Erika Henningsen Performs Three Musical Dream Roles For Her Broadway Bucket List 

I’d love to see her as Anna in Frozen. She’s got a great voice and kinda reminds me of Patti.

It’s so nice to hear her sing something other than Mean Girls. She’s so talented and so versatile. Cinderella in Into The Woods? Would die to hear her sing “On the Steps of the Palace.”

Petition for Erika to sing more soprano pieces 😍😍

SHE WOULD BE BE THE PERFECT GISELLE IN ENCHANTED

she can literally play any character in broadway

Erika's voice is is crystal clear! She has such a flexible voice and it brings me so much joy!

she makes high notes seem so effortless. i adore her.

She needs to play a Disney princess STAT

Can we just appreciate the talented piano player in the back?

Definitely would make a great Cathy from the Last Five Years.

Her voice has some of that "older broadway" style and I love it :)

Her voice in the second song had me SHOOK but really she could sing the Chinese takeaway menu and I'd be in love

Can’t wait to hear Erika as Charlie in Hazbin Hotel! She’s so good!

Totally see her playing Sondheim’s Cinderella fr Into The Woods

She has such a ‘theatre’ voice in Now You Now, and such a legit sound in the next - someone get me the versatility

petition to cast erika as anna in frozen if it ever becomes a live action movie

She really just made Sondheim sound easy

Hello soprano voice! That came out of nowhere. She’s so great as Cady Heron but her voice can do so much more. This was so good.

I'm really impressed with her legit head voice! It's so beautiful to hear how versatile she is. 💕

love mean girls but I feel like Cady doesn't do her vocals justice like LISTEN 👏🏼 TO 👏🏼 HER 👏🏼

0:45 "Now You Know" Mary Flynn in _Merrily We Roll Along_ 2:36 "Somebody, Somewhere" Rosabella in _The Most Happy Fella_ 5:08 "Meadowlark" Genevieve in _The Baker's Wide_

Her classical musical theatre voice is so impressive! What range!

I was hoping she’d do Not Getting Married Today

She should play Anna on frozen broadway she would be epic!!!!!!

Love a good pianist keeping up with that meadowlark tempo (:

i was in les mis with her years ago and she played cosette, i missed her soprano singing :,,)

There's something about a classical Broadway song that takes my breath away.

After the first song, I was thinking how well her voice would go with Meadowlark and than she sung it! I didn't expect her voice to have such a classic theatre quality. This video is probably the perfect letter of recommendation for yourself. She shows off not only her range, vocal abilities and acting skills, but also her excellent musical intuition. I would totally see her play Maria in West Side Story, or even Glinda in Wicked. With a voice like that the possibilities are endless.

This accompanist? Top notch

Im so excited to see her play Charlie in Hazbin Hotel, shes so good at singing. 😁

okay but she’d be a great anya... just saying!!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Did not KNOW she was a soprano. Amazing.

Does Erika remind anyone else of Laura Osnes?

I came into the comments and saw everyone talking about Meadowlark. Not knowing the song, I didn’t know what to expect at all. Overall- 1. Amazing song 2. Awesome performance 3. Well, her vocals were, wow.

I LOVE when belters sing legit

The thumbs downs are from bway stars knowing she's coming for their jobs 😂💛

oh my god when she sang meadowlark i got chills all over

She has a Sondheim voice if I've ever heard one!

LET HER DO "SHE LOVES ME"

we just not gonna talk about how she brought that last note from like a B to an E or somethin my GOODNESS

I think it is so impressive how bold and clear her voice is despite keeping her mouth so closed. I think it is one reason that Erika specifically is so good at fluidly transitioning from her speaking voice to her chest voice.

I’d love to see her as Cinderella in Into The Woods or Maria in Sound of Music!

okay but when she sang one of the highest notes in the second song I just randomly thought, OMG she could totally play Maria in Sound of Music and absolutely kill it! She would slay any role ever though

The voice she has. Just wow. And she seems so lovely and down-to-earth, too.

happy she did this!!! her playing cady is a very VERY big understatement to her actual talents

Honestly. I think Erika is my favorite actress on broadway right now. 😍😍😍

Okay, petition to make Erika Henningsen an official Disney princess😍💕🙌🏻

Hi new charlie from hazbin hotel your voice is beautiful :)

Omg!!! It’s great to hear her not singing Mean Girls, and singing some older musicals instead (although I do love mean girls). She’s just so talented

She's also my private vocal lesson coach in real life!

1:54 please appreciate the speaking into singing there like woah

I love her in mean girls and it’s great to hear her sing something different!!

WE NEED A COVER OF MEADOWLARK PLEASE AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC

I audibly gasped when she chose Merrily We Roll Along music for her first choice

Okay, but other than Patti LuPone’s version, I’ve never heard a version of Meadowlark that was this PERFECT!!! Great job Erika!!!

Charlie!

hello i am obsessed with her VOICE

Her mix is glorious.

I would love to see/hear Lindsay Mendez's Broadway Bucket List if BroadwayBox could get her 🙏🏽

Her head voice is amazing, and that last song is just so so beautiful!

She's so talented, like all of these songs are so different and she nailed all of them. So good!

Honestly, what can Erika Henningsen not do? She's amazing

The Baker's Wife song is beautiful! I was not familiar until this video. Erika's so talented

She would be a perfect Mary in Merrily!!

I saw her as Cady in Mean Girls last month and she was SO good!! I really liked her a lot!

Erika has such a gorgeous voice. I’m glad I got to learn some of her dream roles. If I ever got to ask the HH cast a question at a Q and A, I would want to know all their dream Broadway roles.

I’m happy to know about her. She’s so energetic and positive, it’s infectious.

Ok guys so I’m 13 and I got into musicals about 2 months ago and here’s what I’ve figured out so far We protect Ben platt with our lives We worship Barrett wilbert weed He love hamilton And we don’t stop listening to beetle juice And also here’s the musicals I’ve listened to so far: dear Evan Hanson, Heathers, Mean girls, Be more chill, Beetlejuice, and a little bit of Hamilton please recommend some more if you know any

meadowlark is one of my favorite songs and i think erika’s version is now my favorite

I totally see her as Anna, Annya and Cathy.

wow! What a great selection of songs, and she does them all so well! She was my favorite part of Mean Girls, I think she's so incredible!

Erika blew me away in Mean Girls but i’m far more blown away by these songs! Her voice is so beautiful just like her!

A master class in auditioning. As you can see by the number of comments from people who want to cast her in other roles. :) Perfection.

Wow “now you know” was amazing like actually amazing (0:46)

she’s honestly legit! I can’t even explain how incredible she is

best rendition of meadowlark i’ve ever seen (second is andrew rannells) erika can genuinely sing anything!!!

Hazbin Hotel

I've yet to listen to the Baker's Wife but I will definitely look into it after this stellar performance! I had no idea how much of a soprano Erika was, I love her even more now 💕💕

BROADWAY BUCKET LIST: Mean girls (Gretchen OR Regina) Hamilton (Eliza) Wicked (Galinda And NessaRose) Anastasia (please revive) (Anya) Hey guys! I’m just updating this! :) Phantom of the opera (Christine daaé) Legally blonde (Margot or Elle)

THE VERSATILITY.

This rendition of Now You Know is the most impressive thing I've ever heard. It's like if Elaine Strich and Barbara Cook got combined in a teleportation mishap. Fun tact: if I remember correctly, the character singing Now You Know (the curtain song in Act One) was a thinly veiled portrait of Dorothy Parker in the original 1934 play.

Would've loved to see her as Anastasia on Broadway, I think she would do really well and bring something new to the character. She has this airy, princess aura that Christy Altomare has and I am just realizing it now!

hi im in love with erika henningsen that’s all

YASSS! We stan a classical queen!!!!!!

Who else would love to see her as G(a)linda in the wicked movie??

Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed, That's what it is, That's what it is. Now I'm lucky that Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me That's very wonderful to know Somebody lonely wants me to care Wants me of all people to notice him there Well, I want to be wanted Need to be needed And I'll admit I'm all aglow Cause somebody somewhere Wants me and needs me Wants lonely me to smile and say hello Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know

Cast her as a Disney Princess, now!

When I was a girl l I had a favorite story Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind Her voice could match the angels' in its glory But she was blind, the lark was blind An old king came and took her to his palace Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice And he prayed: "Sing for me, my meadowlark, Sing for me of the silver morning, Set me free, my meadowlark, And I'll buy you a priceless jewel And cloth of brocade and crewel And I'll love you for life, If you will sing for me." Then one day as the lark sang by the water The god of the sun heard her in his flight And her singing moved him so He came and brought her the gift of sight He gave her sight And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender "Come along. Fly with me, my meadowlark, Fly with me on the silver morning, Past the sea where the dolphins bark We will dance on the coral beaches, Make a feast of the plums and peaches Just as far as your vision reaches Fly with me." But the meadowlark said no For the old king loved her so She couldn't bear to wound his pride So the sun god flew away And when the king came down that day He found his meadowlark had died Every time I heard that part I cried And now I stand here starry-eyed and stormy Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb A beautiful, young man appears before me, Singing â??come, oh, won't you come?â?? And what can I do if finally for the first time The one I'm burning for returns the glow? If love has come at last it's picked the worst time Still I know I've got to go Fly away, meadowlark Fly away in the silver morning, If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark So it's off where the days won't bind me I know I leave wounds behind me But I won't let tomorrow find me Back this way Before my past once again can blind me Fly away And we won't wait To say good-bye My beautiful young man And I.

Such a gorgeous voice! Love her emotion...you can feel those words❤️

Chills with her second song. Wow!!! 😫❤️

i would love to see these in spotify i would never stop listening 👏🏻🤩✨

I've seen her twice in mean girls and WOW. I could listen to her sing 24/7

Hadn't heard of her before and am now a fan.

I love mean girls and hazbin hotel I just realized she play Charlie

She has such a gorgeous voice!! I kind of overlooked her in Mean Girls since all the other girls have better songs written for their characters. I obviously feel dumb now haha I just feel like Cady's songs didn't stand out as much as say "Till someone gets hurt" or "I'd rather be me"...

I see Erika Henningsen, I click.

I love Meadowlark so much and I'd only listened to Patti singing it, and I am in awe of Erika's version. She's amazing

I have one thing to say, and that thing is I love erika

I'd love to see her play Anastasia!

I got chills just listening to her I love it