Mac Moore he did write it lol

Yes the “piano man” wrote the entire score and his name is Laurence O’Keefe.

Yessss

Yep, but this is exactly what is expected of opera and Bway pianists/coaches/conductors...you have to be able to play the score and sing all the cues in whatever language. In opera companies, this is how they audition you....for example playing the first 40 page of La Boheme, or playing/singing the act 2 finale of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro (le nozze di Figaro), singing all the parts at the same time. It's tough, but it makes you learn the scores inside out, and if you move on to being music director or conductor, you're that much better because you know what the singers need. When Phantom first came to Bway in the mid 1980's, they mined the opera world for pianist/coaches/assistant conductors. Many friends of mine were pulled into Bway from opera because of that...starting as rehearsal pianist, moving to keyboard in the pit, then conducting matinees, then doing music director for the national/world tours, etc.

@@brookexx1998 Thanks for the name..still it is a pretty hard piece to play even if he wrote it due in part tonthe speed and maybe complex chords..a little at least..

That's Laurence O'Keefe, he wrote the score to the show

I have seen videos of LBB not onstage singing this, but I still think annaleigh is better

Awesome I also think Annaleigh is a great singer but I like LBB better. Its good that everyone likes different things :)

+Louise Lundh I agree I think Laura is like WOW!

+Louise Lundh Not to mention Laura was walking and dancing all over the stage. Its a big stage to fill! Love LBB. The best.

skyletta0626 Very true indeed!

She only performed as Elle for one show (no really! Look it up!)

Sopher Saucer 👀

I agree with you completely.

Yeah I agree

Annaleigh is awesome!

I totally agree. Personally, I think the polished tone comes from not dancing and singing at the same time. She can focus on her vocals consistently.

beebo is our king you’re so right

One of the issues with Bway....they expect everyone in subsequent casts and productions to sound like the actors who originated the roles. In opera you're given a lot more leeway. But in Bway, they want quality control, so you're basically recreating the cast recording and staging. Friends of mine in the Phantom world tours said the home office would send scouts out to drop in on performances...even in the chorus if you did anything to stand out or were different, you were called out....staging and singing.

Some people are just more suited for a job than other people. I disliked LBB when I was just fresh from Reese witherspoon movie version but now I can't imagine any other singers doing Elle aside from LBB. Someone is close second but I forgot her name. Same cast in broadway but not LBB elle. The broadway cast are the best leads and supporting in my opinion.

Theyre comparing it to elle and LBB is more elle basically and i agree but that doesnt mean she didnt slay

For the same reason anyone dumb enough ( Matthew Broderick) to play Harold Hill is going to get compared to Robert Preston. Just that LBB was the original. A lot of people think that means the best. (which, in the case of Robert Preston it was!)

@@nssquared9174 i mean go off ig

That's part of the song

That’s- because he’s the composer...

@@Chelsea-sf3bx Being a composer doesn't necessarily mean you're good at singing much less harmonizing _while_ playing......

jelly ace i know props to him but op said “piano guy” so it seems like they thought he was an accompanist who learned all that though in reality he was the composer so at least playing the song correctly is not a challenge for him

Also i know that was impressive i was just saying he wrote it in case ppl don’t know

Julia Farina yes but she hasn’t had to sing a whole act before this, she was able to rest her voice before singing, which usually can’t happen on Broadway

Luce G as a performer myself i can tell you, if you use proper technique you wouldn’t be straining either way

Kristofer Wilson yeah but, rest tho

Kristofer Wilson as a performer too, your voice can be strained especially if you have an underlying condition- I have asthma (basic Ik) but LBB has another oxygen problem (with her heart). No matter what, with confidence, you do great.

You can call Barrett out, it’s fine😂

I agree.

she was the understudy for elle woods

+JaRon Smalley i know :)

Toree Marabelles she already had a lead role in this show she was a cappa nu girl

yeah I know. But they could've just made her the lead since she knew everything about the show and was the understudy. why not just find another girl to replace her kappa nu role?

Jamie Mueller I feel like she could have replaced LBB in the broadway musical instead of them going out and finding a whole new girl. The new girl who played her (Bailey) was not right for the part at all. She didn't have the Elleness to her. So I think she could have been Elle, but nobody could top LBB

Mona Eleanor me

Mona Eleanor actually, yeah, when you mention it!

Yeah

MEEEEEEE

He wrote it :))

+Tabris Fru Lar she did play elle for a while

Missstinky Cat well it sucks i didnt catch her, then :(

ctn04132 actually I had heard she played Elle only twice... but she made me think... glad to know I was right :P (I mean, for me, because then i don't feel THAT BAD about not catching her as Elle).

She's so goood love her

I LOVED her as Margot

omg i thought i was the only one

+stargirlhorse true

She was Laura’s understudy

Lydia Bryda She was the BEST Margot!

So much better?

What about him was extra?

But that's the way it's written, one of the reasons Broadway is the best of the best :)

John Garvey No, that's not how it's written, the tempo is usually slower.

Remember this is workshop so it was still a work in progress at that time!

If she was running out of breath it sounded better than anyone else I’ve heard sing t at this tempo because that is the original tempo.... just sayin h

The pianist always follows the singer, not the other way round, so it would have been her choice to sing this fast

Aubrey S she was already signed on to play Glinda in Wicked when LBB left Legally Blonde

Rachel Cuddington Ohh I see, that makes sense

+Sabrina Jaine This is a little late, but just so you know.......there is site called IBDB (internet broadway data base). It's like IMDB for Broadway. It has a ton of information about shows. Cast, replacements, understudies, full production credits, even tickets sales on a weekly basis. It's really interesting.

She played Margot in the original and was also the understudy for Elle, then by the time they were looking for a new Elle she had already been playing Galinda for 9 months

@@ashara3259Galinda. With a GA.

Legally Blonde was her start on Broadway. It makes sense that it wasn't her best role.

She's also Karen in Mean Girls and Heather McNamara in Heathers

+Merlin Holler If your talking about the "every night part" i think he is using mixed voice in that part. I see some highschools take that part down the octave and its not as good.

i can see her as sharpay

I am completely cognizant if that fact but I was just expressing that I didn't care for it no matter whose decision it was.

She's going to play Karen in Mean girls! She's so good at playing stereotypical blondes

Lol I felt the same way when I heard her Sunday in the Park with George 😂 she has great diction!

FRRRR

JasmineRebeckah OMG Your right!!!

+JasmineRebeckah So much better than Bailey Hanks :)

+JasmineRebeckah She wasnt terrible, but i agree that Annaleigh was better

+JasmineRebeckah why does everyone rip on Bailey?

Love her!

rent is a show I love, but god the revival.

i love rent but the revival oh god. also wasn't Aaron Tveit in the Rent revival with her?

That was a) Because she was playing Galinda in Wicked and b) The TV show was good for marketing. However, I do agree with you.

i agree bailey is nice