Ten years later and Sutton Foster is again doing it eight times a week, no big deal. Legend.

@jonelynjimenez315

2 жыл бұрын

Pppplp

@irisestherkorda1257

2 жыл бұрын

flawless, been to london just for her, 10 years didn't touch her

@michaljozsa

2 жыл бұрын

@@irisestherkorda1257 seen it twice in august, going again next week before she leaves, still cant believe that i got to see her live in this role.

@malishkaT

2 жыл бұрын

@@irisestherkorda1257 me too!! :)

@justxxsunset

2 жыл бұрын

i saw it, and it literally slapped

TO THIS DAY I can’t listen or watch or think about The Color Purple without tearing up and melting into an emotional mess. The power of the human voice y’all.

@gia4457

2 жыл бұрын

LITERALLY SAME

@corgeousgeorge

2 жыл бұрын

The song's delivery is amazing but the lyrics of it just crush me every time. blubbering mess I am.

@azvascos7542

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it front row on tour and the stars looked down on me in pity because I couldn't stop crying as I was applauding at the end.

@Msubulldogs09

2 жыл бұрын

I lose it in the movie when she meets her son, and he calls her "Mama"

@deltadawn916

Жыл бұрын

The theatre I work at had The Color Purple on their last season, and I was able to see it twice, and both times I got chills and was a sobbing mess.

The amount of times I’ve watched Sutton fosters anything goes performance is astounding

@brodydicks4174

2 жыл бұрын

I got to see her do it live the other day and I just transcended into another universe. She's so talented

@annabellehowe_3568

2 жыл бұрын

I saw her live in AG 2 weeks ago!! Genuinely nearly passed out I was on cloud 9 watching it after so long

@Lisa-kd3uh

2 жыл бұрын

@@brodydicks4174 me too! It’s incredible how talented she still is!!

@justxxsunset

2 жыл бұрын

OMG YES I SAW HER LIVE TOO AND I LOVED ITTTTTT

@rshdbrwn

2 жыл бұрын

*Astonishing? 😏🤍 I agree

Of course "And I am telling you" is nº 1 on the list. It is PERFECT.

@cchild12789

2 жыл бұрын

Which is TOTALLY deserves!

@GETOSUPASTAR

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@mamabear1135

2 жыл бұрын

It’s tony performance not broadway performance

@isaaccamelobernardesdacost2286

2 жыл бұрын

@@mamabear1135 why the difference?

@mervyngreene6687

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. But I have always had a soft spot in my heart for "Ain't No Party."

It should be noted that Bernadette was incredibly ill during that year’s Tony performance - and STILL showed such passion and force as Rose. That is a true performer!

@melanielingenfelter806

2 жыл бұрын

Her performance is incredible ... and it's not the voice that makes me love LuPone's more. It's Patti's complete immersion into the soul of Rose. There's plenty that Bernadette is tops in ... but Gypsy ... that belongs to LuPone.

@hotram1

2 жыл бұрын

@@melanielingenfelter806 Gypsy belongs to Ethel Merman. Evita belongs to LuPone.

@melanielingenfelter806

2 жыл бұрын

@@hotram1 Love Merman - in general and as Mama Rose ... and LuPone as Evita; a definite fan of both. However, Arthur Laurent's comments and standing "O" for LuPone, seems to give me a one up on 'ya. LuPone as Mama Rose is a gut wrenching joy to behold. I would pick Merman's Annie over anyone else's though. AND since we're talking ... the short time LuPone was with Sunset Boulevard was spectacular. ;)

@hotram1

2 жыл бұрын

@@melanielingenfelter806 You really don't have one up on me because Arthur Laurent's comments are biased since LuPone was the star of the production he directed. But regardless, if a part belongs to anyone it would belong to the person who originated the role. But that's not really the correct way to look at it. A part doesn't belong to any one person, it belongs to each person who in habits the role. You have your favorite, and not everyone agrees with you. I think Patty LuPone is terrific, even though I can't always understand her when she sings, the sound is wonderful.

@melanielingenfelter806

2 жыл бұрын

@@hotram1 Say, buddy. I was teasing you. It's all good ... and definitely subjective ... I will point out that Arthur Laurent's actual wrote the book for Gypsy (Sondheim, of course, the music), so I don't believe his reaction was biased ... It looks (on the video available right here on KZread) like a pretty spontaneous and sincere - gut reaction. So nice to meet fellow musical lovers here. Peace! ;)

Gentleman’s Guide & Defying Gravity absolutely deserved to be on this list, not just as honorable mentions…

@nardoalves

2 жыл бұрын

Problem was Idina’s awkward breathing

@dullahans7180

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree with Defying Gravity. They sped up the song and she sounded so uncomfortable

@haleywilhite2111

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree

@BunnieofWrath

Жыл бұрын

@@nardoalves if I remember the news from that right, she had had an asthma attack as she was getting ready to go on. So she was literally gasping for breath and still killed it

@Kate60608

6 ай бұрын

Patti LuPone in Evita wasn't even mentioned

Just saying, Waitress should be higher on this list for the fact that Jessie Mueller literally had LARYNGITIS and still belted like a QUEEN!!!

@3lizabethrose

2 жыл бұрын

She had WHAT NOW? *bows to queen*

@winklerguy1

2 жыл бұрын

Love Jessie.

@hannahremmel9550

2 жыл бұрын

@@3lizabethrose the first time I heard that… it broke my brain. To completely honest I’m kind of over “she used to be mine” simply as a song, but in this performance there’s a moment where it’s like, “Jessie has left the building.”

@simpleyllesx3952

2 жыл бұрын

THIS! Jessie OWNES this song!

@denisecampbell6736

2 жыл бұрын

@@hannahremmel9550 YES!!! Jessie w/out a doubt blew me away that night & I can’t believe I’m only learning of this now. WOW!!!

No surprise that Jennifer Holliday is #1. And I'm Telling You is absolutely legendary. I read that crowds went wild every show and she received constant standing ovations throughout the shows run. No one had heard a voice like that before! No wonder she won the Tony and Grammy for that song. Wish I was alive then to witness it all.

@trgoohileshea2820

2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I started watching this, I told myself that if Jennifer Holiday wasn't at the top of the list, I would be truly pissed. That performance was Earth shattering!

@loon-a-sea3872

2 жыл бұрын

i'm so happy i got to see this waaay back when, and consider it a real privilege. good choice for #1...

@giomediaworks

2 жыл бұрын

@@loon-a-sea3872 thats awesome! what was your experience like watching it live ?

@ASchwa29

2 жыл бұрын

@@giomediaworks I am not the one you asked, but I saw both the performance on the Tony Awards and got tickets to Dream Girls. I can honestly say that she was consistent and totally deserved the Tony. What made this special, was that before on the Tony Awards, no other song stopped the Tony Awards show like this.

@Rb1330

2 жыл бұрын

I also saw the show in person, and the theater was actually shaking. We all rose unanimously to our feet and broke out in wild applause when she was done. I have never seen anything like it. I still have the Playbill.

Cynthia Erivo’s performance has left me sobbing uncontrollably over and over.

Cynthia’s performance of I’m here never fails to make me cry. It’s just absolutely beautiful and uplifts my soul every time.

Patti literally screaming with perfect pitch through Evita and to an unsurprising and extremely deserving Tony... LEGEND. Cynthia is pure perfection. GIVE HER MORE ROLES NOW.

Once on This Island doesn’t get enough love! Their Tony performance always gives me chills!!

@super_siri

2 жыл бұрын

AGREED!!!!

@angelafick9807

2 жыл бұрын

It’s my favorite music of a show, ever

@melanielingenfelter806

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! A "hidden gem".

@dajiaunnacoleman1867

2 жыл бұрын

OOTI should have definitely been on here.

@MiamiSpartan1

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. A close friend was one of the producers. She missed my birthday for the Tonys that year. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😉

There really was only one choice for number 1. I mean...Almost 40 years later and still chills.

@truegatorguyodonnell5092

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree! Tony-award winner Jennifer Holliday put the template down for Jennifer Hudson AND Amber Riley who both went on to win an Oscar and Olivier award, respectively -- and BOTH of them were simply doing a Holliday!

@hannahremmel9550

2 жыл бұрын

@@truegatorguyodonnell5092 and that (I hate how overused this word is, but it fits here) ICONIC gasp. The song is wrong if it’s not there.

I can't believe Andrew is here twice and he hasn't won a tony yet

@rorycharlesworthington

2 жыл бұрын

For real!!!!

Drinking Game: every time Andrew Rannells licks his lips during “I Believe”

@raaid22

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a deceivingly difficult song

@dylangrosh8954

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you for reviving this now ancient meme

@jpetersgoyanks

2 жыл бұрын

@@dylangrosh8954 missed it. I’m sure it was a funny meme but I still prefer it as a drinking game.

@hgftrew1992

2 жыл бұрын

Every time Ben Platt closes his eyes while singing .

The Color Purple's performance is breathtaking. I have watched it countless times

@db200508

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I always get chills

Where is Patti LuPone with her "Everything's Coming Up Roses"? It got a full standing ovation that evening! 🌹

@themicrochip

2 жыл бұрын

They put a lot of junk songs and musicals on here. They forget the icons like Joel Grey and Ann Reinking along with Bob Fosse.

@hannahremmel9550

2 жыл бұрын

@@themicrochip I wouldn’t say junk songs, but they missed some big stuff. I’m pissed that “Beautiful” isn’t here. I mean Carole freaking King was part of it.

@zachpayne3533

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this...Patti's performance EARNS a spot on this list more than several others that are on it...

@theatrebear

2 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@briannajohnson2531

Жыл бұрын

I preferred Bernadette Peters' Tony rendition of Rose. That to me was incredible.

My favorite is "Sunday" from the original Sunday in the Park With George. Gave me goosebumps. So incredible how they slowly made the actors become a painting on stage.

Alan Cummings performing Cabaret reignited my passion for these shows. I was blown away by that!

I’m convinced people go out of their way to not mention Once on This Island in videos like this! That tony performance was AMAZING!!!

@amygreen4408

2 жыл бұрын

The original cast of Once on this Island was amazing. One of my all time favorites.

@b.willow5362

2 жыл бұрын

Facts! Mama Will Provide was everything!

@super_siri

2 жыл бұрын

@@amygreen4408 the original cast of the revival you mean. Because Alex Newell is everything!!!

@robmoore2375

2 жыл бұрын

A very underrated musical.

Miss Saigon doesn’t get the love it deserves. I saw it a few years ago and it was one of the best shows I’ve seen. Also I LOVED Beetlejuice. It got snubbed. It should have won best lighting and Adam Brightman should have won actor with the way he sang and everything.

@joeycox682

2 жыл бұрын

not only best lighting, but best set design!! i saw it live, and everything was incredible. they have several videos on how they change the house THREE TIMES to give completely different vibes, with just lighting and different furniture. it’s amazing. it was definitely robbed.

@jonmoree116

2 жыл бұрын

Miss Saigon is one of the worst shows that I've ever seen 🤣

Daniel Radcliffe and the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying would like a word with you.

@oscar007999

2 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the more recent revival, having seen a preview performance before it opened, Matthew Broderick’s led cast had a much better Tony performance

@AthenaeusGreenwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@oscar007999 A matter of taste I suppose. I found Radcliffe and John Larroquette perfectly cast against each other and the Tony performance was so darned energetic. found myself humming Brotherhood of Man for days afterwards.

@mckenna8663

2 жыл бұрын

That WAS a great one. I've watched that one at least a hundred times!

@MikeinPhila

2 жыл бұрын

I kept waiting for the Matthew Broderick performance to appear on this list. It blew me away that night in 1995! Though I adore seeing Daniel Radcliffe singing and dancing in his rendition!

@gaylefranklin

Ай бұрын

Yes!

You featured the incomparable, Patti Lupone, in the video's opening sequence...but not in the countdown at all! Her (and Mandy Patikin's) performance of A New Argentina from Evita, truly deserves to be in the top 10!!!

@chantalalexander

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, I was looking for it and was so disappointed.

@benjaminbackbite

2 жыл бұрын

Um. Yes. Mathilda and no EVITA???? PIPPIN in 1972? And are you kidding with Dear Evan Hanson? I usually love all your countdowns but boy you missed the mark on this list. Her Royal highness Bernadette Peters was the weakest Rose ever. Falsettos? Ugh.

@jakefred4377

2 жыл бұрын

Hello I'm Jake I love your comment

As soon as I saw the list I knew what was going to be number 1. I am a musical theatre instructor and I show this video to my kids every year to show the amount of emotion that can be told in a song.

Raul Esparza singing Being Alive is my personal favorite. I can’t believe he sang like that 8 times a week.

@KLK1618

2 жыл бұрын

I know right?!

@kevinscullen

2 жыл бұрын

After that performance I was like, "wow how did that guy not win the Tony!?! I also love Fantasia's performance of "I'm Here" that same year.

Being Alive from Company...with Raúl Esparza performing!!!???? That was a powerful performance.

@elzbthlncstr

2 жыл бұрын

His facial expressions alone DESTROY me

@mappingoutthesky

2 жыл бұрын

I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT THE SAME THING.

@KLK1618

2 жыл бұрын

@@elzbthlncstr his facial expressions are incredible. He can give a moving performance without saying a single word

@KLK1618

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I absolutely agree

Sobbing at Michael Jeter's speech. That performance was absolutely amazing.

@lesliecooper1334

Жыл бұрын

I went to college with Michael Jeter. He was a very special person, sensitive and incredibly talented, even then. No one could make you laugh or cry better than Michael. We miss this supremely talented man.

@elizabethbasta7903

Ай бұрын

I wish I could have seen the Grand hotel with this cast. Was it amazing? And are there any complete recordings? And HOW does Michael Jeter sing and dance like that? I could watch him for hours!!

BILLY PORTER SINGING EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES IN THE COMMERCIAL BREAK!!!!! So amazing

Josh Groban opens his mouth and I get chills. Doesn't matter what he sings. Every, single, time. ❤️💖

Pippin's Tony performance made us want to run to Broadway. So disappointed that it isn't at least mentioned here. We were lucky enough to get first row, on the aisle seats and practically felt part of the show. Amazing and fantastic! Broadway at its best!

@johnboler7246

2 жыл бұрын

Ben Vereen is SUPREME! None finer!

@themicrochip

2 жыл бұрын

Another classic forgotten or pushed aside by a SJW making a list.

The addition of Dust and Ashes to "NP&Great Comet" was one of the greatest additions they could've made from off-broadway to broadway

Betty Buckley performing Memory from Cats didn't make the cut? That's incredibly odd. I called that either it or Holiday would be number one with the other being number two.

@raaid22

2 жыл бұрын

I thought a chorus line would be number 2. But it get honorable mention with wicked...and nothing for 42nd Street.

@christisgraphicdesignvideo6130

2 жыл бұрын

I was shocked Betty Buckley's Memory was not in the list. Some of the other performances, while good, do not compare to her amazing performance.

@raaid22

2 жыл бұрын

@@christisgraphicdesignvideo6130 100%. Honestly they relied to heavily on recent performances.

@ashleydowney1222

2 жыл бұрын

I wish that they would shown some performances from before 1980.

@raywilliams6532

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Betty Buckley tore the roof off the theater,Tony night. Also would just say how disappointed I was to see Lea Salonga relegated to honorable mention

I'm still thinking of Gia Gun asking 🤔 "what's a Tony?" 🏆🤭🤣🤣

@armpitification

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely…

@danyielsays4621

2 жыл бұрын

@@armpitification 🤭🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣😭😭

Ragtime is one of the most underrated musicals of all time. It’s rare for that show not to move me to tears.

Do Top Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Broadway performances this November

@falseheteros9102

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! That's a good one!

@darreylhenderson702

2 жыл бұрын

They normally always lip sync at those performances, while at the Tonys they're singing live

I am sooooooooooo glad you included "We'll Take a Glass Together" from Grand Hotel. Such a wonderful moment in Broadway history. That said, there are so many wonderful performances throughout the years; it's impossible to keep it to a top 20.

@theatrebear

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad too but on my list, it's #2

@bakerchaya

2 жыл бұрын

@@theatrebear to be honest, I'm not sure what I'd put at #1... maybe Les Mis. I definitely don't agree with the order provided by MsMojo, but I do like most of the selected performances. I would've tossed a few of the numbers out and replaced with other show-stopping performances, and I would've added maybe 5 more for a top 25, but that's just me. It was GREAT to revisit ALL of these performances, regardless of my opinions.

@AKoooooooo

2 жыл бұрын

my all time favorite Tony Award performance. It epitomizes the splendor of the art-form in ways that feel uniquely modern and timeless.

I'm so glad you included 'I've decided to Marry You' - the Tony Award Performance is actually better than the cast album!

@mckenna8663

2 жыл бұрын

That was an INCREDIBLE performance!

Patti not on this list is a crime!

Yes, so agree with your #1. But of the list should have been on the honorable mentions. 2 of the numbers you showed in the preview… Betty Buckley performance in Cats (are you kidding me… 100% untouchable by any belter of the past or present! It’s literally a laser that is also HUGE) and Patti Lupone Evita, I am completely stunned at those two. Frankly LuPone’s Mamma Rose is much better. Bernadette & Mandy Patinkin and Sunday the park with George? Secret Garden, in Lillys eyes? Will Rogers Follies or 42ns St. These are not only iconic but haven’t been out done to date. LaCage should have gotten honorable mention as well as Sweeney Todd! Jerome Robins Broadway “West Side” brings tears. Baby should have had honorable mention, as well! I can go on but you top 20 was really off from my perspective

@hawby7mgh

2 жыл бұрын

Agree completely. Too young. A LOT happened on the TONY show before 2000. Some shows got nearly 5 minutes and some even more to shine.

@jennytaylor3203

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! See my post above.

@jscho8674

Жыл бұрын

Yep. This list got maybe half of it right. Maybe.

“Ring of Keys” from Fun Home continues to be one of my favorite Tony moments.

@franciemontgomery2935

14 күн бұрын

Fun Home is a fantastic show! I saw a local production in San Diego ( SD has several award winning local theater companies.) and the kids were incredible performers. "Ring of Keys" took my breath away.

Evita is criminally underrated

@loon-a-sea3872

2 жыл бұрын

really? i remember it as being huge at the time. i loved seeing it with patti lupone and mandy patinkin.

@fsinjin60

4 ай бұрын

It was huge and is huge. Don't Cry for Me alone keeps it in musical history

If Newsies wasn’t in here I was going to STRIKE. Jeremy Jordan deserves all good things for being a wonderful human It’s so crazy they thought the stage show would fail. Take that

@stecky87

2 жыл бұрын

Haha - I see what u did there XD

I got to see the Lion King live in New York in 1998, I remember having a crush the guy who played young Simba, and seeing all the animals in the aisles and floating in the air. I still have my poster and program to this day, absolutely stunning

Ahhhhh I remember literally “discovering” The Great Comet of 1812 through the Broadway cast album the day of its Tony’s & seeing them perform that night was MAGICALLY ELECTRIC!! ✨❤️ I really hope to see it one day live, it really left broadway far too soon! 🥺☄️

@debbiegitner1130

2 жыл бұрын

You are so correct. I saw The Great Comet 7 times, originally because of Josh Groban but I fell in love with the whole experience. You could sit in a different seat each performance and see something new. It played to full houses every show and closed due to controversial decisions that the producers made.

@LAPhil13

2 жыл бұрын

Really a great Broadway memory for me. I sat at a table on stage, made friends for the evening with my two tablemates, and experienced an amazing show. It's going to be hard to replicate due to the size of the production, though.

@sallymowbray4611

Жыл бұрын

It was definitely one of a kind, that show. I loved it. Also a JG fan first, I saw it 3 times in 5 days and it honestly changed my life!

Saw "Les Miz in 1987. "Phantom" on Broadway in 1988. Michael Crawford was absolutely amazing! Also saw Patti LuPone in "Anything Goes" that same year. ❤️ Saw "Grand Hotel" in 1990. Being a theater student in the late 80's/early 90's in NYC and getting discounted student tickets meant I got to see a lot of amazing stuff. 😊 (A bit of trivia: The actor playing Zach in "A Chorus Line" is Robert LuPone, Patti's brother.)

Just found out from this video that Michael Jeter passed so long ago, but Im crying so hard at his acceptance speech.

@lilbatz

2 жыл бұрын

It was hard watching him here. What a loss of a talented man.😭😭💔

@jscho8674

Жыл бұрын

He was sooooo talented. Seems like he was a genuinely sweet man too. His performance opposite Tom Hanks in The Green Mile wrecks me.

I listen to phantom of the opera EVERYDAY under my welding hood... ... and i be deadass serious singing every lyric

i’m so glad y’all included next to normal. i feel this show needs a MAJOR spotlight now more than ever, especially with the pandemic and quarantine

Sutton Foster makes everything she does seem so effortless- how is that possible?!?

Watching Alice Ripley’s performance in “Next to Normal” on live tv MADE me go see the show! So glad she won Best Actress!

@michellerever3564

2 жыл бұрын

Do you feel differently about her with all that's come out?

@flipian86

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellerever3564 Let me start off by saying, I don’t condone the behavior of Alice Ripley and I believe the young people who have been affected by her. With that said, I saw the live Tony performance back in 2009 and knew nothing of the show or her. I just thought her performance was amazing, and eventually saw the show in 2010 in NYC.

@richardmayora1289

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellerever3564 What are you referring to?

I’m glad A Chorus Line was honorably mentioned, because it’s one of my absolute favorites, the film as well!

Raul Esparza didn't pour his whole soul on stage while singing Being Alive for you to not mention him.

@KLK1618

2 жыл бұрын

YES! Absolutely!! His performance was absolutely incredible

I'm so thrilled to see some Next to Normal recognition. It's story is absolutely heartbreaking and it's one of my all time favorite musicals. I wish people talked about it more.

You missed out 'Not The Boy Next Door' from The Boy From Oz - Hugh Jackman was incredible in that number, and won a well deserved Tony Award :)

@joermnyc

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he didn’t show up because he was also the host that night… so maybe it will be on the list of host numbers?

I love seeing Next To Normal getting the respect it deserves

the way the 2016 tony awards will forever be iconic

How is Angela Lansbury not even mentioned on this list! She performed Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, and not even Avenue Q was on this list!

@ashleydowney1222

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe that. She has been in many Broadway shows.

@Markimark151

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleydowney1222 she’s really an amazing performer.

SO glad to see Great Comet and Newsies on this list! If you want to watch a show that'll have you grinning from the infectious energy from beginning to end, Newsies should be your go-to :)

I’m so glad Sutton fosters face is on the photo for this video. Her anything goes Tony performance is the most amazing thing!!

My favorite Tony performance was Tyne Daly singing “Rose’s Turn” from GYPSY. WOW!

Gosh, Josh Groban’s vocal range is so lovely!!! Such amazing range, and his deepest notes are just wonderfully rich and sonorous. Ugh so dang good!!

Honestly I love in Ragtime how you can just tell it’s Audra popping off that high note

When I saw the Falsettos revival pop up I lost my mind. Didn't expect it to be on the list, but I am so frickin' glad it was!

Raul Esparza’s Being Alive performance is something truly special. I love this list but it should have been included

Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters top my list as an exhilarating duo in Sunday in the Park with George. Will never forget it.

Hadestown, Come From Away and Fun Home's performances are some of my favourites. I wish they got an honourable mention.

@ebonih7138

2 жыл бұрын

Hadestown does it for me ❤

@photobrooke13

Жыл бұрын

I think the video may have been pre hadestown. But I can't believe they didn't even mention ring of keys. Sydney Lewis owned that stage especially for a performer of her age.

Love love love this video. Perfect preferences from some of the best Performers in the theater business I could watch this video over and over and over and over and over again

Totally agree with your top pick, and delighted to see Great Comet and Ragtime are in the mix of all these great performances!

That Anything Goes performance should be top 10 AT LEAST.

The choice for 1st place is the correct decision! My oh my is that amazing!

Jennifer Holliday is the epitome of Broadway

With the recent passing of the great Stephen Sondheim, I want to include the 1994 performance of his musical Passion at the Tonys. Passion is a romantic and complex story of a love triangle in mid-1800's Italy. Donna Murphy (who is also Mother Gothel in Disney's Tangled) is amazing as Fosca, an unattractive woman who is weak in spirit and body. She falls for a soldier whose moment of kindness towards her sparks her obsession. The soldier is involved with a beautiful married woman and is uncomfortable and confused about Fosca's desperate obsession towards him. The songs are beautiful and beautifully sung. Passion would win several Tonys. It is currently a respected but still underrated musical. EDIT: I should also mention the 1984 Tony performance of Sondheim's Sunday In The Park With George. It's a look at the approach to painting and life of artist George Seurat. His most famous painting was Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Sondheim's song, Sunday, depicts Seurat's final decisions as he finishes this painting in one of the most beautiful moments ever done on the stage.

@jscho8674

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I completely agree about Passion. That show is stunning and so incredibly underrated. I hope it gets a good revival soon.

I’m disappointed that the oldest performance listed is from 1982, which really was beautiful. There are many wonderful ones since it was first televised in 1967.

"Lion King" is still one of the most breathtaking things Ive ever seen. Great list!

what an amazing collection of showstoppers and it was so kind of the lady commentator to talk over all the performances

I remember seeing so many of these when they originally aired and just being knocked out by them and applauding in my living room!

As soon as they opened with THE QUEEN PATI LUPONE I just had to like it.

@DartDaimler

2 жыл бұрын

Except NONE of her performances made the list. Wha???

Sutton Foster has always brought it and she proves time and time again she still can and I have HUGE respect for her

Excellent list!!!!

You definitely got #1 right! Good video

Cynthia’s performance is going down in history the same way Jennifer Holiday’s has. Mark my words.

Grand Hotel (#11 - 14:15) should be MUCH higher on this list

No wonder why "And I am telling you" is number 1! Best performance ever! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

my favourite is the deaf west production of spring awaking performance it's so touching.

Love seeing great comet get the recognition it deserves!!

Thank you for giving The great comet a place, such a masterpiece

I still remember watching Jennifer Holiday perform on the Tony’s. Even on my small TV at college I was mesmerized! Definitely #1!

Great choices, but Julie Andrews was magnificent and unforgettable singing a medley of My Fair Lady and Camelot in 1991 and also if I am not mistaken a perfect Send in the Clowns at an 80's Tonys

"History Has Its Eyes On You" deserves higher I get chills without fail

Patti LuPone opening this video and NOT being on the list is TRAGIC!

Glad you included the Spring Awakening medley, but criminal that you left off "Ring of Keys" from Fun Home and "Gold" from Once - magical

YAAASSS! Next to Normal was my favorite musical in my teenage years.

Only reason I’d live in NY is so I could have chance to see some of these amazing Musicals! I live for the Tony’s every year to get little taste of these pieces of Art! I have zero Musical or Dance Talent but little part me wants to be on one of these Stages! Lol little part!

@PerkyHedgewitch

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You should definitely check for when the touring productions are coming around your area! My husband isn't really a musical guy, but I found out the touring production of Phantom was going to be a few cities away. We made a day trip of it, had a great time, and now he doesn't hesitate when I suggest watching a musical. Cats is just starting their 40th anniversary tour, you should see if it will be near you ^_^

Ms mojo is a good channel 👌👍😀

Memory is always a classic. A sweet bitter song that'll bring people tot ears.

I was obsessed with the Gentle Men's Guide performance for a long time!!!

Patti didn’t even get an honorable mention!?

@IWillBeHers

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, her version of Everything’s Coming Up Roses is phenomenal!

@mikegarcia7986

2 жыл бұрын

@@IWillBeHers And EVITA

Was I the only one that was moved beyond measure by Hadestown’s Tony performance? The performances, the choreography, the direction? STUNNING. It is something I go back and watch again and again. Not discrediting any of these performances but I’m shocked it’s not on the list. Maybe I’m crazy. Hahaha.

I'm super impressed with your list. So many great musicals so little time. Parts of me are hoping you go to earlier musicals az well.

I would add Sunday from Sunday in the Park With George from 1984.