Alex Brightman in 2018 Beetlejuice Workshop

March, 2018

[@jessbrannon_actor]

It really is interesting hearing what they kept and changed

[@broadwaylover3105]

Ikr! I love hearing all the different versions

[@MysteriousGirl10]

IKR?

[@JC-dz3kv]

That takes talent to sing with that gravely voice and NOT emanate your vocal chords! I don’t know who this dude is but I like him.

[@Lady-Seashell-Bikini]

From what Alex said, his voice just naturally does that. It's actually easier for him to sing with that gravelly voice than his real singing voice!

[@Sairin13]

There's a video somewhere on here showing his vocal cords and how he is able to do that, the one I feel sorry for is his understudy, imagine going onstage and giving it your best but you know you literally can't sing like him

[@Escudero1235]

It is mostly part of his natural voice but to try to impersonate him you can use what is called "false fold phonation" it is wierd but it exists

[@audmle]

When he first got the role as Beetlejuice, he had to take professional voice lessons to learn how to sing like this without damaging his vocal chords. That's how he can do this 8 times a week (:

[@claygrunt6378]

He has something where instead of that tickling his throat it is easy as breathing, I have the same thing and after seeing the musical it was hard to not do the voice at random times

[@Sairin13]

Kerry Butler is so cute sitting there jamming along with the music and laughing at the performances

[@louisbeer]

I’m in your corner - I DONT WANT YOU IN MY CORNER

[@BladerJuggs]

They had to change "Say My Name" because in this version Lydia says nothing between guessing Beetlejuice name and the tease meaning she says Beetlejuice three times in a row saying nothing in between before saying Because.

[@sarabartanic]

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with the lyrics, she just forgot to say yeah

[@TigerPrawn_]

4:08 ✨ the lectuuure ✨

[@Ozloz]

4:27 That is the sound. Of. Me. Screaming at Alex’s stance right here HOLY SHIT-

[@shroompunk285]

I know this video is about Alex but I CAN NOT get enough if Sophia’s voice 🥲

[@oceansjenny]

Wow Sofia is so good here! I’m sad she didn’t seem to enjoy her time in the cast.

[@broadwaylover3105]

I think she enjoyed doing the show up until the last few months of her Broadway run, she had been doing it for several years at that point so I kind of get if she wasn’t as into it as she had been before

[@andyhaochizhang]

@@broadwaylover3105 I think she began to disengage from it even earlier. She started missing a lot of shows the last few months, but started to be absent from promotional events of the show since the summer. It's a shame how her run with the show ended, she was fantastic as Lydia when I saw her. I feel like doing the role for more than 2 years might have taken a toll on her voice, it seems her voice sounds more and more strained towards the end of her run.

[@NobodyUndefined]

@@andyhaochizhang It's really sad about the rumors that went around about her. I've seen lots of people point out how she had been with Beetlejuice since the workshop and how she could have gotten fed up with playing Lydia for so long. Or maybe it took a toll on her because broadway is a full time job and she was in the public eye at such a young age. Or like you said, it could have taken a toll on her voice. It's clear that whatever happened, she left fast and short notice. I don't like the rumors about her because they're such an attack on her character, especially the one's where people say she did weed in between performances. But even if she did "act out", I wouldn't even blame her because broadway is ROUGH. You're doing the same 2.5 hour performance over and over and over again and my god that would drive me insane. I don't believe the weed rumors as that's insane and she probably would have been fired instantly for it but I definitely believe the unprofessionalism with her missing shows and perhaps turning up late etc. She probably got sick of it and stopped wanting to do it come the end which I don't blame her for.

[@TigerPrawn_]

@@NobodyUndefined when I was her age, I didn’t have the tools to take responsibility for my actions and confront people to say, actually I’m fed up of this I want to quit. I just avoided responsibility and lurked in the corner. So I get it.

[@NobodyUndefined]

@@TigerPrawn_ I definitely agree, I think she was tired of broadway and wanted an out. She's done interviews discussing her mental health before so it's clear she was struggling. There was no send off either and her announcement that she left on social media was vague so I think they let her go before she had a chance to do a final performance, so they didn't know it was her last when she did it. None of her castmates sent her a farewell message on social media and it could be because they knew she was struggling and wanted to disassociate herself from Beetlejuice. Or it could be she was getting ill or getting anxiety, she did throw up during home that one time. You truly don't know what happened and she seems like such a genuine person so it upsets me to see people paint her in such a bad light.

[@Sara-hz9zk]

Sophia sounds gorgeous in this. I prefer the clarity of her voice here. Less pulling into the throat.

[@sungodpika1323]

I DONT WANT YOU IN MY CORNER is so clean

[@ruthhill74]

Loved this. Just saw him on Broadway from the second row

[@chiaisannoying]

Kerry is so precious in the back oml

[@TigerPrawn_]

For the record, here marks my descent into Alex Brightman obsession for the next few months

[@lucilaria]

Omg sophia is insanely good in this

[@tocaxboca-roadto500subs3]

It is werid hearing the original say my name

[@SunshineStudios2021]

it's frustrating that i can't sing along lol

[@tocaxboca-roadto500subs3]

@@SunshineStudios2021 yeah ikr

[@razziestarr]

It's so amazing and interesting to say what they changed and what they kept i wanna go to a beetle juice musical so bad but i live in germany TnT

[@bigguynyah]

This is so great

[@aschmidtbrille]

When the girl started vibing to the song and Alex scared her at 2:05

[@StephenHopkinsRum]

John Cariani as Adam would have been perfect but I also love Rob and David so much

[@gabriella3907]

Yeah I saw him and I was like “wait that’s Nigel from something rotten”

[@Aralc638]

@@gabriella3907 same, oh my god

[@molly_sails]

yeah! also the fact that John and Rob played brothers during the tour of Something Rotten makes this even better!

[@liaspooked4980]

is that sophia? I am struggling real hard here. The voice sometimes sounds like her but she just doesnt have the same edge? Or the playful tone Sophia has? Maybe she added that later on in the production, but yeah can someone pls tell me if this is Sophia playing Lydia or not

[@broadwaylover3105]

It is Sophia

[@grrgracie]

it’s a very very young sofia this is before the show was finished it’s called a workshop

[@Ozloz]

YOOOO THAT SAY MY NAME WAS KINDA HYPE DAMN

[@thebeautifulrose294]

I love him so much

[@emmlua]

Sophia will always be my favorite Lydia. She’s got it down so perfect

[@carolinesahm2227]

Put all the Tupperware parties behind you!🤣

[@swishfactor6915]

This is AMAZING!! Whoa

[@darthvail1]

I’m so glad it got changed cuz it was so clunky lol

[@Jayxize]

I never actually knew that real Broadway theater practices look exactly like the practices in my school theater club

[@broadwaylover3105]

@@Jayxize Very cool! This is actually the workshop version so they didn’t have any blocking or choreography yet, just reading the lines and singing at the music stands.

[@Jayxize]

@@broadwaylover3105 Yeah I know, that's just how the first few practices look when practicing a show at my school! I really want to be a professional actor someday

[@Ozloz]

You can actually hear how the voice has changed

[@MysteriousGirl10]

I thought I was the only one who noticed.

[@joshuamaldonado1721]

I'd bet even though it's a special thing for his voice it still has to be trained. He also may be scared to hurt his voice at this point

[@dejw4416]

Does anybody know who's the guy in the back visible at 5:44? (white shoes, black pants and red shirt with some kind of jacket on) To me he looks like George Salazar, just wondering if I'm right

[@kindlydisappointed2244]

Yea you’re right :D It is George Salazar

[@dejw4416]

@@kindlydisappointed2244 oh, that’s cool! I wasn’t aware that he was in bj workshops at some point

[@alexandercain732]

Interesting to see how lyrics were changed.

[@kaffesumppng9440]

Is? Is that George Salazar?

[@broadwaylover3105]

Yes! He was a part of this reading in 2018

[@asherrodriguez796]

Indeed it is I literally looked at the comments just to see if anyone noticed

[@oceansjenny]

Wow would have totally missed him! Think he was Otho?

[@Vikkart]

Say my name changed so much omg

[@IamDaveDev]

2:05 Poor Kerry!

[@thescarecrow9891]

Alright now I can do what Alex can do like do the really REALLY gruff and I don't know what it is but I guess I could literally sing side by side next to Alex Alex no one would tell the difference

[@pushpopluvingllama5709]

THE LYRICS FROM THE DEMOS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@bookboywastaken855]

very different melody really... cool?

[@NotTelling-xs4rv]

so weird hearing alex sing the demo lyrics

[@sakurakunai]

4:54!

[@redrhododendron1023]

Anyone know where the other half of the video is? (there should be another six minutes)

[@broadwaylover3105]

These are just the clips with Alex!

[@redrhododendron1023]

@@broadwaylover3105 Nice! Alex Brightman is the the best! 🥰

[@k4ky852]

where can i watch the whole thing?

[@MysteriousGirl10]

The whole musical?

[@pushpopluvingllama5709]

6:08 Where did Eddie Perfect come from, am I tripping 💀💀💀

[@JadeTheorist3942]

Is that George Salazar? OMG!

[@MysteriousGirl10]

OMG where?

[@JadeTheorist3942]

@@MysteriousGirl10 5:14 Hi, He is behind Kerry!

[@hanfett]

Anyone know what Charles and Adam say at 6:03 ? Sounds like “A fella makes Hugh Hueffner by comparison look like a child” Is this right ???

[@jillianjacinto6210]

Why is Kyle Selig there?

[@broadwaylover3105]

Some actors are only in the workshop processes of a show for a variety of reasons. A lot of the times people are brought in specifically just for the workshop so the producers can get the work up and running, so they usually hire people in the business or people that they know to do readings of new musicals. Kyle may have planned to stay with the show until Broadway, but had other projects come up before the transfer. So who really knows lol?

[@TigerPrawn_]

1:39 oh wait that’s nick bottom

[@jacobp.7632]

Why is Brad Oscar there? He’s just sitting in the back the whole time…

[@yallaintit]

Sophia has no energy whatsoever

[@WillowMrLemon]

When you're in practice you usually don't put as much energy as in a real representation. It's normal that she doesn't sound super energetic, plus she litteraly plays Lydia Deetz bro. (Also it was the beginning so they probably asked her about changing some trait about the character after that).

[@shitfromabutt]

Its a practice u weirdo