Broadway Bucket List: Once On This Island star Alex Newell sings his dream roles
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2018
- Alex Newell gives a Broadway debut that has New York a buzz. The Glee alum stops the show nightly as Asaka in the acclaimed revival of Once On This Island with his joyful, fierce number "Mama Will Provide". Eager to see Alex slay more Broadway favorites, BroadwayBox was delighted when Alex dropped by the studio to perform three of his dream roles from The Little Mermaid, Dreamgirls and The Drowsy Chaperone.
Accompanied by Andrew J. Hanley. - Комедії
My dream role is “audience member when Alex Newell plays Ursula in the Little Mermaid”
Literally mine too
a MOOD
Me too
Yaaaaas!
Omg actually same
Okay, so now I *need* to see him as Ursula, like...now
You mean she right?!
eryn lewis no, him. he’s a guy.
@@erynlewis1892 pridesource.com/article/75195-2/
He's a cis man
I been thinking he is a girl
@@alexn.2901 I thought he was gender nonconforming
I would DIE to see him as Motor Mouth Mabel from Hairspray
Moriah Suarez He has sung “I Know Where I’ve Been” many times and it’s HEAVENLY! Give it a google, it’s. so. powerful.
Alex played Motormouth Mabel once at a small theatre in MA. In 2011, I believe.
I would love to see that too.
He’s the perfect Ursula
I’m here after finding out Halle Bailey will be playing The Little Mermaid & i think they should REALLY cast him as Ursula 💯bro got VOCALS!!
Sis the GROWLS!
Vao yes!!
This video cleared my acne.
send white supremacists to the moon. Hahahahahahahaha YESZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZ!
LMFAOOOO
This paid my bills and laid my lace front just right hunny it cook my steak the perfect medium rare and tucked me into bed #goodnight
"My skin is growing my crops are clear my memes are fresh"
So he’s playing Ursula once his run as Asaka is over, right??
This is a MUST!
I second this!
@@juliaedlund843 I third
He has my vote for this up and coming Tony Awards!
its unreal how talented he is!
Ursula is on point!
Ursula and Effie are pretty expected but I was delighted to hear 'as we stumble along'. Alex would be an amazing chaperone!!
Darby Turnbull YES
well, he did edgy in the clubhouse cast! on point honey!
AMazed at that performance
That’s my bby! Been watching him since The Glee Project and I’ve never been so proud to watch a stranger succeed lol.
Alex is no stranger! Knew it from the first time I saw them on the Glee Project, too. Great to see them fly on Broadway.
@@andrealuvshouse omg is that their pronouns? My bad 😬 IM SO HAPPY FOR THEM THO!!
@@wilddaisyprincess yeah. I thought they were trans based on the character from Glee, but they said they were gender nonconforming and prefer they/them.
And of all the actors on Glee, it’s wonderful that Alex flies the highest on Broadway and we barely hear anything from Leah.
Here me out, NBC brings back Smash and everything is exactly the same except it’s Titus and Alex instead of Megan and Katharine.
I want him and Titus to sing together so bad.
Oh my god yes
Omg 😮 yaaasss
holy lord yes please
Oh my god yes pleaseee
I would love to see him in a production of Dreamgirls
he friggin did! as expected, but he was in a clubhouse cast, and he killed! friggin killed!
i need his full Poor Unfortunate Souls version so i can listen to it over and over
I would love to see Alex as Ursula. I loved Alex’s character on Glee
BRILLIANTLY FIERCE!
Now I so want to see Alex as Trunchbull in Matilda! He has better control of his high registers than most actors playing it and definitely has the necessary comic timing.
Also, he HAS to be Ursula
I Would Love To See Him In The Wiz...
Randle Green he would be a fantastic evillene or addapearle. I'm currently in The Wiz
as every character
She
Myra Miller he goes by he/him
Yaaaaaaassss I think as a fierce cowardly lion with a sickening fashion sense!
Titus Burgess has competition for Ursula!
He needs to be in the Little Mermaid live action remake! Please!!’
Alex can draw me into all his songs he's so talented and animated. I mean Ariel is my favorite princess, but I would totally be cheering for Ursula if Alex had the role.
I love alex!! I would love to see him as ursula🙌🏾🙌🏾
Can we get him a solo show at 54Below
I wanna see him have a Vegas show.
I just want to hug him!!!
Love a good bit of The Drowsy Chaperone! Hahaha such an underrated show! Hahaha
Alex's smile is so cute!!
I actually need When Your Good to Mama from Chicago
He is such a performer! He was made for Broadway
That I am changing gave me life and feels
So proud of this hero from my hometown of Lynn!
YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED! I NEED A LITTLE MERMIAD REVIVAL OF ALEX AS URSALA AND CHRISTY ALTOMARE AS ARIEL!!!
Beautiful in n out
Vocal and characteristic brilliance! #YouBettaWerk why can't I stop listening to his rendition of 'Poor Unfortunate Souls'?
What a PERFECT voice
I needed him to sing ALL of "I am Changing." That snippet wasn't enough.
my favorite part is when he screams at 1:06 it's so perfect.
they is the shittttt!
Alex Newell would slay Ursula
Poor Unfortunate Souls: 0:48
I Am Changing: 2:23
As We Stumble Along: 4:16
I didn't even know I needed this in my life
That is Tony award winner Alex Newell!
Love the Ursula
Can someone please explain to me why Melissa McCarthy is cast as Ursula in the live action little mermaid movie and not this beautiful, outrageously talented human being???
i've been blessed he's so amazing i started crying 😭💖💖
He'd absolutely Slay Ursula
Just fantastic! This voice is incredible!
How about Evillene in The Wiz?
Max M. Grinnell Yaaaaaaaaas. I can see him singing "No Bad News"
Yessssssssssssssssss I’m watching this and thinking the same thing!
definitely
Please God yes!!!!!!
This was so fab!!!
Listening to this without looking at the video is riveting! His voice is amazing!
Alex: 1:07 *"ChiL D"*
My wig: *flies into the ocean*
OH MY GOD THE DROWSY CHAPERONE YES PLEASE
I *NEED* him to be Ursula ASAP!!
I am a stickler for the originals especially when it comes to Disney. Every choice made was spot on and then some. Alex Newell made Ursula come alive! Alex Newell is Ursula! .....and rest come after!🤎
Could you imagine Alex as Elphaba 💚
Ronnie Edwards oh god no.
Alex know he can sang!
AMAZING wow
Wow! Just wow! Can we get an album or ep of covers!
literally wtf so amazing
Absolutely, no words! My wig has been snatched off!!!
I can really see him as a wicked Ursula.
And he’s kinda Divine-ish too!
He definitely could make the role HIS.
Effie also suits Alex just fine.
But not as great as Asaka does. He kills it on stage in that role. He’s perfect for that.
Drowsy Chaperone I’m not a big fan of... so I couldn’t be impartial. But we all know he’s really talented.
We need Alex as Ursula NOW but she needs to play Ursula when she was younger or like an origin story or a reimagined little mermaid where ariel is the villian. Alex would absolutely kill it!!
It’s He/him
lollll!! This is so entertaining!! I loveeeee you!!
I love you Alex !
OBSESSED
Ahhhhhh!!!! Bravo!! Bravo!!! He is SUPER incredible. I'd love to see a duet with him and Jennifer Hudson!
Talk about CAN DO ANYTHING. He can do no wrong.
>ive never been the first one picked
>is literally ON BROADWAY
THE RIFFS!!
Love love love ❤️❤️❤️
Shivers.
5:40 Jesus that was incredible
lord hes so talented
CAST HIM AS LIVE ACTION URSULA RIGHT NOW
I’m gagging!!!! Give me more!!!
I feel like i want to hang out with alex he seems like a great person
I love him so much. Specially when hi was glee. And hi should be the effii in DREAM GIRLS.
WoW!
OMG!! Alex needs to be ursula!!!
I’m a HUGE URSULA cosplayer so seeing this made me SO happy 🖤
Someone sign him up for an album ASAP!! I'm waiting...chop chop!!
Someone get Alex Newell please cast as Ursula in the live action version of The Little Mermaid
Is it true that they’re reviving Dreamgirls? CAN HE BE IN IT?? If not Effie, then just IN IT? BECAUSE PLEASE????
HiMyNameisPeter aren’t there women who could actually play the role of Effie.
I wish Alex could also play Evilene in The Wiz. It's pretty easy, it's meant for an alto, he can go all out with two witches: Ursula and Evilene.
I am changing...I need Alex to sing the FULL cover
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS PLEASE
Is it just me or is the accompaniment for I Am Changing just so off? Like Alex is killing it and then these clanky block chords are like just wrong. Need to see her majesty on stage for the rest of her career, Alex can play any role
Daniel Grest Alex is perfection. The accompaniment is choppy at best.
@@gore6587 I don't think Daniel was using her as Alex's real literal pronoun; rather he was using it in the way that gay men use she/her for other Gays as in "So, she's thirsty" when they notice their friend staring longingly at another guy in the club/bar.
Stephanie Zimbalist ahhh right, i’m dumb hahah
@@gore6587 Not at all. It's just a complicated world. It was still nice of you to want to respect and individuals pronoun preferences.
um excuse me revive Little Mermaid with Alex as Ursula...STAT! P.S - does anyone know for sure what Alex's pronouns are? Most people here are saying "he" but I'm not sure.
I watched an interview of Michael Arden (his director on Once On This Island) and he referred to Alex, when describing the gods and goddesses of the island, as a gay man playing a role that was originally made for a woman so I believe that this what Alex wants to be identified as. So the pronoun He is I believe correct. They would have correctly referred to him as Transgendered during the marketing of the musical if he would have identified as such but from every interview they describe Erzulie played by an Asian woman, PaPa Ge played by a woman, and Asaka played by a gay man.
Ahhhhh thank you for clarifying! I did see after I wrote this that they used "he" in the bio, but I'd heard other people wondering this before so I wasn't sure. No matter what he identifies as he bloody slays that role!
I hope he wins the Tony for his performance as Asaka. He was truly a revelation!
He/him! I’m glad you’re asking.
J R its always okay to ask! Gender and pronouns are never obvious
Why am I just finding this now
UNIQUE!
See we gone have to fight one day cause ursla is my #1 dream role as well!! See you audtions one day hopefully lol
Now, he is killing Independently Owned. She better get that Tony.
I've been searching for someone with a magic to them to play Hattie McDaniel, this is it!
I’m screaming Alex’s a perfect Ursula
❤️
Alex needs to play Effie now 😍😍 like immediately
My wig is across the country
I need to see him play Ursula
Ugh. Vocals. Life. Wow.