StageDiver's Adaptation of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (High School Edition)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Everything in Hatchetfield seemed normal until people began singing... Then they began danicing... And now, a musical pandemic is sweeping the entire city. It's up to Paul (an average guy who doesn't like musicals) and his friends to stop this musical apocalypse and fight for humanity's future.
Hey all! I’m the director (and Hidgens) of this show! My twin (Emma) and I both worked super hard to direct and choreograph our student-led/produced production of this show, so thank you for all of the positive feedback! We didn’t even know it was uploaded, so all of the nice comments were a great surprise. Thank you all! :)!
Seriously, thank you so SO much! All of your kind words mean so much to all of us!!
EDIT! For whoever's reading this! Also! This is not a High School show! (It is a show put on by highschoolers, but the school was not the one who put it on. Our school has no theatre program. It's IN the high school, so that's where our restrictions came from.) We fundraised everything to make this show (and other shows) possible. If you want to put this show on I say GO FOR IT! You don't need to wait for your school or community to do it!
Although I love it, this show seems like it would be difficult to direct - to get across to the audience all the motivations, how the aliens took over minds, etc. Great work!
you guys did amazing!!! you guys added so much life into an already fantastic show!!
@@seanmcmurphy4744 thank you so much! :))!!
@@bastardinoz AWW TYYY HAHAHA I’m seriously going to cry, everyone’s so nice!!
You stole the show as Hidgens. I love this take on the character. Delightfully unhinged
I can't get over the fact that the dude playing Ted is also the homeless guy, they rlly did their homework
yeah that's how it's supposed to be
@@Mariana-zc1gx Well yah ofc its casted like that in the show, but the rest of this performance isnt casted like that. The reason is because within the canon of the show the Homeless Man is Ted from another universe
oh my god the smoke club is infinitely funnier the larger it is
The member on the far right is greening out 💀
“Those aren’t even dudes!” For the Show Stopping Number is the best added line I’ve seen for an adaptation of TGWDLM 💀
Hello, I did sound for this musical, and I just wanted to share a little funny story about the picture and name used during “What Do You Want Paul”. So basically through out all of rehearsals Mrs Davidson would say “Caden, my husband” but from the start of rehearsals we had secretly planned to use the name “Cooper” (who is our mic guy) and his picture. He had no idea of this secret scheme till opening night. He was very shocked when he saw his face and heard his name
He also was Clark in our firebringer, and the reason Chip got out in 25apcsb!
Awww, that's adorable😭 also you did amazing!! Is it hard doing sound? :oo
Oh sick! Unrelated question- how did you all do the music? It sounded like you had a pit band, were they students or did you hire professionals?
@@Henry-sn3iu(Director here!) I wish we could use a pit band, but it’s not really an option for us! STARKID offers official backing tracks to buy when you do their shows! I go through and find the songs/music/find sound effects, and then upload them on a website called podcast soundboard, and we have our amazing sound person click some well-timed sound effects!
@@Henry-sn3iu well the job is not as complicated as that, basically our director figured out all the sound effects, put all the backing tracks on to podcast soundboard, and I just pressed the buttons at the right time haha
Sam's actor captured the Jeff Blim energy so well, that's such a tall order and they rocked it
A shame he doesn't have the same range.
- thats not the lattey hottey!!
- yes it is :(
Was so adorable and in character
no way you added a Y to latte
@@TheMurrmursonbottleadded it to match the "hottay/hottey" lmao
@@TheMurrmursonbottle usually it's just pronounced the way that makes you hear y in the end
The hatchetfield fans have been summoned
Like the lords in black in the summoning...
🎶Out of the depths of Hell and back, us spawn of the Black and White!🎶
@@haileebautista194 Cover our souls with robes of black. And take up the arms of night!
@@brandongamingtv7545Nibbly wants his sacrifice and Wiggly wants his wrath
@@haileebautista194 We dance around the pentagram and take all our kingdoms back!
Y'all killed it. And Professor Hidgens being female here is extra funny following the Workin' Boys short film. Awesome job, I especially wanna highlight the actresses for Emma and Charlotte, and the actor for Ted, cause woah, you guys did amazing and felt so natural on stage! And Alice? My goodness, she was fantastic, the choreography with the additional cast was great too.
Same!
I'm not fully done watching is the female hidgens named Henrietta in this show like in that short film if so that's funny lmao
@@bbqreal she is!! And we did this show before working boys was disclosed to the public, so all of us are pretty stoked about seeing the future LMAOO (1:38:58)
my therapist: tiny jeff blim isn’t real he can’t hurt you
tiny jeff blim: 19:33
so you shrunk jeff blim to high schooler size to play sam right? either that or his actor is insanely talented. of course, everyone here is killer, sam just brings that manic jeff energy
Jeff Blim is already "High Schooler Size." He's really not that tall. He's just ripped and more manly. 😝
The little Starkid references in the background design are giving me life (namely the slippery when wet sign)
your lighting tech did a really good job replicating the vibe of the lighting from the original starkid production
Thank you so much!! It was definitely difficult but turned out great! -the light tech 🙏
@@jk_huff ayyyyyyy no problem, im also a light tech, love your use of colors 🫶
Yet another light tech here, I absolutely agree, love how you used the lights to create the right vibe, without copying the original show. Also my mouth fell open at 'to obey Paul' in the opening number
@@skikstraThank you! 💜
I love how you forced Emma into the bow. This is probably the best high school adaptation ive seen
The guy that played Jeff Blim's characters is so Jeff Blim coded
To all the people who truly love Sam and MacNamara’s character (I’m Sam and MacNamara in this), I really do appreciate everyone for being your #1!💪😤
LUKE
good job man, favorite actor in this
you absolutely killed it, man
you really got that chaitic jeff energy there
PROFESSOR HIDGENS ACTRESS SERVED
YES
FRRR
Ted was by far my favorite character I’ve ever acted
You were absolutely phenomenal!!! Incredible talent. Every line delivery was gold, and I lost my shit at the way you knocked Sam out with the flying leap. Iconic.
yo dude major props!!!! u did amazing
You were great, that was an amazing take on Ted!
incredible performance!!
congrats! you were amazing
"those arent even dudes" - awesome stuff
Fun little one-liners like that were randomly improvised in practice and then our director was like “yeah that’s good keep it for the show” and it adds so much (I’m Ted and the one that said that lol)
It was really cool to see the additions u guys killed it, are u guys planning on doing more hatchetfield?
@@calebr6761dude you killed it good job
@@calebr6761 bro your Take on Ted was amazing really made it your own
Emma’s actresses’ speaking voice sounds so much like Lauren (Lopez) it’s insane! Also amazing performances from them and everyone
Forcing Emma into a bow was such a good detail!
I'm starting to think that guy doesn't like musicals
Nah he loves ‘em
La Dee da da day
i'm surprised i haven't seen many comments about it, but the kid who plays paul absolutely kills it. we have a tiny jeff blim AND a tiny jon matteson on our hands, people!
oh this is a really good adaption?? the censoring feels natural (aside from situations where there’s not much they really could’ve DONE, like what do you want paul, but that’s a given) which is really surprising, the singing is good, the ACTING ??? even just how the lighting was done and the fact in inevitable the background changes when the different songs get their parts,, god I would’ve killed to do this as a school play (or. I suppose it’s just a play in a school, but still) :]
I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the whole sequence of Hidgens trying to get her coat on is HILARIOUS to me 😭and then fixing the chair, sitting on it for .5 seconds, and then crawling in the floor is so Hidgens (49:00)
To be fair, Prof. Hidgens in the original Starkid version also had issues. His pants were too tight so he couldn't put the prop syringe away, so if you watch closely you can see him just give up and chuck it behind himself.
@@michaelcarlton1484HAHA curse of the Hidgens ig
Not both of them saying the "Kiss me?" line!!!! That's so cute, I love it!!
Big fan of the fact that everyone else is subject to censorship while Hidgens is mostly allowed to keep the swears. Definitely enhanced the character here!
It's not often that I watch a high school production of a show that I know backwards and forwards, let alone comment on it; however, I would be very remiss if I didn't. I have to admit, this came up in my recs and I didn't plan to actually watch much, just skim through...but alas, here we are two hours later. I have to tell you all that I am insanely impressed by this production. It's not an easy thing to adapt a show let alone a Starkid production and have it work, but in this case, y'all picked the right one to do.
The fact that this is student led is also very impressive on its own, but at the same time, is also very apparent that it is as the censoring doesn't sound like some old adult came through with ridiculous things and words that don't sound anything resembling natural as often happens. Anyone who didn't know the show wouldn't even really be aware that the words were all that different, kind of IYKYK.
I could keep going, but I've written quite the novel already -- but I do want to at least say that it looks like you all had an absolute blast and I hope you take any online criticism (which I hope is very minimal to non-existent) with a VERY light grain of salt. With a student budget this was extremely well done and the work that went into it is very apparent, especially to those of us who have been in theatre for twenty plus years like myself. There's a lot of talent in this production and for those of you who wish to pursue it further, I think quite a few of you are going to have a really great future in it. Well done, guys. You have a lot to celebrate here.
I did the lighting for this production! thank you so much for the kind comment! I’m not sure of anyone else in our cast that is planning on doing theatre as a career other than myself but that is a huge compliment thank you! We have gotten so much love after posting this and it is so appreciated and very inspiring. 💜😭
(Hidgens/Director here!) This comment actually made me tear up a little, thank you so SO so much! We definitely worked hard on trying to censor everything but keep the spirit, and we worked with an extremely tiny budget and a dream HAHA. It’s been incredible getting all of this feedback, we come from a SUPER small town and the views are quintuple our town’s population. Thank you again!!
I've been saying "not my tummy, nooo" all week lmao
Their deadpan delivery was so hilarious
The actress who played Alice is JAW-DROPPING!!!!!
Yeah. They were all great, but she had no business being THAT good! Holy Crap! What a VOICE!
Don't you mean... show-stopping?
therapist: "TGWDLM clean version isn't real, it can't hurt you"
TGWDLM clean version: ""and then we're gonna REALLY kick your butt"
in all seriousness though this is amazing xD
Tgwdlm clean version: I want you to hold me while I eat noodles
Didn’t know people did starkid musicals for high school musicals but this is really cool!! ❤❤
there are a few that you can! i believe trail to oregon, firebringer, twisted, and now tgwdlm are available to perform?
@@fishfooand vhscc
@@fishfoo and vhscc!
Still waiting for the day the rest of Hatchetfield can be done 👍
The guy who played the cop did awesome! He sounded just like Jeff Blim.
Even looks like him.
The way the man in a hurry jumped over that chair in poisoned coffee was insane!
Songs:
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals 1:10
La Dee Dah Dah Day 22:17
What Do You Want, Paul? 30:29
Cup Of Roasted Coffee 37:00
Cup Of Poisoned Coffee 39:40
Show Me Your Hands 43:20
You Tied Up My Heart 56:32
Join Us (And Die) 1:07:17
Not Your Seed 1:17:52
Show Stopping Number 1:34:09
America Is Great Again 1:42:26
Let Him Come 1:49:17
Let It Out 1:51:20
Inevitable 1:58:39
Yall remember this when the name “CoCo Striefler” (Prof. Hidgens actress) is in broadway playbills
Oh my god what?! Thank you so SO much!! 😭😭❤️
As someone who is currently working to do tgdlm for my own highschool musical THIS WAS AMAZING, every actor was so great!!!
When you do, please upload a vid of it to YT; we'd love to see it
oh yeah! keep us updated!
Davidson giving way to many curves on "someone to keep you lusted" was perfect
I LOVEE the energy that everyone added for this show! Paul’s reactions during “what do you want Paul” were especially hilarious, and Mrs. Davidson ATE IT UPPP I LOVE the little head nods
I thought it was hilarious that a smoke club member was greening out the entire time. (Far right, 20:30)
The two background coffee characters and one won’t stop reading the other one’s paper, so the one leaves and the one that was reading the paper TAKES the paper? LMAOO (you can see them at 35:40)
The cop song was brought to life with the extra cops. (Also, Ted pushing Emma down and bill helping her up?! 😂 45:11)
And I LOVEE the rasp that the professor added to a “SHOW” stopping number, it made it so impactful! (1:38:30)
Normally the creative choices made during high school productions kind of turn me away, but everything that everyone brought to the characters was so great. Good job all around!
EDIT: an oh my goodness the lights!? Insane! Just the switch from Emma to the professor in the intro song was so COOL. (2:50?) idk there’s lots of cool moments all around 🤷
Light tech here! Thank you so much for the amazing nice comment! I’m so happy to see someone noticing the little small details! You even beat me to one of them that I had never seen before LOL!
@@jk_huffof course!! I’m a stage hand, so I always want to appreciate other people’s work! All of your lighting is WICKED! Like even with the meteor scene, that has to be difficult. And the scene at 40:00 or so is so aesthetically satisfying.
Even the sound was super on point. Good job to all of the tech crew!
mrs davidson ate
Especially without the music. That's so much more difficult
ate noodles i hope
This was awesome, I loved it! To name a few standout things:
- acting from Ted, Charlotte and especially Emma was so good!
- lighting looked really awesome
- “I want you to hold me, while I EAT NOODLES”
- Flipping teenage Jeff Blim as Sam and MacNamara was great! He even had the hair!
- the meteor just looked sick.
- not sure if this was intentional, but the section of not your seed at 1:20:08 where Alice almost seems to partially break out of the alien control and sing about her dad was really emphasised with the coughing (as though she is choking on spores). Although that might’ve just been someone in the crowd coughing either way it really worked!
- last but not least, female hidgens was something I didn’t realise I needed. We kind of got it in Workin boys but not to this extent!!! Show Stopping number was amazing!
Overall, this was an awesome production and I loved it!!!
Ok, some of my favorite bits so far: I love Charlotte in this version so much, Sam and McNamara's actor is great (big shoes to fill!), the actor for bill sells me on his meekness and the tragedy. the Working Boys number was phenomenal and that dance works so well with a group, I also have to say the small scene immediately following is SO funny (Emma falling on her face, a quiet moment of prayer from Ted's actor (who is also killing that role), and the bit with the chairs gets me in every version). Hidgens adaptation is great too. I love the ensemble, everyone does a great job and is so invested. Emma sounds like Lauren haha and god its soul crushing every time to see emma go through that ending, forcing her to bow is an extra cherry on top lol. The helicopter wound is crazy good and that whole scene had me rolling. The meteor is a great prop. Paul's actor is such a great goof.
Great job to the entire cast! i can see everyone had so much fun. Makes me wish I could be in a musical again.
Charlotte is my little sister Liberty, a newly minted high school graduate just this week and off to new adventures. Keep an eye out for the name in the future, somebody in this family has to be famous for a good reason and it seems like she's gonna draw the short straw.
La Dee Da Da Day was amazing!
This!
This show was fantastic! - thanks for uploading it. The actress who played Emma killed it - poor Hot Chocolate Girl got her drink spit in. Greenpeace Girl was also great and her voice was beautiful. Also loved the actors playing Ted and Charlotte's work. Hidgens interpretation was delightfully daffy! Also McNamara's interesting take on his character. The choreography utilizing the extra cast members was a banger. You all slayed (literally)
Poor Petrice Spankoffski!
It's hard to believe this is a highschool production 😭 all of you were so good!! 😭
shoutout to the lighting crew it’s so good
Hey thank you so much!!
green peace girls voice is SO GOOD im obsessed with this production
aww, hi im her actor, thank you sooo much it mean a lot to get these comments
The actress really did justice to Lá Dee Dá Dá Day
Awww hiii i played green peace girl, this means so much! Thank youu❤️
@@gurblines2503 your vocal parts were some of the highlights!!!
@@deppygcreations784 thank youuu and thank you so much for watching we really appreciate it!!
@@gurblines2503oh my gosh your vocals were amazing!! you sounded REALLY close to the original greenpeace girl! seriously 🤍
Probably the most impressive high school production I've ever seen. Especially considering it was entirely student-led and you all don't even have a high school theater program! I admire the dedication, the drive, and the creativity to pull it off so well! To do this with no adult leader and to come up with your own money through fundraising is just phenomenal.
by the very nature of the hatchetfield universe of having an infinite number of timelines, this is technically a canon version of TGWDLM
I am genuinely at loss of words for how AMAZING this is!!!
Highlights:
- Jeff Blim (it's nice you pretend you didn't ACTUALLY get Jeff Blim but we can't be fooled come on) (for legal reasons this is a joke that guy is just amazing!)
- Greenpeace Girl, Emma, Charlotte
- Cup of roasted/poisoned coffee - I will say that imo sounds better than the original even ??!
- the fact you got bigger groups for the aliens and probably had to practice DAYS for everyone to talk at the same time
- Not Your Seed !!!!!
- Prof. Hidgens
Hidgen's killed it! I mean they were all amazing, I particularly enjoyed Emma, and Ted's delivery, but Henrietta Hidgen's was so hilarious that I legit forgot the character had ever been male at one point. It's especially funny after seeing the working boys short that StarKid just uploaded. I also really appreciate all the effort they had to go thru to clone and or de age Jeff Blim for this production. The actors looked like they where having a great time and the crowd was loving it. Great job.
5:21 it’s so weird not hearing the swearing lol
you guys KILLED IT in “cup of poison coffee” omg
Great looking production, guys! Emma, Ted and Hidgens stole the show for me - they made the characters without copying the OG actors. Glad I got to see this
Wow, you guys seriously did great! The one thing that sticks out to me as a bit weird and makes things maybe feel a bit awkward is when the recorder chooses to show the whole stage versus zoom in? Like why was the focus for Emma’s monologue the entire stage? I would’ve loved to see their expressions right there. But seriously, this cast did so well and the acting was very impressive.
I noticed that, too! At least the Emma’s delivery is so good that it was fine even though it was slightly blurry and zoomed out for some reason LOL! Poor Emma though!
I was skeptical about What Do You Want Paul because of the lyric change, but they pulled it off
dude, this cast RULES. you can really tell that so much love went into this and that the majority of the cast really loved the source material. and McNamara got SUCH a good reaction from the crowd, we love to see it!!! the curtain call with emma being forced to bow is SUCH a good choice too. you guys absolutely killed it!!! if i was in high school still i'd have killed to be in a production as cool as this!!
This cast was awesome!! Especially for a HIGH SCHOOL?? the guy who played Paul reminds me of Evan Peters, which made me giggle a few times
PEAK ADAPTATION I WAS CLAPPING LIKE A CHILD THE WHOLE TIME I LOVE THIS
The guy singing the opening number KILLED it!!! Amazing voice and great stage presence!
BILL AND THE GIRL PLAYING THE BOSS AND CHARLOTTE FUCKINGGGGG KILLED IT OMGGGGG
Paul and Sam's actors really nailed the original mannerisms/inflections
I LOVE Starkid and seeing a Highschool take on TGWDLM is obviously a must-watch. I love how you covered up the show and made it clean but still keeping the Humor in the delivery - Apart for Hidgens droppeding B-bombs ofc. I love The Girl that played Charlotte! She’s an amazing actress and plays her role so well! Everyone Else was also Amazing!! Well done ❤
I honestly like this version of Show Me Your Hands better than the original! All the actors playing the cops have so much energy and the larger group really brings the song to life.
Not enough people are talking about the girl playing Professor Hidgens! She is absolutely AMAZING!
I'm playing Paul in a production next weekend (July 12 and 13, 2024.) Just wanted to say how much I appreciate this version. It's a great production! The choreo is spot on. I think I like this Hidgins better than the original! I've been watching this and the OG production incessantly to help practice my lines. The Emma here is so sweet, love her energy. Also, my wife is Mr Davidson so gets to sing to me about what he wants. My step kid is the homeless guy, Alice gang and smoke club. My non verbal 13 year old is also an extra, in the Smoke Club and in Beanies.
Much love from this Paul...you guys did amazing!
I love that the opening song is in front of the closed curtain, brings a good sense of both “things coming full circle/being bookended” as well as the fact that the world’s already become a musical before we even learn what happened. It’s Pokey’s world, we’re just living in it…
Dude Charlotte and Emma's actresses ate so hard they left no crumbs and no plate.
But honestly this production is so well made and i wasn't planning on watching the whole thing but you guys were so good i just had to 😅.
Emma, Hidgens, Ted, and the guy that played all the Jeff Blim characters definently stood out!
clicked on this just to see if they actually did it justice... good work!
This is so awesome !?!?!? They all did a fantastic job !! Can't wait for the rest of the Hatchetfield musicals to have available licensing!
A dream I've always had is for Starkid to license a version of _Me And My Dick_ suitable for high school sex-education classes
CHAT THE GREENPEACE GIRL'S VOCALS ARE ON POINT AAAAAA I LOVE HER
Omg Sam, Green Peace girl, Alice and all of the harmonies from the ensemble sound insaneeee. Also teds and sams actor are really good!!!
Thank you for the recording :)
Yall slayed this hands down! The portrayal of Emma was iconic laughed at every line😭 and the songs and dances were amazing! Congrats guys!!!
Can i just say this is the cutest fricken adaption ive ever seen
Having already seen the og, the pre-show announcement was so great, and i love how i could tell who was who lol
Okay, Cup of Poisoned Coffee SLAPS SO HARD! OMG! Love the detail of Paul trying to help the choking customers who are being apotheosized
EDIT: The music at 54:39 got me too; 10/10
EDIT 2: OMG. Ted dancing along during Show Stopping Number and Emma's face are GOLDEN
EDIT 3: NOT MY TUMMY! Noooo....
Yes, well timed and well chosen musical cue! 😂
man this was really good!! the actors for paul and professor hidgens got the mannerisms on point
I don't understand how well you adapted the musical, and even improve some things! Adding some secondary actions and I totally prefer your version of "Not your seed"! Amazing job!
Shootin shinola, y'all killed the heck out of this
This was sooo good! I absolutely love how much everyone added to their character, and all of the stories in the background! I’m not seeing enough people recognize the Bill, Greenpeace, and Sam! Those three both knocked it out of the park! Bill getting interrupted by the gun shot shocked ME and I’ve seen the show before. The Hidgens somehow transferring all of the baritone parts into a soprano/alto was also hella impressive. You all made me fall in love with the characters all over, amazing job!
I was so excited to hear that they’d licensed TGWDLM, and you all definitely made it work; hopefully this is only the beginning of people doing this show as a more widespread thing. I loved the custom graphics for the different locations and news reports in particular, and everyone did great!
Incredible work everyone!!!!! seeing a lot of compliments to the actors already so i wanna shout out the lighting!!! so cool in the musical numbers (not your seed with the green and blue !!!) and super well timed during small moments like Hidgens using the dimmer
Thank you so much I appreciate it! Lighting for this show was SO fun!
This is amazing! I'm a HUGE starkid fan and ya'll adapted this PERFECTLY! The person who played same was incredible, matched the original actors energy perfectly
I'm so impressed by everyone's performance! Especially the actor who played Ted because they really made it their own version of Ted and owned it and had me laughing out loud
I really appreciate that, there’s always a fear of inadequacy when diverging from the original character I’m playing. I’m happy I could make you laugh! (I played Ted in this production)
Emma being forced to take part in the curtain call was brilliant
I'm shrieking at how good the coffee shop scenes were GODDDD THIS LIGHTING AND CHOREO IS KILLING IT
Is bastard not considered a swear word? "Damn" and "shit" got written out even though they're very 'tame' in the curse word hierarchy, but the professor's dropping b-bombs every now and then like it's no big deal
Also love this so far! About halfway through- the cast is obviously great but I'm also really impressed with the lighting, sets and background graphics (I need that Hatchetfield street sign fr). The fog machine is a great addition too!
i think usually for productions they have a limit on how many times they can swear ?? so they save it for ones that hit better and write out the ones that still work censored
HAHA thank you!! director/Hidgens here- I think it may have been a slight oversight truthfully LMAOO. I was the one in charge of rooting out the words, so I guess I forgot to consider myself in the process 😢
I think the swear hierarchy for me goes Hell, Damn, Piss, Bastard, Bitch, Shit, Fuck and THE C WORD.
@@StageDiverProduction lmao, here is the real director privileges (/j)
i love how enthusiastic the crowd is!
I've had aspirations to direct this show for a long time. This is the first adaptation I've seen, and I'm so impressed with the originality! You guys absolutely killed it.
I'm watching this instead of eurovision
I thought I would watch a few minutes to get a feel for how different this felt (and I was curious about the "clean" version) and ended up watching the whole thing. Whoops! I have some observations:
1st- Your Henrietta reminds me of a mix between Jeff at his most unhinged (I'm thinking Sweet Tooth and Aladdin during his split scene) along with the witch in Brave somehow? Whatever that energy is, I'm here for it. I couldn't tear my attention away from the screen.
2nd- I loved Ted. He stole every scene he was in, except when Henrietta was on stage. He made some great choices with his line delivery to make the character his own.
3rd- I actually loved the cast size. I think double casting can be fun, but honestly it was great to have more of an ensamble for many of the bigger numbers. And I don't think that Joey and Lauren's smoke club is going to cut it after seeing all the members in this version.
4th- This is a nitpick, and I'm sure it's the way it's scripted, but some of the swear substitutions were just... off? Like a few "buttholes" would have been better as "jerk" or even "butthead". That being said, the cast sold it almost every time, and I probably only noticed because I know the origninal so well.
5th- I was not prepared for Mrs. Davidson wanting to be held while she ate noodles. Somehow so relatable and yet so weird.
6th- The only reason this is not first is because I'm commenting at the end, but the beginning announcements were incredible! They cracked me up so much!
7th- I wish there was an option to change the key on the backing tracks to help it be more in range for the singers' voices. Y'all did great with what you had to work with, but I would love to hear how much better it could be if it was more comfortably in your vocal range.
(Henrietta/Director here!) thank you so much! You managed to point out pretty much everything we tried super hard on, and the compliments are so nice! I LOVE Jeff’s performance in that scene, and the witch from brave so that’s pretty much the best compliment I’ve ever received. Thank you for watching!
I was smiling so wide the entire time I watched this!! Getting to see this show with another cast was such a treat. The actress who played Emma was especially lively and hilarious!
I LOVE GREEN PEACE GIRL FLEXIN HER PIPES YALL DID AMAZING
Speaking as an adult who has watched the Team Starkid showing on TH-cam multiple times, I have absolutely no complaints. You have wisely put people in a couple of Jeff Blim's parts that can better handle the high notes than he can. So, I've got to say, good work.
You now have me interested in your versions of other Team Starkid stuff... and how well you do with editing around their foul language and humor style.
the final bow was soo good!!
I recently was in this show as Zoey (not this filmed production) and this cast did amazing!!!! I haven’t been able to find any other videos of it besides starkid and its so close to the real thing which is awesomeeee
This was so great! The choreography was especially amazing and there were some incredibly talented singers in here!
I love how all the staff brought Emma up to the stage again that was so great congrats!!!!
The girl who plays professor Hidgens is amazing ! With her acting, energy and voice skills, she killed it ! Bravo 🎉