Brian d'Arcy James inspiring performance of Who I'd Be (Shrek) - Broadway sings for Amigos de Jesus 

I love how he slipped into his Shrek voice 3/4 of the way through. :)

Wow, Shrek cleans up pretty nice lol

I love shreak because I teaches you to not try to have your story like someone else's and have it be your own story

Shrek is the role brian was born to play. Also this is my favourite song ever... and it was from shrek the musical. Unexpected

This song always makes me cry!

I just recently found out about the awesomeness that is Brian d'Arcy James because of Something Rotten! but now I wish I could have seen him in Shrek. That was an amazing performance of a wonderful song! And I just love his voice. I think he could do a musical rendition of a phone book and make it sound great. lol

The piano was so loud lol

Shrek is a surprisingly great musical.

listening to him sing the end on his own made me think of something like Fiona and Donkey died, and he just wants to find his perfect happy ending again.

He is truly amazing. The perfect shrek.

One of the most uplifting songs I've heard in a while ✨

I mean...BDJ could fart in a sock and call it a musical, and I'd still pay to see it.

this song makes me SOB every time

NO ONE sings this better than him.

You know how some people get tangles from ASMR? his voice does that to me

Who mixed the audio for this song holy cow. Sounds like the audio engineer was drunk or left early

Best song ever.

My school did Shrek the musical Jr last year (I was a dulocian dancer puppet thingie) but this song wasn’t included, and I was very upset

His smile!!! 😍😍

I've seen shrek a hundred times, never seen him without the makeup!

He is absolutely brilliant

I cry everytime I hear this song

this version is is amazing!

He was fucking awesome in Spotlight

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH OMG

I remember watching the musical on Netflix and I loved it so in Georgia on single mountain they did their own Shrek musical I was Gretel

I want Brian to be my dad.

I'm crying omg..😍😭

I had the pleasure of dining this song in March this year when I played shrek and have never loved a song so much and this man is brilliant 🤩

To the guy in the front row just shaking his head yes: me too.

My favorite song 💚💚💚

He’s such a good Baritone

he is just absolutely brilliant

Great song. Amazing Performance.

Dat ending though

This song is so beautiful!

You are amazing and loved you in Shrek.Your amazing .Thank you ,you as a singer gave me a purpose .Thank you from Auckland ,New Zealand.

I Love this music 😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😭

I'm playing Shrek on the sames stage I'm am30 years old

Who I’d be is great song and it describes on who Shrek would like to be instead of an Ogre

Very clever cut! Loved the performance

Shrek] I guess I'd be a hero, With sword and armor clashing Looking semi dashing, A shield within my grip Or else I'd be a Viking and live a life of daring While smelling like a herring, upon a Viking ship. I'd sail away, I'd see the world, I'd reach the farthest reaches I'd feel the wind, I'd taste the salt and sea. And maybe storm some beaches. That's who I'd be. That's who I'd be. Or I could be a poet and write a different story, One that tells of glory, and wipes away the lies And to the skies I'd throw it, the stars would do the telling The moon would help with spelling, and night would dot the 'I's I'd write a verse, Recite a joke, with wit and perfect timing. I'd share my heart, confess the things I yearn, and do it all while rhyming. But we all learn. But we all learn. An Ogre always hides, an Ogre's fate is known And Ogre always stays in the dark and all alone So yes I'd be a hero, and if my wish was granted Life would be enchanted, or so the stories say. Of course I'd be a hero, and I would scale a tower To save a hot-house flower, and carry her away But standing guard would be a beast, I'd somehow over whelm it, I'd get the girl, I'd take my breath, and I'd remove my helmet. We'd stand and stare, we'd speak of love, we'd feel the stars ascending We'd share a kiss, I'd find my destiny I'd have a hero's ending, a perfect happy ending. That's how it would be A big bright beautiful world But not for me. [Fiona] An ogre always hides. An ogres fate is know. An ogre always stays in the dark [Shrek] (same time as Fiona's same line) An ogre always stays in the dark [Donkey] you're all alone [Fiona] All Alone (All at the same time) [Shrek] So yes i'd be a hero, and if my wish was granted my life would be enchanted or so the stories say. Of course I'd be a hero and I would scale a tower to save a hot-house flower and carry her away! [Fiona] There are rules and there are strictures. I believe the story books i read by candle light [Donkey] All alone You need a pal, My calendar's open You need me. [All] A perfect happy ending, that's how.... it.. should be!

just beautiful

What an amazing guy

Wow

That piano ruined the whole song it was like too loud omg

Me enamoreee ame su personaje en Shrek para mi el unico y original

Amazing!!👏❤

I love him so much bro

Listening to him sing this breaks my heart every damn time. Wow.

I guess I’d be a hero With sword and armor clashing Looking semi-dashing A shield within my grip Or else I’d be a Viking And live a life of daring While smelling like a herring Upon a Viking ship I’d sail away I’d see the world I’d reach the farthest reaches I’d feel the wind I’d taste the salt and sea And maybe storm some beaches That’s Who I’d Be That’s Who I’d Be Or I could be a poet And write a different story One that tells of glory And wipes away the lies And to the sky I’d throw it The stars would do the telling The Moon would help with spelling And night would dot the i I’d write a verse Recite a joke With wit and perfect timing I’d share my heart Confess the things I yearn And do it all while rhyming But we all learn But we all learn An ogre always hides An ogre’s fate is known An ogre always stays in the darkness And all alone So yes I’d be a hero And if my wish was granted My life would be enchanted Or so the stories say Of course I’d be a hero And I would scale a tower And save a hot house flower And carry her away But standing guard Would be a beast I’d somehow overwhelm it I’d get the girl I’d take a breath And I’d remove my helmet We’d stand and stare We’d speak of love We’d feel the stars ascending We’d share a kiss I’d find my destiny I’d have a hero’s ending A perfect happy ending That’s how it would be A big bright beautiful world That’s how it should be

i can tell that's the guy that play's shrek

Thank you Netflix for bringing Shrek to a revival!

And I'm also known by many as the HBO lawyer. Lol

Wow! He doesn’t look like Shrek

Beautifully done, and kudos to making it through despite that off-key violin...

Did uh….. did they not think to tune to piano before this?

DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT THE SCOTTISH ACCENT

Hannah’s Dad! 😭

i'm here from john oliver vs bob murray musical

I care about your fealings Bryon

It’s really too bad they never did a Shrek 2 The Musical, BDJ looks a lot like human Shrek clean shaven!

Was his voice modulated with like a computer for the show? Because it is much deeper than it is here

it’s a shame the audio is so fucked on this performance, like why is the piano so loud lol??

Lmao he's my dad's best friend its so weird to watch these videos

The volume of the piano is dreadful!

do u know who brian d arcy james is is the self inharry today theater the veiw rosie o donnell show macy's thanksgiving day parade home and family late night with seth myersthe stand boys tallk and made in holly wood the 1st lawyer in last week tonight with john oliver the tim dude in the big c the happy clit in it could be worse the young mark in time out of mind the stone in song of back and neck the sherrif jones in 1992 the andy baker in 13 reasons why iorn man in the super mairo bros shrek in shrek the musical tom sheffield in all these small moments irsh eddie in ghost town a joe walker of the show in first mananton in devs the oldbard in molly's game a in the catedarl richard damrosch wwe star lord steven regal in raw smack down and more thats what he does..