MUSICAL THEATRE COACH REACTS | SHREK THE MUSICAL | "Who I'd Be"

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    In this video Musical Theatre Coach Marc Daniel Patrick discusses Shrek The Musical and the song Who I’d Be. With Brian D’arcy James, Sutton Foster and Daniel Breaker.

Комментарии • 115

  • @jime_maq3132
    @jime_maq3132 3 года назад +137

    Every single song from this musical is an actual BANGER!! I hate how underrated it is!😩

    • @eristineforever6934
      @eristineforever6934 3 года назад +5

      Shrek is an AMAZING and hilarious musical. I love it so much.

    • @RiderRyuuga
      @RiderRyuuga Год назад +1

      The musical is great

  • @kaitlynrubinski5269
    @kaitlynrubinski5269 3 года назад +58

    Marc is the kind of guy that says “let me rewind a little bit” and then clicks ten minutes back. Just kidding, love your work Marc!

    • @Bejjiman
      @Bejjiman 3 года назад +2

      I love the level of analysis in this one, love when he goes back!

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  3 года назад +7

      HAHA. Its so true. But once I've gone back, I just have to let it play, why try and fix.

    • @kaitlynrubinski5269
      @kaitlynrubinski5269 3 года назад

      @@MarcDanielPatrick haha yeah I’m the same way

  • @Loesgane
    @Loesgane 3 года назад +47

    watching this on netflix was my first time seeing a broadway production (I'm chilean lol we don't get many of these) and it blew me away- I started it with no expectations but now it's the sole reason I'm trying to watch more musicals :')

    • @rainbowandre9580
      @rainbowandre9580 3 года назад

      YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK OUT FALSETTOS. It has a pro shot and it is AMAZING.

    • @Loesgane
      @Loesgane 3 года назад +1

      @@rainbowandre9580 my only problem is that it doesn't have subs :( believe me, it's the only reason I've only ever seen shrek the musical and hamilton (sure, I understand english, but trying to catch the lyrics on the first try, while getting distracted by the music and trying not to lose sight of the stage movement is... challenging for me lol)
      I'll give it a try anyway 👀

    • @rainbowandre9580
      @rainbowandre9580 3 года назад

      @@Loesgane I have a version with English and Spanish subtitles 👀

    • @yourfavoriteinternetyoda8422
      @yourfavoriteinternetyoda8422 Год назад +2

      @Loreto Espinoza you would like Beetlejuice, Book of Mormon, Hairspray, they all have that fun vibe to them. Idk what’s available to you but yeah. Falsettos has an amazing opening song and then it’s kinda just fine but that’s only my opinion

    • @rainbowandre9580
      @rainbowandre9580 Год назад

      @@yourfavoriteinternetyoda8422 what do you mean by "just fine"? Falsettos is my favorite musical. I'm obsessed. It's the best thing ever. Btw I've already watched every musical you mentioned

  • @kathleenrobertson5182
    @kathleenrobertson5182 3 года назад +25

    Sutton Foster's rendition of Morning Person is my second favorite song from Shrek. She deserves praise for that one, too.

  • @lisahumphrey4675
    @lisahumphrey4675 3 года назад +28

    I get chills with that ending harmony, just so good. Do something from next to normal, Brian was amazing in that too!

    • @vanish129
      @vanish129 2 года назад

      That clash on "That's How" is sooo clean, just makes the end even so much more effective !

  • @alexfuentes5909
    @alexfuentes5909 11 месяцев назад +6

    Hey Marc, good stuff here!
    We actually did this production earlier this year. I was the musical director and wrote the Spanish adaptation/translation. I had seen a couple of translations for this number but they got the verb wrong. They translated it as "who I would want to be" and to me that's a completely different song. The reason I mention this is because that got me to analyse profoundly this piece and why it was this verb. "Who I'd be" is so good is because we have learned throughout the whole act 1 about why Shrek is the way he is, his parents told him the big bright beautiful world exists but it isn't for him, and he's been living this whole time by himself. Donkey is the first character that didn't react to the fact that he's an ogre, begrudgingly Shrek accepts going on the journey together, and Donkey being the stubborn and oblivious donkey that he is, but also a sensitive friend gets Shrek to tear that wall down and be open and vulnerable. Who I'd Be becomes this big bright beautiful world that Shrek in fact has thought and yearned about. The he sings about the exact situation that just happened when he rescued the princess, where she also reacted about him being an ogre, but in this case he gets to remove the helmet and the story continues differently, and that's why we need that beat; that's why that beat is important. It's like a gasp. But alas this big bright beautiful world is not for him. And that's why on that part he goes down the melody not up. It has to. It reprises what his parents told him, not for him. It has to deflate. It's almost within reach but it really isn't, everything just vanishes in that moment.
    And that harmony at the end, Fiona is actually one third above Shrek. The thing is, the chord their doing is on a second inversion, and Shrek has the main melody and the base of the chord, so it has to be like that. Fiona is one third above, and Donkey is one fourth below, Shrek has to be in the middle, like he's in the middle of this situation.
    Anyway, that's my analysis.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @jakesullivan3147
    @jakesullivan3147 3 года назад +20

    I love this show it’s so underrated but the problem is everyone went into it thinking it was going to be exactly the same as the movie and why would it, this is definitely the best song

  • @mswitch936
    @mswitch936 3 года назад +15

    My absolute favorite song from Shrek. And Brian D’Arcy James is... he’s fantastic

    • @leadingblind1629
      @leadingblind1629 3 года назад +1

      Yeah. Why the F is he the only cast member of Smash that got DUBBED?????? It's not like Nick Jonas or Angelica Houston OR Debra Messing were fantastic or anything (my harsh opinion)

  • @leadingblind1629
    @leadingblind1629 3 года назад +24

    Ok, since I'm watching ... I get what you mean about the beat. But I find it perfect, too. He's already been through that moment where it went wrong. Of course he'd quickly cover it up with how he wished it could have gone :P

    • @reimichacha
      @reimichacha 2 года назад

      Oh, I absolutely agree with you! He’s literally remembering how it actually went vs how he wanted it to go and that hits so differently. That beat had no right to be that perfectly placed.

  • @spadesgrl
    @spadesgrl 3 года назад +5

    This was my high school musical for my senior year. I was Baby Bear, a Duloqian, and a dancing rat, so this musical has a special place in my heart 💖 every time I listen to the soundtrack on spotify, I just remember not only performing it, but seeing it on Netflix and being blown away! The musical develops things that the movie doesn't, and honestly you can really only compare the two productions in basic storyline and some character designs in my opinion. The approaches to the story are different and I love it! What an incredible musical 🥰

  • @TeddyLeitner
    @TeddyLeitner 3 года назад +7

    Funnily enough, this is the first song I ever cried to

  • @maryblakley3590
    @maryblakley3590 3 года назад +4

    Shrek surprised and delighted me as a musical. I had the opportunity to see it put on by a local group and thought it was wonderful. I ended up going a second time with my daughter (six at the time) and wish I had gone a third because I spent so much of that show watching her reaction. Despite its giant original budget, I think Shrek is one of those musicals that's perfect for community theatre groups. There's a lot of room to play, and a lot of opportunities to showcase creative talent, plus it's an easy show to market and will definitely put bums in seats.

  • @eristineforever6934
    @eristineforever6934 3 года назад +11

    Shrek is one of my favorite musicals. In fact, I prefer it over the movies.

  • @zoew_
    @zoew_ 3 года назад +8

    im obsessed with this musical lol i love it! its so underated

  • @tonypachecomusic
    @tonypachecomusic 3 года назад +3

    I’ve been waiting for this reaction for sooo long!! Not only does he do such a good job with making each action mean something and every look have purpose but it’s all in that ridiculous costume which just adds to how impressive it is! Love your reactions keep it up :)

  • @jacewelker7907
    @jacewelker7907 3 года назад +6

    I've been asking him for months on this song . tHANK YOU!!!!

  • @schparky2000
    @schparky2000 3 года назад +6

    Marc when I sing it with them I do the higher harmony 😃

  • @leadingblind1629
    @leadingblind1629 3 года назад +2

    OMG OMG OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't even gotten to the video itself yet but THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

  • @GerhardNetemeyerPRIME
    @GerhardNetemeyerPRIME 3 месяца назад

    I feel like, with the song isolated like this, lengthening the beat makes sense from an acting standpoint, but I found it to be more impactful at how it's just *slightly* off enough to let you reflect before hitting you with the rest of the song so soon after. The way Brian hesitates with that tone of triumph is just so powerful to me.

  • @Tilla00
    @Tilla00 3 года назад +5

    I hope you react to more of the songs from this musical!

  • @captjames19
    @captjames19 Год назад +1

    Such an all star cast! I didn't realize they sunk 25 million into it. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why it got filmed, for added revenue. Regardless, I'm glad they did and wished all musicals were professionally filmed. Can you IMAGINE?!

  • @o-stone8339
    @o-stone8339 3 года назад +1

    This is the song that got me into musical theatre. The power, the emotion, the everything. Will always be my favourite song.

  • @vampirealdys
    @vampirealdys Год назад

    My three year old is currently obsessed with all the Shrek movies and the musical. I fall more and more with the musical every time I watch it or listen to the soundtrack in the car. I had to get all the CD soundtracks to have in the car bc he loves the music from all of them, too. The only problem is he says “Don’t sing it, mommy” when I start singing along with it. Except for Donkey’s song “Don’t Let Me Go” bc I sang it to him at karaoke and I guess that one is okay for me to sing.

  • @shiftfocus1
    @shiftfocus1 3 года назад +3

    I was part of a very-amateur community theatre production of this a couple of years ago. It’s a ton of fun to do, and a TON of work! But so, so rewarding.
    I wonder if the relative lack of success stemmed from the new and unfamiliar music. I was a bit surprised by that when I started learning the show.

    • @kryxena
      @kryxena 3 года назад +1

      So many costume changes for the ensemble! The wigs alone - wow! This is an amazing show, and I love that amateur groups can do it as well as professional theatres!
      I absolutely adore this show, it's in my top five for sure. I cry several times every time I see it! I think one of the problems it has, though, is just a bit of uneven tone. You have these show-stopping numbers like Who I'd Be and When Words Fail, that are just dripping with heart. You've got great storytelling, like in This is Our Story and Build a Wall. Freak Flag is a phenomenal number that gets me every time! But then you have some very silly songs (or verses of songs) that don't really add much. I'm looking at Donkey's road trip song, Donkey Pot Pie, and What's Up, Duloc - I think all of these could have used some more work to really come together. Not to mention the end of Got You Beat, but I recognize the need for some Ogre humor in there! Of course this is just my opinion, I don't want to step on anyone's toes! But I think that maybe that was another reason for the struggle Shrek had in the beginning - people maybe weren't sure who the target audience was?

  • @allanariffle8463
    @allanariffle8463 3 года назад +1

    This is by far my favorite musical. Gives me chills every single time

  • @candidwings5609
    @candidwings5609 3 года назад +5

    I completely agree that it would have been better to go up on world on the "big bright beautiful world" phrase. It would have lent a sense of forward motion and hope that made the drop back to the original melody of "but not for me" feel even darker.
    Please react to Bo Burnham "Welcome to the Internet" next!!

  • @Tilla00
    @Tilla00 3 года назад +1

    This musical took me by surprise! I found it one day, and thought, hey I like the first Shrek movie, let's try this. And I LOVED it!

  • @absofsteel88
    @absofsteel88 3 года назад +3

    I would love to see a reaction to the original cast of Aida! Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, and Sherie Rene Scott are chef's kiss perfection...

  • @carringtonpilon1310
    @carringtonpilon1310 3 года назад

    As a born and raised Canadian, I have never related more to a video intro than this! Thank you for getting through our crazy weather to produce this quality content! 😅🥰

  • @MrsSuperman
    @MrsSuperman 3 года назад

    This is my favorite song from the musical and makes me cry everytime! Poor Shrek just wanted acceptance and to not be judged by what he looked like.

  • @katherinethiboutot5741
    @katherinethiboutot5741 3 года назад

    My daughters were in a Shrek Jr production. The young man who played Shrek is graduating from Emerson College this year I think. Every single time he performed this song, I was moved to tears. So lucky to watch him.

  • @zmeskal123
    @zmeskal123 2 года назад +1

    This song is in my audition book! When I’m in good voice (which is rare) I take it up to the G at the end. There is a recording somewhere on RUclips of Brian going up to that G as well

  • @jessbrannon_actor
    @jessbrannon_actor 3 года назад +4

    I preformed this for a concert

  • @melissashaffer3957
    @melissashaffer3957 3 года назад +2

    I also love Brian D'arcy James in Something Rotten!

  • @gco20
    @gco20 Год назад

    I auditioned for a role using this song. Marc, I believe he turned and smiled because in that moment when he removes his helmet, remember at that moment in his lines, he's not himself, he's a hero. So when he turns and smile he wouldn't be an ogre, he'd be a proud hero that gets the girl and now he's taking his breath before he continues. That's the way I interpreted it and the way I use that break.

  • @huttmuttbutt
    @huttmuttbutt 3 года назад +3

    YESSS I JUST GOT INTO THIS MUSICAL!!!

  • @koriman2001
    @koriman2001 2 года назад

    He had some good thoughts and a good ear to hear the blandness of the last note. I always will sing that last note a 3rd above!! It sounds so much better to me that way. Lolol good ear!! Props to you.
    Love this musical.

  • @jaydenlopez8165
    @jaydenlopez8165 Год назад

    Im not ashamed to say this is my favorite musical

  • @palexa188
    @palexa188 2 года назад

    My first exposure to this musical was when the West End production performed on Britain's Got Talent. One of the judges (Amanda Holden) was Fiona. I fell in love with it there and then! I heard and sang the songs so many times that even now, after years of not listening to the songs, I still remember every lyric and word spoken ^^ When I saw it that it was on Netflix, I watched it so many times I've lost count. Unfortunately, they removed it from Netflix here in Portugal 😭 but I've been listening to the soundtrack a lot more lately 😁

  • @Arkazon
    @Arkazon 3 года назад +1

    I feel you about the heat. Down in Seattle it’s been awful! Also, I had no idea this was a musical that existed. 😲 -10 points to my musical fan cred.

  • @skullcrushermaggie
    @skullcrushermaggie 3 года назад

    I moonlighted as a stage hand after college and got to help load in this show at the 5th Ave for the preview in Seattle, the dragon pieces were amazing! I used my paycheck to buy a rush ticket and got to see it with the original cast before it left. I didn't even know who Sutton Foster *was* at the time, but I loved every minute of the show!

  • @mcqb_9
    @mcqb_9 2 года назад

    I loved your reactions and comments about it!! My respects to all the cast of Shrek!!!

  • @AbiS1018
    @AbiS1018 3 года назад +1

    Shrek is an amazing musical. It’s so underrated. It makes me sad how much hate it gets. It needs to come back

  • @AfricanPrincess2006
    @AfricanPrincess2006 Год назад

    I literally ended on here searching for a reaction to this song to find out if my thoughts on that last note were off!!
    The wide range of their voices set up a broader(?) final chord, especially considering how the song I Know It's Today ended with Sutton opting up as she did

  • @jessicalischak8613
    @jessicalischak8613 2 года назад

    Thank you thank you thank you for covering this song. ❤

  • @krisara3840
    @krisara3840 3 года назад +3

    Plz do something hadestown next!!

  • @BellasielBOB
    @BellasielBOB 3 года назад +2

    Please react to a number from the In the Heights movie, like "Paciencia Y Fe" - it was so moving, and the fact that she 's OBC just makes it so much better!

  • @chokwe566
    @chokwe566 3 года назад +2

    I think you should react to Quentin Earl Derringtons performance of it he makes some interesting choices and in my opinion did some pretty good acting work.

  • @ricardolscosta
    @ricardolscosta 3 года назад

    This song is SO AMAZING!

  • @donburks4464
    @donburks4464 3 года назад +1

    So. Good wish I could have seen the entire show

    • @darkhorse4122
      @darkhorse4122 3 года назад

      I think of netflix or Disney it’s on there

    • @dakingbey
      @dakingbey 3 года назад +1

      It’s on RUclips, just look up Shrek the Musical

  • @fernandaferreira878
    @fernandaferreira878 3 года назад

    The way that the light+temperature melt Marc it’s just what I came for

  • @cooperhoffman8303
    @cooperhoffman8303 2 года назад

    There’s an ending with Donkey moving up to Eb, Shrek moving up to G, and Fiona on a Bb and it sounds so much better

  • @Bluebird383
    @Bluebird383 3 года назад +2

    YESSSSSS

  • @meladisney2112
    @meladisney2112 3 года назад +1

    Love this show ❤️

  • @crazygamezzz1791
    @crazygamezzz1791 Год назад

    I would love to be in west end shows but need to learn where and how to get singing lessons

  • @dansmith9868
    @dansmith9868 2 года назад

    That third up is in the score when you get it and actually is sung in the “off-Broadway” version of the song. Think they played it safe.

  • @leslieowen5325
    @leslieowen5325 2 года назад

    I’d like to see a reaction to the song Story of my life. It’s one of my favorite songs in the musical.

  • @missyjanehale57
    @missyjanehale57 3 года назад

    From Alberta Canada . I feel your pain.

  • @davidmillbrook1713
    @davidmillbrook1713 2 года назад +1

    oof saying Brian doesn't have a huge range....I'd direct you towards Burrs in the Wild Party...Easy A flat in there

    • @michaelsterling3180
      @michaelsterling3180 2 года назад

      Or when he sang Pity the Child... ruclips.net/video/ME6BD-XYAKQ/видео.html

  • @jonettienne9193
    @jonettienne9193 3 года назад

    I love this musical it's really good do I know it's today and story of my life

  • @lorrainegearing2200
    @lorrainegearing2200 3 года назад

    Another show that was cruelly stopped because of the pandemic was Prince of Egypt. Please please please celebrate with When You Believe.
    Love your channel

  • @sirreginaldwigglebottom7526
    @sirreginaldwigglebottom7526 3 года назад

    Who would I be? I’d be a Broadway star!

  • @Karen-Campos
    @Karen-Campos 3 года назад

    But do you have a fan?! Here in TX the only way I can cope with the heat is with a cooling towel around my neck & a fan running 100% of the time!

  • @julie91295
    @julie91295 3 года назад +1

    Can you react to songs some Something Rotten? I always thought it's underrated. There's so many fun songs and references in that show!

  • @svizerana
    @svizerana 3 года назад +1

    Who else just now sung that last missing note in the harmony? It does sound better that way, I think :)

  • @tahipaenga6166
    @tahipaenga6166 Год назад

    Someone might have already said this in a previous comment, but Sutton is up the third - it’s just not up in the mix

  • @jessbrannon_actor
    @jessbrannon_actor 3 года назад +1

    Please do a reaction to Brian in Titanic

  • @PS-DLMA
    @PS-DLMA 3 года назад

    BDJ balances the hope and dream vs the heart breaking reality so beautifully

  • @babsb9889
    @babsb9889 3 года назад +1

    This gave me chills. I love the musical Shrek and saw the national tour of it. It is an underrated musical--and oh so funny with moments like this that can bring tears to your eyes. I adore Brian d'Arcy James and would love to see a reaction to him in the rehearsal for the concert of Titanic: ruclips.net/video/QzpRYtVk9Vk/видео.html

  • @tylerj7298
    @tylerj7298 3 года назад

    On the cast recording Sutton takes the 5th at the end. I believe it’s a Bb

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  3 года назад

      It just doesn't sound high enough. No? Was it just me?

    • @tylerj7298
      @tylerj7298 3 года назад

      @@MarcDanielPatrick I have the sheet music for this song and Daniel is on the root, Brian is on the 3rd and Sutton is on the 5th. But I agree. I think Sutton should go up to the Eb at the end on the last measure

  • @heatherramsay5950
    @heatherramsay5950 2 года назад

  • @thomaslatimer571
    @thomaslatimer571 3 года назад

    Love the show

  • @janellem5084
    @janellem5084 3 года назад

    you should react to high school musical the musical the series. they have been doing songs from beauty and the beast my personal favorites so far have been “home” by julia lester and “if i can’t love her” by roman banks

  • @mmarieritter216
    @mmarieritter216 3 года назад

    listen this has nothing to do with this video but I didn't know how else to contact you with this emergency that only you can satisfyingly address for me (and probably other people). Bo Burham released a special on Netflix called Inside and people are flipping out because he's a standup comedian and they don't understand the format and why it's so amazing ... but to me it is clear; it is a MUSICAL lol. And a brilliant one. About reckoning with his real self versus his performer-self, and casting the Internet as the villain keeping them from fully integrating. So my heart would literally burst if you watched it and covered some of it here; your reactions and analyses are so valuable, and I'd love your take on why All Eyes on Me is making grown gamer dudes burst into tears during their live reactions (bahahahha the power of a good musical). ANYWAY I hope you'll take this as how wonderful I think you are at what you do, and not just co-opting your Shrek video to ask you to make content about Bo Burnham's musical lolllll okay bye thanks Marc!

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  3 года назад +1

      Yea, I've been seeing a lot of him pop up lately and wasnt sure what to make of it. I'll give it a try!

  • @mimi-su6ds
    @mimi-su6ds 3 года назад +3

    i’m here once again to ask for hadestown reactions plss

  • @jacewelker7907
    @jacewelker7907 3 года назад

    You also can do Shrek the musical without looking at Lord farquaad

    • @jacewelker7907
      @jacewelker7907 3 года назад

      But I don't recommend it he's one of the best parts of the show

  • @AdventuresWithCarissa
    @AdventuresWithCarissa 3 года назад

    Who is that Amazing Female Singer you had on the beginning of the video? Can you link her channel so we can Subscribe to her too?

  • @jacewelker7907
    @jacewelker7907 3 года назад

    If you were to look at Lord farquaad do things are looking up in dolock

  • @AbiS1018
    @AbiS1018 3 года назад

    Shrek gets so much hate and it makes me sad. Shrek the musical is way better than the movie. It gives the characters so much more depth, like shrek for instance, he’s just seen as a big scary ogre in the movie but in the musical we see he had a bad childhood and actually wants to be the hero. It had so many great meanings to it. About acceptance, and that beauty isn’t just the outside…it is silly musical but it’s funny has and has great meanings. And great songs :)

  • @juffee9595
    @juffee9595 3 года назад

    Can we take a look at Heather's? I would love te hear your wisdom😁

  • @Babygurl06100
    @Babygurl06100 3 года назад

    Jjjm

  • @disgracedwafer2980
    @disgracedwafer2980 3 года назад

    This song is some of the best writing that I've seen from stage adaptations of such movies. There are a few other songs that I appreciate, but I honestly didn't enjoy the musical outside of those numbers. I'm not saying it's a horrible show, I just don't have much appreciation for it and many feel similarly.
    P.S. I'm sure I saw Shrek when it first came out, but I was a teeny human then so I have practically no recollection of it. Point is, I'm disappointed by this show but not because I compare it to the movie.

  • @ogychan9730
    @ogychan9730 2 года назад

    She is oki but not that good lost of girls sing the same as here so I am not shock but good job