there are no words... i cried when he near cried when he was thanking his family... so down to earth and totally amazing!

Sitting here with a box of tissues at hand. I was at this performance, and cried so much. Were all so proud of our little dapper darren. I believe in you...truly, I do.

I have no words to describe this man. He has grown so much, going from youtube to Glee and now to Broadway. Yet, he remains humble. You can tell that he is shocked by everything that happens in his life. But, he shouldn't be because he deserves everything he has and will get. I am so proud of him, I believe in him, and I know that he has so much to offer the world.

I am crying the happiest, proudest tears right now. Damn you, Darren, for being such a fantastic person.

Seriously, I don't know why I'm crying. I just love seeing him on stage. And yeah, it's awesome. He went from Michigan to Broadway. Amazing guy. I totally look up to him.

I started to cry when he choked up omg I love him so much he deserved everything he's gotten so far (sob)

So adorable how he chokes up when mentioning his family.

"Well sir, I was on Glee.." Cue screaming fangirls. You guys are amazing! :)

thank you so much for upload this video it means the world to me , im so so far

That's it he's finally broken me... I don't think I can handle all it takes to be a DCriss fan anymore. So much emotional effort required! It's like a frigging career... Being generally a rational human being, I can't even explain to myself why I love him so much :'-) happiest tears i've ever cried...

To our esteemed director, Mr. Rob Ashford, thank you for believing in me as well.To our genius conductor Mr. David Chase as well. And of course, to this wonderful group of people onstage and behind the stage, the "Brotherhood" of the world wide wicked family, this is not only my last show, but the wonderful Cameron Adams and Christopher Hanke.

I can just imagine him breakng down right after the curtain dropped. Outstanding man, right there.

2:47 every time i watch him say "my beautiful family" and his voice catches i just want to burst out in tears i don't think there is a more beautiful human being in existence

Darren Everet Criss!You need to stop taking over my life with your hot amazingness!

He's so, so beautiful

I'm so proud of him!!! And he thought he would never be on broadway! I love you Darren. We're all so very very proud. :) :) :)

Thank you from the bottom of my heart! And we will see you next time on Broadway! :)

The girl who said "I Love you Darren!" at around 2:07 is my best friend lol. So this is the show she went to see.... Lucky.

cool, I'm just sitting alone in my room crying because of this perfect man.

Oh goodness, thank you for sharing this with us! Congratulations to you, Darren! We are all so incredibly proud of you and even more happy for you that you are living your dreams!

Thank you SO MUCH!!!!! i'm so proud of him and even if i couldn't go see him I am so glad everyone else did because he is very talented and humble and is wordy of everything he has accomplished ... n.n

This broke my heart but then I saw your description....ugly sobbing

how cute is he

I'm crying so hard right now.

When his voice catches like he's gonna cry...*places hand over heart and faints*

Naww was he crying almost awww I love you Darren. Wish I could have seen it -3 :)

I don't know what makes me more sad. The fact that he was on Broadway or the fact that I didn't get to see him.

So proud of this guy

OOOH GOD!! I'm crying. he's he's i'm speechless. *O*

MY BABY

When his words get all chocked up at 2:47 I fucking die.

@blardybaboons Darren: Good God! They said yesterday that I had to say a couple of words after the show, so... Frankly, I'm speechless. It's been--It's been such a whirlwind, this whole ride for me, it's been, uh, crazy. So I just wanted to say a couple of "Thank yous" before I go, since this is my last show. Um, thank you to, obviously, the wonderful producers who believed in me to let me do this and be a part of this wonderful project.

@DewDrop411 thank so much for write this =D

Huh. I never knew a crowd could collectively scream an 'Aww!'.

Darren: Well sir, I was on 'Glee'... Audience (and myself): WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ASDFGHJKLLFRUJDHUI

go Darren

Darren: That wasn't the point! Only because I'm a sucker for musical jokes, Dave, give me that again! Audience member:I LOVE YOU DARREN Darren: *Laughs* There it is. Just pretend this happened! Because I planned this. . . Well, sir, I was on Glee! Anyway, I wanna get out of here, so thank you so much. You know, life, I always say life is only as good as those you get to share it with, and it has been an absolute pleasure sharing it with these wonderful individuals up here, and with all of you.

well sir... i was on glee.

Darren: "I guess I should go back to doing what I was doing before." Beau Bridges: "And what were you doing?" Darren: "I was on Glee." Oh Darren, you could have said "Team StarKid" and we would have been equally, if not MORE happy.

*sniff* Damn me for living on the side of the planet!

He looks so nervous omg just im so dead right now ;_;

this is where he belongs. love him on glee but i can't wait to get my ass to new york for his next show. because he will be back!

@ahanghay I so did! I was just sitting here like "This is a nice speech..." and then he got all chocked up and I was like "AWWWW!!!!!" :'D

2:47 That was just.....T_______T

CHRISTOPHER J. HANKE, NOOOOOOO.

Bitch, you got to go see this three times. I'm so jealous. Anyway, MY BABY T^T

I'm mad that Hanke didnt get to say anything on his last night :'(

I wanna make this quick, I want to get out of here, so please let me finish. So, about, like, ten years ago when I was growing up in musical theatre I did a musical called "Do I Hear a Waltz," and there's a wonderful line at the end of that show where, uh, the female character says, "Thank you so much for something between ridiculous and sublime," and it's been beautiful sharing it with all of you and with my beautiful family *voice cracks* who is here and who's been here this whole time

And it's been short but sweet but now, I think it's time that I, uh, I think it's about time because--This firm's been pretty good to me, and I think it's time that I went back to my--I resigned, and I took the blame for what I did, and I went back to doing what I did before I came here. Beau Bridges: What did you do? Darren: Well, sir, I was on Glee! Audience: Laughs and applauds

@JessiechenXOXO mama umbridge would be proud too...

@safetyxinxfalsehood oh ok that makes sense then. thanks : )

does anybody have a write-up of his speech? lol i can't really make up all the words..

@BeautyShock15 Oh okay, thanks! Phew! Hahah

Oh my god I came here to like and favorite this video and realized you are the Shit Blaine Stans Say girl and I just about died because I cried laughing at that so...FOUR FOR YOU!

I must be completely Lost or just stupid, I thought he just started the show, and Dan Radcliff just ended. Im so confused LOL!!!

Did Hanke make a speech!?!!?

Wait. waitwaitwaitwaitwait....does he have a wedding band on for the play!? Orrr...

lol what happened?