It's insane.

Comparing this to her tony performance??? Amazing

And singing this at 8 am in the morning!

Omg was thinking the same sooo different

season 3 of Glee she started having more control of her voice generally. You can say she was coached. All her extra, unnecessary breathiness are gone.

I kinda wish she didn't

@@user-hx8rh6km6d It would sound terrible if she did. This is a live performance without perks of enclosed theater space. The glee version is quite honestly impossible to replicate live, specially the pacing. Lea has monstrous vocals and impressive breathing technique, but even that is not enough.

@@jensenkansas567 none of that is the reason - the original Broadway version is different to the movie (and glee) version

@@StarfireMajesty wdym? I'm just saying it would sound terrible.

This is a very safe version, with much smaller variations that the version she did on Glee. It's not as flamboyant, but safer to pull when singing live without a chance to have it edited.

Please don’t get me wrong, I absolutely freaking loved her in glee TBH. She was the only reason I even watched the show, but this is a whole Nother freaking level. Absolutely freaking amazing.

I mean, that’s usually what happens when singers continue singing over the years they continuously improve

@@SnowCoveredKK I think she’s amazing.

OMG you're right! Who would've thought that a singer's voice, management, and ability change over the years? Like, that is NOT the natural course of life

yes? typically singers only improve as they get older lol

This person is a homophobic, racist, horrible person! So she can sing. Does that erase all the HORRIFIC things she has done to people over the years! WHY DOES SHE GET A PASS???

it's a master piece

Literally been saying the same thing

if living a dream means walking all over everyone to get what you think you want, then, yeah, she's living the dream ... Margo Channing: _Funny business, a woman's career, the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman_

@@Marcel_Audubon so glad someone commented this everyones just praising her

how Lucky!!

was it as empty as it looked?

@@hidekiarao3782 no the theatre was packed! so many standing ovations too! she was amazing. I saw her last week

@@lexie760 wait people did standing ovations during the show? Like not just at the end? That’s so cool

@@camerond7654 I saw it with lea Michele live too and yes they were applauding her in the middle of the song- many people couldnt even contain themselves they were so overhwhelmed with such a great song and performance. it was packed - no empty seats in the entire theatre and bedlam afterwards at the stage door with police and barricades- like the prepandemic old days with a big star in the cast- very exciting- real broadway experience

OMG exactly what I thought! So annoyed that it was hard to hear her amazing voice finishing the song because people just couldn’t wait a few seconds more to clap!! 🙃

Yes dude!!!

Oof--hoping people will have calmed down by the time I see this in December so I can hear her sing the whole thing. But, probably not. 😕

YESSSS OMG

lol granted I have not been to the theater but saw a little bootleg clip and it was awful the amount of interruptions

Well, the actress that originated the role back in 1964 wasn't known for being the easiest person to work with, but she was able to take the role and make it hers for 50+ years. Glad to see Lea Michelle has a voice and talent worthy of leading the first Broadway revival of the show since the original closed in the mid-60s.

@@balesjo that's a good point. I've heard Babs to be difficult. And I still admire her amazing talent.

The "difficult" label is an incorrect very unfair archetype that some will attach to women who are perfectionist regarding their work. Reminds me of a Barbra Streisand documentary from many years ago. She was fighting with a music producer because he'd removed a small segment of music from a song that she'd written. The conflict was about her standards and the integrity of her work. Ofcourse, the correction was made.

@@kimcoates7569 exactly!!

@@kimcoates7569 Many people have spoken out against Lea. What you said is just an excuse people use when they don't want to admit that a woman can be difficult. In most cases it is perfectionism but there are some women that can just be horrible people.

yeah, and I think we all think she needs to pull it out. That stick has been stuck up in there for almost a decade now at least

@@okayimbackwhateverjones You are so funny, but correct !! She just has always thought way too much of herself !! She most definitely is No B. Streisand !!

@@ms.martiegallego8834 What a ridiculous thing to say. Of course nobody is Barbara.. but Lea's great at this material, probably the best since. Calm it down.

@pennylaneflame You're the one who needs to calm down

Amen to that brother. Amen.

So happy for you. It must have been wonderful!

Glad You enjoyed it, I saw The Original, with B.Streisand, so , I have No desire to see Lea. When You've seen THE BEST , it can't get better !!

+1. Run, don't walk!

If I had the money I would, can I still love her, even though I can’t go to New York?

OOOOO lucky you, I'm jealous!!!

They didn't make Beanie sing on tv for a reason. Singing on tv is the most difficult thing : if you have any flaw, they will be exposed. Because in a show, there is the reverb of the room who will cover up flaws. On a recording, they will do it as many times as they can to have it perfect. They, they had reverb, eq, compressor. etc. But on tv, the sound is live and dry in your home. Imagine the catastrophe it would have been to hear Beanie's voice on show like this! It hurts just to think about it.

She just mediocre..

@@krimsonedit3272 ?? She’s phenomenal!!

@@jesskfca no very mediocre

If that was "very mediocre," one shudders to think what your expectations would be for an excellent performance???

Amen to that.

Do you go to the theatre a lot? Worldwide? Because this is below average for this level...

@@Malicia-scunt yeah, tell that to theatre critics and experts. By your other comentaries here, you clearly hate lea michele, that's up to you, but like anyone with a brain has said before, her talent in musical theatre is undeniable.

@@gottalovetheinternet You are truly disgusting for basically blaming her for Cory Monteith death. He was an addict who died of an accidental overdose. She bullied people a decade ago, people change.

There were better vocalist on the show.

@@_TheEndless_ in reality. No there weren’t but go off.

@@neutralman9124 people are beyond disgusting.

@@Leamichellefan2244 Amber Riley can outsing her anyday

It's Barbra

@@msings998 her real name is Barbara. She went by Barbra as a nickname

I mean, Idina Menzel does sing the play's songs very well too

@@gomesbandrey Don't want to start a fight but I've heard both of them live and although Idina is great, Lea can do some things with her voice that Idina can't. Will still go to see both of them live whenever they appear.

@@jacquelinecallejas1390 Yeah, I also focused on the singing because I've never seen Idina acting as Fanny

Naya rivera was a better singer than Lea

​@andreygomes2826 I'm a big Idina fan but her voice is more raw...Lea has more control and accuracy with her high notes.

She is a c**t.

I know !! I wish the tonys opened a category for "best take over of leading role" 😂

I agree. I'm kind of upset they opened when they did. They should have waited until Lea was ready. I know Beanie's dad had something to do with it, but you have to have the best person for the job doing it from the jump. It would have been much better if they waited imo.

Nepotism was the reason Beanie was even casted.

@@beckyruelle6080 What do you mean by "Beanie's dad had something to do with it"? I saw someone say they tried to look into this but couldn't find anything. They proposed that people might have confused her with Ben Platt whose dad is a producer. Could you help clear that up for me?

@@jer9grant beanie’s dad is an entertainment business manager/executive or something iirc? but yeah the producer is ben platt’s dad. edit: never actually read about beanie getting the role with dad’s help either, so i can’t help you with that one. sorry 😞

Hope not. She’s not Tony worthy.

@@GeorgiaAndrea she's incredible. Look at the reviews

It's not "drama", she treated people disgustingly every day over a long period of time. And this was average at best by theatre vocal standards.

@@Malicia-scuntaverage my ass. you just hate lea so much cus of glee. guess what people can learn from their mistakes and be better. but her talent? is raw , real, phenomenal. of course not a definitely tony winner but she absolutely deserves a recognition. now hater, flee

I saw her on Broadway, one day. before the closing performance. Best money I ever spent on Broadway! Worth every cent.

It's out now

"for whatever she had been through" You mean backlash for poorly treating your castmates and colleagues?