As a fellow Utahan, I just have to say that I would have guessed she and those kids were from here. There's a weird number of super blonde, cute kids from large families around here. I married a non-mormon guy here and we had one of those super blonde kids, even though nobody in either family looks like that. It's something in the water.
I have to say, I started watching this, expecting an above-average H.S. production and really, they performed this with top-notch, professional talent. When one considers that the Chicago version this was modeled after was the FILM, which gets plenty of practicing, effects, takes and edits, this truly IS an excellent, incredible performance! Ms. Barrowes went the extra mile to BE the puppet in this piece. I don't know how she kept her dinner down! :) And Mr. Andrus' voice was an outstanding baritone throughout that coupled with the right amount of exuded confidence required for the part. The ONLY negative in all of this was an auditorium/sound system that didn't deserve that level of talent.
This actually IS phenomenal. His vocals, her acting, and you can tell they really trust each other - wouldn’t have worked so well if they were less comfortable with each other.
@@kmwiggles77GTFO...First of all they ARE clearly singing it... second of all, why would they lip sync to a movie album...third, those are CLEARLY not Richard Gere or Renee Zelwegger's voices.
I’d say it’s either a dedicated performing arts school, or a very large school with a large bank of performing arts students to choose from. We had 30 kids audition for our last musical, and they all got in, because we needed bodies on stage.
Yeah it’s the first time I’ve thought a high school boy was really nailing the vocals and I watch a decent amount of highschool versions of musicals on here. But recording quality could have impacted some of them tbh
@@aprilmartini I'm familiar with this high school, and while it's not a performing arts high school, the area has many very talented people who love to sing and dance. Much of that part of Utah has some really incredible amateur productions because they're drawing from such a large talent pool.
@@rachelf5466 Honestly my school had the best performance Sweeney Todd I've ever seen to this day, two layered stage with the trapdoor chair, upstairs barber, downstairs resteraunt and then basement set, it was insane and all built by one woman, the lighting and costumes were all also done by the same woman who wasnt even a teacher just worked purely as the stagehand and lighting desk and music woman it was deranged how good it was for a public school, the music was all played by a live student orchestra and all the actors were amazing singers too, it was legitimately just amazing
Roxy stole the show with this scene. She literally looks like a porcelain doll and I had such a hard time believing she wasn’t until she said “are you kiddin’”
The people saying this is amazing for high school are only partially correct. This is amazing for any age and it becomes phenomenal and unbelievable for high school. This performance is about on par with the one in the film and they were able to do retakes for the film version.
Except that the part of Mary Sunshine is written as a man in drag in the Broadway production. Hollywood made her female. This is a copy of the film (including the dialogue before the song). PS: the royalties actually prohibit changes to the libretto, lyrics, regardless of any films made that change them.
2005 which means now in 2020 these folks should be around 30 years of age. Any update? The guy playing Billy Flynn I sure hope went on to do some acting! His voice is phenomenal here!
@@alyssachantaychampagne2773 actually the guy who played Billy Flynn went to the college that one of my friends is going to (Brigham Young University).
@@TheDel4873 i think theyre saying Spanish fork is his high school, not college. Edit: yup, the guy in the facebook link went to byu, so its probably the same
@@TheDel4873 I saw that the girl who plays Roxy now has 5 kids and runs a Christian private school? Might be wrong on that. Is this in Utah? Cause those two things feel VERY Mormon, but I also wouldn’t expect a primarily Mormon school in the early 2000’s to perform Chicago.
The guy was an amazing singer and the girl playing Roxie did such a good job portraying a doll, I actually clicked on the video because of the fact I thought she was a porcelain doll in thumbnail
when i first saw the video title i was like “psh okay sure” but now i’m clapping in my own home because this really is the best performance of this song i’ve ever seen (especially for high school??!?)
Aden's great (he can really sing), but on second watch Jenna steals the scene. Compare her performance to others on RU-vid and she just blows them away. She fully commits to the scene and makes really interesting choices. When he puts the smile on her, it's as good as the one in the movie. Maybe even better.
@@rooftopkitty8462 It's in the description Some people think that Aden is the same as this Aden: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zDCoiZuh5hk.html
This man sounds like Richard Gere in the movie and that goes beyond me. He’s awesome😱 Ps. the title of this video for once wasn’t clickbait, I assure you
For a high school show choir this is truly amazing!! The guy playing Billy Flynn is great what a voice. The girl playing Roxie Hart is flawless the moves are spectacular!!!
Unironically this is definitely one of the best performances of 'Gun' on RU-vid. The choreography is mostly taken from the 2002 movie as opposed to the usual stage choreography but it reintroduces some of the best stage elements (particularly the long notes at the end which wouldn't have fit in the movie since why would that be impressive when it isn't live?), we also get to see Roxy's full Charleston performed flawlessly at the end (which the movie literally shows for 0.4 seconds) The rag doll ventriloquist dummy from the movie is so much more comedic and captivating than the stage version of frozen comedic expressions (and makes more sense) and both Roxy's physicality, make-up (props to them) and acting all enhance it And yes, Flynn holds a note here better than some other professional performances I've seen on YT. I'm only sorry they couldn't also do the stage version's dance together at the end as well (the shuffle at the last refrain at the end before the long note)
His voice+her acting is truly a match made in heaven! His ventriloquism is the only thing that could be improved upon but honestly it’s not even a big deal because her acting is so captivating that you don’t end up looking at his mouth haha
It's less breathing in general tbh. The idea of good breath control is breathing in minimally and exhaling said breath as slowly, powerfully and controlled as possible. Diaphragmatic support is key!
Shout out to the videographer on this too, I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an adept filming of an amateur performance, zooming in on key facial expressions and showing choreography without cutting pieces off
This is too good for a school play-THIS IS TOO GOOD FOR A SCHOOL PLAY! They've been squipped, right?! This is masterfully executed, singing, dancing, coreography... Everything 💖
This is my favorite song from Chicago, and actually seeing it performed is especially a delight. You get to see how many people are unnervingly good at pretending to be a puppet. This girl especially is one of the best, there were times I forgot she was genuinely moving her own limbs. Billy Flynn here is also incredible. He put so much character into the role that even some of the official recordings don’t have. Amazing!!
What they lack in budget they more than make up for in talent. The singing, the dancing, and the acting were phenomenal, especially Roxie and the lawyer. The lawyer's pipes were great.
Omg this is absolutely fantastic! His voice is killer, the physical acting of the one who plays Roxie, the dancing... Just everything is so amazing! Great job to the whole crew!
Seems like they’re both living pretty normal middle-class lives now. Roxie’s actress is a SAHM and a volunteer teacher and the guy is now a family man with an office job! According to a comment left by the op!
OMG! IS THIS REALLY A HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTION? THIS WAS REALLY OUTSTANDING! I SAW THE BROADWAY SHOW 3 TIMES BEFORE THE MOVIE AND THIS WOULD MAKE THE BROADWAY CAST PROUD! (especially the girl playing Roxy & the guy playing her lawyer in this scene) BRAVO! 👍👍👍👍👍💞
When I did this in an actual professional production we didn't have nearly half the talent these two had. I feel like I did a good job but if you asked me to hold that note at the end I'd have laughed in your face. Plus the actress I was working with was really stubborn, and refused to take criticism and sometimes walked out of rehearsals or didn't even show up. On the night she barely knew what she was doing and showed. I'm never working with her again thank god. Sorry for the rant, just jealous that a high school production did a better a job than we did when we probably had triple the budget 😹😹😹. Hats off to them
I remember seeing chicago done as a production in my school and thinking this song was unsettling. This is... even more so. It's a compliment don't get me wrong
I saw this show at UMichigan, which is widely regarded to have one of the best theatre departments in the country. And maybe memory serves me incorrectly, but I swear to God this high school performance is even more impressive!!
I actually saw it at UMich too! I think between the year of 2003-2005. And I say your memory serves your correctly 🙃 I too think these high schoolers did an even better performance than the theater department at the time. 😬
This is a marvelous performance with some wonderful little touches, but my favorite is the closing flourish when Roxy sweeps back into his arms. Very well done!
The way they both perfectly encapsulated the original Roxie and whatever mr lawyers name is from the movie is AMAZING, it’s just like seeing the real actors performing just a couple years younger. I am literally in shock. The facial expressions, vocals, movement everything is spot on. I would kill to see this whole production it’s amazing
I’ve seen great performances from high schools before, but they’re rare. And even more rare to be considered to be one of the best performances of the song. But yet, here I am
Coming from somebody that's been in various acting troupes for 25 years, well past school and college, this is amazing! And the girl that plays Roxy... You have a long and amazing acting career ahead of you! Keep it up!
Just here to say that I truly TRULY adore this performance. It is so amazing to see a Highschool production shine so bright! I love this! I applaud everyone involved.
Just top notch performing by both of them! He has an incredible voice & natural charm. I gotta wonder how this high school pulled off Cell Block Tango in this?
This came up as an option when listening to other versions of this song and I figured it’d be a ‘cute, little version’. I was actually blown away. It was great.
Yeah I knoww...but the thing is she did it very well, not everyone can look and act like a puppet convincingly in that scene if that makes sense. I'm not a native English speaker I'm sorry.
How many high schools theater productions are you crashing to give such a definitive assessment? 🤔 Seems kind of suspicious, maybe schools should take campus security more seriously.
@@kimberly6663 Um or ya know you could’ve considered that I might be fresh out of high school... and was heavily involved in local/regional theatre and UIL competitions?
I wonder if their performance happens in the present day, they must be viral !!! Gosh!! Can't believe they are high school students!! So talent!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is a HIGH SCHOOL?! There's no way! Holy cow! I thought they looked a little young but the talent made me assume they were acting majors in college. Good lord that's a lot of talent!
Bravo! This was an awesome performance! The only thing that could've made it better was a budget for costumes, stage props and lighting, but the act was EVERYTHING!
