StageDiver's Adaptation of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (High School Edition) 

Hey all! I’m the director (and Hidgens) of this show! My twin (Emma) and I both worked super hard to direct and choreograph our student-led/produced production of this show, so thank you for all of the positive feedback! We didn’t even know it was uploaded, so all of the nice comments were a great surprise. Thank you all! :)! Seriously, thank you so SO much! All of your kind words mean so much to all of us!! EDIT! For whoever's reading this! Also! This is not a High School show! (It is a show put on by highschoolers, but the school was not the one who put it on. Our school has no theatre program. It's IN the high school, so that's where our restrictions came from.) We fundraised everything to make this show (and other shows) possible. If you want to put this show on I say GO FOR IT! You don't need to wait for your school or community to do it!

I can't get over the fact that the dude playing Ted is also the homeless guy, they rlly did their homework

oh my god the smoke club is infinitely funnier the larger it is

Hello, I did sound for this musical, and I just wanted to share a little funny story about the picture and name used during “What Do You Want Paul”. So basically through out all of rehearsals Mrs Davidson would say “Caden, my husband” but from the start of rehearsals we had secretly planned to use the name “Cooper” (who is our mic guy) and his picture. He had no idea of this secret scheme till opening night. He was very shocked when he saw his face and heard his name

The hatchetfield fans have been summoned

- thats not the lattey hottey!! - yes it is :( Was so adorable and in character

Sam's actor captured the Jeff Blim energy so well, that's such a tall order and they rocked it

Y'all killed it. And Professor Hidgens being female here is extra funny following the Workin' Boys short film. Awesome job, I especially wanna highlight the actresses for Emma and Charlotte, and the actor for Ted, cause woah, you guys did amazing and felt so natural on stage! And Alice? My goodness, she was fantastic, the choreography with the additional cast was great too.

PROFESSOR HIDGENS ACTRESS SERVED

so you shrunk jeff blim to high schooler size to play sam right? either that or his actor is insanely talented. of course, everyone here is killer, sam just brings that manic jeff energy

The little Starkid references in the background design are giving me life (namely the slippery when wet sign)

"those arent even dudes" - awesome stuff

The guy that played Jeff Blim's characters is so Jeff Blim coded

your lighting tech did a really good job replicating the vibe of the lighting from the original starkid production

my therapist: tiny jeff blim isn’t real he can’t hurt you tiny jeff blim: 19:33

I'm starting to think that guy doesn't like musicals

I love how you forced Emma into the bow. This is probably the best high school adaptation ive seen

Not both of them saying the "Kiss me?" line!!!! That's so cute, I love it!!

I've been saying "not my tummy, nooo" all week lmao

The actress who played Alice is JAW-DROPPING!!!!!

Emma’s actresses’ speaking voice sounds so much like Lauren (Lopez) it’s insane! Also amazing performances from them and everyone

Forcing Emma into a bow was such a good detail!

I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the whole sequence of Hidgens trying to get her coat on is HILARIOUS to me 😭and then fixing the chair, sitting on it for .5 seconds, and then crawling in the floor is so Hidgens (49:00)

Ted was by far my favorite character I’ve ever acted

oh this is a really good adaption?? the censoring feels natural (aside from situations where there’s not much they really could’ve DONE, like what do you want paul, but that’s a given) which is really surprising, the singing is good, the ACTING ??? even just how the lighting was done and the fact in inevitable the background changes when the different songs get their parts,, god I would’ve killed to do this as a school play (or. I suppose it’s just a play in a school, but still) :]

i'm surprised i haven't seen many comments about it, but the kid who plays paul absolutely kills it. we have a tiny jeff blim AND a tiny jon matteson on our hands, people!

Yall remember this when the name “CoCo Striefler” (Prof. Hidgens actress) is in broadway playbills

It's not often that I watch a high school production of a show that I know backwards and forwards, let alone comment on it; however, I would be very remiss if I didn't. I have to admit, this came up in my recs and I didn't plan to actually watch much, just skim through...but alas, here we are two hours later. I have to tell you all that I am insanely impressed by this production. It's not an easy thing to adapt a show let alone a Starkid production and have it work, but in this case, y'all picked the right one to do. The fact that this is student led is also very impressive on its own, but at the same time, is also very apparent that it is as the censoring doesn't sound like some old adult came through with ridiculous things and words that don't sound anything resembling natural as often happens. Anyone who didn't know the show wouldn't even really be aware that the words were all that different, kind of IYKYK. I could keep going, but I've written quite the novel already -- but I do want to at least say that it looks like you all had an absolute blast and I hope you take any online criticism (which I hope is very minimal to non-existent) with a VERY light grain of salt. With a student budget this was extremely well done and the work that went into it is very apparent, especially to those of us who have been in theatre for twenty plus years like myself. There's a lot of talent in this production and for those of you who wish to pursue it further, I think quite a few of you are going to have a really great future in it. Well done, guys. You have a lot to celebrate here.

Didn’t know people did starkid musicals for high school musicals but this is really cool!! ❤❤

The way the man in a hurry jumped over that chair in poisoned coffee was insane!

As someone who is currently working to do tgdlm for my own highschool musical THIS WAS AMAZING, every actor was so great!!!

PEAK ADAPTATION I WAS CLAPPING LIKE A CHILD THE WHOLE TIME I LOVE THIS

shoutout to the lighting crew it’s so good

The actress really did justice to Lá Dee Dá Dá Day

The guy who played the cop did awesome! He sounded just like Jeff Blim.

La Dee Da Da Day was amazing!

5:21 it’s so weird not hearing the swearing lol

I am genuinely at loss of words for how AMAZING this is!!! Highlights: - Jeff Blim (it's nice you pretend you didn't ACTUALLY get Jeff Blim but we can't be fooled come on) (for legal reasons this is a joke that guy is just amazing!) - Greenpeace Girl, Emma, Charlotte - Cup of roasted/poisoned coffee - I will say that imo sounds better than the original even ??! - the fact you got bigger groups for the aliens and probably had to practice DAYS for everyone to talk at the same time - Not Your Seed !!!!! - Prof. Hidgens

I was skeptical about What Do You Want Paul because of the lyric change, but they pulled it off

Big fan of the fact that everyone else is subject to censorship while Hidgens is mostly allowed to keep the swears. Definitely enhanced the character here!

Ok, some of my favorite bits so far: I love Charlotte in this version so much, Sam and McNamara's actor is great (big shoes to fill!), the actor for bill sells me on his meekness and the tragedy. the Working Boys number was phenomenal and that dance works so well with a group, I also have to say the small scene immediately following is SO funny (Emma falling on her face, a quiet moment of prayer from Ted's actor (who is also killing that role), and the bit with the chairs gets me in every version). Hidgens adaptation is great too. I love the ensemble, everyone does a great job and is so invested. Emma sounds like Lauren haha and god its soul crushing every time to see emma go through that ending, forcing her to bow is an extra cherry on top lol. The helicopter wound is crazy good and that whole scene had me rolling. The meteor is a great prop. Paul's actor is such a great goof. Great job to the entire cast! i can see everyone had so much fun. Makes me wish I could be in a musical again.

I LOVEE the energy that everyone added for this show! Paul’s reactions during “what do you want Paul” were especially hilarious, and Mrs. Davidson ATE IT UPPP I LOVE the little head nods I thought it was hilarious that a smoke club member was greening out the entire time. (Far right, 20:30) The two background coffee characters and one won’t stop reading the other one’s paper, so the one leaves and the one that was reading the paper TAKES the paper? LMAOO (you can see them at 35:40) The cop song was brought to life with the extra cops. (Also, Ted pushing Emma down and bill helping her up?! 😂 45:11) And I LOVEE the rasp that the professor added to a “SHOW” stopping number, it made it so impactful! (1:38:30) Normally the creative choices made during high school productions kind of turn me away, but everything that everyone brought to the characters was so great. Good job all around! EDIT: an oh my goodness the lights!? Insane! Just the switch from Emma to the professor in the intro song was so COOL. (2:50?) idk there’s lots of cool moments all around 🤷

mrs davidson ate

Okay, Cup of Poisoned Coffee SLAPS SO HARD! OMG! Love the detail of Paul trying to help the choking customers who are being apotheosized EDIT: The music at 54:39 got me too; 10/10 EDIT 2: OMG. Ted dancing along during Show Stopping Number and Emma's face are GOLDEN EDIT 3: NOT MY TUMMY! Noooo....

This was awesome, I loved it! To name a few standout things: - acting from Ted, Charlotte and especially Emma was so good! - lighting looked really awesome - “I want you to hold me, while I EAT NOODLES” - Flipping teenage Jeff Blim as Sam and MacNamara was great! He even had the hair! - the meteor just looked sick. - not sure if this was intentional, but the section of not your seed at 1:20:08 where Alice almost seems to partially break out of the alien control and sing about her dad was really emphasised with the coughing (as though she is choking on spores). Although that might’ve just been someone in the crowd coughing either way it really worked! - last but not least, female hidgens was something I didn’t realise I needed. We kind of got it in Workin boys but not to this extent!!! Show Stopping number was amazing! Overall, this was an awesome production and I loved it!!!

This show was fantastic! - thanks for uploading it. The actress who played Emma killed it - poor Hot Chocolate Girl got her drink spit in. Greenpeace Girl was also great and her voice was beautiful. Also loved the actors playing Ted and Charlotte's work. Hidgens interpretation was delightfully daffy! Also McNamara's interesting take on his character. The choreography utilizing the extra cast members was a banger. You all slayed (literally)

Probably the most impressive high school production I've ever seen. Especially considering it was entirely student-led and you all don't even have a high school theater program! I admire the dedication, the drive, and the creativity to pull it off so well! To do this with no adult leader and to come up with your own money through fundraising is just phenomenal.

green peace girls voice is SO GOOD im obsessed with this production

This cast was awesome!! Especially for a HIGH SCHOOL?? the guy who played Paul reminds me of Evan Peters, which made me giggle a few times

It's hard to believe this is a highschool production 😭 all of you were so good!! 😭

Songs: The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals 1:10 La Dee Dah Dah Day 22:17 What Do You Want, Paul? 30:29 Cup Of Roasted Coffee 37:00 Cup Of Poisoned Coffee 39:40 Show Me Your Hands 43:20 You Tied Up My Heart 56:32 Join Us (And Die) 1:07:17 Not Your Seed 1:17:52 Show Stopping Number 1:34:09 America Is Great Again 1:42:26 Let Him Come 1:49:17 Let It Out 1:51:20 Inevitable 1:58:39

BILL AND THE GIRL PLAYING THE BOSS AND CHARLOTTE FUCKINGGGGG KILLED IT OMGGGGG

Hidgen's killed it! I mean they were all amazing, I particularly enjoyed Emma, and Ted's delivery, but Henrietta Hidgen's was so hilarious that I legit forgot the character had ever been male at one point. It's especially funny after seeing the working boys short that StarKid just uploaded. I also really appreciate all the effort they had to go thru to clone and or de age Jeff Blim for this production. The actors looked like they where having a great time and the crowd was loving it. Great job.

Great looking production, guys! Emma, Ted and Hidgens stole the show for me - they made the characters without copying the OG actors. Glad I got to see this

To all the people who truly love Sam and MacNamara’s character (I’m Sam and MacNamara in this), I really do appreciate everyone for being your #1!💪😤

I love how all the staff brought Emma up to the stage again that was so great congrats!!!!

Having already seen the og, the pre-show announcement was so great, and i love how i could tell who was who lol

The guy singing the opening number KILLED it!!! Amazing voice and great stage presence!

Wow, you guys seriously did great! The one thing that sticks out to me as a bit weird and makes things maybe feel a bit awkward is when the recorder chooses to show the whole stage versus zoom in? Like why was the focus for Emma’s monologue the entire stage? I would’ve loved to see their expressions right there. But seriously, this cast did so well and the acting was very impressive.

Emma, Hidgens, Ted, and the guy that played all the Jeff Blim characters definently stood out!

clicked on this just to see if they actually did it justice... good work!

Paul and Sam's actors really nailed the original mannerisms/inflections

Omg Sam, Green Peace girl, Alice and all of the harmonies from the ensemble sound insaneeee. Also teds and sams actor are really good!!! Thank you for the recording :)

I don't understand how well you adapted the musical, and even improve some things! Adding some secondary actions and I totally prefer your version of "Not your seed"! Amazing job!

Dude Charlotte and Emma's actresses ate so hard they left no crumbs and no plate. But honestly this production is so well made and i wasn't planning on watching the whole thing but you guys were so good i just had to 😅.

This is so awesome !?!?!? They all did a fantastic job !! Can't wait for the rest of the Hatchetfield musicals to have available licensing!

I'm watching this instead of eurovision

I recently was in this show as Zoey (not this filmed production) and this cast did amazing!!!! I haven’t been able to find any other videos of it besides starkid and its so close to the real thing which is awesomeeee

I LOVE Starkid and seeing a Highschool take on TGWDLM is obviously a must-watch. I love how you covered up the show and made it clean but still keeping the Humor in the delivery - Apart for Hidgens droppeding B-bombs ofc. I love The Girl that played Charlotte! She’s an amazing actress and plays her role so well! Everyone Else was also Amazing!! Well done ❤

The girl who plays professor Hidgens is amazing ! With her acting, energy and voice skills, she killed it ! Bravo 🎉

Is bastard not considered a swear word? "Damn" and "shit" got written out even though they're very 'tame' in the curse word hierarchy, but the professor's dropping b-bombs every now and then like it's no big deal Also love this so far! About halfway through- the cast is obviously great but I'm also really impressed with the lighting, sets and background graphics (I need that Hatchetfield street sign fr). The fog machine is a great addition too!

I'm shrieking at how good the coffee shop scenes were GODDDD THIS LIGHTING AND CHOREO IS KILLING IT

the final bow was soo good!!

The actor for Emma really sounds like Lauren wow

man this was really good!! the actors for paul and professor hidgens got the mannerisms on point

I've had aspirations to direct this show for a long time. This is the first adaptation I've seen, and I'm so impressed with the originality! You guys absolutely killed it.

Yall slayed this hands down! The portrayal of Emma was iconic laughed at every line😭 and the songs and dances were amazing! Congrats guys!!!

I was smiling so wide the entire time I watched this!! Getting to see this show with another cast was such a treat. The actress who played Emma was especially lively and hilarious!

This is amazing! I'm a HUGE starkid fan and ya'll adapted this PERFECTLY! The person who played same was incredible, matched the original actors energy perfectly

I honestly like this version of Show Me Your Hands better than the original! All the actors playing the cops have so much energy and the larger group really brings the song to life.

The Jeff Blim actor was great

I'm not sure if it was intentinal or not, but I noticed that as everyone in entering before the opening number Emma in holding her leg, as the opening is supposed to be after the rest of the story happened and therefore she'd still be injured from the helicopter crash

I was so excited to hear that they’d licensed TGWDLM, and you all definitely made it work; hopefully this is only the beginning of people doing this show as a more widespread thing. I loved the custom graphics for the different locations and news reports in particular, and everyone did great!

This is so fun! Having seen the original I did not think I'd be watching this all the way through but here I am two hours later and it was a blast, well done all of you :))

This adaptation was AMAZING, everyone absolutely killed it!!! Awesome work!

The boy who played Ted (Caleb Ravitch) was SO good that I was cleaning while listening to this and had my back turned, and i literally thought it was Joey Ritcher for a second

This was sooo good! I absolutely love how much everyone added to their character, and all of the stories in the background! I’m not seeing enough people recognize the Bill, Greenpeace, and Sam! Those three both knocked it out of the park! Bill getting interrupted by the gun shot shocked ME and I’ve seen the show before. The Hidgens somehow transferring all of the baritone parts into a soprano/alto was also hella impressive. You all made me fall in love with the characters all over, amazing job!

The guy who didn't like musicals is one of my all time favorites and you guys did an amazing production of it! You guys ROCK!!!

Mrs. Davidson killed it! Running with the show even after the music shut off! Great job!

The casting for Paul is so spot on, he sounds exactly like Jon Matteson it's FREAKY

YOOO THIS SHOW IS AMAZING!!! shout out go the lighting crew it looks amazing!

this tiny jeff blim is insanely talented omg but yeah i usually dont like pg versions since they feel often a bit clunky but this was incredible

Incredible work everyone!!!!! seeing a lot of compliments to the actors already so i wanna shout out the lighting!!! so cool in the musical numbers (not your seed with the green and blue !!!) and super well timed during small moments like Hidgens using the dimmer

WAIT IM NEARLY AT THE END AND JUST NOTICED THE SLIPPERY WHEN WET SIGN

This was amazing!!!!!! They ALL killed it, especially Charlotte, the professor, and Emma.

Not Your Seed had me shook sooooo good👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Oh my gosh they killed it! The Cup of Roasted/Poisoned Coffee section was so well done!!!

charlottes actress is super cute + i loooved green peace girls vocals! all around great adaptation, as someone who's seen the original show dozens of times (and different cuts through early digital ticket etc), you lot really breathed some of your own energy into it. :-)

Gosh I love all the actors here :0. I gotta give applause to Ted and Hidgens too, and of course Jeff Blim’s secret clone. Glorious. This was 100% worth the watch when it appeared in my reccomendeds.

The work arounds for some of the jokes are honestly super funny! Kudos to everyone who worked on this production, you all did spectacularly!