Andrew Rannells - "The Man That Got Away" Broadway Backwards 2014

At Broadway Backwards 2014, Andrew Rannells lit up the room with a stunning rendition of “The Man That Got Away” from A Star is Born.
Broadway Backwards, the annual Broadway extravaganza celebrating the LGBTQ+ community through the great songs of musical theater, returns to Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre on Monday, March 13, 2023. The beloved evening and its star-studded cast will embrace love and self-expression in true Broadway fashion.
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The best of Broadway wowed a sold-out house at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on March 24, 2014, bringing laughter, tears and cheers to the unforgettable ninth annual edition ofBroadway Backwards.
The standing-room-only audience raised a record-breaking $423,182 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.
Broadway Backwards creator Robert Bartley wrote and directed this year’s show. Mary-Mitchell Campbell served as music supervisor with Tim Rosser as music director. The creative team included additional choreography by Bartley, Amy Jones, Melissa Rae Mahon and Reed Kelly, lighting designer Philip S. Rosenberg, costume designer Philip Heckman and sound designer Pitsch Karrer. The production stage manager was Peter Lawrence.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the major supporter of the social service programs at the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative and The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Cares also awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing lifesaving medication, healthy meals, counseling and emergency assistance.
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[@freakishnature]

this was so good it cleared my skin fed my children watered my crops and ended homophobia. GOD i'm so straight for this man.

[@missoringasm7144]

bo I TOO AM VERY VERY STRAIGHT FOR THIS MAN AND THIS MAN ONLY

[@rancidprince3133]

Same, I'm so freaking straight for him

[@kristaluna3164]

emily I AM ALSO SO STRAIGHT FOR THIS MAN!!!

[@AxelQC]

He's ours, sweetie! You have plenty of straight men out there.

[@freakishnature]

AxelQC i’m a lesbian but okay lmfao that’s the joke

[@blabla7417]

This doesnt only sounds good. I love to watch him. How he first keeps his eyes closed at the end and how he falls into character and damn. That passion is so beautiful.

[@makennapatton3680]

blabla I read the first line as “this doesn’t sound good” and I was ready to throw hands😂😂😂

[@kateoconnor30030]

Oh Andrew Rannells, you perfect human you

[@ssw1304]

Kat OConnor//1 Agreed

[@darceywright3088]

Randy Andy

[@chuckw5762]

He is never anything less than spectacular! When is he going to release a solo album?!

[@snot7191]

Your Mother nice

[@chuckw5762]

@Your Mother Hmm . . . I've run into him twice in the last year, and neither of us put that offer on the table. Pretty sure he'd be down for limiting album access to Internet trolls, which means you'll be relegated to hearing second-hand reports on how good it is.

[@carolyncohen8427]

@@chuckw5762 Please, please tell him that the world needs an "Andrew Rannells Sings Broadway" solo album.

[@brit2667]

Chuck W one of the sickest comebacks i’ve ever seen haha

[@rachelt6412]

truly

[@jjkstarlight]

yeah, of course i listen to asmr a - andrew s - rannells m - singing r - holyfuckilovehim

[@mrbungeealwaysrhymes9023]

Yea

[@jamesfeuerstein330]

I think that Judy Garland would love Andrew Rannells' interpretation of this song...She always was appreciative of her fellow belters.

[@emilymitts8027]

god DAMN this man is talented

[@giantbellacat]

Singing, acting or just being cute. No end to Andrews talent.

[@ellimuze5915]

I'm officially in love with him

[@chriiiiis]

Elise Heywood He gay though

[@bareabopopera3091]

MOOD

[@michael-cg9lx]

PepeTheFrog so glad i’m a guy

[@counterfeitpsychic1116]

michael !! saaame

[@matty_fressshhh]

Doctor: you have 3:48 left to live... Me: hand me my phone.

[@peachiii2168]

Mia Rannells i bet this made you live another day

[@bareabopopera3091]

Mia Rannells I love your profile pic!

[@pamesy-jatterson7352]

My dumb@ clicked the time

[@sofiarosececilia]

i am alive, my crops have grown, my plants are healthy, my skin is clear

[@meltyourheadachescallithom3961]

actually though

[@friedmayo]

sarriallilo you’re alive but whizzer isn’t (I’ll leave)

[@mothysjar]

Delete yourself

[@mattthegizmo2491]

kErMiT cULt his character of Elder Price is still perfectly fine though

[@jazwaddington7312]

when he sings "and wheres he gone" i just die its such an addictive note

[@madischul]

I will honestly never be over this. By far one of my favorite songs Andrew has ever done. Truly incredible!

[@johngee1628]

Damn Andrew, your *nailed* this performance. Bravo, sir! I've not heard such a great rendering of this great song since Garland herself. (Of course she will always be the true owner, just like you will always be the one and only true owner of "I Believe". Love you, buddy.

[@JosephJohnson-gu5fw]

because his "I believe" is so spectacular and caused vocal damage to other actors I understand the production has lowered the key.

[@johngee1628]

Ah...thanks for that info. I've heard others' performance of "I Believe" and they never sounded right. The lower key may account for some of that, in addition to Andrew's outstanding talent.

[@danieladiaz8766]

This is how I imagine heaven sounds like. HIS VOICE!!!!! GODDAMN! SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A TONY. HE DESERVES IT

[@freyalewington7743]

Totally agree with you🥇

[@allakadamn2942]

"No no, *I'M* not having gay thoughts.."

[@rickovery]

I am!!

[@lilaalix2459]

I’m having straight thoughts!!

[@cooper8184]

no no I *AMMM* having gay thoughts (just for woman lol

[@lilaalix2459]

@@cooper8184 amen person

[@moo78870]

I’m having seriously straight thoughts about this man

[@erinmaree1987]

Andrew Rannells is the perfect example of someone who proves a huge range isn't necessary if the specific thing you CAN do is strong enough. What a talent. Hope great are written roles for him.

[@bareabopopera3091]

Erin Steele he does have a pretty huge range! Have you heard how high he can go?!?

[@popland1977]

The notes he is hitting are actually pretty high for a guy, most men would struggle to belt in that key

[@oliviag.3365]

woahhhhh wdym he doesn't have a range -_-

[@walterwhite4862]

he has a big range

[@chiaisannoying]

This is such a backhanded compliment LOLLL

[@emileeacosta1945]

Swooning from his voice I swear...

[@jaelym]

my knees are *weak*

[@CarlieMae]

Andrew Rannells, you talented, perfect, beautiful human being you.

[@joshuahoward6845]

I knew he could sing from Book of Mormon, but this is more perfect than I knew could happen. Only thing missing is Judy's broken soul. But I bet he could pull it off if this was a show with a storyline and he was acting a character .

[@TerryComo2010]

When you sing you are are an actor! You are bringing to the song your own life experiences. The song is the storyline. He was okay, but Judy owns this song!

[@flodotstatix]

If you want to hear him singing a hopeless song and capturing that sense, I'd advise listening to You Gotta Die Sometime from the Falsettos revival (he played Whizzer)

[@vanitykim]

I agree Joshua xx

[@grai]

I agree but I must say this is a great version bringing a new jazz aspect I'd never considered before by someone who can *actually sing* - I'm British so I don't know who this guy is - I was getting ready to be offended on JG's behalf but I really think this version is fantastic Not genius though - genius is the Garland version

[@vanitykim]

@@grai oh yesss xxx

[@lionsforscottie]

WHY HAVEN'T I WATCHED THIS BEFORE? WHAT FORCE OF NATURE COMPELLED ME TO DEPRIVE MYSELF OF THIS KDSK ANDREW SCOTT RANNELLS HAS MORE TALENT IN AN ATOM IN HIS PINKY FINGER THAN I COULD EVER HOPE TO HAVE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ok i need to chill

[@stephenacs]

I'm halfway through his newly released autobiography. It's a great read. He's one smart, talents, tough cookie to have tackled NYC at age 19 and survived. Impressive.

[@jackie5046]

It's extremely rare to find anyone who's ever dared to cover this song. Rannells version is spectacular. Bravo!

[@S0larEclipse...]

I recommend checking out Ben Platt’s cover of this song,it’s amazing!

[@jackie5046]

@@S0larEclipse... I will do that thank you so much!

[@jackie5046]

​@@S0larEclipse...Just checked out Ben Platt. Also spectacular. Quite impressive how he sails up and down so effortlessly on the big notes.

[@stevew3286]

What a set of pipes! This man was created for the stage.

[@est4307]

Andrew sings like an angel, probably cause he is an angel sent from heaven 🥺💖

[@gia7324]

can you believe i started bawling because of this video? well believe it it happened rn i’m weeping so much i love this man

[@sobernme]

Oh God, I couldn't love him more

[@barrywesterhout]

discovered this about 12 hours ago, and I've probably played it 12 times since. such an impressive performance :D fan from Malaysia

[@jaguy4u2]

barry westerhout you are not alone, me too - from Jamaica now living in the USA 😁

[@maidenofcats568]

I listen to the song when I can't sleep (which is mostly every night.) Don't know why, maybe because Andrew's voice is super calming but I totally get where you're coming from! Love from Illinois in the USofA

[@_artemkoi]

yo holy shit another malaysian

[@nicolebry]

I can’t tell y’all how many times I’ve seen this video

[@lilaalix2459]

If Jeremy Jordan and Andrew Rannels don’t sing a duet in the next year I’m throwing hands.

[@abced12]

This is everything I never knew I needed

[@JeffBazell]

I'm seeing this for the first time on what would've been Judy's 100th birthday. She approves.

[@yaya-mk3nn]

my fave boy covering my fave lady????????¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

[@yaya-mk3nn]

i am so happy????????¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

[@wheezevin68]

HSDBFBHAHAHA SAME THO ??????

[@vanitykim]

omg , I'm crying! I always considered this her song ( not SOTR)....

[@alexmz123]

I just think this is one of the best covers by a male... Andrew, Judy is smiling over the rainbow because of your singing ❤️

[@brittaroos5839]

wtf i would die for andrew holy shit this is good

[@ZAZGASTIKO]

Ms Judy Garland is smiling.. and it’s saying to herself “Finally” my signature song has come alive. Wow Wow Wow

[@CaptainQuirky]

HOLY HELL THIS IS AMAZING

[@MsEmpregetes]

His voice is actually magic

[@mothysjar]

This makes me so emotional. This man has cured depression.

[@maybebread1845]

I don't know if its just my allergies or this beautiful mans voice, but I'm crying rn help

[@erin7654]

The first time i heard this was at 2 AM I almost fell out of my seat. who knew his voice was so good for jazz? I'm sorry for underestimating you Andrew Rannells.

[@bunji_beans]

That was so beautiful! *heart eyes*

[@sturza9182]

How is one man so perfect

[@thebowows]

i dont understand how actors/singers can memorize songs When i cant even memorize the transition from falsettoland to about time

[@ash-tq9xw]

Frrr I wanna be in musical theatre but um I can't remember ANYTHING :(

[@thebowows]

@@ash-tq9xw a mood?? like i was in a play i had like 4 lines and it took me a while despite the lines being pretty short

[@kathleendufault7071]

Love, love, love this. I wish Andrew would put out a CD of love standards.

[@maidenofcats568]

Is it wrong that I did this? No, I think it's pretty justifiable. Did you ask for this? You may say no, but secretly you totally did. Here's the licc counter: 8 1:21, 1:49, 1:58, 2:22, 2:26, 2:31, 2:44, 3:20 Enjoy

[@HappySoulLovesYou]

GOD BLESS YOU!

[@juanbotero4154]

Bro this aint it

[@HappySoulLovesYou]

@@juanbotero4154 wdym?

[@pamesy-jatterson7352]

Low key scared that you did this. Not sure if love, or really low key hate.

[@alexandreleite2541]

😍😳😳😳😳😳🤭

[@waffle._.bubbles]

This man’s voice is literal perfection

[@brianeduardo1234]

great.. think I saw his before but he manages to get Judy's pitch - he has great control

[@cloudchaser7716]

OH MY GOD I COULD LIVE OFF OF THIS ANDREW HOW THE HECK ARE YOU THIS TALENTED THAT WAS PHENOMENAL

[@peggy2983]

i am so straight for this man what the hell

[@erinofthetrees6898]

Peggy! similar lmao

[@GleekOff]

Look at him, Andrew is just the sweetest

[@robertcarter3768]

OMG...not only gorgeous but he can sing!!!

[@bobjohnson6010]

I'm crying this is beautiful.

[@tessasimone24]

i think about this everyday

[@jeffbassin630]

Andrew's performance of this Garland classic is brilliant!

[@JimmChBCN]

oh~~Andrew Rannells! how could I not knowing this talented guy for so long. what a voice!!! He meticulously changed the lyrics "A one-man woman to One-man man.!!!!!

[@raphaelvalencia1543]

The night is bitter The stars have lost their glitter The winds grow colder Suddenly you're older And all because of the man that got away No more his eager call The writings on the wall The dreams you dreamed have all Gone astray The man that won you Has run off and undone you That great beginning Has seen the final inning Don't know what happened It's all a crazy game No more that all-time thrill For you've been through the mill And never a new love will Be the same Good riddance, goodbye Every trick of his you're on to But, fools will be fools And where's he gone to? The road gets rougher It's lonelier and tougher With hope you burn up Tomorrow he will turn up There's just no letup the live-long night and day Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A one-man woman looking for The man that got away The man that got away

[@katarinadewitt]

I NEED THIS ON SPOTIFY

[@evennorth3590]

i can feel this in my chest,,, i feel short of breath

[@NeonFroggit]

HE HAS SUCH A GORGEOUS VOICE I DONT UNDERSTAND AJJAJAJDJQJWJIDWQDIO

[@jaimekimbrel1451]

I just came her to say this is the definitive cover of this song. Pls Andrew release this on a album!!

[@jellychee]

Once in a blue moon, I remember this performance exists and it stuns me every time.

[@mollyc.5406]

That. Belt. Like. Woah.

[@evesf4e148]

His VOCALS-- Yes Andy Randy, slay me.

[@MrHlcg1962]

Fabulous Andrew. Simply fabulous. Judy would be proud

[@cascharles3838]

Whizzer is that you

[@thebowows]

Marvin @ whizzer

[@lavalamp9007]

No this is Andrew

[@thebowows]

i like ur name ^^^

[@emmavanemma5098]

I cut off children's pinky toes No. This is patrick.

[@bareabopopera3091]

eLdEr PrIcE???

[@moo78870]

ANDREW RANNELLS HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE A TONY 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@timward3116]

He did a great job with this song, and this song ain't easy to sing. Good for him!

[@alexanderzamora5930]

my most favourite version by a male singer. Period.

[@saturnerens]

He might be the most incredible gorgeous man on this earth

[@callanhadley5636]

the lighting change, the vocals, the emotion, it’s just so perfect

[@tonysaldana427]

One of the best versions for this great classic!

[@eviejo9013]

did y’all know that i love this man

[@thebowows]

nice me three

[@geraltdelete7527]

Me four????

[@emmavanemma5098]

Is it possible for all 6 of us to love him?

[@geraltdelete7527]

Emma Van Emma 5

[@hellolettuce6652]

Me 6

[@simonefernandez6990]

he has such amazing pitch and control im dyinnnnng

[@bareabopopera3091]

What can you not do!?!?!

[@charlotted1321]

he's so perFECT

[@checkmate5768]

Andrew Rannells that's it

[@logixc2660]

this is amazing

[@gigigrace7351]

There are real tears running down my face I love this man

[@ERROR-hv1zz]

all the comments in this section thirsting over andrew are just comments that marvin ghostwrote

[@weedfather6391]

BAHAHAHAHHA

[@moo78870]

AHAHAHAHAHA I CANT RN

[@markbaker2826]

Excellent !!

[@gabrielcampbell9462]

So good

[@rachelkindred4169]

still my favorite vocal performance of his

[@Whatdoyouthink.687]

That song seems to be the most difficult to sing. Andrew doesn't miss a note. Remarkable.

[@juanamorga1613]

this is just done beautiful.. so relaxed

[@lauryngibson1871]

well fuck I'm obsessed with this man

[@rosefoxwell-morgan4316]

Lauryn Gibson I'm getting re obsessed

[@melg279]

but like why are we lucky enough to be blessed by this beautiful human?

[@ricoltmetric8156]

Babycakes, you done snagged yo manz Tuc Watkins, child. He fine too

[@ruthemory2065]

It’s one am and I’m actually sitting alone in the dark crying about Andrew Rannells’ voice

[@bcefa]

So, normal times?

[@patrickmonteau7185]

Very cute Andrew Rannells^^

[@lornar5550]

Goosebumps! 👏 Brilliant

[@johnflynn9619]

Magnificent. Beautiful Voice & Interpretation.

[@atlaslou4733]

this was a 3 minute and 58 second long reminder on why i'm gay

[@OokyDaniel]

This is the kindest and sweetest comments section I've ever seen. This man deserves the world!

[@mint3550]

He's too perfect.

[@alexanderbarry4461]

What a voice, what a delivery, what talent. What a babe!

[@srobindittrich6599]

Wow! I'm a straight woman absolutely swooning over this man's man😍 BRAVO!

[@coolertheory8893]

so true.

[@minervavidal6055]

That man sends chills up and down my spine.... Oh yes....thank you Andrew..