Laura Osnes - "Welcome Home" from "Bandstand" 

1:27 The subtle yet prevalent acting of the band members is astounding. Just look at the trombone player's reaction after Julia says "faced with raising kids who did not recognize their dad"

The anger and despair behind that saxophone solo is insane. I don't think that this musical is great, but the payoff for this finale is, in my opinion, one of the greatest in Broadway history.

I absolutely adore this song because you can see and hear all the emotions with each actor. For example, when it gets to Donny's part you can tell he's just trying to focus on the music and keeps the thoughts and emotions of war out of his mind. Also, the fact that they had mutes in their instruments was a really nice touch.

My father fought in WW2. He never told me about the horrible things that he witnessed. I was fortunate to see this show during its Broadway run. It shed a lot of light on understanding my father better. The emotion in Laura’s beautiful singing voice is incredible. Everyone did a great job on this performance.

I never really got the part about Jimmy until I found a deleted scene that made clear he is gay and lost his partner in the war. It makes so much sense now that his part is strangely vague compared to the others. His story couldn’t be told without endangering him

This song is still one of the greatest songs written for the theater. It's a hard song to sing too!

I love how it feels almost as if every one in the song is on the edge of insanity. I love how unlike other musicals since every instrument has a character behind it every instrument has emotion and sorrow and anger out behind it as well. All of them displaying the characters’ struggles through music. It’s just beautifully heart breaking.

In the scene right before this, the boys are all wearing jackets and ties with their shirts buttoned to the collar. In this scene, they’ve all undone their collars so you can see their dog tags. One of my favorite details.

Anyone else get literal chills every time?

This performance makes me cry every single time. It's so powerful

james nathan hopkins didnt have to go that hard, but he did that 🙌🏻

Still have never seen the full musical but I’m still obsessed

Oh wow this is so much more emotional than on the cast recording

could you imagine a mashup of this song and "Come Back" from Dogfight? Oh my goodness I'd be a puddle of tears.

Literally one of the best musicals to ever exist… she’s my dream role but I could never 🥲

I just met Laura like 10 mins ago here in Kelowna BC. She’s the sweetest human being!! ❤️

Donny's tags falling out of his shirt by the end of the song is always such a good little detail I'm glad I've noticed. It just,,,, I dunno I feel like there is a lot of symbolism in it that I can't find a way to articulate.

The way they all interact with her and the lyrics just makes this masterpiece that much better💕

I have watched the entire show about 10 times and have listened to this song and the closing song to the first act by Donny at least 20 times each. I have yet to make it to the end of either song without tearing up, especially Laura's closing Welcome Home. My father was a soldier in WWII but never saw combat because of a disability. The best man at his wedding fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Another friend of theirs fought in Korea. I had friends serve in Vietnam. Any one of these wars could have been the basis for this play because every one produced soldiers with these issues; whether you call is battle fatigue, shell shock or PTSD. My father, his friends and my friends from Vietnam never discuss what it was like in combat. It took my father's best man until the late 1950s to be able to sleep in a room with other people, including his wife, because of the nightmares.

I was thrilled to see this show on Broadway. Amazing!

Got the chills! Such a good song! Such emotion!

I saw Bandstand in previews, it was the first Broadway musical I ever saw after years and years of local and community theater. It's a funny little show in that I didn't like it that much composition-wise. There were lots of moments where the show felt incomplete or where the transitions were odd. But I swear it's been 3 years and it has yet to give up its grasp on my heart. This song gives me the shivers like my body is remembering what it felt like to sit and cry in that theater. Anyway...

This song and their acting scratches an itch in my brain

I will never get over the fact that I had tickets to see this on tour and never got to see it

That's Bonnie Parker

Great song - but oh well, Laura Osnes - life comes at you FAST!

So incredibly beautiful!

so sad this show shut down. I had a private q and a with laura osnes. That is her one regret

Why was this such a short run 166 performances? Did Covid and the Pandemic shut it down? Love this show!