Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings "Giants in the Sky" from INTO THE WOODS for Stephen Sondheim 90th Birthday

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024
  • From TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, a tribute to Broadway songwriting icon Stephen Sondheim created during the COVID-19 epidemic as a benefit for ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).
    Watch the full concert: • Take Me to the World: ...
    Please donate to ASTEP: www.broadway.co...
    Lin-Manuel Miranda performs "Giants in the Sky" from INTO THE WOODS (Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim).
    TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
    Hosted by Raúl Esparza
    Musical Direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
    Directed by Paul Wontorek
    Executive Producers: Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Bill Curran, Raúl Esparza and Paul Wontorek
    Edited by Jim Cocoliato, Alexander Goyco, Mike Karns/Marathon Digital, Nick Shakra & Ryan Simmons
    Audio Mixed by Michael Croiter and Mattias Winter
    Press: Rick Miramontez of DKC/O&M

Комментарии • 185

  • @keitha.355
    @keitha.355 2 года назад +44

    Now there is a giant in the sky. Rest in peace, Sondheim.

    • @deenadallas2802
      @deenadallas2802 2 года назад +1

      😔 We will miss Mr. Sondheim very dearly.

  • @gregcleveland6270
    @gregcleveland6270 4 года назад +330

    He's really telling THE STORY. Something that so many singers do not do.

    • @cloudambient
      @cloudambient 3 года назад +11

      Now if we can only match his story telling ability with their vocal ability lol

    • @terryturner7717
      @terryturner7717 2 года назад

      Yes!! ❤️❤️❤️

    • @alexanderhamilton5460
      @alexanderhamilton5460 Год назад

      tis why its a blessing as a writer to have the ability to sing the stories you write ^-^

  • @orrie1911
    @orrie1911 4 года назад +155

    we were supposed to do into the woods this year for my spring musical at my high school but it got cancelled cause of corona :( this really made me smile

    • @kitsoto3965
      @kitsoto3965 4 года назад +2

      :((((

    • @Ash-cm1ej
      @Ash-cm1ej 4 года назад +1

      same

    • @Hannah-fv7dv
      @Hannah-fv7dv 4 года назад +5

      I'm so sorry :( Into the Woods is a great musical that is very dear to my heart. I performed as the Baker's Wife in a production of it this fall for my senior show.

    • @gilmartin3912
      @gilmartin3912 4 года назад +2

      We just barely got it done like a week before the lockdown

    • @sarahcoleman5269
      @sarahcoleman5269 4 года назад +1

      This inexplicably made me tear up, lol.
      I'm sorry you didn't get to do it this year. I hope next year goes better if you're still in high school.
      My Choir teacher had emergency heart surgery during the first semester of my senior year. We were about a week away from our 3rd Annual Disney Spectacular, obviously, it was canceled. I know what it's like to get invested and excited about doing a production, then having it suddenly not happen.

  • @evanfreeman2129
    @evanfreeman2129 4 года назад +142

    Me: *sees that I have youtube notification* Oh it's prolly the broadway channel. I'll just ignore it.
    *sees Lin Manuel Miranda* ooh *clicks immediately*

  • @AbigailJoyyy
    @AbigailJoyyy 4 года назад +335

    The same people saying Lin can’t sing are the people that comment on a tone deaf girl’s instagram story singing Oceans telling her how incredible she sounds. Singing may not be his strongest talent, but he can absolutely carry a tune and stay on pitch and sound pretty darn good doing it. That is literally the definition of being able to sing!

    • @gracemangum
      @gracemangum 4 года назад +18

      So true. Also this is an incredibly difficult song to get right!

    • @dearchloe3175
      @dearchloe3175 4 года назад +21

      Abigail Cunningham That may be one definition of singing, but it is not the definition of being a good, Broadway singer, and as a professional, Broadway performer people understandably expect him to be good. This song is too technically difficult for him: his technique isn't skilled, his pitch is all over the place, and because of these his singing isn't moving. But it's to celebrate Sondheim's birthday and just to make people happy during the pandemic, so none of this matters.

    • @dwale1860
      @dwale1860 4 года назад +13

      One of the things I loved about Hamilton is that not everyone had typically Broadway voices. They have different styles which made it feel like you don't have to have that certain voice type to be a musical performer

    • @sarahcoleman5269
      @sarahcoleman5269 4 года назад +2

      Yeaaaah...
      I literally just watched another fairly famous person known for doing Broadway sing a song from the same production... It was sweet, but you can very much tell that they did not warm their voice up or refresh themselves on the words before recording. I appreciated the sentiment, though.

    • @ricardogwuff4978
      @ricardogwuff4978 4 года назад +4

      @@dearchloe3175 nah dude lin has been a big inspiration for me to find my own way of singing. Broadway is changing and more people are starting to make their own unique sound! Like now I can FINALLY distinguish different actors in cast recordings! Also, I can tell that Lin did not just grew up with Broadway but also many Hispanic songs. His voice and style of music really reminds me of old songs that my dad use to listen to. Its okay to not like someones singing because its different, just don't criticize it or say its not up to Broadway standards.

  • @nataliemoya8062
    @nataliemoya8062 4 года назад +178

    Lin is perfection and this just made my day better

  • @GondorLadyGwen
    @GondorLadyGwen 2 года назад +27

    This is one of my favorite Sondheim songs. May his memory be a blessing.

  • @zellesev1240
    @zellesev1240 4 года назад +31

    I love how he's not pushing for the accent... Lin makes the song his💙

  • @kitsoto3965
    @kitsoto3965 4 года назад +121

    We love Linn singing this
    We also love In the Height and Hamilton...

    • @weronika9952
      @weronika9952 3 года назад

      And we also love 21 chump street

  • @billy-hy6kx
    @billy-hy6kx 4 года назад +137

    Into the woods, with the cast of Hamilton, please make it happen Broadway

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 4 года назад +16

      I wanna hear a bunch of rappers get on "Your Fault"!

    • @jacobhumphrey3535
      @jacobhumphrey3535 Год назад +1

      Please get me Daveed Diggs as the witch.

    • @azelearose
      @azelearose Год назад +2

      You’ll be happy to know in the 2022 into the woods revision the girl who was Eliza plays Cinderella

    • @billy-hy6kx
      @billy-hy6kx Год назад +1

      @@azelearose I KNOWWWW IT'S BEAUTIFUL

    • @GK-jq8fj
      @GK-jq8fj 2 месяца назад

      Um…..NO!

  • @Musical.theatre.buff.22
    @Musical.theatre.buff.22 4 года назад +79

    He's not the best singer but he's a great actor and he puts his acting into his singing. He's the Meryl streep of broadway

    • @sherlockjr24
      @sherlockjr24 4 года назад +9

      I feel the same way about Len Cariou and Sweeney. Is he the best singer who ever played Sweeney Todd? No, especially after he damaged his voice singing the part.
      But he acts the hell out of that part. He’s my favorite Sweeney for that reason

  • @lukedaniell
    @lukedaniell 2 года назад +9

    Rest in peace, Mr. Sondheim.

  • @AverageJoes
    @AverageJoes 3 года назад +8

    This is Lin-Manuel paying homage to a classic. When Ben Wright sang this on stage it was perfection.

  • @catherineadler65
    @catherineadler65 4 года назад +23

    I’m crying this is perfect I miss broadway wow I’m not okay

  • @Lola_Sokolskiy
    @Lola_Sokolskiy 4 года назад +28

    I love into the woods. I love Lin. Perfect

  • @AmethystOrlando
    @AmethystOrlando 2 года назад +3

    I knew I made the right choice in unapologetic man crush.

  • @aidansheehan7777
    @aidansheehan7777 2 года назад +3

    Lin Manuel Miranda+Stephen Sondheim+James Lapine. Is there a more iconic Broadway trio. 10/10 voice Lin!

  • @sienjansen6354
    @sienjansen6354 4 года назад +29

    I HAVE PEAKED. IT IS ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE.

  • @bees.r.nice.
    @bees.r.nice. 4 года назад +21

    I love his singing!!

  • @marysdanceworld6066
    @marysdanceworld6066 4 года назад +4

    His improvement is honestly breathtaking!!! So lucky to have such a hard working human as a role model!

  • @boudiccam4417
    @boudiccam4417 2 года назад +10

    You really need to be an incredible singer to sing Sondheim perfectly. It’s actually recommended by acting teachers not to choose anything Sondheim wrote as an audition song. Lin does a great job. This song in particular is an incredibly difficult song that moves through a very large musical range; often people will have a “break” between upper and lower ranges in a song. Lin does this very well.

  • @michael5876
    @michael5876 Год назад +2

    I think Lin sounded amazing!! He has a clear tone and i like the vibrato on are in " just how small you are". Also we love the hat!

  • @GabiTavaresCover
    @GabiTavaresCover 4 года назад +9

    I'm a simple person
    I see Lin Manuel, I click

  • @fandomdomination3071
    @fandomdomination3071 4 года назад +4

    My favorite solo song from the first act honestly!!!

  • @gxxvxnnx
    @gxxvxnnx 4 года назад +13

    me: *sees the notification*
    me: tHERE ARE GIANTS IN THE SKYYYYYYYYYYY

    • @deenadallas2802
      @deenadallas2802 2 года назад +1

      There are big tall terrible awesome scary wonderful giants in the sky

  • @zachcooper8622
    @zachcooper8622 4 года назад +9

    I love theatre and this make me happy. This is so great

  • @annarosem5722
    @annarosem5722 4 года назад +14

    idk what I love more: all of sondheim’s songs or the people singing them for his bday!!!! Ahhhhh!!

  • @annamariaiannacito5291
    @annamariaiannacito5291 4 года назад +5

    He is talented and enjoyable and his handsomeness makes it perfect!!!! He looks like a beautiful sculpture.

  • @81720M
    @81720M 4 года назад +5

    I can’t believe that this man is reading my APUSH exam prompt Friday. This is the best

    • @waterlemonandfriends
      @waterlemonandfriends 4 года назад

      Nick Skonberg Wait, He is??? Where did you read this? I’m asking because I am a fellow APUSH student and I must know for sure that it’s true

  • @gingercrawford8025
    @gingercrawford8025 4 года назад +33

    He is so talented

  • @greenery0192
    @greenery0192 3 года назад +4

    I love that someone who can rap as insanely fast as Miranda still has trouble keeping up with the ferocious speed of Sondheim's lyrics.

  • @grapesoda77777
    @grapesoda77777 4 года назад +6

    I love this!!! Thank you!!! 💜💜💜

  • @itsjustlolooo
    @itsjustlolooo 4 года назад +7

    Ugh yessssss Broadwayyyyyyy ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @nicollegalligan5658
    @nicollegalligan5658 2 года назад +1

    OMG why did I just discover this exists!!?? It is perfection of that song

  • @JasonVaughn
    @JasonVaughn 4 года назад +6

    Yes!!! Love it so much

  • @frankiethirza2429
    @frankiethirza2429 4 года назад +2

    We are HERE for this

  • @debbienehikhuere
    @debbienehikhuere 4 года назад +6

    YESSSSSSS I LOVE THIS TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

  • @yashifornow
    @yashifornow 4 года назад +16

    Stop everyone the king of Broadway is here🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @phoenixblue-koszalka1518
    @phoenixblue-koszalka1518 4 года назад +10

    His voice sounds really good with this song!

  • @yourfellowqueenie5717
    @yourfellowqueenie5717 4 года назад +1

    OMG I LOVE HIM SM💞💗💖💗💞💗💖💕💕💗💖💗💞💗💖💖

  • @jannahveronnuevas7587
    @jannahveronnuevas7587 4 года назад +1

    This looks and feels like I’m in heaven.

  • @MyMilenag
    @MyMilenag 4 года назад +1

    love it. its my favorite song from into the woods!!!!

  • @kristinmitchell7371
    @kristinmitchell7371 3 года назад +1

    im gonna cry i love this

  • @kristinmitchell7371
    @kristinmitchell7371 3 года назад +1

    im obsessed with this

  • @monicahope3615
    @monicahope3615 4 года назад +5

    People need to understand something serious here. Lin is wonderfully gifted as a songwriter - lyricist and music. He's a gifted musical arranger, playwright and performer. But if a person decided to show up to a Broadway audition and had Lin's voice, I can promise you that 99.9% of the time, they would not be getting the role. Lin is an actor, who can dance some and sing some. This makes him an all-around decent performer. But note he never made any effort to be a singer, or a rapper (thinking of Hamilton now). This was never his goal. His goal, which he has achieved astronomical success with, are his Tony winning In The Heights and his multiple Tony winning Hamilton an American Musical. He has performed in both of them and it is clear and obvious that just about every other singer on the stages with him are really singers -- and that's fine! This makes it possible for Lin to use all of the ability that he has, to the BEST of his ability, to evoke emotion in his performances and sing the very best that he can - and that is all that anyone can every ask of a performer in the first place. But no, Lin is NOT a singer, not in the Broadway sensibility of the word. Nope. But I love him though. Love love love his gifted talented brilliance!

    • @deenadallas2802
      @deenadallas2802 2 года назад

      What you said is amazing! Thumbs up for that! 👍

    • @deenadallas2802
      @deenadallas2802 2 года назад

      He also inspired me to become a Broadway playwright, a lyricist, and a Broadway performer as well. If I met him, I would tell him that he inspired me to do so much. I love writing books and scripts, and Lin inspired me to write more. I even want to turn his most underrated movie, "Vivo," into a real Broadway musical (even though I'm in high school) and honor his work. Wrote a full script and 17 new songs for the musical. I even wrote a letter explaining the entire thing, but I haven't sent it yet.
      Meeting Lin Manuel Miranda himself would be a dream come true for me. I'd tell him how much he inspired me to be a writer and performer.
      P.S. And like him, I do not have a great singing voice as well, and I'm an alto singer, but I always try to act while singing, because I want to tell the story through a song. Sometimes I cry while doing it too.

  • @ham4ham626
    @ham4ham626 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love lin

  • @keitha.355
    @keitha.355 4 года назад +2

    My favorite man singing a song from my favorite musical? Heck yes!

  • @francesca8122
    @francesca8122 4 года назад

    I love this. Thank you for uploading it.

  • @samantharose6447
    @samantharose6447 4 года назад +1

    I love him. Plain & simple

  • @gxxvxnnx
    @gxxvxnnx 4 года назад +1

    okay but i am truly excited 4 the movie "In The Heights", let's not forget

  • @aldairfreitas6500
    @aldairfreitas6500 2 года назад +1

    This voice is the perfect

  • @sherlockjr24
    @sherlockjr24 4 года назад +2

    The more things I find that this man can do, the more times he surprises me, the more I grow to love him ❤️ 💕 He can act and sing, both at the same time. I’m a sucker for a performer who can do that.
    Not only that, I share his reverence for Sondheim, I love Hamilton (who doesn’t?), and then he went full Disney with Mary Poppins. Amazing.
    And whoever said he couldn’t sing, pffffft to you.

    • @deenadallas2802
      @deenadallas2802 2 года назад

      It's true. But no offense to the people who say he can't sing. We just think it's not exactly true. Neither do I.

    • @sherlockjr24
      @sherlockjr24 2 года назад

      @@deenadallas2802 Well, to be fair, he apparently got voice lessons at some point. The difference between his singing on Hamilton and on some of his work afterward is dramatically better. It wasn't that he couldn't sing. It was that he was untrained.

    • @deenadallas2802
      @deenadallas2802 2 года назад

      @@sherlockjr24 Right! I totally forgot to mention about that. Thank you for making an excellent point about this. I'm so sure he did some vocal training.

  • @trry.
    @trry. 4 года назад +3

    I love this

  • @clarissacortez250
    @clarissacortez250 4 года назад +2

    Fantastic as always 🥺😌

  • @hergavimadariasgaviria1329
    @hergavimadariasgaviria1329 4 года назад +4

    Love

  • @nimrodgrrrl
    @nimrodgrrrl 4 года назад

    Ahhh my favourite song from Into The Woods and my favourite guy in the world 🥰🥰🥰

  • @WynnK_
    @WynnK_ 4 года назад +1

    I love this so much! Go Lin!

  • @NoName-lm2or
    @NoName-lm2or 4 года назад +2

    This is amazing. I love this!!

  • @rebekahtorres3773
    @rebekahtorres3773 3 года назад +1

    plot twist lin is im the baackground of into the woods

  • @kareneastman9695
    @kareneastman9695 4 года назад +1

    Wow.:-O:-O:-):-D Lin Manuel Miranda is very kind,talented and fantastic.:-D I thought only one Giant lived in the sky.:-O:-O

  • @viixxxie
    @viixxxie 6 месяцев назад

    A lot of people say lmm is untalented when it comes to performing but honestly, he's amazing ong

  • @emilydyer6345
    @emilydyer6345 4 года назад +5

    omg ive never been early!!

  • @donalddonney1595
    @donalddonney1595 Год назад

    Terrically difficult intervals. Well done! ❤

  • @BostonBookLover
    @BostonBookLover 4 года назад

    Almost my favorite Sondheim son. ❤️

  • @selitajimenez182
    @selitajimenez182 4 года назад +1

    BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LINNAMON ROLL 💕💕💕

  • @Blazequine
    @Blazequine 4 года назад +1

    I love him so fookin much🖤🖤🖤

  • @aldairfreitas6500
    @aldairfreitas6500 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful voice

  • @taliathetree123
    @taliathetree123 4 года назад +1

    Into the woods and Lin???? THIS IS AMAZING

    • @ej3016
      @ej3016 4 года назад

      Talia the tree if Lin is Jack 🤔 who would be his mother 🤣😂 Patti LaPone 🤣😂

  • @hilariousbrunette
    @hilariousbrunette 4 года назад +2

    bby Lin, such a good rendition

  • @brandygoebeleveryhomeneeds8199
    @brandygoebeleveryhomeneeds8199 4 года назад

    A national treasure singing the work of another national treasure. If nothing else good comes from all this, the awareness of how desperately the world needs art has been heightened.

  • @leviesmusicchannel1484
    @leviesmusicchannel1484 4 года назад

    Honestly this is the only reason I watches the live stream. After he finish singing I left. Lol. Love you Lin.

  • @snail7333
    @snail7333 4 года назад +1

    Yes! I've been waiting for Lin to finally appear in one of these. But can we just talk about that facial hair? 😂

  • @jordspilapil
    @jordspilapil 4 года назад +2

    My handsome crush Lin Lin has a nice voice 😍😍. He's just in his 30s 😍

  • @Perchance_Lil
    @Perchance_Lil 4 года назад

    This is perfection it made my day so much better

  • @melindabevan6667
    @melindabevan6667 3 года назад +1

    yasss Lin🥲🙂

  • @barbarahourigan8462
    @barbarahourigan8462 2 года назад +1

    ❤️

  • @erinmcintyre9245
    @erinmcintyre9245 4 года назад

    Singing with li makes me smile

  • @materialgowrl7658
    @materialgowrl7658 4 года назад +4

    Y e s

    • @foxtrotdog
      @foxtrotdog 4 года назад

      Fandom Trash good job! Your at the bottom of the comment section! You get a gold star @-@

  • @lynnlRDR-RDR2
    @lynnlRDR-RDR2 4 года назад +4

    No need for perfection when they a just trying to be there for us during this difficult time

  • @marveleann7839
    @marveleann7839 4 года назад

    he is so cute AAAAAHH 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

  • @djkmusic60
    @djkmusic60 2 года назад +1

    Yes but nobody compares to Ben Wright in the original Broadway production. His low notes are just gorgeous and flawless and he totally understood this piece and put his heart and soul into it. Watch his live Broadway performance.

  • @cloudambient
    @cloudambient Год назад

    The Bob Dylan of musical theatre. If you know, you know.

  • @gracemangum
    @gracemangum 4 года назад

    Loving that TEVYE beard!!!

  • @Caroline-le8gm
    @Caroline-le8gm 4 года назад +1

    yay 🥰🥰👌👌👌

  • @hannaxo2110
    @hannaxo2110 4 года назад +2

    😍😍

  • @Womanwithblackdog
    @Womanwithblackdog 4 года назад

    Beautiful man.

  • @tmoney0831
    @tmoney0831 4 года назад

    Love me some Lin

  • @thechaleesi
    @thechaleesi 4 года назад

    daaaaaaaaaaaaad !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @kmerie22
    @kmerie22 4 года назад

    That face at :42 is perfection!

  • @nancyferrier8609
    @nancyferrier8609 4 года назад

    Love!!!!

  • @jordanez6441
    @jordanez6441 4 года назад

    Love it 🙌🏻

  • @carolineturner8915
    @carolineturner8915 4 года назад +10

    No views and 17 likes. RUclips is broken again

  • @cheez_it
    @cheez_it 2 года назад +3

    ok who in the actual HECK thinks this beautiful man cannot sing?????

  • @novembergold4144
    @novembergold4144 4 года назад

    This completes me

  • @laura.mallmann
    @laura.mallmann 4 года назад

    my love

  • @kp4692
    @kp4692 3 года назад +2

    Why are all these people saying Lin cant sing! His voice is so beautiful!

  • @eltonlow3
    @eltonlow3 4 года назад +5

    i thought it was going to be miranda sings, singing for a moment hahahah

  • @theamazingworldofulala1724
    @theamazingworldofulala1724 4 года назад +1

    Adoro ❤

  • @detectivefiction3701
    @detectivefiction3701 2 года назад

    I think of Miranda as the modern day George M. Cohan: not much of a singer, but a great songwriter, performer, and creator of shows.

  • @jasperanne3280
    @jasperanne3280 4 года назад +3

    First💛