I love that Cinderella doesn’t do nothing in this version… she chooses to do nothing. Even if it’s to her detriment and then at the end when her and the other survivors decided to finally do something that’s when she has finally grown and she’s just such a great interpretation of Cinderella.
That’s the reason I fell in love with this version of Cinderella. She has a big character development that is unusual for any version of Cinderella (not a bad role model though with her enduring optimism). The Cinderella story has been in many cultures and it still touches a chord with so many.
@@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices And historically accurate too ( 19th century, early romantic period ... A fun detail since the Grimm's version was published in 1812 ). The costumes of the pro shot and the overall esthetic is much better in the pro shot than the 2014 film
What's to be "curious" about Anna Kendrick doing this? She's a Broadway baby with a great voice. She is also a very talented actress who has made a great transition to the screen. She will be a jewel in a great cast.
Anna was good for the film version for a couple of reasons, but her voice just wasn't up to the native power and precision we see here in the craft of Kim Crosby.
Actually every Cinderella has a different interpretation of the song that is pretty strong or at least I think so. Kim Crosby is so amazing. Don’t get me wrong I love the movie but I wish they did it in two parts so we get the fact that the after happily ever after doesn’t happen so quickly . It just felt abrupt without needing to be.
Nobody is ever going to sing it this naturally. She's the gold standard. Why? Because she's natural and she's not mugging. They indicate and mug each moment too much usually.
He's a very smart Prince, He's a Prince who prepares. Knowing this time I'd run from him, He spread pitch on the stairs. I was caught unawares. And I thought: well, he cares- This is more than just malice. Better stop and take stock While you're standing here stuck On the steps of the palace. You think, what do you want? You think, make a decision. Why not stay and be caught? You think, well, it's a thought, What would be his response? But then what if he knew Who you were when you know That you're not what he thinks That he wants? And then what if you are? What a Prince would envision? Although how can you know Who you are till you know What you want, which you don't? So then which do you pick: Where you're safe, out of sight, And yourself, but where everything's wrong? Or where everything's right And you know that you'll never belong? And whichever you pick, Do it quick, 'Cause you're starting to stick To the steps of the palace. It's your first big decision, The choice isn't easy to make. To arrive at a ball Is exciting and all- Once you're there, though, it's scary. And it's fun to deceive When you know you can leave, But you have to be wary. There's a lot that's at stake, But you've stalled long enough, 'Cause you're still standing stuck In the stuff on the steps... Better run along home And avoid the collision. Even though they don't care, You'll be better of there Where there's nothing to choose, So there's nothing to lose. So you pry up your shoes. Then from out of the blue, And without any guide, You know what your decision is, Which is not to decide. You'll leave him a clue: For example, a shoe. And then see what he'll do. Now it's he and not you Who is stuck with a shoe, In a stew, in the goo, And you've learned something, too, Something you never knew, On the steps of the palace. This is mostly to help me out lol. Sorry if it annoys you
This song came in right in the rehearsals for the Bway production. Kim did a completely different song for Old Globe production. She and Chip were the only original members left in the show by the time they did these tapings.
Thank you for posting this. "Into the Woods" was one of the first Broadway shows I saw in the 80s. I'm grateful to my parents for taking me to see things like this and "Arsenic and Old Lace." I can't wait until my niece and nephews are old enough to go with me.
Um yeah, in the original show, she actually sings the song *after* she's already gotten unstuck and ran off leaving her shoe. Not while she still actually stuck. The movie changed it.
R3dhawk No, if you listen closely, all the tenses she uses when she sings are in the past, while she's also singing about herself in the third person: "He spread pitch on the stairs/I *was* caught unawares" and " *You* know what *your* decision is/which is not to decide." The movie changed it to: "He spread pitch on the stairs/*And I'm* caught unawares" and " *I know* what *my* decision is/which is not to decide." She's singing in the present tense and speaking of herself in the first person. Plus, in the stage show, right before Cinderella sings this song, the Narrator - who's a independent character in his own right in the stage show - comes on stage and says that Cinderella has just returned from her final night at the Festival. Meaning, she'd already left and was now heading through the woods on her way home. It was originally a song that recounts what happened and her experience/decision, not a song that's sung during the action in question. Sondheim himself changed the lyrics for the movie.
Dare I say the movie executed this scene better? Actually showing Cinderella in the moment of her decision makes way more sense than just having her stand there telling about everything in past tense
Joziann Lewis how is that looking for attention. Please tell me. I simply commented that I was nervous because I'm playing such a big role. You are asking for my attention by commenting on my comment. Your just looking to start a fight.
I'm not sure if it's because the musicals premiered relatively close together and it's the overlap there, or it's just one of those things where you listen to enough of a composer (musician/artist) that you pick up on similarities across their work, but I was listening to "No Life" from Sunday in the Park and noticed that the opening piano keys of that song sound kinda similar to the opening of "On The Steps of the Palace" from Woods. (At least it does to me.)
It's mostly her thought process. The song is her singing whats happening in her mind. It wouldn't be as dynamic if she just stood there the whole time.
+Harleylover14 Her name is Kim Crosby and she's been getting compared to Rachel McAdams (Regina from Mean Girls) lol. She kinda looks like Julie Andrews at certain parts too.
There's a community theatre near me holding auditions for Into the Woods in a few months, and I want to play Cinderella. Only problem is, I'm only capable of singing soprano songs half the time (I don't know my exact range, but I think I'm a low mezzo, musically speaking.) Any vocal advice/audition advice in general?
@SARA PERKINS yeah but one is on film the other is on Broadway. In theatre ur supposed to be big on stage so the audience can see what ur doing. However on film they can capture small mediums like facial features. Two different mediums of artistic expressions.
I personally preferred Annas, there both great but I enjoyed Annas singing and acting more. I also preferred how the movie interpreted this scene, having her singing it in the moment rather than explaining what happened after. It made a much more dynamic and impactful scene.
Ah, the "what the hell do I want" song.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #meeverysingleday
Pretty much the opposite of the typical Disney song 😂
I love that Cinderella doesn’t do nothing in this version… she chooses to do nothing. Even if it’s to her detriment and then at the end when her and the other survivors decided to finally do something that’s when she has finally grown and she’s just such a great interpretation of Cinderella.
That’s the reason I fell in love with this version of Cinderella. She has a big character development that is unusual for any version of Cinderella (not a bad role model though with her enduring optimism). The Cinderella story has been in many cultures and it still touches a chord with so many.
Sondheim was so freaking good at writing the lyrics for his pieces. This and “A little priest” are genius pieces of writing in general.
YESSSS BOTH WERE PERFECTION
They're both two of my favs ever
she looks so beautiful here. like an actual princess
She reminds me more of a queen... nevertheless she played the role extraordinarily
And that dress! It's 100000000000000000000000000 times better than whatever they put Anna Kendrick in
@@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices And historically accurate too ( 19th century, early romantic period ... A fun detail since the Grimm's version was published in 1812 ). The costumes of the pro shot and the overall esthetic is much better in the pro shot than the 2014 film
@@alexp.d3689 its also white and that was the choice of 19nth century women
"Better stop and take stock while you're standing here stuck on the steps of the palace" love it
+Valentino Miller - Yeah, nobody does rhythmic alliteration as well as Sondheim!!
Sondheim is secretly the greatest rapper in the world
what a mouthful!!
But then what if he knew who you were when you know that you’re not what he thinks that he wants…. It’s just genius
@@JesseColtonBig Facts!
What's to be "curious" about Anna Kendrick doing this? She's a Broadway baby with a great voice. She is also a very talented actress who has made a great transition to the screen. She will be a jewel in a great cast.
Nick Mayor ikr
she was great
She was one of the few good things about that film
Anna was good for the film version for a couple of reasons, but her voice just wasn't up to the native power and precision we see here in the craft of Kim Crosby.
Actually every Cinderella has a different interpretation of the song that is pretty strong or at least I think so. Kim Crosby is so amazing. Don’t get me wrong I love the movie but I wish they did it in two parts so we get the fact that the after happily ever after doesn’t happen so quickly . It just felt abrupt without needing to be.
I think Anna did amazing making this character her own
Anna totally transformed the role, you can't compare the two. I kind of like Kim's voice better, but Anna's acting sold it for me.
jordy Agree. I love Anna’s version.
Anna is ugly af
Michael Rodriguez I think I wrote in plain English. Anna is ugly.
@@ShuffleboardJerk it's been half a year, manage to see an optometrist yet?
I just the news today that I got the role of Cinderella in my University's production!! Eep!!
Congrats!!!! Are you going to post it when your production ends?
Possibly if my family records it.
@@eddinn LOL
Nobody is ever going to sing it this naturally. She's the gold standard. Why? Because she's natural and she's not mugging. They indicate and mug each moment too much usually.
Sondheim was such a genius. So thankful for the art he created.
He's a very smart Prince,
He's a Prince who prepares.
Knowing this time I'd run from him,
He spread pitch on the stairs.
I was caught unawares.
And I thought: well, he cares-
This is more than just malice.
Better stop and take stock
While you're standing here stuck
On the steps of the palace.
You think, what do you want?
You think, make a decision.
Why not stay and be caught?
You think, well, it's a thought,
What would be his response?
But then what if he knew
Who you were when you know
That you're not what he thinks
That he wants?
And then what if you are?
What a Prince would envision?
Although how can you know
Who you are till you know
What you want, which you don't?
So then which do you pick:
Where you're safe, out of sight,
And yourself, but where everything's wrong?
Or where everything's right
And you know that you'll never belong?
And whichever you pick,
Do it quick,
'Cause you're starting to stick
To the steps of the palace.
It's your first big decision,
The choice isn't easy to make.
To arrive at a ball
Is exciting and all-
Once you're there, though, it's scary.
And it's fun to deceive
When you know you can leave,
But you have to be wary.
There's a lot that's at stake,
But you've stalled long enough,
'Cause you're still standing stuck
In the stuff on the steps...
Better run along home
And avoid the collision.
Even though they don't care,
You'll be better of there
Where there's nothing to choose,
So there's nothing to lose.
So you pry up your shoes.
Then from out of the blue,
And without any guide,
You know what your decision is,
Which is not to decide.
You'll leave him a clue:
For example, a shoe.
And then see what he'll do.
Now it's he and not you
Who is stuck with a shoe,
In a stew, in the goo,
And you've learned something, too,
Something you never knew,
On the steps of the palace.
This is mostly to help me out lol. Sorry if it annoys you
Annoy? This is honestly a very kind thing to do, even if not done wih that intention, so thanks!
Thank You!!
This is why I love Sondheim. Every acting beat/ choice is right there, in the lyrics!!! His songs really are like Shakespeare monologues
This song came in right in the rehearsals for the Bway production. Kim did a completely different song for Old Globe production. She and Chip were the only original members left in the show by the time they did these tapings.
Very beautiful :) and her costume reminds me of Glinda's gown from Wicked for some reason.
Indeed, this gown is very similar to Glinda's! Maybe just with different colour and patterns
I wish the ballgown in the movie would've looked kinda like this one instead of....Belle.
***** me too
Erica Bautista same
They're both ballgowns and sparkly
Just think both Kim and Anna are wonderful!
UGH I love her and I love this. I know a LOT of musicals and this one has always been my favorite.
I remember watching the first time this was on PBS when I was a kid.
There not any actress like Kim Crosby anymore!!!!
She was beautiful, natural talented, comic, so smart!" the perfect Belle & over all, Jane.
Thank you for posting this. "Into the Woods" was one of the first Broadway shows I saw in the 80s. I'm grateful to my parents for taking me to see things like this and "Arsenic and Old Lace." I can't wait until my niece and nephews are old enough to go with me.
I really want to sing this in a talent show but i'll have to get over my minor stage fright
did you get over it?
Did you get over it?
she is verry good singer
she can move quite a bit for someone who's supposedly stuck on the steps of the palace from pitch spread on the stairs
Um yeah, in the original show, she actually sings the song *after* she's already gotten unstuck and ran off leaving her shoe. Not while she still actually stuck. The movie changed it.
the lyrics for the song suggests that she is singing it while making the decision to leave the shoe while she's stuck on the steps
R3dhawk No, if you listen closely, all the tenses she uses when she sings are in the past, while she's also singing about herself in the third person: "He spread pitch on the stairs/I *was* caught unawares" and " *You* know what *your* decision is/which is not to decide."
The movie changed it to: "He spread pitch on the stairs/*And I'm* caught unawares" and " *I know* what *my* decision is/which is not to decide." She's singing in the present tense and speaking of herself in the first person.
Plus, in the stage show, right before Cinderella sings this song, the Narrator - who's a independent character in his own right in the stage show - comes on stage and says that Cinderella has just returned from her final night at the Festival. Meaning, she'd already left and was now heading through the woods on her way home.
It was originally a song that recounts what happened and her experience/decision, not a song that's sung during the action in question. Sondheim himself changed the lyrics for the movie.
***** Exactly. They talked in great length about how it was changed for the movie.
That's the joke
I just got the role of Cinderella in my schools production of Into The Woods, Kim is the perfect inspiration for my characterization.
Holy crap she looks like Rachel Mcadams 🙌🏼😱
i’m rehearsing this to an audition of into the woods, so excited
Hope it went well!
Awesome dress, I want it badly! Haha love this song!
This song is so smart!! Love it!
Dare I say the movie executed this scene better? Actually showing Cinderella in the moment of her decision makes way more sense than just having her stand there telling about everything in past tense
The difference between a stage production and a film.
@@Mooseman327 you said it before I could.
Like why would one ever compare a live performance vs a movie? 2 completely different species.
Rest in peace Stephen Sondhiem
ah im auditioning for cinderella for my school musical. Im so nervous aaaah
Minty me too
I am in a few weeks
Cinderella and Rapunzel
Ughhh I'm so nervous my school is doing this show and I got casted as Cinderella.
Puh-lease...stop looking for attention...
Joziann Lewis how is that looking for attention. Please tell me. I simply commented that I was nervous because I'm playing such a big role. You are asking for my attention by commenting on my comment. Your just looking to start a fight.
Me? ur the one who responded...and im sorry kyle...im just in a bad mood...forgive me?
Joziann Lewis its fine.
Ok....ill suscribe to you by the way for congrats on getting into da play. can u suscribe to me? :)
She looks like Julie Andrews in certain angles
I went to see this show in Winchester last year!! same people, too!
She's such a good Cinderella
I'm not sure if it's because the musicals premiered relatively close together and it's the overlap there, or it's just one of those things where you listen to enough of a composer (musician/artist) that you pick up on similarities across their work, but I was listening to "No Life" from Sunday in the Park and noticed that the opening piano keys of that song sound kinda similar to the opening of "On The Steps of the Palace" from Woods. (At least it does to me.)
Well it's rhe same composer so....
she looks like Julie Andrews💖💖💖
Respect to Anna and Phillipa Soo...but I gotta give it up to the OG.
It's a shame she didn't have a longer career on Broadway.
Such a shame! it happened with so much of the cast I swear,Like give Chip his Tony already! Give them all a Tony hell
@@S-pw2jhYou damn right!
She looks amazing, like Julie Andrews in the Rodger's and Hammerstein's version.
Whoa, memories. Thanks for uploading! :)
She looks a bit like Scarllet Strallen's Mary Poppins.
Wish me luck! I’m Cinderella in my play tomorrow !
Wynter Winston how did it go:)
Well hope it went well
I'm so excited for Anna Kendrick to do this!
Alicia Williamson haha lol yea nope
she looks like rachel mcadams
We'll I think she thinks she's stuck on the steps of the palace because she can move a lot........
no in the original show the song is sung after she leaves the palace and she's looking back on what had happened
It's mostly her thought process. The song is her singing whats happening in her mind. It wouldn't be as dynamic if she just stood there the whole time.
Woah
Anna Kendrick could fucking never. I said what I said.
For a live performance she did great but I love Anna Kendricks version SOOOOOO much
nooooo
I prefer hers. Anna doesn't have the right voice.
We are watching this play in theater arts
1:50
I'm curious about Anna Kendrick doing this.
ho is the actress? She looks familiar.
+Harleylover14 Her name is Kim Crosby and she's been getting compared to Rachel McAdams (Regina from Mean Girls) lol. She kinda looks like Julie Andrews at certain parts too.
Yeah, I thought she looked a bit like Julie Andrews myself. Thanks!
And she is married to Robert Westenberg, who played the Prince in the original production.
There's a community theatre near me holding auditions for Into the Woods in a few months, and I want to play Cinderella. Only problem is, I'm only capable of singing soprano songs half the time (I don't know my exact range, but I think I'm a low mezzo, musically speaking.) Any vocal advice/audition advice in general?
1:36
So much better than Kendrick's version
I don’t think comparing them is fair, I mean they both did their original interpretations of the role.
@SARA PERKINS yeah but one is on film the other is on Broadway. In theatre ur supposed to be big on stage so the audience can see what ur doing. However on film they can capture small mediums like facial features. Two different mediums of artistic expressions.
I prefer Kim ,i like Anna a lot but Kim gives me way stronger Cinderella vibes ... Anna felt a little bit bland to be honest
I personally preferred Annas, there both great but I enjoyed Annas singing and acting more. I also preferred how the movie interpreted this scene, having her singing it in the moment rather than explaining what happened after. It made a much more dynamic and impactful scene.
0:31
I seem to be the only one who hated Anna in this role. though to be fair I hate her in most stuff
honestly i think Anna Kendricks version is better
@@helenarouse8121 So? It’s not like Anna couldn’t also do it live if she had to. People seem to forget that she got her start ON BROADWAY at age 12.