Harry in this musical is what Book Snape thinks Book Harry acts like.

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂 makes sense

@kaviweaver5152

3 жыл бұрын

Harry in this musical is Harry if the series had been written from Anyone else's perspective

@RLucas3000

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoisereacts please film your reaction to the sequel, then the third one (senior year), then Holy Musical B@tman, then Twisted (Jafar in Aladdin gets the Wicked treatment). The first Potter was a college production in Anne Arbor Michigan. (the local community could come too. It proved so popular they had to add extra performances.). It hit the net and exploded. The creators were invited to a Potter convention so they decided to do a sequel there.

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

We did. Today ;)

@randomfandoms6769

3 жыл бұрын

And musical Snape is how book Harry sees book Snape.

fun fact: Ron and Draco are actually together and they recently got engaged!

@meganr6488

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fucking trip rewatching Granger Danger just now

@JayaJTV

3 жыл бұрын

WHAT!!!

@ellakoenig

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayaJTV yeah!! they announced it over the summer

@aliciagreen70

3 жыл бұрын

so youre telling me lauren lopez and joey richter are engaged ?!?!?!?!?!?? you learn something new everyday

@mvs1122

3 жыл бұрын

@@aliciagreen70 yep :)

This is a bunch of college kids and I'm pretty sure their budget was $150😭😭

@merrenrose

3 жыл бұрын

A majority of which was apparently spent on the food Ron ate 😂

@rybock

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, done by Darren Criss and classmates when they were in the U of Michigan Musical Theater program.

@Zayber129

3 жыл бұрын

@@merrenrose I believe 50 to 100 was spent on the chocolate bar Ron had😂

@xddddd5279

3 жыл бұрын

The budget was $100 I think? But the giant Hershey bar was a gift from Nick Lang's mom

@kabazinga

3 жыл бұрын

the budget thing is a rumor, not true

Lauren Lopez rolling around on the ground is the peak of comedy

@quackbock

3 жыл бұрын

i love the video from a con of tom felton finding out about this!!

@thealloenvera9084

3 жыл бұрын

Lauren Lopez as Draco will never get old :)

@Ballin4Vengeance

3 жыл бұрын

@@quackbock Mind linking? I want to see this

@quackbock

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ballin4Vengeance sure thing!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6uCu7uhirO_f7w.html

@Ballin4Vengeance

3 жыл бұрын

@@quackbock Thanks

the whole starkid story is so interesting! I love that they started as a bunch of college friends singing about Harry Potter and now they’re a full fledged theater production company that puts out such quality content for free on yt!

@mvs1122

3 жыл бұрын

Also the birth of legend Darren Criss!!

@juliannehannes11

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah their idol and inspiration was Howard Ashman, he did the EXACT same thing with Alan Menken in the 70s and it led to Smile and Little Shop of Horrors to Disney. They're the next Ashman and Menken.

@corneliastreet2491

Жыл бұрын

@@juliannehannes11 and the Little Mermaid, which basically revived Disney lol

the only universe where we would be shipping Voldemort with Quirrell so hard

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

The only universe where that is even imaginable.

@everyonesalittlemad1608

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes

@yuvalmaharshak5566

2 жыл бұрын

In hpmor it would be a littlr weird

@musicgeek5627

2 жыл бұрын

I went up to some of my friends and randomly said I shipped quirelmort………they actually said ok and moved on with their lives. No questions asked. They don’t know AVPM. They were being supportive even though I just said something that sounded insane. I love them.

@alenciaga21

2 жыл бұрын

@@musicgeek5627 Keep them forever!!

Please for the love of god watch the next one ‘A Very Potter Sequel’, it’s an absolute meme and personally my favourite of the series.

@monikacrljen6827

3 жыл бұрын

And then react to every other Starkid show 😅😍

@merrenrose

3 жыл бұрын

@@monikacrljen6827 lmao you’re not wrong, Starkid have created some amazing performances

@JayaJTV

3 жыл бұрын

DADDY!! YOU CAME TO LOVE MEEEEEE

@merrenrose

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayaJTV “I’M IN A RAAAAGGE!!!”

3 жыл бұрын

@@merrenrose Did you get my text?

There is really nothing like the pure unadulterated joy of watching someone watch AVPM for the first time.

@editz.by.otter.

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@benjaminsatko3316

3 жыл бұрын

100%

"HufFLePuFfS are paRticUlarLy goOd fIndERs!" My favorite line XD

@elize3137

3 жыл бұрын

What the hell is Hufflepuff???

@tabby5228

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I FOUND this comment.

@JesusOfPaign

3 жыл бұрын

well i don’t FIND this surprising at all!

@constantTVstatic

3 жыл бұрын

I FIND this line hilarious too

@alotoffandomss5203

3 жыл бұрын

How’d they come up with that joke

this and 'the mysterious ticking noise' were pivotal in my harry potter days lol

@chaotic7cam

3 жыл бұрын

I swear the ticking sandwich was a nod to that, lol.

@franziskaneufeld

3 жыл бұрын

Thats right wasnt that the snape, snape, se-ve-rus snape, Dumbledor! - video? I almost forgot about that

@promisemochi

3 жыл бұрын

@@franziskaneufeld yesss!! that was the year i took driver's ed and i have very fond memories of our in-class sessions driving our instructor crazy with "snape....snape...sev-erus snape....DUMBLEDOR" that poor, poor man lol

Oh god, I’ve been a Starkid fan for ten years now and I’ve gotta say it’s such a delight to see people discover them for the first time. Whether you react to the rest of their stuff here or just on your own I really can’t recommend all of their shows enough. This, the sequel, and MAMD are so enjoyably low budget and everything that comes after jumps in quality but keeps the awesome charm and hilarity of their original shows. And just like with Harry Potter there’s such a huge and warm community around Starkid. There’s something so magical about this group of old college friends who come together every so often to do a new show. Anyway, to make a long comment short, I just really hope you’ll let yourselves take a deep dive down the Starkid rabbit hole because I guarantee it’ll be totally awesome. 🤙🏻

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely will.

@ducko789

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoisereacts I recommend watching the stuff done by Tin Can Bros. A lot of the people who are involved with StarKid are involved with them. Tin Can bros stuff is up on KZread for free

@franziskasanders3943

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoisereacts If you would love a James Bond parody I highly recommend "Spies are forever" from the Tin Can Bros. "The Solve it Squad" is also a short play by TCB (a Scooby-Doo parody).

@mollyiscool5008

3 жыл бұрын

love that song reference at the end lmao

@carawood9715

3 жыл бұрын

@@mollyiscool5008 oh thank you very much for noticing lol

Lauren Lopez as Draco Malfoy is more canon than the movie Draco. 😂 I think even Tom Felton (Draco actor) agrees lol. She's so talented tho.

@Melanie-jy2nw

3 жыл бұрын

I remember him reacting to her lol

@elize3137

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Melanie-jy2nw when he said 'He rolls on the floor a lot? Wait, SHE??' 😂

@nacho_girl

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yea Tom agrees

this is a company called ‘StarKid’ and was originally just a bunch of theatre college students, they still make musicals now and they’re incredible with a higher budget and better quality, they also usually keep the same casts so everyone kinda has an attachment to the members as well.

@nacho_girl

3 жыл бұрын

"attachment to certain members". Me with a Robert Manion username and Profile Picture and a Robert Manion wallpaper.

@unclewiley1986

3 жыл бұрын

@@nacho_girl I even cried in happiness when Lauren and Joey announced their engagement. I was so happy for them

@bellac6311

3 жыл бұрын

@@nacho_girl Robert Manion is an absolute bi-con cinnamon roll and forming an unhealthy attachment to him (and lauren) is the only sane response to watching a starkid show

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

I am surprised that there already isn't a religion worshipping them. Also jaime is a goddess.

So, the person who plays Crabbe actually got put on the project a day or two ahead of time which is why Crabbe has so few lines.

@IDontGotThis

Жыл бұрын

I was actually wondering about that.. Thanks

The guy who plays Harry won a golden globe, and in his speech he said “this is totally awesome” which is something he says in the Series of Harry Potter Musicals, pretty cool

Can we talk about how Harry had a British accent for the first verse of the musical and then never again?

@rockysandman5489

3 жыл бұрын

Wait when did he have a British accent in the first song?

@sammyiassume

3 жыл бұрын

​@@rockysandman5489 i think it's when he sings "my cousin, my uncle and my aunt" because of the way he pronounces "aunt"

@rockysandman5489

3 жыл бұрын

@@sammyiassume that's pretty much the only British thing about how he sings the first verse. Just that one word, nothing else as far as I heard...

@tigercomet23

3 жыл бұрын

@@sammyiassume the way he pronounces “aunt” isn’t unusual in the US though. There are regional differences in accents, including for the way that word is pronounced.

@IDontGotThis

Жыл бұрын

As a canadian "Aunt" is the right way to say it it's not just british

Definitely not me singing along with the entire thing hahaha

@abbygreenleaf7136

3 жыл бұрын

It's just too catchy not to

@jimjimcherie

3 жыл бұрын

I still remember all the songs to this day

@pandoamessi4079

3 жыл бұрын

This is literally what i did the entire video! Especially at Back to Hogwarts and at Voldemort is going down- oh man i loved this.

@Andjelka99

3 жыл бұрын

I know right hahaha. I watched it so much I can quote like half of the scrip

@InspirationxStrikes

3 жыл бұрын

Haha same here, it's just too good not to sing along

This series got me shipping Quirrelmort 😭

@alotoffandomss5203

3 жыл бұрын

And Snape and Dumbledore

@Friendlyspectre

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my wizard god yes! I’m legitimately wondering if I can read a fanfiction about their roller skating date. I’m not the type to read fluff (I unironically love angst because I never got over my edgy teen phase I guess), and I’m not the type to care about the romance in a story that much either, but I would watch an entire musical about them after the events of this musical no question.

@Friendlyspectre

3 жыл бұрын

@@alotoffandomss5203 Yeah, the way Dumbledore describes Snape in this gives me the gay representation I never got in the books.

@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289

3 жыл бұрын

Quirrelmort 💚🐍💚

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

Quirrelmort requires so much change of the characters, that it is nearly unshippable outside of the starkid universe.

A Very Potter Musical has two sequels: A Very Potter Sequel & A Very Potter Senior Year

@slytheringingerwitch

3 жыл бұрын

A Very Potter Sequel is also awesome.

@sondrasmiles14

3 жыл бұрын

@Sadie Campbell It took me a long time to like it, I had to move past the fact they were reading from a script. Once I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The actor who played Professor Snape is actually about to marry one of the most renowned Harry Potter-KZreadrs, Tessa Netting.

@ainsleyking7372

3 жыл бұрын

She also played Barb in Spies Are Forever: It's a Musical!

@annikaruelo1383

3 жыл бұрын

I LOOKED AT HER CHANNEL AND REALIZED SHE WAS ON BUNKED BAHAHAHA

For the first time ever, I’ve recognized that Voldemort’s speech right when getting ready to kill Harry the last time is ripped directly from Fire Lord Ozai’s speech to Aang😂

This comment section will probably be flooded with Starkid show recommendations, but here are my two cents anyway. I highly recommend watching Twisted, an absolutely incredible parody of Aladdin and Wicked. The guy who plays Dumbledore is playing the main character in that and he's amazing! My other two faves are definitely The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Trail to Oregon - both are very funny. The quality of their productions has been improving year by year and they have created a truly amazing online community. PS. If you like superheroes, their production Holy Musical B@man is the superior Batman vs Superman story! Suck it, DC!

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

I started watching Twisted and it’s amazing!

@laurieusopp7031

3 жыл бұрын

Trail to Oregon and Firefinder are really good I think. Of course, the HP ones and twisted has been my favorites for years.

@rockysandman5489

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurieusopp7031 Firebringer*, not Firefinder.

@benjaminsatko3316

3 жыл бұрын

Firebringer never really did it for me, the music is good enough, but the plot's fairly weak and the comedy falls flat often. Twisted is sooo amazing, but a bit too R rated for my liking. Trail to Oregon is hilarious, but the music isn't Starkid's best. HMB is way, way better than Batman v Superman, but it's probably one of the weaker musicals they've done. TGWDLM is incredible and has the best concept of all their musicals, but it somewhat lacks substance and the music is slightly disappointing in parts. I think Black Friday is probably the best show they've done since AVPM. The comedy is hilarious, the music is epic, the acting is near perfect, and it expands on the Hatchetfield saga in great ways.

The Starkid troupe was formed from theater students at the University of Michigan. So it's not a school production per se, but they were college students at the time.

You've fallen into the greatest trap of KZread reaction channel: By watching this, even if you react to other stuff you are now a Starkid reaction channel. Best of luck.

Ginny and Harry’s interactions in this musical are FAR better than their interactions in the canon movies

The headmaster forgetting Hufflepuff exists. As a Hufflepuff I FIND this is pretty accurate to how we’re treated.

@jamj4r

Жыл бұрын

who tha hell is a jigglypuff?

I heard the part when Lauren Lopez (Draco) went "And you have to be my slave for a whole day starting now!" was adlibbed, so Snape and Voldemort's surprise was genuine and the following lines between Voldemort and Draco were also adlibbed.

@spazzyshortgirl23

3 жыл бұрын

Nah it’s not real. Lauren Lopez said that wasn’t true

@bellac6311

3 жыл бұрын

@@spazzyshortgirl23 Its half true because she improvised the line in rehersal and they stuck with it. But it wasnt improised on stage

@jordinagel1184

Жыл бұрын

@@spazzyshortgirl23it is real insofar that the lines weren’t originally planned, and Lopez came up with them herself; but yes, by the time this version was filmed, the lines had been included in the official version as well.

The actor who played Dumbledore is Dylan Saunders; another of his roles in StarKid shows is Jafar in "Twisted", which I whole-heartedly recommend. It's one of my favorite non-Potter related shows by the group.

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I started watching it, it’s pretty great

@fausti828

3 жыл бұрын

He's also in the musical starry with several other Starkid cast members!

@jacoboddie5364

3 жыл бұрын

How can you talk about Dylan without mentioning tootsie noodles

@mama_umbridge

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacoboddie5364 I think you mean Tootsie Mega-Girl

I can’t wait to see what they think of Remus and Umbridge in the sequel 🤣

So just incase you're wondering, the reason Draco rolls around the floor is because apparantly it was supposed to be his thing that he tries to strike a pose and strut around to look extravagant, but failing to do so he'd end up rolling around the floor. The idea to include this came when the actress (Lauren Lopez) tried to strike a pose or something, slipped and ended up doing a roll and playing it off, the production team thought it was funny so they decided to keep it in as a staple of Draco's character. By the way, it was performed in 2009. Proving popular, multiple performances occured. The sequel was performed multiple times in 2010. The threequel was performed in 2012, but only once due to the limited availability of all the actors, the short time the musical was produced in and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding it.

What's even more interesting about this play is that the movies weren't all out yet. They did this show the same year the sixth movie came out.

@silverkyre

3 жыл бұрын

Right theres pictures if Darrin and Joe at the 7th movie premiere

@mutotoru

3 жыл бұрын

Also, the fact that between this one and the sequel they also kinda predicted a lot of The Coursed Child plot, which is mind-blowing

@bellac6311

3 жыл бұрын

really? i knew all the books were out for a few years before the play but i guess i assumed all the movies were out too. the more ya know

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

@@mutotoru well I don't know about predictions but Rowling seems like the type of bitch to copy a musical made by bunch of college kids. And characters from cursed child have so much potential for development.

@rockysandman5489

3 жыл бұрын

@@mutotoru What did they predict about the Cursed Child?

A very Potter musical is a show created by college students in University of Michigan. They decided to post it on KZread so their families could see it but then it went viral. Now they are a teathre company named “Team Starkid” they have done 13 musicals in the last 12 years!

@calfromthec

3 жыл бұрын

There’s only 12 and then the two TCB shows. AVPM, MAMD, Starship, AVPS, Holy Musical B@man, AVPSY, Twisted, Ani: A Parody, Trail to Oregon, Firebringer, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, and Black Friday. The TCB shows are Spies are Forever and The Solve It Squad

@Elisa-sj8uj

3 жыл бұрын

@@calfromthec oh u are right 😅

The actor who plays Ron(Joey) is now engaged to the actress who plays Draco (Lauren). You really need to check out some of their other shows, the talent just gets better and better.

@monikacrljen6827

3 жыл бұрын

Also, Darren Criss original wrote Granger Danger as a joke and the rest of the show was developed from that. They didn't expect it to get so popular, they uploaded it so that the cast would all be able to access it and it became a hit so they continued to upload their shows. The name of their company "Starkid" is what Malfoy calls harry and I think that's how they got their name, but I'm not sure... You should definitely react to the sequel and then react to some of their other shows. They have such a talented group!

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

@@monikacrljen6827 the fact that starkid spelled backwards is dikrats feels like a questionable coincidence.

"harry" is darren criss who wrote most of the songs in this in like a couple days. the song "not alone" you liked so much he wrote and then performed for obamas inaugaration, hes amazing and went on to be blaine on Glee, emmy nominated songwriter, emmy/golden globe/sag winner as andrew cunanan in American Crime Story, broadway to ironically replace real harry potter daniel radcliffe in "how to succeed in business", played hedwig in hedwig and the angry inch. pure talent and will def get EGOT CRAZY this was just a university of michigan play they just were having fun with as college kids. youtube was new and they added it there instead of mailing the dvd to a bunch of cast members never expecting anyone to see it. went viral

I had the absolute privilege to see the premiere of one of the sequels live at LeakyCon in Chicago in 2012. Love these guys, they are so talented.

@palsyvlog1465

3 жыл бұрын

def one of the best experiences i've had. i was sitting at the front when one of the cast (one of the joes, i believe) forgot to turn off his mic before he used the bathroom and we all heard him peeing. we were dyyying and melissa manelli had to go tell them all. about a minute after she went back there, we heard them all laughing super hard about it.

@lizb5008

3 жыл бұрын

I was there too. So great!

NOOO I CANT BELIEVE YALL REACTING TO THIS OMG

This was a student production at the University of Michigan. It was written by Darren Criss who has since won an emmy award!

@Clairembify

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote some of the music, not the actual play.

@shamidkpzd

3 жыл бұрын

It was written by the Lang Brothers and Brian Holden I believe. Darren wrote the music mainly.

@joeypotter6051

3 жыл бұрын

@@shamidkpzd Darren wrote about half these songs I think, AJ Holmes wrote the other half. Darren wrote all the music for AVPS and Starship though.

My favorite thing about this show is that your reactions are basically everyone's first reaction to seeing it. First confusion, then hilarity, and finally just awe at how ridiculously amazing it is. I can still remember the first time I saw this 10 years ago, and I watched the entire thing with a huge smile on my face. It's impossible not to love it.

Darren Criss (harry potter) wrote the music for this and it was made by two of his friends who wrote and directed it. They got all of their theater friends to play the parts at the Michigan university they all went to, a lot of whom are in a theater company called Starkid. They're still making amazing shows....so funny and I'd totally be down if you guys watched all of them! "Twisted" may be my favorite besides this! Also Darren went on to star in Glee after AVPM! As a huge fan of Starkid and the Potterverse, I was so happy to watch this with you guys. It felt like introducing my friends to the musical for the first time. So glad you guys liked it! Welcome to the fandom!

@nilsmcronagall

3 жыл бұрын

I think aj holmes, carlos valdez and darren criss co-wrote the music

@kandyappleview

3 жыл бұрын

@@nilsmcronagall darren & aj wrote the music, and carlos played bass in the band. i'm still learning darren's writing style, but him and aj are such great composers and musicians, that it's hard to guess who wrote which song.

@nilsmcronagall

3 жыл бұрын

@@kandyappleview That‘s what I have been trying to guess too.

I hope you watch the next two so you can see the amazing Brian Holden in action

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna watch them, we just aren’t gonna react to them, maybe on a stream or something

@mvs1122

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoisereacts that would be cool!!

@philippschafer4969

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoisereacts I honestly take every Starkid reaction I can get. So I would love if you could watch those two and more Starkid stuff live or something. But even if you don't make sure to check out as much of them as you can on your own time. It is worth it!

The best is the moments when they break character. Draco’s cow with snape, when Ron doesn’t have a snack and the band mate give him some, and when Voldemort breaks in the door. Comedy Gold!!!

Seeing their OG musical again just lets you appreciate how their skills have all evolved over the years

Darren Criss who play Harry is amazingly talented! He plays a killer the Assassination of Gianni Versace and is one of the main cast of Glee where he really showcases his singing talent

Well I know what I'm about to watch (and sing along to) for the next 3 hours 🤣

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

It was SO good

@MagesLikeYouAndI

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoisereacts I hope y'all do the sequel as well!

This musical was the birth of pretty damn popular musical company called Team Starkid. I love them sooooo much, i started watching their stuff in January and they really gave me so much joy in these months! This was just a bunch of college friends, that made musicals, they decided to film this one and posted it on KZread to show their friends. And suddenly they had fans all over the globe. And now, 12 years later, they have a huge fanbase, a lot of really cool musicals, and really just an amazing fandom. Starkid warms my heart. Hope you'll watch something else by them, their musicals are extremely good and fun.

If you want to watch a horror-comedy musical from Starkid I recommend TGWDLM (the guy who didn't like musicals). It already has a sequel with "Black Friday" and Starkid is planning to do a third part which is called "Nerdy Prudes must die". Last year they read horror stories in the same universe with original songs called Nightmare Time.

My private story is named pigfarts and the amount of times I have to explain it to people just shows how uncultured our generation is smh

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

That's absurd.

I did not expect you guys to watch this. I'm so happy y'all did. These musicals give me so much life.

Ron: Bro Harry: Yeah bro? Ron: Close your eyes bro Harry: Ok bro Ron: What do you see bro? Harry: Nothing bro Ron: That's my world without you bro Harry: brO

I truly thank y’all for this. It feels like I’m watching this with my friends and it makes me so happy that they enjoyed it as much as I did, and we as a fandom can bring so much joy into someone else’s lives 😊

This video is an excuse for me to rewatch avpm

the girl who plays draco is just my favourite human ever i LOVE her.

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

Yep Lauren is amazing

I forgot how great this musical is, really fun to have you guys react to it! Hope you'll also check out A Very Potter Sequel, just as fun and great character development as well :D

They only did like 5 performances of this show so it’s such an elite club who actually got to see it

my favorite in the world is that joey (ron) and lauren (draco) are engaged. i will be crying when they get married

@bellac6311

3 жыл бұрын

same

I love that you are doing this! I actually recommend everything from Starkid! You could watch some newer Stuff like The guy who didnt lake musicals! They are all insanely hilarious!

@sk70091

3 жыл бұрын

YES The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals is my favorite!

@nacho_girl

3 жыл бұрын

@@sk70091 same

This and the next two (the second one is the tightest) are literally better than the official broadway production

20:39 “dumbledore is the best part of this musical” wait until you meet voldemort

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

The best part of the series unfortunately only arrives at the second musical but is dancing in worth it. Also scenes with snape and Dumbledore together are the absolute best from the avps.

I knew we were off to a good start when he said "the guy playing Harry"

You uploaded this on April 9! That was the 12 year anniversary of AVPM!

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

It was meant to be!!!!

This is the first show Starkid did. They were a group of friends at the University of Michigan who did shows like this all the time and they just decided to film this one and put it on youtube cuz it was cheaper than making dvds and then it went viral. So they decided to make a company out of it (they chose "Starkid" because draco calls harry "Starkid potter" in one scene) and they've since made 11 more shows (two of which are sequels to this one), 2 tours, and so much more. They also got a cease and desist from Warner Bros so they cut out some of the more inappropriate scenes and changed the name from "harry potter the musical" to "a very potter musical" So yea they kind of became a company by accident but they're talent is off the charts! So fun watching your reactions ❤️

You probably know by now but the show was made and performed by College students in 2009 at the university of Michigan. The group were fans of Harry Potter and High School Musical and put the two together. They filmed their last show for fun bc it was a huge hit as seen by the people literally sitting on the floor to watch it and by how they know when some parts and characters are coming up. After this went viral they started the group and company Starkid.

My favorite thing in the whole world is that the actors who played Ron and Draco are now engaged (Lauren Lopez and Joey Richter)

the starkid team did this play as a sort of good bye-play because some of them were about to get their degree and leave their university. They uploaded the play so their parents would be able to watch and to have something they could look back on after their graduation

Am I going to binge this whole thing and sing along? Yes, yes I am. Love that you're reacting to this, holy shit this was my entire childhood, it's so funny!

The development we didn't know Voldemort needed

My friends don't want to watch this with me, so I'm glad now I have someone to watch it with. Thanks guys!

This reminds me of when my cousin introduced me to AVPM many many years ago. The only vivid detail I remember of the experience is almost dying of laughter and having to pause several times to catch my breath before I could continue. Truly a wonderful experience that lead me down the greatest of rabbit holes.

The fact that Dumbeldore has on a High School Musical pajama shirt is amazing. 1:56:28

Found your channel too late to participate in the original HP watch along. Found it just in time to follow your journey into StarKids best work ever. @ me. I will defend this series until the day I die

Neville Longbottom and the Black Witch is amazing! The casting, acting, and special effects are so on point.

@wileatsglass

3 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about bellatrix? The one in the red dress?

@MSKDphantom

3 жыл бұрын

She plays Dean Thomas is the sequel and it's perfect.

OMG. I haven't seen this in forever--thanks so much for reacting to--and enjoying--it! Also, if you watch "A Very Potter Sequel," pleeeeassse use the subtitles!

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

Subtitles wouldn’t work. But I’ll see what we can do about a sequel

Love this musical! It was my first introduction to Harry's actor, Darren Criss. He later became my favorite character in Glee, and really successful singer, his voice is in my favorites

As a proud italian, I suggest “Voldemort: the origin of the heir”, a pretty good “movie” if we think that is a fanmade. Loved your reactions

Y'all know that there are two more Harry Potter Musicals that they wrote? They are each really funny too!

I cannot believe you're watching this piece of art!!! Starkid is nothing short of fantastic!!! Yaaaaay!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁 Fun fact: in the third Potter musical, Luna is played by the actual Luna from the movies

Have you seen Starship? Underrated Starkid production. I love the digs at Darren as he played Blaine on Glee

Starkid was a theater troupe of college students from the University of Michigan. Many of the kids in this have gone on to be actors of varying degrees, from Joe Walker(voldemort) being in commercials and on TV, to Darren Criss(harry potter) being an Emmy award winning actor. They have SEVERAL more musicals, including sequels to A Very Potter Musical that you guys would also likely enjoy a ton. All of their works are on youtube and are all absolute gold.

I really want them to go on a Stakid kick now. This was the beginning, so it's amazing, but all of the others are wonderful too!!

Best line. "If a person were to TOUCH THEMSELVES" *stares at ron*

I saw this when it first got posted to KZread and have been following everything they've done ever since! The only show I've ever gotten to see live though was "Holy Musical, Batman"

DUDE I would have never expected in a million years that you guys would be reacting to AVPM but I'm so glad you are

This musical is older than people in secondary now?? Anyway this musical got me into theatre 💀 I adore this show, the characters are great, the songs are amazing and every actor kills it

I just realised that this is the whole thing and not edited to be shorter so umm don’t talk to me for the next 2 and a bit hours

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

“It’s just like a school musical or something” Famous last words 🤣

I love StarKid! Twisted and Trail to Oregon are sooo funny. Anyways, this was awesome, it was like 3 of my favourite things combined. Also, I don't blame Quirrel, I'd follow Voldy if he looked like that...

Ok so TeamStarKid did this when they were in college at Michigan State. They decided since most of their theater department loved Harry Potter that they would write and perform a parody musical for the students and teachers at their college.

I didn't see this production live but AVP has a huge fandom of its own so the Creative Arts Society at my college put on their own production of it 4-5 years ago so I got to see that one live and it was hilarious! Also so cool seeing where Darren Criss got his start!

A Very Potter Musical is probably one of the best examples of the Harry Potter fanbase. They're having fun with the source material while at the same time putting a ton of thought and effort into it. You're right, these songs did not need to be originals, they could have been knockoffs. They could have just copied the plot with songs to it and people would have been impressed. They could have copied lines from the movies all the live long day and quoted catch phrases (yes there are dated references, but I'll give them a pass, they work them in pretty well). They didn't need to do any of this, but this team decided to throw in 110% with a shoestring budget

This play is AWESOME... I went to it here in Brazil and it was really faithful to this original one, low budget but lots of fun... And as a fan of Darren Chris is amazing watch him that young and already so talented.

It makes me so happy that more people are discovering Starkid. Been watching them since I was like 15, and I'm 26 now. They're such a fantastic group. Twisted and AVPM/S are my favorites.

You ask if it's a school production, it was done at one of the Universities in Michigan.

OH MY GOSH!!! This is my first time watching reactions to my Favorite😅Fan-made Musical Trilogy!!!!!! These dudes are so funny/hilarious! God I wish we could be buds! 🤣I’m looking SO forward to seeing these Awesome guys react to more movies!!!! 👍🤟

The absolute joy I felt reliving watching this was like watching the whole musical for the first time

It's great seeing others enjoy this musical! I first learned about it a few months after it was put on KZread. I didn't know if any of my acquaintances would definitely be interested in this so I felt like I couldn't share it with anyone. I'm glad there are people still discovering Team StarKid!

the people who made this are called "team starkid" and they actually have 11 more musicals that are absolutely hilarious!!! I totally recomend watching them and I promise that you will enjoy!

@whitenoisereacts

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a few people mentioned it 😂😂

You see, now there's no escape. Now you have to watch all the Starkid musicals. And I'm here for it!

If you enjoyed this, you should totally check out their other stuff... There's two more Harry Potter ones, There's Starwars, Batman, Oregon Trail (based kinda on the educational game), There's Disney's Aladdin from Jafar's point of view... All sorts of fun stuff that's not directly based on other stuff too. Don't feel you have to react to them (although I would thoroughly enjoy that), but certainly check out more of their shows when you can (be aware that some background knowledge might be needed to get many of the jokes in the shows based on existing properties, but you might enjoy them regardless).

gUYS, You should react to "Spies are forever" by the tincan bros!! It´s an awesome musical!

Darren Chris that played Harry Potter was part of the Glee series. Most people know him from Glee, but I know him from AVPM.