@@tomrii didn't say anything about Renee's singing abilities. I meant the choices the musical made in general, cutting out some iconic lines and sanitizing itself etc. Renee did amazing.
It hasn’t been made official but the movie musical was just made to boost Renee raps singing and acting career! Literally just a plant 😂 she’s amazing but I’m just pissed that she was a good guy in the end and all of her songs stayed the same (minus meet the plastics and the duet part of someone gets hurt)
Revolting children is one of the few, which I personally believe is an improvement. Not just a choreography pov, but also it just sounds better. Obviously they had a whole set vs a stage, but the film version is just spectacular!!
The Moulin Rouge film did the Elephant Medley better IMO. I haven’t seen the Broadway musical but from that brief snippet it seems weird that they have Christian and Satine singing all the lines together. The film very deliberately has them singing it as a sort of question and answer, with them alternating lines. He’s the optimist, she’s the realist.
i think it’s also because many movie musicals cast celebrities instead of broadway talent but there’s not much reason to do that with kids cause most child actors aren’t well known or at least won’t put any more viewership on the project so they can actually cast the most talented people for the roles
@HerHollyness and the chemistry between Ewan and Nicole is straight up nuclear. Same for ONJ and Travolta in Grease, they're iconic. The movie version of Mean Girls Musical tried to rein Renee Rapp in too much and cast an Aaron who couldn't sing, so it wasn't a spicy duet anymore.
i totally agree, i love that that they made the songs kind of like dream sequences to lean into the fantastical and reality bending aspect of musical theatre, i feel like losing that element is where a lot of musical movies fail
One difference I noticed, and I don't know if other stage productions do this, the movie always lights Katalin(hunyak) in white because she's innocent. Its a nice touch
All I know about cell block tango is how absolutely annoying it is to Learn the music as ensemble because all the different parts in it I know me and the rest of the ensemble kept accidentally singing Velma’s part because we keep forgetting that she has a part alone at the beginning of the song great song tho
SAME! i wanted to be a dancer and i love cats, so we were like 'perfect front row let's go🎉' only for the actors to all want to come and be a cat in front of the cute little kid, which was terrifying
I saw it in London was I was around 7 too and the guy who plays mistopholies (can’t spell the name) in the 1998 dvd version actually winked at me. Then about 10-15 years later I got to shake his hand at a local theater I used to perform in
Everyone talking about the Matilda Kids (which rightfully so as they are so talented) but you guys are forgetting about the School of Rock Kids!!! They are unbelievable. They were singing, dancing, and playing an instrument on freaking Broadway
I know, right? It's a priority to make sure that if School of Rock gets either film remake or Broadway/West End revival, the kids MUST know how to play their instruments, no pre-recorded track.
I saw them in theaters and I love the original because of Jack Black and learning after that these kids were actually playing the instruments live was honestly really impressive. I sat on the side and having the parents right next to where we sat was honestly really cool. And knowing that they made a musical from an already made movie that I grew up on was also impressive with some of the songs and how they created from the scene it was in
*Timestamps* 0:19 Revolting Children (Matilda) 1:13 You're the One That I Want (Grease) 2:04 Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge!) 2:54 Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (Cats) 3:42 Someone Gets Hurt (Mean Girls) 4:57 Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen) 6:08 Therapy (Tick, Tick... Boom!) 6:49 Don't Rain on My Parade (Funny Girl) 7:39 Suddenly, Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors) 8:38 One Day More (Les Misérables) 9:56 Santa Fe (Newsies) 11:08 Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (The Phantom of the Opera) 11:59 In the Heights (In the Heights) 13:21 Teacher's Pet (School of Rock) 14:27 Cell Block Tango (Chicago) 15:25 La Vie Boheme B (RENT) 16:21 Honey, Honey (Mamma Mia!) 17:21 Without Love (Hairspray) 18:20 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls) 19:12 Love Thy Neighbour (The Prom) 20:18 King of New York (Newsies) 21:37 The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) 22:32 Falling Slowly (Once) 23:38 America (West Side Story) *At the Moment I cannot Pin Comments :( But I would really appreciate it if you could please like this comment so the Timestamps don't get lost* Enjoy :D
Some of these were so nice and some of them had physically painful movies in comparison. Really shows how movie musicals can work u just gotta like. Care
@@Def.Not.Scarlett. i feel like only fans of DEH didnt like the movie, i showed it to a ton of ppl who weren't familiar with the musical and they all had tears in their eyes by the end.
Loved the cinematography and effect “Someone gets hurt” BUT soon as i realized Aaron isnt gonna sing along with Regina. i lowkey got upset cause Aarons vocals add so much to it.
...how...do you choose someone that can't sing for a musical?... It's practically like the little mermaid live action with Erick (but they used SO MUCH auto tone). But here Aron does NOTHING. Really, I don't see the charisma or kindness he showed in the original, or even the appearance (no offense. But being honest it feels like that. And I know I'm not the only one who thinks it) for being with Regina I think, considering Aron in the original movie that I think was in fact good looking.
I recently watched the Mean Girls musical film, and it was fine, I wish they had added more of the songs in it, but I will say Renee Rapp 👀 holy cow her movie version of Someone Gets Hurt was wild!
I just wish that they casted some people who could actually sing like Chris (Aaron) isn’t a singer so they completely got rid of the songs that he sings in the show
2; Tracie Thoms got the role of Joanne on Broadway AFTER getting the film role. She had been trying to get the broadway role for awhile but kept getting turned down. It's something that she talks about in interviews with a fair bit of humor.
Oh 100% that huge breath at the end is rough. Still though hard as it is, it has nothing on a New Argentina, my god is that song ridiculously hard to sing. I can get all the notes but it's just hard. I've got a voice on the higher side, almost soprano of mezzo soprano though so I can nearly everything in Phantom and also sing Eponine (I can't do Fantine though, that's too low). I figured out Evita sat in a really comfortable range for me recently, even with the high belts, it's fairly easy to get to it's just the starting sound of some of the words, breath and repetion all combined which makes it so hard. It's also just an awkward belt, it's mixed voice but so close to moving into head.
@@bethanbaker7066 I can do Christine, Eponine, and Fantine (I worked really hard to get those low notes) and yeah, New Argentina is not easy. It's quite the workout!
@@overcomingobstaclescreates1695I wish I had that sort of range. The fact that you can do both Fantine and Christine is so impressive. If I worked for Fantine I might be able to get it but it's definitely one of those, depends on the day song. Because sometimes I sound like I'm trying to do a vocal fry on night or apart.
Ben shouldn't have been cast in the role, but I understand what you mean and I agree, it's really good when they bring actors who have done the play before
For the most part, they’re all pretty solid adaptations. There seems to be a sigma with watching the movie version of a show rather than their stage counterpart but not everyone has the means to see a live show (or get their hands on a slime tutorial lol) so seeing the movie may be the best and/or only option. I haven’t seen all these shows or movies but aside from Les Mis, Evan Hansen, and of course Cats lol, they all seem to be on par with, if not better than the originals
If they don't cut out important character building songs it SHOULD be fine in most cases. Yknow.. if it is a true adaptation and doesn't just change characters established over the span of 20 years and sloppily tries to make characters Shein versions of themselves. I'm disappointed in Mean Girls, can you tell?
Finally a reasonable opinion! Ppl criticize all movie adaptations so much! of course its gonna be different from the stage version but thats kind of the whole point... I completely agree with you (i just finished les mis and i lowkey feel like it was one of the best movies ive watched)
The two different versions of Santa Fe are particularly interesting to me because of the lyrics and the portrayal of Jack are both pretty different. Jack in the new version of the musical is just another average newspaper selling boy who’s a talented artist, while in the original movie he’s a cowboy who feels out of place in an urban place such as New York. Not to mention, the lyrics are slightly different in the original version, where he sounds more, desperate, you could say? I still wonder why they had to change up Jack’s character so much, the whole cowboy complex would better fit his dream to go to Santa Fe, at least in my opinion. Also, sorry if my English is bad, not my native language. Great video!
totally agree. i would also add, they serve totally different narrative purposes. The movie version is a beginning of the show "I want" song, while in the Broadway it is the power ballad Act I closer. Just so hard to compare lol
as a hardcore moulin rouge fan since birth, the musical casts do it so well every time, but nothing can beat the movie (ewan mcgregor and nicole kidman like come onnnnn) for me
I admit, I haven’t had the chance to see the stage show so this is based purely on clips I’ve watched vs watching the movie: I feel like the Elephant Love Medley in the movie works better for me because it feels more earnest/sincere, particularly on Christian’s part. With the show, it feels like they stuffed a lot more songs and comedic bits into it just to be funny/relevant/ wink at the audience with insert popular song here. With the film Christian is lighthearted sure but he means every word.
The Chicago movie is straight up unbeatable and I say this as a massive broadway fan. Catherine Zeta Jones mothered the mother as Velma and don't get me STARTED ON QUEEN LATIFAH, UNBEATABLE UNSTOPPABLE LEGEND ICON QUEEN MOTHER
It’s interesting how this video is a mix of musicals that originally started on stage and then got movie adaptations and also movies that later got stage adaptations. And then it’s interesting how often I prefer the original to the adaption. Like the OG moulin rouge is my go to over the stage adaptation everyday. And grease the movie is 10x more entertaining than the stage version (I don’t actually know if the movie came first, that’s just what I’ve always assumed).
One thing this really highlights is the ability of movies to expand the scope of a song in terms of number of people or the setting/scenery, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.
Ohhh that's a actually a great Idea! I'll work on that!! Any particular song from an animated film turned into musical that you would like to see be compared? Anyone that sees this comment please help me by telling me your requests ;)
@granger.danger circle of life (lion king) once upon a december (anatasia) let it go (frozen obviously) friend like me (aladdin) something there (beauty and the beast) all star (shrek, that's the finale song i think)
I’m still so sad about dear evan hansen It could’ve been good but literally everything that could’ve gone wrong went wrong (And that full coverage foundation with no blush hurts me)
it wasnt bad... ben platt looked weird sure, but ive watched the movie with a ton of people who weren't familiar with the musical a couple of months ago, and not one had a dry eye at the end. It still delivers the point of the musical pretty well id say. I honestly preferred some of the choices they made, like the development of alana's character, how evan confessed what he did to everyone instead of only the family, and how he told his mom what really happened to his arm at the end, which he weirdly didnt do in the stage version. There are some obvious flaws but it really isnt as bad as people make it seem like it is
I mean anything compared to Ramin and Sierra is going to come up short...and I'm in the "Gerard Butler did fine" camp. You won't ever hear me say he's the best, but I've always enjoyed the movie adaptation. But 1000% is Ramin my favorite Phantom. Always sends chills down my spine and while LND is trash, my heart wrenches every time I listen to his "Til I hear you sing once more."
Yea I agree. I mean, in some ways the movie did do better than the musical, but not in vocals. The vocals with Ramin and Sierra is just crazy stunning.
the editing is simple but its so good. the transitions between songs are so smooth and you chose the best parts of every song without cutting them off at an awkward part
i better not see anyone dissing the “matilda the musical” broadway cast. that cast is 95% kids and they put 110% into every show they did. however i will not take away the movies revolting children i might even have to say its better
I love seeing musicals on stage, but there’s no denying the fact that film is a medium that allows you to get up close and personal with the performer, which makes it much more powerful than sitting farther away in a theatre audience.
I think Andrew Garfield did a good job, but it's not his fault that I saw Raul Esparza first; very rarely can I see someone in a role after I've seen Raul in it
You know what, In the Heights and West Side Story 2021 were extremely well adapted musicals in terms of direction. I liked the Mean Girls music video approach and love what they did in Chicago and Tick Tick Boom (though it wouldn't work eith every musical) but movie musicals can be sooo good when done literally too. You just need. Good directing.
I think Regina being an angel makes sense , especially since the idea was that they were trying to make this more like how Gen Z would see or portrayed the mean girls which were more into the Victoria’s Secret model rather than a playboy bunny, unless if cosplayers
Hands down the Les Mis musical outshines the movie musical adaption in nearly every way. I have some things I like about it, but I would definitely choose the broadway musical every time.
overall yes, but there are some things i prefer what the movie did! for example, i love how they put i dreamed a dream AFTER lovely ladies instead of right before it, that way fantine sings her most gut wrenching song at her lowest point
Here's which version that I think is the best. Revolting Children (Matilda) - Original Stage Version You're the One That I Want (Grease) - Movie Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge) - Movie Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (Cats) - Stage/ 1998 Filmed Version Someone Gets Hurt (Mean Girls) - Original Stage Version (I have not seen either, but the movie version is not in the correct key) Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen) - Original Stage Version Therapy (Tick, Tick... Boom!) - Movie Don't Rain on My Parade (Funny Girl) - Movie, because you can't top Barbra Streisand Suddenly, Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors) - Both One Day More (Les Misérables) - Original Stage Version Santa Fe (Newsies) - Stage Version Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (The Phantom of the Opera) - Original Stage Version In the Heights (In the Heights) - Movie (just for the way it's directed and choreographed) Teacher's Pet (School of Rock) - Can't judge (I have not seen either) Cell Block Tango (Chicago) - Movie La Vie Boheme B (RENT) - Original Stage Version Honey, Honey (Mamma Mia!) - Can't judge Without Love (Hairspray) - Original Stage Version (movie has different lyrics and in a different key) And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls) - Both Love Thy Neighbour (The Prom) - Can't judge King of New York (Newsies) - Stage Version The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) - Original Stage Version (movie butchers the song) Falling Slowly (Once) - Can't judge (but if I had to pick, I'd got with the stage version) America (West Side Story) - All versions
It’s weird to see the difference in DEH because it’s both Ben Platt and it’s what, 5-10 years later? It really shows a change in tonality over the course of a stars career.
I saw Matilda on Broadway (with Allison Luff as Miss Honey) and spent the whole time shifting through goosebumps, laughing and crying the whole show. The movie mostly gave me goosebumps, but got some laughs and tears as well. What really got me was how they locked into the cinematic choices they could make, like Matilda's story. Changing the medium from a sculpture to a painting- both being beautiful in their own ways.
unpopular opinion: In the Heights the movie is better than In the Heights the play, solely because the Vanessa-Usnavi mid story drama fits WAY better than the Nina-Benny one. Benny has no reason to blame Nina for being fired, and her reaction to his reaction wasn't good either, he was always supportive and she was not even a bit understansing that he was upset. the whole clube fight scene just makes both the characters a little less likable. Vanessa and Usnavi ARE the main couple and it just makes sense that they would have a mid story fight. plus Vanessa singing "I'm gonna find me way home without you" after the iconic "You abandoned me" "don't make me laugh" lines is just chefs kiss.
I can see why you think that but I am still extremely bitter that they killed off Nina's mom and thus, a major bit of Nina's story. Yes, Nina and Benny's stories are flawed but, first, they bring some of the best songs of the musical imo (Inutil but also Enough which is a masterpiece), it feeds into the idea of a lively neighbourhood in which a thousand things happen at the same time (and not just Usnavi's life) and it adds depth to their characters. In the musical, Camila is the heart of her family, not because she's a saint or the idealized dead wife but because she's infuriated with both her daughter and her husband's behaviour, and it's her anger that allows Nina and Mr Rosario to take a step back and ultimately make up. You lose all of this in the movie + most of Bennie's character as well. It makes total sense that some parts of the story have to be cut in order for the movie to work but the musical will always be superior to me
@@-nina-8498Exactly they got rid of some detrimental songs (some of my personal favorites) so although the choreography was so good in the movie, I really feel like they could have kept in some of the other songs while also making sure both couples had their on screen moments and stuff.
One of the first books of music I got when I started singing lessons had this song from a Disney movie in it that I had never heard of, but I fell in love with it instantly: "When I dream, on my own, I'm alone but I ain't lonely. For a dreamer nights the only time of day." I love the original lyrics of Santa Fe, and as much as I love Jeremy Jordan, I'll never love his version as much because the original lyrics were just so much more powerful. I love that song to this day.
I’m pretty sure this just proved LMM did it best. Stage or screen, LMM wins! Of course when compared to the incomparable Chita… I think that’s a tie. 😂 Glad you included both film versions of west side just to confirm that both LMM & Chita are GOATs.
That's Rita. Chita did the original Broadway version, Rita did (and won an Oscar for) the original film version. Chita also did the original Broadway Chicago.
I absolutely loved the Matilda the musical and I think they casted perfectly and acted spectacularly, Alisha really did make a great Matilda when she was 12 and I think she could still do really good even now she’s 14 Edit: also the fact we’ve had movies with the original broadway makes it better like Rapp carried mean girls and Platt was just perfect at replicating the songs he did on broadway in a movie
i think one of the things that make stage musicals work is even if the story is based in reality e.g. grease is 2 teenagers in high school, u can tell it’s a production and it’s fantastical like there’s a sense of surrealism like you know it’s still suspended from reality and i think that’s where some musical adaptations fall flat because they want to emphasise more on realism than surrealism which makes it not work. like imo the better movie musical adaptations are the ones that keep this sense of flamboyancy in terms of how the story is presented on screen
That video of the Cats stage performance was the closest we got to a movie in that time period, but it was not complete. Still it was watched on repeat for me lol. I…had a hard time with the film 😅
I liked that you included both movie versions of WSS! It's so interesting to see the different interpretations. Some are better, some are not. Even different stage performances or different movie versions have different takes. It's fun to compare them.
I was going to say I wish that Broadway would do more movies in Shrek, the musical style, which is just a nice recording of the stage, but I also realized through this video how many music movies I like and a lot I don't. I think how I first watched can effect that opinion
The one thing I will always say is both Phantom of the Opera versions had a great Christine. Emmy Rossum was was 17 playing her in the movie, I love her voice and Sierra? Just phenomenal as always. Gerard Butler’s phantom always held a soft spot in my heart
I often find I need to watch the stage performance 1st, because they end up paling in comparison to the films with the crisper sound from pre recording, better lighting, costumes, and more interactive sets than what a physical stage allows.
I prefer Emmy Rossum as Christine because she belts but doesn't have the same operatic embellishments, I think it really highlights the contrast between her and Carlotta.
honestly, Suddenly Seymour in both stage and movie are equally good. The stage one was very nice with great harmonies and chemistry between the two actors and the urchins supporting them. As for the film version, its just as grand with the beautiful connection and support with the urchins, not to mention Ricky Moranis and Ellen Greene both work well as Seymour and Audrey, very believable.
The key that Mark is singing in for the live recording is pretty interesting. I wonder if it was an artistic choice to reflect musically the lyrics of being "out of the mainstream". Conceptually I get it, but it took me a few listens to come up with that. I feel like if I saw this live it would've taken me out of the moment
Wasn't "You're the one that I want" written for the movie? In the original 1972 production it's "All Choked Up" that Danny and Sandy sing at the transformation scene.
Personally i think for waving through a window the stage version is more effective with the ensemble because they're much louder than in the movie so yeah in the movie you can hear Evan lot better but in the broadway version the fact he's almost being drowned out by the ensemble kinda feels like it's part of the point? the whole point of the song is that he feels like no one can hear him and even for the audience who are specifically paying attention to him there's so many other people also singing that he's still starting to get buried but in the movie the ensemble is so quiet you can barely hear them so there's almost no way you couldn't hear Evan over them idk that's just my interpretation
Even Lin said it, it feels like the role of Usnavi was simply written for Anthony Ramos and even more ironically Lin turned out to be amazing as Piragua guy
Mean Girls musical movie made some....interesting choices but I was absolutely captivated by the choreography and cinematography in Someone Gets Hurt
same
wdym? the songs that Renee Rapp sang were PHENOMENAL. her voice has grown so much since broadway.
@@tomrii didn't say anything about Renee's singing abilities. I meant the choices the musical made in general, cutting out some iconic lines and sanitizing itself etc. Renee did amazing.
@@nonducorduco7356 my bad! i thought you were referring to ‘Someone Gets Hurt’, not the movie as a whole
It hasn’t been made official but the movie musical was just made to boost Renee raps singing and acting career! Literally just a plant 😂 she’s amazing but I’m just pissed that she was a good guy in the end and all of her songs stayed the same (minus meet the plastics and the duet part of someone gets hurt)
Revolting children is one of the few, which I personally believe is an improvement. Not just a choreography pov, but also it just sounds better. Obviously they had a whole set vs a stage, but the film version is just spectacular!!
The Moulin Rouge film did the Elephant Medley better IMO. I haven’t seen the Broadway musical but from that brief snippet it seems weird that they have Christian and Satine singing all the lines together. The film very deliberately has them singing it as a sort of question and answer, with them alternating lines. He’s the optimist, she’s the realist.
To add to this if I remember correctly the kids are also musical kids which is nice!
i think it’s also because many movie musicals cast celebrities instead of broadway talent but there’s not much reason to do that with kids cause most child actors aren’t well known or at least won’t put any more viewership on the project so they can actually cast the most talented people for the roles
@@HerHollynessIn the musical they do alternate in other parts of the song.
@HerHollyness and the chemistry between Ewan and Nicole is straight up nuclear. Same for ONJ and Travolta in Grease, they're iconic. The movie version of Mean Girls Musical tried to rein Renee Rapp in too much and cast an Aaron who couldn't sing, so it wasn't a spicy duet anymore.
Cell Block Tango is already an amazing number, but the movie made it even better. I feel like Chicago is one of the best movie adaptation.
i totally agree, i love that that they made the songs kind of like dream sequences to lean into the fantastical and reality bending aspect of musical theatre, i feel like losing that element is where a lot of musical movies fail
One difference I noticed, and I don't know if other stage productions do this, the movie always lights Katalin(hunyak) in white because she's innocent. Its a nice touch
@KSan357 if I remember too, she pulls put a white handkerchief from the male victim, instead of a red one, signifying her innocence.
Fr I LOVEEE Chicago because it’s produced so well!!!
All I know about cell block tango is how absolutely annoying it is to Learn the music as ensemble because all the different parts in it I know me and the rest of the ensemble kept accidentally singing Velma’s part because we keep forgetting that she has a part alone at the beginning of the song great song tho
When I was 7 my mum took me to see cats and “skimbleshanks” sat next to me. I think I am traumatised. Cats still scare me to this day.
SAME! i wanted to be a dancer and i love cats, so we were like 'perfect front row let's go🎉' only for the actors to all want to come and be a cat in front of the cute little kid, which was terrifying
Why was it scary?
Who is “Skimbleshanks?”
@katielavigne2479 He's the cat of the railway train. He's known "Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat".
I saw it in London was I was around 7 too and the guy who plays mistopholies (can’t spell the name) in the 1998 dvd version actually winked at me. Then about 10-15 years later I got to shake his hand at a local theater I used to perform in
Everyone talking about the Matilda Kids (which rightfully so as they are so talented) but you guys are forgetting about the School of Rock Kids!!! They are unbelievable. They were singing, dancing, and playing an instrument on freaking Broadway
I know, right? It's a priority to make sure that if School of Rock gets either film remake or Broadway/West End revival, the kids MUST know how to play their instruments, no pre-recorded track.
REALL LOVE SCHOOL OF ROCK
Definitely! My cousin was the drummer on Broadway!
I saw them in theaters and I love the original because of Jack Black and learning after that these kids were actually playing the instruments live was honestly really impressive. I sat on the side and having the parents right next to where we sat was honestly really cool. And knowing that they made a musical from an already made movie that I grew up on was also impressive with some of the songs and how they created from the scene it was in
@@Iamyoungsheldonno way! That’s awesome!
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0:19 Revolting Children (Matilda)
1:13 You're the One That I Want (Grease)
2:04 Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge!)
2:54 Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (Cats)
3:42 Someone Gets Hurt (Mean Girls)
4:57 Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen)
6:08 Therapy (Tick, Tick... Boom!)
6:49 Don't Rain on My Parade (Funny Girl)
7:39 Suddenly, Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors)
8:38 One Day More (Les Misérables)
9:56 Santa Fe (Newsies)
11:08 Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (The Phantom of the Opera)
11:59 In the Heights (In the Heights)
13:21 Teacher's Pet (School of Rock)
14:27 Cell Block Tango (Chicago)
15:25 La Vie Boheme B (RENT)
16:21 Honey, Honey (Mamma Mia!)
17:21 Without Love (Hairspray)
18:20 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
19:12 Love Thy Neighbour (The Prom)
20:18 King of New York (Newsies)
21:37 The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
22:32 Falling Slowly (Once)
23:38 America (West Side Story)
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Some of these were so nice and some of them had physically painful movies in comparison. Really shows how movie musicals can work u just gotta like. Care
Exactly
Cats 😂
(Mean girls, cats, DEH, etc.)
Cats
@@Def.Not.Scarlett. i feel like only fans of DEH didnt like the movie, i showed it to a ton of ppl who weren't familiar with the musical and they all had tears in their eyes by the end.
Loved the cinematography and effect “Someone gets hurt” BUT soon as i realized Aaron isnt gonna sing along with Regina. i lowkey got upset cause Aarons vocals add so much to it.
Chris can’t sing so they completely got rid of it instead of casting someone who could sing
@@Rexasaurus76he didn’t add anything to the movie, he was so stale and plain
...how...do you choose someone that can't sing for a musical?... It's practically like the little mermaid live action with Erick (but they used SO MUCH auto tone).
But here Aron does NOTHING. Really, I don't see the charisma or kindness he showed in the original, or even the appearance (no offense. But being honest it feels like that. And I know I'm not the only one who thinks it) for being with Regina I think, considering Aron in the original movie that I think was in fact good looking.
nepotism
I recently watched the Mean Girls musical film, and it was fine, I wish they had added more of the songs in it, but I will say Renee Rapp 👀 holy cow her movie version of Someone Gets Hurt was wild!
and Avantika's 'Sexy' was funny as hell
for her broadway performance or movie performance?
Yes@@xae...
her songs were the best, but Cady songs... oh lord! 🙃
I just wish that they casted some people who could actually sing like Chris (Aaron) isn’t a singer so they completely got rid of the songs that he sings in the show
The cool thing about Rent was that all but 1 of the movie actors were also the original Broadway actors.
2; Tracie Thoms got the role of Joanne on Broadway AFTER getting the film role. She had been trying to get the broadway role for awhile but kept getting turned down. It's something that she talks about in interviews with a fair bit of humor.
@@nothobbesmufc949Yeah she's both Joanne in the Filmed Live on Broadway version AND the movie version!
wishing you were somehow here again gives me SO MANY GOOSEBUMPS. it’s such a vocal cord killer but jesus Christ
Oh 100% that huge breath at the end is rough. Still though hard as it is, it has nothing on a New Argentina, my god is that song ridiculously hard to sing. I can get all the notes but it's just hard. I've got a voice on the higher side, almost soprano of mezzo soprano though so I can nearly everything in Phantom and also sing Eponine (I can't do Fantine though, that's too low). I figured out Evita sat in a really comfortable range for me recently, even with the high belts, it's fairly easy to get to it's just the starting sound of some of the words, breath and repetion all combined which makes it so hard. It's also just an awkward belt, it's mixed voice but so close to moving into head.
@@bethanbaker7066 I can do Christine, Eponine, and Fantine (I worked really hard to get those low notes) and yeah, New Argentina is not easy. It's quite the workout!
@@overcomingobstaclescreates1695I wish I had that sort of range. The fact that you can do both Fantine and Christine is so impressive. If I worked for Fantine I might be able to get it but it's definitely one of those, depends on the day song. Because sometimes I sound like I'm trying to do a vocal fry on night or apart.
@@overcomingobstaclescreates1695 SAME! And yeah, it is difficult.
Sarah Brightman , the original Christine does this song justice
3:33 WHAT IS THAT?! Cats had no business being a movie musical
yeah tf did i just witness 😅
I never watched the full film because the trailer was enough of an uncanny valley nightmare 🫣
Cats doesn’t even have business being a musical 😂
@user-zn8nt3pn4v if not for memory it would never have made it as a musical
@@bmonsterI mean memory totally gave cats an actual story instead of ‘seductive cats sing to be chosen to die’
I love when the people that played a character in Broadway plays them in the movie adaptation (Renee rapp, Ben platt, etc.)
yeah everyone loved when ben platt came back for the movie 😂😂😂
@@save_banditWdym he totally looked like a high school student lol
Barbra too
Ben shouldn't have been cast in the role, but I understand what you mean and I agree, it's really good when they bring actors who have done the play before
It’s just crazy that these thirty year olds are so set on playing teenagers. Cringe.
For the most part, they’re all pretty solid adaptations. There seems to be a sigma with watching the movie version of a show rather than their stage counterpart but not everyone has the means to see a live show (or get their hands on a slime tutorial lol) so seeing the movie may be the best and/or only option. I haven’t seen all these shows or movies but aside from Les Mis, Evan Hansen, and of course Cats lol, they all seem to be on par with, if not better than the originals
If they don't cut out important character building songs it SHOULD be fine in most cases.
Yknow.. if it is a true adaptation and doesn't just change characters established over the span of 20 years and sloppily tries to make characters Shein versions of themselves.
I'm disappointed in Mean Girls, can you tell?
@@loli_cvnt5622 Yeah them cutting out half of Meet the Plastics is wild along with a lot of other weird decisions
The Phantom of the Opera's title character was a complete fail
Finally a reasonable opinion! Ppl criticize all movie adaptations so much! of course its gonna be different from the stage version but thats kind of the whole point... I completely agree with you (i just finished les mis and i lowkey feel like it was one of the best movies ive watched)
ok maybe some of the actors are tone deaf in Les Mis but the movie really made me love the musical 😂
The two different versions of Santa Fe are particularly interesting to me because of the lyrics and the portrayal of Jack are both pretty different. Jack in the new version of the musical is just another average newspaper selling boy who’s a talented artist, while in the original movie he’s a cowboy who feels out of place in an urban place such as New York. Not to mention, the lyrics are slightly different in the original version, where he sounds more, desperate, you could say? I still wonder why they had to change up Jack’s character so much, the whole cowboy complex would better fit his dream to go to Santa Fe, at least in my opinion. Also, sorry if my English is bad, not my native language. Great video!
totally agree. i would also add, they serve totally different narrative purposes. The movie version is a beginning of the show "I want" song, while in the Broadway it is the power ballad Act I closer. Just so hard to compare lol
@@marystombaugh2282 ah but on Broadway it's the opening I want song, and then it's the big Act 1 finisher!
That's fair tho let's not fail to mention just how incredible Jeremy Jordan's performance is
as a hardcore moulin rouge fan since birth, the musical casts do it so well every time, but nothing can beat the movie (ewan mcgregor and nicole kidman like come onnnnn) for me
I admit, I haven’t had the chance to see the stage show so this is based purely on clips I’ve watched vs watching the movie: I feel like the Elephant Love Medley in the movie works better for me because it feels more earnest/sincere, particularly on Christian’s part.
With the show, it feels like they stuffed a lot more songs and comedic bits into it just to be funny/relevant/ wink at the audience with insert popular song here. With the film Christian is lighthearted sure but he means every word.
The Chicago movie is straight up unbeatable and I say this as a massive broadway fan. Catherine Zeta Jones mothered the mother as Velma and don't get me STARTED ON QUEEN LATIFAH, UNBEATABLE UNSTOPPABLE LEGEND ICON QUEEN MOTHER
Agreed. I saw it on stage but that movie adaptation is one of the best.
That performance of Suddenly Seymour for the Broadway side is soooo good
It really is, but that movie version will always be top for me just because of her transition from meek to full throttle 😊
absolutely. Joy Woods plays Audrey so well and I really wish she had been Audrey in the 2019 cast recording. it would have made it so much better imo
YES! the movie version is almost equal but ellen greene’s voice and seymour’s nonchalance stop me from giving the movie version a 10.
I like that you included both movie adaptations of West Side Story
It’s interesting how this video is a mix of musicals that originally started on stage and then got movie adaptations and also movies that later got stage adaptations.
And then it’s interesting how often I prefer the original to the adaption. Like the OG moulin rouge is my go to over the stage adaptation everyday. And grease the movie is 10x more entertaining than the stage version (I don’t actually know if the movie came first, that’s just what I’ve always assumed).
grease the musical came first except this clip is from a cast that came way after the movie
The few clips I've seen of the stage version of Moulin are just terrible compared to the OG, which I've been obsessed with since it came out in 2001.
In The Heights is my favorite movie musical ever!! It is also one of my favorite movies of all time! It’s the best thing ever.
I love it so much too ❤❤❤😊
One thing this really highlights is the ability of movies to expand the scope of a song in terms of number of people or the setting/scenery, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.
Good Lord, it constantly wows me. The kids and Matilda the musical are so fucking talented.
The grease movie is just too iconic to ever be beaten by the stage version imo
OP can I request “stage musical vs animated film”? I’d love to see some Anastasia/Frozen/Lion King comps
LION KING LIVE IS THE BEST THING TO EXIST
Ohhh that's a actually a great Idea! I'll work on that!! Any particular song from an animated film turned into musical that you would like to see be compared? Anyone that sees this comment please help me by telling me your requests ;)
@granger.danger circle of life (lion king)
once upon a december (anatasia)
let it go (frozen obviously)
friend like me (aladdin)
something there (beauty and the beast)
all star (shrek, that's the finale song i think)
@@granger.danger omg you have to do frozen THE MUSICAL IS SO GOOD...
All-star Shrek the musical yes!!
I’m still so sad about dear evan hansen
It could’ve been good but literally everything that could’ve gone wrong went wrong
(And that full coverage foundation with no blush hurts me)
it wasnt bad... ben platt looked weird sure, but ive watched the movie with a ton of people who weren't familiar with the musical a couple of months ago, and not one had a dry eye at the end. It still delivers the point of the musical pretty well id say. I honestly preferred some of the choices they made, like the development of alana's character, how evan confessed what he did to everyone instead of only the family, and how he told his mom what really happened to his arm at the end, which he weirdly didnt do in the stage version. There are some obvious flaws but it really isnt as bad as people make it seem like it is
The Video: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats.
Me: Oh Boy.💀
Matilda children are amazinge
This video is so well edited, props to you. The way the instrumental flows into the songs is so satisfying
Thank you :D
In the Heights is such an underrated musical movie. Great performances, great cinematography, all around great film.
The elephant love medley movie version feels much more dynamic to me and like it's a conversation that just happens o be sung rather than a duet
I am not saying the Phantom of the Opera is the worst movie musical, but seeing them in comparison to Ramin and Sierra was really something 😅
I agree. This two had a great chemistry on stage
100% agree. Not the worst adaptation. But if you out anything next to Ramin and/or Sierra (much less together)…it’s not gonna come out looking good 😅
And because of Kristin's actres in the movie there is a great misudrestanding about Kristin's age
I mean anything compared to Ramin and Sierra is going to come up short...and I'm in the "Gerard Butler did fine" camp. You won't ever hear me say he's the best, but I've always enjoyed the movie adaptation. But 1000% is Ramin my favorite Phantom. Always sends chills down my spine and while LND is trash, my heart wrenches every time I listen to his "Til I hear you sing once more."
Yea I agree. I mean, in some ways the movie did do better than the musical, but not in vocals. The vocals with Ramin and Sierra is just crazy stunning.
Love that Renee Rapp is both the musical and movie version of
Best line in The Prom movie “look. It’s the Godspell kids”
the editing is simple but its so good. the transitions between songs are so smooth and you chose the best parts of every song without cutting them off at an awkward part
i better not see anyone dissing the “matilda the musical” broadway cast. that cast is 95% kids and they put 110% into every show they did. however i will not take away the movies revolting children i might even have to say its better
I love seeing musicals on stage, but there’s no denying the fact that film is a medium that allows you to get up close and personal with the performer, which makes it much more powerful than sitting farther away in a theatre audience.
I think Andrew Garfield did a good job, but it's not his fault that I saw Raul Esparza first; very rarely can I see someone in a role after I've seen Raul in it
Same. Raul truly is unmatched, i will only listen to his version of being alive.
I couldn’t hear what he was saying over Vanessa
Raul is fantastic
Wow... I did not realise that it was ADA Barber until you just mentioned it!!!
You know what, In the Heights and West Side Story 2021 were extremely well adapted musicals in terms of direction. I liked the Mean Girls music video approach and love what they did in Chicago and Tick Tick Boom (though it wouldn't work eith every musical) but movie musicals can be sooo good when done literally too. You just need. Good directing.
I love how the music of the title card for each leads into the song for each. Great touch!
Cats : is there
Next song : "poor little me all trapped in this fabulous show"
Remove fabulous and I think that's the perfect transition
I think Regina being an angel makes sense , especially since the idea was that they were trying to make this more like how Gen Z would see or portrayed the mean girls which were more into the Victoria’s Secret model rather than a playboy bunny, unless if cosplayers
@@pink-a-palouza7888 OK but what's the link with my comment?
Hands down the Les Mis musical outshines the movie musical adaption in nearly every way. I have some things I like about it, but I would definitely choose the broadway musical every time.
overall yes, but there are some things i prefer what the movie did! for example, i love how they put i dreamed a dream AFTER lovely ladies instead of right before it, that way fantine sings her most gut wrenching song at her lowest point
@@user-jf1hn2kg8l Yes! That was one of the good changes! It works either way, but it put a different perspective on that moment.
Nothing will ever beat the original Elephant Medley from the Moulin Rouge film ❤
Here's which version that I think is the best.
Revolting Children (Matilda) - Original Stage Version
You're the One That I Want (Grease) - Movie
Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge) - Movie
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (Cats) - Stage/ 1998 Filmed Version
Someone Gets Hurt (Mean Girls) - Original Stage Version (I have not seen either, but the movie version is not in the correct key)
Waving Through a Window (Dear Evan Hansen) - Original Stage Version
Therapy (Tick, Tick... Boom!) - Movie
Don't Rain on My Parade (Funny Girl) - Movie, because you can't top Barbra Streisand
Suddenly, Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors) - Both
One Day More (Les Misérables) - Original Stage Version
Santa Fe (Newsies) - Stage Version
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (The Phantom of the Opera) - Original Stage Version
In the Heights (In the Heights) - Movie (just for the way it's directed and choreographed)
Teacher's Pet (School of Rock) - Can't judge (I have not seen either)
Cell Block Tango (Chicago) - Movie
La Vie Boheme B (RENT) - Original Stage Version
Honey, Honey (Mamma Mia!) - Can't judge
Without Love (Hairspray) - Original Stage Version (movie has different lyrics and in a different key)
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls) - Both
Love Thy Neighbour (The Prom) - Can't judge
King of New York (Newsies) - Stage Version
The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) - Original Stage Version (movie butchers the song)
Falling Slowly (Once) - Can't judge (but if I had to pick, I'd got with the stage version)
America (West Side Story) - All versions
The Matilda west end kids are so talented like wtf
What's funny is for Rent, the movie version had more original broadway cast than the theatre clip did.
How dare you not let me hear the end of Santa Fe 😡😡😡 /j
Hahaha sorry!
I GOT NOTHING IF I AIN’T GOT... *breathes*
sAAAANTAAAAA FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
1:57 John Travolta haunts my nightmares
It’s weird to see the difference in DEH because it’s both Ben Platt and it’s what, 5-10 years later? It really shows a change in tonality over the course of a stars career.
I saw Matilda on Broadway (with Allison Luff as Miss Honey) and spent the whole time shifting through goosebumps, laughing and crying the whole show. The movie mostly gave me goosebumps, but got some laughs and tears as well. What really got me was how they locked into the cinematic choices they could make, like Matilda's story. Changing the medium from a sculpture to a painting- both being beautiful in their own ways.
unpopular opinion: In the Heights the movie is better than In the Heights the play, solely because the Vanessa-Usnavi mid story drama fits WAY better than the Nina-Benny one. Benny has no reason to blame Nina for being fired, and her reaction to his reaction wasn't good either, he was always supportive and she was not even a bit understansing that he was upset. the whole clube fight scene just makes both the characters a little less likable. Vanessa and Usnavi ARE the main couple and it just makes sense that they would have a mid story fight. plus Vanessa singing "I'm gonna find me way home without you" after the iconic "You abandoned me" "don't make me laugh" lines is just chefs kiss.
I can see why you think that but I am still extremely bitter that they killed off Nina's mom and thus, a major bit of Nina's story. Yes, Nina and Benny's stories are flawed but, first, they bring some of the best songs of the musical imo (Inutil but also Enough which is a masterpiece), it feeds into the idea of a lively neighbourhood in which a thousand things happen at the same time (and not just Usnavi's life) and it adds depth to their characters. In the musical, Camila is the heart of her family, not because she's a saint or the idealized dead wife but because she's infuriated with both her daughter and her husband's behaviour, and it's her anger that allows Nina and Mr Rosario to take a step back and ultimately make up. You lose all of this in the movie + most of Bennie's character as well.
It makes total sense that some parts of the story have to be cut in order for the movie to work but the musical will always be superior to me
@@-nina-8498Exactly they got rid of some detrimental songs (some of my personal favorites) so although the choreography was so good in the movie, I really feel like they could have kept in some of the other songs while also making sure both couples had their on screen moments and stuff.
One of the first books of music I got when I started singing lessons had this song from a Disney movie in it that I had never heard of, but I fell in love with it instantly:
"When I dream, on my own, I'm alone but I ain't lonely. For a dreamer nights the only time of day."
I love the original lyrics of Santa Fe, and as much as I love Jeremy Jordan, I'll never love his version as much because the original lyrics were just so much more powerful. I love that song to this day.
Love this... but you forgot Fiddler on the Roof!
I’m pretty sure this just proved LMM did it best. Stage or screen, LMM wins! Of course when compared to the incomparable Chita… I think that’s a tie. 😂 Glad you included both film versions of west side just to confirm that both LMM & Chita are GOATs.
That's Rita. Chita did the original Broadway version, Rita did (and won an Oscar for) the original film version. Chita also did the original Broadway Chicago.
I wish they didn’t cut the climax of Someone Gets Hurt, but I also love Renee’s new riff that she did.
I'm saving up to go see the phantom of the opera in London, literally my only goal in life
Same.
You will love it!! I got to see it twice in London back in 1990, 91 when I lived there for 14 months. 😊 it’s worth saving your money for.
I love Jeremy Jordan so much he’s such a good actor and singer
I absolutely loved the Matilda the musical and I think they casted perfectly and acted spectacularly, Alisha really did make a great Matilda when she was 12 and I think she could still do really good even now she’s 14
Edit: also the fact we’ve had movies with the original broadway makes it better like Rapp carried mean girls and Platt was just perfect at replicating the songs he did on broadway in a movie
i think one of the things that make stage musicals work is even if the story is based in reality e.g. grease is 2 teenagers in high school, u can tell it’s a production and it’s fantastical like there’s a sense of surrealism like you know it’s still suspended from reality and i think that’s where some musical adaptations fall flat because they want to emphasise more on realism than surrealism which makes it not work. like imo the better movie musical adaptations are the ones that keep this sense of flamboyancy in terms of how the story is presented on screen
That video of the Cats stage performance was the closest we got to a movie in that time period, but it was not complete. Still it was watched on repeat for me lol. I…had a hard time with the film 😅
The transition from la via bohem to honey honey was cleannnn
I liked that you included both movie versions of WSS!
It's so interesting to see the different interpretations. Some are better, some are not. Even different stage performances or different movie versions have different takes. It's fun to compare them.
I was going to say I wish that Broadway would do more movies in Shrek, the musical style, which is just a nice recording of the stage, but I also realized through this video how many music movies I like and a lot I don't. I think how I first watched can effect that opinion
you should’ve included A New Argentina from Evita! the difference between the stage and movie versions is crazy (in a good way)
Agreed!
The one thing I will always say is both Phantom of the Opera versions had a great Christine. Emmy Rossum was was 17 playing her in the movie, I love her voice and Sierra? Just phenomenal as always. Gerard Butler’s phantom always held a soft spot in my heart
Ewan McGregor is iconic! Nothing will ever top his performance♡
Les mis, by far the dream cast is the best. Amazing skills, no one comes close
Santa Fe is one of my favorites, I was so happy when my choir director decided to do Newsies for our school musical!
I often find I need to watch the stage performance 1st, because they end up paling in comparison to the films with the crisper sound from pre recording, better lighting, costumes, and more interactive sets than what a physical stage allows.
The dream girls Tony’s performance is what made me realize I needed to do musical theatre
I was lucky to see Jennifer Holiday live and it was super spectacular.
I prefer Emmy Rossum as Christine because she belts but doesn't have the same operatic embellishments, I think it really highlights the contrast between her and Carlotta.
17:26 Matthew Morrison jump scare
honestly, Suddenly Seymour in both stage and movie are equally good. The stage one was very nice with great harmonies and chemistry between the two actors and the urchins supporting them. As for the film version, its just as grand with the beautiful connection and support with the urchins, not to mention Ricky Moranis and Ellen Greene both work well as Seymour and Audrey, very believable.
Super awesome and interesting video! Thanks for making it! I like that you include both WSS movies!
The girl from the Mean girls broadway production also plays Regina in the movie 😊 fun to see her be able to do different interpretations
"You're the one that I want!??????"
I never knew they were even saying real words
The key that Mark is singing in for the live recording is pretty interesting. I wonder if it was an artistic choice to reflect musically the lyrics of being "out of the mainstream". Conceptually I get it, but it took me a few listens to come up with that. I feel like if I saw this live it would've taken me out of the moment
Wasn't "You're the one that I want" written for the movie? In the original 1972 production it's "All Choked Up" that Danny and Sandy sing at the transformation scene.
Where is my into the woods :(
OH NOOO, I FORGOT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE VIDEO!!!
Yess i also looking for into the woods😭 hope you can do it in a separate videos since the songs in the movie is incredible too!
@@norman0179 The movie version of "Agony" is brilliant!
Haha the princes were amazing! And the fact that Jack is an actual boy. But I missed the humor from stage, and Meryl Streep is no Bernadette Peters
the choreo for revolting children in the movie was acc AMAZING i was gagged the first time watching it
I always loved Broadway. The music is so divine
alex brightman in school of rock is fucking amazing. the kids too god damn.. love both versions but goddamn school of rock is so good as a musician
I mourn what the DEH movie could’ve been with Andrew Barth Feldman
broadway king of new york just scratches that itch in my brain…it’s unbeatable for me
I'll never be over Andrew Rannells solving Homophobia in 6-9 minutes
Personally i think for waving through a window the stage version is more effective with the ensemble because they're much louder than in the movie so yeah in the movie you can hear Evan lot better but in the broadway version the fact he's almost being drowned out by the ensemble kinda feels like it's part of the point? the whole point of the song is that he feels like no one can hear him and even for the audience who are specifically paying attention to him there's so many other people also singing that he's still starting to get buried but in the movie the ensemble is so quiet you can barely hear them so there's almost no way you couldn't hear Evan over them
idk that's just my interpretation
Joy Woods, you guys. I love that she found the real person in Audrey and didn't just play her like a cartoon.
you were so kind using Love Thy Neighbor for The Prom movie
This is a cool video. I hope you make a part 2.
Even Lin said it, it feels like the role of Usnavi was simply written for Anthony Ramos and even more ironically Lin turned out to be amazing as Piragua guy
Can we just agree the broadway newsies is one a whole different level then the movie
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I wish more broadway actors could reprise their roles for the movie like Renee Rapp
Grease is undefeated John is Danny
in the heights will always be my favourite musical movie adaptation
good job adding lea michelles funny girl “rain on my parade” instead!!! 👏🏽👏🏽💐
I want to see little shop so badly
And "One Day More" is a DANCE number... fight me
Y'all may not agree, but Gerard Butler is the best phantom EVER. He gives me goosebumps every time he opens his mouth.
I will admit that Gerard was hot as phantom...but...when Ramin Karimloo exists...I mean...
5:00 Broadway wins omg, like they changed the dynamics of the instruments aswell, but that's how it made such a big impact.