I think it's important to mention that Shakespeare is always accompanied by a boyband

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Are you serious?? Hahahahaha That makes total sense xD

@rontheron4807

2 жыл бұрын

@@Barbara2.0 there's a legally approved performance of it!!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIZ4w8yvfrudhto.html they're so extra I love them

@Movidude74

2 жыл бұрын

@@Barbara2.0 also the unofficial name of the backup band is the Leather Boys

@claireoconnor307

2 жыл бұрын

@@Movidude74 also important to add that the name they’re given in the script is the bard boys

Fun Fact: When "Something Rotten" was nominated for Best Musical in 2015 (It lost to a touching yet fun musical called Fun House), the hosts of the Tonys that year (Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming) decided that, after a small bit of stand-up together, they would open their Tony Awards with the company of Something Rotten performing "A Musical" to explain musicals to everyone.

Ooh, one of my favorite musicals! To give some context you were missing, which especially becomes an issue in the second half: -Prior to Bottom's Gonna Be On Top, Nick returns to the soothsayer (Thomas Nostradamus, the less talented nephew of the famous Nostradamus) and asks to see what Shakespeare's greatest hit will be. Not only does he mistake Hamlet for Omelette, but he also recommends a bunch of other musical references (Uncle Scar, the Phantom, etc). -Both Bottom's Gonna Be On Top and We See the Light are fantasies, what the characters imagine will happen. Obviously, their dreams don't quite come true. -Portia is the daughter of the local Puritan leader, who is ideologically opposed to theater and music, and especially the mixture of the two. His dialogue is great in the show, as it's almost all gay innuendo. -At the end, Shakespeare reveals the various illegal acts of the Bottom brothers (soothsaying, hiring a Jew), but ultimately saves them from beheading by recommending they be banished. -Another subplot is that Shakespeare supposedly steals all of his best works from other writers. In this universe, Nigel is the writer of what became Shakespeare's Hamlet. I hear there's an extremely similar musical on KZread called Tap Dancing Eggs, if you want to see the full thing *wink wink*.

@ajmalaika1287

2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for your service

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

WOW thank you so much!!

@michaelgriswold5663

2 жыл бұрын

Another thing I would add that Nick Bottom's wife (can't remember her name lol) is apart of the saving of the Bottoms being saved from death by cross dressing and pretending to be a lawyer, arguing for their lives. Hence, the exile. There was another appearance of her cross dressing before that in the show as well, with Nick of course protesting and sending her home, only for her cross dressing in the end saving their butts. (Note that it has been a bit since I've watched the show haha)

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Now that's awesome! See? This is why I was sad to miss so much of Bea, I knew there was more to her that I would enjoy, they did a great job with Right Hand Man

@kanatah2045

2 жыл бұрын

And I would like to add that the "wife crossdressing and pretending to be a lawyer and saving a day" is most likely a reference to "The Merchant of Venice", a Shakespearean play where the MC's wife crossdresses as a layer and saves the MC.

Ah yes "tap dancing eggs the musical" -

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha love that xD

@natl5692

2 жыл бұрын

A quality slime

@natl5692

2 жыл бұрын

@@Barbara2.0 it is the illegal film version on KZread of something rotten

@missybarnes7400

Жыл бұрын

I literally just came from that

One very under-appreciated detail I realized about this show: Nick Bottom is actually a character in Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and is the “butt” of a lot of jokes. It makes sense within the real world that Shakespeare would write in his enemy as comedic relief in a future play. I love how many subtle Shakespeare/musical references are in this show that could get missed by people without much knowledge of Shakespeare

@scroobl

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I didn’t know that. That’s so cool! Makes me love this show even more :D

my favourite musical reference HAS TO BE in Make an Omelette when they sing ‘it was white and yellow and white and yellow and white and yellow’ like in Joseph but it’s literally just two colours lmao

There's a part of me that thinks that they wrote this whole show around the line "That sounds miserable! I believe it's pronounced Misérables". But honestly if you ever get a chance to watch this live please do it! There are so many more history and theater references during the non-musical parts of the show that tie everything together so beautifully.

I was beyond proud of myself when I got all the references in "It's A Musical" I felt so smug

I freaking adore this musical! There aren't a lot of true musical comedy's out there, but this is one of the best; the creative team knocked everything out of the park! This show has soooooo many musical references in it that you cannot find unless you're watching it in person (or on video.) If you wanna fast track your understanding of all the references in the song "It's A Musical" however, there's a KZread video which points out almost all of them! I think there's around 19 or so; it's a *lot*

Christian Borle is such a treasure

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

"Let me be your right-hand MAN" just pops in my head so much

I love this show so much- I sang Hard To Be The Bard for a cabaret and it was so freaking fun to do, I kinda blacked out while performing but everyone told me it was amazing, so I'll take their word for it. This show is so funny and everyone is so talented in it and everyone needs to know about it

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

I bet you were amazing!!

This musical is SO good! This came out while I was studying history at uni, and "welcome to the renaissance" became an addiction to the entire class.

@Nadia-id4bu

Жыл бұрын

I got addicted to 'God, I hate Shakespeare' while studying literature lmao

I worked as an usher for the tours that came through Chicago and one of the last shows I worked was Something Rotten - honestly it was one of my favorite shows I ever worked (I even went on my day off to see the first show in the audience)! As a self-proclaimed theatre and history nerd, it gave me the best of both worlds and it was so fun to talk about with my coworkers! Also when I saw it, Adam Pascal was Shakespeare - I grew up listening to Rent (my two older sisters were prime Rentheads at that time) so it was amazing seeing him perform and on their last show day (which I worked), I got a nice picture with him and made my oldest sister jealous b/c she had the biggest crush on him in Rent... very funny and just a lot of happy memories are associated with the show! :)

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

This is so sweet! Thanks for sharing

If you enjoy a good comedy musical you MUST listening to Book of Mormon! Ps: love the reaction to Something Rotten! 🤩

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Francisco! Glad you enjoyed it 😊 And Book of Mormon is coming soon

Not me staring at "See the Light" and thinking "This song.. is very queer coded.. more so in the live version.. haaaaaaaaa" On that note, I LOVE THIS MUSICAL! Glad you enjoed it as well!!!

I saw this show twice with the original cast and it was one of the greatest experiences! It’s the most I have ever laughed during a show. They got a standing ovation after “A Musical” that went on for quite awhile. If you liked Kate Reinders, she is the drama teacher in the new High School Musical The Musical: The Series on Disney+

Gotta love a good old iambic pentameter rap battle

It's called Omlet because the fortune teller Nostradomus misheard the word Hamlet.

Omlete with the dansih. Also, A Musical lyric video shows what plays they're pulling from. And there is a bootleg of this show with the original cast and amazing understudies for Nick and Portia, for you to watch the show.

Something Rotten as a title is itself a Hamlet reference- 'there is something rotten in the state of Denmark' I think is the line. It would be cool to see some more reactions to pro shots like you did with Legally Blonde. Shrek the musical has one (Nicks actor Brian D'arcy james plays Shrek), Newsies, Billy Elliot, Gypsy and Im sure there are a few more

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah unfortunately we don't have as many pro shots as I wish we had. I reacted to Newsies already but couldn't add the video because it's Disney so I'm pretty sure it would've been taken down :/ Downsides of this series... But definitely looking to do more in the future And that's true! Totally forgot about the "something rotten" bit

Christian Borle has to be the best character actor in musical theatre around at the moment. Fantastic Ego and it shines with his comedy timing. He can do it all. Your Patreon link doesn't work Also please do Jekyll and Hyde. Some amazing songs.

i saw the tour production for my 22nd birthday and got a real kick out of the "some musicals are very serious" line in A Musical with the Rent sample playing because Adam Pascal (Roger in the Rent OBC) was playing Shakespeare. i couldn't hold in my quick laugh.

Also, love the low ponytails, very cute

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

OMG SOMETHING ROTTEN REACTION IN 2021???? OMG ITS MY FAVE MUSICAL THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME ok this was such a nostalgic and fun watch, yougot everything right and i reminded me why i love this musical so much, so thank you for this!!

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching 😁

Absolutely love this musical! Maybe you could do Anastasia next?

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely on the list ;)

I’m loving how every time I play one of your videos I get a Hadestown ad

Ohhh I've been looking forward to this one! With all the out-of-context songs you just know this is going to be good :D

This was the very first show I saw on Broadway and I got to see the original cast. I’d fallen in love with the soundtrack and was pleasantly surprised at the puritan storyline that’s not really captured on the soundtrack. I’ve always wanted to use “Right Hand Man” as an audition piece but its strength is in being a duet, which rules it out 😅 Still waiting for the show to come to Australia so I can see it again.

One of my favorite reactions from you. I’m so happy that you loved this musical as much as I have. 😁 (If you think the songs have a lot of musical references, just wait until you watch the show itself. Hoo boy they go ALL OUT and it’s amazing!!! 😂)

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Oh God, it must be amazing!

YES!!! I love this musical so much!!! I’m actually seeing a community production of it this weekend!!

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Oh so cool! Hope you enjoy it :)

Clicked SOOO fast - excited to see your reaction :) This is one of the many musicals I watched earlier in the year due to being obsessed with every single Falsettos Revival cast member

@professorrock4698

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot how funny this musical was - been laughing through the whole video. Have you listened to Blackmore's Night, or Blind Guardian's "The Bard Song (In the Forest)". What you said at the beginning made me think you might like it. For sad musicals... I haven't seen any of these yet, but I hear Les Miserables is very sad (what a surprise), also Miss Saigon has to be since it's based on Madama Butterfly, and I believe Cabaret has sadness in it as well. And while sad is not the first word I would use to describe it, Ghost Quartet did make me cry a lot because some of the lyrics were exactly what I needed to hear, and sad/dark things certainly happen in it. I would love if you could react to that sometime, it's by Dave Malloy and on his youtube channel he's released a proshot.

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely check out those songs you recommended, thank you! And the shows, of course

I would love to see your reaction to Parade by Jason Robert Brown! It’s gorgeous, extremely sad, and criminally underrated

I have been waiting forever for this!!!! A few months ago I was in a production of this as ✨Robin✨ (which is an. Ummmmmm. Interesting choice but ok) but it’s genuinely one of the best and most funny musicals I have EVER been in or listened to :D

I saw this show on Broadway and it was so freaking good!!! I really wish it got more of a run, def my fav show I’ve ever seen.

Love this musical!

One of the best musicals ever! I love it. You should check out the Tony performance as you will see all the visual references to other musicals throughout

3:43 Foreshadowing is a device used by authors to hint at a future event (I forgot the exact quote so I guessed lol)

@nessalossehelim5026

2 жыл бұрын

"Foreshadowing is a dramatic device in which an important plot point is mentioned early in the story to return later in a more significant way." I even hear it in her voice, it's so goodxD

@corvacks8924

2 жыл бұрын

Also known as Checkov's Gun or similar as a piece of foreshadowing

So excited for this one!!

i would like to say that if you feel bad for yourself remember that christian had to sing "it's hard to be the bard" in costume in front of the president

Great video and great musical!!!

Glad you enjoyed the one and only musical that I loved doing in high school this year!

my high school did something rotten this year! it was such a fun show and our nostradamus actually won two awards for their acting. wish you could have seen a live production of it, there were some, uh, interesting visuals...including but not limited to tap dancing eggs

Late but I’d recommend watching the boot on KZread it gives more context, and is even funnier

Yes! One of my favessssss

I really think you would like the musical Once On this Island (2017 revival)

@islasullivan3463

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a story that is very loosely based on the little mermaid where a poor girl falls in love with a rich man but the gods make a bet on her.

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I'm really excited for that :)

@islasullivan3463

2 жыл бұрын

@@Barbara2.0 I hope you enjoy it.

I’m so glad you liked this. I’ve seen it twice, first on Broadway with most of the original cast (including Christian Borle) and then a second time it toured close to where I am. Both times, I thoroughly enjoyed it as a musical theatre nerd AND admirer of Shakespeare. Watching you react to this makes me hopeful that you’ll react to both The Producers (a brilliant musical comedy from the mind of Mel Brooks) AND Avenue Q (what I like to call 'an adult's equivalent of Sesame Street) in the near future.

@exasperated

8 ай бұрын

I'm not much of a musical theatre nerd (aside from the obvious exception of this, Rocky Horror, and... and... I'll get back to you on the and) and most people who've been within earshot during an audition or post rehearsal drink knows my distaste for The Bard, but I have serious show going jealousy! Never had chance to see this live, and the only... ummm... non-live means of watching are less than visually satisfying.

Love your videos💕💕

For a change of pace you could do (the controversial?) "Love Never Dies", sequel to Phantom. Personally I love the music and think the setting is great^^ The professional recording of the Australian production also has great costuming and decor if you want to watch it too!

I love these videos so much!! Are you gonna do Fun Home soon?

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure when, but definitely on the pipeline ;)

This is one of my favourite musicals!! Also, if you want to listen to more Brian d'Arcy James I recommend Shrek and Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. For more Heidi Bleickinstaff, listen to Name of Show and for more John Cariani, listen to The Band's Visit.

@declanalexander2100

2 жыл бұрын

It's [Title Of Show] not 'Name of Show'

@thesingingthing

2 жыл бұрын

@@declanalexander2100 oh whoops, my bad!

@danielrobinson7350

2 жыл бұрын

Heidi Blickenstaff did a great Broadway backstage series on KZread during Something Rotten.

Two other musicals that covers historical events and sets it to modern music are Lizzie the Musical- A rock musical retelling of the Lizzie Borden story and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson- A rock musical about, you guess it, Andrew Jackson. Both are great shows, and I would suggest you add them to the docket if you don't already have already.

"To thine own self be true." If course it's Hamlet!

12:08 the way I started screaming "Chicago" at my computer

I’m just starting to watch Netflix’s Daredevil (loving it btw) and I just realized how much Vanessa and Wilson Fisk’s relationship (at least in season 1) reminds me of Right Hand Man from this musical. I love that song, I really like this musical, and I love Daredevil so my brain is very happy to make connections like that.

SO GOOD to see someone react to Something Rotten. It's such a silly musical that makes my heart happy. I'd love to see you react to Book of Mormon :D and then maybe Spamalot! Big fan of musical comedies! My favourite little, under-loved moment is the end of To Thine Own Self, where he sings: "Sure as the day follows the night Surely we must see this through Damned if I don't Damned if I do! Damn it, I don't have the luxury to Hang all my hope On some simplistic trope Like to thine own self be true"

You should listen to ride the cyclone if you're currently adding to the list! They released a cast recording recently and it's so good

This one I've seen! (Not on Broadway, but.) It's a good time all around. For more history: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. It specifically riffs on Roman comedies, and it is HILARIOUS. (Also, more Sondheim!) The movie is one of my lifelong feel-good movies, even though it doesn't have nearly all the songs in it.

Ooh, another musical I'd suggest is If/Then, the premise is really cool

Brian D’Arcy James was also in a musical based off of the story of the Titanic. It is really good if you want to give it a listen or add to your list of things to do on here.

Very very good! Amazing Amazing

OH ALSO you should hit the Shrek musical sometime. There's an actor throughline to this one, and also Sutton Foster.

I loved this vid. ANother banger. OTher shows that are dope are finding neverland, a chorus line, Oliver.

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Noted! Thanks Connor 🥰

I have been listening to a lot of new musicals lately and JUST listened to this one yesterday on my way home fro. Work. It's fantastic, lol. I also listened to one called Frist Date, it's a romantic comedy with Zachary Levi (Flynn Rider in Tangled) and the girl who plays Wednesday Addams in the Addams Family Musical (can't remember her name😖) and I think you should listen to that one. It had me laughing a lot, and I enjoyed the music.

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so pumped for Addams Family 🤩

I can’t help myself, can you react to the Spongebob musical please? It sounds dumb but it is amazing

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

It's on the list! :)

is the last five years on your list? it's an absolute classic and i love it and it makes me very mad 💞

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is!

Have you ever watched the musical called Into the Woods? That’s another one I find really funny

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen the movie but not the show. I'll react to it at some point :)

I really love all your reactions to different musicals. I want to ask, whether you would also be interested in non-english musicals? Maybe with translations at hand. I'd really love to see your reaction to the french musical Mozart L'Opera Rock. It's about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life (duh XD) I found the whole show with english subtitles a few days ago and fell in love instantly. It's very 2010 emo XD If you're not interested, that's also okay. PS: Thanks for the great videos :D

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely interested! Heard great things about that one. Thanks for the recommendation 😊

@moonlitlaurel8103

2 жыл бұрын

@@Barbara2.0 So happy to hear that :D I'll get my eyeliner ready XD

@fynchbird

2 жыл бұрын

@@moonlitlaurel8103 Oh my gosh - French musicals are a recent obsession of mine😭💜 'Notre dame de Paris', 'Romeo & Juliette' and '1789; Les Amants De La Bastille' along with 'Mozart opera rock' are my favs🤗

Someone in the comments recommended Ghost Quartet and I just watched the entire thing on Dave Malloy's channel and it's WONDERFUL but I can't find the original comment anymore D: So if you read this; thank you thank you thank you for recommending it! It's beautiful and haunting and it's going to require at least two more watches to fully appreciate

@professorrock4698

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was me - wow, I’m so happy to hear that you watched it and found it wonderful! Yes, it’s absolutely... I don’t even know what words to use, watching it was SUCH an experience for me. It certainly added to it that I saw it alone at 3 AM with all the lights off. Anyway... I saw it the first time a few weeks ago and now I’ve seen it more times and looked more closely at different parts to appreciate it better, and looked for other peoples productions of it as well (there are quite a lot on KZread,) so have fun with that haha. Excited that someone else sees how amazing it is!

@professorrock4698

2 жыл бұрын

Also, if you want another truly amazing Malloy musical after this one, I suggest Octet. There’s no proshot or bootleg, but there’s an official cast recording, and there’s also a version with different singers on KZread, made entirely digitally, that is surprisingly very good. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/rKuEt6ugiLy-hKQ.html What I did was I listened to about half of the album first, listening to some of the songs a few times to really revel in the harmonies (in the video the group songs aren’t bad, but they are not as good), and then I watched the video from the beginning which made it a lot easier to understand because there is dialogue between the songs, and also the acting on peoples’ faces goes a long way. And now I am going back and listening to the rest of the cast recording. Oh, and this one also has Malloy’s annotations on Genius, which is especially useful for understanding the tarot card symbolism that is woven into it.

@nessalossehelim5026

2 жыл бұрын

@@professorrock4698 I'm already listening to Ghost Quartet again it's so good! Perfect for autumn vibes too in a few months^^ Thank you for recommending me more Dave Malloy! Right now it's a bit too late to jump into an entire musical again, but I'll definitely check it out this week!

@professorrock4698

2 жыл бұрын

​@@nessalossehelim5026 Very annoyingly youtube deleted one of my replies that was supposed to be before the one about Octet. It was rather long too. I think the gist of it was "you may have already seen this, but Dave Malloy did a ton of interesting annotations for Ghost Quartet on Genius. Also, my favorite other production of Ghost Quartet that I've seen so far is this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZeYpaShhq2zhKg.html It's overall very well done (although still no one has been able to come close to Brittain Ashford's performance of Hero in my opinion), Any Kind of Dead Person is super fun here - especially worth seeing is Soldier and Rose. While I absolutely adore Gelsey Bell, it was this version that gave me a better sense of the emotions and juxtapositions of characters in this song, and I think I prefer it."

@nessalossehelim5026

2 жыл бұрын

@@professorrock4698 Ohh jeah I've come across that version too, it's going to be a fun ride going down the Ghost Quartet hole! The staging in Soldier and Rose definitely makes more of an impact, though I imagine that the point of the original staging is to enable you to visualize whatever you feel is right:)

Could someone please tell me where I can find these musicals? I love watching Barbara react, but I only do it for the musicals I've seen and have context for.

It’s not a Broadway musical, but a musical movie I would recommend checking out is “Were The World Mine.” It’s set in modern day, and is very different from Something Rotten, but most of the songs include lyrics from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is why I was reminded of it. It’s kinda small and indie, and a bit trippy at times, but it has _gorgeous_ music. 😊

@professorrock4698

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yea, I’ve seen that! I enjoyed it but found it difficult to suspend my disbelief, and kept laughing out loud at the ridiculous and being unable to take it seriously, kind of “so bad it’s good” I guess. Some of the music is fantastic though - the “fairies away, catch me that flower, up and down and up and down” song will forever be stuck in my head.

@TheNitpickChick

2 жыл бұрын

@@professorrock4698 True. It definitely has an odd plot, and I absolutely experienced a fair amount of second hand embarrassment when several of the people were “turned,” because they acted pretty ridiculously. lol But I will always remember the musical numbers and the cinematography and editing. It really evoked that dreamlike fantasy quality that I love, while still having moments grounded in reality. 😊 Even though I haven’t seen the film itself in years, I still listen to the soundtrack here and there, and will forever have several of the songs popping into my head at random times. 😅 (Like, I can never read or hear the name Tim or Timothy without hearing 🎶 _Oh Timothyyyyy_ 🎶)

Please check out 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will Literally make you cry and laugh at the same time. If falsettos made you cry this one will too

A sad show next? SPRING AWAKENING!

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Very likely ;)

PLEASE DO THE BANDS VISIT NEXT

Please react to Anything Goes Soundtrack the Sutton Foster or National Theatre’s Version please 🥰🤞🏻

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

I could do a review because I have actually seen Anything Goes live so I already know the cast recording

The musical references in "A Musical" kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y396sMWyabnQgazF.html There are plenty more in the show... and plenty of Shakespeare references as well.

If you want a sad song, check out The Last 5 Years

Was i correct, you're walking around nonstop singing Right Hand Man, right?

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Correct

The show put out a video on all the references in "A Musical" (with video from the show)! kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y396sMWyabnQgaw.html

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Thank you :)

IS THAT A YOUNG BOTTOM I SEE

Do you happen to know the musical Assassins by Stephen Sondheim? If not it would make a good reaction video.

@Barbara2.0

2 жыл бұрын

Never listened to it, but had a few requests so will probably react to that soon :)

@katetoldness4220

2 жыл бұрын

@@Barbara2.0 In that case may I recommend original Off Broadway cast recording for if and/or when you do? It's really good.

It's hard to be the bard.

If you haven’t seen Once, it’s worth your time.

if you liked this, i would /love/ to see you react to an episode of galavant. the show is h i s t e r y c a l and it has lots of musical theatre references.

Omg okay, i just remembered a WONDERFUL musical that is SO underrrated and deserves more love. It’s called The Wind in the Willows. It’s based on the beloved novel, and the music is BEAUTIFUL. It’s also on broadwayhd.com if you want to watch it as well. I think you’d love it!!