This musical is too damn underrated. Every single song from this show is amazing and makes you dance in your seat.

@nataliesimmons6342

6 жыл бұрын

I was dancing in my seat the entire show

@maxgoldhirsch2043

6 жыл бұрын

It's not underatted. It is amazing though!

@keshaflakes70

5 жыл бұрын

I agree i love it and would love to see it

@ellathrasher9661

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for all your help and support you have to go through this video I

@ellathrasher9661

5 жыл бұрын

@@keshaflakes70 I will be there at 4:45

"For out of what we live and we believe, our lives become the stories that we weave."

@greenergrass4060

5 жыл бұрын

It is true ya know?

Congratulations To Once On This Island for Winning Best Revival at the Tony's!

Softens hearts. Teaches forgiveness, love, and hope. I love this musical.

Everyone says there is no story but this is the greatest show ever

@RJHEllis

4 жыл бұрын

This comment made me realize that the play really doesn't have a "plot" in the structural form that a western narrative would. So I can understand people's comment of it not having a "story." It does, though, have a story, just the narrative form takes that of an African Tale though set in Haiti. And yes, this was a damn fantastic show and the songs are amazing!

@wjsproductions1784

3 жыл бұрын

* the Antilles

[ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE)] Ooo - ooo huh hoo... [ASAKA, spoken] A tree that sprang up and cracked the walls of the Hotel Beauxhomme, so that its gates could never close again [AGWE, spoken] A tree that lived forever, sheltering peasants and grands hommes alike [PAPA GE, spoken] A tree that watched over Daniel for his lifetime [DANIEL, spoken] A tree in which his children played [ANDREA, spoken] And one day, as Daniel’s young son sat in the shade of the tree, he noticed a beautiful young peasant girl high in its branches, looking out at the world [ERZULIE, spoken] And the spirit of Ti Moune touched their hearts and set them free... [ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE), spoken] ...to love! [ASAKA] And she stands against the lightning and the thunder [AGWE] And she shelters and protects us from above [ERZULIE, PAPA GE] And she fills us with the power and the wonder [ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE)] Of her love... And this is why we tell the story Why we tell the story Why (why) We tell the story, (we tell the story) Why we tell the story [MAMA] If you listen very hard you’ll hear her call us [TONTON] To come share with her our laughter and our tears [ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, AGWE, MEN)] And as mysteries and miracles befall us [ERZULIE, ANDREA, DANIEL, ARMAND, ASAKA, TONTON, MEN, WOMEN] Through the years [LITTLE GIRL, ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE)] We tell the story! [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story! [WOMEN (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, ASAKA)] Life is why - [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story [WOMEN (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, ASAKA)] Pain is why - [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story! [WOMEN (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, ASAKA)] Love is why - [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story! [WOMEN (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, ASAKA)] Grief is why - [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story! [WOMEN (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, ASAKA)] Hope is why - [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story! [WOMEN (EXCEPT TI MOUNE, ASAKA)] Faith is why - [LITTLE GIRL, MEN] We tell the story! [LITTLE GIRL, ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE)] You are why - Why we tell the story Why we tell the story Why we tell the story Why we tell the story [ERZULIE, ANDREA, ASAKA, WOMEN] So I hope that you will tell this tale tomorrow [DANIEL, ARMAND, TONTON, MEN] It will help your heart remember and relive [ALL (EXCEPT TI MOUNE)] It will help you feel the anger and the sorrow [TI MOUNE] And forgive... [ALL] For out of what we live and we believe Our lives become The stories that we weave [LITTLE GIRL, spoken] There is an island where rivers run deep... Where the sea sparkling in the sun earns it the name “Jewel of the Antilles”... An island where the poorest of peasants labor... And the wealthiest of Grands Hommes play. And on this island, we tell the story! [ALL (EXCEPT LITTLE GIRL)] We tell the story...

@Jesmelia

3 жыл бұрын

thank you for this, Aaron!

Even as a tree Ti Moune was better off than the stuffy rich people trapped in their social hierarchy. Also I realized, Ti Moune single handedly created a middle class by forcing the wealthy and poor to meet at a common ground. Some on give that tree the Nobel Peace Prize.

i hope daniel's son and the peasent girl get together , happily forever now

@Callmekatielee

5 жыл бұрын

Ramieverse ! To my understanding, the peasant girl is the spirit of Ti Moune? However, I could be wrong, as I have not gotten to see the show performed yet.

@greenergrass4060

5 жыл бұрын

@@Callmekatielee i also interpret that the peasant girl is timoune's reincarnation

@h193013

5 жыл бұрын

Ramieverse ! I thought the tree was her reincarnation

@Bubblestheroo

5 жыл бұрын

@@h193013 reincarnated spirit

@h193013

5 жыл бұрын

Savannah Broderick So the girl is her spirit or is it the tree?

2:22 and forgiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive 😍 get it sis

why does this musical plays with my feelings

Gives me the chills every time dammit

Happy Closing! The most beautiful broadway show I've ever seen

yall in my musical theatre class I got assigned to perform one song from this soundtrack and at first I was a lil bummed but you know what? im so glad i was because this musical is so sweet and such a bop, and i would literally die for ti moune

@ravenryder6241

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, I think we all saw how that turned out. 😂

You know, life IS one big story we live..

This was my first time listening to Once On This Island, ME LIKE ME LOVE ME GONNA LISTEN AGAIN

@LiveLaughLove_L

3 жыл бұрын

This is also my first time listening

Truely wonderful. There are not enough words to describe how amazing this story is. I feel so proud to have been in a production of this musical!

5yrs ago today was my senior year and it was the last day of products for this musical. Literally one of the best and most underrated musicals.

I’ve seen this show twice, and bawled uncontrollably at the end both times. Knowing this song by heart did not stop me, that second time.

I love Once on This Island so much

My school is going to have this musical and were going to have rain and a river and a waterfall with real water. I can't wait

Best musical I've ever seen

I just did this show, honestly one of the best experiences i’ve had in theatre

This was my FAVORITE musical that my high did my senior year, 18 years ago!!!

I've listened to this soundtrack probably 100 times by now, and I still tear up at this last song :')

I played Asaka in this show during my Sophomore year of high school and have just now rediscovered it and totally fell in love with it all over again. I forgot how beautiful and touching this show is. Seriously something special and I absolutely love this cast. We tell the story!!

I loved this play so much but that guy pissed me off

@professionalhuman9447

4 жыл бұрын

I know this is 1 year later but what guy, daniel/isaac powell?

I can't believe I'm shadowing this show this week...how I'm gonna keep my cool idk

i love this show

Our school is doing this musical. I auditioned for Mama but because I’m a sophomore, I only got the ensemble. I really like this song, it’s my favorite one we’ve learned!

I need to be in this show

@shannonkelly1993

6 жыл бұрын

if you're in southern ca by any chance, i know some auditions happening in june

@issa.akwardblackgirl9203

6 жыл бұрын

Shannon Kelly thanks but i live in the east coast

The end of every JTF, this song beings memories and a lot of shivers

@ninjagrl99

6 жыл бұрын

Brynat Paez big mood (especially the jtf thing bc my troupe did ooti this year and it’s my senior year and i’m crying now lol)

@itsmeclaire9068

6 жыл бұрын

It does!!! I love jtf! I saw this show this year for the first time and loved it

@loverboymadita7811

6 жыл бұрын

I'm new, can someone explain what JTF stands for?

@abby8676

5 жыл бұрын

ShameldaTheMomFriend™️ I believe they're talking about Junior Theatre Festival! It's basically a festival where youth theatrical groups from across the country perform a 15 minute adjudication of an mti jr show and a lot of other stuff happens too! it's a lot of fun. There's one in Atlanta and Sacramento! Look it up for a better explanation bc my description wasn't the best haha. I went to the one in Sacramento with my group this year and I had a blast. I've been asking our director to do OOTI sometime!

@loverboymadita7811

5 жыл бұрын

Abby Thank you so much!!! That was a pretty good explanation, actually! It almost sounds like One Act Play, but shorter. It's a Texas thing; school theatre departments put on one act plays, 15 minutes minimum to 40 minutes max; we get judged on acting, set design, lighting, costumes, makeup, sound - the works. It's really intense, and there are even special clinics held before the district concert meets!

This ending reminds me of Hamilton’s...who lives who dies who tells your story vs we tell the story. Anybody else?

@AlexTheCrayChick

6 жыл бұрын

Kyi12300 and more appropriate for kids

@sofiaart9978

6 жыл бұрын

Talia Mayo I know that when I was there , the person who plays Peggy is who plays Andrea, and also Andrea and Peggy both wore yellow dresses!!

@sofiaart9978

6 жыл бұрын

Talia Mayo I noticed dat too

@scarlettkara2762

5 жыл бұрын

Not emotionally. Not. Emotionally. The image of her in her tree with a flowing red dress and flowers had and currently is driving a knife through my heart-- At least we knew Hamilton died a sucky death beforehand dangit.

@pencilshavings1389

5 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment that

I was in crew of this musical at our school, and after finishing and cleaning up the auditorium, us crew starting singing "This is WhYYYYYy we are in crEw, wh-HY we are in crE-ew." We sang at the top of our lungs and many voice cracks Imagine 30 Theatre addicts singing this down the hallway. *Yeah*

@marial2980

4 жыл бұрын

Blackpink in The Room Where it Happens that's so cool! I was in stage crew for this musical too!

@funkyastro1215

4 жыл бұрын

Same I'm in crew and we are doing this musical! Now I am really attached to it :/

I’m doing this play soon! I’m super excited! Could someone comment the lyrics here for me and a list of the roles? I’ve never seen this play

Beautiful

This is basically a better, more entertaining version of the little mermaid.

@elaine4865

6 жыл бұрын

Megan Jo the book this is based off of was based off the little mermaid

@zoeyburton2597

5 жыл бұрын

Elaine No it wasn’t.

@cheyannecolon6825

5 жыл бұрын

It’s actually based on the original little mermaid story

@ririmars

5 жыл бұрын

sirius black No it’s not it’s based off of the 1985 novel my love, my love; or the peasant girl by Rosa Guy, the little mermaid has nothing to do with this musical nor it’s background. Literally just do the research no where does it make a little mermaid reference or something of inspiration for this musical.

@h193013

5 жыл бұрын

RiRi Mars The book was based on The Little Mermaid

Imagine Thalia Grace's reaction to the beginning of this song and the ending of the previous....

I remember playing Daniel in my final play in high school. I had so many issues with that play but damnit this song was worth it all.

I used this song for minds in motion a dancing program at the Richmond Ballet.

1k likes!! Love the music!

Gives me lil mermaid vibes girl falls for a boy she saves. runs away from home to try be with him. spends time with him than finds out he to marry another. is given a knife kill him his life for her's can't due to love ends up ending her own life and is immortalized by the gods

@pompe221

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. This was based on the original little mermaid story.

Does anybody know where I can get the sheet music for this?

How is her watching over Daniel and his family as a tree a happy ending? If anything that's torture. Imagine watching ur ex love interest with another woman for the rest of your tree life.

@greenergrass4060

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the more i think about it, her body being turned into a tree is kinda horrific. Why didnt Erzulie just helped timoune charm daniel up to end

@eventplanner461

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikaylakaylaa Idk if I want Disney to make this into a movie. She literally dies in the end. That's so depressing. But then again they could always change the ending.

@h193013

3 жыл бұрын

Mekeishakayla Wish granted

@eventplanner461

3 жыл бұрын

@isagani Exactly, that's all the more reason why she shouldn't have to watch over him and his family. Torture at best if you ask me.

@justinnaniong7872

3 жыл бұрын

Because she broke the barrier (physically) between the rich folk and the peasants, essentially ending many years of isolation for both parties and freeing them to love each other. What she did and accomplished was far bigger than herself and her own happiness.

ok so my highschool did this play let me tell you they did so good daniel did good to i actually have a best friend and his name is daniel mcallister he is a very good person and i love how he treats me so good he always makes me happy i tell him that i listen to these songs everyday and he is happy i do and i have another friend her name is hailey and she was ti moune and let me say she did so good and everyone from my school did great i love these videos there amazing me and my friend daniel hangout at school during lunch he is the best i want to be another one of these to soon i hope

I am crying wtf

y no woomys or vemos ??????

2:23

Reminds me of Allura from Voltron

It's a talented cast and musical director that can take a mediocre musical to such heights.

You can just literally only listen to the soundtrack and you already seen the entire musical

I am Asksa in my show

ι ѕαω σи¢є σи тнιѕ ιѕℓαи∂ αи∂ иσω ι ¢αит gєт тнιѕ ѕσиg συт σf му нєα∂!!

wtf i'M LOSING MY SHIT GDI

😅

OMG THE GODS DID MY GIRL TI MOUNE SO DIRTY 😭 NOW SHE HAS TO WATCH DANIEL BE HAPPY WITH ANDREA INSTEAD OF HER DANG

A tree that should have had a mango fall on Daniel...sorry. Just sayin'

Who lives, Who Dies, Who tells your story?...

for 4th graders only

I definitely hear Hamilton and tangled in here tbh and Moana

@juleselizaaaa

5 жыл бұрын

My cousins theatre group did the kids version of the show and the second it started I thought of Moana.

@TajFaerie

4 жыл бұрын

It's more likely the other way around. OOTI predates all of them and great creators learn from great creations.

@zoeyburton2597

4 жыл бұрын

Freeform Goddess I just meant the melodies and messages sound alike

@zoeyburton2597

4 жыл бұрын

Sierra Nelson I just meant the songs melodies and messages sound alike. The vibe too.