Uzo Aduba, Rachel Bay Jones sing "Lily's Eyes" - Broadway Backwards 2014
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Uzo Aduba, Rachel Bay Jones sing "Lily's Eyes" from The Secret Garden
The 2014 edition of Broadway Backwards featured Rachel Bay Jones and Uzo Aduba teaming up for a fierce version of "Lily's Eyes" from The Secret Garden.
Broadway Backwards, the annual Broadway extravaganza celebrating the LGBTQ+ community through the great songs of musical theater, returns to Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre on Monday, March 13, 2023. The beloved evening and its star-studded cast will embrace love and self-expression in true Broadway fashion.
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Broadway Backwards, the only annual Broadway event uniquely created for the gay and lesbian community, our friends and families, supports Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York. Each year, the show features a star-studded cast and live orchestra performing the great songs of musical theatre with a twist: women sing songs originally written for men and men sing songs written for women.
Broadway Backwards creator Robert Bartley wrote and directed this year’s show. Mary-Mitchell Campbell served as music supervisor with Tim Rosser as music director. The creative team included additional choreography by Bartley, Amy Jones, Melissa Rae Mahon and Reed Kelly, lighting designer Philip S. Rosenberg, costume designer Philip Heckman and sound designer Pitsch Karrer. The production stage manager was Peter Lawrence.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theater community, since 1988 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has raised more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other critical illnesses across the United States.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance.
For more information, please visit Broadway Cares online at broadwaycares.org, at BCEFA, at BCEFA, at tiktok.com/@bcefa and at / bcefa . 
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I went to high school with Uzo :) She was on Broadway in Godspell before landing on Orange is the New Black. She has an absolutely amazing voice!
+Laura Finnan Small world, Laura!
Laura Finnan YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH BISMUTH?!?!?!
Was she nice
•_bird_• :b lmao
@@yousefalothman8108 I didn't know her well. We were in a musical together and she seemed very nice and well liked, from what I could tell.
I love the different story it tells when sung by women vs by men. Really nice.
@@Multifandom04 its gay now, hope that helps 👍
Uzo have the voice of an angel.
Never have I watch a video on RUclips and actually wanted to stand up from my computer and applaud. Absolutely amazing
+Melvin Gray We love hearing that Melvin. Thanks for watching!
Such an immense talent Uzo has. It's a shame she didn't get the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress but trust me we'll be seeing her on a nomination list again and she WILL get an award. Would love to see her do more stage work.
Uzo's singing voice is so beautiful and soothing. I can't wait for her to appear as Bismuth in Steven Universe.
Uzo's voice is just *glorious!*
+Kitty Grimm Isn't it? We were so lucky to have her onstage with us!
Their voices are so different, but the blend is gorgeous!
Wow l was so surprised to hear Uzo singing. What a beautiful voice she has.
I don't understand how anyone could give this a thumbs down. Absolutely amazing
Uzo Aduba may be one of the greatest singers of the modern era
This is one of the most beautiful renditions of this song I have ever heard!
uzo has a very beautiful and open tone...hope to see her on the Broadway stage soon.
I would love to hear Uzo and Audra duet. I hear a lot of similar tones.
Uzo definitely took over! This was amazing!!
Now we need a musical episode of Orange is the New Black! Crazy Eyes is one of my favorites and I had no idea Uzo can sing damn
+Rodrigo Suarez - Check out Annie Golden singing as well. She plays the mute on OITNB, but is also a phenomenal singer.
+Cody Sweet When she sang in the OITNB I about cried.
+Rodrigo Suarez Danielle Brooks "Taystee" is in the Color Purple now!
kimiko Glen (soso) was in waitress so basically I need this to happen rn
kimono glenn was also in the touring cast of Spring Awakening as Thea :)
UZO! I thought you were just my therapist. Now I know you sing too? Crazy. Crazy eyes. Amazing. Must be the Boston in you. Amazing performance.
Rachel is such a talented singer! I cheered out loud when she won that Tony in 2017 for “Dear Evan Hansen”! She soooo deserved that win!
You have to hear her sing in Pippin she's really great!
This is my new favorite version of this song. I highly doubt that it will ever be topped.
I was just in The Secret Garden and our Neville was actually gender bent this is so amazing.
Uzo can wail, really strong voice.
This was amazing and also I need a broadway revival of The Secret Garden for like, yesterday.
obsESSED with Uzo
along with their voices perfectly complementing each other, these two put on a stunning performance! they bring so much power and emotion to the stage, it's heartbreaking. :')
Beautiful voice
Wow. Goosebumps at 2:05.
Uzo ❤❤ Her vocals are everything! 😊😍
Getrude Wangari She's incredible to see live!
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS I look forward to getting to see her live someday 😊
This is my favorite rendition to date!
Uzo Aduba continues to AMAZE!
Uzo Aduba is amazing, I love her
Uzo Aduba would be really good in a singing movie.
Ownage Raids What a great idea! Any suggestions?
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Don't know, but she would be brilliant in a singing movie like that latest movie and like Les Miserables, something upon though's lines.
Ownage Raids well now she's in the Wiz:))))))))))))
+Otis Williams I think that is all kinda awesome!
We'll be sure to check her out in The Wiz Live on NBC this December!
My favorite video of all times...
+emilija mundeciema Wow. Quite the compliment, Emilija. Thanks!
i like this song so much better when it is sung by women especially these two women
wow, 'crazy eyes'! i am a fan. she's fun to watch in OITNB.
Uzos note at 2:34 just blows me away. Such focus.
Got to see Uzo when she was in Godspell on Broadway a few years back. I knew she was awesome long before OINTB happened!
Absolutely powerful voice!
I'm so incredibly happy that this exists!!!
This is my favorite Broadway Backward performance (well, it's a tie with 'Bring on the Men'.) It's so amazing to see this as someone who is gay! Thank you!
bring out the men was so amazing but yeah this performance is beautiful
Uzo can SING?! SHE CAN SING?!?! Why didn’t I know omg. Beautiful.
Beautiful voices
Beautiful.
Wow - what a performance!
Absolutely incredible!!
Bloody amazing
Cassandra Outlaw We agree, Cassandra!
Holy crap! This was amazing. My school did The Secret Garden last year, and this song. It's so perfect!
That gave me goosebumps!
Uzo's tone reminds me of Audra
2:35 I’m sobbing
BECAUSE WE ARE THE CRYSTAL GEMS
Wow! Go audio! Both were amazing, but Uzo worked it out! So magnetic!
That's go Uzo! Not audio! Dumb auto correct!
***** Uzo is a force! We can't wait to see her back on stage!
I'm here checking out Uzo and I notice they are in Hirschfield Theater bc Kinky Boots set is in the background.
Uzo é muito talentosa.. Amoo ver seu trabalho!!
I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT FOR BISMUTH TO SING NOW.
Yyyyeeeeessssssssssssssss
This is absolutely stunning.
Oh my gosh. Amazing.
Right? Such wonderfully talented women!
Chills.
Strangely quiet, but now the storm
Simply rests to strike again
Standing, waiting, I think of her
I think of her
Strange, this Mary, she leaves the room
Yet remains, she lingers on
Something stirs me to think of her
I think of her
From death she casts her spell
All night we hear her sighs
And now a girl has come
Who has her eyes
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw him happy long ago
Those eyes that gave him life
And hope he'd never known
How can he see the girl
And miss those hazel eyes?
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that closed and left me all alone
Those eyes I feel will never ever let me go
How can I see this girl who has her hazel eyes?
In Lily's eyes a castle
This house seemed to be
And I, the bravest knight became
My lady fair was she
She has her eyes
She has my Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that loved my brother never me
Those eyes that never saw me
Never knew I longed to hold her close
To live at last in Lily's eyes
Imagine me, a lover
I longed for the day
She'd turn and see me standing there
Would God have let her stay
She has her eyes
She has my Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw me happy long ago
(Those eyes that first I loved so)
How can I now forget
That once I dared to be in love
Be alive and whole
In Lily's eyes, in Lily's eyes
Suzannee !!!!! Im amaze
Wow!
Crazy Eyes killed it!!
Nolan Thornal Suzanne has many talents - novel writing, singing - she does it all!
It is my absolute dream to be on a stage doing just this for broadway cares! I hope to make it on broadway so I can do just this!!
+Nate Simpson We can't wait to see you there, Nate!
+Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS I'll make sure to rock the house with a nice Christine/Glinda mash up when I get there and I'll even sing it in the original keys. A good cause like this deserves a performance as such!
Crazy Eyes works out!
worlds most powerful key change
Crazy Eyes can sing! Who knew?
It's Bismuth (Steven Universe) dueting with Heidi Hansen (Dear Evan Hansen)!!!
Beautiful!
+webbigailaye We agree!
+Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS :)
BISMUTH IS THAT YOU
Cant wait for a bismuth song
+HipposAreDeadly Rebecca BETTER make Bismuth have a song
+HipposAreDeadly Nevermind, my dreams have been poffed then bubbled in Lion's mane.
@@alexiskoelliker1077 i mean, she's back and they confirmed a 6th season, so..
i cant stop picturing Bismuth and Pearl singing this now
*MAMA BISMUTH*
also luv u Uzo!
"Well, of course I know. I'm the queen. I know everything."
Since Lily's Eyes is one of my favorite broadway songs of all time, I did not expect to like this. I was pleasantly disappointed. :)
Crazy eyes got a crazy voice omg
Anyone else think Uzo sounds a bit like Audra McDonald?
I thought the same thing!!
+antigoniem06 Not really.
I don't notice an awful lot of similarity, but I could see how you might hear that in her belt. :)
antigoniem06 not at all
Ragtime revive just saying
Uzo….ALL is now forgiven for The Wiz
Spectacular !!!!!!
Mike drop 🎤
I'm going to throw this out here and KEEP throwing it out until Whoopi Goldberg catches it...Uzo Aduba as Celia Cruz in the Biopic...
James Jones I never thought about Celia. Absolutely. As well as obviously-Whoopie is the Whoopiee Goldberg Bio. My God she sounds more like Whoopie than Whoopie- if thats at all possible
"crazy eyes"
Jesus Christ! I’m dead!
She has her eyes. She has those crazy prison eyes...
lol. Uzo's voice is amazing.
😢 I once fell in love with a male friend's girlfriend. They never knew... 🏳️🌈
I love this performance so much
this is incredible...btw, that black lady looks so strong...
Kai Yan Uzo Aduba is an incredible presence!
+Kai Yan You need to check her out in Orange is the New Black. She's an amazing actress. "Crazy Eyes".
Anybody know what key this is in?
Bismuth can sing!
Anyone know what key this is? I’m thinking of singing this with my mom :)
A major, C major, D major (That’s what it sounds like - it transitions a few times, it’s my best guess)
listening to this song from snape's perspective, almost
it's from secret garden but yeah at first I thought it was from something harry potter
Now I need an Alan Rickman cover of this. I'm normally against changing pronouns in a song (which is usually done because the artist wants to be all "no homo" and I find that super problematic) but in this case I wouldn't mind because he'd be referencing Harry's eyes, not Mary's ("He has her eyes," etc.)
One girl is really upstaging the other at points I feel....other than that, great performance!
It's a damn crime Rebecca hasn't given Uzo a singing part in SU before the movie.
All I can think about it Snape and James singing this about Harry. Just change she to he.
The blonde girl misses her entrance.
Lol gender bent Lily’s Eyes is simply In His Eyes from Jekyll and Hyde. You can really tell where Frank Wildhorn got the inspiration for the song in Jekyll lol
did they get an intern to cut the sound for this or something? jesus christ
Broadway Backwards is a live event where our talented sound engineers are often working on the fly with equipment they've never used before. However, we appreciate the criticism, as showcasing our performers is always of utmost importance to us. Thanks for the feedback!
Sorry, that was a bit harsh, I didn't think you read the comments. I *love* this version of the song, but that cut at 2:56 always throws me off
Strangely quiet, but now the storm
Simply rests to strike again
Standing, waiting, I think of her
I think of her
Strange, this Mary, she leaves the room
Yet remains, she lingers on
Something stirs me to think of her
I think of her
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From death she casts her spell
All night we hear her sighs
And now a girl has come
Who has her eyes
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw him happy long ago
Those eyes that gave him life
And hope he'd never known
How can he see the girl
And miss those hazel eyes?
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that closed and left me all alone
Those eyes I feel will never ever let me go
How can I see this girl who has her hazel eyes?
In Lily's eyes a castle
This house seemed to be
And I, her bravest knight became
My lady fair was she
She has her eyes
She has my Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that loved my brother never me
Those eyes that never saw me
Never knew I longed to hold her close
To live at last in Lily's eyes
Imagine me, a lover
I longed for the day
She'd turn and see me standing there
Would God have let her stay
She has her eyes
She has my Lily's hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw me happy long ago
(Those eyes that first I loved so)
How can I now forget
That once I dared to be in love
Alive and whole
What an effing racket!
Nnmmm