustrating thing but also strangely appropriate considering the plot...
1:30 is so incredible
Today I saw the Roundhouse version and it was very good. But hitting the original cast version would be impossible, especially Aaron Trveit's performance years ago as the deceased son. I was so sure this was a true winner to go to Broadway (it opened at Arena Stage temporarily located in VA). Even the understudy for Diana was spectacular, then I saw Alice Ripley the next day. Both were sensational and I am glad I didn't miss either performance before it took off to Broadway.
I KNEW IT WAS HIM!!! I heard this song when I was listening to a Spotify broadway playlist and I thought “is that Aaron Tivet?”
Tveit! 😭
thank you so so much 《3
I fucking love this man
The symbolism of gabe giving the pill bag to Natalie.
I too would let Aaron Tveit ruin my life
i love this song! i want to get into this musical what's it about??
Grace O. HELLO ok so the basic plot is that diana and dan have two kids, gabe and natalie. except, gabe died when he was a baby. diana, who is severely mentally ill, still sees and hears him. it’s about natalie and dan helping diana recover and move on. it’s extremely good and emotional as hell. i love it very much.
skylay way just did a great job there describing it for you. Look up a complete version on youtube and join us obsessing over it!
Grace O. 9
Sad stuff.
dead gabe is the only thing i'll ever know.
This is so good!
Honestly I want to hear Jeremy Jordan sing this
WAIT YES OMG
FR OMG
This song is hella catchy
I know right
Ikr
Bless
I so wish I got to see this on broadway..
emaS
Yes he is amazing
So beautiful and creepy.
The incestuous undertones in this number always get to me. 🤣
But your not alive you got killed at the barricades (les mis reference)
It's very fun
Je is the only pole dancer I would pay to watcj
Thanks for uploading! Great quality, is the whole show available anywhere??
Not that I know of. I will upload more songs, though.
Cynthia Gleason there are several copies already uploaded on TH-cam. Just search next to normal full show
This person is right. I meant this particular version (date) I've never seen uploaded.
Yep yep, I've seen several of the uploaded full shows, I was asking after this date in particular. :)
Ahaaaaa, yt algorithm coming in clutch
3:08
So this Musical version of Babadook, nice
God is it possible to be sexually attracted to a voice?
I used to hate this musical, this is the only song in the show I like
I like “Im alive reprise.” Give it a relisten!
@@zoinks8868 thanks i only listened to this and superboy the invisible girl
Did this guy appeared in Gossip Girl?
He did
It’s like suburban white Rent.
Same director.
bruh 2:02
He is so hot 🥵