FIRST TIME WATCHING: A Very Potter Musical...this thing is hilarious 

fun fact: Ron and Draco are actually together and they recently got engaged!

Harry in this musical is what Book Snape thinks Book Harry acts like.

This is a bunch of college kids and I'm pretty sure their budget was $150😭😭

Lauren Lopez rolling around on the ground is the peak of comedy

the only universe where we would be shipping Voldemort with Quirrell so hard

the whole starkid story is so interesting! I love that they started as a bunch of college friends singing about Harry Potter and now they’re a full fledged theater production company that puts out such quality content for free on yt!

Please for the love of god watch the next one ‘A Very Potter Sequel’, it’s an absolute meme and personally my favourite of the series.

There is really nothing like the pure unadulterated joy of watching someone watch AVPM for the first time.

Lauren Lopez as Draco Malfoy is more canon than the movie Draco. 😂 I think even Tom Felton (Draco actor) agrees lol. She's so talented tho.

"HufFLePuFfS are paRticUlarLy goOd fIndERs!" My favorite line XD

Oh god, I’ve been a Starkid fan for ten years now and I’ve gotta say it’s such a delight to see people discover them for the first time. Whether you react to the rest of their stuff here or just on your own I really can’t recommend all of their shows enough. This, the sequel, and MAMD are so enjoyably low budget and everything that comes after jumps in quality but keeps the awesome charm and hilarity of their original shows. And just like with Harry Potter there’s such a huge and warm community around Starkid. There’s something so magical about this group of old college friends who come together every so often to do a new show. Anyway, to make a long comment short, I just really hope you’ll let yourselves take a deep dive down the Starkid rabbit hole because I guarantee it’ll be totally awesome. 🤙🏻

this and 'the mysterious ticking noise' were pivotal in my harry potter days lol

Can we talk about how Harry had a British accent for the first verse of the musical and then never again?

this is a company called ‘StarKid’ and was originally just a bunch of theatre college students, they still make musicals now and they’re incredible with a higher budget and better quality, they also usually keep the same casts so everyone kinda has an attachment to the members as well.

The actor who played Professor Snape is actually about to marry one of the most renowned Harry Potter-RU-vidrs, Tessa Netting.

So, the person who plays Crabbe actually got put on the project a day or two ahead of time which is why Crabbe has so few lines.

A Very Potter Musical has two sequels: A Very Potter Sequel & A Very Potter Senior Year

This comment section will probably be flooded with Starkid show recommendations, but here are my two cents anyway. I highly recommend watching Twisted, an absolutely incredible parody of Aladdin and Wicked. The guy who plays Dumbledore is playing the main character in that and he's amazing! My other two faves are definitely The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Trail to Oregon - both are very funny. The quality of their productions has been improving year by year and they have created a truly amazing online community. PS. If you like superheroes, their production Holy Musical B@man is the superior Batman vs Superman story! Suck it, DC!

For the first time ever, I’ve recognized that Voldemort’s speech right when getting ready to kill Harry the last time is ripped directly from Fire Lord Ozai’s speech to Aang😂

Definitely not me singing along with the entire thing hahaha

Ginny and Harry’s interactions in this musical are FAR better than their interactions in the canon movies

The guy who plays Harry won a golden globe, and in his speech he said “this is totally awesome” which is something he says in the Series of Harry Potter Musicals, pretty cool

You've fallen into the greatest trap of RU-vid reaction channel: By watching this, even if you react to other stuff you are now a Starkid reaction channel. Best of luck.

I heard the part when Lauren Lopez (Draco) went "And you have to be my slave for a whole day starting now!" was adlibbed, so Snape and Voldemort's surprise was genuine and the following lines between Voldemort and Draco were also adlibbed.

The headmaster forgetting Hufflepuff exists. As a Hufflepuff I FIND this is pretty accurate to how we’re treated.

So just incase you're wondering, the reason Draco rolls around the floor is because apparantly it was supposed to be his thing that he tries to strike a pose and strut around to look extravagant, but failing to do so he'd end up rolling around the floor. The idea to include this came when the actress (Lauren Lopez) tried to strike a pose or something, slipped and ended up doing a roll and playing it off, the production team thought it was funny so they decided to keep it in as a staple of Draco's character. By the way, it was performed in 2009. Proving popular, multiple performances occured. The sequel was performed multiple times in 2010. The threequel was performed in 2012, but only once due to the limited availability of all the actors, the short time the musical was produced in and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding it.

This series got me shipping Quirrelmort 😭

The Starkid troupe was formed from theater students at the University of Michigan. So it's not a school production per se, but they were college students at the time.

The actor who played Dumbledore is Dylan Saunders; another of his roles in StarKid shows is Jafar in "Twisted", which I whole-heartedly recommend. It's one of my favorite non-Potter related shows by the group.

The actor who plays Ron(Joey) is now engaged to the actress who plays Draco (Lauren). You really need to check out some of their other shows, the talent just gets better and better.

I can’t wait to see what they think of Remus and Umbridge in the sequel 🤣

A very Potter musical is a show created by college students in University of Michigan. They decided to post it on RU-vid so their families could see it but then it went viral. Now they are a teathre company named “Team Starkid” they have done 13 musicals in the last 12 years!

What's even more interesting about this play is that the movies weren't all out yet. They did this show the same year the sixth movie came out.

"harry" is darren criss who wrote most of the songs in this in like a couple days. the song "not alone" you liked so much he wrote and then performed for obamas inaugaration, hes amazing and went on to be blaine on Glee, emmy nominated songwriter, emmy/golden globe/sag winner as andrew cunanan in American Crime Story, broadway to ironically replace real harry potter daniel radcliffe in "how to succeed in business", played hedwig in hedwig and the angry inch. pure talent and will def get EGOT CRAZY this was just a university of michigan play they just were having fun with as college kids. youtube was new and they added it there instead of mailing the dvd to a bunch of cast members never expecting anyone to see it. went viral

I had the absolute privilege to see the premiere of one of the sequels live at LeakyCon in Chicago in 2012. Love these guys, they are so talented.

Darren Criss (harry potter) wrote the music for this and it was made by two of his friends who wrote and directed it. They got all of their theater friends to play the parts at the Michigan university they all went to, a lot of whom are in a theater company called Starkid. They're still making amazing shows....so funny and I'd totally be down if you guys watched all of them! "Twisted" may be my favorite besides this! Also Darren went on to star in Glee after AVPM! As a huge fan of Starkid and the Potterverse, I was so happy to watch this with you guys. It felt like introducing my friends to the musical for the first time. So glad you guys liked it! Welcome to the fandom!

My favorite thing about this show is that your reactions are basically everyone's first reaction to seeing it. First confusion, then hilarity, and finally just awe at how ridiculously amazing it is. I can still remember the first time I saw this 10 years ago, and I watched the entire thing with a huge smile on my face. It's impossible not to love it.

This was a student production at the University of Michigan. It was written by Darren Criss who has since won an emmy award!

NOOO I CANT BELIEVE YALL REACTING TO THIS OMG

Seeing their OG musical again just lets you appreciate how their skills have all evolved over the years

I hope you watch the next two so you can see the amazing Brian Holden in action

The best is the moments when they break character. Draco’s cow with snape, when Ron doesn’t have a snack and the band mate give him some, and when Voldemort breaks in the door. Comedy Gold!!!

Darren Criss who play Harry is amazingly talented! He plays a killer the Assassination of Gianni Versace and is one of the main cast of Glee where he really showcases his singing talent

the girl who plays draco is just my favourite human ever i LOVE her.

This musical was the birth of pretty damn popular musical company called Team Starkid. I love them sooooo much, i started watching their stuff in January and they really gave me so much joy in these months! This was just a bunch of college friends, that made musicals, they decided to film this one and posted it on RU-vid to show their friends. And suddenly they had fans all over the globe. And now, 12 years later, they have a huge fanbase, a lot of really cool musicals, and really just an amazing fandom. Starkid warms my heart. Hope you'll watch something else by them, their musicals are extremely good and fun.

I did not expect you guys to watch this. I'm so happy y'all did. These musicals give me so much life.

If you want to watch a horror-comedy musical from Starkid I recommend TGWDLM (the guy who didn't like musicals). It already has a sequel with "Black Friday" and Starkid is planning to do a third part which is called "Nerdy Prudes must die". Last year they read horror stories in the same universe with original songs called Nightmare Time.

Well I know what I'm about to watch (and sing along to) for the next 3 hours 🤣

I truly thank y’all for this. It feels like I’m watching this with my friends and it makes me so happy that they enjoyed it as much as I did, and we as a fandom can bring so much joy into someone else’s lives 😊

I forgot how great this musical is, really fun to have you guys react to it! Hope you'll also check out A Very Potter Sequel, just as fun and great character development as well :D

They only did like 5 performances of this show so it’s such an elite club who actually got to see it

This video is an excuse for me to rewatch avpm

Ron: Bro Harry: Yeah bro? Ron: Close your eyes bro Harry: Ok bro Ron: What do you see bro? Harry: Nothing bro Ron: That's my world without you bro Harry: brO

My private story is named pigfarts and the amount of times I have to explain it to people just shows how uncultured our generation is smh

my favorite in the world is that joey (ron) and lauren (draco) are engaged. i will be crying when they get married

20:39 “dumbledore is the best part of this musical” wait until you meet voldemort

This and the next two (the second one is the tightest) are literally better than the official broadway production

I love that you are doing this! I actually recommend everything from Starkid! You could watch some newer Stuff like The guy who didnt lake musicals! They are all insanely hilarious!

This is the first show Starkid did. They were a group of friends at the University of Michigan who did shows like this all the time and they just decided to film this one and put it on youtube cuz it was cheaper than making dvds and then it went viral. So they decided to make a company out of it (they chose "Starkid" because draco calls harry "Starkid potter" in one scene) and they've since made 11 more shows (two of which are sequels to this one), 2 tours, and so much more. They also got a cease and desist from Warner Bros so they cut out some of the more inappropriate scenes and changed the name from "harry potter the musical" to "a very potter musical" So yea they kind of became a company by accident but they're talent is off the charts! So fun watching your reactions ❤️

My favorite thing in the whole world is that the actors who played Ron and Draco are now engaged (Lauren Lopez and Joey Richter)

You probably know by now but the show was made and performed by College students in 2009 at the university of Michigan. The group were fans of Harry Potter and High School Musical and put the two together. They filmed their last show for fun bc it was a huge hit as seen by the people literally sitting on the floor to watch it and by how they know when some parts and characters are coming up. After this went viral they started the group and company Starkid.

I knew we were off to a good start when he said "the guy playing Harry"

the starkid team did this play as a sort of good bye-play because some of them were about to get their degree and leave their university. They uploaded the play so their parents would be able to watch and to have something they could look back on after their graduation

You uploaded this on April 9! That was the 12 year anniversary of AVPM!

Found your channel too late to participate in the original HP watch along. Found it just in time to follow your journey into StarKids best work ever. @ me. I will defend this series until the day I die

Neville Longbottom and the Black Witch is amazing! The casting, acting, and special effects are so on point.

This reminds me of when my cousin introduced me to AVPM many many years ago. The only vivid detail I remember of the experience is almost dying of laughter and having to pause several times to catch my breath before I could continue. Truly a wonderful experience that lead me down the greatest of rabbit holes.

As a proud italian, I suggest “Voldemort: the origin of the heir”, a pretty good “movie” if we think that is a fanmade. Loved your reactions

I cannot believe you're watching this piece of art!!! Starkid is nothing short of fantastic!!! Yaaaaay!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁 Fun fact: in the third Potter musical, Luna is played by the actual Luna from the movies

My friends don't want to watch this with me, so I'm glad now I have someone to watch it with. Thanks guys!

I really want them to go on a Stakid kick now. This was the beginning, so it's amazing, but all of the others are wonderful too!!

Am I going to binge this whole thing and sing along? Yes, yes I am. Love that you're reacting to this, holy shit this was my entire childhood, it's so funny!

Y'all know that there are two more Harry Potter Musicals that they wrote? They are each really funny too!

Starkid was a theater troupe of college students from the University of Michigan. Many of the kids in this have gone on to be actors of varying degrees, from Joe Walker(voldemort) being in commercials and on TV, to Darren Criss(harry potter) being an Emmy award winning actor. They have SEVERAL more musicals, including sequels to A Very Potter Musical that you guys would also likely enjoy a ton. All of their works are on youtube and are all absolute gold.

Love this musical! It was my first introduction to Harry's actor, Darren Criss. He later became my favorite character in Glee, and really successful singer, his voice is in my favorites

The fact that Dumbeldore has on a High School Musical pajama shirt is amazing. 1:56:28

OMG. I haven't seen this in forever--thanks so much for reacting to--and enjoying--it! Also, if you watch "A Very Potter Sequel," pleeeeassse use the subtitles!

Ok so TeamStarKid did this when they were in college at Michigan State. They decided since most of their theater department loved Harry Potter that they would write and perform a parody musical for the students and teachers at their college.

I saw this when it first got posted to RU-vid and have been following everything they've done ever since! The only show I've ever gotten to see live though was "Holy Musical, Batman"

DUDE I would have never expected in a million years that you guys would be reacting to AVPM but I'm so glad you are

The development we didn't know Voldemort needed

gUYS, You should react to "Spies are forever" by the tincan bros!! It´s an awesome musical!

This musical is older than people in secondary now?? Anyway this musical got me into theatre 💀 I adore this show, the characters are great, the songs are amazing and every actor kills it

I love StarKid! Twisted and Trail to Oregon are sooo funny. Anyways, this was awesome, it was like 3 of my favourite things combined. Also, I don't blame Quirrel, I'd follow Voldy if he looked like that...

“It’s just like a school musical or something” Famous last words 🤣

Best line. "If a person were to TOUCH THEMSELVES" *stares at ron*

It makes me so happy that more people are discovering Starkid. Been watching them since I was like 15, and I'm 26 now. They're such a fantastic group. Twisted and AVPM/S are my favorites.

You ask if it's a school production, it was done at one of the Universities in Michigan.

I didn't see this production live but AVP has a huge fandom of its own so the Creative Arts Society at my college put on their own production of it 4-5 years ago so I got to see that one live and it was hilarious! Also so cool seeing where Darren Criss got his start!

I just realised that this is the whole thing and not edited to be shorter so umm don’t talk to me for the next 2 and a bit hours

This play is AWESOME... I went to it here in Brazil and it was really faithful to this original one, low budget but lots of fun... And as a fan of Darren Chris is amazing watch him that young and already so talented.

Have you seen Starship? Underrated Starkid production. I love the digs at Darren as he played Blaine on Glee

A Very Potter Musical is probably one of the best examples of the Harry Potter fanbase. They're having fun with the source material while at the same time putting a ton of thought and effort into it. You're right, these songs did not need to be originals, they could have been knockoffs. They could have just copied the plot with songs to it and people would have been impressed. They could have copied lines from the movies all the live long day and quoted catch phrases (yes there are dated references, but I'll give them a pass, they work them in pretty well). They didn't need to do any of this, but this team decided to throw in 110% with a shoestring budget

idk if you guys ever watched avatar the last airbender but fun fact the monologue voldemort said before killing harry is actually from the fight between aang and fire lord ozai at the end of season three

It's great seeing others enjoy this musical! I first learned about it a few months after it was put on RU-vid. I didn't know if any of my acquaintances would definitely be interested in this so I felt like I couldn't share it with anyone. I'm glad there are people still discovering Team StarKid!

If you enjoyed this, you should totally check out their other stuff... There's two more Harry Potter ones, There's Starwars, Batman, Oregon Trail (based kinda on the educational game), There's Disney's Aladdin from Jafar's point of view... All sorts of fun stuff that's not directly based on other stuff too. Don't feel you have to react to them (although I would thoroughly enjoy that), but certainly check out more of their shows when you can (be aware that some background knowledge might be needed to get many of the jokes in the shows based on existing properties, but you might enjoy them regardless).

OH MY GOSH!!! This is my first time watching reactions to my Favorite😅Fan-made Musical Trilogy!!!!!! These dudes are so funny/hilarious! God I wish we could be buds! 🤣I’m looking SO forward to seeing these Awesome guys react to more movies!!!! 👍🤟

I freaking love this. I love the actors for hermione granger, albus Dumbledore, harry potter and severus snape. I mean everyone did a good job but these that I mention are the ones I enjoy the most.

You see, now there's no escape. Now you have to watch all the Starkid musicals. And I'm here for it!

WAIT!!! That was Devin that played Cho Chang??? She was a Buzzfeed personality!!!