Chris McCarrell - Les Miserables Broadway, July 23rd 2015 Kyle Jean Baptiste's first performance as Valjean I do not own this recording. No copyright intended
Me, in the group chat earlier: Hey, imagine Percy singing "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables"!!! :D Me, now: No longer need to imagine it ;-; But for real, Chris was so good in this.
Had the chance to see him live on Broadway. This was the first time I've seen a Marius performance that blew me away. More often than not the character remains "pale" with most singers, Chris combination of stellar singing and acting made the audience feel the emotions of the character.
@@oliver297 I don't think so, he only joined Les Mis in 2014 for the revival. Plus the 25th was mostly the West End casts, rather than Broadway (apart from some of the major roles)
There's a grief that can't be spoken, There's a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables, Now my friends are dead and gone. Here they talked of revolution, Here it was they lit the flame, Here they sang about tomorrow and tomorrow never came. From the table in the corner, They could see a world reborn, And they rose with voices ringing, And I can hear them now The very words that they have sung Became their last communion On this lonely barricade, at dawn. Oh my friends, my friends forgive me That I live and you are gone There's a grief that can't be spoken, And there's a pain goes on and on Phantom faces at the window, Phantom shadows on the floor, Empty chairs at empty tables where my friends will meet no more. Oh my friends, my friends don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friend will sing no more.
Freaking superb! Love how he's hunched like an old man, but his voice is young, plus he's a tenor so it's incredibly lively. All that plus the song matter put together make this sad song almost unsettling from his mouth. I really like it.
Chris is so extremely talented the goosebumps I got he absolutely nailed it ! I wasn't aware his vocal range was this amazing until seeing this the lightning thief is amazing but doesn't do his voice justice . I got chills throughout the whole song his "don't ask me" always gets me i love it his talent !
He and Joshua Grosso were the best two American-born Marius'. I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Grosso in Buffalo, New York in 2019, before the pandemic hit.
Saw this live a few years ago. Allthough his voice seemed a bit odd to me in the beginning, the way he put his emotions in his voice made it an amazing experience.
I have an almost complete bootleg of Chris as Marius (with Erika Henningsen as Fantine for Mean Girls fans)!! Email me @ carlyelah03@gmail.com if you want it!!
mhhh, i don't know what to think of this performance. on the one hand he is an absolute magnificent singer, without a doubt, and he nails every note. but on the other hand his voice carries so much anger instead of grief. which is fair enough, i guess. i just would have liked it more if he didn't spit out the words that much? it just doesn't fit what i thought marius' personality was like... idk. still, chris is obviously a great singer. it's just a different interpretation, i guess
You dont understand how a mic works apparently, you still have to give it good sound. Take this from a vocalist who has to use a mic on an occasion. This is also broadway singing and not opera singing. Opera technique is why people can fill a huge auditorium without a mic, Broadway technique doesnt typically.
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