Could I Leave You - Donna Murphy (Sondheim's 80th)
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Does anyone else come back to this performance regularly?
Me lol
me
All the time!!!
yeeee
Frequently!!
The fact that she starts the song still in her chair…diva!
She knows how to pace a song and gives room to build it. Great performance here!
I was thinking that same thing!
That “GUESS” always makes me start levitating.
Best version of the sing ever, she captures the sneer in her voice and the acid. Patti Lupone's face says it all.
My fav version
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You could say her jokes with a sneer worked!
I agree totally!😀
Can we talk about how Donna totally blacks OUT when she sings this? That stumble at the end when she's kind of snapping out of it. ACTING. She is truly one of the greats.
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Absolutely!...... Donna becomes possessed by the spirit of an abused woman when she sings this song.
The sarcasm she puts into “everyday at five” is magic
Who’s Donna?
She owns the stage. This song needs attitude, emotion, and charisma. Donna Murphy delivers it all. 🔥🔥🔥
Agreed!
Patti Lupone's face while watching this is priceless. She is totally swept up.
Kudos Donna!
Patti is so into the performance that she's mirroring emotion, leave her be folks! I do the exact same thing when I'm really into someone's performance.
Hamlettell same
Yup, pretty sure that was what was happening.
I think she's frightened about how into this Donna is almost as if to say "is she alright?"
2:58 Patti
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What I love about this performance is how controlled Murphy is throughout. You can feel the anger, betrayal, and acid lurking just behind her words as she masks what she’s feeling with sarcasm and jokes...and then, her emotions reach a horrifying boiling point on “WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE!” Note how quickly the laughter stops at that moment-everyone’s shocked as the mask falls with a thud, and we see just how much pain this woman is in. Murphy is a true pro-moving from emotion to emotion with perfect control, and taking the whole audience along for the ride. Bravo to a comic and Broadway genius! :D
Yes, and the priceless look from Patti LuPone behind Donna says it all.
Wow, I finally understand the significance of that line - thank you so much!
What Christian Krenek said !!
So true! Donna literally becomes possessed during the course of this song. The transformation is chilling..... but oh so revealing and entertaining. 😁👍
Rewatching after reading this comment was so spectacular. You broke this down in such a technical way it’s so beautiful when art can be so plainly explained and yet so emotional or even more emotional after a purely technical analysis
My favorite thing about this entire production is the clear respect and reverence all of these women have for each other. The way they watch and get so lost in each other's performances is so true and heartfelt. They recognize that everyone of them is at the top of their game and at one point or another was a muse for the great Sondheim. It's inspiring to see them all truly be so invested and supportive of each other during their solo performances.
So right!
I love her severely sarcastic interpretation of this song.
2 years later and I still come back
Sarcasm.. This is actually the soul of the song...
I agree you're
Fabulously wonderful 👏 ❤ 💖 ♥ 💕
It's a severely sarcastic song, that's kind of the point.
Patti is a bigger fangirl then all of us. It is known ... also am i the only who is watching Elaine giggle at the beginning
Lupa Selene I LOVE Elaine's giggle!
Didn't realize this woman played mother gothel until I heard her voice! Shes wickedly talented!
Perfect interpretation! That's why people say that Sondheim's songs were always for actors who can sing and not singers who can act
Like Angela Lansbury as rose they said she can sing but they wanted her to act the part and Sondheim and Julie style were blown away
I LOVE this performance. Yes, there's the sarcasm, the rage at the ossification of the relationship. But also tenderness, regret, the knowledge that love is still there - after all that time - and that is why she can't leave. The way she shapes this vocally and physically is off the charts. As others have pointed out - there's a complete identification with the character, which is riveting and moving.
pawdaw love your comment here. It’s a song of a woman caught in between all the reasons to leave her husband yet still optimistic and loyal to the image of her in love with him. That’s why in the ending of the song - it can go either way. There’s still a shred of her that wants to stay yet despite it all inches closer to leaving eventually.
One thing you need to take into serious consideration is the fact that the original stage version of this song ends in total disgust and hatred (interpreted by Donna) so I'd recommend you watch that and then come back to your comment... I assure you, you will find the need to make some changes...
That said, this particular version, this interpretation by Donna herself is an absolute masterpiece in every single aspect. I have watched it on repeat over 50 times already, and I keep coming back to it, time and time again.... it is a riveting performance, one that sets up a VERY, EXTREMELY high bar for anyone to follow... I am totally in love with Donna in this performance...
So many layers and she damn it she captures them all.
It's like hearing all the colors of the rainbow and even more.
@@gustavotozzo But in the end they stay together, and Ben tells Phyllis how much he admires her. So there is tenderness and rage in this song, but also the realisation that this is her life, and that she accepts it, flaws and all.
She ate this song ALIVE
Honestly, has anyone ever sung that song better? Every inflection is amazing.
Even her hairograhpy was on point 🙌🏽😭
Do we all keep coming back for this spectacular performance? GUESS!!!!
Elaine excitedly tapping her heels at the end because she didn't have the strength to clap was so adorable
How I wish somebody would animate Mother Gothel singing this =)
no now all I can see is mother gothel singing this lol
They did kinda base Mother Gothel's features on her, so it almost is
@@Kasino80 If that's true I definitely see it. The emphasis she has on certain words and inflections, and the tone of voice is strikingly similar.
She played Mother Gothel :)
@@snikrdoodls14 well she is mother gothel
Sweetheart i have to con-fffeeeeeeesssssSSS!
...
mother.knows.best.
I had NO CLUE of Donna Murphy's singing ability until I heard her sing in the Disney movie, "Tangled." OMG!! These actress and actors that are superb singers BLOW. ME. AWAY!!! I had respect for them for their acting performances, but the Ultimate Respect, and almost Pride, that I feel when I hear them sing. (I felt the same way when I heard Meryl Streep sing in "Death Becomes Her." Again... O.M.G!!!)
Patti LuPone's singing is so extraordinary, that you are riveted completely when she sings. Patti classifies herself as an "Actress who can sing." Meryl Streep made a comment in an interview once that I'm paraphrasing here... "All gifted actors and actresses can sing well" Such a modest thing to say in response to an interviewers comment about how great a singing voice she has. Meryl Streep is one of the most modest and down-to-earth actress there is... especially considering "Who" she is!
GUUURL I CACKLEDT
I'd love to see a youtube poop with this one
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My favourite part is "could I live through the pain on a terrace in spain, would it pass"
*blank look into space* It would pass
I've watched this a bunch of times and have only recently noticed at 0:59 how you can see Elaine Stritch having such a fabulous time watching Donna sing... She cracks this huge smile after "How could I survive?" as though it's the first time she's ever heard that line and it's the funniest thing ever.
Elaine Stritch was one hell of a tough cookie to please so getting her to smile at your performance is a better homage than getting a Tony.
Sigh. Come on ppl. If you look at Patti's face before that moment, she's smiling. She's entranced by Donna's performance and doesn't mask how the emotions affect her.
They actlike she was jealous
She really should've been The Witch in the Into The Woods film. I mean, I love Meryl, I thought she was great (and yes, I do love the original with Bernadette), but man Donna Murphy would've been perfect!!
Jes OOOOHHHHHHHHH that would have been divine...
Jes I'm guessing they didn't because she played Mother Gothel. Probably felt it was too similar.
Jes Lightning She was the witch on broadway at a time
Meryl was great and I doubt Murphy's acting would have been comparable. And most of the universe would not go see Murphy so all worked out for the best.
@@janusyubi8736 Central Park, not Broadway.
was fortunate to have been there - stupendous all the way around
The look on Audra and Patti's faces at the climax of the song says every bit of it. The joy and trepidation as they watch Donna unravel is amazing
the control this woman has of her voice my god
this performance alone deserves a tony...
Definitive performance. This should be in EVERY theatre education.
This was shocking to watch. What an amazing performance, mesmerizing in every single possible way.
Tbh, the 20 seconds of applause wasnt enough lol.
This is literally one of the best preformences i think ive ever seen.
I MEAN LOOK AT MRS LAPONE HERSELF 😂
i knew i loved mother gothel for a reason. this lady is a theater vet!
Everybody is talking about Patti's face and I can't help but laugh at the fact that they've been rehearsing this and would have seen her sing this, but she's still so good that everybody is watching almost like they've never seen it. I love it so much
Leave you? Leave you?
How could I leave you?
How could I go it alone?
Could I wave the years away
With a quick goodbye?
How do you wipe tears away
When your eyes are dry?
Sweetheart, lover, could I recover?
Give up the joys I have known?
Not to fetch your pills again every day at five
Not to give those dinners for ten elderly men from the UN
How could I survive?
Could I leave you?
And your shelves of the world's best books
And the evenings of martyred looks, cryptic sighs
Sullen glares from those injured eyes?
Leave the quips with a sting, jokes with a sneer
Passionless lovemaking once a year?
Leave the lies ill-concealed and the wounds never healed
And the game's not worth winning
And wait, I'm just beginning
What, leave you, leave you?
How could I leave you?
What would I do on my own?
Putting thoughts of you aside
In the south of France
Would I think of suicide?
Darling, shall we dance?
Could I live through the pain
On a terrace in Spain?
Would it pass?
It would pass
Could I bury my rage with a boy half your age
In the grass?
Bet your ass
But I've done that already or didn't you know, love?
Tell me, how could I leave when I left long ago, love?
Could I leave you? No, the point is, could you leave me?
Well, I guess you could leave me the house
Leave me the flat
Leave me the Braques and Chagalls
And all that
You could leave me the stocks for sentiment's sake
And ninety percent of the money you make
And the rugs and the cooks
Darling, you keep the drugs
Angel, you keep the books
Honey, I'll take the grand
Sugar, you keep the spinet
And all of our friends and
Just wait a goddamn minute
Oh, leave you? Leave you? How could I leave you?
Sweetheart, I have to confess, could I leave you?Yes
Will I leave you? Will I leave you? Guess!
I love her version of this song; it's a perfect blend of beautiful vocals and on point comic timing.
Patti Lupones face at 2:57. She’s having the time of her life watching this. Completely swept up in the performance.
I love how she acted this ... it was comedic and scathing at the same time. It's perfect. Her tone, emphasis, and enunciation on certain phrases and words makes it so good. I wish there was a studio recording.
Magnificent ! Best version I have heard of this amazing Sondheim classic. The way she states the final word "guess" changes it from uncertain to definitive . Go find that boy in the grass !!! You have earned him !
I can't get enough of this performance! It's perfection! And by the way, Donna would be the perfect Mother Gothel if there will ever be a live version of Tangled.
She is the voice of mother gothel😹
She is so Brilliant and Captivating!! Wonderful Actress!!! Wonderful Singer!!! Such a Powerful Performance on her part!! The Beautiful, Donna Murphy !!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩😆😆😆😆👍👍👍👍
Patti Lupone's face behind her is priceless
I am extremely confident that I have watched this at least 100 times. And it somehow gets better every time. Donna, you are a wonder.
This is the first time that I have seen and heard Donna Murphy perform this number and I am absolutely overwhelmed - Miss Murphy YOU ARE IT !!!!!!!
Murphy is a testament to an older ideal of Broadway talent, where certain vocal idiosyncrasies (her pitchiness is sometimes, to those with a precise ear, a touch distracting) don't matter when the acting talent is absolutely magnificent (I'm personally prejudiced but no one should ever bother trying to play Fosca in 'Passion' again - how could you transcend what she did?). Bravo.
I saw Judy Kuhn & she was pretty damn good.
There are certain songs that, through iconic interpretations, become legally and officially the property of certain performers in perpetuity. Examples off the top of my head are Jenn Colella's "Me and the Sky", Shoshana Bean's "She Used to be Mine," and Carl Anderson's "Superstar." This is one of those times. Donna's interpretation of this song is a masterclass, and as good as everyone else is, this cannot be topped.
@@stormbobi disagree. i never thought i would like another version more but katrina lenk's inspires me now, so vicious and i love how she throws it away, it's thrilling in a different way to murphy's here but it affects me more. you're right though in terms of public appraisal. i say make it new!!! something i learned from sondheim before i found it said by ezra pound
She's the stunning, and I am one of the stunned.
Right there with you!
she can make you feel every instrument in that lush, grand orchestra, it is intoxicating. paul gemignani is wicked too. this has been one of my favorite performances for years and it still holds up, she is one of the all-time great masters of this style of musical theatre
This is the best performance of this classic. Hands down.
3:01 is me watching people perform Sondheim without suffocating
Absolutely brilliant performance, thank you!
Donna Murphy is underrated.
I come back and watch this often….so gorgeous. The best In Memorium… ❤
i really love that she started this seated then proceeded to use the entire stage and just kill it!
WHAT THE FCK!!????😲 THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! this woman is so amazing😭
3:12 is icing on the cake, her voice is heavenly.
I love seeing Donna in this great performance. We were classmates and fellow violinists in middle school before her family moved to MA. In high school, our librarian was “Mr. Lupone” - Patti’s brother. So twitching this is a real walk down memory lane for me. So many great talents.
This is one of the best performances that we have on video. It is a true theatre treasure by one of the greatest actors of our time. It is so specific and detailed, so organic, and truthful. A sensational performance of a masterpiece of a song 🤍
Donna's rendition is without doubt a phenomenon !!
I'm hearing so much Last Midnight in the accompaniment, and knowing she played the Witch in Into The Woods just makes that feel appropriate somehow.
I’ve been coming here daily for about a week to watch. Love it.
yeah, me too.
This is frigging brilliant. Brilliant.
Her performance here and in Wonderful Town were earth shattering to me. Beyond perfection!
Definitely!! Phenomenal!
I don't know if that was planned, but that strand of hair falling at the end was PERFECT! Murphy. Legendary Broadway diva among all those others on stage with her.
We put on Follies at Tufts University soon after the original production closed on Broadway in 1972. I was a freshman, just helping with costumes and backstage, but the upper-class kids (I call them kids now!) probably had seen it when it previewed in Boston. I remember that Sondheim sent us a telegram wishing us luck on our opening night. I've always loved this musical and the amazing songs--having been involved with it as an 18-year-old, and seeing it once 20 years later, I could appreciate the youthful as well as the older point of view. "Could I Leave You?" was always a fabulous number, but we were too young to really comprehend the bitterness of a painful marriage. What an amazing performance this is. I can't believe I'm just seeing this for the first time. Brava, Ms. Murphy!
Patti is doing the exact same thing my mom does when she watches someone act. Just gets super into it
My God. This performance brought me to tears.
Me, too.
I was bedazzled with her performance in Tangled and had to look her up. She is phenomenal
I have seen so many performances of this song but none touches Ms. Murphy.... definitive. Mr. Sondheim must have been so pleased...
First time I heard this song, I was blown away. But Donna Murphy easily surpasses all previous performances. Amazing!!!
The depth imbued into this performance by Donna Murphy is an anthological one, whichever way one might slice it. The level of sarcasm, of total contempt that DM demonstrates from beginning to end, the cynicism, acidity, total disgust for her husband is so blatant, so believable that it actually sent shivers down my spine. The build-up from sitting to her very last head-throw and final intake of breath is truly history making. I will never be able to watch this song in the same way, ever again. DM has set such a tremendously high hurdle that I believe it would be virtually impossible to even come close to it. Chapeaux!
What a consummate ARTIST she is. Without a doubt, Sondheim seated in the audience (knowing his punctiliousness for detail) must have felt very impressed and proud of what DM did on stage...
I'm in love with her ARTISTRY!
Just saw her in Star Trek and was mesmerized. Had to find out who she is (Norwegians don't know) and found this. I'm gob smacked! Spontaneously shouted "Dayum!" at the end. I can't even. The only thing I love more than Star Trek is musical theater (I'm strange). This was perfect!
Trek and theatre are the best
Her voice _perfectly_ suits this character.
wow wow wow! a whole show in a matter of minutes, brilliant! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I'm so enchanted by this performance
RIP, you incomparable genius.
She's not dead...?
@@seansilence2697 No indeed, thank heavens :) That was for Mr Sondheim.
Elaine laughing at the line "Not to give those dinners for ten, elderly men, from the U.N.--- How could I survive?" GIVES ME LIFE at 58:00
This is the first time I ever heard this song and I'm just in awe. The lyrics are hilarious, the mucis is beautiful and the wonderful sarcatic performace is perfect!!
I think I watch this video at least once a day.
I felt something special the moment I saw Donna on Star Trek - The Next Generation.
Yes yes yes
Absolutely savage! A great testament to Murphy's talent for bringing nuance, self-deprecation, and grit to her characters (her Dolly Levi was one of the most well-thought out performances of an otherwise hammy role).
Magnificent woman. Magnificent voice. An actor who can sing. Breathtaking!
I am addicted to this.
Lest we forget...Patti turned down the role of "Fosca" in "Passion", a role which Murphy went on to author so precisely that, in my humble opinion, it should regarded as one of a handful of iconic Broadway performances. Murphy herself is such an underrated talent: I can't believe she doesn't work more or isn't known more than she is. Don't get me wrong: I really like Patti LuPone, but I wonder to this day if she has/had the acting chops to bring to Fosca what Murphy did.
I really don't understand why she isn't more widely known. Obviously, she's had a career most people could only dream of. But she's just as or more talented as any great on that stage but arguably the least well known.
I know right, she is super underrated ! I'm so grateful for TH-cam, it has exposed me to so many wonderful performers. I watch this particular performance all the time.
Agreed. I have long since been a fan of musicals, but since I can't afford to fly out to Broadway every season, I have had to stick with video recordings, which sadly has meant I've missed Patti LuPone and Donna Murphy (and a LOT of other great talent) growing up. But thanks to youtube I can enjoy their wonderful performances!
Patti and Donna are completely different actresses. Completely, utterly and absolutely. Donna would never be such a marvelous Evita, she lacks the frantic energy Patti has; on the other hand, Patti was significantly worse as Fosca, she doesn't have such a power of fragility. They are both Broadway icons and they are both amazingly talented.
Perfection. Even Patti is in disbelief.
3:11 best part of the song. the note on 'you' is serenity
Love Donna's version of "Could I Leave You".
A superb performance - the best I have ever heard for this song. I was absorbed with the story, and outstanding vocals.
A master class in performance. From subtle and casual sitting to full on diva. Learn
I'm sorry but this is the best performance of all 6 from the night.
Coonalisa I agree! It’s full of suspense and humor!
Coonalisa and that’s saying a lot!
Agreed, I just listened to Patti and Peters and they both had some severe miss steps in their performances.
Kasino80 I thought Bernadette Peters was amazing. I’m not a fan of Patti’s rendition of that song though
Holy shit I forgot I commented this XD
oh my god i just realized where i know her voice from, Donna plays mother gothel in Tangled.
Sondheim brilliant.
Donna Murphy is one my favourite Broadway actresses! She's an absolute goddess!!
I love how they all are supporting and admiring one another.
My favourite version of this song.
It never gets old. Aren’t we lucky to watch?
Back again after learning of Sondheim's passing. Thank you, sir, for the music.
The anthem of every ignored or scorned woman -- both at home or on the job. Donna can channel seething rage better than any singer I can think of.
I love how it got the ladies in the back at the end of their chairs
She is amazing! She gave us a whole show. Her acting is splendid, I believed every word.