It never made it to Broadway@@Rite1010. but he WAS Quasimodo in both California and NJ at Papermill Playhouse. Greatest production I've ever seen there. I WISH it would have moved to Broadway, but I guess Michael going on to be nominated for a Tony as a director the following season (2016) is as good a consolation as any. Super deserving dude.
Apparently the reason was that because the show had such a huge cast because of the chorus equity wouldn’t pay for the actors. So instead of the writers having less members they decided that it was more important for the show to have the large cats for the story. That’s why we don’t have so many huge ensembles in musicals anymore like 42nd street because actors are now finally getting paid living wages professionally. So it was more of an artistic choice to keep the shows integrity. Not good or bad just a choice.
@@FlowersInHisHair yes your right. I’m not sure of all the details really there’s not much out there (no pun intended). But regardless I believe the story holds true perhaps it wasn’t equity per se but some entity wasn’t willing to pay all of those people so the creatives didn’t put it on Broadway. Thanks for the comment!
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Chills MULTIPLE TIMES during this performance. Oh my god. He's not singing this at a piano. He's not even singing this in a theater onstage in a costume in front of an audience. He is THERE. IN Notre Dame. Watching the world passing by him in naïve and joyful envy. He IS Quasimodo. BRAVO, MICHAEL!!!!! You do INCREDIBLE justice to one of my favorite Disney songs!!!!
Please don't toy with my emotions!!! I've wanted Hunchback to be on Broadway since I listened to the studio cast recording. Michael Arden is a true gift!!! Full body chills!
Alan Menken's score, Michael Arden's genuine and pure delivery along with his vocals constantly fill my heart with joy and take me back to my time in the role every time I listen to his performance.
The official reason for Disney not bringing the show to Broadway, sad though as it is, is namely because they couldn't pay the Union enough to include the choir. In short, Alan Menken said the only way he could get it onto Broadway was if he omitted the choir. I think we can all agree that would mean losing apretty essential part of the score.
@@jacobbelow4136 Honestly though, I feel like they could totally do it without the choir as long as they have a strong cast with 20 or so ensemble actors that have powerful choral voices. That would give them a total of around 30 singers total, which is probably enough to pull off the huge choral sound it needs. I've been in the choir for this show for one production, and I'd say it's totally doable without an official choir as long as they have a cast of around 30. That would still be fairly expensive for a Broadway show, but not as bad as having to pay both a choir and a cast (for a total of around 50-60 voices).
@@jacobbelow4136 that's such BS on part of Disney. They have produced shows much larger and more expensive than Hunchback. They can afford to do the show with or without a choir. Besides, they could easily make that money back. So...wanna try again Disney?
@@jacobbelow4136 Schumacher has said in interviews that the reason Hunchback will never make it to Broadway under the Disney banner is because it's not exactly a family-friendly show in this incarnation. The show is too dark for the image that they're trying to project.
Wow, that’s delivery with emotion! What a golden voice he has. It’s not just hitting all the right notes, but the feeling he creates with his voice is incredible.
this is a masterclass in performance. michael is an incredible director, no doubt, with a fresh, almost unparalleled vision but what he brings to the stage as a performer, an actor and singer - my god. it is just divine.
Michael always ACTS through song - it is one thing to sing something beautifully, but quite another to have us feel we are seeing the character before us. Stunning and heartbreaking x
His voice is just incredible, perhaps even my favorite voice of any Broadway performer. It's gorgeous, he fills it with character and has amazing breath support. I hope hunchback comes to broadway at some point and he could reprise Quasimodo or even direct the show.
The only man to bring this song that connects to me on a personal level to life. Always brings courage to me every waking day. Heavens bless Michael Arden for making me walk out there.
I hope he takes this to Broadway because I will book my ticket ASAP. Or... if not that... the role of Quasimodo in the recently announced Hunchback of Notre Dame live adaption film.
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!! 😍😍😍😉👍🏻 I Hope This Means That The Hunchback Of Norte Dame is going to be on Broadway 🎭 Cause if it is I Would Be First In Line For Tickets Lol 😄 I Adore This Song Sir you did Tom Hulce Proud 😊
Within every perfornce I've seen Michael Arden perform on Instagram or TH-cam (I'm unlucky that I haven't seen him live, please come to London, preferably Wiltons Music Hall) Everytime I watch a performance of his, I must watch it again. And again. And again. And again. Thank you for blessing us with (not only this voice, but this incredible acting prowess) this
Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone Gazing at the people down below me All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone Hungry for the histories they show me All my life I memorize their faces Knowing them as they will never know me All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day Not above them But part of them And out there Living in the sun Give me one day out there All I ask is one To hold forever Out there Where they all live unaware What I'd give What I'd dare Just to live one day out there Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives Through the roofs and gables I can see them Ev'ry day they shout and scold and go about their lives Heedless of the gift it is to be them If I were in their skin I'd treasure ev'ry instant Out there Strolling by the Seine Taste a morning out there Like ordinary men Who freely walk about there Just one day and then I swear I'll be content With my share Won't resent Won't despair Old and bent I won't care I'll have spent One day Out there
Timing is everything I wish Disney would reconsider as a musical again on Broadway or the movies . This beautiful most underrated song alone is Oscar worthy and now I feel audiences would be very receptive !
Firs of all sorry for my bad English I live in Sweden near Gothenburg and they have showed hunchback of notre dame the musical in September - April and i saw it. Of course it wasn't him as the hunchback but it was sooooo fantastic to see it live, it was like if you were a part of the show, i can say that it was one of the best days of my life.
It would be my dream just to sit in front of these two guys performing this masterpiece. I'm truly filled with hope for the future when listening to this..
What's even cooler about this performance is in the musical he paid tribute to the novel by making Quasimodo speak with a strangled slur because in the novel he is deaf.
That was the best musical I've ever seen. Disney didn't want this to transfer this on broadway, but music from the cast recording sounds like a broadway show.
I would DIE if I could see this show on Broadway. Someday.
Brady McCleery someday.... soon....
I didn't know that house back of Notre Dame Was a stage production
One day...
Someday...
Soon...
When we are wiser. When the world’s older.
I see what you did there :)
I love how emotional he sings as if he were actually Quasimodo.
He did play Quasimodo. It was on previews. He is an amazing guy
@@craigleoffler6541 YUPPPP!! He may have stopped acting to be a director.. but he still got it!! MAKE NO MISTAKE!!!
And now he’s a tony award winner
He is part of the original Broadway cast
It never made it to Broadway@@Rite1010. but he WAS Quasimodo in both California and NJ at Papermill Playhouse. Greatest production I've ever seen there. I WISH it would have moved to Broadway, but I guess Michael going on to be nominated for a Tony as a director the following season (2016) is as good a consolation as any. Super deserving dude.
You can see little bits of muscle memory choreography creeping in, and some ASL. :) Gorgeous, as always. This show should have made it to Broadway.
I KNOW, honestly sometimes I don’t understand broadway some great shows get thrown in the trash for no reason such as this one
Apparently the reason was that because the show had such a huge cast because of the chorus equity wouldn’t pay for the actors. So instead of the writers having less members they decided that it was more important for the show to have the large cats for the story. That’s why we don’t have so many huge ensembles in musicals anymore like 42nd street because actors are now finally getting paid living wages professionally. So it was more of an artistic choice to keep the shows integrity. Not good or bad just a choice.
@@hipradermatthews6123 Equity is a workers' union, it doesn't pay actors.
@@FlowersInHisHair yes your right. I’m not sure of all the details really there’s not much out there (no pun intended). But regardless I believe the story holds true perhaps it wasn’t equity per se but some entity wasn’t willing to pay all of those people so the creatives didn’t put it on Broadway. Thanks for the comment!
How about a live action?
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He attacc
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But most importantly
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I’m f ing dead 💀
Thank you all for your support. I think I found my market lmao
this made my day
Chills MULTIPLE TIMES during this performance. Oh my god. He's not singing this at a piano. He's not even singing this in a theater onstage in a costume in front of an audience. He is THERE. IN Notre Dame. Watching the world passing by him in naïve and joyful envy. He IS Quasimodo. BRAVO, MICHAEL!!!!! You do INCREDIBLE justice to one of my favorite Disney songs!!!!
Please don't toy with my emotions!!! I've wanted Hunchback to be on Broadway since I listened to the studio cast recording. Michael Arden is a true gift!!! Full body chills!
“What I'd give
What I'd dare”
SANG SIR 🗣🔥
This made me wonder:
WE NEED MORE DISNEY PRINCES SOLOS!!!!
there literally is one in the same movie lmao
We need Disney prince lead roles all about the boys.
Evermore was pretty good i think
Hercules also has a good male solo 👌🏽
Yes we do
Alan Menken's score, Michael Arden's genuine and pure delivery along with his vocals constantly fill my heart with joy and take me back to my time in the role every time I listen to his performance.
if this is hinting that hunchback will be on broadway i will physically cry
sofia! Same :( I’ve been waiting for years after they passed it up for Frozen.
Me too.
Yo this man is gold.
Even by a piano.... you truly feel like he is on set in costume.
I truly hope this comes to Broadway.
It is actual garbage that Disney won't bring this to Broadway I feel personally victimized
The official reason for Disney not bringing the show to Broadway, sad though as it is, is namely because they couldn't pay the Union enough to include the choir. In short, Alan Menken said the only way he could get it onto Broadway was if he omitted the choir. I think we can all agree that would mean losing apretty essential part of the score.
@@jacobbelow4136 Honestly though, I feel like they could totally do it without the choir as long as they have a strong cast with 20 or so ensemble actors that have powerful choral voices. That would give them a total of around 30 singers total, which is probably enough to pull off the huge choral sound it needs. I've been in the choir for this show for one production, and I'd say it's totally doable without an official choir as long as they have a cast of around 30. That would still be fairly expensive for a Broadway show, but not as bad as having to pay both a choir and a cast (for a total of around 50-60 voices).
@@jacobbelow4136 that's such BS on part of Disney. They have produced shows much larger and more expensive than Hunchback. They can afford to do the show with or without a choir. Besides, they could easily make that money back. So...wanna try again Disney?
@@jacobbelow4136 Schumacher has said in interviews that the reason Hunchback will never make it to Broadway under the Disney banner is because it's not exactly a family-friendly show in this incarnation. The show is too dark for the image that they're trying to project.
@@AStageForTheKingdom you're forgetting the Entr'acte, which would have to be fully omitted. And that us just not acceptable
His soul is erupting from his vocals
Wow, that’s delivery with emotion! What a golden voice he has. It’s not just hitting all the right notes, but the feeling he creates with his voice is incredible.
this is a masterclass in performance. michael is an incredible director, no doubt, with a fresh, almost unparalleled vision but what he brings to the stage as a performer, an actor and singer - my god. it is just divine.
Michael always ACTS through song - it is one thing to sing something beautifully, but quite another to have us feel we are seeing the character before us. Stunning and heartbreaking x
He is truly an amazing singer and an adorable jellybean.
His voice is just incredible, perhaps even my favorite voice of any Broadway performer. It's gorgeous, he fills it with character and has amazing breath support. I hope hunchback comes to broadway at some point and he could reprise Quasimodo or even direct the show.
I saw him as Quasimodo at an off Broadway production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2015. It was sooo good!!!
Best show ive ever seen at papermill
The only man to bring this song that connects to me on a personal level to life. Always brings courage to me every waking day. Heavens bless Michael Arden for making me walk out there.
I hope he takes this to Broadway because I will book my ticket ASAP. Or... if not that... the role of Quasimodo in the recently announced Hunchback of Notre Dame live adaption film.
did they announce it yet??
tabularasaconfirmed it actually might be Josh Gad😅😅😅
Watch him play Quasimodo in the La Jolla Playhouse premiere -- you can watch the whole thing on TH-cam. He's AMAZING.
Oh my god! He’s amazing! That song is so freakin difficult. But he just completely nailed it! That was incredible!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Actual Human Teddy Bear Michael Arden
Just love his voice omg 😭😭
WHEN I TELL YALL I SCREAMED
What an amazing performance! Michael Arden as truly an incredible Quasimodo; it's such a shame the show never reached Broadway!
😮Michael... You just made Tom Huce proud. If only Tom could do a live captured performance of this amazing song
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!! 😍😍😍😉👍🏻 I Hope This Means That The Hunchback Of Norte Dame is going to be on Broadway 🎭 Cause if it is I Would Be First In Line For Tickets Lol 😄 I Adore This Song Sir you did Tom Hulce Proud 😊
I can’t stop watching this omg
He is making me so emotional, this is one of my favourite disney solos💙
I love his Disney voice. Wonderful performance!
He was born for this 🥰
Holy shit I love michael arden so much
You had me at "Michael Arden."
Within every perfornce I've seen Michael Arden perform on Instagram or TH-cam (I'm unlucky that I haven't seen him live, please come to London, preferably Wiltons Music Hall)
Everytime I watch a performance of his, I must watch it again. And again. And again. And again. Thank you for blessing us with (not only this voice, but this incredible acting prowess) this
He's amazing, his voice and his expressions! I can feel Quasimodo's emotions there.
I'm always moved to tears watching Michael's performance. A truly gif-ted actor/singer. I'm a big fan.
This song is one of my absolute favorites. And it hits differently after this last year. Chills. Literal chills. ❤️
OMG this man is an incredible performer. He really feels the lyrics and the song.Chapeau!
Fantastic song!! ❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😍😍😍 He has his voice like an angel. Friend of 3rd dream.🎭
Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone
Gazing at the people down below me
All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone
Hungry for the histories they show me
All my life I memorize their faces
Knowing them as they will never know me
All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day
Not above them
But part of them
And out there
Living in the sun
Give me one day out there
All I ask is one
To hold forever
Out there
Where they all live unaware
What I'd give
What I'd dare
Just to live one day out there
Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives
Through the roofs and gables I can see them
Ev'ry day they shout and scold and go about their lives
Heedless of the gift it is to be them
If I were in their skin
I'd treasure ev'ry instant
Out there
Strolling by the Seine
Taste a morning out there
Like ordinary men
Who freely walk about there
Just one day and then
I swear I'll be content
With my share
Won't resent
Won't despair
Old and bent
I won't care
I'll have spent
One day
Out there
Perfection ! Still wish he would recreate this role as he is Masterclass!
Timing is everything I wish Disney would reconsider as a musical again on Broadway or the movies . This beautiful most underrated song alone is Oscar worthy and now I feel audiences would be very receptive !
I don’t know who I’m more jealous of. Him or Andy, they’re both so amazing 😭
😭😭😭😭😭 Teenage me is feeling every word and crying right now.
Still the Quasimodo I’ll always remember! I love this movie!
so beautiful :’) damn, does this musical deserve to be on broadway...
Michael Arden is the best actor in the world. Everyone knows
Such a special performer!
By far my absolute favorite Disney song. Beautiful vocals, I would love to see this live, but for now will settle for this.
I love his voice!!!! I love the way he sings this song
Michael Arden really gives justice to his role as quasimodo. He's so good!
Chills!!!... Beautiful!!! ...Bravo!!
That’s it I’m crying thank you
Firs of all sorry for my bad English
I live in Sweden near Gothenburg and they have showed hunchback of notre dame the musical in September - April and i saw it. Of course it wasn't him as the hunchback but it was sooooo fantastic to see it live, it was like if you were a part of the show, i can say that it was one of the best days of my life.
I can not fathom any person ever singing this song better than Michael.
OMG, this man is a gift.I would die to see him on stage one day.
Why have I just discovered this video now?!?! 😮
This is so so good.... 😍😍😍
OH MY GOSH I LOVE MICHAEL ARDEN! I see his name, I click.
It would be my dream just to sit in front of these two guys performing this masterpiece. I'm truly filled with hope for the future when listening to this..
i love this song so much!!! i listen to it every day. ❤❤❤
This was beautiful on 2 bong rips. The emotion in which he sings is amazing.
God would this be amazing to watch on a big broadway stage, THE DREAM
this is my favorite performance. it's awesome
If Disney ever makes a live action Hunchback of Notre Dame, i nominate him ❤
I never clicked on a video so fast! I love Michael Arden! Fantastic performance! 👏😭😍👌
This song brings tears to my eyes so beautiful
This is the best! I was so worried there would be no new Hunchback content but HERE IT IS!!!
gorgeous
Them: "Let it Go" is the best Disney song.
Quasimodo: Hold my gargoyles.
This made my heart happy, and it was also posted a day after ma birthday. 😁☺️
I see Michael Arden's name, I click. And it turns out to be the right choice every time.
There will never be another like this.
One of my favorites of any Disney movie
Anyone else got chills at just the start???
What's even cooler about this performance is in the musical he paid tribute to the novel by making Quasimodo speak with a strangled slur because in the novel he is deaf.
CHILLS.
What a voice, what an actor, what an entertainer, what a beautiful performance. Envious or the talent
While I highly doubt Michael will ever read this, I would love for him to know that even after so many years, I still love listening to you perform!
His voice has so many COLOURS! ITS GORGEOUS!
I need his voice on more stuff!!!!!!
Can't explain why I had chills....
MICHAEL ARDEN IS THE BEST! ❤️
God I love michael arden
Amazing awesome performance. A great singer and ACTOR
Omg goosebumps and cried
Anyone know why this is coming out now?
I really wonder...
When this coming out
That was the best musical I've ever seen. Disney didn't want this to transfer this on broadway, but music from the cast recording sounds like a broadway show.
Such a beautiful voice he has!
I Soo loved this song and the singer too same as the cartoon character ♥️♥️♥️
literally had me in tears, beautiful!
I swear if Bob Iger says he’ll bring this to Broadway he’d be president. He’d have my vote.
Unreal!
Amazing
Incredible
Michael, if Broadway finally gets their britches in order and bring this show to NY, you HAVE to reprise your role!
This is an incredible performance
Been really feeling this lately :'(
Pure. Talent.
this is the best I've heard it
Um excuse you to the 131k people who watched this and didn’t leave a like. This man is a god he deserves all the likes omg