It’s so nice to hear her sing something other than Mean Girls. She’s so talented and so versatile. Cinderella in Into The Woods? Would die to hear her sing “On the Steps of the Palace.”
She was Belle in our high school production of Beauty & the Beast back in ‘09. There were some videos of it on UA-cam, but I think most of them have been taken down...
After the first song, I was thinking how well her voice would go with Meadowlark and than she sung it! I didn't expect her voice to have such a classic theatre quality. This video is probably the perfect letter of recommendation for yourself. She shows off not only her range, vocal abilities and acting skills, but also her excellent musical intuition. I would totally see her play Maria in West Side Story, or even Glinda in Wicked. With a voice like that the possibilities are endless.
I'm looking at doing Meadowlark and somebody somewhere for college auditions but I am worried they don't contrast enough. What are your thoughts on it?
@@BIRDWITCHE It depends how you present them. You could sing them quite similarly, but I don't think the songs ask for that approached. They both have very different characters to it and you can definitely highlight that. She probably picked them because they complement her voice, so I guess they go well together. Good luck!
@@ClipsByLaura thank you, that's what I was thinking, but I still was worried I was too close. I can always do a huge dark contrasting monologue that might help my case. This helped me decide, thanks!
0:45 "Now You Know" Mary Flynn in _Merrily We Roll Along_ 2:36 "Somebody, Somewhere" Rosabella in _The Most Happy Fella_ 5:08 "Meadowlark" Genevieve in _The Baker's Wide_
I came into the comments and saw everyone talking about Meadowlark. Not knowing the song, I didn’t know what to expect at all. Overall- 1. Amazing song 2. Awesome performance 3. Well, her vocals were, wow.
I had put this on as background music while I played video games, but Erika is so enthralling I stopped to just watch this. I’ve only ever heard her sing in Hazbin Hotel and Mean Girls, so it’s cool to hear a fuller range of her talents. She’s incredible.
I think it is so impressive how bold and clear her voice is despite keeping her mouth so closed. I think it is one reason that Erika specifically is so good at fluidly transitioning from her speaking voice to her chest voice.
okay but when she sang one of the highest notes in the second song I just randomly thought, OMG she could totally play Maria in Sound of Music and absolutely kill it! She would slay any role ever though
Erika has such a gorgeous voice. I’m glad I got to learn some of her dream roles. If I ever got to ask the HH cast a question at a Q and A, I would want to know all their dream Broadway roles.
I've yet to listen to the Baker's Wife but I will definitely look into it after this stellar performance! I had no idea how much of a soprano Erika was, I love her even more now 💕💕
So lovely. She is sooo talented. I hope she gets to play each of these roles. One of the best versions of Meadowlark I've heard. To me the biggest shame of Merrily We Roll Along was that so many people did not get to see Ann Morrison. To me, she was the headline. A voice from heaven and so charming in the role. Shame on the Tony Awards for nominating the score and forgetting her.
This rendition of Now You Know is the most impressive thing I've ever heard. It's like if Elaine Strich and Barbara Cook got combined in a teleportation mishap. Fun tact: if I remember correctly, the character singing Now You Know (the curtain song in Act One) was a thinly veiled portrait of Dorothy Parker in the original 1934 play.
Ok guys so I’m 13 and I got into musicals about 2 months ago and here’s what I’ve figured out so far We protect Ben platt with our lives We worship Barrett wilbert weed He love hamilton And we don’t stop listening to beetle juice And also here’s the musicals I’ve listened to so far: dear Evan Hanson, Heathers, Mean girls, Be more chill, Beetlejuice, and a little bit of Hamilton please recommend some more if you know any
The Drowsy Chaperone, Dogfight, Godspell, Bonnie and Clyde, Catch Me If You Can, Waitress, Sister Act, Songs for A New World... and soooo many more! :)
When I was a girl l I had a favorite story Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind Her voice could match the angels' in its glory But she was blind, the lark was blind An old king came and took her to his palace Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice And he prayed: "Sing for me, my meadowlark, Sing for me of the silver morning, Set me free, my meadowlark, And I'll buy you a priceless jewel And cloth of brocade and crewel And I'll love you for life, If you will sing for me." Then one day as the lark sang by the water The god of the sun heard her in his flight And her singing moved him so He came and brought her the gift of sight He gave her sight And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender "Come along. Fly with me, my meadowlark, Fly with me on the silver morning, Past the sea where the dolphins bark We will dance on the coral beaches, Make a feast of the plums and peaches Just as far as your vision reaches Fly with me." But the meadowlark said no For the old king loved her so She couldn't bear to wound his pride So the sun god flew away And when the king came down that day He found his meadowlark had died Every time I heard that part I cried And now I stand here starry-eyed and stormy Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb A beautiful, young man appears before me, Singing â??come, oh, won't you come?â?? And what can I do if finally for the first time The one I'm burning for returns the glow? If love has come at last it's picked the worst time Still I know I've got to go Fly away, meadowlark Fly away in the silver morning, If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark So it's off where the days won't bind me I know I leave wounds behind me But I won't let tomorrow find me Back this way Before my past once again can blind me Fly away And we won't wait To say good-bye My beautiful young man And I.
Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed, That's what it is, That's what it is. Now I'm lucky that Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me That's very wonderful to know Somebody lonely wants me to care Wants me of all people to notice him there Well, I want to be wanted Need to be needed And I'll admit I'm all aglow Cause somebody somewhere Wants me and needs me Wants lonely me to smile and say hello Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know
![The Ones [Official MV]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/r798EykqO0o/mqdefault.jpg)
I’d love to see her as Anna in Frozen. She’s got a great voice and kinda reminds me of Patti.
Sarah and Cheyanne I have thought this since I first heard the mean girls soundtrack!!! She would KILL it as Anna!!!!
Oh my gosh yes!!!
Yes!!!!!
I was in a workshop with her and she told us she auditioned for the out of town tryout for Frozen!
i’d LOVE to see her as anna but.. ;(
It’s so nice to hear her sing something other than Mean Girls. She’s so talented and so versatile. Cinderella in Into The Woods? Would die to hear her sing “On the Steps of the Palace.”
Samuel Brown IKR she sounds so much like Anna Kendrick when she sang that first song
Samuel Brown As well as Les Mis too
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Wait now I NEED this
Samuel Brown oMG yes
Petition for Erika to sing more soprano pieces 😍😍
Angelina Seemann I would sign that! 😂🥺😍
She has a Kelli O’Hara quality to her voice and I need them to play mother and daughter now
she has such a beautiful soprano voice, i had no idea!
she can literally play any character in broadway
Erika's voice is is crystal clear! She has such a flexible voice and it brings me so much joy!
Definitely would make a great Cathy from the Last Five Years.
Violet Days HOLY CRAP YEAH! I heard it immediately.
Violet Days period!!
YES YES YES PLEASE
I was just thinkin that omg
YES!
she makes high notes seem so effortless. i adore her.
SHE WOULD BE BE THE PERFECT GISELLE IN ENCHANTED
I didn't know I needed this until now, and I thank you for making me realise this.
Whizzer Brown OMG!
OH MY GOD YES
YEEESSSSS!! 💕
YOU JUST DID SOMETHING THERE
Her voice in the second song had me SHOOK but really she could sing the Chinese takeaway menu and I'd be in love
s a m e
AceNerd I’ve seen you before
*Orange chiiicken*
*Chooow meiiin*
*Lowwww meiiin*
*Fried RIIIIICE*
Her voice has some of that "older broadway" style and I love it :)
She needs to play a Disney princess STAT
Emily Grubbs or a sondheim princess please
Hannah Johnson omg yesss!!
All of them, please
She was Belle in our high school production of Beauty & the Beast back in ‘09. There were some videos of it on UA-cam, but I think most of them have been taken down...
lady footlocker you go to campo???
Hello soprano voice! That came out of nowhere. She’s so great as Cady Heron but her voice can do so much more. This was so good.
Can we just appreciate the talented piano player in the back?
No, fuck her! Trying to take Erika's glory!
She has such a ‘theatre’ voice in Now You Now, and such a legit sound in the next - someone get me the versatility
Can’t wait to hear Erika as Charlie in Hazbin Hotel! She’s so good!
Fr
Well, how'd you like it?
I'm really impressed with her legit head voice! It's so beautiful to hear how versatile she is. 💕
Totally see her playing Sondheim’s Cinderella fr Into The Woods
Jilliane C.B sameeeeeee
After the first song, I was thinking how well her voice would go with Meadowlark and than she sung it!
I didn't expect her voice to have such a classic theatre quality. This video is probably the perfect letter of recommendation for yourself. She shows off not only her range, vocal abilities and acting skills, but also her excellent musical intuition. I would totally see her play Maria in West Side Story, or even Glinda in Wicked. With a voice like that the possibilities are endless.
I'm looking at doing Meadowlark and somebody somewhere for college auditions but I am worried they don't contrast enough. What are your thoughts on it?
@@BIRDWITCHE It depends how you present them. You could sing them quite similarly, but I don't think the songs ask for that approached. They both have very different characters to it and you can definitely highlight that. She probably picked them because they complement her voice, so I guess they go well together. Good luck!
@@ClipsByLaura thank you, that's what I was thinking, but I still was worried I was too close. I can always do a huge dark contrasting monologue that might help my case. This helped me decide, thanks!
i was in les mis with her years ago and she played cosette, i missed her soprano singing :,,)
Omg! You got to work with her!? Who did you play?
I want to know too !!
Her classical musical theatre voice is so impressive! What range!
0:45 "Now You Know" Mary Flynn in _Merrily We Roll Along_
2:36 "Somebody, Somewhere" Rosabella in _The Most Happy Fella_
5:08 "Meadowlark" Genevieve in _The Baker's Wide_
ugh, keep coming back to replay 'Somebody, Somewhere'.
Q
Rosabella in TMHF is my classic Bway dream role
petition to cast erika as anna in frozen if it ever becomes a live action movie
With Taylor Louderman as Elsa!!!!!
I came into the comments and saw everyone talking about Meadowlark. Not knowing the song, I didn’t know what to expect at all.
Overall-
1. Amazing song
2. Awesome performance
3. Well, her vocals were, wow.
Love a good pianist keeping up with that meadowlark tempo (:
yeah the pianist was really legit
She was amazing!
She should play Anna on frozen broadway she would be epic!!!!!!
oh my god when she sang meadowlark i got chills all over
I had put this on as background music while I played video games, but Erika is so enthralling I stopped to just watch this. I’ve only ever heard her sing in Hazbin Hotel and Mean Girls, so it’s cool to hear a fuller range of her talents. She’s incredible.
I think it is so impressive how bold and clear her voice is despite keeping her mouth so closed. I think it is one reason that Erika specifically is so good at fluidly transitioning from her speaking voice to her chest voice.
I noticed that some musical theater singers sing this way, with very little space in their oropharynx. How? And she makes it seem so easy 😮
@@lyssasletters3232 Came her from the Hanna Bayles video and I think its because of the space she keeps in the back of her mouth
happy she did this!!! her playing cady is a very VERY big understatement to her actual talents
There's something about a classical Broadway song that takes my breath away.
Im so excited to see her play Charlie in Hazbin Hotel, shes so good at singing. 😁
The voice she has. Just wow.
And she seems so lovely and down-to-earth, too.
I’m happy to know about her.
She’s so energetic and positive, it’s infectious.
okay but she’d be a great anya... just saying!!! 🤷🏻♀️
My thoughts exactly! I need this now!
I never knew I needed this to happen until now
She actually auditioned for Anya, she told me after I said that same thing to her
Yessss please!
I was thinking the same thing! She reminds me of Christy do much here!
She really just made Sondheim sound easy
Fully seemed as though she was writing those lyrics in her own head on the spot. #ACTRESS
Honestly. I think Erika is my favorite actress on broadway right now. 😍😍😍
KaylaNoel101 Ikr! I was so lucky I got to see her live
okay but when she sang one of the highest notes in the second song I just randomly thought, OMG she could totally play Maria in Sound of Music and absolutely kill it! She would slay any role ever though
Her mix is glorious.
we just not gonna talk about how she brought that last note from like a B to an E or somethin my GOODNESS
I love her in mean girls and it’s great to hear her sing something different!!
love mean girls but I feel like Cady doesn't do her vocals justice like LISTEN 👏🏼 TO 👏🏼 HER 👏🏼
Erika has such a gorgeous voice. I’m glad I got to learn some of her dream roles.
If I ever got to ask the HH cast a question at a Q and A, I would want to know all their dream Broadway roles.
Did not KNOW she was a soprano. Amazing.
Her head voice is amazing, and that last song is just so so beautiful!
I LOVE when belters sing legit
I was hoping she’d do Not Getting Married Today
i LOVE that video of her doing it. she just seems so exited
@@lualburn8885 where can I find that!? I searched for it but I can't find it! 💖
@@meganjones4301 I think she sang a small bit of it in her elevator pitch video
She's so talented, like all of these songs are so different and she nailed all of them. So good!
This accompanist? Top notch
Omg!!! It’s great to hear her not singing Mean Girls, and singing some older musicals instead (although I do love mean girls). She’s just so talented
Erika blew me away in Mean Girls but i’m far more blown away by these songs! Her voice is so beautiful just like her!
I saw her as Cady in Mean Girls last month and she was SO good!! I really liked her a lot!
meadowlark is one of my favorite songs and i think erika’s version is now my favorite
The thumbs downs are from bway stars knowing she's coming for their jobs 😂💛
wow! What a great selection of songs, and she does them all so well! She was my favorite part of Mean Girls, I think she's so incredible!
I've yet to listen to the Baker's Wife but I will definitely look into it after this stellar performance! I had no idea how much of a soprano Erika was, I love her even more now 💕💕
Honestly, what can Erika Henningsen not do? She's amazing
The Baker's Wife song is beautiful! I was not familiar until this video. Erika's so talented
Does Erika remind anyone else of Laura Osnes?
Ella Hyde yes
yes, she is the one i was thinking of, a new Disney princess,,,or Cosette, Maria in West side story
Ella Hyde omg meeee
@@francotan502 She actually played Cosette!
Ryan Faure I knew it, thanx for the confirmation
I love your voice and I love Charlie whenever you think it reminds me of her and I just love that voice❤
she’s honestly legit! I can’t even explain how incredible she is
She has a Sondheim voice if I've ever heard one!
I’d love to see her as Cinderella in Into The Woods or Maria in Sound of Music!
LET HER DO "SHE LOVES ME"
YES! SHE WOULD BE PERFECT!
hello i am obsessed with her VOICE
1:54 please appreciate the speaking into singing there like woah
Okay, petition to make Erika Henningsen an official Disney princess😍💕🙌🏻
Or a princess of Hell. ;)
Okay, but other than Patti LuPone’s version, I’ve never heard a version of Meadowlark that was this PERFECT!!! Great job Erika!!!
She's also my private vocal lesson coach in real life!
WE NEED A COVER OF MEADOWLARK PLEASE AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC
I've seen her twice in mean girls and WOW. I could listen to her sing 24/7
Hadn't heard of her before and am now a fan.
A master class in auditioning. As you can see by the number of comments from people who want to cast her in other roles. :) Perfection.
I audibly gasped when she chose Merrily We Roll Along music for her first choice
Chills with her second song. Wow!!! 😫❤️
best rendition of meadowlark i’ve ever seen (second is andrew rannells) erika can genuinely sing anything!!!
I love Meadowlark so much and I'd only listened to Patti singing it, and I am in awe of Erika's version. She's amazing
Hi new charlie from hazbin hotel your voice is beautiful :)
Wow “now you know” was amazing like actually amazing (0:46)
I would love to see/hear Lindsay Mendez's Broadway Bucket List if BroadwayBox could get her 🙏🏽
YASSS! We stan a classical queen!!!!!!
So lovely. She is sooo talented. I hope she gets to play each of these roles. One of the best versions of Meadowlark I've heard. To me the biggest shame of Merrily We Roll Along was that so many people did not get to see Ann Morrison. To me, she was the headline. A voice from heaven and so charming in the role. Shame on the Tony Awards for nominating the score and forgetting her.
i would love to see these in spotify i would never stop listening 👏🏻🤩✨
she has SUCH a good musical theatre voice!!
I totally see her as Anna, Annya and Cathy.
She would be a perfect Mary in Merrily!!
Such an underrated musical tho
This rendition of Now You Know is the most impressive thing I've ever heard. It's like if Elaine Strich and Barbara Cook got combined in a teleportation mishap.
Fun tact: if I remember correctly, the character singing Now You Know (the curtain song in Act One) was a thinly veiled portrait of Dorothy Parker in the original 1934 play.
Ok guys so I’m 13 and I got into musicals about 2 months ago and here’s what I’ve figured out so far
We protect Ben platt with our lives
We worship Barrett wilbert weed
He love hamilton
And we don’t stop listening to beetle juice
And also here’s the musicals I’ve listened to so far: dear Evan Hanson, Heathers, Mean girls, Be more chill, Beetlejuice, and a little bit of Hamilton please recommend some more if you know any
😍😍 go listen to In The Heights!! You will fall in love with Lin Manuel-Miranda, I guarantee you. Also, listen to Hadestown!!
And Les Miserables!
I love spring awakening as well! & my fair lady is nice for more classical type songs
Im 13 too! Listen to falsettos and 25th annual putnam county spelling bee 😀
The Drowsy Chaperone, Dogfight, Godspell, Bonnie and Clyde, Catch Me If You Can, Waitress, Sister Act, Songs for A New World... and soooo many more! :)
Charlie!
she’s absolutely incredible
wow she is amazing
I see her as any Disney princess and definitely a Glinda!
I got chills just listening to her
I love it
When I was a girl l I had a favorite story
Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
Her voice could match the angels' in its glory
But she was blind, the lark was blind
An old king came and took her to his palace
Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid
And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice
And he prayed:
"Sing for me, my meadowlark,
Sing for me of the silver morning,
Set me free, my meadowlark,
And I'll buy you a priceless jewel
And cloth of brocade and crewel
And I'll love you for life,
If you will sing for me."
Then one day as the lark sang by the water
The god of the sun heard her in his flight
And her singing moved him so
He came and brought her the gift of sight
He gave her sight
And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong
And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender
"Come along.
Fly with me, my meadowlark,
Fly with me on the silver morning,
Past the sea where the dolphins bark
We will dance on the coral beaches,
Make a feast of the plums and peaches
Just as far as your vision reaches
Fly with me."
But the meadowlark said no
For the old king loved her so
She couldn't bear to wound his pride
So the sun god flew away
And when the king came down that day
He found his meadowlark had died
Every time I heard that part I cried
And now I stand here starry-eyed and stormy
Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb
A beautiful, young man appears before me,
Singing â??come, oh, won't you come?â??
And what can I do if finally for the first time
The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
Still I know
I've got to go
Fly away, meadowlark
Fly away in the silver morning,
If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark
So it's off where the days won't bind me
I know I leave wounds behind me
But I won't let tomorrow find me
Back this way
Before my past once again can blind me
Fly away
And we won't wait
To say good-bye
My beautiful young man
And I.
wow they were all beautiful, but that meadowlark song was amazing
Her voice is so amazing! Literally a role model
i come to this at least once a week
Wanting to be wanted
Needing to be needed,
That's what it is,
That's what it is.
Now I'm lucky that
Somebody, somewhere
Wants me and needs me
That's very wonderful to know
Somebody lonely
wants me to care
Wants me of all people
to notice him there
Well, I want to be wanted
Need to be needed
And I'll admit I'm all aglow
Cause somebody somewhere
Wants me and needs me
Wants lonely me to smile and say hello
Somebody, somewhere
Wants me and needs me
And that's very wonderful to know
Such a gorgeous voice! Love her emotion...you can feel those words❤️
She is so beautiful!!!
Oh geez, she's so good!! I feel like her voice has improved so much over her career!!!