@@justplainbill100 Budget was my first thought. The shot where you can see the orchestra looks like it is of substantial size. I agree with above comment that it must be a high school for the performing arts.
I've worked in professional theatre for almost forty years and this is definitely one of the most outstanding 'amateur' productions I've ever seen. I'd love to know if any of the cast have gone on to professional careers? Sincerest congratulations to everyone involved in this. It's really great!
For a high school production, that was way above what I'd have expected. Professional actor here for nine years, lots of drama, comedy, and leads in musical comedies, so I speak with confidence when I say they (especially the two major male roles in the piece) were acting, singing, and dancing way above their pay grade. :)
I'm sincerely curious how any highschool got to do this musical. It's got so many potentially offensive characters and situations ; the theater department must have compromising pictures of the entire school board. A+ for balls out bravery . Great job all round.
I doubt they had to have blackmail to do it - LOL The show itself having been written by Mel Brooks is considered an insult not to Jews, etc. , but to the bigots and haters who still believe that c**p about the Jews - or any ethnic group. Considering the amount of talent - vocal/dance and TAP!! that was shown - I have an idea this could be a performing arts HS ... all the videos of this production I've seen so far have been amazing ...
The whole point about the show - original movie, broadway musical and movie remake - is to make fun of the nazis. everyone and everything but especially the nazis. If people laugh at them no-one can take them seriously so they'll never be that powerful again.Mel Brooks himself (birth name Melvin Kaminsky) is jewish and also served in the last few years of ww2.
@Cheezluvr12 Sadly we actually don't get money. All the proceeds and fundraisers from the year before go to the show. We really don't have a big budget. HOWEVER we do have a fabulous staff and loving parents that help the students out with some building so everything gets done and looks nice
Everything seems to be going right here - the sets are fantastic, the costumes properly gaudy, the smiles and swastikas, and Roger deBris camping it up. Toss on a heaping dollop of high school energy and this is utterly fantastic. To top it all off, this is one of the big showpieces of the whole show, and it has lived up to that demand here.
Don't try to analyze... just ENJOY... This, folks is pure, fun, unadulterated ENTERTAINMENT. And a great done job done this talented & youthful cast. ...."Where are they now?..."
Holy crap! That had to be the BEST non-professional version of this song I have ever seen! I mean, jeeze! Absolutely perfect! My old high school wouldn't have ever allowed us to perform this musical. Too "offensive."
wow, this was a HS production? first off the budget mustve been very high, but they were all really good! the first officer to sing...his voice is amazing
My high school did phantom of the opra. 100,000+ budget. Just search grand ledge high school phantom of Oprah. But if give my right leg to do this show
Unbelievably professional for a high school production! The talent, the choreography, the sets, the costumes, the orchestra...the amount of work put into just this number must have taken hours of rehearsal. Kudos to the kids, the parents, the director, the choreographer, the high school arts department, and the school board to allow them to strut their stuff in a controversial musical. WOW!
There were many Asians serving in the German Army during WWII. They were known as Ost Truppen (Eastern Troops), recruited from POW camps. An ethnic Korean was taken prisoner at Omaha Beach on D-Day. At that time he served in the German Army, Russian Army (taken prisoner/conscripted), and the Japanese Army (conscripted while working in Manchuria.
I'm a theatre director. These are amateurs?? Holy crap! This must be the best 'amateur' production I ever saw! I smiled and laughed the whole way through. This is truly OUTSTANDING! Biggest compliments possible!
Holy shit, is this really a high school production? I played a pirate or some shit in my schools play and just had to wear old tie-dye baggy pants and a bandana. This is incredible
My schools stage program was going to do this but some PTA BS put the breaks on it. I got involved in the backstage program just for this show, still glad I did it. But man, I would have loved to work on a thing like this. Their crew must have put a lot of time into that set, and it looks magnificent. The lighting is spot on as well, and the performances tie it all together. I'm glad I saw this, I'm gonna see if I can get our school to try it again.
Up to min 8:55 "Hey, this is pretty well done! Nice singing, good costumes, as good as the original!" Minute 8:56 "Oh, a somersaulting brownshirt! That's really clever and fun! Nice!" Minute 8:58 "SOMERSAULTING SS OFFICER!!" Awesome work, I know I'm commenting a video 10 years old, but, heck, kudos to all of you! Amazing work!
I'm trying to think of a Broadway comedy that probably couldn't see a high school production without awful censorship.... that's it, you guys have to do The Book of Mormon next!
Man, this is the best I've seen on youtube. I am WOWed by this performance. Orchestra was on point. Everything was beautiful and classy!!!!!!! I am almost in tears watching this and I have chills. Masterful performance.
Aww, I was slightly disappointed you guys didn't do the challenge tap, seeing as you did have a few talented tappers in your group. Well, still really freaking amazing for a high school. Well done!
The teens are talented. This is a great production. Money helps. Most of the homes in Summit are worth over a million and the mill rate is 20+. Many households pay over $20,000 per year in real estate taxes.. I doubt the young people in this wealthy suburb realize how lucky they are, since there are even wealthier NYC suburbs nearby. Wikidpedia has a nice entry about Summit, NJ.
The fact that school got to do this musical, killed the set pieces and costumes and comedy, and performed the fucking shit out of it- is the most iconic thing I’ve ever seen.
Wer kann den Daumen senken? Diese wunderbare Parodie auf diesen "Clown" der Weltgeschichte hat Millionen Menschen auf dem ;wenn er so etwas besaß; auf dem Gewissen!!! Mein Gott, lasset uns einander helfen und integrierten.
This is a great performance, but wasn't there a scene before this? Does anyone have a copy of "Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night" from this production of The Producers?
Is this really a school production??? This was so incredible! I can't believe a High school said yes to allow you to do this play. Also, the SS officer was really talented!
Finally got around to watching the musical movie a few days ago and came across this after and WOW. This was an incredible rendition! Only 11 years late lmao. Hope all these talented kids went on to do some other fun shit.
There's no way I could have guessed this was a school production, but from what people are saying, it is. Well, all the more should I say this is a fantastic production.
It's also important to give teenagers a "safe space" to say or do something a bit off-color. It sharpens their senses of humor and hopefully they won't be subject to "woke culture". Plus, parody and satire are lost art forms.
This is still great to watch. However, I think it's missing the song between the audition scene and this one---"Bad Luck to Say Good Luck on Opening NIght.
Brilliant! Simply brilliant! I am astounded that this is an amateur production, not to mention from a high school. I see great things for all of you. Well done, troupers, well done!
@Cheezluvr12 Bravo Bravo Bravo, this is the best High School production ive seen; better than some of the professional productions. Kudos to the tenor, the choreography, sets, costume displays and overall presentation.
Wish my school had the balls to do this show
Tone Stallone Yeah but everyone would be like "Oh no we cant do this it has nazis!" Whine this whine that
Tone Stallone Same reaction
+Tone Stallone I shall make sure my school does this show, and I play Roger Elizabeth DeBris
Teletran Gamer There is 1 MAJOR thing to consider when you play him, it is to..keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay.
hatdoag 2 3 Kick turn turn turn kick turn
The guy who sang the "springtime" part is a great singer for a high school performance!!! Amazing!
This was from a high school? impressive.
+desiguy55 My thoughts precisely!
Very impressive indeed?
Okay this high school is pretty badass
I Agree. And they must of had one Hell of a budget too.
@@justplainbill100 Budget was my first thought. The shot where you can see the orchestra looks like it is of substantial size. I agree with above comment that it must be a high school for the performing arts.
I've worked in professional theatre for almost forty years and this is definitely one of the most outstanding 'amateur' productions I've ever seen. I'd love to know if any of the cast have gone on to professional careers? Sincerest congratulations to everyone involved in this. It's really great!
Ob kids❤Superb job kids
For a high school production, that was way above what I'd have expected. Professional actor here for nine years, lots of drama, comedy, and leads in musical comedies, so I speak with confidence when I say they (especially the two major male roles in the piece) were acting, singing, and dancing way above their pay grade. :)
What really pisses me off, when I was in high school, we were still gluing pasta to poster board and calling it art! BRAVO!
That SS officer can sing. I was expecting him to not reach some of the notes but wow, he didn't. Impressive.
Late comment but I had a huge smile once I saw that his dancing more than matched his vocals, dude killed it.
and I like how reffering to the nazi soloist/ss officer is very interchangeable
I would give my left hand to be able to preform this in theater.
I would've broken my right leg to be able to have performed in this theater.
Francis Lai I BROKE MY LEG
Break a leg guys
but then you cant dance with an injured leg
You'll only need your right hand anyway lol
I'm sincerely curious how any highschool got to do this musical. It's got so many potentially offensive characters and situations ; the theater department must have compromising pictures of the entire school board. A+ for balls out bravery . Great job all round.
I doubt they had to have blackmail to do it - LOL The show itself having been written by Mel Brooks is considered an insult not to Jews, etc. , but to the bigots and haters who still believe that c**p about the Jews - or any ethnic group. Considering the amount of talent - vocal/dance and TAP!! that was shown - I have an idea this could be a performing arts HS ... all the videos of this production I've seen so far have been amazing ...
Good for them I say. A High School with Some Balls. That's pretty rare now.
but the whole idea of the film is that the musical within it is deliberately insulting, so as to make as much of a loss possible.
The whole point about the show - original movie, broadway musical and movie remake - is to make fun of the nazis. everyone and everything but especially the nazis. If people laugh at them no-one can take them seriously so they'll never be that powerful again.Mel Brooks himself (birth name Melvin Kaminsky) is jewish and also served in the last few years of ww2.
I know my highschool would never allow this 😟
I'm busting a gut laughing. Mel Brooks would be proud of you guy and girls.
Es cierto !
@Cheezluvr12 Sadly we actually don't get money. All the proceeds and fundraisers from the year before go to the show. We really don't have a big budget. HOWEVER we do have a fabulous staff and loving parents that help the students out with some building so everything gets done and looks nice
band are great ! - well done !
How the hell where you able to do this show even in 2011
BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO!
This is literally incredible. You could almost say professional definitely best high school production i've ever seen
Mel Brooks
Everything seems to be going right here - the sets are fantastic, the costumes properly gaudy, the smiles and swastikas, and Roger deBris camping it up. Toss on a heaping dollop of high school energy and this is utterly fantastic. To top it all off, this is one of the big showpieces of the whole show, and it has lived up to that demand here.
And the voices are top notch
3:55 The spotlight missing him makes the face so much better
I've never seen a H.S. production anywhere close to this level. Outstanding job.
Don't try to analyze... just ENJOY... This, folks is pure, fun, unadulterated ENTERTAINMENT. And a great done job done this talented & youthful cast. ...."Where are they now?..."
DOUG WILLIAMS bingo!!!
The lead Nazi has an amazing voice. The performance is all out amazing.
Holy crap! That had to be the BEST non-professional version of this song I have ever seen! I mean, jeeze! Absolutely perfect!
My old high school wouldn't have ever allowed us to perform this musical. Too "offensive."
wow, this was a HS production? first off the budget mustve been very high, but they were all really good! the first officer to sing...his voice is amazing
My high school did phantom of the opra. 100,000+ budget. Just search grand ledge high school phantom of Oprah. But if give my right leg to do this show
@@dane4073 where do they get that money?
@@selenium3447 Wealthy school in a wealthy area...
You guys definitely went to a better high school than mine. A very wonderful job.
Unbelievably professional for a high school production! The talent, the choreography, the sets, the costumes, the orchestra...the amount of work put into just this number must have taken hours of rehearsal. Kudos to the kids, the parents, the director, the choreographer, the high school arts department, and the school board to allow them to strut their stuff in a controversial musical. WOW!
I don't think Jewish parents, would have a problem. You know why? Mel Brooks is Jewish himself. But, I see your concern
The only thing missing was the Ethel Merman impression. Other than that, this was amazing.
did anyone else notice the asian nazis?
Asians are the other masterrace of course. XD
Ahh yes. The Japanese.
There were many Asians serving in the German Army during WWII. They were known as Ost Truppen (Eastern Troops), recruited from POW camps. An ethnic Korean was taken prisoner at Omaha Beach on D-Day. At that time he served in the German Army, Russian Army (taken prisoner/conscripted), and the Japanese Army (conscripted while working in Manchuria.
I'm a theatre director. These are amateurs?? Holy crap! This must be the best 'amateur' production I ever saw! I smiled and laughed the whole way through. This is truly OUTSTANDING! Biggest compliments possible!
Same! Director/choreographer here - this is superb. It took me a while to realize it wasn't a professional production. Outstanding indeed!
Holy shit, is this really a high school production? I played a pirate or some shit in my schools play and just had to wear old tie-dye baggy pants and a bandana. This is incredible
My schools stage program was going to do this but some PTA BS put the breaks on it. I got involved in the backstage program just for this show, still glad I did it. But man, I would have loved to work on a thing like this. Their crew must have put a lot of time into that set, and it looks magnificent. The lighting is spot on as well, and the performances tie it all together. I'm glad I saw this, I'm gonna see if I can get our school to try it again.
Up to min 8:55 "Hey, this is pretty well done! Nice singing, good costumes, as good as the original!"
Minute 8:56 "Oh, a somersaulting brownshirt! That's really clever and fun! Nice!"
Minute 8:58 "SOMERSAULTING SS OFFICER!!"
Awesome work, I know I'm commenting a video 10 years old, but, heck, kudos to all of you! Amazing work!
I'm trying to think of a Broadway comedy that probably couldn't see a high school production without awful censorship.... that's it, you guys have to do The Book of Mormon next!
Great job! These kids have talent!!
ddoyle11 totally
No, this is a professional production by Mel Brooks. I saw it when it was first released.
@@MJMS52 Please clarify. Are you saying that they really aren’t talented because it was a professional production?
Very professional polishd production. Congratulations. The orchestra sounded great too!
The costumes are absolutely amazing, especially for a high school production
This is worthy of any Broadway theatre. Shx
Man, this is the best I've seen on youtube. I am WOWed by this performance. Orchestra was on point. Everything was beautiful and classy!!!!!!! I am almost in tears watching this and I have chills. Masterful performance.
Aww, I was slightly disappointed you guys didn't do the challenge tap, seeing as you did have a few talented tappers in your group. Well, still really freaking amazing for a high school. Well done!
Mel Brooks would be proud....not only of everyone who did such an awesome job but also because Hitler is spinning in his grave over this.
I wish my school could do this so I could sign up
Me too.....I'm 64.
You guys are so lucky you guys were even allowed to perform this in a high school.
THis is amazing. I could swear I was watching the film Producers. They really got it down to the last details.
No doubt the Music Director is a huge Mel Brooks fan, or else he just hit the Lottery and doesn't need the job !
What an excellant video. I would have paid good money to watch this peformance!
These kids are so great!!! I love it, so much talent, so much fun. I wish all High school productions were this good.
Pull it together trumpets!
Oh, my ! Atonal horns !
@FUNCHOMCLALA This is in Summit NJ! Thanks for the resopnse
Was away from my phone and this played on yt music, it took me until like 7:00 to realize it wasn't the movie version, lol nice.
Wow!!! He even nailed Gary Beach mouthing, “I love you” to the audience. This was perfectly done!
Oh my goodness, this is incredible. Super kudos to everyone involved in this!
I listened to it first, thought it was the original, amazingly talented students!
utterly brilliant - on a level of astounding actually.
The teens are talented. This is a great production.
Money helps. Most of the homes in Summit are worth over a million and the mill rate is 20+. Many households pay over $20,000 per year in real estate taxes.. I doubt the young people in this wealthy suburb realize how lucky they are, since there are even wealthier NYC suburbs nearby.
Wikidpedia has a nice entry about Summit, NJ.
I wonder if any of this really fine cast is acting professionally.. well hopefully after the Covid-19 virus gets tamed enough we can see them perform?
The band is REALLY out of tune. Otherwise, it was great!
Part of the Charm !
That’s the point😂 The entire production is meant to be a travesty of theater. It was a play designed to cause a massive loss in revenue
The best enunciation I've seen, I mean heard. I could understand every word. From me, that is high praise.
This is very good, and I can completely understand the lack of actual uniforms seeing as budgeting on this stuff is hard to get. Good job!
You rarely, if ever, see such a professional school based production such as this outside of actual acting academies. Awesome job. :)
i went to go see this last yr and i was amazed! yall are amazing!
The fact that school got to do this musical, killed the set pieces and costumes and comedy, and performed the fucking shit out of it- is the most iconic thing I’ve ever seen.
Im assuming this show got a standing ovation for 40 minutes straight. Such an amazing cast. Such a great show!
Outstanding.....Was Mel Brooks ever invited? He really should have seen this.. These kids were wonderful
Wer kann den Daumen senken? Diese wunderbare Parodie auf diesen "Clown" der Weltgeschichte hat Millionen Menschen auf dem ;wenn er so etwas besaß; auf dem Gewissen!!! Mein Gott, lasset uns einander helfen und integrierten.
Things are different when you do with passion
This is a great performance, but wasn't there a scene before this? Does anyone have a copy of "Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night" from this production of The Producers?
Every Time I try to watch a springtime in germany act the video always buffers... and to nothing else but this.
Is this really a school production??? This was so incredible! I can't believe a High school said yes to allow you to do this play. Also, the SS officer was really talented!
Finally got around to watching the musical movie a few days ago and came across this after and WOW. This was an incredible rendition! Only 11 years late lmao. Hope all these talented kids went on to do some other fun shit.
Outstanding cast of young peoole in this hilarious musical production. I hope Mel Brooks gets to see this.
Love this , wish you could come sing in Bakersfield California and declare this to Ed jaggles!! Love McGhee.R i typed declare it!!
There's no way I could have guessed this was a school production, but from what people are saying, it is. Well, all the more should I say this is a fantastic production.
WOW!!!
BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION. AMAZING FOR THESE STUDENTS TO DO WHAT THEY DID!
ALL COMPLIMENTS TO THAT YOUNG MAN PLAYING THE LEAD!
#ArtsInHighSchool
Incredible. Bloody incredible.
Best school performance. If they perform it in this time, twitter will go in flames.
Is this a high school just for theatre??? The show is awesome!!!!!!!!!! The costumes superb!!!!!
I am AMAZED this is a HS production. I would see this in a regional theatre and I would be happy, you guys are seriously talented.
I got the chills watching this, the only problem was the audience wouldn’t clap at the right time
I was surprised to discover this is an amateur production. Kudos to all!
Brilliant!! Amazing performances and great choreography and direction xx bravo xx
These high school kids did a fantastic job. I didn't expect that amazing voice to come out of that SS officer! He should go on America's Got Talent!
this is amazing!! GO JERSEY!
Somebody goes to a really good high school.
Just gonna say that the person that is acting, either is or looks exactly like Danny Gonzalez from vine
I thought it was just me
Beautiful and so FUNNY!!! THANKS for posting this!
"The Fuhrer is causing a Furor, oooooooooo." Hit different.
This is incredible for an amateur production! Well done all round!
A HIGH SCHOOL DID THIS SHOW?!?!
This was a big hit in Charlottesville.
Felix Blackwood are you the one of the performance actors? Or something with the performance?
Well I mean it’s belittling nazis so I don’t think it would be too popular
I was looking for the movie version... but couldn't be happier that I found this.
It's also important to give teenagers a "safe space" to say or do something a bit off-color. It sharpens their senses of humor and hopefully they won't be subject to "woke culture". Plus, parody and satire are lost art forms.
This is still great to watch. However, I think it's missing the song between the audition scene and this one---"Bad Luck to Say Good Luck on Opening NIght.
Bravo! Love Mel Brooks! Love this show! It's the best send-up of Nazis since The Great Dictator.
This is AMAZING FOR A HIGHSCHOOL SHOW!!! People the set is AMAZING but its a matter of casters and re-using platforms!
What an honour must have been to actually attend this, incredible.
Okay hear me out... is that Danny Gonzalez playing Hitler?
JUST AMAZING
Pretty fucking amazing. Goddamnit, I love this clip!
huh? i know pastors who love Mel Brooks movies
You guys are fantastic! I've seen professional productions in my country far worse than this. Keep the good work!
Best school performance ever
Your school does the best productions!
That Mel Brooks line can only be pulled off by a person with a New York Yiddish accent; not that I am objecting. This is brilliant.
Brilliant! Simply brilliant! I am astounded that this is an amateur production, not to mention from a high school. I see great things for all of you. Well done, troupers, well done!
@Cheezluvr12 Bravo Bravo Bravo, this is the best High School production ive seen; better than some of the professional productions. Kudos to the tenor, the choreography, sets, costume displays and overall presentation.