Something Rotten! Performs “Hard To Be The Bard” at “Broadway In The White House”

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  • @zombreighapocalypse
    @zombreighapocalypse 7 років тому +5340

    michelle obama is LIVING for this performance and honestly so am i

    • @edalvillar4257
      @edalvillar4257 9 місяців тому +2

      ☹️♥️😄☹️😄😄♥️☹️😄😄♥️😄♥️😄♥️😄

    • @bondfool
      @bondfool 23 дні тому

      Right next to Harvey Weinstein. 😬😬😬😬😬

  • @quietest-town1634
    @quietest-town1634 7 років тому +6372

    "is it good to see me or what"
    *is performing in front of the president*

    • @Scholz23
      @Scholz23 4 роки тому +150

      I love him for that

    • @syrmik2686
      @syrmik2686 4 роки тому +19

      Here before 3 replies

    • @ChelCM03
      @ChelCM03 Рік тому +37

      If I were president I would be happy to see Christian Borle lmao

    • @insertarandomnickname1948
      @insertarandomnickname1948 Рік тому +5

      @@ChelCM03I bet he was happy

    • @edalvillar4257
      @edalvillar4257 9 місяців тому

      😶♥️🙂🙂♥️😶🙂♥️🙂♥️🙂☹️🙂♥️🙂😳😶🙂🙂😳🙂♥️☹️🙂

  • @thefandomqueen88
    @thefandomqueen88 7 років тому +7247

    Christian Borle In eyeliner is something I didn’t know I needed

    • @Lycan_the_deerdog
      @Lycan_the_deerdog 6 років тому +25

      The Fandom Queen same

    • @devilishjoel
      @devilishjoel 6 років тому +21

      The Fandom Queen samee

    • @gripweed
      @gripweed 6 років тому +23

      m o o d

    • @Horenramon
      @Horenramon 6 років тому +64

      he looks like he is apart of a boy band

    • @jpbyrne246
      @jpbyrne246 4 роки тому +12

      I HAD ZERO CLUE THIS WAS HIM!

  • @thegrivettes1911
    @thegrivettes1911 7 років тому +9518

    It's funny that Christian Borle is always playing some boisterous and flamboyant character when he's just shy in real life and I love him sooo much

    • @gripweed
      @gripweed 6 років тому +273

      Jacob The Musical I KNOW RIGHT ITS REALLY FUCKING BIZZARE

    • @Agnessa92
      @Agnessa92 6 років тому +487

      in Legally Blonde I would say his character was shy

    • @gripweed
      @gripweed 6 років тому +326

      Agnessa92 but tbh emmett and prince herbert is the only characters hes played that is not either gay or a narsissistic bastard

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 6 років тому +35

      @@gripweed
      Prince Herbert is from what musical?

    • @gripweed
      @gripweed 6 років тому +61

      @@raspberrycrowns9494 its from spamalot, christian played some other characters on that musical

  • @rebekkahdorton117
    @rebekkahdorton117 7 років тому +3904

    Watches Legally Blonde. Then THIS. OMG the RANGE of Christian Borle.

  • @manly_left_sock712
    @manly_left_sock712 6 років тому +4209

    I love how he actually acts like he doesn’t give to shits. Like he doesn’t care he’s at the White House because he is awesome. I love it

    • @edalvillar4257
      @edalvillar4257 9 місяців тому

      🤢👋🤢🤢♥️♥️😶♥️♥️🤮♥️🤢♥️🤢♥️🤢♥️🤢

  • @laurenjcoates
    @laurenjcoates 7 років тому +1938

    If Whizzer could see Marvin now...

    • @froidesprit
      @froidesprit 6 років тому +203

      YES. THE FALSETTOS HAVE ARRIVED

    • @manongrootenhuis9411
      @manongrootenhuis9411 4 роки тому +175

      He would be hard for the bard👨‍❤️‍👨

    • @frantic9724
      @frantic9724 4 роки тому +85

      Manon Grootenhuis I hate to contribute but he would shake it for Shakespeare-

    • @poosay2808
      @poosay2808 4 роки тому +38

      YES , FALSETTO FANS UNITE

    • @manongrootenhuis9411
      @manongrootenhuis9411 4 роки тому +24

      *frantic consumption of Crofters jam* ow Jesus here comes the new ship 😂

  • @tooftooftoof
    @tooftooftoof 8 років тому +5531

    His British accent is on point👌🏼 most Americans think we all talk like we're cast members in Oliver

    • @chloerodriguez
      @chloerodriguez 8 років тому +86

      this is my favorite comment ever 😂😂

    • @tooftooftoof
      @tooftooftoof 8 років тому +77

      +Tony Pica the funny thing is, I have actually been in Oliver

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 8 років тому +158

      I've just started to slightly scare my mother. We were watching Graham Norton, and a boxer who is going to the Olympics was talking, and I just said - "She sounds like she's from Northern England". Looked it up, and she was. I'm from California, and have never been to Britain or met many British people, so I think she's wondering how the hell I starting to differentiate where someone is based on their accent.
      Doctor Who man...And Christopher Eccleston.

    • @charchar1300
      @charchar1300 7 років тому +148

      As a Brit I completely agree, he must know he's good too, he's played 4 brits and win Tony's for 2 of them

    • @girlonabookshelf4922
      @girlonabookshelf4922 7 років тому +22

      That or Downton Abbey there's no inbetween! 😂😂😂

  • @sagemcduff
    @sagemcduff 7 років тому +2972

    "you see what people just dont understand is that writing's demanding, it's mentally challenging." a M E N

    • @AngelMermaid
      @AngelMermaid 6 років тому +28

      So true..PREACh IT!

    • @Time-lord-jedi
      @Time-lord-jedi 6 років тому +11

      that's so true, but its so worth it and its fun

    • @Clasteau
      @Clasteau 5 років тому +7

      And Brandon Sanderson makes it look freaking easy.

    • @nikkospelledlikethat8140
      @nikkospelledlikethat8140 4 роки тому +8

      I write songs and this entire song is a huge mood. Like, you get an idea and that one part is great, and then the rest of it is just... why.

    • @adriannawelch7670
      @adriannawelch7670 3 роки тому +1

      @@nikkospelledlikethat8140 true

  • @Lexipop398
    @Lexipop398 9 років тому +2142

    I think Kristen Chenoweth summed up my feelings for this show
    Also...Christian Borle. Nothing else, just...THAT.MAN.

  • @sophiaalexander7607
    @sophiaalexander7607 7 років тому +1056

    hE ca Nt p Ee

    • @duravis0065
      @duravis0065 7 років тому +5

      Pastel Sudds your profile picture makes me feel personally attacked

    • @sorrynotsorry6
      @sorrynotsorry6 4 роки тому +16

      Be it the theater freak or the autograph seeker, they all want a piece of this.

    • @theEWDSDS
      @theEWDSDS 6 місяців тому

      @@sorrynotsorry6 (gimme, gimme!)

  • @grape2337
    @grape2337 5 років тому +2141

    Christian Borle isn't even trying. And it's brilliant.
    He could play a tree in a school play and it would be amazing,

    • @rollercoaster5620
      @rollercoaster5620 4 роки тому +12

      He's amazing

    • @kiyoharuennoshita9113
      @kiyoharuennoshita9113 4 роки тому +94

      he'd be a sexy tree

    • @user-mb6xo3oj4o
      @user-mb6xo3oj4o 4 роки тому +36

      @@kiyoharuennoshita9113 an extremely sexy tree, indeed

    • @jadync.5971
      @jadync.5971 4 роки тому +34

      @@kiyoharuennoshita9113 okay Evan Hansen

    • @Zulalula
      @Zulalula 4 роки тому +71

      He's trying, he needs to do a lot for this role- the accent, the diction, the posture and mannerism but the brilliance of him is that he disguise this as nonchalance

  • @MissPinkSwagg
    @MissPinkSwagg 6 років тому +2961

    if you ever feel bad about yourself, just remember that christian borle had to perform THIS for the president.

    • @belleanndm
      @belleanndm 4 роки тому +372

      tbh they probably all loved it

    • @ers6764
      @ers6764 4 роки тому +139

      Honestly I would love performing this wherever 😂

    • @alexconverse4839
      @alexconverse4839 4 роки тому +85

      I’d be happy to be performing this song in front of Michelle Obama

    • @popthisway
      @popthisway 4 роки тому +83

      I'd die if I had to perform, especially this song in particular to the president

    • @mollywinchurst2056
      @mollywinchurst2056 3 роки тому +84

      Yes, but imagine if he had to perform Will Power in front of the president

  • @lady8rage
    @lady8rage 7 років тому +813

    They'll say "dammit", "God", they'll go through the motions of this song, he can wear THAT costume, but he can't say "go take a piss".

    • @emiilysheils5030
      @emiilysheils5030 3 роки тому +113

      And if you've seen the musical wen he says "it's sexy but it's hard' he usually pops his shirt open😳

    • @ilovetaylorswift628
      @ilovetaylorswift628 2 роки тому +42

      @@emiilysheils5030 i wish they would've allowed that here.... Michelle would've loved it 🥰

    • @emiilysheils5030
      @emiilysheils5030 2 роки тому +15

      @@ilovetaylorswift628 😂 bye bye Obama I'm leaving you for 1587!!!!!

  • @ardenvida4598
    @ardenvida4598 7 років тому +805

    HE PUTS THE 'I AM' IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER !!!

    • @annabrooks6760
      @annabrooks6760 7 років тому +2

      Arden Vida YES

    • @moody2442
      @moody2442 5 років тому +3

      Y E S

    • @mlbrooks4066
      @mlbrooks4066 8 місяців тому +4

      I'll bet there's never been another Broadway song with the words "iambic pentameter" in it.

  • @coralfonseca541
    @coralfonseca541 7 років тому +936

    I love how Queenish this song is

    • @Dani-it9vc
      @Dani-it9vc 4 роки тому +31

      It really is

    • @LatvianElina
      @LatvianElina 4 роки тому +62

      Yessss! Was looking for someone else who heard it! Some "Killer Queen" vibes.

    • @theofano_galani
      @theofano_galani 4 роки тому +45

      That's what the composers intented actually! They wanted this Freddie/MJ vibe to the song as they stated

    • @willburtz3049
      @willburtz3049 4 роки тому +39

      From a musicology perspective, when he sings “so annoyingly hard” the chords go, 1-2-5, treating the dominant as a tonic for a second, while the melody goes, 3-#4-5. This 1-2-5 chord progression and this 3-#4-5 melody is found a lot in Queen songs. You can see a variation of it in Killer Queen. “Just like Marie Antoinette,”

    • @emilyk6300
      @emilyk6300 4 роки тому +12

      yes!!! i totally get "crazy little thing called love" vibes!

  • @KatieBell0621
    @KatieBell0621 8 років тому +1696

    I really don't see any other man on that stage except Christian Borle. That man is an exceptional piece of man meat.

    • @darkundereyes3600
      @darkundereyes3600 7 років тому +46

      Adam Pascal did a very amazing job too.

    • @spikemycorona
      @spikemycorona 6 років тому +18

      I couldn't have said it better honestly

  • @TheTradge
    @TheTradge 3 роки тому +1159

    Christian Borle's English accent is absolutely on point, so many Americans trying to do it just do either a bad cockney accent or a slightly posh sounding American accent, there's a reason it's often touted as the most difficult to master for non-natives, so Borle has my utmost respect for his dedication to mastering every nuance. One thing I've yet to see is a perfect regional English accent from an American actor, such as Liverpool, Bristol or Newcastle, now that would be unbelievably impressive, especially the latter.

    • @bbean.loosey
      @bbean.loosey 2 роки тому +7

      what would you call this accent?

    • @Sprinkle_sprankle98
      @Sprinkle_sprankle98 2 роки тому +15

      @@bbean.loosey a northerner who lived mostly in London

    • @paulybarr
      @paulybarr Рік тому +4

      @@bbean.loosey It sounds like an impersonation of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow.

    • @ajiththomas2465
      @ajiththomas2465 Рік тому +1

      I'd love to see a non-native someone pull off a Mancunian (Manchester) accent.

    • @crispysquidoftheacidcats295
      @crispysquidoftheacidcats295 Рік тому +1

      As a Bristolian I second this. Stephen Merchant is carrying us

  • @hampton_the_one5419
    @hampton_the_one5419 4 роки тому +1108

    Regardless of Race,Gender,Class, Or whatever we can all agree on 1 thing
    Christian Borle is stunning in eyeliner

    • @hampton_the_one5419
      @hampton_the_one5419 3 роки тому +17

      8 months later and this comment still holds up 😩🙏

    • @phantomlover1467
      @phantomlover1467 2 роки тому +3

      Fully agree!

    • @JzrlMaeRys
      @JzrlMaeRys 2 роки тому +3

      I agree strongly

    • @kiiba6112
      @kiiba6112 2 роки тому +9

      fr this man is making me question my Sexuality again

    • @Awidferd
      @Awidferd 2 роки тому +1

      @@kiiba6112 I KNOW OMGGGGG

  • @nofootprint5629
    @nofootprint5629 4 роки тому +928

    Watching this right after watching Falsettos is the funniest thing I've ever experienced

  • @elizafernandez4615
    @elizafernandez4615 4 роки тому +532

    I'm British and I never see anyone praise him for the accent but it's SO GOOD. I know people who straight up sound like this...

  • @wormsalad9964
    @wormsalad9964 7 років тому +703

    I'm straight for Christian as Shakespeare

  • @courtneyleiigh8973
    @courtneyleiigh8973 4 роки тому +316

    He very respectfully doesn’t pop his shirt open while he is at the White House 😂

  • @MagnoliaJane
    @MagnoliaJane 7 років тому +951

    He can't help remind me of Captain Jack Sparrow...just me? Ok.

  • @dhaliazaid4479
    @dhaliazaid4479 4 роки тому +82

    The show was good till I saw Harvey Weinstein sitting next to Michelle Obama

  • @annalol6128
    @annalol6128 7 років тому +361

    Christian Borle is a national treasure

    • @franfrankie7
      @franfrankie7 5 років тому +14

      You mean global treasure?

    • @kaleighdemeter2409
      @kaleighdemeter2409 4 роки тому +2

      Anna G could you imagine seeing him in public? I think we would scare him lol. We’d all be like “HIT ME RIGHT IN THE FACE I AM BEGGING YOU” then cling to him like baby koalas 🐨

  • @Marjoriehannah
    @Marjoriehannah 8 років тому +625

    Christian Borle is where its at.... and the guy with the beard. I just wish that at "it's sexy but it's hard" they didn't cut camera angles :(

    • @zachary746
      @zachary746 5 років тому +17

      The guy with the beard is Bud Weber, and I agree pal

  • @sophiaoram_
    @sophiaoram_ 4 роки тому +250

    Never been so attracted to a 46 year old until now

  • @Ashes19ify
    @Ashes19ify 8 років тому +1199

    In a matter of days I've grown to love Christian. He is both extremely talented and a looker. 2:11 Christian looks like a young unkempt Tim Curry when he smiles, freaky, but awesome.

    • @bondfool
      @bondfool 8 років тому +96

      Oh my god, Christian Borle as Frank N. Furter.

    • @rosenance6179
      @rosenance6179 6 років тому +11

      Derek Martz YAS! SOMEONE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

    • @ohwow6640
      @ohwow6640 6 років тому +19

      Now I need to see Christian in drag. I love Tim Curry so damn much.

    • @gripweed
      @gripweed 6 років тому +3

      @@ohwow6640 OH MY GOD YES

    • @Dani-it9vc
      @Dani-it9vc 4 роки тому +2

      Holy shit you right

  • @elliewilkinson4240
    @elliewilkinson4240 4 роки тому +225

    Christian Borle is the only American I know of that can actually do a decent Yorkshire accent. His range of acting is incredible and I adore him for it

    • @oliverharris60
      @oliverharris60 2 роки тому +10

      I don't know if you're talking about this role or not, but just in case you are - he is not doing a yorkshire accent lol. It's a decent English accent but not a Yorkshire specific one, more generic London!

    • @elliewilkinson4240
      @elliewilkinson4240 2 роки тому +16

      @@oliverharris60 yea i know lmao i don’t think it’s in this video but at some point in the show shakespeare disguises himself as a yorkshireman and he’s pretty good at doing the accent haha

  • @supplyingtheswag2814
    @supplyingtheswag2814 4 роки тому +202

    2:16 the camera couldn’t show us the power of Christian doing that move, it’s simply too powerful for our eyes

    • @Max-zs7di
      @Max-zs7di 4 роки тому +12

      Im convinced we would burst into flames.. ALSO YOUR PFP AND USERNAME IS EVERYTHINGG

    • @supplyingtheswag2814
      @supplyingtheswag2814 4 роки тому +7

      @@Max-zs7di no one can handle it, and thank you! Fellow fander? And walrus enthusiast? 🥳😂

    • @Max-zs7di
      @Max-zs7di 4 роки тому +4

      @@supplyingtheswag2814 mAyBeeee- I actually cosplay patton 😂

  • @paisley4197
    @paisley4197 5 років тому +175

    the "oh, hello" kills ne everytime

  • @callumtait4793
    @callumtait4793 4 роки тому +90

    I know that the joke is that he doesn't put in any effort into his writing, but that bit where he's like "you write down a word but it's not the right word" is so freaking realistic.
    Also he went from Legally Blonde to THIS? Damn. That's range.

  • @luckyemo8269
    @luckyemo8269 8 місяців тому +21

    The best part is that I can't tell if cristian is drunk or if he's acting and that's incredible 😂

    • @poseidons_child.
      @poseidons_child. 6 місяців тому +5

      NAH I JUST HAD FLASHBACKS TO THE HAMILTON CAST SINGING DRUNK

  • @kaitlyncarroll3314
    @kaitlyncarroll3314 8 років тому +273

    Kristin Chenoweth is my spirit animal

  • @freyakinsey1652
    @freyakinsey1652 7 років тому +236

    I'm getting Freddie Mercury + Queen vibes..

  • @coryrichards8333
    @coryrichards8333 9 років тому +454

    2:15-2:17. the guy in the back with the beard. woosh

  • @cheollibee
    @cheollibee Рік тому +79

    hard to be a bard ❌
    hard because of a bard ✅

  • @jencoleman0504
    @jencoleman0504 4 роки тому +92

    This being performed in front of the nation's authority and a portrait of George Washington is perfect

  • @colonyofrats4193
    @colonyofrats4193 4 роки тому +112

    As a Brit his accent is almost perfect by far the best I’ve seen done by an American

  • @alarbu17
    @alarbu17 8 років тому +276

    chriSTIANBORLECHRISTIANBORLECHRISTIANBORLE
    this is still my favorite song

    • @matildamwh
      @matildamwh 3 роки тому

      rUmOuR hAs iT iTs StiLl thEiR fAvOuRite SoNg tO tHiS dAy

  • @zoie7986
    @zoie7986 7 років тому +120

    Christian won me over with Legally Blonde and now this, can this man be any more perfect

  • @JCScowling39
    @JCScowling39 9 років тому +177

    Christian Borle...how I adore you😊

  • @mayumigarcia9445
    @mayumigarcia9445 2 роки тому +59

    his voice is so perfect, ugh. i can't imagine a better person to play shakepseare!

  • @elainelat8067
    @elainelat8067 8 років тому +188

    It's a crime not to have those same costumes parading in the streets. Fashion adaptation please? (Why are those guys so hot?)

    • @bernice_anders
      @bernice_anders 6 років тому +6

      Elaine Lat some crotch bling would increase sex appeal in men

  • @yourlieinaugust
    @yourlieinaugust 6 років тому +79

    i cannot i love him as shakespeare and he’s just so flirty and y e s

  • @mariajosefenton3728
    @mariajosefenton3728 5 років тому +69

    I can’t be the only one who cracks up when the chorus boys sing “ he can’t pee”

  • @diamondquinn2179
    @diamondquinn2179 4 роки тому +104

    Okay, but around 2:40, Christan goes into a new vocal sound and I just need like an hour of him singing like that please. 😂

    • @frazzyblue1384
      @frazzyblue1384 2 роки тому +10

      LITERALLY. Every time that part hits I get so excited

    • @ultimateships
      @ultimateships Рік тому +3

      LITERALLY MY FAVORITE PART IM OBSESSED WITH IT

  • @stvp68
    @stvp68 Рік тому +24

    I’m always impressed how physically relaxed he is-like when he casually wipes his eye

  • @thegroundbreaksbeneathme
    @thegroundbreaksbeneathme 6 років тому +19

    imagine having to live with the fact that you said the phrase (its sexy but its hard" in front of michelle obama

  • @jaelym
    @jaelym 7 років тому +69

    this is so hot im melting

  • @annabrooks6760
    @annabrooks6760 7 років тому +77

    "HE CAN'T PEE." Hahaha😂

    • @kiyoharuennoshita9113
      @kiyoharuennoshita9113 4 роки тому +6

      ur profile pic just gives more emotion to what u just said and im lovin the vibe it emits XD

  • @waterprooftaco1
    @waterprooftaco1 7 років тому +145

    The way he acts out Shakespeare reminds me of Tony stark is it just me?

    • @MagnoliaJane
      @MagnoliaJane 7 років тому +10

      I think Jack Sparrow. At least at 1:36

    • @waterprooftaco1
      @waterprooftaco1 7 років тому +8

      Rebecca cocky swagger with a perpetual drunkenness

    • @annabrooks6760
      @annabrooks6760 7 років тому +7

      I think Killian Jones from ouat.

    • @jankeviljoen2622
      @jankeviljoen2622 5 років тому +8

      A fusion between Tony Stark and Jack Sparrow

    • @amyp.9179
      @amyp.9179 4 роки тому +3

      Rebecca Anderson thats just the guyliner talking

  • @mimi_the_sagittarian267
    @mimi_the_sagittarian267 3 роки тому +27

    Kristen is not the only one who gets flustered by Christian Borle in leather

  • @cascharles3838
    @cascharles3838 8 років тому +133

    I'm in love with Chris Boyle he needs to come back so I can watch him as Shakespeare or I'll probably die no exaggeration here

    • @sarahfitzgerald801
      @sarahfitzgerald801 6 років тому +7

      cas charles His name's actually Christian (Chris or Christian, it doesn't matter which) Borle and not Boyle but it's an easy mistake to make

    • @liliawolf1621
      @liliawolf1621 6 років тому +1

      Sarah Fitzgerald its a typo

    • @cascharles3838
      @cascharles3838 4 роки тому +10

      My god. I knew I was kinda cringey three years ago but I didn't think it was this bad. How did I not even know his name???

    • @Angrydoggen
      @Angrydoggen 3 роки тому +5

      @@cascharles3838 character development

    • @cascharles3838
      @cascharles3838 3 роки тому +2

      @@Angrydoggen ty ty

  • @Kikipiersonn
    @Kikipiersonn 4 роки тому +12

    Yes it’s 4 am and honestly prime Christian Borle thirst hours

  • @esmetamez.9476
    @esmetamez.9476 5 років тому +26

    3:02 “So now you can write, right?”
    “Right”.
    “WRONG!”

  • @lucygreetham9563
    @lucygreetham9563 4 роки тому +34

    being thirsty for Christian Borle for 3 minutes and 36 seconds

  • @tahlz023
    @tahlz023 4 роки тому +33

    This man INVENTED RANGE

  • @robingoodwin9787
    @robingoodwin9787 4 роки тому +53

    This song: exists
    Tiktok: *hippity hopitty this is now my property*

    • @littlesongbird7881
      @littlesongbird7881 4 роки тому +6

      I’m so mad straight tiktok claimed it smh

    • @Sambolina97
      @Sambolina97 4 роки тому +1

      This & heathers. Like EXCUSE ME YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS

    • @Blue-xt7kc
      @Blue-xt7kc 4 роки тому +1

      Then you end up with the people who think it’s a from tiktok, or the people who shove themself into any theatre thing because they’ve listened to like half of the beetlejuice soundtrack. Like, beetlejuice, six, DEH, Heathers, and Hamilton, aren’t the only shows. I once made a comment that I preferred Falsettos over Beetlejuice, and about 3 different people started calling me insane for thinking that. Like, there is a way to like things, over other things.

    • @Mekaza_
      @Mekaza_ 4 роки тому

      @@littlesongbird7881 THEY DID WHAT?!

    • @sophiadecastro8646
      @sophiadecastro8646 3 роки тому

      It's actually worse that they made it sexual with the bottom and top thing

  • @mayagarcia5260
    @mayagarcia5260 4 роки тому +22

    The fact that this is the same man that played Emmet Forest-
    i love it

  • @ashleighelizabethmurray3893
    @ashleighelizabethmurray3893 7 років тому +67

    The best person who could ever be Shakespeare

  • @beepbeepeddie8010
    @beepbeepeddie8010 7 років тому +63

    This is my first time seeing anything from sr, and when i saw christian i literally started crying because of his clothes and voice. Its like the middle of the night somebody send help why am i crying. Im tired and probably high

  • @broadwaykid6195
    @broadwaykid6195 7 років тому +87

    2:14 - 2:18. The guy with the beard thank me later

  • @jarnovanderlaan9002
    @jarnovanderlaan9002 Рік тому +8

    He can do drunk and snap out of it, it genius

  • @AnaxErik4ever
    @AnaxErik4ever 8 років тому +79

    The actress who plays Portia in Something Rotten! reminds me a lot of Chenoweth, both in appearance and voice.

    • @theresa4194
      @theresa4194 8 років тому +8

      They both played Gilinda in Wicked!

    • @AnaxErik4ever
      @AnaxErik4ever 8 років тому +4

      ***** WHOA! That's a little scary, but mostly it's cool.

    • @Cchannel-rk4ej
      @Cchannel-rk4ej 8 років тому +4

      Ikr

  • @kacipowers4390
    @kacipowers4390 3 місяці тому +3

    His casual slur perfectly portrays a character who couldn't care less, and is likely already a little drunk

  • @jacksont79
    @jacksont79 8 років тому +127

    "I can barely take a pee"

    • @PoliceAlarm
      @PoliceAlarm 8 років тому +36

      And it worked remarkably well, because they changed the rhyme from "take a piss // piece of this" to "take a pee // piece of me". Genius, I say! Genius!

    • @ASeed17
      @ASeed17 4 роки тому +1

      Time stamp?

    • @jacksont79
      @jacksont79 4 роки тому

      1:45!
      Just wondering, what brings you to this video five years after posting? xD

    • @ASeed17
      @ASeed17 4 роки тому +3

      @@jacksont79 Idk dude it's a good song

    • @jacksont79
      @jacksont79 4 роки тому

      A. Seed facts

  • @rowan6650
    @rowan6650 7 років тому +28

    This was the only song they could perform, I swear. All the others need context or would need to be even more censored than this one.

  • @N4t4lie_016
    @N4t4lie_016 Рік тому +8

    Christian with eyeliner>>>>>

  • @mooonblooom
    @mooonblooom 2 роки тому +11

    "i'm a lesbian"
    *christian borle as shakespeare exists*
    "..uhm"

  • @jamieknable511
    @jamieknable511 4 роки тому +17

    That one dancer (if you watch the dancers, you know which one I’m talking about) puts so much snark into his facial expressions and it’s my favorite part of the video 🤣🤣

  • @czartholominabarnes
    @czartholominabarnes 2 роки тому +9

    this show never drew me in but i'm like ok maybe i should reevaluate. esp. love borle's very lazy, mumbling rocker who can't be bothered to enunciate delivery, an excellent character choice that adds a lot

  • @teillue3651
    @teillue3651 5 років тому +14

    0:44 the way the guy on the left looks at Christian Borle and tbh i watched this guy look at him through out the whole song

  • @SarahZ
    @SarahZ 5 років тому +70

    Mood

    • @matildamwh
      @matildamwh 3 роки тому +3

      sarah would you mind explaining this

    • @SarahZ
      @SarahZ 3 роки тому +10

      @@matildamwh It's my mood

    • @matildamwh
      @matildamwh 3 роки тому +1

      @@SarahZ honestly what else did i expect

    • @mothma_am
      @mothma_am 3 роки тому +2

      alright now that i know Sarah has seen this video/musical my life is complete

    • @bronwyn4553
      @bronwyn4553 3 роки тому +2

      I shouldn't be surprised at this point but it still catches me off guard every time I see you comment on a musical video

  • @auroregallifrey1357
    @auroregallifrey1357 8 років тому +54

    cant stop watching this !

  • @camlol5622
    @camlol5622 3 роки тому +9

    I'm British and I am impressed :)

  • @gabyrodriguez4885
    @gabyrodriguez4885 7 років тому +66

    My days are so busy it's making me dizzy
    There's so much I gotta do
    There's lunches and meetings and poetry readings
    And endless interviews
    Gotta pose for a portrait
    And how I deplore sitting there for eternity
    Then it's off to the inn
    Where my innkeeper friend
    Wants to name a drink after me
    Then it's back to my room, where I resume
    My attempt to write a hit
    Just me and my beer and the terrible fear
    That I might be losing it
    And it's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE & MANSERVANTS:
    It's really, really hard
    So very very hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    I make it look easy but honey believe me
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's so
    SHAKESPEARE & MANSERVANTS:
    Incredibly hard
    So inconceivably, unbelievably hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's hard to be the bard
    [spoken] Honestly, I don't know how I do it. There's only so much of me to go around
    I've got so many fans
    With so many demands
    I can hardly go take a piss
    MANSERVANTS:
    He can't pee
    SHAKESPEARE:
    Be it theater-freak or
    The autograph-seeker
    They all want a piece of this
    MANSERVANTS:
    Gimme, Gimme
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's a cross that I bear
    I'm like Jesus, I swear
    It's a burden but I suffer through it
    MANSERVANTS:
    He is suffering
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's all part of the game
    The trappings of fame
    But somebody's gotta do it
    MANSERVANTS:
    So he does it
    SHAKESPEARE:
    And I know, I know, I gotta go
    And get back to my pen and ink
    Oh don't make me do it
    Don't make me go through it
    Can somebody get me a drink?
    Cause it's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's really really hard
    It's sexy but it's hard
    This bar that I'm
    Raising to be this amazing!
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's so
    SHAKESPEARE & MANSERVANTS:
    Annoyingly hard
    So unavoidably, un-enjoyably hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    It's hard to be the bard, baby
    [spoken] Ugh. I know writing made me famous, but being famous is just so much more fun. You see...
    What people just don't understand
    Is that writing's demanding
    It's mentally challenging and it's a bore
    It's such a chore
    To sit in a room by yourself
    Oh my god, I just hate it!
    And you're trying to find
    An opening line or a brilliant idea
    And you're pacing the floor
    And hoping for just a bit of divine intervention
    That one little nugget that one little spark
    Then Eureka! You find it you're ready to start
    So now you can write, right? Wrong!
    You're not even close, you remember that damn it
    Your play's gotta be in iambic pentameter!
    Cause it's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    It's totally hard
    SHAKESPEARE & MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    MAN SERVANTS:
    It's hard
    It's totally hard
    SHAKESPEARE & MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    MANSERVANTS:
    It's hard
    It's totally hard
    SHAKESPEARE:
    I've got fortune and fame
    Everyone knows my name
    I can't help it it's still freaking hard

  • @jman8449
    @jman8449 Рік тому +3

    Weinstein sitting front row next to the First Lady is a yikes

  • @TheToneBender
    @TheToneBender 4 роки тому +9

    "I can hardly go take a *pee*"
    Changed that for the audience XD

  • @papabon1622
    @papabon1622 5 років тому +18

    His accent is so good it's better than mine and I'm English

  • @beefrd
    @beefrd 7 років тому +11

    Are we not going to talk about Matthew Morrison and Kristen Chenowith literally BOWING to Andrew Lloyd Weber because

  • @Jolene8
    @Jolene8 8 років тому +50

    Those lyrics tho! Lmaooo!
    That opening!.... Those....
    Muscles! Lmaoooooo! I love Broadway! :)

  • @caitlintainton5024
    @caitlintainton5024 6 років тому +12

    Christian Borle is a legend🙌🏻❤️

  • @ipizzippy
    @ipizzippy 7 років тому +15

    Shakespeare and Glinda would get along so well.

  • @hollyc6025
    @hollyc6025 4 роки тому +13

    I’m literally obsessed with his whole character OH MY GOD. The way he does and says everything

  • @lilyargent8674
    @lilyargent8674 6 років тому +10

    Christian Borle is always playing big personality characters when in real life he’s just shy and quiet ❤️

  • @Flickarounie
    @Flickarounie 6 років тому +12

    I'd love to see him in Rocky Horror!

  • @stephaniethesing5359
    @stephaniethesing5359 3 роки тому +7

    Haven't seen it mentioned, but the four stunning backup gentlemen ain't too bad neither...

  • @sonjarijkers4139
    @sonjarijkers4139 3 роки тому +5

    I love at 2:33 when Christian flips his hair back, the dude behind him dodges it with a disgusted face.

  • @leahcarnomolos778
    @leahcarnomolos778 8 років тому +35

    i think i could watch this 100 times and still love it

  • @Claireffa
    @Claireffa Місяць тому +1

    The way he drawls when he sings is just wonderful.
    The fact he did this without any of his props as well was fantastic!
    A bit sad his shirt didn't pop open when he sang 'it's sexy but it's hard' though xD ahem.

  • @smarti3pants1999
    @smarti3pants1999 6 років тому +5

    Christian Borle is like the Johnny Depp of musical theater. I legit cant believe this is Emmett Forest

  • @LaurenOrion
    @LaurenOrion 5 років тому +50

    I’ve never been more attracted to a man with eye liner than I am to Christian Borle

    • @eviem.6903
      @eviem.6903 5 років тому +3

      *Jason Tam has entered the chat*

    • @TamannaDas
      @TamannaDas 4 роки тому +4

      Okay true but also John Krasinski in that Sabre episode of The Office

    • @colonyofrats4193
      @colonyofrats4193 4 роки тому

      Mat Bayton from horrible histories

  • @livelaughlabotomy4275
    @livelaughlabotomy4275 7 років тому +34

    THIS MAN MAKES MY HEART HURT GOD DANM IT CHRISTIAN BORLE WHY DO U HAVE TO BE SO FREAKING TALENTED CLMZKVNJBQVK

  • @biancacastilho3602
    @biancacastilho3602 6 років тому +10

    I never thought I was attracted to Christian Borle with eyeliner 🤷‍♀️

  • @mooonblooom
    @mooonblooom 2 роки тому +8

    i know nothing about something rotten but i'm obsessed with this song

  • @ziggyd93
    @ziggyd93 2 роки тому +2

    So weird to see Harvey Weinstein sitting next to the former First Lady looking back at this now.

  • @Kenzaaa123
    @Kenzaaa123 4 роки тому +4

    Borle is so freaking good looking. The jacket thing and eyeliner? 😍😍😍

  • @sophied4726
    @sophied4726 4 роки тому +7

    2:18 THE BODY ROLLS I CANT-