Send In the Clowns - Glenn Close
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Glenn Close sings a touching version of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" from his 1973 musical "A Little Night Music."
Available on the highly recommended 1993 DVD "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall". View excerpts easily at www.thebestarts...
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I saw her walking down Broadway, dressed like a moviestar walking her two little toy dogs. You don't speak to them when you see them but it's something you never forget. Glen Close is an arts icon.
The most underrated actor in Hollywood.
Glenn Close is one of the all time greats. So incredibly talented and in my opinion, underrated. There’s something very regal about her as a person. She’s legendary
She deserves an Oscar just for beeing Glenn Close :D
EXACTLY
Annikens Kitchen she’s about to get one finally.
Yes ... 💙💙💙💙
An honorary one perhaps
True....And knowing she can sing. Why not a Tony award??? Wth
this woman here....pure art.
I hate the Oscars for not giving you what you deserve Glenn!
How criminal is it that this wonderful lady has had 6 Oscar nominations, never won but Gwyneth Paltrow has?!
+puckfig73 OKAAAAAAAAAAY??????????
Another great mystery of life!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you, it ain't over yet ...... Judi Dench waited years for the Americans to notice her!!!
it's also criminal tha Meryl Streep is getting all the musical parts. as wonderful as Meryl is, I think Glenn would have been phenomenal in Into the Woods
I am a HUGE Meryl Streep fan. like a huge huge fan...but honestly I never even thought of Glenn playing the witch and I would have loved to see that....I would love to See Glenn in a movie musical soon.
well, good actress/actor never complained about not winning a trophy. look back to old stars who never won but the names are immortal. there are (many) oscar winners that we hardly remember. do something to win is just not right. just do something best no matter what the outcomes.
Wow - I never knew Glenn Close could sing - and so beautifully. She really *is* Desiree in this performance - haughty, painfully and ironically self-aware, too self-controlled to cry, and almost amused by her own foolishness, yet aching on the inside. She ends with a glimmer of hope. She really lives this performance. Bravo.
Glenn is a fantastic actor and singer! She nailed this one just right!
She was fabulous in SUNSET BLVD BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
And a Bravo to Leslie for her perfect review of Close's performance.
Greetings from barbados 🇧🇧, I concur.
Go listen to her in Sunset Boulevard!! Her “As If We Never Said Goodbye” is my favorite rendition of the song!
This lady should always be included when discussing the best of the best. It shouldn't always be the Meryl Streep show. Glenn Close IS the absolute best. Love her so talented, so multi faceted.
Meryl VS Glenn
I am for Glenn Close hands down...
Tracy Parker Glenn and Meryl offer very different strengths as actresses, but they are both phenomenal legends. They are the Liz Taylor’s of our generation!
Streep is monumentally EGO-CENTRIC & GROTESLESLY OVER-RATED. STREEP IS A VILE FRAUD!! I am sick to DEATH of Streep and her smug arrogance.
Dewey Mee Whoa there, it’s almost as though you know her personally? Which, in that case, I want to know more!
@@rickyricardo113 First of all, both Streep and Close are very close friends and have been for forty years. They even appeared together in "House of the Spirits" and won critical acclaim. Close has always been considered the premiere STAGE actress, while Streep gave up theater very early to focus on film. Both are so great and possess talents so overwhelming that their careers are the envy of all American actresses.
Glenn Close is most probably the best actress of all time.
Think about it. This is the same woman who perfected her roles in Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, and 101 Dalmatians... but she can do this. Sing a song to perfection, and make us go somewhere we never thought possible. Glenn close is a true iconic actress AND singer. The best ever. Love her.
This is not "ordinary actors' singing". This is breath control, this is knowledge. Congtas, Madame GC
I can't believe how wonderful Glenn Close is at singing this, she sings it with such emotion
Tips tricks and men clowns
Latitude in clarity astounding…! SEND IN THE THE ECHOING LYRICS…!
Wonderful voice, Glenn Close sings with such emotion 🎬🎼🤩❣️
This was beautifully done. She didn't oversing it and her voice complimented it amazingly. It was so touching. Amazing woman.
Thisssong makes me cru every time.
both Judi Dench and Glenn Close sing this song as it was meant to be sung - great actresses. Beautiful.
i love glenn close but think this was her worst performance. judi dench knocks it out of the park though
Watch the original. British actress Glynis Johns. Sondheim wrote it for her th-cam.com/video/OAl-EawVobY/w-d-xo.html
@@DavidHassell2004 He didn't write it for her. She happened to sing this song first though.
Actually, I think Glenn Close is the only one of the 3 who can sing. Having said that, I’ve seen all of the performances and all of them are magnificent in their own way. However Judy
@@chrislandis6873 worst how? This is the kind of song that sounds best with an actor, more than a pure singer in my opinion.
Very surprised that she can sing so well. She really is a super star.
Stephen Austin Oh yes, she's great. She can sing and act really good!
WORD!!
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Not to mention she was a K O in the day.
+Stephen Austin ........was she?
....great actress though.
so was I. But what a voice!
Superb. One of the most talented actresses.
Despite she had never won Oscar, audience choise already awarded her multiple times.
This is by far the absolute best rendition - out of many - of this timeless classic. I’m a retired music teacher and musician and, in my opinion, she embodies the song, although Sondheim wrote it specifically for Glynis Johns. THIS version brought me to tears. Bravo Glenn Close!
Just a short while ago I read about the passing of Glynis Jones for whom this song was composed. Then I came across Judy Dench’s rendition of the same song during a London stage performance: I had teary eyes. And then Glenn Close: what a powerful, perhaps a bit too upbeat, interpretation of this timeless song! What a wonderful start to a day. Rest In Peace Glynis Johns!
I love this one, and also Judi Dench's. Of course, Barbra's can't be forgotten.
Absolutely.
Judi Dench acts this as it should be
Glenn Close is greatness personified.
God, this performance is a Masterclass. Chills. What skill, and nuance, and intelligence, and pathos....the self-deprecating bitter irony, nailed it totally. Glorious.
I had no idea about this side of Glenn Close. Bravo.
Oh I did. I became aware of Glenn Close magnificent singing ability ability when she made a movie with the actor Mandy Patinkin I believe in 1985 the movie called "MAXIE" and in the movie Glenn Close sing a wonderful rendition of the song of the "Bye Bye Blackbird". And the movie is all out fun and captivating and I highly suggest you watch it or Google it.❤
Splendid, as an actress, and as one discovers, also a sensitive singer.
Check out her 2 famous songs from Sunset Boulevard. Amazing!
She's amazing in Sunset Blvd by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Glenn Close is a great, underrated actress. And now I see, a good singer with a very strong voice, fits her personality.
Any actress who's won THREE Tony Awards and FOUR Emmy Awards can hardly be considered "underrated". Close has had a career on the stage and in the movies that is second to none. Meryl Streep is a great friend and admirer of hers and is one of her biggest fans and supporters.
Underrated lol it's Glenn fucking Close, she is sufficiently rated
One of the best renditions ever of this magnificent song.
+JON D. ELDER YUP! I have to agree with you. Even though she is not a big belter, she GETS the meaning of this song. She does more for the song with her facial expressions and hand gesture than a big voiced singer could do by holding notes for a long time.
Figlio gets it.
JON D. ELDER yosinti
Agreed, but those of Judy Collins and Barbara Streisand are also good
@@d.g.164 She knows how to use her acting skills to make the song much better! I loved her version!
I love listening to this often. Love the song and Glenn Close.
Do you believe how beautiful she is? She just gets more gorgeous with time. Love this rendition. Great actress.
It's not just her singing voice, it's that she sings it as if she is talking to him, with such resigned regret, if that is the right term. She really acts the song. What a wonderful job!
Someone please explain to me how one human being can be so gorgeous and talented at the same time.
Just an ANGEL
Seriously talented and amazing. But yeah....the beauty... she was about 46?? here and her skin was still flawless.
@@gloriajacobs756 absolutely!
There truly are just s many great ones!
I had no idea Glenn Close could sing like this. Breathtaking!
Great rendition. She and Judi Dench convey the irony of this song perfectly. Love her low-pitched voice.
Agreed. They sign the best versions. Dench is one but Glenn is a close second.
Missing the point.
An Oscar class actor with a voice I would give my right arm for.
This is a purists performance.
Note perfect, thoughtful and sublimely sung.
I think she would be a great Desiree now if they remade the movie. What do you think?
Glenn Close is the most talented actress of her generation.
Isn't it amazing when people surprise you with such beautiful singing?
This is a superb and my favourite rendition of this poignant song. Glenn Close inhabits the song, she fully understands its tone of resignation and as an actress she conveys the role of the character from A Little Night Music. This stands streets above the awful Frank Sinatra version (the man had obviously not seen A Little Night Music as he says its about a couple who have been together for years but are breaking up...) and indeed I think the Julie Christie version has none of the steel here. I need hardly mention that stunning gown she was wearing. This whole tribute concert to Stephen Sondheim was a mark of how esteemed and cherished this genius of musical theatre was. He wrote to me some kind words in his usual self-deprecating style after I had written to express my gratitude for all he had done. That letter is one of my treasure possessions.
This is the best performance of this song. Glenn Close is absolutely amazing.
I think so too
I agree Close is superb in this song. But so too are Vaughan, McRae, Lee, Burnett, Dench, Laine and some others. I find it so hard to say which I love most - let alone which is the best. Vaughan stuns me the most (in the version where she sings part of the song a capella); Lee moves me the most.
I think SONDHIEM might call it a tie.remember he wrote it for Glynnis..he said he needed an actress who could sing a little.not the other way around.
That's how one emotes. I felt it in the orchestra, and I feel it in her voice. Marvelous.
I thought that Dame Judi Dench's version was the unbeatable perfection. I have never, EVER imagined Glenn Close had such a beautiful, powerful singing voice... left me speechless.
Wonderfully acted, and she really has a fine voice. I'm always fascinated to see different interpretations of this song. Hers is sort of bittersweet. As if she's disappointed by what has happened, but not surprised. She comes across as one who looks at life with a sad, wise smile.
R.D. Dragon Another interpretation of this song is one of resolute bitterness and anger. It's a song that can be performed in myriad different ways.
I think her version is the best.
She doesn,t need an Oskar. She,s already great !!
You gave such an accurate description of this amazing Lady!❤️🌹🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸
Glenn Close is a member of the Very Elite classically trained Stage Artists. And for that I love her even more.
"Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here.."
Goosebumps. I mean, that line has so much impact in me. That the singer realized that, all this time, they are the clowns.
Country Cowboys like Broadway musicals? Awesome.
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You wouldn’t get it...
@@johncitizen9540 hahaha yeah why? I’m also bisexual so not so much of that stereotypical cowboy, eh?
@@skotthall4090 I did lmao
A very strong, clear voice sung with great feeling! I had the pleasure of seeing and hearing the incomparable great Glenn Close performing in the hit Broadway show, "Barnum" in the early 1980s before she became the legend she is today! Another great Broadway show that should be performed more than it has been with gorgeous lyrical songs says this lifelong pianist and composer of an American folk opera which has been performed in public in New England. I have a quote to paraphrase the late great Sondheim, '''creating art is easy, it's financing it that's hard"! So true!
Thanks BestArtsSondeim!
extraordinary performance.
Glenn Close has won so many other awards (forget the Oscars - their political and phony).
Who will ever forget her in "Fatal Attraction". "The Jagged Edge", Albert Nobbs", "Dangerous Liaisons", "The Wife", "The Big Chill", "Paradise Road", and "Meeting Venus"?????? Won THREE Tony's on Broadway )"Sunset Boulevard", "Death and the Maiden" (I forgot the third one), and several Emmy Awards, (one for "The Lion in Winter", one for "Serving in Silence"),
etc. She's among the "greats" without the stupid Oscar. Shame on the Academy!
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU MY FRIEND !!!
IN THIS TODAY TRAGIC WORLD OF BUSINESS ANOTHER PRECIOUS AND FULL INTIMATE MISS GLENN CLOSE THERE WILL NEVER EXIST AGAIN !!!
IT'S UNDISPUTED UNIQUE !!!
Greetings from Manila. After 2 years, I glad to watch and hear this song again. Ms. Glenn Close, how good you are to open and close memories, sweet or bitter. Bravo. Great. May God bless you.
This is the greatest rendition of this wonderful song. I have listened to them all several times.
What a consummate actress! She was marvelous in the play “ Sunset Boulevard”. What passion and energy she puts in her performances!! 🥰👍☺️
I am so happy that I found this video! Both Glenn and the song is all of my childhood🥹🥹 I grew up listening to Glenn’s voice (She did the audio book for Sarah, Plain and Tall series and it is one of my favorites) and I really loved her voice.
My favorite part of this is that while she obviously songs it perfectly, the really unique thing is you can see in her delivery/acting the bitterness and sadness that makes this song so gorgeous
3 Golden Globes, 3 Emmys. 3 Tonys and 8 Oscar Nominations plus countless other Awatdsa and Accolades plus Iconic roles in more genres than you can poke a stick at GOD BLESS GLENN CLOSE xx
Incredible! Anyone else revisiting this as this year awards season heats up? Love Glenn! One of the best, ever!
I'm visiting here after her heartbreaking loss
She is a true performer in every sense, she sold that song with perfection. There is nothing fake about this woman.
Fabulous. She is just brilliant at whatever she does. Thanks for posting this.
I remember the first time I came across this video -- It was about two years ago. Ever since then, I've never gotten over how perfect Glenn's performance of the song is. She looks so paralyzed by disappointment and hurt that all she can do is cover it up with a smile.
Some women who sing this song just cry to prove to the audience that they're "such good actresses" that they can cry on demand, but Glenn shows us nothing but the truth.
This is one of my favorite performances of this song. It still makes my eyes water within moments - and keeps those emotions stirring until the end.
Many singers (male and female) have sung this song.
This version was a great pleasant surprise for me!
I didn't know it...Glenn Close is amazing!
Great among the greatest singers. Bravo Ms. Glenn Close. You make the people happy!
I love that is so simple and so small but more captivating than any big dance number or belting diva could ever be. Its beautiful, just beautiful.
I admire her for such a long time al ready what a special lady outstanding actress and person
What joy to listen to the beautifully articulated words.
Absolutely stunning. One of the most genuine songs written for the industry and no one better to sing it. Brilliant!
what can't you do, ms. close?? i've admired you since fatal attraction in the 80's but my, this is a surprise!! i've more respect for you now, bravo!!!
from a fan from the philippines
I love her voice when she speaks and when she sings :)
I feel she meant every single word as if she was the one in that mind shattering situation.
I can hear bitterness , irony and acceptance at the same time even though I'm not an English user. She's truly one of the finest actresses.
And thanks for the uploading.
It is THIS performance that had brought me finally to the stage in which i understood the song completely! Thank you Glenn Close for your outstanding performance!
The look on her face at the end as the spotlight dims out just breaks my heart and makes me cry like a baby. Such a beautiful touching yet sad rendition. Great job, Miss Close!
Wonderful woman, and a lovely voice. This is a beautiful song, about a dissolving relationship between two lovers.
Meryl Streep is a lovely singer too.
🎼❤️🙏🎼
My first time for this version ..I also love the way she sing
Such a great actress... didn't know she can also sing! Wow! So lovely to see this! ♥️🌹
A beautiful song beautifully rendered. Her rendition is so simple that she lets the song do the work the song is intended to do.
Her rendition seems simple but only because of her incredible talent. Few if any others can match the perfection of this performance. She almost makes it look easy. But that's the work of a consummate talent. Brilliant!
@@thebigz3909 The triumph of the true artist is to make it look easy!
I had no idea she could sing; her voice is as rich, husky, faceted and unexpected as she is. This is my new favorite rendition of this song. I want to hear more from her.
Ms. Close..such perfect tone..the emotion from the heart.
By far the best performance of this song of any artist. Thank you!
i love her dark voice
It will never cease to amaze me the wonerful voice this great Glen Close has !!!
yes, sarah just sings it.
Glenn means every single word.
and she took time to read how Sondheim wanted it sung.
try listening with your fanboy ears switched off.
Absolutely fantastic.
Glenn is the consumate performer.
Emotion and perfection in one song.
Without doubt, the best ever performance of this song.
An absolute surprise and delight!!
I thought no one had ever done justice to this song, until I heard Glenn Close.
You haven't heard enough people sing it if you think that
@@thejoynerstyle lf you've had a different experience, good for you.
@@marcpeycker of course and have! Lol 😂
Time for you to hear Sara Vaughn sing it!
Nailed it!!!! What a talent, what a voice, what beauty....... sublime. Vale Sondheim.
The best actress of the last forty years.
Song from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music. Glenn performed in 1993 Carnegie Hall, a celebration of Stephen Sondheim's music.
Had listened to Judy Collin (Grammy Best Song 1976), Sinatra, Striesand, Sarah Vaughn & others. But, WOW! This is a wonderful interpretation by Glenn. Just found it, after I thought I'll give the actresses (also Judi Dench) a hearing.
I love Glenn's low-pitched vocal, singing with so much emotion and sadness in a heartfelt lament.
Tq TH-cam for the varieties. Always finding gems.
She is reprising her iconic role as Norma Desmond in London from April 2016 for 5 and a half weeks. I have got tickets for the 2nd night and am beyond excited!
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From the first note of this, I had tears in my eyes. Glenn Close is incomparable.
She won Oscar in my heart over and over:)
The brilliance of this woman.
Wonderful performance. She's a great lady!
This is one of my favorite Sondheim songs .. a great show stopper sung by some of our finest singers... Sarah Vaughn.. Sinatra.. and brought to life in this lovely version by the incomparable actress Glenn Close who brings wonderful drama and conviction to her version..
Others are good-she’s the best.
Well, I just burst into tears.
This song is so beautiful yet so sad - one that I can relate to and sums up perfectly unrequited love. Gets me every time. Especially the line: "quick send in the clowns...don't bother they're here." This is the best performance I've seen of it. The emotion just seems bang on.
The Actress. That generation that were versatile, able to sing, dance, play, live both on stage and on silver screen. God, I hate to say that, but I see no such talents in Hollywood today
One of the very best versions of a song that has been done by SO MANY singers. Glenn Close really gets this song. She knows exactly what the song is saying and she gets that message across SO beautifully even though she is not a singer first. She relays the true message of the song with her face, hand gestures, posture and lastly with the rising and falling of her beautiful voice. Just look at her face when she sings the line "losing my timing this late, in my career". She is the bewildered lady, scratching her head and wondering what has happened to the love she thought would always be around and the spell she thought she'd always have over him. She really does beat A LOT of the people who have taken a whack at this song. My personal favorite, for sure!
especially the end when she said, "maybe next year" with a look on her face and her eyes that said, "I hope but I know it won't happen" and her pride keeping her from crying. makes me cry.
+greenlee7smythe YUUUUUUP!
Glenn certainly aced this song!
Well said.im sure SONDHIEM would agree.
wowowowowowow!!!!!!! this is now my favorite version
She's amazing with this. She really gets the meaning of the song across.
A classically trained actress. Talented and beautiful.
Lovely !
Glenn Close iconic woman !
Beautiful...🏵🌼💖
Hands down this is the best rendition of this song I have ever heard. Glenn's poise, her emotion, and her beautiful voice all culminate to make this her best performance ever. Before I watched this, I always associated her with the Fatal Attraction - oh, how wrong I was! Thank you Glenn for such an inspirational and unforgettable performance.
Glenn Close has the perfect emotional key to sing this song. Beautiful!!!!!
When I saw a clip from another of her performance of this Sondheim piece over ten years ago, my jaws dropped as I shrunk on my chair in disbelief. How she wowed me then as it still does today. A total "fatal" rendition indeed!
The best rendition of this song...ever.