I saw NPH performing this roll when Rent first came to San Diego around this time. It was the first performance "off broadway". It was weird cause I knew him as Doogie, and he was like 10 feet away. It only took about 15 seconds for Doogie to totally vanish. He was amazing in the roll.
Thank you so much for sharing this!! Neil was the reason I fell in love with Rent. He was my first Mark, back in 1997. I've been lucky to have seen both Neil, as well as Anthony and Adam when they reprised their roles on Broadway in 2007. So hard to choose a favorite Mark when I've seen both!
I saw them both at this west coast debut at the La Jolla Playhouse and they were both fantastic. NPH killed it that night. so good. Christian was really into it to.
Omg, I remember Neil and Christian... They hung out after the show. Omg, and Marc and Andy. I wonder where everyone is these days! Thanks for posting and taking me back to some good times :)
Neil Patrick Harris is the best Mark EVER! I wish he was in the movie, the Mark in the movie is the best ever too...They kinda sound the same in the voice, I LOVE IT!
Wow. Okay. I just witnessed Neil Patrick Harris performing a song from Rent. I may now die in peace. Gotta say, I was singing along at the last chorus. Alone. At 1:30 in the morning.
Awesome doesn't even begin to cover how great this clip is, but it's a good start! My favorite song from Rent, sung by one of my favorite performers, who does an incredible job...thank you so much for posting!! :D
Neil Patrick Harris directed the Hollywood Bowl performance of Rent - there are many clips here on RUclips, if you’re curious. It stars Aaron Tveit as Roger, Nicole Scherzinger as Maureen, Skylar Astin as Mark, Telly Leung as Angel, Wayne Brady as Collins, Tracie Thoms as Joanne (reprising the movie role), and Vanessa Hudgens as Mimi.
I love Dr. Horrible. Neil is awesome in it. I really want to get it on dvd. I have the movie version, and the final live performance of Rent. I just watched the movie today.
ive never seen this before but OMG! NPH is an amazing singer! hes like the perfect actor. and as someone who loves rent like i do, i wish he had been in the original.
I knew NPH did musical theater but I had no idea he was this good. He's got an amazing voice. Despite what I'm reading here about the other guy I liked him too. Just to name drop a little..I met NPH and his partner and talked with them a bit.
Believe me...Neil Patrick Harris killed it in Rent, I saw him like 4 times...On this he is ok...But watching him in character on stage....he was excellent! To this day he is my favorite Mark. He was really good. I saw this Roger to but it's hard to even come close to Adam Pascal.
i agree with you about Anthony, about everything. Mark's my favorite character as well and NPH does a really good job of playing him. i actually didn't even know he was ever in RENT until today, so naturally had to look it up here and listen to him. haha. i agree that he's an amazing performer and the musical is great. it would be cool to see him in it, but i think seeing it with Anthony was the best.
I love this! i saw anthony rapp on broadway this summer and it was amazing. i think NHP and rapp are tied in my mind. also. i LOVED the handiphone use haha.
There are plenty of articles (just go google NPH and Rent) that prove that NPH DID indeed play this role in 1997. I can tell you that the first time I ever heard a song performed from Rent, it was on a TV talk show with NPH. And that was a long time prior to the movie, which came out in 2005.
ok I give in. You were right. I listened to another video from them singing on the TODAY show and it SOUNDS like Mark says Hear it my film because of how loudly Rodger is signing. My book is a misprint.
If anyone here HASN'T seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, I encourage you to. Because it's amazing, and I may break something important if you don't. I agree with some of the criticisms, but this is still an amazing performance of a great song, from a spectacular musical. Meanwhile, I'm running out of positive adjectives...
@joejoemasterfull i can appreciate where you're coming from with the autotune, and i'm PART of todays high school society, but idk who that is exactly. the one thing we can all agree on is that is neil patrick harris as mark. and he is amazing.
He also did Assassins and Cabaret, by the way. He's really great on the Assassins 2004 soundtrack, I suggest you get a hold of it if you love NPH- it's fantastic.
RENT + NPH= MY DREAM COME TRUE
omg he'd make the best rodger ever!!!! he even looks like the original broadway rodger
Solet Mod actually he's Mark
Nathan Lambert Rodger is the song writer, while Mark is the film maker.
Now if only he could be apart of Hamilton....
He suited up!
And it was legend wait for it....dary
I saw NPH performing this roll when Rent first came to San Diego around this time. It was the first performance "off broadway". It was weird cause I knew him as Doogie, and he was like 10 feet away. It only took about 15 seconds for Doogie to totally vanish. He was amazing in the roll.
No matter how good is this and how much i like Neil. it will never be as good as Adam and Anthony.
I have to agree. Anthony Rapp will always be the voice of Mark Cohen for me
@@LiminalQueenMedia and pascal is roger. period.slash/period.
neil patrick harris is just amazing period
"I don't own emotion, I rent" Gosh, controlled vibrato, I swoon.
I remember seeing this on tv when it came out nearly 30 years ago. Wow, how time flies.
wow, never knew NPH could sing, such a great, pleasant surprise :)
Thank you so much for sharing this!! Neil was the reason I fell in love with Rent. He was my first Mark, back in 1997. I've been lucky to have seen both Neil, as well as Anthony and Adam when they reprised their roles on Broadway in 2007. So hard to choose a favorite Mark when I've seen both!
I really love NPH's voice !!!!!
I can't stop watch it over and over again !!
I saw them both at this west coast debut at the La Jolla Playhouse and they were both fantastic. NPH killed it that night. so good. Christian was really into it to.
Omg, I remember Neil and Christian... They hung out after the show. Omg, and Marc and Andy. I wonder where everyone is these days! Thanks for posting and taking me back to some good times :)
I LOVE NEIL PATRICK HARRIS OMFG
Wow. I wish I could have heard this year's ago. This was awesome.
ahh!! i love rent and i love neil patrick harris! putting them together is totally awesome.
I'm a HUGE rent fan and a HUGE neil fan! This was great!
he enunciation is very good
christian mena sings the song i saw your face and wow from the tv show hey arnold!
Wow Neil is great!!!! #mindblowning
neil was the best mark I ever saw live!! such good memories
The Roger could have done so much better but NPH is perfection
Neil Patrick Harris is the best Mark EVER! I wish he was in the movie, the Mark in the movie is the best ever too...They kinda sound the same in the voice, I LOVE IT!
Wow. Okay. I just witnessed Neil Patrick Harris performing a song from Rent. I may now die in peace.
Gotta say, I was singing along at the last chorus. Alone. At 1:30 in the morning.
Awesome song!
I saw NPH playing Mark in the LA show. It was awe... what for it....some! It was AWESOME!!
I LOVE Neil!!! He's awesome. I wish I could have seen him when he was in RENT!
Ah i love Neil Patrick Harris and I love RENT! Its sooo PERFECT!!!!
I can see he was awesome then he is awesome now... how do he manages to handles this much of awesomeness
Is it just me, or is Neil Patrick Harris just flat out awesome at everything he does?
Wow! I really like Neil's singing here. Both of them actually are amazing!
I sought this out. Because this is my favourite song from RENT and NPH. I wasn’t born in 1997, but damn that’s good
I LOVE his "I QUIT!"
Awesome doesn't even begin to cover how great this clip is, but it's a good start! My favorite song from Rent, sung by one of my favorite performers, who does an incredible job...thank you so much for posting!! :D
Neil is amazing. I never would have pictured him as a stage person, but this prove me wrong.
Awe I saw him perform on Rent and it was great! He did an awesome job!!
omg.. neil has an amazing voice. I love him ♥
My life right now
he's FREAKING amazing
Wow i love him as Mark, this is so awesome!
Neil Patrick Harris directed the Hollywood Bowl performance of Rent - there are many clips here on RUclips, if you’re curious. It stars Aaron Tveit as Roger, Nicole Scherzinger as Maureen, Skylar Astin as Mark, Telly Leung as Angel, Wayne Brady as Collins, Tracie Thoms as Joanne (reprising the movie role), and Vanessa Hudgens as Mimi.
I love Dr. Horrible. Neil is awesome in it. I really want to get it on dvd. I have the movie version, and the final live performance of Rent. I just watched the movie today.
Christian Mena has an *amazing* voice. And I love the casting of a Latino Roger!
Holy shit, awesome actor, amazing singer. Neil Patrick Harris. :D
Neil is so great, I swear I really look up to him a lot.
Miel Patrick harrys is amazing singer and actor, I loved this man, wow!!
this is a perfect role for neil!!!!
1:05 to 1:09 That vocal riff by Neil was fucking amazing!
This makes me wish I could have seen Neil as Mark... He must have been awesome....
aww, i love neil so much!!
Wow, what a great Roger. Beautiful voice!
i'm so glad this is up, i love nph and his mark here is fabulous!
i love the hand phone neil does hes so cute! i love him so much!
he is a FANTASTIC Mark
This was amazing. I love Neil Patrick Harris!
ive never seen this before but OMG! NPH is an amazing singer! hes like the perfect actor. and as someone who loves rent like i do, i wish he had been in the original.
For the people complaining the main issue with the song is the small stage and the mic’s. Neil is a spectacular singer.
WOW!! I had no idea Neil did this!!
Am I the only one who think Neil is the cutest thing EVER?
I knew NPH did musical theater but I had no idea he was this good. He's got an amazing voice. Despite what I'm reading here about the other guy I liked him too. Just to name drop a little..I met NPH and his partner and talked with them a bit.
NPH is so talented. The day he came out, a bit of me died inside.
Awesome, this is a really hard song to sing and get the harmonies right, think they did fab
Neil P. Harris actually impressed me with this piece =P He's really good at a lot of musical theatre stuff, never cceases to amaze me, lol
Neil is amazing. everything about him. :)
Neil Patrick Harris = awesome.
Believe me...Neil Patrick Harris killed it in Rent, I saw him like 4 times...On this he is ok...But watching him in character on stage....he was excellent! To this day he is my favorite Mark. He was really good. I saw this Roger to but it's hard to even come close to Adam Pascal.
yes. now I shall find another video featuring this song and I shall be proven right.
:3 Fiancée introduced me to NPH as Dr. Horrible. He's freaking amazing. I died of pure joy when I found out he played Mark! @.@ Life is sooo good.
So, Neil is my favourite person in the universe.
Neil Patrick Harris really suits the character of Mark Cohen ... I'm impressed!
i agree with you about Anthony, about everything. Mark's my favorite character as well and NPH does a really good job of playing him. i actually didn't even know he was ever in RENT until today, so naturally had to look it up here and listen to him. haha. i agree that he's an amazing performer and the musical is great. it would be cool to see him in it, but i think seeing it with Anthony was the best.
they are both good.
Wnat to hear him sing as Mark and Adam Pascal as Roger... Would be amaaazing!
I Love it !! NPH rocks :!!!!
Neil Patrick Harris is the man.
He performed on the "Benny" tour, which started in LA and went national later..
I love this! i saw anthony rapp on broadway this summer and it was amazing. i think NHP and rapp are tied in my mind.
also. i LOVED the handiphone use haha.
I actually screamed when NPH started singing... I think i am now a fan of NPH
NPH is always AWESOME!!!!!
Neil is amazing :) I love him :)
Wow...Roger what? What happened with that casting?
Once again Mr. NPH, it was a pleasure.
Good lord. Those dudes can freaking sing.
I love NPH and Anthony Rapp. They are both so good.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH This is fucking great... I love you NPH.... and Jonathan Larson was a genius.
2013,,, I love NPH
There are plenty of articles (just go google NPH and Rent) that prove that NPH DID indeed play this role in 1997. I can tell you that the first time I ever heard a song performed from Rent, it was on a TV talk show with NPH. And that was a long time prior to the movie, which came out in 2005.
NPH is awesome as Mark. He's got a great voice.
Hee! Neil is amazing! :)
Neil rocks!
ok I give in. You were right. I listened to another video from them singing on the TODAY show and it SOUNDS like Mark says Hear it my film because of how loudly Rodger is signing. My book is a misprint.
He can SING!
If anyone here HASN'T seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, I encourage you to. Because it's amazing, and I may break something important if you don't.
I agree with some of the criticisms, but this is still an amazing performance of a great song, from a spectacular musical.
Meanwhile, I'm running out of positive adjectives...
@joejoemasterfull i can appreciate where you're coming from with the autotune, and i'm PART of todays high school society, but idk who that is exactly. the one thing we can all agree on is that is neil patrick harris as mark. and he is amazing.
@AussieHobbit Thank you again =)
NEIL IS LOVE
i can believe this is a true story...
I love them, but I also like the one from the Final Broadway preformance dvd.
Completely Agree.
He also did Assassins and Cabaret, by the way. He's really great on the Assassins 2004 soundtrack, I suggest you get a hold of it if you love NPH- it's fantastic.
It didn't suck... Literally were my exact thoughts