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@sydneytalks4254 7 лет назад

Did you only make this video to make the public aware of Rebecca the Evil Staircase?

@kimswartz9107 6 лет назад

I had never heard of it before this, so I am glad.

@WillowTitov 5 лет назад

@Sarah Hamilfan That's like saying "Don't look up the plot to Cats, it'll be a disappointment." *THERE'S A DEMONIC BLOOD-THIRSTY BURNING STAIRCASE FROM HELL!* I really don't think 'plot' is why people go see it.

@SamHackenson 7 лет назад

What about the palace steps from Into the Woods! There's a whole musical number about them!

@ianpcorbett 7 лет назад

Right?!? They're name dropped in the song and everything! Maybe it felt a little too obvious to him. Always keep 'em guessing, that sorta thing...

@coastercritic287 7 лет назад

Sam Hackenson I think it's because the original broadway production of Into The Woods didn't utilize a staircase. It was just in the movie.

@abbyrose9408 7 лет назад

He's talked about how much he loves that number a lot anyways. You must be new if you don't know how much he loves Sondheim and ITW and "On the Steps of The Palace"

@SamHackenson 7 лет назад

@Abby Rose Oh, I know he loves Sondheim, that's why I was surprised he didn't mention it.

@SamHackenson 7 лет назад

And that park version, lots of stairs

@craiggoeringer 7 лет назад

I don't know why, but right now, I'm only interested in how long it took you to do those animated transitions.

@randomgirll3123 7 лет назад

Right? Those transitions are awesome! :) I know he's used them in other videos too but... they're too good to change really. XD

@loopsbylucia 7 лет назад

Same Craig 😂

@lunaheart9013 7 лет назад

He just made this list so he could talk about the German staircase isn't it,

@sarahgorman6145 7 лет назад

where are the 49402468382 stairs throughout comet tho smh

@aether413 7 лет назад

Sarah Gorman ^^

@MrDominickator 7 лет назад

How dare you forget about the staircase at the house on sunset blvd belonging to Norma Desmond... THE Norma Desmond aka the greatest star of all.

@benjaminruth2080 7 лет назад

ScarletBear seriously, it didn't even get an honorable mention. I thought for sure it would be number 1. Blasphemy!

@misskyliesue 7 лет назад

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that. I thought that one would be a given.

@MadameCorgi 7 лет назад

But if Sunset was included too then he would heave need to mention ALW three times.

@johnstewart662 7 лет назад

I agree, why the sunset snub?

@briellec7173 7 лет назад

ScarletBear I was waiting for this one to be included too!

@AmbeeLee 7 лет назад

I was prepared to ridicule at you for not even Honorable Mentioning the flaming Rebecca stairs at the start of this video, but damned if you didn't please the piss outta me with where you placed it and your totally 100% accurate plot summery of that musical. Thumbs up!

@TheMouseFan 7 лет назад

I saw Rebecca, the musical, many times. Now I finally understand the whole storyline. Demon staircase, best synopsis ever! :D

@rabeawagner5206 7 лет назад

I'm German and the "Rebecca" part made me laugh so hard 😂 your sense of humor is the best! 👏

@michaelscuotto3507 7 лет назад

I'm bummed that the staircase from the end of the 1988 Broadway production of Carrie isn't on this list.

@jasminelededma2427 7 лет назад

Michael Scuotto same

@tearoses9940 3 года назад

I’m wondering if the only reason is because there’s only low-quality bootleg footage of it, since I haven’t seen him really use many bootleg clips in his videos. The big white staircase may not make much sense, but neither does the Cats staircase, and it’s just as iconic.

@savannahjohnson3522 7 лет назад

This is the high quality work i subscribed for.

@AHatredOfEs 7 лет назад

somewhere Mimi Lien is staring at all those stairs she designed asking what it was all for. sure, she won the Tony but what is that good for compared to this?

@user-zd3ef6dr4c 7 лет назад

AHatredOfEs YESSSS

@whatdoyousuppose 7 лет назад

Only missing Great Comet, Sunset Boulevard, Mame, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella (R&H), and some productions of Into the Woods, but otherwise a freakin solid list! (knew Rebecca had to take the number one spot, how could it not? and I love how you said ICH). Who knew there were so many iconic staircases in musical theatre? 😂👌

@whatdoyousuppose 7 лет назад

Also, while not a musical, I feel like the stairs in Noises Off deserve a special mention lol

@spencear 7 лет назад

I was surprised Sunset Boulevard wasn't on your list. Nice retelling of the Rebecca story. Also, you did a lot of warm up for the Tonys, but so far no roundup. Thanks for the entertaining content.

@ChaseFowler 7 лет назад

I almost screamed when you had Rebecca das Musical as your number one. Such a good show (and there's a version on RU-vid with subtitles) so you should check it out for sure.

@jimmystubbs3149 7 лет назад

I am obsessed with your synopsis of Rebecca. I almost wish that's what it was actually about. I'm a little disappointed Shirley Temple and Bojangles were not included in the honorable mention montage.

@KiSeaKatikka 7 лет назад

What About Stages on Stage like in Phantom, Curtains, Anastasia, American in Paris Etc. usually for shows or ballets the characters do

@owendawson6888 7 лет назад

I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP MR DEMILLE???!!!

@PK_Fire 7 лет назад

No Sunset Boulevard? Oh well, great video!

@daninmills 7 лет назад

Let me tell you, this was not a video I expected to see in my subscriptions feed today, but it was really fun. :)

@wired4music92 7 лет назад

I really enjoyed the editing of this video. The count down was cute, and the song that played during honorable mentions made me smile.

@TerryMannfan 7 лет назад

YAAASS REBECCA!!!! SIE ERGIBT SICH NICHT!!! That show shall never die! Honestly though that summery of Rebecca was rather humerous. There are some English demos that you can find here and there on RU-vid, though the ones I recommend searching for first are "She's Invicible" (the German title for which is that phrase at the beginning of my comment) and the title track, "Rebecca."

@andrewweinstein7740 7 лет назад

There's a book, there's a movie, there's a radio play. Why do I feel like I'm the only person who actually knows what Rebecca is about outside of this Musical?

@TerryMannfan 7 лет назад

I've read the book, but I haven't found the time to look for and watch the movie. I have read about the changes that were made to the movie though. Perhaps a new movie should be made?

@calliemyersbuchanan6458 7 лет назад

what song is in the clip he shows before he talks about it?

@TerryMannfan 7 лет назад

"Manderley in Flammen," which is more or less the penultimate song of the show. An English demo of that can be found somewhere on RU-vid as "Manderley's On Fire," but more was added to it when it was ready for performances.

@KaijaSchmauss 7 лет назад

I had to look up the wikipedia page for it to understand why Tommy's description was so funny (note: I hadn't heard of this musical before this video, took him at his word, and thought it sounded so insane it could be amazing) but oh man. The real summary of Rebecca is only slightly less crazy than the plot described here.

@musicalintentions 7 лет назад

The honorable mention reel was actually my favorite bit. :~)

@briellec7173 7 лет назад

But, but, but...SUNSET BOULEVARD?!? I mean, c'mon that staircase was crazy! But amazing video still, it was so interesting to learn about Rebecca😂

@brainrotbanana 7 лет назад

"The staircase's evil can no longer be controlled and *it sets itself on f i r e."* (Cue happy music)

@misfittoys5873 7 лет назад

i didn't know I needed this. Top marks for the Rebecca synopsis, spot on

@IsActuallyFunnyMom 7 лет назад

How about the staircase from the Will Rogers Follies? Such an important staricase.

@MrSteversNJ 7 лет назад

That was my first thought - seconded by Mame!

@jacksonkamiska 7 лет назад

I know Webber's musicals are questionable BUT! The Norma Desmond staircase should be on here

@user-oq6ol5fi2w 7 лет назад

THE PHANTOM STAIRCASE IS ICONIC

@mswendla9787 7 лет назад

YES! I was really really really hoping it would be Rebecca in Stuttgart! Because it was so impressive to see and I am glad this awesome show get's at least some recognition ❤️ (Though, of course, the retelling of the story was not quite accurate 😂 )

@abstru214 7 лет назад

where? is? great? comet?

@KevimationYT 7 лет назад

I would like to add newsies, the park version of into the woods, not a musical but the curious incident of the dog in the night time, and I think it was Shrek that had the staircase that lifted up in front of the actor as they walked up it. O also and I don't like saying this but high school musical lunch room scene.

@calliemyersbuchanan6458 7 лет назад

I know shrek inside and out. What scene?

@KevimationYT 7 лет назад

Callie Myers it is in the main turn table don't remember what scene but as it rotates the steps come up out of the stage. It is in the recorded Broadway version

@musicbyella3769 7 лет назад

Kevin McKain the curious incident staircase was actually the greatest thing I have ever ever seen ever

@Karaoke19999 7 лет назад

Rebeca (the musical) is inspired by the Hitchcock film with the same name. It's a pretty good film and the musical adaptation seems pretty accurate to the original

@wardellmitchell2690 7 лет назад

LoL The pain of tipping your hat TWICE to ALW in the same video must have been terrible!!!!

@MusicalMash 7 лет назад

Don't remind me.

@keyonwoodswjj387 7 лет назад

Wardell Molina cringe

@briawnabanana4360 7 лет назад

The Cats staircase, but not the Sunset Blvd staircase? Blasphemy.

@MBM1117727 7 лет назад

But I mean really its only staircases so :p

@Ayden_B 6 лет назад

Musical Theatre Mash what do you have against ALW? He’s not better than Sondheim, obviously, but he’s not bad( though whoever owns Puccini’s music should sue)

@jamesn.osullivan4320 7 лет назад

K But The staircases in Mame Sunset Blvd American in Paris Don't even get a mention? WAT.

@laney8392 7 лет назад

The stair puns......oh Lord. Well played, sir. Well played.

@MusicalMash 7 лет назад

Gotta put that Stagecraft major to good use!

@laney8392 7 лет назад

Musical Theatre Mash No kidding!

@newglappy2389 7 лет назад

My fav staircase is the Banks House from Mary Poppins!

@chocolate11pie 7 лет назад

I've never heard of Rebecca before but it sounds incredible

@Greycap96 7 лет назад

I love Rebecca. One of the few german musicals that are actually good... My favorite staircase in theatre in general is in the german play "Tratsch im Treppenhaus". There is an English translation of it called "the stair case".

@lazyman4265 6 лет назад

I saw this video about a month or two after it came out and I really thought the last one about Rebecca was funny and I kind of forgot about it for a while until about November of last year and that's when I found a version of it on RU-vid that had English subtitles and so I watched and I fell in love with it. It's one of my top 5 favorite musicals. So thank you for making this video even if you didn't get what Rebecca's about right. Thank you so much XD

@alejandrobustilloschacon1482 7 лет назад

wait... there's a musical based on Rebeca??? 😱

@midgetwthahacksaw 6 лет назад

Alejandro Bustillos Chacón That was my reaction too!!!

@kevinbramer9922 7 лет назад

Love your number 1 being Rebecca! I so thought it was going to be Sunset Boulevard.

@kateliddle3772 7 лет назад

Ugh, Webber. Even with Webber, you called him out on his bs. this countdown is awesome,

@Alyssa-cn6so 7 лет назад

As a huge lover of German musicals and Webber this made me very happy.

@ConMan-ye4ou 7 лет назад

BUT ITS NOT APRIL FOOLS DAY

@cipheranimations9119 7 лет назад

Staircases: The building blocks of musicals

@mackenziebuchter8406 5 лет назад

Yooooo Rebecca looks good! The set design is incredible!

@ryebread9299 7 лет назад

Never heard of Rebecca before looks insane and awesome

@claralivingston3322 7 лет назад

So Great Comet lost the tonys and Tommy went insane

@johnmorrisonfan101 7 лет назад

You're amazing! Props to the immense effort you put into these videos!

@janfanpage1304 7 лет назад

Well...... about Rebecca....... NO! :D

@camilok7 7 лет назад

Yes!!!! I came here to say "AND REBECCA??" before watching nthe video and I'm THRILLED to have been proven wrong!

@theaudiobookaficionado 7 лет назад

SHOCKED that billy elliot isn't on here (even though I am bitter about that staircase's existence)

@BoydsNest1959 4 года назад

Here's another vote for Man of La Mancha. The dungeon stairs are epic! And for folks missing the staircase from Mame...don't you realize it's just Dolly's staircase in drag?

@NomadicBrian 4 года назад

One of my favorite musical staircase numbers was from the film 'An American In Paris' .... 'I'll build a stairway to paradise. With a new step every day. I'm going to get there at any price. Stand aside I'm on my way'.

@jawhite21 7 лет назад

So many thoughts! 1. If you haven't read it, you need to read Du Maurier's "Rebecca." It's the epitome of that novel that makes you question whether you, as the reader, are imagining things or if the narrator is taking things too far. The first-person narrator is never given a name, so that's why she's "X." It centers around the narrator's husband's first wife, now dead, whose personality consumes and (metaphorically) haunts the entire house. I had no idea there was a musical of this, and I want to see it now!!!! 2. In terms of staircases themselves, I find the "Lullaby of Broadway" staircase in "42nd St" more iconic because it's the entry vehicle that all the characters use to convince Peggy to stay in the show. She's already on the stage, ready to leave, but they all descend (and later ascend) it as a means to show her the magic of Broadway. It's the entry and exit point to the magic of musical theatre!

@MuinimulaMark 7 лет назад

So pleased 42nd Street was in there. After seeing the current London production, all I could say to anyone was, "The STAIRS! The STAIRS!" Surprised Sunset Boulevard didn't get a mention, though...

@freddyw1035 7 лет назад

Well... I actually am from Germany and “Rebecca“ is one of my favourite musicals. And I'm not sure, if your description of the plot is a serious or a ironic one... If you meant it seriously, I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but it is not about an evil staircase :D It is based on the novel “Rebecca“ written by Daphne du Maurier and if you're interested in the real story behind those absolute wonderful songs, you could also watch the movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock ;) If your description was meant ironic, I have to say “Good joke“. I would have never had such a creative idea about the plot of that musical xD

@beccal7713 7 лет назад

I have never been so happy that my name is Rebecca. I am Rebecca the demon staircase... But really, the plot of Rebecca is so incredibly insane, and I'd love to see how they would bring it to Broadway, but ah... twas not to be.

@PhoenixJohnson29 5 лет назад

Oh my god FINALLY!!!! Someone else in the US knows Rebecca das Musical, and the actual show rather than just the scandal behind the cancelled Broadway production. That damn staircase, Rebecca, always causing the weirdest shit to happen. She must’ve been suicidal too so that explains why she set herself on fire 😂 Edit: Warm hearted...well that’s one way to describe Mrs Danvers 😂😂😂 Edit 2: ECK, the only correct way to pronounce her name 😂😂😂

@jeremyairey8127 7 лет назад

Don't think anyone's mentioned Sondheim's Follies - deserves an honourable mention imho. Those beautiful girls have got to make a proper entrance in that once-great theatre.

@Chachanoany 7 лет назад

What you understood from the plot of Rebecca is PRICELESS.

@stemjesper 7 лет назад

Wow, you got Rebecca wrong. It's based on an English novel. You should check it out 😂

@patmjr22 7 лет назад

Maybe some great comet

@DanKowalski 7 лет назад

For a minute I was upset that Fosca's staircase didn't make the list, but Rebecca the Demon Staircase saved the day

@nardo218 7 лет назад

yahhhh i thnk you need to read that novel Rebecca or at least the thug notes before you commit any broadway tickets or european tours to seeing that musical...

@natalieachtem5730 7 лет назад

A strong contender for favourite stairs for me is the staircase in Hamilton I remember sitting looking at them and thinking how it would be used since it was pulled up but alas they have their one moment in the opening and are just kinda forgotten afterwards left to the fate of just being a plain staircase

@MadameCorgi 7 лет назад

Isn't there also a staircase in Wicked?

@TheSharbear14 7 лет назад

I love your explanation of what you think Rebecca is about. Not close at all, but I do love that staircase.

@laureldenhartog582 4 года назад

You forgot one of my all-time favorites: at the White House, in Yankee Doodle Dandy!

@woodencoyote4372 7 лет назад

Do one about ladders next so you can have 'Orphée aux enfers'. There's a great number in the first act sung by the bored gods watching a man slowly climb the ladder to Olympus. Yes techinally it's an operetta, but lines are spoken rather than sung and it's so silly and breaks the forth-wall so many times, might as well count.

@jeannietraverso903 6 лет назад

I had no idea Rebecca had a musical adaptation. I...I did not see that coming.

@morimoomoo 7 лет назад

yes!!! i was so excited when i saw the staircase from rebecca was number one!!

@SEH221 7 лет назад

I saw the clips from #1 and was like......is this Rebecca?!

@dancedanceawayfrommeidontl2890 6 лет назад

The Book of Mormon for 2 though I was laughing so much

@eleniferber417 7 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣 Lovely summary of Rebecca🤣🤣

@MaddieGrapeXO 7 лет назад

this is good and all but have you considered great comet?

@PDComicBookNetwork 7 лет назад

This is the hard-hitting commentary that keeps me riveted to your channel.

@artloveranimation 7 лет назад

The first 25 seconds made me smile very slowly with each pun 😏

@HouseOnSunset 7 лет назад

I can't believe you left out Sunset Boulevard.

@ESTree-ds5tu 5 лет назад

What about stairway to paradise💖💖

@quicksilver-ace3710 7 лет назад

Wait is Rebecca's plot just fanfic of the Book-Turned-Alfred-Hitchcock-Movie Rebecca?

@yoyoeldas 6 лет назад

quicksilver-ace It's the musical of the novel. The sypnosis he gave is a joke though xd

@sisi2654 6 лет назад

Love the Andrew Lloyd Weber shade!

@daynanolan6619 7 лет назад

You included 1+1=3!!! I love that song. I was daisy and it sucked because I didn't get to dance in the beginning of the song:( but I love it so much

@briellec7173 7 лет назад

Dayna Nolan aaagh I love side show so much😍

@WillowTitov 5 лет назад

"So what's your musical about?" "A staircase posessed by a demonic presence." "Wha-" "And her name is 'Rebecca'." "Stop-" "And she kills everyone who walks on her except a housekeeper who keeps her evil at bay by way of a tiny statue, but when that is broken, Rebecca just burns herself and literally everything and everyone else and there will be *real actual fire on e v e r y s t e p .* " "... Cats just had a UFO." " *STAIRCASE OF S A T A N !!!* "

@PhoenixJohnson29 5 лет назад

Willow Lackett 😂😂😂😂😂

@clichedtopic4363 7 лет назад

Rebecca? And they say Ave. Q., Cats, and Little Shop are insane, I need to find this show.

@giovannirastrelli9821 7 лет назад

LUBAKA!!!!!!!

@indiajessierocks 7 лет назад

Love the video as always 😊

@justbeingdaisy 7 лет назад

REBBECA THE STAIRCASE!? 😆🤣😂

@elliart7432 6 лет назад

Ah yes, Rebecca the evil staircase 😂

@BriGuyIL1980 7 лет назад

Rebecca the Staircase :D

@dannyackman5422 7 лет назад

I lost it when he said "newcomer ECKHT" at 6:03

@PhoenixJohnson29 5 лет назад

thedackmanshow same, I know he mispronounced ‘Ich’ as a joke but still I died 😂😂😂😂

@simone8228 7 лет назад

4:37 ? 4:41 Chicago? 4:45 Sound of music 4:51 Rent 4:55 Annie? 5:01 West side story? 5:07 Charlie and the chocolate factory Please help me out

@kitteridgesimpson8144 7 лет назад

Simone! Mary poppins for 4:36

@ilfranchi 4 года назад

The Producers for 4:41

@garyburns6772 7 лет назад

Where's Man of La Mancha?

@DarinMcGrew 7 лет назад

That was the first one I thought of, the staircase into the dungeon of Man of La Mancha.

@beasliff 7 лет назад

Gary Burns It's a staircase whose appearances are part of the plot, abruptly changing story from Quixote to Cervantes. Way more important than surrender to set construction limitations in Cats.

@paulinekliarkina1615 7 месяцев назад

No "Stairway to Paradise" from "An American in Paris"? It was my favourite number from that film and I've always enjoyed how it lights up with every step! :)

@BrookeTherese 7 лет назад

thos animations tho!

@drumandeebass797 7 лет назад

Gah!! Where was sunset blvd?!

@drumandeebass797 7 лет назад

also wait i just googled that musical and lmao at the synopsis having not a single mention of stairs

@MrMusical66 7 лет назад

What about the original production of "Carrie" or even "Dance of the Vampires". "Sunset Boulevard" should have been mentioned instead of "Cats". Great videos btw :-)

@evanwallace9296 7 лет назад

Willie Wonka?! Musical THEATRE my friend. And either Flash Dance or Get On Your Feet?! What the what?! No Sunset?

@billfisher9238 7 лет назад

agreed. you flubbed the SUNSET staircase. it made news all on its own when the production began. the whole house was dropped down onto the stage in one big move. also....movie-wise..."I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" from AN AMERICAN IN PARIS?