Writing The Closing Number--Backstage at the Tonys

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Tommy Kail and I, in the basement of the Beacon Theater, writing Neil Patrick Harris' closing number recapping the 2011 Tony Awards. We totally feel like we're on the West Wing for real. At some point, Nikki James stops by, fresh from her amazing win for The Book Of Mormon. NPH is awesome. Enjoy!

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  • @meceve
    @meceve11 жыл бұрын

    I think it's friggen amazing how they just write a whole rap down in the basement while the show's going on and how Neil then picks it up so quickly. Love the Tonys!

  • @coolness06
    @coolness0612 жыл бұрын

    Neil Patrick Harris and Lin Manuel Miranda in the same video. I can't even deal

  • @yellohcards
    @yellohcards13 жыл бұрын

    Lin Manuel Miranda + Neil Patrick Harris = Insane amounts of talent & good looks The rap was fantastic & delivered wonderfully

  • @elliottobsessed
    @elliottobsessed13 жыл бұрын

    OMG! While NPH was rapping, I told my husband, "That sounds like Lin!" I love being right!!!

  • @LeKosch1
    @LeKosch113 жыл бұрын

    how the hell could he memorize all this stuff in this short time?!? CAUSE HE'S AAAAAWSOOOOME!!!

  • @xLe
    @xLe13 жыл бұрын

    Dear Tony Awards, I vote for Lin-Manuel Miranda to co-host with Neil Patrick Harris next year under the direction of Tommy Kail. Sincerely, xLe

  • @DragonPrincessAoife
    @DragonPrincessAoife12 жыл бұрын

    Lin, I love this entire bit but I want to applaud you for the beauty of the final section about the power of theater. I find so inspirational.

  • @Kylieluvsingin
    @Kylieluvsingin12 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. Of course Lin, you would write the closing rap. I was wondering why it was so good. Mhmmmmm.

  • @Reluctantwriter7
    @Reluctantwriter713 жыл бұрын

    Do you realize how awesome it is when someone else can speak, but somehow it is YOUR voice that comes out? People have a much harder time lying on you or stealing your work! Your talent is extraordinary, just magnificent Mr. Miranda - as usual, just saying :-).

  • @uzamaki19
    @uzamaki1913 жыл бұрын

    Of COURSE Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the ending Tony's rap! I thought it was brilliant, and very LMM-esque!

  • @blueparrotgirl
    @blueparrotgirl12 жыл бұрын

    Oh. My. God. Neil Patrick Harris and Lin Manuel Miranda are two of my favorite people!!!!!!

  • @nelstein76
    @nelstein7613 жыл бұрын

    This seriously has everything I love in one place... In the Heights, West Wing references, and NPH. It's perfection.

  • @emily51805
    @emily5180511 жыл бұрын

    HA i've watched this so many times and i JUST noticed you did the signal.

  • @usnavi
    @usnavi13 жыл бұрын

    @sonotajenny For all the awesome WWing references you just made, I give you this hug through the interweb. Bravo!

  • @JamieAndSassenach
    @JamieAndSassenach13 жыл бұрын

    wow, i kinda thought all winners were known beforehand (by the producers and neil and so on), and the song was rehearsed! very well done, you two! (and neil, of course! i suppose, he had a teleprompter?)

  • @GinaScarpa
    @GinaScarpa13 жыл бұрын

    I knew it was Lin-Manuel the minute NPH opened his mouth. This video, seeing things behind the scenes, made my DAY!!!!

  • @Periru3
    @Periru311 жыл бұрын

    HE JUST REFERENCED MY FAVORITE WEST WING EPISODE OF ALL TIME!

  • @ojarespectaculeronTd
    @ojarespectaculeronTd13 жыл бұрын

    haha I told my mom as I was watching the rap on the Tonys "Man, Lin Manuel Miranda is probably getting a kick out of this!" who knew you helped write it?

  • @laika1615
    @laika161513 жыл бұрын

    Dear Tony Awards, Please get Lin to host next years awards :) It would be the most amazingly funky spazztastic show ever! That is all.

  • @booksandbroadway
    @booksandbroadway13 жыл бұрын

    This video has so much beauty in it.

  • @robbwayfan
    @robbwayfan13 жыл бұрын

    Lin - you moved me to tears at In the Heights. This rap was wonderful. Tommy is a doll and NPH...well what can you say...the best event host in the world right now. Okay, maybe he and Hugh Jackman are tied.! Thanks for a wonderful wrap rap.

  • @usnavi
    @usnavi13 жыл бұрын

    @YoYoYo826 Ha! Your description of Lyman fits Tommy even better :)

  • @TheNevilleFangirl
    @TheNevilleFangirl13 жыл бұрын

    The two of you together is just too much precious for my mind to handle!!!

  • @Justlov4
    @Justlov413 жыл бұрын

    I had to dvr the Tony's because I was rehearsing so I was watching highlights when I got home. Long story short I saw the ending number and I was like this sounds like Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote it....You are legit perfect! This is absolutely fantastic. Lots of talented writers!

  • @GraceShanahan
    @GraceShanahan13 жыл бұрын

    Amazing as always!!! WOW!!! U r broadway's rapper! I normally hate rap, but u r the only exception!! In the Heights rocked my world! Thanx Mr. Miranda!!

  • @AvalonMorley
    @AvalonMorley13 жыл бұрын

    So impressive! Great work, really walking that tightrope, & it came off fantastically, helping make this year by far the best Tony Awards broadcast in MANY, MANY years (like, this one was actually fun to watch, didn't make me cringe, & didn't even suck!). Bravo.

  • @avigale23
    @avigale2313 жыл бұрын

    That is amazing Lin!! Thanks for making this video =)

  • @europrdel
    @europrdel13 жыл бұрын

    ok that's awesome..Neil's really great guy..and his rap?..LEGENDARY! love this ;)

  • @live2tivo
    @live2tivo13 жыл бұрын

    I was freaking out that it was the best Tony moment since your acceptance speech. And then I saw your tweet about it and freaked out exponentially more.

  • @lauriroset
    @lauriroset13 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, extraordinary work from you guys writing that closing number on Tonys (which I just watched last nite- thank god for DVRs!) Just found this via a tweet from @ActuallyNPH

  • @iggyosobo
    @iggyosobo13 жыл бұрын

    the whole time he was doing it I was thinking how they should have gotten you to say it! So glad to know it was you who worked on it!

  • @Abberssssssss
    @Abberssssssss13 жыл бұрын

    You are great. Thank you for this!

  • @vigwig
    @vigwig13 жыл бұрын

    Y'all did a FABULOUS job.

  • @dancethrulife1
    @dancethrulife113 жыл бұрын

    That dance to "Don't Break the Rules" Watch out Norbert Lin's coming for you role! ;) Great job, I was so impressed! I told my mom it , sounded like your freestyles. Recognize your "Voice" anywhere!

  • @zakresnick
    @zakresnick13 жыл бұрын

    one of the best parts of the show! Thanks Lin! -resnick

  • @RosesNightengales
    @RosesNightengales13 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing Lin! Its funny... to watch you guys (:

  • @CarlitoPucl
    @CarlitoPucl13 жыл бұрын

    AH HA!!!!!!!!! I screamed out loud last night .....'LIN JUST WROTE THIS FOR SUREEEEEE'. Loved it :)

  • @gluepieone
    @gluepieone13 жыл бұрын

    this is incredible

  • @DatKidNamedEthan1
    @DatKidNamedEthan113 жыл бұрын

    i was wonde3ring why his rap was so good... its cuz u wrote it...!

  • @MissPochaccoPnai
    @MissPochaccoPnai13 жыл бұрын

    Lin & NPH - yessss best collab

  • @nroden1
    @nroden113 жыл бұрын

    Lin is a genius!! Such a fan!!

  • @Justlov4
    @Justlov413 жыл бұрын

    I had to dvr the Tony's because I was rehearsing so I was watching highlights when I got home. Long story short I saw the ending number and I was like this sounds like Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote it....You are legit perfect!

  • @aphoticjade
    @aphoticjade13 жыл бұрын

    'no tickets availbale to 2015' ahahaha true

  • @ohhdangggggg
    @ohhdangggggg13 жыл бұрын

    AHHHH knew it knew it knew it. No one else could have written so brilliantly. :) So happy!

  • @usnavi
    @usnavi13 жыл бұрын

    @hitch4645 You're absolutely right, technically. But even though the writer analogy breaks down, Tommy is SO Josh Lyman.

  • @Izzy2002g
    @Izzy2002g13 жыл бұрын

    Seriously. I mean SERIOUSLY. with the West Wing references!! brilliant!!

  • @foreverjynxed
    @foreverjynxed13 жыл бұрын

    I love seeing you writing this! xD I was wondering who wrote the awesome rap at the end! Sucks that you were forced to sit backstage and watch the ceremony on the screen this whole time.

  • @paulybism
    @paulybism13 жыл бұрын

    Did he write in the Sutton part before she actually won? 4:29 Hahahahhahah

  • @topazcullen109
    @topazcullen10913 жыл бұрын

    Lol I totally love u guys u r amazing and my hero!!

  • @SissySassafras
    @SissySassafras13 жыл бұрын

    Love it!!

  • @JAHinHK
    @JAHinHK11 жыл бұрын

    Knocked it out of the park.

  • @pinoyidol2006
    @pinoyidol200613 жыл бұрын

    I love it!

  • @beardedartisan
    @beardedartisan13 жыл бұрын

    Geniuses at work.

  • @LAndreaDeLeon
    @LAndreaDeLeon13 жыл бұрын

    Lin and Neil...just makes sense.

  • @RosesNightengales
    @RosesNightengales13 жыл бұрын

    *Smirks* "No tickets available till 2015!" XD

  • @uscfb10
    @uscfb1013 жыл бұрын

    Wow cool! I was wondering how this was put together and by who. awesome. :)

  • @dqDST1913
    @dqDST191313 жыл бұрын

    Love the BTS....loving the rap goes without saying. I just need to know whose idea it was for NPH to do the "Sexual Chocolate" mic drop....

  • @DimbleDuck
    @DimbleDuck13 жыл бұрын

    I KNEW U WROTE IT!!!!!!

  • @bighitz124
    @bighitz12411 жыл бұрын

    3:10 = WIN

  • @walllacer
    @walllacer13 жыл бұрын

    I SO CALLED THIS.

  • @vhlbasketball
    @vhlbasketball13 жыл бұрын

    how did you do that??? you guys are amazing!!!

  • @dianehochman
    @dianehochman13 жыл бұрын

    I love West Wing!!!!

  • @caraelisee
    @caraelisee13 жыл бұрын

    I love this more than life itself, hahaha

  • @GsoPRO
    @GsoPRO13 жыл бұрын

    SOOOO DOPE! -Horace

  • @AnotherIncipient
    @AnotherIncipient13 жыл бұрын

    Can Lin host next year? Please? Pretty Please?

  • @Greengumdrop30
    @Greengumdrop3013 жыл бұрын

    thought it sounded familiar... lol i want a copy of it on my ipod!

  • @sarapinsky
    @sarapinsky13 жыл бұрын

  • @xdokstuhx
    @xdokstuhx13 жыл бұрын

    omg so I was right ! When I heard the rap, I can tell Lin wrote it because it is legit!

  • @nheimi99
    @nheimi9913 жыл бұрын

    I KNEW IT!!!

  • @AneesaHi
    @AneesaHi13 жыл бұрын

    YASSS LIN

  • @Calgarylames
    @Calgarylames13 жыл бұрын

  • @falsetto81
    @falsetto8112 жыл бұрын

    NORRRRRBERT!

  • @hitch4645
    @hitch464513 жыл бұрын

    Hey hey hey. Josh Lyman wasn't a writer. Toby and Sam were the writing crew.

  • @GodmanBG
    @GodmanBG13 жыл бұрын

    so did he memorize all of this, or was he reading it from a monitor?

  • @CapitalCH
    @CapitalCH13 жыл бұрын

    when i watched it last night i was thinking he was copying you from the time you won lol

  • @sweetcuppincakes19
    @sweetcuppincakes1913 жыл бұрын

    couldn't have been anyone less astute.

  • @JoshMalinaFan
    @JoshMalinaFan13 жыл бұрын

    @vigwig It seems like a stereotype to say Tony writers did a "Fabulous" job. How about "wicked badass."

  • @MarineForceAlpha
    @MarineForceAlpha13 жыл бұрын

    So no wonder we aint see yo face, i was angrier than a giraffe with a short neck -_-

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