Aida is Disney's show. The Walt Disney Company bought the rights to the book in 1994 with the intent of making it an animated feature film. They later decided that the story content was too mature for an animated film, and instead decided to allow Walt Disney Theatrical Productions to turn the story into a Broadway musical. Disney had just finished working with Elton John and Tim Rice on the Lion King, and Disney was so impressed with their work that Elton and Tim were asked to create Aida. The show hit off-Broadway in 1998 and landed on Broadway in 2000. Disney's Aida is scheduled to have a Broadway revival and also tour the U.S. in 2021. Depending on the success of the revival, Disney is also considering a big budget film version of the stage play.
@@davelay2656 Elton John & Tim Rice loved Heather Headley so much as Nala in the Broadway Lion King that they asked her to audition for the lead role Aida!
I'm just impressed with the fact that Aida and Radames have some actual chemistry. I've seen far too many iterations of this show where the two lead actors don't really put off that they're in love with each other, and it sucks. But these two pulled it off really well, considering how quickly the love story goes down in this show.
So alot of the comments i see are regarding the cast and they did great! However as a french horn player performing this in 11 days this is a great example of what im supposed to sound like! GREAT JOB PIT!
excellent performance!! I saved this for awhile and finally got to watch it in its entirety tonight. I have loved AIDA since seeing it 15-16 years ago? on a high school field trip. I'm surprised I haven't worn out the CD from listening to the soundtrack so much lol. GREAT JOB!!!
Same here!!! My school saw it in middle school or 6th grade right after 9-11. We couldn't go as a school group but any parents that wanted to take their kids could go and the teachers would meet us in NYC. I live in NJ about 2 hrs away and my dad grew up there, he didn't want to miss going so we went and my mom and I lived it because we love anything and everything with Egypt. I have the CD and found it on Spotify. Love that the full length is on TH-cam
This show is so underrated, honestly. I haven't seen a showing since I was 8 and no one ever seems to know what is when I ask. I really wish more people would know about it, then maybe I could see it live again rather than belting in my car or finding recordings like this (Also the girl playing Amneris looks like my freshman math teacher?? Either way, she killed it)
@@szapaa612 And they are still performing it! I was yesterday - it was such an amazing show, that today I spent all day on yt watching various songs and performings ^^
I’ve only seen this show live once before at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. It was fantastic! Found this vid by accident, and I’m glad I did...the leads were all great, the production was great and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting!
The cast is amazing and the two lead rols are fantastic i can feel ther conection and the love between them and the whole cast singing the gods love Nubia fantastic goosebumps and again the lead role with her solo breathtaking
I saw the Dutch production years ago and was absolutely blown away. I couldn't stop crying. This is a great performance, glad I found it. I'm crying again.
Belle M yes b!! you got this!!! the director at my school made a statement that he’s color blind casting so now I’m aiming for Aida!! I hope you get who you want!
I can totally understand why people are angry about the race of the characters. But I also understand that it’s hard to completely satisfy the race of the original characters depending on the race of the students in the school/those who audition. I’ve seen that a few times with some school productions, and while I’d prefer racial accuracy, if it’s not totally possible for the high school, I focus more on the performances. I know things can’t always be perfect, so I try to look at what is good overall.
Austin Venditelli Although I loathe white-washing, it is rarely intentional, and it's ridiculous to only do certain shows if you don't have the accurate racial population despite having students with the talent to perform the parts well, WHICH THEY ABSOLUTELY DID. So, though I understand where you're coming from, I would rather they cast for talent rather than racial accuracy
Lol this is a high school production? Guys, on Broadway we should be all about diversity, because it means whether or not people get paid. (And yes of course diversity is good in general, representation NEEDS to happen, white-washing sucks, omg I'm so happy Kristoff in Frozen's production is played by a Black person, yay). This is SCHOOL. You really... can't be mad at a high school. They're not exactly making thousands off tickets. They just want to give kids opportunity and experience.
@@zabellak6831 No they shouldn't do the show, I don't think it's ridiculous at all. It's called life! You are not always going to be able to just do what you want. Theatre is all about storytelling, yes? This was NOT their story to tell despite how much talent they have. You shouldn't get to overlook very big aspects about the character or the show in general just for your convenience.
homeiswonderland and besides that most musicals from the western canon highlight European looking people (I.e-white and or light skinned people) in their stories. As a black actress there are not enough musicals in the MT canon with roles written to Star people of my race. There’s a handful and a lot of those have been written recently. For those who fit a more euro centric aesthetic the western musical theater canon is filled with ethnically homogenous shows ( with sometimes one or two POC characters written in for comic relief or as servants) So much so that white/white passing actors could go their whole career only doing show with roles written for their ethnicity. Racial and ethnic minorities do not have the same wide variety of shows with roles for them to choose from. So to say that a homogenously European/white theater group, by not doing plays/musicals with roles written by and or for people of color, is limiting them is false. It’s false because 70% of the MT CANON is written by and for them. Not so for POC...we have no choice but to do shows and audition for roles not written for us...there’s only so many times you can do King and I or Miss Saignon as an Asian actor or Raisn in the Sun or Hairspray as a black actor.
A couple months ago the hole 7th grade got to see half of the show! It was really good and we could go see the hole thing after school a couple days later but somehow i didn't want to go -.-
This show was done by an amateur company from Scotland. It is hard enough to try and find cast of the correct ethnic demographic to play the roles and characters in the musical when living in Scotland. Aida in this show was played by a women from Palestine.
I don't know why anyone would complain about race. It's not like the Egyptians were white Europeans lol. And both "Egyptian" and "Nubian" characters have been regularly played by both races throughout the show's run, with only Radames and Aida leads traditionally being white and black, which is silly. It's theatre. They can be anything. Black, white, Latino, Asian, who cares. People of all races and appearances and even genders play all kinds of roles that they wouldn't technically fit in real life. That's the fun of theatre. Anyone can be anything on stage. People play the Elephant Man without having physical deformities. It's all in the acting.
@@StygianFilms that is exactly what I thought when people where complaining about the actors playing Egyptians in the Aida preview were white. Theater is about being a different person, and about being anything. For example, it would be silly if people were complaining about Mean Girls the musical because there were humans playing lions, giraffes, etc.
@@car0_lineee Yeah, exactly. It's absurd. My first exposure to The Crucible was an almost all-black cast, with only two white actors in minor roles. Historically correct? No. Amazing production? Yes. I've seen black and Asian actors in Les Miserables. Did it diminish the power of the show? No. So people need to calm down about Aida being performed by white people in an area where almost everyone is white. It's THEATRE.
@@StygianFilms Mmm, I hear where you're coming. But the reality of the situation is that there are so many roles denied black and brown actors because they were written for white characters. There are very few written for black and brown actors. And so when those roles are given to white or white passing actors upset is understandable.
I can understand why some are upset about the casting, but it's a high school production. Not a professional broadway musical. When casting a high school play where it's hard to be specific with your cast when your options are limited.
28:44 Amneris really hit every note she was allowed in that arrangement. I think the choreography was designed for clarity of the vocal performance, rather than showcasing the dance break (fashion show) that was omitted. I think they should have done better on her costume after the towels were dropped-from my perspective, her dress wasn’t anything different than the towel wrap. Not remarkable at all, and she’s supposed to have the best wardrobe in the entire kingdom… That was my beef with that production number.
What year was this performance filmed? Anyways, the cast for this performance was spectacular! The music was astonishing and while I agree, Disney really needs to get on filming a movie version of a performance of this particular stage play (like what they're doing for Hamilton).
I never would have known about this amazing musical and it’s beautiful story if my community hadn’t done it. I attended a high school of almost 3,000 students and I believe there were only 5 students of African descent, so not very diverse (although we did have quite a few of Latino descent) I would love to see this show with accurate casting, race wise, but I never would have known about it if it hadn’t been performed by a white cast. I feel it would be a shame to not know a beautiful story just because the demographic isn’t correct. And now that I know this musical, i want to see it again with more accuracy. Maybe one day, the show will become more popular and begin to have more accurate casting because more people know that it exists and want it to be portrayed correctly! At least that is my hope but what ever. My opinion and hopes aren’t important to most people 🤷🏼♀️
I have seen some other versions of this particular show. And I love them all to varying degrees but this one was absolutely amazing. I loved the chemistry between Aida (Mia Oudeh) and Radames (Nick Tomlinson) in this version. The other versions sometimes it didn’t feel like there was a connection between the two doomed lovers. I will definitely be rewatching this one quite a few times. Great job at getting my heartstrings tugged and I always cry while watching this version.
My favorite will allways be the one at the Circus Theater in Scheveningen. I think it was 2004. I'm just curious where everyone else watched it first and what is your favorite version?
Scheveningen was DEFINITELY the best. Chaira and Rene are THE Aida and Radames, although maybe you were a fan of Bastiaan. I like Bastiaan's acting but his voice was sort of rough and he didn't have the same vocal range as Rene, who acted the part perfectly as well as having an awesome voice. Second best group was the 2006 German tour. Everyone in that production was amazing but Mark and Ana in particular were gold.
@@StygianFilms I only watched it with all the primary cast so didn't see Rene perform Radames. But I'm not a fan of Bastiaan. He played the role to childish, if that makes sense. Do you know if there is a recording by the way? Been looking for years, never found one.
Exquisitely crafted, beautifully performed and sung!!!! Bravo!!!!! When will the idiots at Disney stop w/ their endless pursuit of the almighty dollar and instead produce a film version of "Aida?!"
Can anyone give me the time stamp for this monologue: I am from ikaita, it’s a village near the second cataract... Sorry I don’t have time to watch the whole thing but I will at some point!
I’m enjoying the vocal talents, costumes, set designs, and in all honesty, the casting did take me off guard, but I do think they did an entertaining job. All these comments about the race of the Nubians...I’m not as bothered tbh, We’ll never know the population of the people of color that auditioned wherever this was filmed, so I’ll take this art as it is. Edit: “...that auditioned (and had the potential to be cast)
This is a great production--they're talented singers and dancers! It's not a bad production at face value--it's really not. But, there's a reason people complain about whitewashing stories like this. "Colorblind" casting Aida is more than just ignoring a bunch of Caucasians calling each other "Nubian". The conflict of Aida is not only that Aida has to choose between her love or turning her back on her people--her love is an active oppressor of her people--something the Black race has faced more than any other ethnicity hands down. To this day, there is cultural tension surrounding interracial relationships between Black women/White males and arguably, Black people are still enslaved (i.e. 13th by Ava Duvernay). I'm not seeing the desperation for a better life. I'm not seeing Aida's pain of being a lackey to Amneris...how much easier Aida's life would be if she just looked like Amneris--combing her straight, Blonde hair...the epitome of conditioned beauty standards. The pain of knowing that something so small (skin color) could be so large of an obstacle in reality. These are subtexts all Black women would know to check for. People are trying to defend this by saying "It's theatre! People can be whoever they want to be". Sure. That's how it should be but it's not. People were outraged at Jelani Alladin in Frozen. People were outraged at Noma Dumezweni in Harry Potter. People were outraged at Amandla Stenberg as Rue. People were outraged at Halle Bailey and Diana Huey as Ariel. People were outraged at Hamilton. That excuse is only ever relayed when it's to defend White people playing roles they know nothing about. The Aida in this production is Middle Eastern...which is nice that they at least tried to cast the titular role as a woman of color but all people of color are not the same. The Middle Eastern experience has NOTHING to do with the African or African-American experience. That is why people criticize--there are entire layers of dramaturgical evidence and stakes missing.
Ok so I watched this for the first time and I read the comments and I think is just disappointed that people mind if the people are the Ruth race or not , for the love of God is just wrong to think that I mean we all are the same , I’m watching a show naw and the the main characters love interest is black and in the comics she was suppose to be white but that doesn’t matter to my or to the others I think because we love haw she plays that role but there are people who hate her just for her skin colour which is wrong . My first language is Romanian that’s the place we’re I was born and were I lived for almost my whole life ... 2 years ago I moved to U.K , it was hard for me at school I spend a whole year alone , no friends because I was from other place but naw i have naw . So stop saying that the cast is wrong or the wrong colour or the wrong race because that doesn’t exists wrong doesn’t exist so for the love of God try to be more understanding about some stuff . That’s my opinion what are you going to do if you disagree, are you going to say bad stuff about me , that I am stupid or other stuff , well let me tell you something you can tell anything you want I don’t mind cause I can say something back or I can just not say anything . And the other thing you can do is if you really have a soul and fell bad about what you write . So am I wrong ?
No, we are not all the same. We come from different places with different experiences and that's what makes this diverse world of ours amazing. They simply missed the mark with this casting.
I was scrolling through the comments AND ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RACE OF THE ACTORS. Okay, so yeah, none of them are African American. But should that matter? They wonderfully portrayed the characters the way they were meant to be portrayed. I’m going to use an example that I assume most of you will understand. Look at the OBC of Hamilton. If you don’t know, look them up. Guess what... Thomas Jefferson wasn’t African American, and he did not have a Afro. George Washington was not colored, and he was not bald. Why does such a critically acclaimed musical have actors of the “wrong” skin color? Or wrong physical features? Because it is simply not wrong. Good actors get the part. Race is not involved. ESPECIALLY in a high school show! Calm TF down people! Enjoy an amazing production of an amazing show.
DearestDalya Lin Manuel Miranda has said himself he doesn't care about their ethnicty, gender or anything else as long as the actor cast can efficiently play the part. This piece of information therefore, invalidates your argument.
Yes, the lack of black actors does matter in a show that takes places in Eygpt and when a group of Nubian people were taken to be slaves. I felt the casting and costumes were completely WRONG and should have never seen the light of day.
Y'all defending the casting because it's a "high school production"...it's NOT a high school production. The woman who plays Aida here is Palestinian. This production is also in Scotland. You're not gonna find many actors of color in Scotland. Also, stop saying "African American" when you really just mean black. Africans are not American unless they live in America. Sheesh.
Radames is really good, and as hard as it is to fill a high school drama class, if that's all you have is white kids, then don't let that stop you from doing the show. Acting is all about pretending to be someone you're not. So they are pretending to be Nubians and Ethiopians. My judgement is only-can they sing, can they act, and do the sets and costumes reflect the theme of the show? --Well yes they can sing, they can sort of act, the opening set was creative, the costumes...way off, not sure where those were coming from, but overal this was very good.
@@edmthecousinstrio6564 there are few roles written for black ppl and POC in general, so for a role that is rare to be taken by a white person is just history continuing itself. ✨✨
Interesting production. Vocals are decent, though Radames needs to back off on his belt in places, instead of screeching and going way flat. What’s with the chorale reprise of “Written in the Stars?” I don’t like how Amneris is completely visible during “Written in the Stars” as well. In the original Broadway production, Amneris is hiding behind a tree. Once the song is done, there’s a pause in the scene, and she steps out from behind the tree, to the gasps of the audience. It’s more effective.
aida is a wonderful show with wonderful music, but i DO NOT know why theater companies without the right demographic put on shows that need black actors. aida just needs to put put on with a black cast. that’s just a fact. anything else is disrespectful. beyond that? the first few scenes are just so awfully directed, i could barely watch past the bathing scene. radames is supposed to be snarky, a know-it-all, there’s supposed to be more there than just outright angry and rude. and absolutely not power hungry. the ESSENCE of radames’ character is that he’s NOT power hungry, he wants to see the world, he wants to be FREE
The lighting was great, too bad it did not expose the poor casting, costumes and sets. I had the pleasure of performing in a 2004 touring production of AIDA and the casting was a COMPLETE mixture of a people with strong voices. I am so tired of whitewashing a show and calling it color-blind casting, yes it is color-blind casting with no color. Clearly, Elton Joh didn't see it, for if he did it would have been shut down.
This is an AMATEUR company from SCOTLAND!!! You try and cast a show where the country's population is only 5M and is predominantly white as in 96% and you aren't paying anyone to come do the show because its not professional. If people of the correct ethnic demographic for the parts dont come to the auditions, theres not a lot you can do when nobodys getting paid to be in it.
While this is great, I do have a hard time with the white washed casting. I find it hard to believe they didn't have 1 black actor they could put in the show.
Excuse you, I have done research. If it was a high scheme PROFESSIONAL play, I would understand the race thing. but if a high school is doing Aida, you do not just get a lead for being the certain ethnicity. you give the part to whomever can sing it. Get your head out of the "she ain't black!" cloud because I can promise you, they didn't specifically cast a white girl just because she was white. her vocals were perfect. Stop complaining, the only way your complaint would be valid here had it been Broadway whitewashing the play.
How has this not been picked up by Disney and made into a feature length movie? The music is beyond awesome!
Aida is Disney's show. The Walt Disney Company bought the rights to the book in 1994 with the intent of making it an animated feature film. They later decided that the story content was too mature for an animated film, and instead decided to allow Walt Disney Theatrical Productions to turn the story into a Broadway musical.
Disney had just finished working with Elton John and Tim Rice on the Lion King, and Disney was so impressed with their work that Elton and Tim were asked to create Aida. The show hit off-Broadway in 1998 and landed on Broadway in 2000.
Disney's Aida is scheduled to have a Broadway revival and also tour the U.S. in 2021. Depending on the success of the revival, Disney is also considering a big budget film version of the stage play.
This should be made into a Disney movie!!!
@@davelay2656 Elton John & Tim Rice loved Heather Headley so much as Nala in the Broadway Lion King that they asked her to audition for the lead role Aida!
Ikr I have to watch this for my theater school and we’ll it’s amazing
I hope Disney never picks this up.
I'm just impressed with the fact that Aida and Radames have some actual chemistry. I've seen far too many iterations of this show where the two lead actors don't really put off that they're in love with each other, and it sucks. But these two pulled it off really well, considering how quickly the love story goes down in this show.
I was fortunate enough to see Aida on Broadway in New York in 2000. It was absolutely awesome.
Me too, saw it 3 times. Heather Headley was the best but Toni Braxton and Deborah Cox were pretty good also.
You guys killed the vocals!! So glad I could find a full show on TH-cam of this quality
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So alot of the comments i see are regarding the cast and they did great! However as a french horn player performing this in 11 days this is a great example of what im supposed to sound like! GREAT JOB PIT!
YES! People should give more credit to everyone who works on the show! Thanks for bringing that into the spotlight!!! (haha, bad theater puns)
the pit & tech need much more recognition in live performances
Missing the Broadway version and this was the perfect substitute! Incredible performances. Thank you for uploading!
Renee Thea wrong.
excellent performance!! I saved this for awhile and finally got to watch it in its entirety tonight. I have loved AIDA since seeing it 15-16 years ago? on a high school field trip. I'm surprised I haven't worn out the CD from listening to the soundtrack so much lol. GREAT JOB!!!
Same here!!! My school saw it in middle school or 6th grade right after 9-11. We couldn't go as a school group but any parents that wanted to take their kids could go and the teachers would meet us in NYC. I live in NJ about 2 hrs away and my dad grew up there, he didn't want to miss going so we went and my mom and I lived it because we love anything and everything with Egypt. I have the CD and found it on Spotify. Love that the full length is on TH-cam
Phenomenal, I was in tears! It was so good it was perfect amazing job you guys 😍😍😍😍😍👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
This show is so underrated, honestly. I haven't seen a showing since I was 8 and no one ever seems to know what is when I ask. I really wish more people would know about it, then maybe I could see it live again rather than belting in my car or finding recordings like this
(Also the girl playing Amneris looks like my freshman math teacher?? Either way, she killed it)
I come from Poland, and last year Theatre Roma performed Aida... it was magical
@@szapaa612 And they are still performing it! I was yesterday - it was such an amazing show, that today I spent all day on yt watching various songs and performings ^^
My wife and I saw the original Broadway version and loved it! This version captures the spirit very well and awakens great memories!!
we transcribed fortune favors the brave, strongest suit, elaborate lives and dance of the robe for our marching band show this year!! i am OBSESSED
Ive seen so many versions of AIDA on youtube but this version is the best one yet!!!
I remember having to watch my school’s production of this play back in my drama class. I’ve loved it ever since.
I’ve only seen this show live once before at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. It was fantastic! Found this vid by accident, and I’m glad I did...the leads were all great, the production was great and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting!
Yes to the dude playing the cowbell, at 4:36. A whole bop.
Saw this at Kennedy Center with I believe most of the original cast. I was blown away! My favorite show of all time.
Gahh such an amazing job!!! I have been dying to watch Aida for too long now! Thanks for sharing
The cast is amazing and the two lead rols are fantastic i can feel ther conection and the love between them and the whole cast singing the gods love Nubia fantastic goosebumps and again the lead role with her solo breathtaking
This is the First Disney Broadway Musical that I have not seen yet, and I am so impressed!!
I’m not tired of watching this video.
I wish my granddaughter get to perform AIDA some day.
Really quite incredible. Your three leads have wonderful voices and blend so well together on the Act 2 entr'acte song.
I remember playing as Mereb in 2003 for my University play. This video brings back a load of memories.
Really pretty production and great voices! Thank you for sharing...hope to see this live some day :).
Very nice production and registration! Thank you very much.
Well done my blind fiancé thought I was listening to the sound track
This is sung way to fast for my taste
I saw this with the original cast in June 2001. I LOVED it.
Omg this was the first musical I saw live, at the Fox in Atlanta! I'm so glad this is online.
I came back from the 2019 version 😂😂😂 i loved it!
I saw the Dutch production years ago and was absolutely blown away. I couldn't stop crying. This is a great performance, glad I found it. I'm crying again.
I absolutely loved the dutch production!! i went last year to scheveningen. it’s my favourite musical I’ve been to yet
Really enjoyable, thanks for uploading this!
なんて嬉しい！！！アイーダが見られるなんて！！！Thank you
I watched everything. Really enjoyed it!! Great production!!!
I’m auditioning for this in a couple months for Amneris! Wish me luck
Mia Christopherson same, sis! I’m auditioning on Tuesday, and I’m prepping right now!
Belle M yes b!! you got this!!! the director at my school made a statement that he’s color blind casting so now I’m aiming for Aida!! I hope you get who you want!
I auditioned for Amneris 2 days ago!! Cast list come out next week
How’d it go? I auditioned and unfortunately didn’t get Amneris. :/ but I’m in ensemble so it’s better than nothing!! Haha
I’m auditioning for this year but ima freshman so my hopes aren’t too high lol
I can totally understand why people are angry about the race of the characters.
But I also understand that it’s hard to completely satisfy the race of the original characters depending on the race of the students in the school/those who audition.
I’ve seen that a few times with some school productions, and while I’d prefer racial accuracy, if it’s not totally possible for the high school, I focus more on the performances. I know things can’t always be perfect, so I try to look at what is good overall.
But then, if you don't have the people, why do the show? It's like buying the rights to Cats, knowing you don't have any dancers.
Austin Venditelli Although I loathe white-washing, it is rarely intentional, and it's ridiculous to only do certain shows if you don't have the accurate racial population despite having students with the talent to perform the parts well, WHICH THEY ABSOLUTELY DID. So, though I understand where you're coming from, I would rather they cast for talent rather than racial accuracy
Lol this is a high school production? Guys, on Broadway we should be all about diversity, because it means whether or not people get paid. (And yes of course diversity is good in general, representation NEEDS to happen, white-washing sucks, omg I'm so happy Kristoff in Frozen's production is played by a Black person, yay). This is SCHOOL. You really... can't be mad at a high school. They're not exactly making thousands off tickets. They just want to give kids opportunity and experience.
@@zabellak6831 No they shouldn't do the show, I don't think it's ridiculous at all. It's called life! You are not always going to be able to just do what you want. Theatre is all about storytelling, yes? This was NOT their story to tell despite how much talent they have. You shouldn't get to overlook very big aspects about the character or the show in general just for your convenience.
homeiswonderland and besides that most musicals from the western canon highlight European looking people (I.e-white and or light skinned people) in their stories. As a black actress there are not enough musicals in the MT canon with roles written to Star people of my race. There’s a handful and a lot of those have been written recently. For those who fit a more euro centric aesthetic the western musical theater canon is filled with ethnically homogenous shows ( with sometimes one or two POC characters written in for comic relief or as servants) So much so that white/white passing actors could go their whole career only doing show with roles written for their ethnicity. Racial and ethnic minorities do not have the same wide variety of shows with roles for them to choose from. So to say that a homogenously European/white theater group, by not doing plays/musicals with roles written by and or for people of color, is limiting them is false. It’s false because 70% of the MT CANON is written by and for them. Not so for POC...we have no choice but to do shows and audition for roles not written for us...there’s only so many times you can do King and I or Miss Saignon as an Asian actor or Raisn in the Sun or Hairspray as a black actor.
A couple months ago the hole 7th grade got to see half of the show! It was really good and we could go see the hole thing after school a couple days later but somehow i didn't want to go -.-
I seen this 2 times in Sacramento with Adam Pascal. Once in drama club first then with my husband years later.
This show was done by an amateur company from Scotland. It is hard enough to try and find cast of the correct ethnic demographic to play the roles and characters in the musical when living in Scotland. Aida in this show was played by a women from Palestine.
Robbie Mitchell Wow!
I don't know why anyone would complain about race. It's not like the Egyptians were white Europeans lol. And both "Egyptian" and "Nubian" characters have been regularly played by both races throughout the show's run, with only Radames and Aida leads traditionally being white and black, which is silly. It's theatre. They can be anything. Black, white, Latino, Asian, who cares. People of all races and appearances and even genders play all kinds of roles that they wouldn't technically fit in real life. That's the fun of theatre. Anyone can be anything on stage. People play the Elephant Man without having physical deformities. It's all in the acting.
@@StygianFilms that is exactly what I thought when people where complaining about the actors playing Egyptians in the Aida preview were white. Theater is about being a different person, and about being anything. For example, it would be silly if people were complaining about Mean Girls the musical because there were humans playing lions, giraffes, etc.
@@car0_lineee Yeah, exactly. It's absurd. My first exposure to The Crucible was an almost all-black cast, with only two white actors in minor roles. Historically correct? No. Amazing production? Yes. I've seen black and Asian actors in Les Miserables. Did it diminish the power of the show? No. So people need to calm down about Aida being performed by white people in an area where almost everyone is white. It's THEATRE.
@@StygianFilms Mmm, I hear where you're coming. But the reality of the situation is that there are so many roles denied black and brown actors because they were written for white characters. There are very few written for black and brown actors. And so when those roles are given to white or white passing actors upset is understandable.
I can understand why some are upset about the casting, but it's a high school production. Not a professional broadway musical. When casting a high school play where it's hard to be specific with your cast when your options are limited.
Caroline also the Egyptians were meant to be white. that's what they did in the Broadway show.
It’s not a high skl production😂 I go to the kids one, they cross the bridge between professional and amateur acting
Caroline here I was thinking that I found the Disney version.... this isn’t the Disney version right?
If you can't be specific about your casting then it's not the show you should be doing. Tough luck.
I'm going to see it in like a couple days.
I wish they would have done the fashion show for “My Strongest Suite” that’s one of my favorite parts when done right. Lighting could use work
28:44 Amneris really hit every note she was allowed in that arrangement. I think the choreography was designed for clarity of the vocal performance, rather than showcasing the dance break (fashion show) that was omitted.
I think they should have done better on her costume after the towels were dropped-from my perspective, her dress wasn’t anything different than the towel wrap. Not remarkable at all, and she’s supposed to have the best wardrobe in the entire kingdom… That was my beef with that production number.
I saw this in 2004 it was really good
Peep the girl in the deathly hallows shirt 3:04
What year was this performance filmed? Anyways, the cast for this performance was spectacular! The music was astonishing and while I agree, Disney really needs to get on filming a movie version of a performance of this particular stage play (like what they're doing for Hamilton).
This was performed in 2014 in a theater up in Scotland.
My church did this musical! ☺️
My sister do this show from her class at school
Recuerdo haber visto esta obra en la escuela
Funny cause Aida is a quite unique name, and basically the fact my name is aida 🤯
I never would have known about this amazing musical and it’s beautiful story if my community hadn’t done it. I attended a high school of almost 3,000 students and I believe there were only 5 students of African descent, so not very diverse (although we did have quite a few of Latino descent) I would love to see this show with accurate casting, race wise, but I never would have known about it if it hadn’t been performed by a white cast. I feel it would be a shame to not know a beautiful story just because the demographic isn’t correct. And now that I know this musical, i want to see it again with more accuracy. Maybe one day, the show will become more popular and begin to have more accurate casting because more people know that it exists and want it to be portrayed correctly! At least that is my hope but what ever. My opinion and hopes aren’t important to most people 🤷🏼♀️
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1:14:04 Nooo A Love PYRAMYD!!
I have seen some other versions of this particular show. And I love them all to varying degrees but this one was absolutely amazing. I loved the chemistry between Aida (Mia Oudeh) and Radames (Nick Tomlinson) in this version. The other versions sometimes it didn’t feel like there was a connection between the two doomed lovers. I will definitely be rewatching this one quite a few times. Great job at getting my heartstrings tugged and I always cry while watching this version.
My favorite will allways be the one at the Circus Theater in Scheveningen. I think it was 2004. I'm just curious where everyone else watched it first and what is your favorite version?
Scheveningen was DEFINITELY the best. Chaira and Rene are THE Aida and Radames, although maybe you were a fan of Bastiaan. I like Bastiaan's acting but his voice was sort of rough and he didn't have the same vocal range as Rene, who acted the part perfectly as well as having an awesome voice. Second best group was the 2006 German tour. Everyone in that production was amazing but Mark and Ana in particular were gold.
@@StygianFilms I only watched it with all the primary cast so didn't see Rene perform Radames. But I'm not a fan of Bastiaan. He played the role to childish, if that makes sense.
Do you know if there is a recording by the way? Been looking for years, never found one.
@@gertnutterts988 I didn't mind Bastiaan's acting but his singing was meh. Rene was just amazing all around. And yes, let me know where to email you.
I saw Original Broadway Cast, 1 week after HEather HEadley won the TOny. Easy as Life was a true showstopper.
first time I watched it was last year in scheveningen! my favourite musical I’ve ever seen!
Exquisitely crafted, beautifully performed and sung!!!! Bravo!!!!! When will the idiots at Disney stop w/ their endless pursuit of the almighty dollar and instead produce a film version of "Aida?!"
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SPIL NOGET MED SLAYER
Y’all playin right? Lol ain’t no way y’all did this show like this.
Is this a bootleg or do you have permission to post this just wondering, it’s good either way.
Can anyone give me the time stamp for this monologue: I am from ikaita, it’s a village near the second cataract...
Sorry I don’t have time to watch the whole thing but I will at some point!
Wow!
I’m enjoying the vocal talents, costumes, set designs, and in all honesty, the casting did take me off guard, but I do think they did an entertaining job.
All these comments about the race of the Nubians...I’m not as bothered tbh, We’ll never know the population of the people of color that auditioned wherever this was filmed, so I’ll take this art as it is.
Edit: “...that auditioned (and had the potential to be cast)
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What is the actual tomb called?
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i’ll be auditioning for Amneris in a month or so. any suggestions?
Haley Nichole sing strongest suit
moonlight bae we can’t sing from the show
My sister played slave number 3 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Is anyone gonna mention that part in Strongest Suit where they sit on each other's faces? I thought that was weird. 30:34
Heheheheheh......😏😏😏
This is a great production--they're talented singers and dancers! It's not a bad production at face value--it's really not. But, there's a reason people complain about whitewashing stories like this. "Colorblind" casting Aida is more than just ignoring a bunch of Caucasians calling each other "Nubian". The conflict of Aida is not only that Aida has to choose between her love or turning her back on her people--her love is an active oppressor of her people--something the Black race has faced more than any other ethnicity hands down. To this day, there is cultural tension surrounding interracial relationships between Black women/White males and arguably, Black people are still enslaved (i.e. 13th by Ava Duvernay). I'm not seeing the desperation for a better life. I'm not seeing Aida's pain of being a lackey to Amneris...how much easier Aida's life would be if she just looked like Amneris--combing her straight, Blonde hair...the epitome of conditioned beauty standards. The pain of knowing that something so small (skin color) could be so large of an obstacle in reality.
These are subtexts all Black women would know to check for. People are trying to defend this by saying "It's theatre! People can be whoever they want to be". Sure. That's how it should be but it's not. People were outraged at Jelani Alladin in Frozen. People were outraged at Noma Dumezweni in Harry Potter. People were outraged at Amandla Stenberg as Rue. People were outraged at Halle Bailey and Diana Huey as Ariel. People were outraged at Hamilton. That excuse is only ever relayed when it's to defend White people playing roles they know nothing about. The Aida in this production is Middle Eastern...which is nice that they at least tried to cast the titular role as a woman of color but all people of color are not the same. The Middle Eastern experience has NOTHING to do with the African or African-American experience. That is why people criticize--there are entire layers of dramaturgical evidence and stakes missing.
Wow
1:34:06 Amneris standing in the corner 🥲
스트롱 리프라이즈
42:42~44:00
댄스 리프라이즈
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파이트
1:40:45~1:41:15
This was great but the lightinv wasnt perfect for the purpose of the show
Ok so I watched this for the first time and I read the comments and I think is just disappointed that people mind if the people are the Ruth race or not , for the love of God is just wrong to think that I mean we all are the same , I’m watching a show naw and the the main characters love interest is black and in the comics she was suppose to be white but that doesn’t matter to my or to the others I think because we love haw she plays that role but there are people who hate her just for her skin colour which is wrong . My first language is Romanian that’s the place we’re I was born and were I lived for almost my whole life ... 2 years ago I moved to U.K , it was hard for me at school I spend a whole year alone , no friends because I was from other place but naw i have naw . So stop saying that the cast is wrong or the wrong colour or the wrong race because that doesn’t exists wrong doesn’t exist so for the love of God try to be more understanding about some stuff . That’s my opinion what are you going to do if you disagree, are you going to say bad stuff about me , that I am stupid or other stuff , well let me tell you something you can tell anything you want I don’t mind cause I can say something back or I can just not say anything . And the other thing you can do is if you really have a soul and fell bad about what you write . So am I wrong ?
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No, we are not all the same. We come from different places with different experiences and that's what makes this diverse world of ours amazing. They simply missed the mark with this casting.
How come it’s not the original?
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎
Whos role actor?
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Блять, ребята, сколько лет прошло, почему никто еще субтитры не сделал?((
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What about 40:51?
Voice crack? Or didn’t reach the note lol
@@emmamoscoso9742 both lol
This was so good but Aida sang all her lines so fast and rushed it bothered me lol
I was scrolling through the comments AND ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RACE OF THE ACTORS. Okay, so yeah, none of them are African American. But should that matter? They wonderfully portrayed the characters the way they were meant to be portrayed. I’m going to use an example that I assume most of you will understand. Look at the OBC of Hamilton. If you don’t know, look them up. Guess what... Thomas Jefferson wasn’t African American, and he did not have a Afro. George Washington was not colored, and he was not bald. Why does such a critically acclaimed musical have actors of the “wrong” skin color? Or wrong physical features? Because it is simply not wrong. Good actors get the part. Race is not involved. ESPECIALLY in a high school show! Calm TF down people! Enjoy an amazing production of an amazing show.
hamilton was cast like that on PURPOSE, though, which invalidates you’re argument just a bit
DearestDalya Lin Manuel Miranda has said himself he doesn't care about their ethnicty, gender or anything else as long as the actor cast can efficiently play the part. This piece of information therefore, invalidates your argument.
Yes, the lack of black actors does matter in a show that takes places in Eygpt and when a group of Nubian people were taken to be slaves. I felt the casting and costumes were completely WRONG and should have never seen the light of day.
I agree. Hamilton totally blindly cast and so did this and it's a good thing cause now anyone of any race can play any role
Marshmallows actually it makes it stronger cause this production's casting directors didn't care about ethnicity as long as they could play the part
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nice voices wrong costumes
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jacqueline forbes how do you know that the costumes are wrong
jacqueline forbes and wrong ethnicity
Nathaly you should watch more stuff about ancient Egypt. Like drawings in temples or movies that has ancient Egypt setting.
Slatanlicl worship.
What is wrong with 'written in the star'? Aida & Radames are so quick and have no gracefulness
Y'all defending the casting because it's a "high school production"...it's NOT a high school production. The woman who plays Aida here is Palestinian. This production is also in Scotland. You're not gonna find many actors of color in Scotland. Also, stop saying "African American" when you really just mean black. Africans are not American unless they live in America. Sheesh.
Radames is really good, and as hard as it is to fill a high school drama class, if that's all you have is white kids, then don't let that stop you from doing the show. Acting is all about pretending to be someone you're not. So they are pretending to be Nubians and Ethiopians. My judgement is only-can they sing, can they act, and do the sets and costumes reflect the theme of the show? --Well yes they can sing, they can sort of act, the opening set was creative, the costumes...way off, not sure where those were coming from, but overal this was very good.
the cd version by Elton John is very much better....Go and listen to it....
I thought this was Aida by Giuseppe Verdi...
Did they really have to cast a white girl?
As Aida?
What the heck is so wrong with that
@@edmthecousinstrio6564 she's Ethiopian. So not white :)
I’m saying what’s wrong with her skin color
@@edmthecousinstrio6564 there are few roles written for black ppl and POC in general, so for a role that is rare to be taken by a white person is just history continuing itself. ✨✨
Interesting production. Vocals are decent, though Radames needs to back off on his belt in places, instead of screeching and going way flat. What’s with the chorale reprise of “Written in the Stars?” I don’t like how Amneris is completely visible during “Written in the Stars” as well. In the original Broadway production, Amneris is hiding behind a tree. Once the song is done, there’s a pause in the scene, and she steps out from behind the tree, to the gasps of the audience. It’s more effective.
aida is a wonderful show with wonderful music, but i DO NOT know why theater companies without the right demographic put on shows that need black actors. aida just needs to put put on with a black cast. that’s just a fact. anything else is disrespectful.
beyond that? the first few scenes are just so awfully directed, i could barely watch past the bathing scene. radames is supposed to be snarky, a know-it-all, there’s supposed to be more there than just outright angry and rude. and absolutely not power hungry. the ESSENCE of radames’ character is that he’s NOT power hungry, he wants to see the world, he wants to be FREE
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The lighting was great, too bad it did not expose the poor casting, costumes and sets. I had the pleasure of performing in a 2004 touring production of AIDA and the casting was a COMPLETE mixture of a people with strong voices. I am so tired of whitewashing a show and calling it color-blind casting, yes it is color-blind casting with no color. Clearly, Elton Joh didn't see it, for if he did it would have been shut down.
This is an AMATEUR company from SCOTLAND!!! You try and cast a show where the country's population is only 5M and is predominantly white as in 96% and you aren't paying anyone to come do the show because its not professional. If people of the correct ethnic demographic for the parts dont come to the auditions, theres not a lot you can do when nobodys getting paid to be in it.
While this is great, I do have a hard time with the white washed casting. I find it hard to believe they didn't have 1 black actor they could put in the show.
How TF do you do Aida with an all white cast? Just don't do the sh***!! Chose something else! This is cringe.
Why are you such a racist?!!😨
Aida is african-american............WRONG CASTING
misshunty2013 it's a high school play. you cast the person with the vocal talent.
this is wrong on all levels high school production or not.....do your research!
Excuse you, I have done research. If it was a high scheme PROFESSIONAL play, I would understand the race thing. but if a high school is doing Aida, you do not just get a lead for being the certain ethnicity. you give the part to whomever can sing it. Get your head out of the "she ain't black!" cloud because I can promise you, they didn't specifically cast a white girl just because she was white. her vocals were perfect. Stop complaining, the only way your complaint would be valid here had it been Broadway whitewashing the play.
What a sad person you are.
Goodbye to you and your horrible opinion.
You Mad LOL......YOUR BOTHERED....Get lost you Gutta Rat
If you don't have a blacker cast, DONT DO THE DAMN SHOW. I DONT CARE, I DONT CARE!
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