god i would give everything to be able to watch this show in person. living in asia is a BUMMER when all the broadway shows i want to see are in new york and the exchange rates are hella high
I school did this as our spring musical last year (2019) and it was one of our best productions to date. Even if our Papa Ge was recovering from a bad sinus infection
This makes me so emotional! I did this play in the 8th grade and I will never forget how electrifying and memorable it was! I’m 26 now & I still know word for word
This production deservingly won the Tony for best musical. Kudos to Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, the entire cast, crew, and, of course, its mega talented director and visualizer Michael Arden.
I did this show for the spring musical at my school. This musical is one of the best musicals i was introduced to and i would love to see it in person if i had the ability.
Ahhhh I remember when I did this show. This number was the most fun to dance to!! Our choreographer did this number so well and this was everyone’s favorite
Lea salonga is really a great different breed of Filipino singers/ performer. There are great Regine the Queen of the Philippines but when it comes to Lea there is a high respect to many singer here in the Philippines. My god i love my race 😂❤❤❤
What I really want to see is the gods transforming into the gods onstage. Because I hear they pick up trash to make their outfits and splash paint on their faces and stuff like that Also hey Daniel, what are you doing on this side of the island?
NayvieNoir they do. If you look you can see Agwe, asaka, and papa ge in the video. The concept is that the entire broadway show is a story being told to a little girl and all the characters are just people telling the story. So that’s why if you look at the video, we asaka just has a table cloth thrown around her waste and something wrapped her head, but the next time we see her, her costume starts to become more full and glamorous. In other words, the longer the story goes on, the more elaborate and cool the costumes become. As for why Daniel is on the island, it’s because of the first reason, the story we are seeing is actually just being acted out by the villagers. The guy dancing is essentially playing Daniel in the story once it starts just like the fisherman is playing agwe and the cook plays asaka
our school is doing this musical and i'm a storyteller but this is like the only song that is normal since they had to shorten like the whole musical because the school has a "time limit" of only 30 mins
I wish I got to see this :'( People who are priviledged to afford to go and have it playing in their area don't know how lucky and priviledged they are. At least there's RUclips
WOMAN(spoken) Ah, such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island. ASAKA Asaka, Mother of the Earth. AGWE Agwe, God of Water. ERZULIE Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. PAPA GE And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death. WOMEN Asaka, grow me a garden MEN Please Agwe, don't flood my garden WOMEN Erzulie, who will my love be? ALL Papa Ge don't come around me Please Agwe don't flood my garden Asaka grow me a garden... WOMEN We dance MEN We dance ALL To the music of the gods The music of the breezes through The green plaintain The murmur of the river and The roar of rain And if the Gods decide to Send a hurricane WOMEN We dance... MEN We dance ALL To their everchanging moods WOMAN(ASAKA) We know the gods are happy When the green things grow MAN(AGWE) They're angry when the river Starts to overflow ALL And since we never know Which way the winds will blow... ALL We dance to the earth We dance to the water The Gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the Gods We dance! WOMEN MEN We dance We dance ALL What else is there to do? MAN But plant the seed And pull the weed And chop the cane TWO WOMEN And bear the child And bear the load And bear the pain THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN ANd as the rich go racing To their own refrain ALL We dance to the earth We dance to the water The Gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the Gods We dance to the earth We dance to the water The Gods awake and we take No chance... MAN Two different worlds. Ooh la Never meant to meet. Ooh la But if the gods move our feet... ALL We dance! We dance! We dance!
Ah ha ha ha! Such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island! Asaka, Mother of the Earth. Agwe, God of Water. Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death. Asaka, grow me a garden Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Erzulie, who will my love be? Papa Ge, don't come around me Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Asaka, grow me a garden... Erzulie, Asaka Agwe, Papa Ge! We dance- We dance- To the music of the gods The music of the breezes through the green plantain The murmur of the river and the roar of rain And if the gods decide to send a hurricane We dance- We dance- [STORYTELLERS (ERZULIE, ANDREA, MAMA, PAPA GE, ASAKA, TONTON, AGWE, MAN 1)] To their everchanging moods We know the gods are happy when the green things grow They're angry when the river starts to overflow And since we never know Which way their winds will blow We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance! We dance- What else is there to do But plant the seed And pull the weed And chop the cane And bear the child And bear the load And bear the pain And as the rich go racing To their own refrain We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance... Two different worlds- (Ooh la!) Never meant to meet- (Ooh la!) But if the gods move our feet... We dance! We dance! We dance!
Hopefully full lyrics Ah ha ha ha! Such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island! All female: Asaka, Mother of the Earth. All male: Agwe, God of Water. All female: Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. All : And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death. Asaka, grow me a garden Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Erzulie, who will my love be? Papa Ge, don't come around me Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden Asaka, grow me a garden... Erzulie, Asaka Agwe, Papa Ge! We dance- We dance- To the music of the gods The music of the breezes through the green plantain The murmur of the river and the roar of rain And if the gods decide to send a hurricane We dance- We dance- To their everchanging moods We know the gods are happy when the green things grow They're angry when the river starts to overflow And since we never know Which way their winds will blow We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance! We dance While we are dancing just to stay alive! We dance- What else is there to do We dance- What else is there to do But plant the seed And pull the weed And chop the cane And bear the child And bear the load And bear the pain And as the rich go racing To their own refrain We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance Our hearts hear the song Our feet move along And to the music of the gods We dance to the earth We dance to the water The gods awake and we take no chance... Two different worlds- (Ooh la!) Never meant to meet- (Ooh la!) But if the gods move our feet... We dance! We dance! We dance!
Lea in this revival is kinda ironic....being Once On This Island won the best musical Tony over Miss Saigon, the year she won the best actress Tony for the latter....if i remember correctly. This is a truly great show.
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god i would give everything to be able to watch this show in person. living in asia is a BUMMER when all the broadway shows i want to see are in new york and the exchange rates are hella high
I KNOW RIGHT
I KNOW RIGHT but i wanna see it so badly! But alas it will close by Jan 6
I live right here in Florida and being so close yet so far hurts so much lol
I’ve seen it. To tell you, it was incredible beautiful.
I school did this as our spring musical last year (2019) and it was one of our best productions to date. Even if our Papa Ge was recovering from a bad sinus infection
I can hear Lea Salonga's voice even when they're singing in unison.
That's so interesting, because I totally hear Lea at 2:05, but right after that you see her singing something that I totally can't hear!
Ezulie, Beautiful Goddess of Love ❤️ Portrayed by The Broadway Diva "Lea Salonga"
Was that Unique from Glee?! Omg!! And of course, Philippine pride, Ms Lea Salonga! I hope they will be putting shows here in the Philippines!!! 😭😭✨
yes
agree
Renz Michael no that was Mercedes -Britney S.
Pierce
@@zhynirgittens2687 LMAO
@@zhynirgittens2687 helpppp 😂😂😂
@@zhynirgittens2687 BAHAHAHA
I Love that we who has never seen the show are able to get a glimpse of it and who sings what😍😍
How come can a recording be that good?!?!?!
This makes me so emotional! I did this play in the 8th grade and I will never forget how electrifying and memorable it was! I’m 26 now & I still know word for word
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND IS AMAZING!!! I WILL COME SEE U GUYS IN APRIL AND I WAS VILLAGER 2 THIS SUMMER
IT'S CLOSING
This production deservingly won the Tony for best musical. Kudos to Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, the entire cast, crew, and, of course, its mega talented director and visualizer Michael Arden.
Best revival of a musical. It lost Best Musical (as did Miss Saigon!) back in 1991 to The Will Rogers Follies.
This is all I needed since I first heard the cast recording.
Merle Dandridge is just perfection
I've never seen a video this perfect.
ugh, everyone is SO engaged, I love it.
I Love You Soooo Much Miss LEA SALONGAAAAA!!!!! The Philippines GREATEST PRIDE IN SINGING, MUSIC, ACTING AND ENTERTAINMENT!!!!! 💖💖💖😊😊.
This quickly became a favorite of mine and an awesome way to start a show
Since music videos are still being released, I’d love one of Forever Yours. Love when Papa Ge comes in on that song.
I did this show for the spring musical at my school. This musical is one of the best musicals i was introduced to and i would love to see it in person if i had the ability.
Love this song - Love this show!
Ahhhh I remember when I did this show. This number was the most fun to dance to!! Our choreographer did this number so well and this was everyone’s favorite
oh my god these make so happy I JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW IN PERSON SO BAD
I😍Merle Dandridge! She is also my god so Papa Ge is my favorite😍😃
I went to see Wicked on Broadway and the theatre next to it housed Once On This Only. If only my family had the money to see both in one trip!!
UPDATE! THE SHOW IS CLOSING JANUARY 6,2019!😭😭 IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE, SEE IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T😩
Merle as Papa Ge🔥🔥🔥👏🏽
One of my favorite shows! Thank you for bringing this beautiful song to life
You can just see the feeling in that room oh my god
Lea salonga is really a great different breed of Filipino singers/ performer. There are great Regine the Queen of the Philippines but when it comes to Lea there is a high respect to many singer here in the Philippines. My god i love my race 😂❤❤❤
This is really underrated omg
i really hope after OOTI is finish someone will post a full show sucks living in the Philippines can't travel
pwede ka namang magtravel, mahal nga lang
Even if you live here in nyc, shows cost a fortune unfortunately.
It toured the US but unfortunately it closed right as COVID hit. Last city it played was Las Vegas.
I know it's been a year so idk if you already saw this
ruclips.net/video/f5YHiDkQUSE/видео.html
pure perfection
never clicked a video so fast😩
I love that my ballet school chose this show. I love the music and MOSTLY EVERYTHING!
i'm in a production of this right now and i'm playing Papa Ge! i love this musical so much
I’m Asaka in this play! This play makes me cry every time.
So lovin this play!
i love you ms."Lea Salonga"
YESSSSSSS - I love that you all must be reading the comments and are like "well I guess we need to put this one out now..." Love you all! AAAAAHHHH!
This gave me chills ❤️
can’t wait to see this next month!
amazing i know lyrics already :)
I'm doing this with my best friend and her friends and I'm Papa Ge, sly demon of death! Its soooo fun!
Forever Yours pleeeeeeeaaasseeee before I dieeee
this is me, reliving the night I got to see this, singing all the parts. absolutely awesome as always!!
Its so beautiful it almost made me cry😢
My daughter is performing this at her camp ❤❤
What I really want to see is the gods transforming into the gods onstage. Because I hear they pick up trash to make their outfits and splash paint on their faces and stuff like that
Also hey Daniel, what are you doing on this side of the island?
NayvieNoir they do. If you look you can see Agwe, asaka, and papa ge in the video. The concept is that the entire broadway show is a story being told to a little girl and all the characters are just people telling the story.
So that’s why if you look at the video, we asaka just has a table cloth thrown around her waste and something wrapped her head, but the next time we see her, her costume starts to become more full and glamorous. In other words, the longer the story goes on, the more elaborate and cool the costumes become.
As for why Daniel is on the island, it’s because of the first reason, the story we are seeing is actually just being acted out by the villagers. The guy dancing is essentially playing Daniel in the story once it starts just like the fisherman is playing agwe and the cook plays asaka
Exactly my sentiment!! I love how they show snippets of the show for us who can't watch it...huhu wish they start touring this
if you look at papa ge's spikes, their made out of old coke can and agwe's like moss hat is made from paper strips.
It's so fascinating seeing characters costume change on stage slowly taking on their roles...kudos to the costume designer so much!!
I saw this show on Broadway. The scenes don't do it justice. It was absolutely INCREDIBLE.
I need to see the show so bad it looks amazing but it sucks when you live in the UK 🇬🇧
or somewhere in Asia
I really hope they'll stream Once On This Island this time! A lot outside of US would want to see this show too. Please... 🙏😢
AMAZING
Lea Salonga's voice ♥
Ezulie ....love u Lea :-)
i miss once on this island :((( i miss how they upload videos here :((( i wish we could get a professionally filmed one :(((
I so wish I had the money to see this show for myself 😂😭❤️
our school is doing this musical and i'm a storyteller but this is like the only song that is normal since they had to shorten like the whole musical because the school has a "time limit" of only 30 mins
How in the world is that going to work??
You poor soul
We need an update
same lol
Lea Salonga is perfection! 👑
Impatiently waiting on the announcement for the tour dates!!!!!!
It's been announced!!
I love Merle Dandridge!
Bring so much fun memories... 💕💕💕💕💕💕
I love this so much !
I hope Disney will acquire this and turn this into a movie. Animated or live-action I don't care!
I love this song I hope they come to my city soon
Ugh this is so beautiful!!!
너무 좋다 진짜 ㅜㅜㅜ
AHHHHHH. Im so happy you uploaded this!!
Lea's face is so animated even it's just for a recording.
I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE!
shouutt ouutttt to ms. lei♡♡♡♡♡
I want to see the movie so bad but I can't find it anywhere
Love it!!
Ms. Lea😍
I wish I got to see this :'( People who are priviledged to afford to go and have it playing in their area don't know how lucky and priviledged they are. At least there's RUclips
I can clearly hear lea's voice.... :)
Aye the lady that played on greenleaf is in this play
Love it!
WOMAN(spoken)
Ah, such powerful, such temperamental gods
rule our island.
ASAKA
Asaka, Mother of the Earth.
AGWE
Agwe, God of Water.
ERZULIE
Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love.
PAPA GE
And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death.
WOMEN
Asaka, grow me a garden
MEN
Please Agwe, don't flood my garden
WOMEN
Erzulie, who will my love be?
ALL
Papa Ge don't come around me
Please Agwe don't flood my garden
Asaka grow me a garden...
WOMEN
We dance
MEN
We dance
ALL
To the music of the gods
The music of the breezes through
The green plaintain
The murmur of the river and
The roar of rain
And if the Gods decide to
Send a hurricane
WOMEN
We dance...
MEN
We dance
ALL
To their everchanging moods
WOMAN(ASAKA)
We know the gods are happy
When the green things grow
MAN(AGWE)
They're angry when the river
Starts to overflow
ALL
And since we never know
Which way the winds will blow...
ALL
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the Gods
We dance!
WOMEN MEN
We dance We dance
ALL
What else is there to do?
MAN
But plant the seed
And pull the weed
And chop the cane
TWO WOMEN
And bear the child
And bear the load
And bear the pain
THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN
ANd as the rich go racing
To their own refrain
ALL
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the Gods
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take
No chance...
MAN
Two different
worlds. Ooh la
Never meant
to meet. Ooh la
But if the gods move
our feet...
ALL
We dance! We dance! We dance!
Yesss, more vids to come I hope!
so sad that it’s closing... :(((
Gods, I miss these people.
We are doing this song in my course classs I Really like the song 😂
Sht, the chills😆💕
Omg my idol lea s
Finally !!
Ah ha ha ha! Such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island!
Asaka, Mother of the Earth.
Agwe, God of Water.
Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love.
And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death.
Asaka, grow me a garden
Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden
Erzulie, who will my love be?
Papa Ge, don't come around me
Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden
Asaka, grow me a garden...
Erzulie, Asaka
Agwe, Papa Ge!
We dance-
We dance-
To the music of the gods
The music of the breezes through the green plantain
The murmur of the river and the roar of rain
And if the gods decide to send a hurricane
We dance-
We dance-
[STORYTELLERS (ERZULIE, ANDREA, MAMA,
PAPA GE, ASAKA, TONTON, AGWE, MAN 1)]
To their everchanging moods
We know the gods are happy when the green things grow
They're angry when the river starts to overflow
And since we never know
Which way their winds will blow
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the gods
We dance!
We dance-
What else is there to do
But plant the seed
And pull the weed
And chop the cane
And bear the child
And bear the load
And bear the pain
And as the rich go racing
To their own refrain
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the gods
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The gods awake and we take no chance...
Two different worlds-
(Ooh la!)
Never meant to meet-
(Ooh la!)
But if the gods move our feet...
We dance!
We dance!
We dance!
1 month until I see y'all !!!!!
Why isn't anyone talking about Stephen Flaherty? That man is a legend.
Hopefully full lyrics
Ah ha ha ha! Such powerful, such temperamental gods rule our island!
All female: Asaka, Mother of the Earth.
All male: Agwe, God of Water.
All female: Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love.
All : And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death.
Asaka, grow me a garden
Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden
Erzulie, who will my love be?
Papa Ge, don't come around me
Please, Agwe, don't flood my garden
Asaka, grow me a garden...
Erzulie, Asaka
Agwe, Papa Ge!
We dance-
We dance-
To the music of the gods
The music of the breezes through the green plantain
The murmur of the river and the roar of rain
And if the gods decide to send a hurricane
We dance-
We dance-
To their everchanging moods
We know the gods are happy when the green things grow
They're angry when the river starts to overflow
And since we never know
Which way their winds will blow
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the gods
We dance!
We dance
While we are dancing just to stay alive!
We dance-
What else is there to do
We dance-
What else is there to do
But plant the seed
And pull the weed
And chop the cane
And bear the child
And bear the load
And bear the pain
And as the rich go racing
To their own refrain
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the gods
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The gods awake and we take no chance...
Two different worlds-
(Ooh la!)
Never meant to meet-
(Ooh la!)
But if the gods move our feet...
We dance!
We dance!
We dance!
I hope they win the Grammy!
shabytin You mean Tony
SoHardToBeMe the album just got a Grammy nom
shabytin MUSICALS CAN GET GRAMMYS??
Yes. Dear Evan Hansen won last year, so did Hamilton.
Lea in this revival is kinda ironic....being Once On This Island won the best musical Tony over Miss Saigon, the year she won the best actress Tony for the latter....if i remember correctly. This is a truly great show.
mama lea
ok but can we take a moment to appreciate Isaac's arms...
“Aqwe god of water.”
Me: YO YO YO YO DATS PERCY’S DAD!
Percy Jackson fans?
@@Cherry-jb5en who?
@@Cherry-jb5en I didnt know that was his dad :o
My sister said the exact same thing when the actor in his costume showed up on stage. Different pantheon, I'm afraid.
Poseidon HAHAHHA
I LOVE OOTI!!!!!
Where. An i watch this...
Lea is ❤️
💙💙
LEA! ✊🙈
i want to see ooti so bad oh gosh
first!
I’m playing Agwe in my school play
I'm new but I'm sure its gonna be good if Lea Salonga is in it