OBSESSED!: Just in Time for Easter, "Playboy Bunny" Laura Benanti

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  • Опубліковано 26 чер 2011
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    Laura Benanti joins Seth to model her Italian afro (courtesy of
    the rain) and recreates some funny moments from her Tony-winning role in "Gypsy". The pair also try to help troubled singers everywhere by demonstrating what you shouldn't do in an audition.
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  • @TheZekedurham
    @TheZekedurham 8 років тому +144

    Can there just be a Laura Benanti channel? Online, on tv, wherever - just all Laura, all the time. Perfection!

  • @dom_1923
    @dom_1923 12 років тому +24

    "I wish I was an oboe."
    this is the best one.

  • @whatdoyousuppose
    @whatdoyousuppose 7 років тому +71

    omg Laura is hilarious, this is too freakin real, this reminds me of every soprano in my voice program who gets tasked to sing a musical theatre piece and doesn't know how to act, or gets another classical aria that they can probably sing just fine but they cAN'T ACT ughhh drives me cra-zazy! (as Seth would say)

  • @puellamagica3359
    @puellamagica3359 9 років тому +93

    lmao sierra boggess literally does every single one of these things ahahahaha

    • @jordannickel-dubin9851
      @jordannickel-dubin9851 8 років тому +3

      +tiffany aching She does?

    • @puellamagica3359
      @puellamagica3359 8 років тому +38

      +Jordan Nickel-Dubin lol to be clear, i love her (in a "you're a little cringey sometimes but i feel it" way) and i do think she's got a lovely instrument. but oh my god, so much with the oversinging! and she's the worst offender when it comes to shitty british accents - every time i watch the phantom dvd and she goes, "when you WEHHHHNT EENTO THA SEEEEA TOOOO FEHTCH MY SCAAAAAHF" i CAN'T, i just, i just _can't_. I CAN'T!

    • @edisonthethird
      @edisonthethird 8 років тому +1

      +tiffany aching HAHAHAHAHA IM CRYING

    • @candicephillips3664
      @candicephillips3664 8 років тому +7

      Oh my god! Everything. All of this. I love Sierra too, but I just can't listen to her for very long.

    • @melissam597
      @melissam597 3 роки тому +3

      @@puellamagica3359 and “olllllweeeesssss” 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @michaelsamhat2937
    @michaelsamhat2937 8 років тому +58

    RIP Laura and Stephen

    • @jackl.gansner6102
      @jackl.gansner6102 6 років тому +4

      Michael Samhat true!! Stephen is now married to Phillipa Soo!

  • @CanadianFan
    @CanadianFan 8 років тому +31

    I can't get enough of Laura! :)

  • @user36able
    @user36able 7 років тому +66

    Just saying Laura Benanti worked with Sierra Boggess on the cast album for A Little Princess...

    • @melissam597
      @melissam597 3 роки тому +1

      I wonder if they didn’t get on lol 🐸 ☕️

  • @wrendennehy4674
    @wrendennehy4674 5 років тому +6

    Seth's wheezing laugh brings joy to my heart.

  • @ZoraTheberge
    @ZoraTheberge 8 років тому +29

    That's why she won the Tony

  • @pinoyidol2006
    @pinoyidol2006 13 років тому +5

    Her "bad audition" is hilarious. But still so good.

  • @abigailrosebrock7184
    @abigailrosebrock7184 8 років тому +43

    All of the actresses being called out in these comments..... 😂

  • @f13overture
    @f13overture 4 роки тому +9

    Hahaha love Laura! and I think it's so funny she does all these things too! In She Loves Me she even has the weird transatlantic accent :) I feel like this is a "takes one to know one video" so I don't think there's really one actress she's calling out, but just funny singing habits in general

  • @CoelJumber
    @CoelJumber 12 років тому +4

    Adore Laura! She's such a talent and so hilarious!

  • @elizabeth5985
    @elizabeth5985 3 роки тому +1

    She is literally so hilarious I can't stand it

  • @JordiekinsxxReal
    @JordiekinsxxReal 12 років тому +1

    Literally after the beat. Not by much, but when used effectively it is GREAT.

  • @inlovewithJLT
    @inlovewithJLT 12 років тому +3

    Augh, you psyched me out with the Wicked songbook! Thought I was gonna hear her sing something from the show.

  • @LPM12
    @LPM12 13 років тому

    I LOVE HER!!!

  • @Tousanx
    @Tousanx 8 років тому

    she's great

  • @savannahgibson201
    @savannahgibson201 6 років тому

    I'm dead. I love this.

  • @JoolsMatarazzo
    @JoolsMatarazzo 12 років тому

    I love you, Laura!! :D

  • @johnmmn2
    @johnmmn2 12 років тому +4

    If you play the piano I believe it's essentially the same thing as rubato. It's a stylistic thing where you intentionally either sing certain notes before or after the beat (ie. for different time values than they were written).

  • @MrLightsCAMARAction
    @MrLightsCAMARAction 11 років тому

    YES!!

  • @MrLightsCAMARAction
    @MrLightsCAMARAction 11 років тому

    Yeah, thank you so much! I love musical theatre! Like for me, I think it's because i come from the choir background, you know that My teachers and everybody tells me that I'm just singing and I'm like... what do you mean? and they're like acting? I used to think if you go in and sing and wail and belt these crazy insane high notes, that's how you book it, and that's how you get the job. I'm 20, it took me this year to realize it's all the acting. how can you make it you? No one really showed me

  • @anoecker
    @anoecker 12 років тому +7

    I wish I was an oboe too, Laura.

  • @anoecker
    @anoecker 13 років тому

    I've watched this video, more specifically the end, once a day for the past week. I'm OBSESSED. Haha... it's a pun.

  • @OscarMoeRuffus
    @OscarMoeRuffus 12 років тому

    @OscarMoeRuffus Thanks.So it's a rhythm thing. Thought it had something to do with placement in the throat. Thanks for clearing it up.

  • @MostlyVintageVoices
    @MostlyVintageVoices 12 років тому +13

    @OscarMoeRuffus It's when a singer sings behind the beat of the music. When used properly it sounds dramatic and soulful, when used inappropriately it sounds like a big, ugly mess and ruins the line of the music.

  • @OperaLover84
    @OperaLover84 11 років тому +1

    This is HUH-larious and oh so true! ;)

  • @musicalfool
    @musicalfool 13 років тому +4

    The Cow is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO perfect! Thats why they get the big money

  • @rachel869
    @rachel869 12 років тому +9

    Oh god, is it bad that Sierra Boggess does like, all of these... hahaha

  • @shbo2510
    @shbo2510 8 років тому +57

    It's aimed at Sierra Boggess

    • @jhelisacarroll
      @jhelisacarroll 8 років тому +10

      As much as I love her, she is all I could think about when they were describing that lmao

    • @ChristopherPettersen
      @ChristopherPettersen 8 років тому +18

      I mean Sierra does it well. She makes it work.

    • @Keith_Petersen_Actor
      @Keith_Petersen_Actor 4 роки тому +2

      You didn't have to come for her man

    • @melissam597
      @melissam597 3 роки тому

      I wonder why she doesn’t like her though, I mean SB is definitely overrated in terms of talent but she does arguably seem a nice person who doesn’t take herself too seriously

    • @shbo2510
      @shbo2510 3 роки тому +1

      @@melissam597 Maybe because of all the hype around someone she considers less talented. Or to draw attention to poor technique

  • @milesallen6827
    @milesallen6827 7 років тому +1

    ahhhhhh I listen to Seth Rudetsky on the radio and I did not think he looked like that

    • @actasifmike
      @actasifmike 3 роки тому

      Her voice and personality reminds me of Sandra Bullock.

  • @soopersalad2509
    @soopersalad2509 6 років тому +7

    also i hate when back phrasing is bad it's like they can't reach the high notes quickly enough so they take a long time to reach it OR they sing it really fast so it sounds chirpy and it ruins the rhythm of the song ugh. i also hate scooping lol but laura scoops in the She Loves Me recording.

  • @richlodge2
    @richlodge2 6 років тому

    Seth, please bring Laura to Broadway at the Wallis in 2019. PLEASE!

  • @bobxia2054
    @bobxia2054 7 років тому +9

    Lol sierra boggess...

  • @dom_1923
    @dom_1923 11 років тому +6

    Musical Theatre is different from let's say Opera in the fact that you can take more liberty with the music. Now, that doesn't mean you don't have to sing what's written, but there are moments when you should take liberty and fill it with an acting beat. Or sometimes you are so caught up in the song and in the acting of the song that you naturally take liberties in the acting and even how the song is written. Does that make sense?

  • @imcnagpc2
    @imcnagpc2 8 років тому +3

    Hmm...I read her wiki bio and it mentions nothing about her being Italian. Benanti is her stepfather's name.

  • @OscarMoeRuffus
    @OscarMoeRuffus 12 років тому +1

    what is back phrasing?

  • @theminutepast
    @theminutepast 12 років тому +1

    What do you mean behind the beat? Do you mean that the voice is softer than the beat or that she's singing off pace with the beat? I'm curious about what back phrasing is, too.

  • @jarvdean
    @jarvdean 11 років тому +39

    She left out the speaking-feigning-she's-acting low note avoidance!

    • @tommyross3298
      @tommyross3298 3 роки тому +1

      That was the “him” in “I love him.”

  • @raphaelgiglio1424
    @raphaelgiglio1424 5 років тому +4

    She was purposely doing mistakes and yet still managed to sound amazing.

  • @Scandisk10
    @Scandisk10 4 роки тому

    HAHAH. "I don't want to be aware of your diction lessons." Talk about foreshadowing to My Fair Lady.

  • @soopersalad2509
    @soopersalad2509 6 років тому +2

    steven is with pippa now :O aw.

  • @MrLightsCAMARAction
    @MrLightsCAMARAction 11 років тому

    i'm obsessed with musical theatre, but there's some like choices, that I've never heard of. what is speaking fainting i'm acting? what does he mean when he's talking about how it's a great acting choices, but they're talking about the rhythm of the music? Was wondering if you could clear this up?

  • @AtLastOnTheGround
    @AtLastOnTheGround 13 років тому +5

    I love her mooing!

  • @basedera14
    @basedera14 8 років тому +9

    Mrs. Trump 😍

  • @betteborstein7974
    @betteborstein7974 7 років тому +2

    What song is she singing at the end

    • @angelgolds
      @angelgolds 7 років тому +4

      It's the song "Bill" from the musical "Showboat" :)

    • @betteborstein7974
      @betteborstein7974 7 років тому

      Angel Goldstein thanks ✨

  • @joeshanahan2919
    @joeshanahan2919 Рік тому +1

    The diction comment is for Patti Lupone

  • @MrLightsCAMARAction
    @MrLightsCAMARAction 11 років тому

    that before.

  • @ericaperez1301
    @ericaperez1301 8 років тому

    What song is she singing?

    • @angelgolds
      @angelgolds 7 років тому +1

      "Bill" from the musical "Show Boat"

  • @goodboy12ify
    @goodboy12ify 7 років тому +2

    From 7:03 to like 7:08 I hear Carolee Carmelo

  • @anoecker
    @anoecker 13 років тому +1

    "you ruined the button."

  • @1037pm
    @1037pm 12 років тому +7

    What is back phrasing??

    • @jaycee330
      @jaycee330 3 роки тому

      Hitting a note just behind the beat...jazz singers do this. So do many female vocal pop singers.

  • @TruthSerum101
    @TruthSerum101 8 років тому +12

    On the other hand, following every rule, won't make a generic voice sound special. Interchangeable sopranos are a dime a dozen.

  • @OctavinaPlayer
    @OctavinaPlayer 7 років тому +1

    #Benania

  • @dignature123
    @dignature123 8 років тому +1

    At 5:24 is he saying "Speaking. Fainting. I'm acting?" I'm not understanding.

    • @lawc23
      @lawc23 8 років тому +3

      *speaking of feigning

  • @uncletibs
    @uncletibs 4 роки тому +1

    Doris Roberts?

  • @EdwardCullen667
    @EdwardCullen667 8 років тому

    Laura marry me already!!!!!

  • @MrLightsCAMARAction
    @MrLightsCAMARAction 11 років тому +1

    oh just flat out saying it, instead of using it to act. what was he talking about when he says like the music is written in 3/8's so i'm going to sing it? "the one time you should be backphrasing, you don't."

  • @leif1075
    @leif1075 4 роки тому +1

    What's wrong with apologizing if it's true..it happens .

  • @NoferTrunions
    @NoferTrunions 5 років тому

    ma moo, ma m...

  • @TheBSagan
    @TheBSagan 12 років тому +1

    Uhh... Meryl Streep is from New Jersey

  • @ben203302
    @ben203302 12 років тому

    It's not a pun.

  • @leif1075
    @leif1075 4 роки тому +1

    What is that cow story is that part of Gypsy? And who had genuinely no talent or stage presence..her character ?

    • @peesha4742
      @peesha4742 Рік тому +1

      Lol yes her character. The moo cow song is a scene from the show ; you should def see gypsy at some point its amazing

  • @IzumisChild
    @IzumisChild 6 років тому +3

    Dude really does have terrible diction; I couldn't hear a damn word he said explaining their last example.

  • @broadwayannie111
    @broadwayannie111 11 років тому +7

    speaking, "feigning" acting. Like, if you can't hit a note you speak it instead and play it off as a deliberate acting choice. Cop-out! :)