Can there just be a Laura Benanti channel? Online, on tv, wherever - just all Laura, all the time. Perfection!

"I wish I was an oboe." this is the best one.

omg Laura is hilarious, this is too freakin real, this reminds me of every soprano in my voice program who gets tasked to sing a musical theatre piece and doesn't know how to act, or gets another classical aria that they can probably sing just fine but they cAN'T ACT ughhh drives me cra-zazy! (as Seth would say)

lmao sierra boggess literally does every single one of these things ahahahaha

RIP Laura and Stephen

I can't get enough of Laura! :)

Just saying Laura Benanti worked with Sierra Boggess on the cast album for A Little Princess...

Seth's wheezing laugh brings joy to my heart.

That's why she won the Tony

Her "bad audition" is hilarious. But still so good.

All of the actresses being called out in these comments..... 😂

Hahaha love Laura! and I think it's so funny she does all these things too! In She Loves Me she even has the weird transatlantic accent :) I feel like this is a "takes one to know one video" so I don't think there's really one actress she's calling out, but just funny singing habits in general

Adore Laura! She's such a talent and so hilarious!

She is literally so hilarious I can't stand it

Literally after the beat. Not by much, but when used effectively it is GREAT.

Augh, you psyched me out with the Wicked songbook! Thought I was gonna hear her sing something from the show.

I LOVE HER!!!

she's great

I'm dead. I love this.

I love you, Laura!! :D

If you play the piano I believe it's essentially the same thing as rubato. It's a stylistic thing where you intentionally either sing certain notes before or after the beat (ie. for different time values than they were written).

YES!!

Yeah, thank you so much! I love musical theatre! Like for me, I think it's because i come from the choir background, you know that My teachers and everybody tells me that I'm just singing and I'm like... what do you mean? and they're like acting? I used to think if you go in and sing and wail and belt these crazy insane high notes, that's how you book it, and that's how you get the job. I'm 20, it took me this year to realize it's all the acting. how can you make it you? No one really showed me

I wish I was an oboe too, Laura.

I've watched this video, more specifically the end, once a day for the past week. I'm OBSESSED. Haha... it's a pun.

@OscarMoeRuffus Thanks.So it's a rhythm thing. Thought it had something to do with placement in the throat. Thanks for clearing it up.

@OscarMoeRuffus It's when a singer sings behind the beat of the music. When used properly it sounds dramatic and soulful, when used inappropriately it sounds like a big, ugly mess and ruins the line of the music.

This is HUH-larious and oh so true! ;)

The Cow is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO perfect! Thats why they get the big money

Oh god, is it bad that Sierra Boggess does like, all of these... hahaha

It's aimed at Sierra Boggess

ahhhhhh I listen to Seth Rudetsky on the radio and I did not think he looked like that

also i hate when back phrasing is bad it's like they can't reach the high notes quickly enough so they take a long time to reach it OR they sing it really fast so it sounds chirpy and it ruins the rhythm of the song ugh. i also hate scooping lol but laura scoops in the She Loves Me recording.

Seth, please bring Laura to Broadway at the Wallis in 2019. PLEASE!

Lol sierra boggess...

Musical Theatre is different from let's say Opera in the fact that you can take more liberty with the music. Now, that doesn't mean you don't have to sing what's written, but there are moments when you should take liberty and fill it with an acting beat. Or sometimes you are so caught up in the song and in the acting of the song that you naturally take liberties in the acting and even how the song is written. Does that make sense?

Hmm...I read her wiki bio and it mentions nothing about her being Italian. Benanti is her stepfather's name.

what is back phrasing?

What do you mean behind the beat? Do you mean that the voice is softer than the beat or that she's singing off pace with the beat? I'm curious about what back phrasing is, too.

She left out the speaking-feigning-she's-acting low note avoidance!

She was purposely doing mistakes and yet still managed to sound amazing.

HAHAH. "I don't want to be aware of your diction lessons." Talk about foreshadowing to My Fair Lady.

steven is with pippa now :O aw.

i'm obsessed with musical theatre, but there's some like choices, that I've never heard of. what is speaking fainting i'm acting? what does he mean when he's talking about how it's a great acting choices, but they're talking about the rhythm of the music? Was wondering if you could clear this up?

I love her mooing!

Mrs. Trump 😍

What song is she singing at the end

The diction comment is for Patti Lupone

that before.

What song is she singing?

From 7:03 to like 7:08 I hear Carolee Carmelo

"you ruined the button."

What is back phrasing??

On the other hand, following every rule, won't make a generic voice sound special. Interchangeable sopranos are a dime a dozen.

#Benania

At 5:24 is he saying "Speaking. Fainting. I'm acting?" I'm not understanding.

Doris Roberts?

Laura marry me already!!!!!

oh just flat out saying it, instead of using it to act. what was he talking about when he says like the music is written in 3/8's so i'm going to sing it? "the one time you should be backphrasing, you don't."

What's wrong with apologizing if it's true..it happens .

ma moo, ma m...

Uhh... Meryl Streep is from New Jersey

It's not a pun.

What is that cow story is that part of Gypsy? And who had genuinely no talent or stage presence..her character ?

Dude really does have terrible diction; I couldn't hear a damn word he said explaining their last example.

speaking, "feigning" acting. Like, if you can't hit a note you speak it instead and play it off as a deliberate acting choice. Cop-out! :)