Top Five Musical Theatre Staircases
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If you're reading THIS comment below with YOUR favorite staircase - musical theatre or otherwise - that's how I'll know you read this far. 😉 Thanks for watching!
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Did you only make this video to make the public aware of Rebecca the Evil Staircase?
I had never heard of it before this, so I am glad.
@Sarah Hamilfan That's like saying "Don't look up the plot to Cats, it'll be a disappointment."
*THERE'S A DEMONIC BLOOD-THIRSTY BURNING STAIRCASE FROM HELL!* I really don't think 'plot' is why people go see it.
What about the palace steps from Into the Woods! There's a whole musical number about them!
Right?!? They're name dropped in the song and everything! Maybe it felt a little too obvious to him. Always keep 'em guessing, that sorta thing...
Sam Hackenson I think it's because the original broadway production of Into The Woods didn't utilize a staircase. It was just in the movie.
He's talked about how much he loves that number a lot anyways. You must be new if you don't know how much he loves Sondheim and ITW and "On the Steps of The Palace"
@Abby Rose
Oh, I know he loves Sondheim, that's why I was surprised he didn't mention it.
And that park version, lots of stairs
I don't know why, but right now, I'm only interested in how long it took you to do those animated transitions.
Right? Those transitions are awesome! :) I know he's used them in other videos too but... they're too good to change really. XD
Same Craig 😂
He just made this list so he could talk about the German staircase isn't it,
where are the 49402468382 stairs throughout comet tho smh
Sarah Gorman ^^
How dare you forget about the staircase at the house on sunset blvd belonging to Norma Desmond... THE Norma Desmond aka the greatest star of all.
ScarletBear seriously, it didn't even get an honorable mention. I thought for sure it would be number 1. Blasphemy!
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that. I thought that one would be a given.
But if Sunset was included too then he would heave need to mention ALW three times.
I agree, why the sunset snub?
ScarletBear I was waiting for this one to be included too!
I was prepared to ridicule at you for not even Honorable Mentioning the flaming Rebecca stairs at the start of this video, but damned if you didn't please the piss outta me with where you placed it and your totally 100% accurate plot summery of that musical. Thumbs up!
I saw Rebecca, the musical, many times. Now I finally understand the whole storyline. Demon staircase, best synopsis ever! :D
I'm German and the "Rebecca" part made me laugh so hard 😂 your sense of humor is the best! 👏
This is the high quality work i subscribed for.
I'm bummed that the staircase from the end of the 1988 Broadway production of Carrie isn't on this list.
Michael Scuotto same
I’m wondering if the only reason is because there’s only low-quality bootleg footage of it, since I haven’t seen him really use many bootleg clips in his videos. The big white staircase may not make much sense, but neither does the Cats staircase, and it’s just as iconic.
somewhere Mimi Lien is staring at all those stairs she designed asking what it was all for. sure, she won the Tony but what is that good for compared to this?
AHatredOfEs YESSSS
Only missing Great Comet, Sunset Boulevard, Mame, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella (R&H), and some productions of Into the Woods, but otherwise a freakin solid list! (knew Rebecca had to take the number one spot, how could it not? and I love how you said ICH). Who knew there were so many iconic staircases in musical theatre? 😂👌
Also, while not a musical, I feel like the stairs in Noises Off deserve a special mention lol
I almost screamed when you had Rebecca das Musical as your number one. Such a good show (and there's a version on UA-cam with subtitles) so you should check it out for sure.
I am obsessed with your synopsis of Rebecca. I almost wish that's what it was actually about. I'm a little disappointed Shirley Temple and Bojangles were not included in the honorable mention montage.
I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP MR DEMILLE???!!!
I was surprised Sunset Boulevard wasn't on your list. Nice retelling of the Rebecca story. Also, you did a lot of warm up for the Tonys, but so far no roundup. Thanks for the entertaining content.
No Sunset Boulevard? Oh well, great video!
What About Stages on Stage like in Phantom, Curtains, Anastasia, American in Paris Etc. usually for shows or ballets the characters do
But, but, but...SUNSET BOULEVARD?!? I mean, c'mon that staircase was crazy!
But amazing video still, it was so interesting to learn about Rebecca😂
YAAASS REBECCA!!!! SIE ERGIBT SICH NICHT!!! That show shall never die! Honestly though that summery of Rebecca was rather humerous. There are some English demos that you can find here and there on UA-cam, though the ones I recommend searching for first are "She's Invicible" (the German title for which is that phrase at the beginning of my comment) and the title track, "Rebecca."
There's a book, there's a movie, there's a radio play. Why do I feel like I'm the only person who actually knows what Rebecca is about outside of this Musical?
I've read the book, but I haven't found the time to look for and watch the movie. I have read about the changes that were made to the movie though. Perhaps a new movie should be made?
what song is in the clip he shows before he talks about it?
"Manderley in Flammen," which is more or less the penultimate song of the show. An English demo of that can be found somewhere on UA-cam as "Manderley's On Fire," but more was added to it when it was ready for performances.
I had to look up the wikipedia page for it to understand why Tommy's description was so funny (note: I hadn't heard of this musical before this video, took him at his word, and thought it sounded so insane it could be amazing) but oh man. The real summary of Rebecca is only slightly less crazy than the plot described here.
I really enjoyed the editing of this video. The count down was cute, and the song that played during honorable mentions made me smile.
Let me tell you, this was not a video I expected to see in my subscriptions feed today, but it was really fun. :)
"The staircase's evil can no longer be controlled and
*it sets itself on f i r e."*
(Cue happy music)
The honorable mention reel was actually my favorite bit. :~)
I know Webber's musicals are questionable BUT! The Norma Desmond staircase should be on here
YES! I was really really really hoping it would be Rebecca in Stuttgart! Because it was so impressive to see and I am glad this awesome show get's at least some recognition ❤️ (Though, of course, the retelling of the story was not quite accurate 😂 )
i didn't know I needed this. Top marks for the Rebecca synopsis, spot on
How about the staircase from the Will Rogers Follies? Such an important staricase.
That was my first thought - seconded by Mame!
Rebeca (the musical) is inspired by the Hitchcock film with the same name. It's a pretty good film and the musical adaptation seems pretty accurate to the original
THE PHANTOM STAIRCASE IS ICONIC
I would like to add newsies, the park version of into the woods, not a musical but the curious incident of the dog in the night time, and I think it was Shrek that had the staircase that lifted up in front of the actor as they walked up it. O also and I don't like saying this but high school musical lunch room scene.
I know shrek inside and out. What scene?
Callie Myers it is in the main turn table don't remember what scene but as it rotates the steps come up out of the stage. It is in the recorded Broadway version
Kevin McKain the curious incident staircase was actually the greatest thing I have ever ever seen ever
where? is? great? comet?
K
But
The staircases in
Mame
Sunset Blvd
American in Paris
Don't even get a mention?
WAT.
I've never heard of Rebecca before but it sounds incredible
My fav staircase is the Banks House from Mary Poppins!
wait... there's a musical based on Rebeca??? 😱
Alejandro Bustillos Chacón That was my reaction too!!!
LoL
The pain of tipping your hat TWICE to ALW in the same video must have been terrible!!!!
Don't remind me.
Wardell Molina cringe
The Cats staircase, but not the Sunset Blvd staircase? Blasphemy.
But I mean really its only staircases so :p
Musical Theatre Mash what do you have against ALW? He’s not better than Sondheim, obviously, but he’s not bad( though whoever owns Puccini’s music should sue)
I saw this video about a month or two after it came out and I really thought the last one about Rebecca was funny and I kind of forgot about it for a while until about November of last year and that's when I found a version of it on UA-cam that had English subtitles and so I watched and I fell in love with it. It's one of my top 5 favorite musicals. So thank you for making this video even if you didn't get what Rebecca's about right. Thank you so much XD
I love Rebecca.
One of the few german musicals that are actually good...
My favorite staircase in theatre in general is in the german play "Tratsch im Treppenhaus".
There is an English translation of it called "the stair case".
Love your number 1 being Rebecca! I so thought it was going to be Sunset Boulevard.
The stair puns......oh Lord. Well played, sir. Well played.
Gotta put that Stagecraft major to good use!
Musical Theatre Mash No kidding!
As a huge lover of German musicals and Webber this made me very happy.
Ugh, Webber. Even with Webber, you called him out on his bs. this countdown is awesome,
Staircases: The building blocks of musicals
BUT ITS NOT APRIL FOOLS DAY
Yooooo Rebecca looks good! The set design is incredible!
Oh my god FINALLY!!!! Someone else in the US knows Rebecca das Musical, and the actual show rather than just the scandal behind the cancelled Broadway production. That damn staircase, Rebecca, always causing the weirdest shit to happen. She must’ve been suicidal too so that explains why she set herself on fire 😂
Edit: Warm hearted...well that’s one way to describe Mrs Danvers 😂😂😂
Edit 2: ECK, the only correct way to pronounce her name 😂😂😂
Never heard of Rebecca before looks insane and awesome
So Great Comet lost the tonys and Tommy went insane
Yes!!!! I came here to say "AND REBECCA??" before watching nthe video and I'm THRILLED to have been proven wrong!
SHOCKED that billy elliot isn't on here (even though I am bitter about that staircase's existence)
So many thoughts!
1. If you haven't read it, you need to read Du Maurier's "Rebecca." It's the epitome of that novel that makes you question whether you, as the reader, are imagining things or if the narrator is taking things too far. The first-person narrator is never given a name, so that's why she's "X." It centers around the narrator's husband's first wife, now dead, whose personality consumes and (metaphorically) haunts the entire house. I had no idea there was a musical of this, and I want to see it now!!!!
2. In terms of staircases themselves, I find the "Lullaby of Broadway" staircase in "42nd St" more iconic because it's the entry vehicle that all the characters use to convince Peggy to stay in the show. She's already on the stage, ready to leave, but they all descend (and later ascend) it as a means to show her the magic of Broadway. It's the entry and exit point to the magic of musical theatre!
Here's another vote for Man of La Mancha. The dungeon stairs are epic!
And for folks missing the staircase from Mame...don't you realize it's just Dolly's staircase in drag?
One of my favorite musical staircase numbers was from the film 'An American In Paris' .... 'I'll build a stairway to paradise. With a new step every day. I'm going to get there at any price. Stand aside I'm on my way'.
Well... I actually am from Germany and “Rebecca“ is one of my favourite musicals.
And I'm not sure, if your description of the plot is a serious or a ironic one...
If you meant it seriously, I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but it is not about an evil staircase :D
It is based on the novel “Rebecca“ written by Daphne du Maurier and if you're interested in the real story behind those absolute wonderful songs, you could also watch the movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock ;)
If your description was meant ironic, I have to say “Good joke“. I would have never had such a creative idea about the plot of that musical xD
I have never been so happy that my name is Rebecca. I am Rebecca the demon staircase...
But really, the plot of Rebecca is so incredibly insane, and I'd love to see how they would bring it to Broadway, but ah... twas not to be.
You're amazing! Props to the immense effort you put into these videos!
Don't think anyone's mentioned Sondheim's Follies - deserves an honourable mention imho. Those beautiful girls have got to make a proper entrance in that once-great theatre.
So pleased 42nd Street was in there. After seeing the current London production, all I could say to anyone was, "The STAIRS! The STAIRS!"
Surprised Sunset Boulevard didn't get a mention, though...
Well...... about Rebecca....... NO! :D
Wow, you got Rebecca wrong. It's based on an English novel. You should check it out 😂
What you understood from the plot of Rebecca is PRICELESS.
I saw the clips from #1 and was like......is this Rebecca?!
For a minute I was upset that Fosca's staircase didn't make the list, but Rebecca the Demon Staircase saved the day
You forgot one of my all-time favorites: at the White House, in Yankee Doodle Dandy!
I love your explanation of what you think Rebecca is about. Not close at all, but I do love that staircase.
yahhhh i thnk you need to read that novel Rebecca or at least the thug notes before you commit any broadway tickets or european tours to seeing that musical...
A strong contender for favourite stairs for me is the staircase in Hamilton I remember sitting looking at them and thinking how it would be used since it was pulled up but alas they have their one moment in the opening and are just kinda forgotten afterwards left to the fate of just being a plain staircase
Isn't there also a staircase in Wicked?
"So what's your musical about?"
"A staircase posessed by a demonic presence."
"Wha-"
"And her name is 'Rebecca'."
"Stop-"
"And she kills everyone who walks on her except a housekeeper who keeps her evil at bay by way of a tiny statue, but when that is broken, Rebecca just burns herself and literally everything and everyone else and there will be *real actual fire on e v e r y s t e p .* "
"... Cats just had a UFO."
" *STAIRCASE OF S A T A N !!!* "
Willow Lackett 😂😂😂😂😂
Do one about ladders next so you can have 'Orphée aux enfers'. There's a great number in the first act sung by the bored gods watching a man slowly climb the ladder to Olympus. Yes techinally it's an operetta, but lines are spoken rather than sung and it's so silly and breaks the forth-wall so many times, might as well count.
Maybe some great comet
I can't believe you left out Sunset Boulevard.
This is the hard-hitting commentary that keeps me riveted to your channel.
I had no idea Rebecca had a musical adaptation. I...I did not see that coming.
yes!!! i was so excited when i saw the staircase from rebecca was number one!!
this is good and all but have you considered great comet?
Wait is Rebecca's plot just fanfic of the Book-Turned-Alfred-Hitchcock-Movie Rebecca?
quicksilver-ace It's the musical of the novel. The sypnosis he gave is a joke though xd
You included 1+1=3!!! I love that song. I was daisy and it sucked because I didn't get to dance in the beginning of the song:( but I love it so much
Dayna Nolan aaagh I love side show so much😍
The Book of Mormon for 2 though I was laughing so much
🤣🤣🤣 Lovely summary of Rebecca🤣🤣
The first 25 seconds made me smile very slowly with each pun 😏
Rebecca? And they say Ave. Q., Cats, and Little Shop are insane, I need to find this show.
LUBAKA!!!!!!!
Ah yes, Rebecca the evil staircase 😂
Love the Andrew Lloyd Weber shade!
What about stairway to paradise💖💖
Thank you for that weird synopsis of "Rebecca", inspiring me to look it up on Wikipedia which led me to the link to the Wikipedia page of one of my favourite theatrical experiences when I was in New York which was "Sleep No More". Happy for the reminder, though now I want to go back to NYC so BAD so I can experience it again!! (Also would love to see ALL the shows on Broadway)
4:37 ?
4:41 Chicago?
4:45 Sound of music
4:51 Rent
4:55 Annie?
5:01 West side story?
5:07 Charlie and the chocolate factory
Please help me out
Simone! Mary poppins for 4:36
The Producers for 4:41
Rebecca is not the name of the staircase, and the staircase is not cursed. Rebecca was the male main character's first wife. The staircase is merely a set piece, and a part of the Manderley Estate (The musical is based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier). It is a story of love, obsession, betrayal, and manipulation. Apparently, the American Cast and Crew of Rebecca are trying again to bring the show to Broadway, and they are targeting for an opening performance later this year. I, for one, hope that they can make it happen. The musical seems to be on par with Phantom of the Opera, which happens to be my favorite musical. I'm especially excited to see the entire stage ablaze during the climax of the musical! That looks like it will be cool to witness!
No love for the staircase from The Will Rogers Follies? Especially with Jerry Mitchell dancing on an Indian drum wearing next to nothing?
Rebecca the Staircase :D
REBBECA THE STAIRCASE!? 😆🤣😂
It's good to know that inevitably, on any video ranking anything - even staircases, there will be people decrying that their favourite was omitted :P
I would suggest that you might have included one of the greatest star turns on a staircase in Broadway history: MAME. When Mame first appears in the musical, once again, Jerry Herman created a brilliant entrance for Angela Lansbury (and those who followed her) when she appeared at the top of her staircase in her chic Beekman Place apartment, holding a bugle while sliding down it and singing "It's Today." The production number that followed was one of the most exciting in Broadway history. Certainly, that entrance was also one of the greatest of star turns. In fact, you used the film from the 1983 revival in your comparison with Lucille Ball; and there are videos posted from the original 1966 production that capture just how exciting it was. (And why Rebecca which has yet to make it to Broadway?)
No "Stairway to Paradise" from "An American in Paris"? It was my favourite number from that film and I've always enjoyed how it lights up with every step! :)
Masquerade is my favorite! :) It's really cool to see something so vague. XD I love this staircase and scene in Hello Dolly! :D OH MY GOODNESS THAT STAIRCASE in the last one you mentioned... like the whole show just seems epic and a little scary and I'm a little sad I'll probably never see it. Even though I also don't speak German. XD
It's also kind of cool to see how staircases really do play a big part in some musicals. Like how Hello Dolly wouldn't be the same without her walking elegantly right in time with the music down the stairs. I never really noticed that.
And oh my goodness the thought of Rebeca and just.... the idea of demonic staircases is both hilarious and horrifying. XD Especially because she just decides to burn the whole house down. That is one powerful and angry staircase.
agreed. you flubbed the SUNSET staircase. it made news all on its own when the production began. the whole house was dropped down onto the stage in one big move. also....movie-wise..."I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" from AN AMERICAN IN PARIS?
Forgetting Sunset Boulevard's staircase was unfathomable. But still it would have made #2 at best. How, oh how could you have missed the grand, amazing, story and fantasy enwrapping staircases (yes, multiple!) of Follies. Those amazing processions of performers both young and old, real and remembered. And what about "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" with its nostalgia and revelations so necessary to the plot. How can you forget Mr. Sondheim's greatest moment of pure theatre? For shame, dear friend, for shame.
Love the video as always 😊
I cannot believe you never heard of the novel Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier. It was made into a fantastic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940, starring Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The movie has a great staircase as well, but the real "demon" is Mrs. Danvers.
P.S. The staircase doesn't have a name. Rebecca is the dead wife of our lead protagonist.