I feel like this only feels rushed to fans that know the songs really well, to everyone else it probably sounds fine and they managed to fit in the whole cast and a good chunk of the beginning storyline in 4 minutes
But beyond it just feeling rushed to avid fans, the performance just didn't land well. Because it was so rushed, the singing was out of tune and shaky, the actors didn't seem nearly as in line with their characters as in the cast recordings or clips of the show, and almost none of the jokes landed. It's just disappointing because we know this cast is capable of so much and this performance unfortunately didn't show it off well.
Yeah I heard this song here for the first time and it doesn't sound like they were rushing to me but then again I haven't heard it recorded in the studio so I wouldn't knoe
Mean Girls fans are the worst critics. I'm glad CBS shut off the comments. This was the only way they could give all the leads a solo and feature the entire cast. Also, every show only had 4 minutes. Squeezing "Revenge Party" into only 4 minutes would have been even worse. This performance frankly wasn't even for fans who have already watched the bootleg and already like the show. It was about attracting new people. Everyone else thought the performance was fine.
I think it's funny that people are complainging about what was performed. While I would have liked to see 'Meet the Plastics', it probably doesn't have enough ensemble work to showcase the musical. What they did pulls in a majority of the cast, includes 2 songs (both showcasing the witty lyrics), and presents very creative choreography. The purpose of a production number on the Tonys is to get people who haven't seen/might be interested in seeing the show to go out and buy a ticket. Think of it as a live movie trailer. And for that, it was perfect.
I agree with people that it should have been slowed, or maybe just Meet the plastics, but they were able to get the full company on stage for the performance tho which I applaud.
Dear Ariana I mean it’s mostly pink, but it’s purple cause pink and blue make purple. Pink represents her status as a plastic, and blue represents her sadness and anxiety about being Regina’s “best friends”
Meghan Leathers Was the kindergarten comment really necessary? Red and blue make a dark shade of purple. Pink and blue make a lighter shade of purple. They're still purple. Did you even consider the logic I had behind my original comment or do you just go straight to insulting people's intelligence as a hobby?
I feel like Grey still has a hefty amount of lyrics in Meet the Plastics so they should have just done Meet the Plastics, and it would have been so less rushed.
Scostrich I think they did what they did to include as much of the ensemble as possible. Everyone in the show was in this performance in some capacity including swings and standbys.
I believe they had to showcase all of their nominated actors, which included Grey (who only has like three lines in Meet The Plastics, two of which are sung alongside others ?? maybe you got confused saying he has a 'hefty amount') so this was the best combination of songs in the limited time they had to display Taylor, Ashley AND Grey.
Most of the other shows that performed did not feature all the nominated actors. What number(s) a show performs at the Tonys is almost entirely up to the production team of the show performing, so I think they could've picked something better.
i really don't understand the criticisms of this performance, i understand it was a little rushed but what can you expect? i still thought it was fantastic
The cast was obviously awesome, I just thought the decision to include as much as they did wasn’t a good idea, cause the comedic timing had no time to land.
My biggest issue is that the rushed nature of it doesn't allow the jokes to land. But they did what they could, and I'm sure they wanted to use their full ensemble and this number is the best one to introduce a larger audience to the musical. I just hope that larger audience would listen to the soundtrack to get the full scope of just how funny 'Meet the Plastics' is.
Everyone complaining, please remember as amazing as Barrett and Revenge Party both are, the cast members who were nominated at this ceremony were Grey, Taylor, and Ashley... and the song they picked was a combo of the only part of the show where all 3 of them get to sing. It makes sense they did Where Do You Belong and Meet The Plastics, to showcase their nominees.
Yeah, I don’t really see how “tromboners” is any better. They’re both equally suggestive. I don’t get why Americans are so prudish about their TV. We air anything in the U.K. lmao 😂😂
Yeah, but we got ‘tromboners’, which is amazing for a practising tromboner (yes, that’s just as correct as trombonist, though less formal) who has been making that joke for years
I’m a huge fan of this musical and I loved this performance! These actors can do anything ♥️ Poor Tay sounded a bit nervous on the “my name is Regina George” part but whatever. They killed this! 🎉
i wish they had done another song but it would have been hard because both “where do you belong?” & “meet the plastics” don’t require a ton of background knowledge on the plot and they kinda introduce the show and because it is a short performance for an award show they had to pick songs that wouldn’t confuse people too much.
yes the performance was A LITTLE rushed, but they were able to mashup two songs, and include all of the cast, as well as swings and standbys. all of their tony nominees were showcased in the very small time limit. all in all id say that it was a really good performance given everything they were able to achieve
I think Meet The Plastics was nice and funny, and introduced the main characters which are the plastics and they all had there own singing parts that displayed there personalities.
they had to showcase their nominated actors; grey, taylor and ashley. this set of songs is probably the best fit to do within the time span while showcasing the actors though it’s very rushed.
Not hating on the performance, but you can tell that taylor wasn't prepared for higher key they put it in, as in the professionally filmed version, you can see it on her face. She adjusted quickly. Props to the actors for pulling two songs off in 4 minutes performance!
It reminded me on “This Is Where You Brlong”, don’t quote me on the title, but the song that Corden sang at the Tonys as an opening number. The final beat is quite similar
Even if this performance is rushed, it was still a great one. Mean girls the musical is amazing for people who wanna have a good time and want a good laugh (which is what the tony voters didn’t want smh.) I felt like Tina Fey was robbed of best book and Grey Henson was a great Damian and was also robbed. I still consider this one of the best movie made musicals, and the songs convey the ideas presented in the movie really well, especially I’d rathe be me and world burn :)
I love this show and cast deeply and so much but they were completely rushed and under a huge amount of stress because of the time. But I still enjoyed this
The “her hair is full of secrets” and “she asked me to spell orange” lines from Damian are just not funny like they were in the movie. I think stage-Janis is waaaay funnier than stage-Damian whereas I always thought the opposite with movie-Janis and movie-Damian. :/
okay nobody's talking about how out of key Barrett Wilbert Weed was at the end holy shit she sounds great in the album but she stuck out like a sore thumb here
Evan Kaspbrak I mean, I know right? It's almost like they had to rush it here to fit other performances, and that the album is meant to be the most perfect take of the song!
Danmaku Express this is a reoccurring theme with Barrett's live performances of songs from this show so chill with the sarcasm. She tends to do this a lot with her high notes. Not to mention I am such a huge fan of Barrett's and desperately wanted to fall in love with this show. Nobody's free of criticism.
Evan Kaspbrak I'm not actually criticising you for "iNsUlTinG mY iDoL!!!!!". I was just trying to get the point across that yes, she's off-key, but to base it off on the album is like comparing a chef's cooking to an artist's cooking and I thought you were just not understanding how taxing singing in such conditions can be. My bad though, since you do understand xD
Danmaku Express I do! I completely comprehend that it's insanely difficult to sing that way under so much stress and while performing such an intense number, Phillipa Soo is an amazing performer, and even she had trouble at times singing on key in "the Schuyler sisters" when she was doing Hamilton! She's still amazing, so is Barrett, those conditions are admittedly ridiculously difficult to sing under and I'm not trying to discredit them, just pointing out what unnoticed.
I agree. People are still mad that they didn’t do Revenge Party. Barrett is very nervous singing in a group here. She might’ve been too nervous to do a solo on the Tony’s which I totally understand.
I hate how some people are commenting that it is pitchy. Of course it’s going to be a little pitchy, this isn’t the cast recording. Singing live is hard, and unless you’ve somehow mastered not sounding pitchy singing live, then I don’t want to hear it!
They were probably super nervous too, as its the Tonys, which mightve resulted in their performances seeming stiff and flat and like they werent enjoying it :(
Aw they took this part out where gretchen sings I worm your secrets out of you And bring them to my master Then I watch Regina make your life a big disaster
I saw the real Broadway this is rushed because it's on tv and they need time for ads so if there were not ads there Karen would have said my name is Karen wait a whole min then say that its but its 3 seconds
barrett wibert weed and high school students dancing with lunch trays seems to be a reoccurring theme in this universe
Apparently XD
Luci :3 and three popular girls who barrett will eventually betray
yep, don't question it anymore,
Luci :3 and a mean group of two blondes a brunette
Well veronica had the idea to change her name and start anew lol
I feel like this only feels rushed to fans that know the songs really well, to everyone else it probably sounds fine and they managed to fit in the whole cast and a good chunk of the beginning storyline in 4 minutes
But beyond it just feeling rushed to avid fans, the performance just didn't land well. Because it was so rushed, the singing was out of tune and shaky, the actors didn't seem nearly as in line with their characters as in the cast recordings or clips of the show, and almost none of the jokes landed. It's just disappointing because we know this cast is capable of so much and this performance unfortunately didn't show it off well.
Yeah I heard this song here for the first time and it doesn't sound like they were rushing to me but then again I haven't heard it recorded in the studio so I wouldn't knoe
To me it sounded off and kinda unentertaining. This was before I got in the musical and the performance kinda drew me away from it :0
im a huge fan of this show and this whole song felt so rusheddd ah
yea, i agree.
Mean Girls fans are the worst critics. I'm glad CBS shut off the comments. This was the only way they could give all the leads a solo and feature the entire cast. Also, every show only had 4 minutes. Squeezing "Revenge Party" into only 4 minutes would have been even worse. This performance frankly wasn't even for fans who have already watched the bootleg and already like the show. It was about attracting new people. Everyone else thought the performance was fine.
I totally agree I thought the performance was wonderful 😆
BARRETT SHOULD'VE BEEN NOMINATED
HELL YEAH I LOVE HER
otakuKid12 I couldn't agree more!!!!
I think it's funny that people are complainging about what was performed. While I would have liked to see 'Meet the Plastics', it probably doesn't have enough ensemble work to showcase the musical. What they did pulls in a majority of the cast, includes 2 songs (both showcasing the witty lyrics), and presents very creative choreography. The purpose of a production number on the Tonys is to get people who haven't seen/might be interested in seeing the show to go out and buy a ticket.
Think of it as a live movie trailer. And for that, it was perfect.
I agree with people that it should have been slowed, or maybe just Meet the plastics, but they were able to get the full company on stage for the performance tho which I applaud.
My name is Karen I may not be smart...
THAT'S IT!
Marlon Oliveira she could have belted but they did her dirty
That’s it....
Same.
THANKS KAREN!
Anyone noticed how each Plastic had a specific shade of pink attached to them?
Woa
hadn't noticed
Cool 😁
Gretchen had purple...
Dear Ariana I mean it’s mostly pink, but it’s purple cause pink and blue make purple. Pink represents her status as a plastic, and blue represents her sadness and anxiety about being Regina’s “best friends”
Who's Jason? Red and blue make purple... Go back to kindergarten
Meghan Leathers Was the kindergarten comment really necessary? Red and blue make a dark shade of purple. Pink and blue make a lighter shade of purple. They're still purple. Did you even consider the logic I had behind my original comment or do you just go straight to insulting people's intelligence as a hobby?
I feel like Grey still has a hefty amount of lyrics in Meet the Plastics so they should have just done Meet the Plastics, and it would have been so less rushed.
Scostrich I think they did what they did to include as much of the ensemble as possible. Everyone in the show was in this performance in some capacity including swings and standbys.
Oh yeah, I hadn't thought of that.
I believe they had to showcase all of their nominated actors, which included Grey (who only has like three lines in Meet The Plastics, two of which are sung alongside others ?? maybe you got confused saying he has a 'hefty amount') so this was the best combination of songs in the limited time they had to display Taylor, Ashley AND Grey.
Most of the other shows that performed did not feature all the nominated actors. What number(s) a show performs at the Tonys is almost entirely up to the production team of the show performing, so I think they could've picked something better.
i really don't understand the criticisms of this performance, i understand it was a little rushed but what can you expect? i still thought it was fantastic
amelia cool uhhh a non rushed performance?
Agreed. I loved it, and they had all their cast members on stage which is awesome! 💖
The cast was obviously awesome, I just thought the decision to include as much as they did wasn’t a good idea, cause the comedic timing had no time to land.
My biggest issue is that the rushed nature of it doesn't allow the jokes to land. But they did what they could, and I'm sure they wanted to use their full ensemble and this number is the best one to introduce a larger audience to the musical. I just hope that larger audience would listen to the soundtrack to get the full scope of just how funny 'Meet the Plastics' is.
This performance was just so underwhelming. They totally should have done another song like world burn
Everyone complaining, please remember as amazing as Barrett and Revenge Party both are, the cast members who were nominated at this ceremony were Grey, Taylor, and Ashley... and the song they picked was a combo of the only part of the show where all 3 of them get to sing. It makes sense they did Where Do You Belong and Meet The Plastics, to showcase their nominees.
“And if you like marching and tromboners” I died
With* not and.
They had a lot to fit in, I personally found it amazing
... they changed the "blowing and fingering" lyrics oh wow
Cuz it was on TV.
Yeah, I don’t really see how “tromboners” is any better. They’re both equally suggestive. I don’t get why Americans are so prudish about their TV. We air anything in the U.K. lmao 😂😂
Yeah, but we got ‘tromboners’, which is amazing for a practising tromboner (yes, that’s just as correct as trombonist, though less formal) who has been making that joke for years
Yeah but I think tromboners is a pretty good replacement, honestly I think its a little funnier
Maddy Gowers
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Honestly, doing meet the plastics completely would have been better
they did do that..
Cobalt DeadShark no they didnt
Cobalt DeadShark no, they combined it with Where Do You Belong. Original comment is saying it would be better if it was JUST meet the plastics.
Vitesse They wouldn’t have enough time to do that, not to mention they had to introduce all the characters.
@@wahhh1673 not enough time? Its one song instead of two halves
Being that they were the first show to perform, I feel like they had the quickest performance.
I’m a huge fan of this musical and I loved this performance! These actors can do anything ♥️ Poor Tay sounded a bit nervous on the “my name is Regina George” part but whatever. They killed this! 🎉
I love how whenever I’ve seen this musical performed Karen walks like a sim HAHAHA
They rushed their performance :-( Im saaaad but its great
They didn't have that much time.
Unknown Person yes, but this show is awesome
Unknown Person yeah, there were too many cuts and changes made, it would be hard for any performer
They had to speed up there tempo and had less time then normal, as well.
What did you expect? They only had a certain amount of time, especially when there were so many other nominations.
3:11 “aNd dAmIeN tOo!”
i wish they had done another song but it would have been hard because both “where do you belong?” & “meet the plastics” don’t require a ton of background knowledge on the plot and they kinda introduce the show and because it is a short performance for an award show they had to pick songs that wouldn’t confuse people too much.
Plus it’s the only song that features Taylor, Grey, and Ashley, and those were the ones nominated at these Tony Awards.
People are over analyzing this performance lmao
4:00-4:01 was that a kitten sneezing? There’s a high pitched noise that’s not on the TV version. What was that?
where did you see the tv version?
Secretly a cat on tv duh
Probs Gretchen. She seems to do that chicken noise a lot
sounds more like gretchen
Esse musical parece muito incrível! Necessito ver
AARON LOOKED BACK 😍😍😍😍😍
tEE WAS THERE OMFG BUT SHE LEFT TOGETHER WITH KERRY AND RICK AWWWWWWEEEEE
yes the performance was A LITTLE rushed, but they were able to mashup two songs, and include all of the cast, as well as swings and standbys. all of their tony nominees were showcased in the very small time limit. all in all id say that it was a really good performance given everything they were able to achieve
take a shot every time you hear barrett YELLING
I feel like maybe they should have picked a different song to perform???
They definitely should’ve done revenge party
Agreed
I think Meet The Plastics was nice and funny, and introduced the main characters which are the plastics and they all had there own singing parts that displayed there personalities.
they had to showcase their nominated actors; grey, taylor and ashley. this set of songs is probably the best fit to do within the time span while showcasing the actors though it’s very rushed.
Emily Kamikaze lol yea
Still unbelievable they didn’t win one damn tony
eu amo mean girls tanto voces nao tEM NOÇÂO o cast é sensacional e eu!!! amo muito!!!
friendly reminder this and the other musical performances were cut short so bruce springsteen could perform for 6 and a half minutes
sugarfr0g no, it’s most likely because he could actually PAY for it. the springsteen show recouped amazingly well so he had the money
everyone is like jamming and bopping and dancing and everything and janis is like cool. no. im not doing that.
THAT BEGINNING WAS SO COORDINATED
aNd DaMiOn Toooooooo
i'm still able to spot ben tyler cook...this is a god-given talent.
Not hating on the performance, but you can tell that taylor wasn't prepared for higher key they put it in, as in the professionally filmed version, you can see it on her face. She adjusted quickly. Props to the actors for pulling two songs off in 4 minutes performance!
AND DAMIEN TOOOOO
FINALLY, I COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!
Love it 😍
Grey is a blessing
AMAZING!
It reminded me on “This Is Where You Brlong”, don’t quote me on the title, but the song that Corden sang at the Tonys as an opening number. The final beat is quite similar
Even if this performance is rushed, it was still a great one. Mean girls the musical is amazing for people who wanna have a good time and want a good laugh (which is what the tony voters didn’t want smh.) I felt like Tina Fey was robbed of best book and Grey Henson was a great Damian and was also robbed. I still consider this one of the best movie made musicals, and the songs convey the ideas presented in the movie really well, especially I’d rathe be me and world burn :)
I love this show and cast deeply and so much but they were completely rushed and under a huge amount of stress because of the time. But I still enjoyed this
What is that noise at 4:00?
THANK YOU
98% of the comments is in english though it's a brazilian channel who posted it
brazilian fan of mean girls musical here
this was the first thing i ever saw from the mean girls broadway show and I saw no problem with it.
The “her hair is full of secrets” and “she asked me to spell orange” lines from Damian are just not funny like they were in the movie. I think stage-Janis is waaaay funnier than stage-Damian whereas I always thought the opposite with movie-Janis and movie-Damian. :/
they weren't funny in this performance bc they had to rush it. it's more humorous in the actual show
Great zoom in.
I think its a little rushed but to other people it might sound fine so i still love it
"If you like marching with tromboners" LMAO, not as good as the official audio but still hilarious.
I'll SHOW YOU THE WORLD AS I SEE iT-
*mM*
GREY SLAYYYYY
the fact that I got a mean girls musical ad on this video
okay nobody's talking about how out of key Barrett Wilbert Weed was at the end holy shit she sounds great in the album but she stuck out like a sore thumb here
Evan Kaspbrak
I mean, I know right? It's almost like they had to rush it here to fit other performances, and that the album is meant to be the most perfect take of the song!
Danmaku Express this is a reoccurring theme with Barrett's live performances of songs from this show so chill with the sarcasm. She tends to do this a lot with her high notes. Not to mention I am such a huge fan of Barrett's and desperately wanted to fall in love with this show. Nobody's free of criticism.
Evan Kaspbrak
I'm not actually criticising you for "iNsUlTinG mY iDoL!!!!!". I was just trying to get the point across that yes, she's off-key, but to base it off on the album is like comparing a chef's cooking to an artist's cooking and I thought you were just not understanding how taxing singing in such conditions can be.
My bad though, since you do understand xD
Danmaku Express I do! I completely comprehend that it's insanely difficult to sing that way under so much stress and while performing such an intense number, Phillipa Soo is an amazing performer, and even she had trouble at times singing on key in "the Schuyler sisters" when she was doing Hamilton! She's still amazing, so is Barrett, those conditions are admittedly ridiculously difficult to sing under and I'm not trying to discredit them, just pointing out what unnoticed.
I agree. People are still mad that they didn’t do Revenge Party. Barrett is very nervous singing in a group here. She might’ve been too nervous to do a solo on the Tony’s which I totally understand.
Sem pausa de 4 segundos após I May Not Be Smart?! Aff tony, menos tempo nas performances para dar tempo para aquele monólogo chato no final.
I hate how some people are commenting that it is pitchy. Of course it’s going to be a little pitchy, this isn’t the cast recording. Singing live is hard, and unless you’ve somehow mastered not sounding pitchy singing live, then I don’t want to hear it!
is no one going to mention the choir kids hamilton shirt
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i love how becca is there even if shes a swing
Doesn't the ATW put up the actual performances on the Tonys channel anymore? What happened? I watched them just a few weeks ago.
Samantha Chastain same idk what happened to it
I like how they tried to incorporate two songs and the plastics in one song... ya know cause of the time limit
Cool
I got an ad for Mean Girls... This must be telling me something
Jesus that’s fast
is barrett okay? like her voice? i love love love her she’s so incredible but her voice sounds really tired poor bub :(
I haven’t listened to the soundtrack in a few months so it sounds a lot less rushes now lol
Still triggered they cut the innuendos, it made the song so much funnier
mmmyyyyy name is kAaArrEn
wasnt there another recording of this?
I think Apex Predator would have been better but i means still amazing!
hah no
corinne the pilot would have shown off two of the actresses that weren’t nominated
Should have done apex predator...
They wanted to show off the talents of the Tony nominated actors
They already performed that live on TODAY earlier this year. I agree that this was rushed, but I get the desire to showcase Grey, Taylor, and Ashley.
Nixxi yeah
This makes me sad. Too rushed. Felt like they didn't really enjoy it even though they said they did.
They were probably super nervous too, as its the Tonys, which mightve resulted in their performances seeming stiff and flat and like they werent enjoying it :(
The lights are still on.. why?
My name is Karen I may not be smartTHATSIT
I’m his was rushed all the parts got shorten accept for Karen..still it was nice👊🏽
foi tão corrido though :(
This is really cool - are you allowed to film whenever you want during the show?
We were allowed to film all we wanted at the event, but only with cellphone.. Professional cameras were not allowed
Why did they rush their performance?
They cut the mathlete bit. I personally like the lines that they had for them.....oh well. Still a good performance.
*screams* wHo Is aT tHAt tABlE tHeRRE?!!!??!
“ThAnK’s KaReN”
Gretchen didn’t say a part?
loveeee!!
I can tell person was fast forwarding it
Funniest part is that this musical is based off my school
GUYS DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THE BACKGROUND DANCER ON THE LEFT WAS WEARING A HAMILTON SHIRT?!
emma66128 I went to Hamilton u went?
Well... idk I just thought it cool I guess jeez
Why didn’t they do one song or cut less out?!
Carly Turner I guess because they wanted Grey, Ashley and Taylor to perform and it was basically the only way to show them all.
Little Lotte Erika barely sung though
Vitesse Yeah, cause she wasn't nominated. Grey, Ashley and Taylor were so I guess their priority was to show those three.
Why was grey so flat in where do you belong normally his vocals are incredible
Aw they took this part out where gretchen sings I worm your secrets out of you
And bring them to my master
Then I watch Regina make your life a big disaster
They also cut Regina’s lines, they had to shorten Regina and Gretchen’s to stay within their allotted time.
they should have done revenge party
Musical Speedrun
*should have just been Meet the Plastics*
my name is karen
i may not be smart...
THAT'S IT
THANKS KAREN
I feel like if they'd done revenge party, they could have fit everyone in and cut it down in a better way
This is my new name- thatsgretchenweinersherhairissobigcuzitsfullofsecrets - Yup.
I saw the real Broadway this is rushed because it's on tv and they need time for ads so if there were not ads there Karen would have said my name is Karen wait a whole min then say that its but its 3 seconds