Same experience here as well. I met Hugh after one of his concerts in NV, he was very humble and unassuming. We talked for a few minutes and went on our own ways. A few days later, I saw him again, this time in CA at his next tour stop, and after the concert, went to say hi and he remembered my name, the name of my partner (who was unable to make it due to work), and generally was such an amazing person, to basically a stranger who he had only met once before; that's class folks, and I will always remember Hugh in that light, for how kind, caring, and the beautiful- classy soul he is!
I met him on January 28 this year. He was my first Phantom back in 2012. He is such a sweet man. He took like 15 minutes of his time before Sweeney Todd to talk to my friend and I and pet her dog. I feel so blessed to have met him. Such amazing talent
True story: it was my 28th bday and I went to see hugh as phantom and met him at the stage door. I told him it was my bday and he took both my hands and sang happy birthday really giddily to me. I felt so loved. He’s such a kind and lovely and my god, talented!, person. 💗
You can hear the beauty of his voice with no need for microphone or reverberation. Thank you for sharing this great video of what real singing is in musical theatre ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had the opportunity to see Hugh when he was still performing on Broadway and he still has that same beautiful, haunting, dark, gentle, soulful energy that he put into his Phantom. I remembered how he brought me to tears at the end with his sobs over Christine leaving. I almost reached out to him to comfort because of how believable his cry was. Still in awe of him to this very day.
OMG, he never fails to leave me crying. I have been lucky enough to see him in Phantom. I wish I had been that woman he was singing to, although I would have been a basket case…lol.
I just turned 30 why didn't Hugh sing to me? 😂 No but seriously that would have been the greatest gift of all time. I wish I met him. I'd seen him 4 times on Broadway and he'll always be "my " Phantom. I probably won't get a chance to ever meet him now but I'm so glad to see this video.
Actually the part was written for Michael Crawford, you may have heard of him before, who is a TENOR. The music is written in the range of a Baritone/Bari-Tenor...
