This song is one of my favorites, I feel like it's when the actors can just jump around and have fun. Plus the audience makes it just as fun. Here in 2023 😂 years after this was recorded.
@@jackmehoffe9662 I'm pretty sure they mean they can harmonize the words Blah Blah Blah without it being weird and out of place because of the type of musical, not literally harmonizing.
Me too. The way he shouted it gave you the impression he was thinking, "You know what, fuck it! I can't hold it in any more, I might as well just say it and get the shit over with."
There are audience members seated on either side of the stage. Within those seats are other "audience" members who are actually part of the show, and harmonize and dance to many of the numbers throughout the show. Its pretty sweet!!
It just passed through our school board. I don't know how the hell they did it, but they aren't even cutting out the "I believe" scene 0.o But I'm so happy!
I love the adults dancing with them at the end. It's kind of like at that moment, they remembered what it was like when they were kids and on the receiving end.
Easily Obsessed basically andrew rannells went to a convention one time and some people there were dressed up as whizzer and marvin from falsettos and he said they were nerdy for dressing up but in a good way (he said this on an interview, maybe with james corden? i’m not sure) and then gerard was all like “omg andrew rannells is so rude and derserves to be canceled” when even the people who dressed up were fine with it.. he just created a whole bunch of drama for literally no reason.. the people who dressed up even said andrew was like the sweetest person when they met them.. sorry if this made no sense lol the interview is on youtube so maybe you can find it. he was on with vanessa hudgens
You have no idea how jealous I am of you! We got in trouble for the "Any Moment/ Moments in the Woods" scene in Into the Woods this year just because the prince and Baker's Wife went behind one of the set pieces and when they came back up, the Baker's Wife had her hair down. Good luck!!!
I love this show don't get me wrong but after watching the DWSA version does anyone else find this, toned down? Like the DWSA version is just so energetic and I love it and then I come to watch this and its still so good but feels watered down
Just saw a community version of this where just before the verse before the final bit of the song had the two teachers doing really slight dance moves and I've got to say I liked that version a bit better than this one. Not denying the actors are far more talented on Broadway but I just don't think this was goofy enough in retrospect XD
As a way to put the adults dancing into context, I imagine a production where after the Headmistress sends Melchior away, she comes back lighting a match, the headmaster holds up Melchior's essay, and they burn the essay before the audience, letting it fall onto the ground in flames. Then, they dance around the burning pages like it's a bonfire, with the boys and girls still dancing in their own pace, away from the fire. I feel doing that could symbolize the McCarthy era, for instance, of burning books that are deemed "controversial", "mind-poisoning", and "destroying the greater good" of their children's future. This, further expressing the insane need for strict control the adults have within their society, when it comes to keeping their children from learning about sex. And, because this is a contemporary rock song, it also really puts into perspective, through the eyes of today’s kids, how obsessed parents even of our time could get about the same thing.
@MsAlexis4444 It's a reference to the beginning of the play. That's the first set of choreography done at super speed. It's sexual in that it "caresses the body", circles the "breast" area, "womb" area, and *ehem* pubic area, ties there hands behind their back, and leaves them helpless. The first display of it in the play is the experimentation and discovery (the main theme of the play). The sped up version we see here represents 'violation and control', which the adults do by stunting Melchior.
@colinmcom14 In theatre it's really common to stage things so that the people who are talking are all facing out the same way, so that the actors' backs are not to the audience, and we can all see their faces/expressions. It's not supposed to be completely accurate to life in terms of positioning, because it's artistic interpretation. A lot of theatre is imagination, which I think makes it even more fun and magical. :)
@peaceloveandmusic95 There are four "chairs of rock" in the show. The swings dress in normal clothes, and surprise the audience by singing during certain songs.
