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Fun fact: this cast had only done one day of rehearsal before lockdown started in the UK and they learnt this entire routine on zoom before doing it live at BGT!
OMG someone actually appreciating the hard work of ensemble dancers, it's defo hard putting up with the fact that your talent is often overlooked, but its moments like this that make it worth it. Good on you.
I have recently lost my dear Dad to Alzheimer's disease but ten years ago, at the onset of his illness , I took him to see Michael Ball in this at Southampton. He loved it but I had to convince him that Edna was really Michael! It is a happy memory for me because Dad loved musicals and this is the last one he saw.
Binge watching Marc Daniel Patrick in Ireland. Marc always glows from within as he talks with such passion and expertise but this is on another level. Great message. Welcome back to reality America. The world needed this election result. 🇮🇪❤🇺🇲
Have you seen Michael as Sweeney Todd? There are two You Tube clips. He was brilliant in the role, as was Imelda Staunton as his partner in crime. A very different role for him and boy, was he scary. Wonderful performance.
I have loved Michael Ball since 1997 and was able to see him several times during his 1999 tour and was even able to get a picture with him! Absolutely love him. Such an amazing performer. ❤❤❤
Thanks for not being ashamed to speak your mind about current issues. I hate that celebrities and influencers are shunned by some for speaking up against racism or sharing their political views! We all have a right to speak freely and your ending point was very well said. Great video!
Love how you point out the amazing job done by the "rest" of the cast - they are the glue that holds an otherwise great show together, the thread that keeps the sequins on the musical fabric 😘
I've been a huge Michael Ball fan ever since I saw him in Aspects in the West End in 1989. He just rocks this role! Also, you almost made me cry with your eyes welling up with joy towards the end of the number. This music has done its job. Thank you for sharing!!
I honestly didn’t even notice the enthusiastic ensemble member until you pointed him out. He’s really giving it his all and I can’t stop watching him 😂
Thank you for choosing this song - Michael Ball is the best Edna ever. I saw him in London some years ago. His "Your timeless to me" was incredible. Appriciate your closing sentences so much. With love from Vienna.
Michael Ball was born to play................ any damn role he wants. Count Fosco from "Woman In White" was pretty amazing. He was the best Javert I've seen (I've seen "Les Miz" about 10 times). Charisma and talent in one cuddly bundle. Can you tell I'm a Michael Ball fan?
'If you cannot acknowledge that this is a long overdue step forward for us as people, then you have lost so much more than just this election' Wonderful statement, and so truthful Thanks again for such a wonderful video, particularly as it highlights one of my own countrymen, the FABULOUS Mr Michael Ball
Please react to the other musical performance on BGT if possible. it features Mary Poppins, Phantom and Michael Ball again in Les Mis. It was a tribute to the West End and called to people to save the theatre.
I loved Micheal Ball as Edna when he was in Edinburgh with the cast a few years ago. So damn funny and great interaction with the audience when things went a tad off script.
I watched this play in London, it was amazing! At the end everybody in the audience was standing , singing and dancing. I was smiling even hours after the show ended! (also because I got a photo with Michael Ball, such a nice guy!😉 and great actor, just thinking that the next play where I saw him was Sweeney Todd, and that he was just stunning!!).
I'm so tickled you picked this, because HAIRSPRAY is such a fantastic show, and offers so many terrific and important messages. Plus, it's just one of those shows that is filled with joy and emotion, and that just plain makes me happy. And YES, this is premium Michael Ball! And thank you for the eloquent and heartfelt final words here on the video, Marc. It's something that needs to be said -- and heard -- especially in today's increasingly cruel and divided world. Here's to the day when respecting and accepting ALL people as equal, regardless of race, gender, size, sexual orientation, age, etc., is a universal and 100% supported part of daily life.
Please react to Bad Cinderella from the new ALW Cinderella!!!! That and literally any performance from six!! So happy were actually getting some musical performances in the UK again
Very well said as always Marc. Also thank you for giving extra kudos to the ensemble. I think some people lose sight and only care about the stars in the shows, but the ensemble and swings form the foundation to help heighten the entire show. I always love being in the ensemble of a show.
God bless my middle school voice coach -- as an adult looking back, I realize she had me sing this song (completely out of my usual repertoire) bc she wanted me to feel as good as Tracy did and have fun -- definitely the positivity every 14 year old needs!
Man... Marc always speaking the truth and making us emotional! Your end message was just what we needed to hear! I absolutely LOOOOVVVEEEE Hairspray... I'm gutted I've never had the chance to see it in the theatre... hopefully if all goes well next year I'll be able to see it in London. THANK YOU for shedding light on the ensemble. They are incredible and you're so right, NO SHOW is complete without them. I love seeing certain members just living their best life in a song! You Can't Stop The Beat literally is just that...it just doesn't stop the whole way through.... goes on and on... key change after key change... is very hard to sing (at least if you're like me and try to sing like 12 parts at once) and to sing and dance to it at the same time must be so so hard. This was just a snippet of it that we saw but it is still incredible. I wonder why they changed the lyric to "and it sees both white and black" from "it don't know white from black"? Regardless the message is the same. I just love watching your face when you react to these things though because you get totally immersed in it and we clearly do too! It's nice to have someone to share that feeling with! OK I'm done now haha!
@@MarcDanielPatrick omg seriously don't ever change. It's your raw emotion that's coming out and that is what we are HERE for. Your reaction and analysis. Your videos are so easy to binge watch because they are well paced, authentic and really educational. I learn a lot from you x
I adore Michael Ball as Edna !!! He is literally the best one out there, he’s been Edna more than twice on different years and I just can’t imagine her existing without him, ALSO SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, LIKE ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL ! I hope the 2021 performances aren’t the last ones we see Michael as Edna 🥹
What you said about the chorus is so true. I was helping a high school production and after auditions I took aside each chorus member and told them what you just said. You can have a phenomenal lead, but they need the support of the chorus.
I absolutely love Hairspray! The performance never fails to give me goosebumps every time. I really appreciate how you acknowledged the important role of the ensemble. And that part at the end of the video, so heartwarming and agree 100%. Thank you for a great video!
I've had the joy and privilege to watch you making these videos during this pandemic, but this one seemed particularly special. Purely joyful, exuberant, and impossible to resist the beat. Great times!
I love this musical especially the number in the record store that in the movie Queen Latifa sings and the “kids” dance. The dancing is just as important as some of the music I think because it shows to me the sharing of cultural heritage and understanding. Just my ramblings. Love your videos. Fan for life. Can’t wait till live performances are back. Stay safe.
So, in watching only 2 of your videos, I have fallen in love with this channel. I like the details you bring out in expressing the acts and the experience we're meant to have based on that and showing us how they relay that.
I saw him years ago in this,and was due to see last year,but was cancelled because of covid,it was incredible Michael Ball and Leanne Jones,meet them after.
I just recently found your videos and I love them! I've been binging them all. I would love to see you react to musical performances from other countries as well, what immediately comes to mind is the Swedish production of Chess with Tommy Körberg, Anders Ekborg and Helen Sjöholm, it's an outstanding production.
Hairspray is such a fun show!! You Can’t Stop The Beat is one number you’d be hard pressed to not be toe tapping and moving along to the beat when it plays!
Michael Ball tours a lot with Alfie Boe but you can always tell when he rejoins Hairspray his beard comes off he's just brilliant on his Radio 2 show as sell
Michael has always said even before lockdowns it's never just the lead actors who are important to any performance it's all the cast it's the background staff makeup wardrobe ticket collectors people who show to your seats cleaners at the end he and everyone says thanks to the them❤️❤️
I just love to see you reacting to the videos! I just watched 3 times to catch it all - the amazing performance and your expressions! And the end of this video just made me tear up, cause it's just so important to point out the importance of the election! No matter the party, just what it means to have a black woman as VP! Thank you!!!
Jordan Benjamin has just been in the Little Big Things in the West End. He plays the youngest brother Dom and he is excellent along with Johny Amies who plays Link in this production of Hairspray. and the joint lead in Little Big Things. I have seen Michael Ball play Edna in two different productions and he is amazing in the role.
Great video as usual, this music just brings so much joy! I have a suggestion for another react video: Josh Young, either in the number Bring On The Men, or in his role as Judas singing 'Heaven on their Minds'! Love your channel, take care!
@@MarcDanielPatrick I am sure that your vids bring joy to alot of people.. Your lovely and warm demeanor bring out such lovely comments from fellow musical 🎶 theater 🎭 devotees. Personally I just want to give u a big hug every time you show us how a song & performance makes you feel.
Hey Marc, I absolutely love your channel! I know that you already covered a version of this song, but would you be interested in reacting to Four Evans sing "For Forever" by WhatsOnStage? Thank you for letting us in the wonderful world of musical theater.
You need to check out the bootlegged duet from when Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees played Wilbur to Michael Ball’s Edna singing their duet. It’s hysterical! 🤣😂
Thanks for this. I hadn't seen it in a while. I'm not sure this was the role he was born to play, but he does say it's the most fun and he can't wait to get back to it. He seems to appreciate the ensemble performers as much as you do. I don't know if he did it with "Hairspray", but he has taken several performers from other shows on tour with him. Adrian Hansel is perhaps one of the better known.
well, yeah - Michael met Adrian when they were in the original London cast of Hairspray together. Other Hairspray alumni on his tours: Ben James-Ellis and Sandra Marvin.
Marc, you have opened my eyes, ears and mind and you may have just converted me. I have never seen a stage production of HAIRSPRAY. I did see the film with Divine and Ricki Lake, the 2007 film with John Travolta and the live television version with Harvey Fierstein and I didn't care for any of them. I tried...I really tried. I could give my reasons but this reply would go on and on and I am sure you are besieged with so many. That said, Michael Ball blew me away. I never would have recognized him. I've always loved his voice and thought he was at his vocal best in ASPECTS OF LOVE. Anyway, I thought he was brilliant in this version of HAIRSPRAY. Thank you for pointing out the lyrics and the messages they convey that are so applicable today. Too often, at least for me, I focus on the music, sets, effects, choreography, costumes that I miss the words because I am so overwhelmed and immersed in so much that is happening on stage. It was through you that I felt the incredible energy of the dancers and I said to myself, "Look at Marc moving to the rhythms. He's feeling and loving it and he can move!" and I enjoyed watching you just as much. I smiled and moved to what I saw. Loved it!!! Your closing was what I believe needed to be said in the climate we are currently experiencing. If you were offering a course in musical theatre, I would, without question, want to be in your class. Thank you again for this and thank you for taking the time to respond to my commentaries. They are very much appreciated. Always love hearing from you.
Once again Roberto. Thank you for this beautiful comment. The message of this show (this number especially) was just too relevant to ignore. As one subscriber already said, I went a little news reporter on this one, my bad.
@@MarcDanielPatrick Not your bad Marc. You gave your substantiated opinion as you always do and I will back you 100% on your ability to articulate what could have been overlooked. Bravo and a standing ovation for Mar Daniel Patrick!
You should react to Harvey Fierstein and the cast of Hairspray Live! singing You Can’t Stop The Beat. Also, two things. 1. Harvey Fierstein is my favorite Edna Turnblad. 2. You Can’t Stop The Beat is my favorite song from Hairspray. It’s the one song from the show I play over and over again. I also dance to it. Doing the exact dance moves for the song.
How do I DOUBLE-LIKE this video? As always, your professional perspective is on point but in this video, you would have done a disservice to the show you are critiquing if you didn't "go there" on the politics! And I'm living for it! Since Nov2020 things have gone crazy in the US but it is a REACTION to the great good, great steps forward. The storming of The Capitol is one if the final battles of the 1st civil war, not the first battle of the next one. I wish all Americans peace, prosperity and equality in 2021 and beyond. Xxx
It'd be really cool if you would react to This is the Hour from Miss Saigon, specifically, the video titled: Tony and Oliver winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon)? Also, Kristin Chenoweth doing Glitter and Be Gay? :)
Michael Ball is probably the best Edna vocals-wise, the quality of his singing is such a stark difference to the usual talk-singing character actor that they cast in the US productions
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Fun fact: this cast had only done one day of rehearsal before lockdown started in the UK and they learnt this entire routine on zoom before doing it live at BGT!
Worth adding as well that it all had to be danced 'socially distanced' (if your watching this in 10 yrs time - it was during the pandemic!)
WOW REALLY??!! That is incredible!!!
OMG someone actually appreciating the hard work of ensemble dancers, it's defo hard putting up with the fact that your talent is often overlooked, but its moments like this that make it worth it. Good on you.
I have recently lost my dear Dad to Alzheimer's disease but ten years ago, at the onset of his illness , I took him to see Michael Ball in this at Southampton. He loved it but I had to convince him that Edna was really Michael! It is a happy memory for me because Dad loved musicals and this is the last one he saw.
Binge watching Marc Daniel Patrick in Ireland. Marc always glows from within as he talks with such passion and expertise but this is on another level. Great message. Welcome back to reality America. The world needed this election result. 🇮🇪❤🇺🇲
Totally agree! He is always glowing in his reactions!!
Thank you so much for the Irish support Fiona.
This is such a hard musical to cast. But when you get the right people, its amazing!
Have you seen Michael as Sweeney Todd? There are two You Tube clips. He was brilliant in the role, as was Imelda Staunton as his partner in crime. A very different role for him and boy, was he scary. Wonderful performance.
I have loved Michael Ball since 1997 and was able to see him several times during his 1999 tour and was even able to get a picture with him! Absolutely love him. Such an amazing performer. ❤❤❤
Thanks for not being ashamed to speak your mind about current issues. I hate that celebrities and influencers are shunned by some for speaking up against racism or sharing their political views! We all have a right to speak freely and your ending point was very well said. Great video!
I saw micheal in the original london cast many years back and I freaking lost my mind when he came on stage ❤ he is the best edna I got to see live
Love how you point out the amazing job done by the "rest" of the cast - they are the glue that holds an otherwise great show together, the thread that keeps the sequins on the musical fabric 😘
I've been a huge Michael Ball fan ever since I saw him in Aspects in the West End in 1989. He just rocks this role! Also, you almost made me cry with your eyes welling up with joy towards the end of the number. This music has done its job. Thank you for sharing!!
He was amazing in ASPECTS OF LOVE!
Marc always makes me wanna cry too when his eyes well up! He is so emotional and I love it!!
Michael Ball was born to play any role be it on stage or on his Radio2 show or on TV or singer he just brilliant
I honestly didn’t even notice the enthusiastic ensemble member until you pointed him out. He’s really giving it his all and I can’t stop watching him 😂
Your virtually tangible love for musical theater has kept me coming back for multiple videos. Your comments in this one won my heart. Thank you.
Thank you for choosing this song - Michael Ball is the best Edna ever. I saw him in London some years ago. His "Your timeless to me" was incredible.
Appriciate your closing sentences so much. With love from Vienna.
Seems they changed the lyric to, 'Sees both white and black'
Oh. My. GOSH. I love Michael Ball like ten times more than I already did now!
Michael Ball was born to play................ any damn role he wants. Count Fosco from "Woman In White" was pretty amazing. He was the best Javert I've seen (I've seen "Les Miz" about 10 times). Charisma and talent in one cuddly bundle. Can you tell I'm a Michael Ball fan?
I'm getting that, yeah, just a little. 😊
omg MICHAEL BALL! You could do an entire reaction channel just on him.
Oh god so true.
'If you cannot acknowledge that this is a long overdue step forward for us as people, then you have lost so much more than just this election'
Wonderful statement, and so truthful
Thanks again for such a wonderful video, particularly as it highlights one of my own countrymen, the FABULOUS Mr Michael Ball
That end message though 👏👏👏
Your end comments almost had me in tears. Love your videos and love you! (We need more love in this world.)
Please react to the other musical performance on BGT if possible. it features Mary Poppins, Phantom and Michael Ball again in Les Mis. It was a tribute to the West End and called to people to save the theatre.
Yes, I love that performance!
I loved Micheal Ball as Edna when he was in Edinburgh with the cast a few years ago. So damn funny and great interaction with the audience when things went a tad off script.
Michael Ball radiates joy - I can almost feel it through my screen!
What a performance!!! So enthusiastic, so fast-moving, so uplifting. The energy expended is beyond belief and the whole thing simply pure joy!
I watched this play in London, it was amazing! At the end everybody in the audience was standing , singing and dancing. I was smiling even hours after the show ended! (also because I got a photo with Michael Ball, such a nice guy!😉 and great actor, just thinking that the next play where I saw him was Sweeney Todd, and that he was just stunning!!).
Michael Ball was great in this...i know Harvey Fierstein is iconic as the OG Mama Turnblad, but i can't deny i much prefer a true vocalist in the role
Damn, should I risk and say this is your best video?
Yep. It is
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Thank you for pointing out those two lyrics. They are both so powerful.
I'm so tickled you picked this, because HAIRSPRAY is such a fantastic show, and offers so many terrific and important messages. Plus, it's just one of those shows that is filled with joy and emotion, and that just plain makes me happy. And YES, this is premium Michael Ball!
And thank you for the eloquent and heartfelt final words here on the video, Marc. It's something that needs to be said -- and heard -- especially in today's increasingly cruel and divided world. Here's to the day when respecting and accepting ALL people as equal, regardless of race, gender, size, sexual orientation, age, etc., is a universal and 100% supported part of daily life.
Those are two great lyrics & a profound moment in our history. It’s about damn time.
I think I spoke this video into existence, The other day I was watching Hairspray videos and said “I wish Coach Marc would react to Hairspray” lmao
Haha. 💕
That little head bop you do with good morning Baltimore is unbelievably adorable.
Please react to Bad Cinderella from the new ALW Cinderella!!!! That and literally any performance from six!! So happy were actually getting some musical performances in the UK again
This song is so great, it makes me want to get up and dance but at the same time cry because of how meaningful the lyrics are.
Another great reaction! I've never seen Hairspray so I cracked up so hard when Michael showed up 😂.
I love watching you analyze acting and serious performances, but there’s just something about Marc bopping along to this that brings me so much joy!
And me....
And when he starts lip synching and giving it some sass...🤣🤣
I cant watch it back anymore im that embarrassed by it. LOL Thank you though!
@@MarcDanielPatrick hahaha give us more sass Marc we're here for it!
Yassss finally someone is talking about the AMAZING ensemble members!!
Love your reaction videos!
Very well said as always Marc. Also thank you for giving extra kudos to the ensemble. I think some people lose sight and only care about the stars in the shows, but the ensemble and swings form the foundation to help heighten the entire show. I always love being in the ensemble of a show.
its amazing to think how boring the "stars" would look onstage without an entire ensemble with them
Marc, thank you for connecting this show, and these numbers to what us going on in our country today! Love your channel!
God bless my middle school voice coach -- as an adult looking back, I realize she had me sing this song (completely out of my usual repertoire) bc she wanted me to feel as good as Tracy did and have fun -- definitely the positivity every 14 year old needs!
Man... Marc always speaking the truth and making us emotional! Your end message was just what we needed to hear!
I absolutely LOOOOVVVEEEE Hairspray... I'm gutted I've never had the chance to see it in the theatre... hopefully if all goes well next year I'll be able to see it in London. THANK YOU for shedding light on the ensemble. They are incredible and you're so right, NO SHOW is complete without them. I love seeing certain members just living their best life in a song! You Can't Stop The Beat literally is just that...it just doesn't stop the whole way through.... goes on and on... key change after key change... is very hard to sing (at least if you're like me and try to sing like 12 parts at once) and to sing and dance to it at the same time must be so so hard. This was just a snippet of it that we saw but it is still incredible. I wonder why they changed the lyric to "and it sees both white and black" from "it don't know white from black"? Regardless the message is the same.
I just love watching your face when you react to these things though because you get totally immersed in it and we clearly do too! It's nice to have someone to share that feeling with! OK I'm done now haha!
I'm glad you're okay with it, cause I cant stand my face in these videos half the time. Haha. Thank you so much for the support.
@@MarcDanielPatrick omg seriously don't ever change. It's your raw emotion that's coming out and that is what we are HERE for. Your reaction and analysis. Your videos are so easy to binge watch because they are well paced, authentic and really educational. I learn a lot from you x
I get the same look on my face when watching or listening to Broadway. Thanks for brightening my day!
I adore Michael Ball as Edna !!! He is literally the best one out there, he’s been Edna more than twice on different years and I just can’t imagine her existing without him, ALSO SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, LIKE ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL !
I hope the 2021 performances aren’t the last ones we see Michael as Edna 🥹
What you said about the chorus is so true. I was helping a high school production and after auditions I took aside each chorus member and told them what you just said. You can have a phenomenal lead, but they need the support of the chorus.
I absolutely love Hairspray! The performance never fails to give me goosebumps every time. I really appreciate how you acknowledged the important role of the ensemble. And that part at the end of the video, so heartwarming and agree 100%. Thank you for a great video!
I've had the joy and privilege to watch you making these videos during this pandemic, but this one seemed particularly special. Purely joyful, exuberant, and impossible to resist the beat. Great times!
Aww, Justin. You always know just what to say. Thank you so much sir.
This is giving me whiplash. Just a few minutes ago I was listening to/watching clips of Michael Ball as Sweeney Todd... 😂
Terrific cast and I adore Michael Ball. Up for a challenge always. I agree with your concluding statements. Bravo
I saw hairspray yesterday and Michael ball is just the perfect Edna. The ensemble member was also 🔥 and I couldn’t take my eyes off him
Michael Ball has played Edna in quite a few different productions of Hairspray.
This review is just a fine example of why I subscribed and why I love and appreciate your work! Sooooo good!!!! Thanks so much!
That means so much Karen. Thank you :)
Thank you so much for covering hairspray!! Love you and your work so much keep it up ❤️
I absolutely LOVE your joy as you watch this!! Me too friend, me too.
I love this musical especially the number in the record store that in the movie Queen Latifa sings and the “kids” dance. The dancing is just as important as some of the music I think because it shows to me the sharing of cultural heritage and understanding. Just my ramblings. Love your videos. Fan for life. Can’t wait till live performances are back. Stay safe.
i LOVE the updated lyric 'sees both white and black'.
So, in watching only 2 of your videos, I have fallen in love with this channel. I like the details you bring out in expressing the acts and the experience we're meant to have based on that and showing us how they relay that.
Thank you so much! Welcome.
I remember seeing hairspray for like my 16th birthday or something and I LOVED it
I saw him years ago in this,and was due to see last year,but was cancelled because of covid,it was incredible Michael Ball and Leanne Jones,meet them after.
Thank you for doing this. It really brightened my day 🥰❤️
There is nothing more to say than THANK YOU!!!!!!! Every aspect you mentioned here is so true!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
What do you mean it's Michael Ball? I mean he looks great but WHAT????? BAHAHAHAHA I love it!!!!
Love the performance and your commentary. Sending you good wishes from Baltimore!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this.
I feel like if you have three first names then you are instantly destined to be part of musical theatre in some way 😂
Haha! I never actually thought of his name like that but now you say it...😆😆😂
Bahaha.
I just recently found your videos and I love them! I've been binging them all. I would love to see you react to musical performances from other countries as well, what immediately comes to mind is the Swedish production of Chess with Tommy Körberg, Anders Ekborg and Helen Sjöholm, it's an outstanding production.
Hairspray is such a fun show!! You Can’t Stop The Beat is one number you’d be hard pressed to not be toe tapping and moving along to the beat when it plays!
Michael Ball tours a lot with Alfie Boe but you can always tell when he rejoins Hairspray his beard comes off he's just brilliant on his Radio 2 show as sell
Michael has always said even before lockdowns it's never just the lead actors who are important to any performance it's all the cast it's the background staff makeup wardrobe ticket collectors people who show to your seats cleaners at the end he and everyone says thanks to the them❤️❤️
I just love to see you reacting to the videos! I just watched 3 times to catch it all - the amazing performance and your expressions!
And the end of this video just made me tear up, cause it's just so important to point out the importance of the election! No matter the party, just what it means to have a black woman as VP! Thank you!!!
Three times? My apologies you had to deal with my face that man times over. 💕
@@MarcDanielPatrick the love in your face as you watch it is amazing! Don't apologize lol
I love your videos, your analysis and your message. Genuinely glassy eyed over here. 💖💖
Thank you so much.
Jordan Benjamin has just been in the Little Big Things in the West End. He plays the youngest brother Dom and he is excellent along with Johny Amies who plays Link in this production of Hairspray. and the joint lead in Little Big Things. I have seen Michael Ball play Edna in two different productions and he is amazing in the role.
Thank you for this at this important time!
Well said, sir. Bravo, MDP!
Great video as usual, this music just brings so much joy! I have a suggestion for another react video: Josh Young, either in the number Bring On The Men, or in his role as Judas singing 'Heaven on their Minds'! Love your channel, take care!
Thanks so much Leo, I'll do my best to get to those.
Your joy is so contagious.. U were absolutely glowing in this vid... I always turn to your channel for a pick-me-up 🤗.
Makes me so happy to read something like this. I personally cant stand watching myself, but I'm glad it brings someone some joy.
@@MarcDanielPatrick I am sure that your vids bring joy to alot of people.. Your lovely and warm demeanor bring out such lovely comments from fellow musical 🎶 theater 🎭 devotees. Personally I just want to give u a big hug every time you show us how a song & performance makes you feel.
The rewrote the line about black and white. to “The world sees both black and white” which I think is a great change
I read somewhere (sorry, I just can't pull it up) that the cast called "You Can't Stop the Beat" "You Can't Stop to Breathe."
Hey Marc, I absolutely love your channel! I know that you already covered a version of this song, but would you be interested in reacting to Four Evans sing "For Forever" by WhatsOnStage? Thank you for letting us in the wonderful world of musical theater.
Thank you so much for all the support.
You need to check out the bootlegged duet from when Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees played Wilbur to Michael Ball’s Edna singing their duet. It’s hysterical! 🤣😂
I laughed so loud and hard that I scared my three dogs!! Love Michael Ball. He has so much fun with this show and character
OMG! I'd love to see that! When and where did that happen? Where can it be seen?
Every time i hear one of these reaction videos my crush on Mark Daniel Patrick grows like the Grinches heart.
Aww...thank you so much. 💕
Thanks for this. I hadn't seen it in a while. I'm not sure this was the role he was born to play, but he does say it's the most fun and he can't wait to get back to it.
He seems to appreciate the ensemble performers as much as you do. I don't know if he did it with "Hairspray", but he has taken several performers from other shows on tour with him. Adrian Hansel is perhaps one of the better known.
well, yeah - Michael met Adrian when they were in the original London cast of Hairspray together. Other Hairspray alumni on his tours: Ben James-Ellis and Sandra Marvin.
@@Sweeney541 Thanks for the kick to my memory! I thought it was Hairspray, but for the moment I wasn't sure.
Marc, you have opened my eyes, ears and mind and you may have just converted me. I have never seen a stage production of HAIRSPRAY. I did see the film with Divine and Ricki Lake, the 2007 film with John Travolta and the live television version with Harvey Fierstein and I didn't care for any of them. I tried...I really tried. I could give my reasons but this reply would go on and on and I am sure you are besieged with so many. That said, Michael Ball blew me away. I never would have recognized him. I've always loved his voice and thought he was at his vocal best in ASPECTS OF LOVE. Anyway, I thought he was brilliant in this version of HAIRSPRAY. Thank you for pointing out the lyrics and the messages they convey that are so applicable today. Too often, at least for me, I focus on the music, sets, effects, choreography, costumes that I miss the words because I am so overwhelmed and immersed in so much that is happening on stage. It was through you that I felt the incredible energy of the dancers and I said to myself, "Look at Marc moving to the rhythms. He's feeling and loving it and he can move!" and I enjoyed watching you just as much. I smiled and moved to what I saw. Loved it!!! Your closing was what I believe needed to be said in the climate we are currently experiencing. If you were offering a course in musical theatre, I would, without question, want to be in your class. Thank you again for this and thank you for taking the time to respond to my commentaries. They are very much appreciated. Always love hearing from you.
Once again Roberto. Thank you for this beautiful comment. The message of this show (this number especially) was just too relevant to ignore. As one subscriber already said, I went a little news reporter on this one, my bad.
@@MarcDanielPatrick Not your bad Marc. You gave your substantiated opinion as you always do and I will back you 100% on your ability to articulate what could have been overlooked. Bravo and a standing ovation for Mar Daniel Patrick!
You went full journalist at the end and I love it
Haha whoops. I guess thats what happens when I was watching 24/7 election coverage for 5 days straight?
👏👏👏 yes to just everything in this video
Thank you for you point!!!
Oh, the unholy things I would do to see this revival live.... 😂
Very Nice Marc!!
You should react to Harvey Fierstein and the cast of Hairspray Live! singing You Can’t Stop The Beat. Also, two things. 1. Harvey Fierstein is my favorite Edna Turnblad. 2. You Can’t Stop The Beat is my favorite song from Hairspray. It’s the one song from the show I play over and over again. I also dance to it. Doing the exact dance moves for the song.
How do I DOUBLE-LIKE this video?
As always, your professional perspective is on point but in this video, you would have done a disservice to the show you are critiquing if you didn't "go there" on the politics!
And I'm living for it!
Since Nov2020 things have gone crazy in the US but it is a REACTION to the great good, great steps forward.
The storming of The Capitol is one if the final battles of the 1st civil war, not the first battle of the next one.
I wish all Americans peace, prosperity and equality in 2021 and beyond.
Xxx
Well said sir!
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My favorite Edna Turnblad is Harvey Fierstein. My second favorite Edna is Michael Ball.
I would love to see your take on Matt Henry from Kinky boots on BroadwayHD.com. I was moved to tears by this performance.
It'd be really cool if you would react to This is the Hour from Miss Saigon, specifically, the video titled: Tony and Oliver winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon)?
Also, Kristin Chenoweth doing Glitter and Be Gay? :)
Michael Ball is probably the best Edna vocals-wise, the quality of his singing is such a stark difference to the usual talk-singing character actor that they cast in the US productions
good point. I hate that I didnt think of that when recording this video, but you're so right.
You can’t stop the beat more like you can’t stop to breathe
I'm guessing someone's a Michael Ball fan 'cause that's what he calls the song! LOL!
Any chances we can see a reaction of Queen Latifah's cover of "I Know Where I've Been" in the movie version with John Travolta?
Amen 🙏