First of all I want to thank the actor who played Mark for the delivery of his lines. That was fantastic and much more appropriate than anything I've seen before. Now for Michael Levesque who played Collins; all of the choices you made as an actor were absolutely immaculate and all of the choices you made as a singer were completely appropriate. Everything that is Collins' is poured out in that scene and I definitely think nay I KNOW that you emptied out Tom Collins' heart and soul in your performance. I'll Cover You (Reprise) is one of my favorite numbers from any show; I've seen it done dozens of times in vastly different ways, but you moved me and I know for a fact that you moved everyone in that audience. Jonathan Larson and Jesse L Martin would be completely proud of this performance. Bravo.
Okay, I think everyone here knows how good the guy playing Collins was, but I'd like to take a second to point out another smaller, but also amazing performance by the actor playing Mark. His line delivery at the beginning of this video during Angel's eulogy may have been the most emotional delivery of those lines I have ever heard... That long pause, and grief filled voice by Mark's actor from 1:11 to 1:30 almost made me start tearing up. Now THAT is how you deliver those lines!
No I'm not crying! What? its allergies. I swear.OMGGGG!! THAT WAS SO FREAKING GOOD!! I about lost it when angel stood there the whole time until she saw that Collins had all those people there to support him, in a way I took it as he's going to be alright with out me, and was at peace and left. I like died. I'm so done. I need to be I bed I have to wake up in a couple hours. omg
Dude, I got chills all over my body! I mean, damn! You're the second person that made me feel Collin's pain (and I saw/heard lots of versions), the first one was Jesse L. Martin. You're an amazing actor and have an unbelievable voice, congratulations!
I honestly got a kick out of seeing Collins played by a white guy! Haha, I am a big fan of casting against type since pretty much every major production of RENT always cast black actors as Collins, Benny, and Joanne. Hell, give me an Asian or Native American Collins! If they are good at playing the part, thats all I need to hear!
someone needs find a dictionary - horrible it is not. Did I see in a comment this was a college group? So wonderful. Mr. Levesque - please give yourself a hug on our behalf. Mark actor - kudos. And to the director who chose to stage Angel in the background. Thank you all.
i thought "oh geez, a bunch of white kids trying to put the heart and soul into RENT...this is gonna be a train wreck" man alive i was WRONG! WELL DONE!
Or, you know, we can just enjoy a fantastic performance...I mean, I just saw an all female cast of 1776, with a black woman playing John Adams and another black woman playing Benjamin Franklin, so...and that was fantastic, too!
First of all I want to thank the actor who played Mark for the delivery of his lines. That was fantastic and much more appropriate than anything I've seen before. Now for Michael Levesque who played Collins; all of the choices you made as an actor were absolutely immaculate and all of the choices you made as a singer were completely appropriate. Everything that is Collins' is poured out in that scene and I definitely think nay I KNOW that you emptied out Tom Collins' heart and soul in your performance. I'll Cover You (Reprise) is one of my favorite numbers from any show; I've seen it done dozens of times in vastly different ways, but you moved me and I know for a fact that you moved everyone in that audience. Jonathan Larson and Jesse L Martin would be completely proud of this performance. Bravo.
Okay, I think everyone here knows how good the guy playing Collins was, but I'd like to take a second to point out another smaller, but also amazing performance by the actor playing Mark. His line delivery at the beginning of this video during Angel's eulogy may have been the most emotional delivery of those lines I have ever heard... That long pause, and grief filled voice by Mark's actor from 1:11 to 1:30 almost made me start tearing up. Now THAT is how you deliver those lines!
Omygosh is this a college? The acting is so real and has so much emotion. outstanding!
No I'm not crying! What? its allergies. I swear.OMGGGG!! THAT WAS SO FREAKING GOOD!! I about lost it when angel stood there the whole time until she saw that Collins had all those people there to support him, in a way I took it as he's going to be alright with out me, and was at peace and left. I like died. I'm so done. I need to be I bed I have to wake up in a couple hours. omg
Dude, I got chills all over my body! I mean, damn! You're the second person that made me feel Collin's pain (and I saw/heard lots of versions), the first one was Jesse L. Martin. You're an amazing actor and have an unbelievable voice, congratulations!
Undoubtedly the best performance out there. Amazing job, guys. It brought me to tears.
Beautiful!
All I can say is WOW! Angel would be proud. Amazing performance! I’m in tears.
The Collins was phenominal in almost every aspect of this song. The other cast members, however....that's a different story.
Will Stapleton baby , I was waiting on this comment 100% agree 😂
Wow...just...your voice...your delivery...😢😢😢
This was just exquisite.
The choices collins made are brilliant. I love this. Great job.
Fabulous. You got some voice Mr Levesque, very emotional , I felt every word you sang. Thank you.
I didnt expewct to see the actor for Collins as a white peron.
Makes no difference to me. Atill one of the saddest songs in the damn thing
Are there any sadder songs in the play?
Not to me, but other people might thing differently.
I honestly got a kick out of seeing Collins played by a white guy! Haha, I am a big fan of casting against type since pretty much every major production of RENT always cast black actors as Collins, Benny, and Joanne. Hell, give me an Asian or Native American Collins! If they are good at playing the part, thats all I need to hear!
this is absolutely brilliant the best rendition I've seen thus far. I cant stop watching it
Breathtaking...absolutely one of the best versions of my favorite scene from Rent.
Holy shit this gave me goosebumps, the actor playing Collins has so much raw and genuine emotion this is beautiful!
That was absolutely beautiful. This rendition of this song was immaculate. I have literal chills all over my body. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sameee😂😂😂
collins killed it but when they came in with the harmonies they completely ruined it
Omfg I just got all my feels back. Holy crap this was amazing, YES BABY YES!!
Wow! Absolutely amazing vocals! I loved your rendition of I’ll Cover You. Well done!
Stunned. AMAZING
someone needs find a dictionary - horrible it is not. Did I see in a comment this was a college group? So wonderful. Mr. Levesque - please give yourself a hug on our behalf. Mark actor - kudos. And to the director who chose to stage Angel in the background. Thank you all.
4:11 dang why you yelling at him lol
i thought "oh geez, a bunch of white kids trying to put the heart and soul into RENT...this is gonna be a train wreck" man alive i was WRONG! WELL DONE!
This is the best performance of this song I've ever seen
Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow - one of the best versions I have seen of this song. Great stuff and very touching
Since the original cast recording isn't on TH-cam, this is by far the best version of this song on TH-cam
Goosebumps, every time.
Oh my goodness. COLD CHILLS!!!!🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
This is one of the best versions I've seen. You sing it so real and emotional. I love it.
So raw and powerful.
wow so raw and real
i cried like a baby
WOW!
Amazing job
who the hell doesn't like this videoo?? amazing !!!
Best one I’ve seen yet
BRAVO!
Why were Joann, Mimi (I'm assuming), and Benny (again assuming) screaming at Collins tho?? 😂😂
Does anyone know what production of Rent this? I can't find it anywhere.
This is moving
Dear god, Collins.
I felt your emotion in this song! You have such an amazing voice and you pulled off a very tough song, extremely well! Keep singing :D
wow!!!! terrific job
He is the only one I have seen that matches the original Collins that I looooveeeddd to hear so much. Everyone else......
angels reactions I’m screaming
😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wow.
SING FOOL! SIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
RENT: Dayton, OH
Um...Uh...But...Holy...WOW! THAT WAS AWESOME!
Yasss
This is the best version of this song I have ever heard. In my opinion it beats the Broadway live version
At first I was like white dude? But he can hit the notes. I mean they should make Roger be a POC sometime then.
One of the understudies for roger on the 25th anniversary tour is black and one of the understudies for mark and roger is Latino.
He should really go for it.
Woah
What country is this? 🇺🇸?
Why have the guy stand behind a big table?
well done....a tad bit over the top Tom Collins, but overall a very good performance
Sing white boy, sing!
I'm biased since I was the Music Director, but nowhere near a train wreck...
This cast did great but this is the whitest rent cast I’ve ever seen 😂
Didn’t really work
This is horrible 😐
NO, NO, NO - There is only one Collins and that's Jesse L Martin - this is not a good imitation - but I love this song so I still listened
Great way to white wash a conceptually diverse cast. This is a Nope.
Or, you know, we can just enjoy a fantastic performance...I mean, I just saw an all female cast of 1776, with a black woman playing John Adams and another black woman playing Benjamin Franklin, so...and that was fantastic, too!
There's nothing in the script that says Collins is black