@@michaelermcgowanivliterally I’m sending this to everyone that’s like your gay how are you so calm…. If you think we will run away you got a lot to learn, we are stronger than the fire let it burn, our spirit is bigger than this place✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽🙌🏿🙌🏿💜 we were safer separated but love left us no choice, the walls do not define me🤷🏽🙌🏿💜
Hearing her be like "yes, yes!" while she is holding the note. Amazing! Chills when Erivo stands up and is just telling her "You did that" I love the love!
This is what Broadway is missing now. Everyone is having their actors sing as high as they can and have all these crazy vocals but forget that the most moving thing is watching someone going through an existentially emotional moment.
Ppl singing and i am telling u do exactly this they sing it perfectly but when u watch jennifer holdidays version u see her breaking down and thats what makes it so beautiful
Hearing Cynthia in the croud, cheering for her, knowing exactly the mental, physical, and emotional tool a role like this requires.. let alone a 18 second belted final note - with vibrato
I think nine times out of ten, trained singers like this become “pitchy” on purpose. That’s the beauty of acting and singing coming together. You can’t just be technically perfect, you have to portray a human being experiencing emotion.
I keep coming back to this performance. It fills me with such pride. As a black artist seeing another black artist command that stage. To see that crowd spring to their feet with adulation gives me the feels every time. What a powerful, raw, and relevant piece of theatre. Joaquina deserved that Tony.
Holy moly she was in character deep in this performance. Gah, those tears and the passion and the release of notes one after another until we reach that finale - the notes just kept on blazing. Reminds me of Idina's Defying Gravity. Oh what a a special performance this was from Joaquina! Worthy of her deserving win here at the Tony Awards. You better stand and applaud and ovate this woman. Now I wanna watch the play.
@@Chloe_Medical_DictionaryI often wonder if the producer ever realized the true gravity of the error of his choices making him aware that he should feel rather foolish for not believing that he had a genuine proverbial goldmine of artistic value in the realm of the performing arts. Broadway was truly robbed of the absolutely remarkable experience that was Paradise Square by the selfish actions of the producer, no doubt about it. I wish I could have had the opportunity to experience this in person, sadly when I was introduced, it had already closed 😢
That line "We were safer separated but love left us no choice" moves me every time. Its about interracial relationships during the civil war and this character is with an Irish man
As someone who has Chromosthesia - I can see sound - this is the most painfully beautiful performance I have ever witnessed. It is so powerful that I actually couldn't see properly the first time I watched it. This is now the 50th time I have watched it and the more I do so the more I realize that this performance can change the world. I wish this could be performed in Congress - it will change the way we experience division and hatred. A voice and a performance that could unite the world.
When you have moved Bernadette Peters to tears, you KNOW you're doing something really, really right. I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast and being absolutely staggered at how amazing this performance was.
I'm not a critic, I loved her "pitchy" sound... Do you know how it feels to know you were nominated for an award to sing in front of your peers? And knowing that the show you performed in was closed due to mismanagement of money... Now listen to her again, and see who she's talking to at this moment... Feel her passion and why it means so much to her. And why her peers cheered the way they did. I don't think any of us on this side of the stage should criticize her performance... She won the award... We're listening to her! WELL DONE Ms. Kalukango... Well Done.
I remember getting up and having to shake out the chills I got when I saw this on Broadway. She did that 8 times a week yall. So sad how this show ended literally only weeks after this performance.
I can watch this over and over again and it never gets old!!! The best live performance I've seen in years!!! Absolutely breathtaking and stunning!!!!! BRAVO!!
Mere human beings aren't supposed to be able to hold a belt that long with that much raw depth. She is SUPERHUMAN. I can't watch this enough times. This was historic.
Life can be a little "pitchy" sometimes. And she sand her heart out about it. It's the power, and the emotion, and the realness for me. I FELT that.10/10 period.
Everything about that final moment makes me SOB. Cynthia's emotive support (you can tell that there was a spiritual line between these two women in this moment). The raw, commanding, powerful emotion shining through Joaquina's vocal feat. The imperfection creating something so honest and moving and real. Coming back to this and still WEEPING 😭😭
I literally bawled tears with her watching this performance..not JUST because of her vocals, but also because of what the song/musical meant & stood for, & how it resonates to our story. SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!! THEN SHE TURNED AROUND & WON THE TONY!!!! And to ALL those with the negative comments about her pitch or her being “off key”, just stop & realize these few things: 1. You CLEARLY don’t know the difficulty in trying to sing while fighting tears 2. She’s in room filled with LITERALLY hundreds of the top broadway performers/LEGENDS & they themselves were left in awe 3. Babes, you 9.5 times out of 10 could NEVER😊
Wow. That power and delivery!! The spirit of determination and endurance are soo tangible here. She understood the assignment and ACED IT. Hats off ma'am. My God
I’ve watched this video, perhaps, hundreds of times. And no matter how many times I’ve watched it, I have to watch it again, and again, again , and… Well, you get the point 😆.
I come back for this performance from time to time and Cynthia’s and Lena reaction always makes me emotional whewwwwww that note was long and strong ❤❤❤❤
When someone can take a subpar song from an erratic, at times dismal, musical and still make your jaw drop from the power of conviction, that is the mastery of a great performance.
MAJESTIC EMOTING! 👁 popping breath control and the RANGE of her VOICE effectively channeled that Battle cry from the depths of her soul!!!! STANDING OVATION ONLY!!!!
I never cried like ugly in a long time 😢 Prolly one of the best theatrical performances available on YT right now! Hope this doesn’t get taken down for a while, i feel unworthy seeing legendary performances like this, if this is priced i sure couldn’t afford it. Thanks for sharing! Brb , maybe a couple thousands times more 😮
I hope all the actors and everyone involved with this show receive their settlement from the show. I am waiting for that Broadway Cast Recording. Now my two cents: I had no context of the show when I watched the Tony Awards, but this performance was beyond powerful that I was crying at the end. Pure, raw emotion. Was Joaquina pitchy, yes, but here’s the thing. This is the show stopping 11’clock number in Act 2. By this time, she would have sung for at least 2 hours, her voice would have been warmed up, and she would have told a story up until this number, so the audience would have known the backstory leading to this moment. Instead, Paradise Square did not perform their medley until the end of the Tonys. Joaquina had been sitting in the audience for maybe 2 hours or so before she had to perform. No chance to really warm up her voice. Just “ready, go time.” And she gave one hell of a Tony winning performance. So unless you can do better on the fly, be my guest. Only positive comments! Joaquina is a phenomenal storyteller and performer! Flawless!
@@beaellie9766 this one is so raw, so full of emotion, and powerful. This is definitely one of the best Tony performances in recent memory and really does demonstrate why she deserved that Tony she won. Especially now that we know about all the shit that the cast and crew had to deal with while working for Drabinsky, this performance is a testament to the endurance of the cast and crew. You can see the tears in her eyes and anguish in her voice. This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime performance regardless of your thoughts on the show.
@@elloecan the offstage drama is not factored into the onstage performance. She has performed this better, elsewhere and during performance. Her Tony performance was not her best.
@@gideonlyons3697 We all know when it comes to performing you can't always be 100% even Whitney Houston has made some pitchy sounds here or there. Especially when passion is behind the song. Who's caring about the note. In Broadway you're always going to have pitchiness it's not about the note but the message.
@@gideonlyons3697 She's singing at the Emmys while crying as a character. Nerves were there and she was emotional. Hell, crying stimulates a snot reflex and causes your throat to close up.
@@Melensko It's not supposed to be "pitch perfect", it's her realizing the downfall of everything that she believed in, built, and the realism that it will be lost, and her own internal agony. This song is not supposed to be pretty.
To those who are saying this isn't a great performance. Yes, she has pitch problems at times. Yes, she sang it better on other occasions (just listen to the cast recording). But why be so dismissive of anything less than perfection? Why do people get so caught up in that? Whatever issues she might have had, she powered through them. Her emotional eruption was such that she didn't seem to be acting AT ALL. And she was obviously pretty great for the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Bernadette Peters, Ruth Negga, Lin-Manuel Miranda and everyone else there. They know a thing or two about greatness.
This is the energy we need for these next 4 years. This.
I have been saying this since Wednesday morning
@@michaelermcgowanivliterally I’m sending this to everyone that’s like your gay how are you so calm…. If you think we will run away you got a lot to learn, we are stronger than the fire let it burn, our spirit is bigger than this place✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽🙌🏿🙌🏿💜 we were safer separated but love left us no choice, the walls do not define me🤷🏽🙌🏿💜
YES!!!
Cynthia cheering her on is incredibly powerful.
Hearing her be like "yes, yes!" while she is holding the note. Amazing! Chills when Erivo stands up and is just telling her "You did that" I love the love!
She said you did that!
i believe she said you smoked that
She's saying, "You OWN it"
just when you think she’s barely holding onto that note, she comes through with that power. good god.
What note? 😆
As my Mother would say Good God in Heaven phew 😮💨
@@charlesbeloved7951 there are several to choose from.
@@beaellie9766 She's great but this performance is mediocre at best
@@charlesbeloved7951 bruh
This is what Broadway is missing now. Everyone is having their actors sing as high as they can and have all these crazy vocals but forget that the most moving thing is watching someone going through an existentially emotional moment.
Yessss
yessss
Waving Through a Window was perfect because of that
People cant belt out notes like this every night. Sometimes twice a day. Their vocal cords will literally pop.
Ppl singing and i am telling u do exactly this they sing it perfectly but when u watch jennifer holdidays version u see her breaking down and thats what makes it so beautiful
Hearing Cynthia in the croud, cheering for her, knowing exactly the mental, physical, and emotional tool a role like this requires.. let alone a 18 second belted final note - with vibrato
She felt that, she really did feel that. That wasn’t lack of talent or skill, that was raw emotion
I think nine times out of ten, trained singers like this become “pitchy” on purpose. That’s the beauty of acting and singing coming together. You can’t just be technically perfect, you have to portray a human being experiencing emotion.
You are absolutely correct!
Nailed it!! 🔨
This is the spirit that will get me through the next 4 years ✊🏽!
I keep coming back to this performance. It fills me with such pride. As a black artist seeing another black artist command that stage. To see that crowd spring to their feet with adulation gives me the feels every time. What a powerful, raw, and relevant piece of theatre. Joaquina deserved that Tony.
Emotion😢
i play it everyday. her performance is brilliant
She held that note and pulled a new one out with the same note. That is pure talent.
She embodied ALL the emotions it took to deliver this song…it translated so well.
the way that Cynthia hopped up to applaud her gave me chills
to think that she would be the first to cheer you
Joaquina truly is a force of nature
they are best friends
that slow clap with a sly but genuinely proud look on that womans face along with Cynthias "YES! YES!" in the back thats a core memory.
This will go down in history as one of the most powerful Tony performances ever.
Holy moly she was in character deep in this performance. Gah, those tears and the passion and the release of notes one after another until we reach that finale - the notes just kept on blazing. Reminds me of Idina's Defying Gravity. Oh what a a special performance this was from Joaquina! Worthy of her deserving win here at the Tony Awards. You better stand and applaud and ovate this woman. Now I wanna watch the play.
I think it’s closing or already closed.
it was closed the producer wasn’t making paying the actors and the venue they were holding at
@@Chloe_Medical_DictionaryI often wonder if the producer ever realized the true gravity of the error of his choices making him aware that he should feel rather foolish for not believing that he had a genuine proverbial goldmine of artistic value in the realm of the performing arts. Broadway was truly robbed of the absolutely remarkable experience that was Paradise Square by the selfish actions of the producer, no doubt about it. I wish I could have had the opportunity to experience this in person, sadly when I was introduced, it had already closed 😢
The point of live performance is it isn't perfect, it isn't tonally corrected, it is raw, it is emotion. it is fucking GOOSEBUMPS!
You can tell, she had something to prove to many people in that audience. This touched her spirit as well as others.
That line "We were safer separated but love left us no choice" moves me every time. Its about interracial relationships during the civil war and this character is with an Irish man
As someone who has Chromosthesia - I can see sound - this is the most painfully beautiful performance I have ever witnessed. It is so powerful that I actually couldn't see properly the first time I watched it.
This is now the 50th time I have watched it and the more I do so the more I realize that this performance can change the world.
I wish this could be performed in Congress - it will change the way we experience division and hatred.
A voice and a performance that could unite the world.
When you have moved Bernadette Peters to tears, you KNOW you're doing something really, really right. I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast and being absolutely staggered at how amazing this performance was.
I'm not a critic, I loved her "pitchy" sound... Do you know how it feels to know you were nominated for an award to sing in front of your peers? And knowing that the show you performed in was closed due to mismanagement of money... Now listen to her again, and see who she's talking to at this moment... Feel her passion and why it means so much to her. And why her peers cheered the way they did. I don't think any of us on this side of the stage should criticize her performance... She won the award... We're listening to her! WELL DONE Ms. Kalukango... Well Done.
I remember getting up and having to shake out the chills I got when I saw this on Broadway. She did that 8 times a week yall. So sad how this show ended literally only weeks after this performance.
I can watch this over and over again and it never gets old!!! The best live performance I've seen in years!!! Absolutely breathtaking and stunning!!!!! BRAVO!!
Don’t know what she wants to burn; however, her vocals are on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Without even watching the musical, in 3 mintues I can feel her journey and her pain. Such a stellar song AND performance.
Mere human beings aren't supposed to be able to hold a belt that long with that much raw depth. She is SUPERHUMAN. I can't watch this enough times. This was historic.
omg that final breath on that note hit me RIGHT in the soul. made me tear up wow the desperation so powerful @2:25
The pitch??
Life can be a little "pitchy" sometimes. And she sand her heart out about it. It's the power, and the emotion, and the realness for me. I FELT that.10/10 period.
Her absolute raw emotion almost taking the note from her but then becoming her greatest strength gets me right in the god Damn feelings
My coworker just introduced me to this song/show - OMG - life changing!!
Everything about that final moment makes me SOB. Cynthia's emotive support (you can tell that there was a spiritual line between these two women in this moment). The raw, commanding, powerful emotion shining through Joaquina's vocal feat. The imperfection creating something so honest and moving and real. Coming back to this and still WEEPING 😭😭
❤🔥I didn’t know that vocal talent like this existed anymore. Today is the day I begin to support her work.
she's off key
@@Melensko that doesn’t take away just how powerful this performance is.
@@Melenskono she’s not… there were pitchy moments but not due to a lack of vocal ability
Watch gospel singers. They do this every week 😂
The more i watch this performance the more i feel that every moment is intentional, and it is beautiful and alarming and incredible.
There is so much power and passion. The single tear gets me every time I watch it. She deserved that Tony 100%
He version is sooooo freaking powerful and emotional. 🥹
imperfection expresses the heart better than perfection. She's INCREDIBLE
I literally bawled tears with her watching this performance..not JUST because of her vocals, but also because of what the song/musical meant & stood for, & how it resonates to our story. SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!! THEN SHE TURNED AROUND & WON THE TONY!!!!
And to ALL those with the negative comments about her pitch or her being “off key”, just stop & realize these few things:
1. You CLEARLY don’t know the difficulty in trying to sing while fighting tears
2. She’s in room filled with LITERALLY hundreds of the top broadway performers/LEGENDS & they themselves were left in awe
3. Babes, you 9.5 times out of 10 could NEVER😊
Nah this had me bawling. The imperfections just made this so beautiful 😭
Wow. That power and delivery!! The spirit of determination and endurance are soo tangible here. She understood the assignment and ACED IT. Hats off ma'am. My God
I saw this musical in June and I’m still having chills from her performance of that amazing song.
I’ve watched this video, perhaps, hundreds of times.
And no matter how many times I’ve watched it, I have to watch it again, and again, again , and…
Well, you get the point 😆.
I come back for this performance from time to time and Cynthia’s and Lena reaction always makes me emotional whewwwwww that note was long and strong ❤❤❤❤
I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING THIS CLIP. IT TRANCENDS !!!!
My spirit jumped out & came back in! My God
Lol I love this comment
The last note 😭😭😭 my tears were flowing
The last note was off key.
It’s the “yes” at the end from Cynthia Erivo! Yes ma’am you killed this!!! ❤
Watching her live on Broadway was an unique experience! ✨
I saw this song live in Chicago and it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I still get chills thinking about it!!!
I watch this a million times and every time I get chills and tears well up as though it was the first time - my god this woman is powerful!
When someone can take a subpar song from an erratic, at times dismal, musical and still make your jaw drop from the power of conviction, that is the mastery of a great performance.
She was so incredible in jelly’s last jam her voice is just a soaring bird and deep as the oceans ❤
MAJESTIC EMOTING! 👁 popping breath control and the RANGE of her VOICE effectively channeled that Battle cry from the depths of her soul!!!! STANDING OVATION ONLY!!!!
I never cried like ugly in a long time 😢 Prolly one of the best theatrical performances available on YT right now! Hope this doesn’t get taken down for a while, i feel unworthy seeing legendary performances like this, if this is priced i sure couldn’t afford it. Thanks for sharing! Brb , maybe a couple thousands times more 😮
Holy crikey! Made me cry right along, and hard. I can’t love this enough!🎉
I hope all the actors and everyone involved with this show receive their settlement from the show. I am waiting for that Broadway Cast Recording.
Now my two cents: I had no context of the show when I watched the Tony Awards, but this performance was beyond powerful that I was crying at the end. Pure, raw emotion. Was Joaquina pitchy, yes, but here’s the thing. This is the show stopping 11’clock number in Act 2. By this time, she would have sung for at least 2 hours, her voice would have been warmed up, and she would have told a story up until this number, so the audience would have known the backstory leading to this moment. Instead, Paradise Square did not perform their medley until the end of the Tonys. Joaquina had been sitting in the audience for maybe 2 hours or so before she had to perform. No chance to really warm up her voice. Just “ready, go time.” And she gave one hell of a Tony winning performance. So unless you can do better on the fly, be my guest. Only positive comments! Joaquina is a phenomenal storyteller and performer! Flawless!
The power of her voice, and raw emotion.
There are no words suitable enough to describe her.
The power... The skill... The control... WOW!!!
This has become my theme for america now.
This is one of the greatest musical theater performances of all time!!!
No, it's not. It's a mediocre song and the Tony performance was not her best.
@@beaellie9766 this one is so raw, so full of emotion, and powerful. This is definitely one of the best Tony performances in recent memory and really does demonstrate why she deserved that Tony she won. Especially now that we know about all the shit that the cast and crew had to deal with while working for Drabinsky, this performance is a testament to the endurance of the cast and crew. You can see the tears in her eyes and anguish in her voice. This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime performance regardless of your thoughts on the show.
@@elloecan the offstage drama is not factored into the onstage performance. She has performed this better, elsewhere and during performance. Her Tony performance was not her best.
she's literally off key
@@Melensko THANK YOU!
So much meaning and power behind that performance. Breathtaking and captivating personal and political commentary. Well done.❤
she's off key
This is powerful one of the best performances I have seen
Ok. Someone needs to explain to me how huge her lungs are. I mean. It’s not just the raw emotion but also the technique. She is a STAR!!!
SHE SANG WHAT SHE SANG!!!! ✊🏾💗🔥
I wanna be able to sing while crying and eat a performance up like this. I’ll take just a tiny piece of this talent.
Just wow!
Power, skill, talent, and beauty.
A lot of people in broadway are missing emotion these days, she sounds amazing, but also SO POWERFUL, especially with the message behind this omg
Oh my goodness !!! WOW! Outstanding! Gifted not with a voice to speak but kissed with His love a voice to sing🙏🏼
I cry EVERY TIME I see this performance, talk about getting into your soul..
Good lord! Teared up! So spectacular
Oh my F..... GOD!!!!!!! I am breathless just listenning to her!!
I am STILL in love with this. That final note send me....
EVERY 👏 SINGLE 👏 TIME 👏
It does not matter much about the pitch in other parts of the song. Those last notes are amazing. It made it all worth it!!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!
One of the best things I’ve ever seen ❤️
CHILLS
My God, the way she ended that last word... Talk about a "fuck you" note 😍🤩
Just, Wow!
Yassss MA’AM!! That last note!😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The pitchyness, the mistakes make it beautiful.
HOLY sh---t THAT was powerful!
This is powerful. If you don’t think so watch it again. 2:10 The lord blessed her lungs. I’m sure she hit notes that make others shit.
unpopular opiion: a pitchy performance. Very powerful but not accurate singing. I know she can do better.
@@gideonlyons3697 Well!
....and she hits notes that sound like shit. Listen with your ears.
@@gideonlyons3697 We all know when it comes to performing you can't always be 100% even Whitney Houston has made some pitchy sounds here or there. Especially when passion is behind the song. Who's caring about the note. In Broadway you're always going to have pitchiness it's not about the note but the message.
@@gideonlyons3697
She's singing at the Emmys while crying as a character. Nerves were there and she was emotional. Hell, crying stimulates a snot reflex and causes your throat to close up.
I missed the Tony's in 2022... I'm blown the f*ck away.
Wowwwww!! Truly a masterpiece 😊❤
Someone just walking an honorary Tony out to her for this performance would have been highly appropriate and well deserved.
Damn! Made me tear up
Yep!!!!
Stunning performance...!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Man….i love when Broadway singers make these notes seem effortless, but the amount of training she has to do…power.
Also…random Bor’dor appearance.
Wow. Just…Wow.
Almost went into tears
A performance that still gives me chills and everyone else chills
GOOSEBUMPS
The woman’s face at 2:53 sums it up. This is what theater is missing. Raw emotion. Now, if you’ll excuse me while I attempt her belt at the end 😂
Oh my God, what a mega talent. Absolutely beautiful & powerful.
Sistah With A Voice!💪🏾🙌🏾🎤⭐️
One of the most beautiful performances I’ve seen. And that note at the end! Iconic!
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF EXCELLENCE ✨
Yeah. Being off key is amazing.
@@Melensko being an actor over a pitch perfect machine is amazing
@@Melensko It's not supposed to be "pitch perfect", it's her realizing the downfall of everything that she believed in, built, and the realism that it will be lost, and her own internal agony. This song is not supposed to be pretty.
@@Melensko it adds to the raw emotion of the song
Why she got me crying!🥺
We found you on Bass Reeves and you stood out I see why now...great performance here and there
Have never seen anything like this.. waw.. incredible..wow wow wow!!!!!
Oncore oncore beautiful beautiful 🙏❤️ god bless us all thank you beautiful video
To those who are saying this isn't a great performance. Yes, she has pitch problems at times. Yes, she sang it better on other occasions (just listen to the cast recording). But why be so dismissive of anything less than perfection? Why do people get so caught up in that?
Whatever issues she might have had, she powered through them. Her emotional eruption was such that she didn't seem to be acting AT ALL. And she was obviously pretty great for the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Bernadette Peters, Ruth Negga, Lin-Manuel Miranda and everyone else there. They know a thing or two about greatness.