Dorothy Loudon - Sondheim Losing My Mind Medley

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Dorothy Loudon - Sondheim Losing My Mind Medley

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Tony award winner Dorothy Loudon sings a wonderful medley of Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy". Be sure to watch through to the end to see how she mixes the two songs together.
We made the mistake of posting these as two separate videos on our old BestArts channel, so we're glad to bring them back together - as they belong.
This video is an excerpt from the highly recommended 1992 concert DVD "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall".
Browse our website at www.theBestArts... for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.

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@joeyfortney5685 4 жыл бұрын

What an immense talent she was. Capable of breaking your heart in the beginning, cracking you up with just glance, and using an amazing voice to tell the story of the lyrics

@kimberlyhonig8030 Жыл бұрын

I saw this for the first time when I was 13 or so, and have loved her since. This performance is one of my favorites!!

@January. Жыл бұрын

*at the beginning *a glance

@646guy 9 жыл бұрын

This mash-up is a master class in how to give a performance. Dorothy Louden committed to it from the first note to the last...This should be seen, analyzed, dissected, and taught to anyone who thinks about entering the world of musical theatre.

@rickysinclair4716 5 жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right !!!!

@victorcoutinho156 5 жыл бұрын

Her eyes say so much.

@Imagio-jw6js 5 жыл бұрын

Totally correct, 6:46guy.

@646guy 5 жыл бұрын

@@Imagio-jw6js I showed this video to a friend of mine and she called the performance a "slow burn" - it starts off nice and slow and then the frenetic energy begins to pick up until it truly is a "crazy" pace and explodes all over the stage and audience which in turn makes the mashup change back to Losing My Mind so much funnier... This performance is perfection....

@bradly2007 4 жыл бұрын

@@646guy great description, she is phenomenal...

@johndalton3180 Жыл бұрын

I was at this performance. Hung out in the foyer of the box office all morning. Finally a cancellation came in, so I got to to. I was 21 with my whole life in front of me. Now, I just turned 53. Life is really something.

@davidanthonystone5165 5 жыл бұрын

This is when a actor singer artist understands the poetry of the lyrics and then uses it. I just had an out Of body and mind experience. Wow

@nevada531 Жыл бұрын

I visit her regularly, its like I'm losing my mind.

@Splurge24 15 жыл бұрын

GOD, THIS WOMAN IS SO AMAZING!!!!! Dorothy Loudon, you are a legend and I will never forget you!

@602funnybone 15 жыл бұрын

The fabulous Ms Loudon came from a time when you had to be truly talented, and want to actually put effort into your career. Getting on stage was the goal, not instant fame. I love the TRUE divas that have graced the stages of theateres around the world, not the posers that have to be remixed, overdubbed, and half naked in order to sell a cd these days

@Richie8a8y 10 ай бұрын

…truer and truer 14 years later.

@HamlettKenneth 10 жыл бұрын

It seldom gets better than this. The genius of Stephen Sondheim interpreted by the incomparable Dorothy Loudon. Words can never truly describe either talent. Wow!

@RichardWinfrey 8 жыл бұрын

My high school music teacher used to regale some of us about the times he spent with Ms. Loudon. You could tell by his far away look that he looked back on those days as her close friend as really great times in his life. She must have been a wonderful friend to have, such a terrific sense of humor.

@jaimicakes 15 жыл бұрын

She's just so mind-blowingly good.

@kittykate314 2 жыл бұрын

This is an absolute MASTERCLASS performance. My god it’s amazing!! 🥰

@paulakaye2108 5 жыл бұрын

When you've gotten yourself entangled with a Narcissist... THIS is what happens! And, Ms. Loudon sings it *beautifully*!

@FringeDweller-xm8fp Жыл бұрын

In the many dozens of times I've watched this, as well as her superlative FIFTY PERCENT, I've often wondered why Dorothy Loudon wasn't a huge star. I don't know the answer but I do know that every would-be exponent of musical theatre in the world needs to watch this pure masterclass in the art of selling songs. And when I say 'selling' I mean inhabiting them, making them your own. And entertaining your audience across myriad moods and tempos and characterisations. Miss Louden, I bow down to you.

@Vinylzilla 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like ive watched this masterpiece multiple times throughout the years and it still amazes me....how fitting for 2020 though everyones losing their minds....

@KerganEdwardsStout 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most brilliant moments of live theater in recent times. Finding a way to marry the comedic and dramatic elements of these two songs is the definition of genius.

@Joeinps 15 жыл бұрын

Not only did she " NAIL' the songs , as she always did , but she made the dress too !

@paulm2420 7 жыл бұрын

holy shit this is amazing... the orchestration, arrangement, and of course, the performer. What is going on today that compares to this?

@gauthier1129 5 жыл бұрын

Paul M nothong come close to this, that was talent then!

@rjgc4409 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing. This is just the standard.

@SomeDaysYoureBarbra 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. I mean I want to give her a standing ovation every time I watch it. Fabulous, extraordinary, marvelous and all those other over used words but I really mean it.

@etraig 15 жыл бұрын

she knitted them together so well, and looked like she was having an emotional breakdown while doing it. saw this when it aired. loved it, thanks for posting.

@Niceguynm40 10 жыл бұрын

one of the most underrated actresses SHE WAS GREAT!!! Touching one moment and so funny the next

@davidbarry8035 3 жыл бұрын

Actually she was always praised for her talents so sorry she was not underrated at all.

@dimitrisspan276 3 жыл бұрын

THE DIAMOND MISS DOROTHY LOUDON IS ONE OF THE LEADING FIGURES IN BROADWAY COMMUNITY AND IT'S N-O-T UNDERRATED !!! IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PART IN THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES !!!

@exerciserelax8719 3 жыл бұрын

She absolutely sold both parts of the medley. I was in tears hearing and seeing the emotion on her face in the first part, and then was in hysterics at the second section.

@brentdsmith1 3 жыл бұрын

Tony award winning actress, definitely not underrated. Perhaps you just don’t know her work.

@troygaspard6732 3 жыл бұрын

God love stage actors. they keep it real!

@jeh500 9 жыл бұрын

Some performances defy description. There is so much brilliance going on here. Absolutely no one could have pulled this off but Dorothy Loudon.

@MrYonexguy63 2 жыл бұрын

This WHOLE evening was one superlative performance after another.

@kakilino 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched it a gazillion times now and I can't get enough of this. what a woman, what a talent.

@blaarghaargh 10 жыл бұрын

speechless really. what a marvellous actress! one of the few stage performers who can bring the acting and the singing into such a wonderful marriage.

@andrewwilliams9941 7 жыл бұрын

Don't know about La Loudon - MY ignorance - but this is the BEST version ever. This is how is should be done.

@julianmachin3051 3 жыл бұрын

Best version I heard so far! Hats off Miss Loudon r.i.p.

@MegGyver1 4 жыл бұрын

This might be the greatest performance of all time. Completely captivating from start to finish. I hate the way that "trained" voices these days all seem to sound the same. Dorothy Loudon was in a class of her own. This is the gold standard. Every nuance was perfect.

@dimitrisspan276 4 жыл бұрын

OUR PRECIOUS MISS DOROTHY LOUDON !!!

@frederickcombs8661 4 жыл бұрын

Very, very, very few could sing this... melodies that are barely hummable... AND... TO CHARACTERIZE IT with an orchestration...just out there naked with those songs. Loudon's deadpan EXPRESSIONS just iced the cake.... probably the hardest 6 minutes of her life. RIP

@peterlynch5077 2 жыл бұрын

I found Ms Louden this year, she was unknown in Britain. She was singing "50percent" and she amazed me. I rushed to Amazon to find her albums and was amazed to find she never recorded any. If You Tube lever does another thing I will always be grateful for letting me see just a few of her performances.

@ShowtuneSampler 2 жыл бұрын

She recorded several, actually - they’re mostly jazz & cabaret standards. She was primarily known as one of the greatest comedic stage actresses of the latter half of the twentieth century. She was a tour de force all her own. There’s clips on KZfaq of her performing “Take It All Off” from Jerry’s Girls that you NEED to hunt down. I don’t think she ever got anything other than raves, no matter what she did. The sheer force of her talent and charisma was such that whenever she was given a solo song, she would more often than not stop the show cold. She was the first replacement Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd - Sondheim absolutely raves about her performance in his autobiography. She had the audience eating out of her hand as the title character’s mother in Lolita, My Love; when she died following her big number at the end of Act 1, the audience, and the show, never recovered. (Both of those performances are on KZfaq as well).

@JerkyPuck 5 жыл бұрын

Tears to laughter back to tears in a matter on 2 lines. She was a master.

@MasonMcFaddenJessRehearsals 13 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best performances I've ever seen. I have watched it many times, and I feel so many emotions when I watch it - want to laugh, want to cry, want to laugh, want to cry. SHEER GENIUS. It makes me want to be a performer and an audience member. Her facial expressions are BRILLIANT. And then her voice and the weight of the composition. BRAVO, BRAVO!!!!

@broadwayboundguy 9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, wonderfully, incomparably brilliant.

@davidanthonystone5165 5 жыл бұрын

How do you Top that.

@davidadams2395 9 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal performance!

@dimitrisspan276 4 жыл бұрын

THE MAGNIFICENT MISS DOROTHY LOUDON !!! A TRUE AND AUTHENTIC LEGEND !!!

@srtopo24 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance! Touching, funny, crazy. She pulls it all together beautifully.

@garyclement5121 10 жыл бұрын

Every soul in that theater was so blessed by the Lord above to have been there.

@jjaus 8 жыл бұрын

Fuck you! Bringing religion into it.

@joyciejd9673 4 жыл бұрын

Gary Clement what a lovely comment. Ignore the comment from the miserable troll

@smurf902 Жыл бұрын

Dorothy was PHENOMENAL because her acting is so simple and yet SO indicative of what Sondheim is all about - INNER LIFE!

@osobmohamed327 10 жыл бұрын

The sun comes up, I think about you The coffee cup, I think about you I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind The morning ends, I think about you I talk to friends, I think about you And do they know it's like I'm losing my mind? All afternoon doing every little chore The thought of you stays bright Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor Not going left, not going right I dim the lights and think about you Spend sleepless nights to think about you You said you loved me, or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind? I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind Does no one knows it's like I'm losing my mind All afternoon doing every little chore The thought of you stays bright Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor Not going left, not going right I dim the lights and think about you Spend sleepless nights to think about you You said you loved me, or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind?

@xak999 7 ай бұрын

Oh I thought you'd have the other lyrics interspersed.

@stanochocki8984 8 жыл бұрын

Remember Miss Loudon from the old "Gary Moore Show", on TV...she was a phenomenon of Stage Craft, then. How she could pop in-and-out of characters and flow with the different skits, never missing a beat, or the sense of believablity. This is a Master Class performance that should be shown to ALL students of theatrical acting, whether drama or musical, this skill is a genesis to both.

@Brent227 15 жыл бұрын

I can see why she won a Tony... fantastic voice and acting!

@hefinrosser8685 4 жыл бұрын

Not often you can say a Broadway legend but here is one!! Just amazing xxx thank u do much for sharing this video xx

@MrRichDavid 6 жыл бұрын

They don't make them like her anymore! Brilliant !

@seankaufman1127 Жыл бұрын

Dorothy Loudon was the absolutely perfect conduit for Stephen Sondheim's brilliance with these two songs. The insight Sondheim had into the human heart, mind, and soul is just limitless.

@NewRon2003us 10 жыл бұрын

She definitely did this medley !

@VS-ns8wr 9 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this Sandheim tribute live on PBS as a kid... Incredible i still know the lyrics. I cant even tell you how many times i watched this... Thank you for uploading it!

@mattjust4450 4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa S I taped it on VHS and watched it all the time. Among the first clues to my parents that I was a ....drag.

@XVMatthew 5 жыл бұрын

I love how she deliberately doesn't milk the crap out of the emotions of Losing My Mind so we immediately notice something is off.

@principeturandot4593 10 жыл бұрын

Stunning, stunning, stunning! Now this is a performer! Love her! :)

@tommymarx391 7 жыл бұрын

What an incredibly stunning performance!!!

@lucianedamestois 11 ай бұрын

Such BRILLIANCE!!!!!!

@willworkforwages 11 жыл бұрын

She was an extraordinary and unique talent. Thank god we have these videos.

@arjelbrianagustin4482 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite medley....

@edwardskala672 8 жыл бұрын

She's the Best.

@gra-emed3617 9 жыл бұрын

This is a genius performance! I knew very little about Dorothy Loudon before stumbling upon this, now I can't get enough of her! Mashing up two of my fave songs from the stage. Thank you for uploading :-)

@KIKAALEGRIA 6 жыл бұрын

My new audition medley !!!!!!

@damienburke288 5 жыл бұрын

This is sheer brilliance

@kittykate314 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best performances you’ll ever see!! 🥰🥰🥰

@jimtompkins-maclaine3752 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not often moved to tears, but this sure did it! This is what committing to the music is all about! By the way, I've never laughed so hard at a video either!

@idavo 7 жыл бұрын

This is the best piece of theatre I have ever seen. My love to Dorothy Loudon. X

@azgr8chest 15 жыл бұрын

BRAVO...THE BEST...GENIUS... ORIGINAL....A TRUE TALENT.. and if she were on american idol she would be voted off...THA'TS HOW LOW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS SUNK DOROTHY WAS ONE OF A KIND WE MISS YOU...

@Samarastube 12 жыл бұрын

you articulated this SO well...so many emotions going on while watching this. As I was laughing out loud I suddenly thought "oh my god, wait a second, this is serious" and that it the GENIUS of this performance. So deep. also, just watched your video of "It's Today" and it is sooooo good.

@grecogrant2511 5 жыл бұрын

she has a great cameo in the movie 'Garbo Talks' you have to see it she is wonderful!!!!

@MrGumby385 Жыл бұрын

Can’t imagine anyone else doing this half as well - she’s incredible.

@robertclatworthy1857 5 жыл бұрын

Simply stunning

@habatyu 12 жыл бұрын

I'm so obsessed with this! I swear she has a great voice but when she growls!

@fredericdr4214 7 жыл бұрын

Greatest show!! Thank you Miss Loudon.

@Matt-gt5ed 3 жыл бұрын

A true legend! A master of her craft for sure

@orion8835 6 жыл бұрын

I remember this from the 1990’s PBS broadcast . It was hilarious and well done and years later it still stands as quite brilliant . Her voice was rather rough by this point but it only added to Loudon’s maniacal expression to these Sondheim numbers . So funny !!

@HAPILIPINIM 4 жыл бұрын

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@johnboys4697 3 жыл бұрын

@@HAPILIPINIM gone

@sbrownie 14 жыл бұрын

Good God!...one of the best performances EVER.

@floydforever1960 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. How have i never heard of her. That's just wonderful.

@bradly2007 4 жыл бұрын

Dorothy Loudon for sure blew everyone's mind with this tremendous riveting performance, always sorry never got to enjoy this phenomenal performer live but enjoy ALL the great posted live performances, she is completely incredible a true original!

@CJBlanda 2 жыл бұрын

This Lady is Number One on the list of the Greatest Singers. Dorothy Louden

@oscar646 Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t get any better than this!

@richardgornalle4536 2 жыл бұрын

Superb performance!

@jonldn 5 жыл бұрын

Stunning

@deville6585 3 жыл бұрын

Musical theater at its best!

@andrewwilliams9941 7 жыл бұрын

I'm laughing. I'm crying. This woman is one of the greatest stage presences I've ever ocme across. How the fuck have I missed out on her?

@jhb61249 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my, unbelievable. Fantastic.

@romainlefsab2812 5 жыл бұрын

Extraordinaire !!!

@davphi6103 8 жыл бұрын

An incredible account of this song.

@COBYKOEHL2 6 жыл бұрын

I CAN WATCH THIS ALLLLLL DAY, ITS GENIUS

@stanmunro2916 2 жыл бұрын

Just Brilliant !!!

@Dionaysia 12 жыл бұрын

Fabulous performance, true to both songs in their originals, and coming up with a new meld of her own, deeply creative and wonderful in itself. Bravissima Magistra!

@oscar646 3 жыл бұрын

That gloriously beautiful head of hair ain’t hurting anything neither! Seriously, what a completely satisfying performance to watch……over and over and……

@ChetLindsay 11 жыл бұрын

STUNNING! SIMPLY, STUNNING!

@Dionaysia 12 жыл бұрын

Bravissima! A fabulous melding of two Sondheim songs to come through with a truly brilliant performance of a new composition. Bravissima!!!

@westminster860 8 күн бұрын

I love her. I was fortunate to see her in a non singing role in Noises Off where she was absolutely historical at the Martin Beck in 1984.❤❤❤ I liove seeing footage of her doing musical theater. And as the original Miss Hanagan from the late 70s Annie.