Great Weird Way
A Queerty YouTube Anthology of Bizarre Broadway
Poor Ben seemingly slept through most of Dr. Villa’s Chem 153A at UCLA, but fortunately for us (and him), Dr. Villa offered the kind of extra credit we would give were we not barred by court order from setting foot on any college campus. Namely, she makes the monkeys dance for her benefit and Ben brilliantly delivers, with a version of Wicked‘s “Popular” that explains covalent bonds or something. Had we not gone to a fine arts school we might be able to understand what the hell he’s singing about, but hey, if you ever want to know what Being There, Anna Deavere Smith, and Marshall McLuhan have in common, we’re your guys.
Wow, Chess is my favourite musical bar none. Not the horribly messed up Broadway version, but the original concept album. I spent far too many hours miming the songs.
I am so greatful for youtube.com. Not only can one find interesting show clips like the one featured on this weeks post with the nude Swedish guys with the cute butts but also stars that have long since past but come to mind from time to time.
Unfortunately for the younger generation the only place to see Ms. Pearl Bailey doing Hello Dolly is on youtube. Why the all black version of Hello Dolly is not available on DVD is a mystery but that is one dvd I would buy.
On easter sunday I saw how The Easter Parade (Judy Garland, Fred Astaire) was no longer a traditional showing TCM or AMC (unless it came on in the wee hours of the morning). It was no where to be found but be that as it may I looked to youtube and not only found many of the great number that were in that movie but some creative person had spliced a lot of them into a ten minute clip that I enjoyed over and over.
Thank you, whoever you are that created youtube.com.
Thank you for sharing the LSOH and Chess/Rent vids were amazingly awful… I love it!
This has to be my all time favorite Bizzare Broadway vid though… These poor boys singing Defying Gravity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COotQLx4Amo
chess is my favorite musical. and the swedish version in english from which one of the clips is taken from “the arbiter” is the best of the best.
@gurlene:
I love that we can find gems like Pearl Bailey as Dolly. It was the first Broadway show I ever saw as a 16 year old fairy-in- training, spring of ’68. It’s a trip I’ll never forget, my first to NYC