The performance of this song in the movie was amazing, but this one is even more powerful because you can see it coming to life in Keala as she's singing. And you can see the way it fires up the other people in the room when she finally gets into it. She didn't want to be there. You're right. Her agent had to bribe her with a bottle of whiskey or bourbon or something to even get her to show up. She mentioned it in an interview... I think it was the Graham Norton Show. She resisted being in the movie too. She blames Hugh Jackman for her casting and for him convincing her to do the movie. I think by now she's willing to concede that it all worked out in the end.
I think it was the director, he asked her what it would take for her to sing it, she said if he got her alcohol (I don’t remember what exactly she asked for) and that day he showed up with it! I may have got some details wrong.
This performance is why the movie was made. After she finished singing, the movie studio executive told Keala that she just sold her first motion picture, aka got it green lit. I love the movie and soundtrack! If you get the chance, you have to watch the video with Pink and her daughter singing "A Million Dreams".
Yes, that was Cynthia Erivo and yes, that was Jeremy Jordan next to her. As a matter of fact, almost all of those backing singers were established Broadway musical hands. Which is the reason that everyone rendezvoused in New York City for the presentation. The really tall guy who sings General Tom Thumb's line (another round of bullets...) is Ben Thompson, who had been in the musical "Waitress" with Keala. Jeremy Jordan was brought in at the last minute to sing Hugh's songs, since Hugh's doctor had expressly forbidden him to sing at the presentation. Which is why Jeremy was rockin' out to Keala while still working on learning his (Hugh's) songs from the script in front of him. After the presentation was complete, one of the 20th Century Fox execs walked up to Keala and said "Congratulations young lady, you've just booked your first major motion picture!". Keala was the only one there (except Hugh Jackman, of course) who was seriously being considered for the movie. For everyone else, it was a gig to earn a few extra bucks on their day off.
@@GraciesMom Aha! Somewhere, after I first saw this video and Hugh Jackman's "From Now On" nose-blow-out (as it were), I managed to stumble across a listing showing everyone there that day, but I lost the URL and haven't been able to find it again. I remember that Carolee Carmelo was there, but my aging brain can't remember the others. The joy of being a lover of Broadway stuck in the wrong side of the country.
@@dramac333 that’s funny David-I saw that list too and I remember they were all Broadway a-listers but of course I couldn’t remember them all either 🤦♀️. Lol. I’m glad that between the 2 of us we were able to read most of the room anyway!!! Have a great night!
I love the nod and the Huge grin Jackman gives her when she takes his hand. So perfect. Mom and I both love this movie but until a month or so ago, she never listened to the lyrics. Then they hit her and now she won't stop. She even got Alexa to play it as her anthem.
It was Hugh's emotional breath that got me and had me crying and smiling such a beautiful moment between them, the admiration and love he has for her and their friendship and her talent was lovely to see 💙💙
Thank goodness they filmed this so we can all see a legendary song come to life at the hands of a masterful singer. Goosebumps. Now Travis you need to watch the audition video Hugh Jackman did for Showman when he wasn't supposed to sing but couldn't help it. Keala shines in that one, too!
You do know that Pentatonix are on "The Greatest Showman Reimagined" album, right? They do an INCREDIBLE rendition of "The Greatest Show" YOU MUST check it out if you haven't already! This performance gets me every time!!! Great reaction as always!
Great song. Great reaction. Did you know that somewhere on youtube there is also a video of Hugh Jackman doing From Now On filmed the same day for the same people. It is also terrific
Hugh Jackman has said in his concert that Keala didn’t know, but three other well-known actresses were campaigning or her role. When the song ended, the head of the studio rushed to Keala and said she had just booked her first major motion picture (ruclips.net/video/QWO77h0LtPQ/видео.html)
YES! what I wouldn't give to have been in that room when this was being filmed...can you imagine the energy?! it must have been absolutely magical and I'm so jealous of every single person in that room who got to experience that. I tear up every time I watch this video and this time was no exception. you HAVE to watch the Hugh Jackman version where he sings "From Now On" to help get the show greenlit. it's just as powerful and shows a side of Hugh that you may have never seen before. it's been wonderful shedding tears with you once again Travis; until next time? 😅❤️
The emotion gets me everytime!! I tear up everytime I see this performance of it. Just the Raw emotion in her voice throughout the song. The fact that it carries everytime she sings it. Love it
When you said you hadn't seen this before I was thinking "dude you are in for a treat!". I've seen it like 5 times and have cried every damn time. I saw this before I saw the movie & it inspired me so much
I call these moments musical awakenings. When an artist or someone gets so into a song or performance emotions just spill out and lead to something absolutely amazing. I love to hear and see it cause it’s so visual even if it’s just audio how freeing it is.
Can’t understand why you’ve not done this version yet ?!! It’s the one that was played to the executives at the studio to get the green light to start putting the crews together and the filming started and pre production stuff too …. I think it’s the 2nd best version she’s done. The one on the Graham Norton Show was the best for me …… she absolutely killed it that night ….. it was a couple of weeks before the Oscars and she was firing on more than all her power that night !!!! This is a super close second and it was the first version of the song I heard & I was in tears throughout as it mentioned a lot of things I’ve had to struggle with at school and sometimes since because of how I was mistreated by other students and teachers too ….. I’m now over most of it but some wounds are just toooo deep and unable to be closed and healed.. 💔😭😭🏳️🌈💥💥🏴🎶🎷🎵🎼🥃🥃❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 NMHRK NMHRK 🇹🇭🇹🇭NMHRK
I have watched that so many times, it truly fits anyone who feels like they don’t fit in, this is me, and I am proud of that, such an incredible emotional transition occurred in that room, she brought it to life, and everyone in that room and everyone watching, with this performance she landed her role in the Greatest Showman, so perfectly deserved ❤️. Thank you for reacting to this video, it’s so inspirational.
No matter how many times I’ve seen this clip, I just want to be in that room each time! Glad to have seen your reaction, Travis! This is actually so much more emotional than the number in the movie - so raw, so deep,a d so moving.
As a musician who is an empath and one that struggles with confidence, I got the second hand of every emotion she feels in the video and I cry EVERY TIME. It was such a wonderful performance. At that moment, I feel like she clicked into the song's words for every ounce of what they meant and went ALL IN. Wow. Just wow.
It is so sweet to watch you watch this! I feel like this is one of my anthems. After breast cancer it can cause psychological damage but this song helped me realize that if people stare I just tell them the other one got caught in the car door! Lol that stops in their tracks for sure.
This makes me cry everytime. It help me feel so much better when I was really down. Their is at least one other video just like this with Huge Jackman you should watch. Always enjoy your reactions to video's.
I bawl everytime i see this video of her. its got hard core memory of choir for me, the song itself is my anthem. and that piano player is awesome! i just wanna be part of the chorus my life would have been made! favorite video ever was this one you are watching. glad you know it exists now cause you can obsess like i do lol
I was lucky enough to be in the audience for the first public performance of this song, at Elsie Fest in NYC in the fall of 2017. Keala blew the roof off the joint (no mean feat when the venue was outdoors) and absolutely blew us all away. I was even luckier to be able to meet her at an after party of sorts, and she was just as warm and wonderful as you could ever hope her to be. When I told her how moved I was by her performance, she gave me one of the best hugs I have ever received. She was just so awesome, I’ll never forget it. Great reaction, Travis! I love that this moved you so much.
Every time I watch this it’s like a religious experience almost. You forget you’re watching it at home on a screen and you’re just transported into that room and there’s nothing like it. NOTHING.
Raw and triumphant. One of my absolute favorite videos; brings me to tears every time I watch it. Thank you for reacting to this one, Travis! Still waiting for Yebba 😉
This is such a spiritual experience every time I watch this!!! As well as Hughes. I tear up every time and when Hugh Says huh and points up I loose it. When I hear the song I always add that part in it...lol the energy in this room is undeniable! Please watch Hughes as well...you won't be disappointed!!!
I am so so happy that you reacted to this one! if I had to choose a song to represent my life, 'This is me" would be the one I would choose HANDS DOWN 100%!
The first time I saw this it had me broken in tears and still gets me every so often too….. I love love love this version. You should check out the version on The Graham Norton Show & the interview.. it’s really funny with a surprise for everyone too !!!
I’m so pissed at RUclips for never recommending this channel to me before. Like, RUclips, you’ve known me for years, wtf?! Also, my exact reaction the first time I saw this video regarding Cynthia and Jeremy was IDENTICAL. hahaha definitely subscribing!!
I had seen this before and watched it several times - gets me every time, but this time watching your reaction.........wow! it is an incredible performance by Keala :-)
I just stumbled upon your channel and am now subscribed. Of all her performances of this song, this is my favorite. Keala's vulnerability is so apparent in this video. I love her transition from that vulnerability to a real powerhouse. The moment that always breaks me is when she takes Hugh's hand and you can hear the tears in her voice.
I love your reaction to this video. I have watched it 100 times if I've watched it once. Jeremy was there to help out and Hugh was unable to sing that day because of a cancer surgery he had on this nose. This was the moment the movie was SOLD. I cry each time I see it because it is so time appropriate. Not a movie I thought I'd like and I was CRAZY about it, the music, the characters, and the actors.
I love this so much! You see her come alive, you see the chorus start to smile and get into it as Keala comes to life, and then she's cheering them on and bringing more of a genuine reaction out of them! There's another one like this of Hugh singing "From now on." He's not supposed to be singing, because he just had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his nose. It's pretty powerful too.
I am who I AM, & who I'm not I'll NEVER be!!! This is my anthem!!! Funfact: Hugh had just had surgery on his nose to remove a lesion & had stitches so he wasn't supposed to sing From Now On at the greenlight. He was supposed to act it out as someone else sang. He was SO moved by Keala that he couldn't help but to start to sing & that one is also available on youtube. The energy in that room was electric!!!!!!!
Subscribed. I have been through hell the last two months and I ended up here from your We Don't Talk About Bruno reaction. I haven't seen a reaction to this song in ages, but I LOVE it. Somehow your wrap up at the end was just what I needed to hear right now and it was cathartic. I am thrilled to be a new fan. Thank you. 😊
This is on my personal playlist! When I am feeling down in ANY way, this is the song I listen to to purge those toxins clouding my thoughts and feelings. I am renewed and rejuvenated. BTW: the piano player wrote the song. How amazing this must have been for him to see it come to life.
Thank you, Travis. Love this song, had never seen this video before your livestream. Where would we be, how would we have survived the last two years without RUclips and MUSIC?!?!? Love your reactions and raw emotion, thank you. Keep ‘em coming...more please.
I know it’s several years later, but nobody mentioned that there was a pretty famous singer in that ensemble. Each time the camera pans to the right. The young lady in the ensemble, with the curly hair in the front row, wearing black and burgundy is Loren Allred, the singer of Never Enough. By the way, she just sang a new version of Never Enough on AGT Fantasy League in January. Mind blowing.
Keala didn't just sing it, she lived it. She says that she was successfully hiding in NYC, she became who she is "meant to be" during this performance of this song.
This isn't just the first time some people heard the song. It's the moment she finally broke out and embodied the character. That, in itself is a rare and perilous and powerful moment.
Jeremy Jordan was doing all the songs during this Greenlight session because Hugh had just had cancer surgery a day or two before. at 7:15 as the camera pans left, you'll also see Andrew Keenan-Bolger, who played Crutchie opposite Jordan in the movie of "Newsies" Broadway production. LOTS of famous people were in this Greenlight session to get the movie approved.
The performance of this song in the movie was amazing, but this one is even more powerful because you can see it coming to life in Keala as she's singing. And you can see the way it fires up the other people in the room when she finally gets into it.
She didn't want to be there. You're right. Her agent had to bribe her with a bottle of whiskey or bourbon or something to even get her to show up. She mentioned it in an interview... I think it was the Graham Norton Show. She resisted being in the movie too. She blames Hugh Jackman for her casting and for him convincing her to do the movie.
I think by now she's willing to concede that it all worked out in the end.
I think it was the director, he asked her what it would take for her to sing it, she said if he got her alcohol (I don’t remember what exactly she asked for) and that day he showed up with it!
I may have got some details wrong.
I think it was a bottle of Jameson (not sure the spelling) that she asked for
I'm glad she's in it :D wouldn't be the same without her ♥
Honestly watching her anxiously put aside the music stand and then the power she finds just. Tears.
This performance is why the movie was made. After she finished singing, the movie studio executive told Keala that she just sold her first motion picture, aka got it green lit. I love the movie and soundtrack! If you get the chance, you have to watch the video with Pink and her daughter singing "A Million Dreams".
Yes, that was Cynthia Erivo and yes, that was Jeremy Jordan next to her. As a matter of fact, almost all of those backing singers were established Broadway musical hands. Which is the reason that everyone rendezvoused in New York City for the presentation. The really tall guy who sings General Tom Thumb's line (another round of bullets...) is Ben Thompson, who had been in the musical "Waitress" with Keala. Jeremy Jordan was brought in at the last minute to sing Hugh's songs, since Hugh's doctor had expressly forbidden him to sing at the presentation. Which is why Jeremy was rockin' out to Keala while still working on learning his (Hugh's) songs from the script in front of him. After the presentation was complete, one of the 20th Century Fox execs walked up to Keala and said "Congratulations young lady, you've just booked your first major motion picture!". Keala was the only one there (except Hugh Jackman, of course) who was seriously being considered for the movie. For everyone else, it was a gig to earn a few extra bucks on their day off.
Lauren Allred was also in the room (to the left of male singer in the second row). She’s the powerhouse behind Never Enough.
@@GraciesMom Aha! Somewhere, after I first saw this video and Hugh Jackman's "From Now On" nose-blow-out (as it were), I managed to stumble across a listing showing everyone there that day, but I lost the URL and haven't been able to find it again. I remember that Carolee Carmelo was there, but my aging brain can't remember the others. The joy of being a lover of Broadway stuck in the wrong side of the country.
@@dramac333 that’s funny David-I saw that list too and I remember they were all Broadway a-listers but of course I couldn’t remember them all either 🤦♀️. Lol. I’m glad that between the 2 of us we were able to read most of the room anyway!!! Have a great night!
And Caroline Bowman, she’s played Elphaba and is currently on tour as Elsa.
And Carrie Manolakos and Alison Luff. Tons of musical theater talent in that room
I cry every single time I watch this! You can literally visually see her confidence grow from the start! Love it! 💗
I love the nod and the Huge grin Jackman gives her when she takes his hand. So perfect.
Mom and I both love this movie but until a month or so ago, she never listened to the lyrics. Then they hit her and now she won't stop. She even got Alexa to play it as her anthem.
I feel like that was the exact moment Hugh knew yea this movie is getting made and Keala is going to be in it.
Something about the pure joy on Hugh Jackman's face dancing around with his apple... wrecks me every time. Magic indeed.
It was Hugh's emotional breath that got me and had me crying and smiling such a beautiful moment between them, the admiration and love he has for her and their friendship and her talent was lovely to see 💙💙
I think it’s become so many people’s mantras and anthems. So inspirational…
Thank goodness they filmed this so we can all see a legendary song come to life at the hands of a masterful singer. Goosebumps. Now Travis you need to watch the audition video Hugh Jackman did for Showman when he wasn't supposed to sing but couldn't help it. Keala shines in that one, too!
Yes! That is also soo good!
You do know that Pentatonix are on "The Greatest Showman Reimagined" album, right? They do an INCREDIBLE rendition of "The Greatest Show" YOU MUST check it out if you haven't already! This performance gets me every time!!! Great reaction as always!
I LOVE THIS COMMENT!!!
I love their rendition of The Greatest Show!!
Love It! 💕
Waaaatttt .. Thank you for this comment, because it didn't know that!! I'm heading there now lol
I didn't even know that 😯🙂
Not as good as the original
Great song. Great reaction. Did you know that somewhere on youtube there is also a video of Hugh Jackman doing From Now On filmed the same day for the same people. It is also terrific
Where Hugh jackman was told not to sing after having a cancer removed from his nose brilliant
The control she has of her voice. From soft and thin at the start to blowing the walls out. How is she not huge?
Hugh Jackman has said in his concert that Keala didn’t know, but three other well-known actresses were campaigning or her role. When the song ended, the head of the studio rushed to Keala and said she had just booked her first major motion picture (ruclips.net/video/QWO77h0LtPQ/видео.html)
YES! what I wouldn't give to have been in that room when this was being filmed...can you imagine the energy?! it must have been absolutely magical and I'm so jealous of every single person in that room who got to experience that. I tear up every time I watch this video and this time was no exception. you HAVE to watch the Hugh Jackman version where he sings "From Now On" to help get the show greenlit. it's just as powerful and shows a side of Hugh that you may have never seen before. it's been wonderful shedding tears with you once again Travis; until next time? 😅❤️
I’m with you Travis…obsessed with that movie! I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched it and blared the soundtrack in my car! It’s amazing!
I saw it 3 or 4 times just in theater lol
The moment at 8:09 when Hugh releases his breath in honest reaction to Keala singing to him, is GOLD!
So many great parts but that moment of pure emotion got me
I watch this version of the song everytime I'm feeling super down cause her performance and all the supportive energy in the room is just so uplifting
The emotion gets me everytime!! I tear up everytime I see this performance of it. Just the Raw emotion in her voice throughout the song. The fact that it carries everytime she sings it. Love it
How amazing is that? I watch her sing this song when I need my soul filled
I’ve loved this video for a while. It makes me tear up every time. Loved your reaction too. You really get it.
This will never get old. And every time it touches me deeply. Great reaction.
The moment she reaches out for Hugh Jackman's hand gets me EVERY time. You can feel that she really feels the song and she means every single word!
When you said you hadn't seen this before I was thinking "dude you are in for a treat!". I've seen it like 5 times and have cried every damn time. I saw this before I saw the movie & it inspired me so much
I call these moments musical awakenings. When an artist or someone gets so into a song or performance emotions just spill out and lead to something absolutely amazing. I love to hear and see it cause it’s so visual even if it’s just audio how freeing it is.
This reaction is two seconds in and I’m gonna tell you right now that there is never a time I watch this performance and don’t bawl my eyes out
Can’t understand why you’ve not done this version yet ?!! It’s the one that was played to the executives at the studio to get the green light to start putting the crews together and the filming started and pre production stuff too …. I think it’s the 2nd best version she’s done. The one on the Graham Norton Show was the best for me …… she absolutely killed it that night ….. it was a couple of weeks before the Oscars and she was firing on more than all her power that night !!!! This is a super close second and it was the first version of the song I heard & I was in tears throughout as it mentioned a lot of things I’ve had to struggle with at school and sometimes since because of how I was mistreated by other students and teachers too ….. I’m now over most of it but some wounds are just toooo deep and unable to be closed and healed.. 💔😭😭🏳️🌈💥💥🏴🎶🎷🎵🎼🥃🥃❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 NMHRK NMHRK 🇹🇭🇹🇭NMHRK
This is my favorite performance of this song. It's so raw and emotional.
I still get goose bumps when I watch this!!
Same! Not me crying alone in a hotel room.
I have watched that so many times, it truly fits anyone who feels like they don’t fit in, this is me, and I am proud of that, such an incredible emotional transition occurred in that room, she brought it to life, and everyone in that room and everyone watching, with this performance she landed her role in the Greatest Showman, so perfectly deserved ❤️. Thank you for reacting to this video, it’s so inspirational.
This performance makes me cry EVERY time! Love it!! Great reaction, thanks for sharing! 💚
I have seen this a thousand times and I still cry every time. It’s beautiful.
No matter how many times I’ve seen this clip, I just want to be in that room each time! Glad to have seen your reaction, Travis! This is actually so much more emotional than the number in the movie - so raw, so deep,a d so moving.
I’m crying and so touched 😢
As a musician who is an empath and one that struggles with confidence, I got the second hand of every emotion she feels in the video and I cry EVERY TIME. It was such a wonderful performance. At that moment, I feel like she clicked into the song's words for every ounce of what they meant and went ALL IN. Wow. Just wow.
One of the best movies ever made and this recording session straight up takes us to church!!! You can just feel the love and joy in that room ♥
It is so sweet to watch you watch this! I feel like this is one of my anthems. After breast cancer it can cause psychological damage but this song helped me realize that if people stare I just tell them the other one got caught in the car door! Lol that stops in their tracks for sure.
After years Later I'm still obsessed with this song. My #1 still
This makes me cry everytime. It help me feel so much better when I was really down. Their is at least one other video just like this with Huge Jackman you should watch. Always enjoy your reactions to video's.
thank you so much for this ... and you are so adorable!
I bawl everytime i see this video of her. its got hard core memory of choir for me, the song itself is my anthem. and that piano player is awesome! i just wanna be part of the chorus my life would have been made! favorite video ever was this one you are watching. glad you know it exists now cause you can obsess like i do lol
This hits me every time I watch it and your reaction made it even more special. Thank you!
I’ve watched that recording dozens of times now and I still cry every time. Just so powerful. Thanks for reviewing it!
I was lucky enough to be in the audience for the first public performance of this song, at Elsie Fest in NYC in the fall of 2017. Keala blew the roof off the joint (no mean feat when the venue was outdoors) and absolutely blew us all away. I was even luckier to be able to meet her at an after party of sorts, and she was just as warm and wonderful as you could ever hope her to be. When I told her how moved I was by her performance, she gave me one of the best hugs I have ever received. She was just so awesome, I’ll never forget it. Great reaction, Travis! I love that this moved you so much.
Wow ! What an amazing experience for you !
How can you not smile through this! I watched this performance probably a hundred time.
SO good! Tears every time, and as the song says, I make no apologies. Thanks for reacting!
Every time I watch this it’s like a religious experience almost. You forget you’re watching it at home on a screen and you’re just transported into that room and there’s nothing like it. NOTHING.
Raw and triumphant. One of my absolute favorite videos; brings me to tears every time I watch it. Thank you for reacting to this one, Travis! Still waiting for Yebba 😉
This clip always makes me tear up and gives me goosebumps. Something about the emotions in the room just gets me every time.
This is such a spiritual experience every time I watch this!!! As well as Hughes. I tear up every time and when Hugh Says huh and points up I loose it. When I hear the song I always add that part in it...lol the energy in this room is undeniable! Please watch Hughes as well...you won't be disappointed!!!
Oh my WOW, thank you for sharing. My son sang a solo from this song in his dance recital and I was so moved. Truly an anthem for us all.
I can watch this every day and it is so inspirational!!!!
Keala was so nervous at the start, but seeing her and the rest of the cast come alive during this is the best thing ever.
That was absolutely spectacular and one of my favorite tracks from the movie. Keep up the fantastic reactions.
That was a special reaction Travis. Great song. This song speaks to everyone.
I love watching the feedback loop between Keala and the chorus. They are pumping each other up.
It’s glorious to watch and experience. I cry every time.
I get chills every time I watch this movie or hear this song.
Have watched so many times. Such a song of truth!
Beautiful reaction to this beautiful performance video. Thank you.
I am so so happy that you reacted to this one! if I had to choose a song to represent my life, 'This is me" would be the one I would choose HANDS DOWN 100%!
Yep, started crying again. Such an awesome song!
Love this! I have watched this so many times, and it always picks me up! Tears every time!
I cry and get goosebumps everytime I watch this
I've seen this video and the video clip from the movie SO many times, but I still get chills every time😊
This song is great and gets me right in the feels especially this performance
I have waited so long to see someone react the way I have to this video. This was truly special - Thank you
Check out the one the did for From Now On! Omg! It’s so powerful!
Totally!
The first time I saw this it had me broken in tears and still gets me every so often too….. I love love love this version.
You should check out the version on The Graham Norton Show & the interview.. it’s really funny with a surprise for everyone too !!!
I’m so pissed at RUclips for never recommending this channel to me before. Like, RUclips, you’ve known me for years, wtf?! Also, my exact reaction the first time I saw this video regarding Cynthia and Jeremy was IDENTICAL. hahaha definitely subscribing!!
As soon as l saw you were reacting to this l knew there would be tears. Great reaction.
I had seen this before and watched it several times - gets me every time, but this time watching your reaction.........wow! it is an incredible performance by Keala :-)
A stunning performance. She inspires me!! Loving your channel!
You reacted exactly the way I did - and still do, so many years in!
I just stumbled upon your channel and am now subscribed.
Of all her performances of this song, this is my favorite. Keala's vulnerability is so apparent in this video. I love her transition from that vulnerability to a real powerhouse. The moment that always breaks me is when she takes Hugh's hand and you can hear the tears in her voice.
This always makes me cry so much. Powerful-
I love your reaction to this video. I have watched it 100 times if I've watched it once. Jeremy was there to help out and Hugh was unable to sing that day because of a cancer surgery he had on this nose. This was the moment the movie was SOLD. I cry each time I see it because it is so time appropriate. Not a movie I thought I'd like and I was CRAZY about it, the music, the characters, and the actors.
I love this so much! You see her come alive, you see the chorus start to smile and get into it as Keala comes to life, and then she's cheering them on and bringing more of a genuine reaction out of them!
There's another one like this of Hugh singing "From now on." He's not supposed to be singing, because he just had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his nose. It's pretty powerful too.
I am who I AM, & who I'm not I'll NEVER be!!! This is my anthem!!! Funfact: Hugh had just had surgery on his nose to remove a lesion & had stitches so he wasn't supposed to sing From Now On at the greenlight. He was supposed to act it out as someone else sang. He was SO moved by Keala that he couldn't help but to start to sing & that one is also available on youtube. The energy in that room was electric!!!!!!!
I seriously watch this at least once a week since I found the video last year. It makes me cry every time!
So beautiful! I enjoyed that happy cry with you!
Nailed that description of how she started feeling the song and steps out then owns it!!
Subscribed. I have been through hell the last two months and I ended up here from your We Don't Talk About Bruno reaction. I haven't seen a reaction to this song in ages, but I LOVE it. Somehow your wrap up at the end was just
what I needed to hear right now and it was cathartic. I am thrilled to be a new fan. Thank you. 😊
Thank you for subbing ❤️ lots for you to catch up on !
I'm with you ! Tears..chills..love !
This is on my personal playlist! When I am feeling down in ANY way, this is the song I listen to to purge those toxins clouding my thoughts and feelings. I am renewed and rejuvenated.
BTW: the piano player wrote the song. How amazing this must have been for him to see it come to life.
Thank you for your wonderfully emotional reaction 💕💕💕💕
This one always gets to me. I love it.
This is my anthem and I love this so much!
Thank you, Travis. Love this song, had never seen this video before your livestream. Where would we be, how would we have survived the last two years without RUclips and MUSIC?!?!? Love your reactions and raw emotion, thank you. Keep ‘em coming...more please.
Every time i listen to this song I cry no matter now many times i listen.
I had the same reaction to this video the first time I saw it! I had to watch it over and over again! I loved this movie!
I know it’s several years later, but nobody mentioned that there was a pretty famous singer in that ensemble. Each time the camera pans to the right. The young lady in the ensemble, with the curly hair in the front row, wearing black and burgundy is Loren Allred, the singer of Never Enough. By the way, she just sang a new version of Never Enough on AGT Fantasy League in January. Mind blowing.
I’m with you. It’s one of the best movies ever made. I watch it over and over.
Keala didn't just sing it, she lived it. She says that she was successfully hiding in NYC, she became who she is "meant to be" during this performance of this song.
This isn't just the first time some people heard the song. It's the moment she finally broke out and embodied the character. That, in itself is a rare and perilous and powerful moment.
Jeremy Jordan was doing all the songs during this Greenlight session because Hugh had just had cancer surgery a day or two before. at 7:15 as the camera pans left, you'll also see Andrew Keenan-Bolger, who played Crutchie opposite Jordan in the movie of "Newsies" Broadway production. LOTS of famous people were in this Greenlight session to get the movie approved.
Just beautiful
Absolutely amazing! I loved the movie and I love her performance in this workshop!! Gave me chills!!!!
Love love love this video and love Travis!!
This always makes me cry!!