Drew Sarich - Gethsemane - 1993
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2016
- Rare early recording from the Studio J production of Jesus Christ Superstar from 1993. The role of Jesus is played by a young Drew Sarich who went on to star in many successful musicals including numerous productions of Jesus Christ Superstar. Thanks goes to resourcejay for the original video. You can watch the entire show on his channel: • Jesus Christ Superstar...
18 years old?? Drew Sarich is scary good and I'm jealous, honestly.
Awwwwwww baby Drew!!!! He looks like Ashton Kutcher here :) So much potential, that exploded into a magnificent talent!
Wow! I love seeing this first recording of Gethsemene with Drew and comparing it to his later work. Always had a stunning voice though!
Wow he really gets better and better now. You can see he cared more about the technique back then and was not so sure how to be careful with his voice! He was amazing anyway then and now! Best Jesus ever.
A great voice....then and today!
Okay, sorry, I have to write a dissertation because I'm a Drew fan for ages now and I thought I'd heard all his JCS performances. This is an AMAZING find!
First, whoa, look at all that hair! :D Plus, he's thinner than I expected; I thought he was stockier until later in the '90s. But most importantly, he's got such a fantastic voice--no surprise, of course, because... well, duh, it's Drew! His musicianship is just in its earliest stages, as is his acting. He mostly sticks to the straight melody (not that this is a bad thing; it's one of ALW's best), and where he does deviate, he uses others' vamps. I hear hints of both Ian Gillan from the original British concept album and Ted Neeley in this performance.
Flash forward to post-2009 through now, where he takes far more risks and uses original alterations (as well as using those from later influences, e.g., Billy Porter and Steve Balsamo). He also throws himself into the deep end with that wailing and crazy high, held high note before the final verse. His acting is stronger and more gut-wrenching.
These changes are natural. Drew is a sublime performer and a master of his craft. Even so, this junior version shows a lovely, powerful voice, still miles better than most people even waaay more advanced than he was at this point.
But you know what really fascinates me? His pronunciation--especially his vowels! I'm used to his, um, idiosyncratic "a's"--in words like "man" or "sad" he sorta adds a dipthong (making "man" sound a bit like "may-yan"). He also has a very hard "r" sound at the middle/ends of words. I always figured that was his local accent. But either it's something he developed later or in this performance he put on a more standard, almost British accent. Which would make sense, since as I mentioned I think he was influenced quite a lot by Ian Gillan. That's the one thing that ever takes me out of his performances: whether he's playing Jesus or Judas or Jean Valjean, those broad "a" vowels and super over-pronounced "r's" scream "Hi! I'm an American rock singer!" (He did tone it down somewhat for Les Mis as time went on, I was happy to hear.)
Like some others I've *always* preferred his Judas, and honestly think he's better suited to the character and vocals. Since he's so drawn to playing darker roles, I'm surprised he's never gone back to it since 2005's Amstetten performance. I mean, Judas is by far the better role anyway! Even if Judas doesn't get "Gesthemene" he gets the kickass songs with the most acting range. I fell in love with his "Heaven on Their Minds" and in "Judas's Death" he breaks my heart, only to crack me up again with his snarky "Superstar." Why waste all that attitude just for one showy aria? C'mon Drew, come back to the dark side!
Anyway, blah blah blah. Thank you, thank you a million times for uploading this incredible bit of Sarichy goodness!
Question: marry me?
This is an incredible find, I've been stalking Drew for years it's amazing hearing something this old. You're right on the British enunciation it's so unexpected actually hearing him sound the way he does here, funny how he sounds older when he was in his teens and was using more chest resonance and open vowels. There's a couple moments you can actually hear the trademark Sarich tone creep in during the upper 4th octave like around 2:20. He was clearly forcing some of that extra baritone resonance back then (similar technique as when he filled in for Javert come to think of it) and probably holding back his natural accent, thank god he gave that up haha
Still a phenomenal voice.
This sounds amazing.... but what’s he doing with his hands??? Is that a character choice???
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Lol his "whyyyy?" was so disappointing compared to later performances
ValtronW he had the voice, but not the tecnique yet
I think he was going for the original Ian Gillan version.
Interesting that he actually started as Jesus... I still prefer his Judas.
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Lots more of him doing Jesus on You Tube than Judas.
Esa versión no es 1993 es 2003 yo tengo la caratula dice 2003
This is 1993 , by 2003 he had already lived and worked in Germany. He is 18 y.o. here.
he was really only disappointed in his performance wàs he didn't hit the high note like Ted Neeley does other then that I loved it
He's still fairly young here and he had not quite mastered the technique yet to pull off a high note but if you look for more recent performances of his you will hear what he can actually do and it's impressive to say at least.
Just... nice. WHERE'S THE HIGH NOTES...?!?!? Too poor interpretation.