He was 22. This was 1989 during his run as Billy Crocker at Prince Edward Theater. 22 years old and his first professional theater credit is the male lead on the West End. With Elaine Paige no less.
If you want to se something cool: watch this, then watch his 2003 version right after. It is fasinating to see how much more comfortable and confidant he is. The growth as a performer is wonderful.
At words poetic, I'm so pathetic That I always have found it best, Instead of getting 'em off my chest, To let 'em rest unexpressed. I hate parading my serenading As I'll probably miss a bar, But if this ditty is not so pretty, At least it'll tell you how great you are. You're the top! You're the Colosseum, You're the top! You're the Louvre Museum, You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss, You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeart sonnet, You're Mickey Mouse. You're the Nile, You're the Tow'r of Pisa, You're the smile on the Mona Lisa. I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop, But if, Baby, I'm the bottom, You're the top! Your words poetic are not pathetic On the other hand, boy, you shine And I can feel after every line A thrill divine down my spine. Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans Might think that your song is bad, You're the top! You're Mahatma Ghandi. You're the top! You're Napolean brandy. You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain, You're the National Gall'ry, You're Garbo's sal'ry, You're cellophane. You're sublime, You're a turkey dinner. You're the time of the Derby winner. I'm a toy balloon that is fated soon to pop. But if, Baby, I'm the bottom, You're the top! You're the top! You're an Arrow collar. You're the top! You're a Coolidge dollar. You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire, You're an O'Neill drama, You're Whistler's mama, You're Camembert. You're a rose, You're Inferno's Dante, You're the nost of the great Durante. I'm just in the way, as the French would say "De trop, " But if, Baby, I'm the bottom, You're the top. You're the top! You're a dance in Bali. You're the top! You're a hot tamale. You're an angel, you simply too, too, too divine, You're a Botticelli, You're Keats, You're Shelley, You're Ovaltine. You're a boon, You're the dam at Boulder, You're the moon over Mae West's shoulder. I'm a nominee of the G.O.P. or GOP, But if, Baby, I'm the bottom, You're the top! You're the top! You're a Waldorf salad. You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad. You're a baby grand of a lady and a gent. You're an old dutch master, You're Mrs. Aster, You're Pepsodent. You're romance, You're the steppes of Russia, You're the pants on a Roxy usher
@@bigred8432 Are you a professional dancer or a singer? Because I was for 30 years and it doesn't make me right, necessarily, but I stand by my opinion.
I am indeed. There is hardly any choreography in this staging. It’s fabulous and both of them are wonderful here but to say that there is a lot of choreography is untrue, a lot of the time they are stood still. This kind of staging is a walk in the park for a trained musical theatre performer.
@Hannah Shoshana - 1989 ? Think that's when I saw them ! Prince Edward Theatre sounds right - must have been shortly after Elaine was at the same theatre in Chess - saw that twice ! Bernard Cribbins was in "Anything Goes", too, if I remember rightly.
@CurtSteelson Джон в театре во все времена весьма хорош) То есть у него есть клевые театральные работы и в молодости, и старше... к сожалению, сейчас мы их не увидим... надеюсь, вернется к мюзиклам!
@Menadas11 Ролик был бы еще лучше, если бы там была joka!)) А если без joke, то Джон просто огромен на фоне Элен.) И такой молоденький!)Почти не изменился)
All very well saying he is a star.......mediocre at best.....where is he now.? Cheap parts in panto..and couldnt even keep a hold of them due to his bad behaviour. Just google it and find out. I will never understand why people get so taken in with this garbage
Ehhhh. I hate this musical. So damn corny... Why couldn't my school do Les Miserables, for which we won a Kenny Award, like last year? Or Sweeney Todd? Or Woman in White? Or Chess, goddamnit?!
