[Crutchie:] How are you? I'm okay Guess I wasn't much help yesterday Snyder soaked me real good with my crutch Oh yeah, Jack? This is Crutchie by the way These here guards, they is rude They say "jump boy, you jump or you're screwed!" But the food ain't so bad least so far, 'cause so far, they ain't brung us no food! Ha, ha I miss the rooftop Sleeping right out in the open In your penthouse in the sky There's a cool breeze blowin' even in July Any way, so guess what! There's this secret escape plan I've got! Tie a sheet to bed, toss the end out the window Climb down and take off like a shot! Maybe though, not tonight I ain't slept, and my leg still ain't right! But hey, Pulitzer! He's goin' down! Then Jack, I was thinking we might just go, like you was sayin' Where it's clean and green and pretty With no buildings in your way And your riding Palominos, every day! Once that train makes Damn this place I'll be fine. Good as new But there's one thing I need ya to do On the rooftop you said that a fam'ly looks out for each other So tell all the fellas from me, to protect one another! The end Your friend Your best friend Your brother Crutchie
listen closely-that’s the sound of the last of my sanity flying out of the window along with my will to talk about anything other than Newsies and primarily Ben Cook
You know him and Andrew Keenan Bolger are like broadway twins like first akb was crutchie and now Benny boo is and then akb was Jesse in tuck everlastin. And Benny boo was his understudy
Wait till you go watch Dear Evan Hansen. If you’ve struggled the same way Evan did in the past, you’ll sob. I was in pieces by the end of the first Act.
i don’t know if anyone’s noticed this, but ben’s version of a letter from the refuge is like a few notes higher than andrew’s (in the 2017 live newsies recording) and for some reason it just sounds more sad?? or more emotional??
For some reason I find it more emotional because he sounds more like a kid (for obvious reasons) but it really shows that Crutchie really was just a kid when he was in the refuge
Quite a bit late, but it sounds like it’s a full step higher than the live recording. Instead of the high note being an F4, the high note is a G4 in this one.
Seeing Ben as Crutchie would be so absolutely breathtaking, Ben deserves a role as big as Crutchie or bigger. Then again it would be incredible to see him as Race because Ben brings a sort of personality to Race that Ryan, Max or anyone else could bring. When he plays Race he’s truly in his element.
ceebeee couch actually this was probably when it was still in new york because 1) he posted a pic with him there in the new york dressing room on this day 2) he was race during the tour
I normally only tear up during this song (I don't have a heart, I know-), but Ben made me cry. I don't know why, but he did. I love Ben, he's my child-
Ok but can we talk about how he changed his accent. Like he has a accent he tends to use for New York but I feel like he took a page from Andrew’s book with this one. Ben’s been taking notes
Im in Newsies right now and I'm one of the extras in that scene and it's bad cause this song always makes me cry without fail. I'd never heard this before tho so I'm currently sobbing
I think they had to change the key for Ben, idk about the actual Crutchie on tour but I think Ben needed it in a higher key just because of his voice range
Way late to the Ben Cook game.. well not really it just came back when I saw him in west side .. so then I became obsessed and I wanted to see such more.of him in first lady .. just ciz he's him
