Laura Osnes - "Welcome Home" from "Bandstand"
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Laura Osnes performs "Welcome Home" from the short-lived Broadway musical "Bandstand"
Cast: Corey Cott (Donny), Laura Osnes (Julia), Beth Leavel (June), James Nathan Hopkins (Jimmy), Brandon J. Ellis (Davy), Joey Pero (Nick), Geoff Packard (Wayne), Joe Carroll (Johnny), Mary Callanan (Jean Ann), Kevyn Morrow (Al), Ryan Kasprzak (Mr. Jackson), Jonathan Shew (Andre), Carleigh Bettiol (Jo), Drew McVety (Oliver), Ryan Vandenbloom (Roger), Morgan Marcell (Entertainment Director), Max Clayton (Tom), Andrea Dotto (Betsy), Erica Mansfield (Ensemble), Keven Quillon (Ensemble), Jaime Verazin (Ensemble)
Music by Richard Oberacker
Book and Lyrics by Rob Taylor and Richard Oberacker
Directed and Choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler - Розваги
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The subtle yet prevalent acting of the band members is astounding. Just look at the trombone player's reaction after Julia says "faced with raising kids who did not recognize their dad"
He looks absolutely crushed inside. This musical is such a beautiful tragedy.
The trombone players name is Wayne Wright, he is actually my favourite supporting character because he has the most and least amount of story at the same time
My god i just saw it because you said, i can’t cry right now but i really need
The anger and despair behind that saxophone solo is insane. I don't think that this musical is great, but the payoff for this finale is, in my opinion, one of the greatest in Broadway history.
Im preparing to be an ensemble member in this show, I don’t think its the greatest either but i think it does what so many musicals fail to do: take advantage of what you have. Tell a story that’s untold through a unique soundtrack. So many musicals just follow the same basic sounding music to the point where you can’t tell wicked from ragtime. Thats also why Hamilton was so wildly popular, whoever’s heard of a rap musical before ?
I absolutely adore this song because you can see and hear all the emotions with each actor.
For example, when it gets to Donny's part you can tell he's just trying to focus on the music and keeps the thoughts and emotions of war out of his mind. Also, the fact that they had mutes in their instruments was a really nice touch.
Yes. And if you look closely at Jimmy during his sax bit, you can see he’s wearing his dogtags.
And when she talks about how Wayne fills his days, he plays really aggressively and loud like he's trying to block it out, and then gets quiet and pensive when she mentions that his kids barely know him
And Wayne looks like he’s gonna cry at that part too.
When she says 'knowing your wars not ended' you can see Donny almost bursting into tears
@@real_melody_barnes Looks like most of them if not all of them are wearing their tags. Which really makes sense!
This song is still one of the greatest songs written for the theater. It's a hard song to sing too!
absolutely brilliant. Using WWII as a vehicle, the song describes the effect of PTSD from exposure to war's violence in any war.
@@jamesrankin7598 absolutely.
I love how it feels almost as if every one in the song is on the edge of insanity. I love how unlike other musicals since every instrument has a character behind it every instrument has emotion and sorrow and anger out behind it as well. All of them displaying the characters’ struggles through music. It’s just beautifully heart breaking.
I think having the actors play their instruments added such a beautiful level to this show that cannot be touched especially with the emotional depth of the show
Yes, your thoughts are mine. And it's just beautifully heart breaking!
Couldn't have said it better myself!
I never really got the part about Jimmy until I found a deleted scene that made clear he is gay and lost his partner in the war. It makes so much sense now that his part is strangely vague compared to the others. His story couldn’t be told without endangering him
"Lives to tell of things no one could bear to know"
i cant find this deleted scene anywhere even though i remember seeing it :( i wonder why it was deleted at all
holy shit I just found this out oh my god????? Looking for this scene rn brb
My father fought in WW2. He never told me about the horrible things that he witnessed. I was fortunate to see this show during its Broadway run. It shed a lot of light on understanding my father better. The emotion in Laura’s beautiful singing voice is incredible. Everyone did a great job on this performance.
Anyone else get literal chills every time?
Yes!
This performance makes me cry every single time. It's so powerful
Oh wow this is so much more emotional than on the cast recording
a live audience is always superior to a studio recording, wonderfully emotional. To really get the emotion, you need to have seen at least the second act, better though to have seen the whole show.
@@jamesrankin7598 I agree. Although, I think the closing number in the first act is just as powerful.
In the scene right before this, the boys are all wearing jackets and ties with their shirts buttoned to the collar. In this scene, they’ve all undone their collars so you can see their dog tags. One of my favorite details.
could you imagine a mashup of this song and "Come Back" from Dogfight? Oh my goodness I'd be a puddle of tears.
Oh my god I can’t believe I’m not the Only one who thought that would be an incredible mashup!
New concept: war musical depressing song mash up including: welcome home finale from bandstand, come back from dogfight, no goodbyes from over here, and still from miss Saigon
Still have never seen the full musical but I’m still obsessed
@@junezoellers7039 omg you’re a life saver thank you!!!
The proshot’s on youtube for free!!
james nathan hopkins didnt have to go that hard, but he did that 🙌🏻
Literally one of the best musicals to ever exist… she’s my dream role but I could never 🥲
I just met Laura like 10 mins ago here in Kelowna BC. She’s the sweetest human being!! ❤️
Donny's tags falling out of his shirt by the end of the song is always such a good little detail I'm glad I've noticed. It just,,,, I dunno I feel like there is a lot of symbolism in it that I can't find a way to articulate.
The way they all interact with her and the lyrics just makes this masterpiece that much better💕
The way the pit orchestra subtly enters is really cool. I think they come in while the trumpet is carrying the melody (after Donnie's verse), but they're not really noticeable until the bridge (where you can hear the strings on top).
Got the chills! Such a good song! Such emotion!
I was thrilled to see this show on Broadway. Amazing!
I have watched the entire show about 10 times and have listened to this song and the closing song to the first act by Donny at least 20 times each. I have yet to make it to the end of either song without tearing up, especially Laura's closing Welcome Home.
My father was a soldier in WWII but never saw combat because of a disability. The best man at his wedding fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Another friend of theirs fought in Korea. I had friends serve in Vietnam. Any one of these wars could have been the basis for this play because every one produced soldiers with these issues; whether you call is battle fatigue, shell shock or PTSD. My father, his friends and my friends from Vietnam never discuss what it was like in combat. It took my father's best man until the late 1950s to be able to sleep in a room with other people, including his wife, because of the nightmares.
This song and their acting scratches an itch in my brain
That's Bonnie Parker
That musical deserves a recording too :(
I saw Bandstand in previews, it was the first Broadway musical I ever saw after years and years of local and community theater. It's a funny little show in that I didn't like it that much composition-wise. There were lots of moments where the show felt incomplete or where the transitions were odd. But I swear it's been 3 years and it has yet to give up its grasp on my heart. This song gives me the shivers like my body is remembering what it felt like to sit and cry in that theater. Anyway...
I agree it could use some workshopping, but its still wonderful to behold.
I will never get over the fact that I had tickets to see this on tour and never got to see it
So incredibly beautiful!
Great song - but oh well, Laura Osnes - life comes at you FAST!
Why was this such a short run 166 performances? Did Covid and the Pandemic shut it down? Love this show!
Bandstand opened on Broadway in April 2017, and closed in September. Nothing to do with Covid, just wasn't a hit, sadly.
Wish I had seen this on Broadway. Maybe a revival?
so sad this show shut down. I had a private q and a with laura osnes. That is her one regret