At the Ballet - Twisted Broadway 2012

At the Ballet - Chorus Line from Twisted Broadway 2012 @ BMW Edge Fed Square - Monday the 29th of July.
Matthew Holly, Blake Bowden, Andrew Cook
Filmed & Edited by Alistair Walsh

[@stijn4687]

This song gets a whole new dimension when performed by gay men, suddenly the lyrics become the struggle of gays in this world, to belong, to be part of it. The emotions listening to this men singing with so much truth and with feelings that come from their personal paths and struggles in life are overwhelming.

[@Leon_Leon]

+Mario Slim yes thanks for understanding the concept - si gracias por entender el concepto.

[@collinkilloran5721]

Yea

[@zyxw2024]

Every human struggles in their life, & regardless of their sexual preference. I'm gay, it wasn't overwhelming. It's some straight people who are overwhelmed by it all, struggling with their homophobia. That's how I see it. I am a Stonewall baby boomer.

[@danielefm9965]

Maybe they never struggled. It’s not that now every gay person need to struggle. I didn’t for example…

[@1868foxpoint]

How do you know they’re all gay?

[@BroadwayBabe3]

Everyone's laughing and I am over here so *moved.* This song, no matter who performs it, will always get me.

[@LilySaintSin]

Gabrielle Carolina Me too!

[@MacoGalo]

I know!!!! I’m like stop laughing!

[@TheCMLion]

I was just thinking the same thing! When "Maggie" says, "I would love too..." at the end, tears welled up. The song, is always wonderful and these guys were great!

[@c4tnip1111]

Gabrielle Carolina same this song is really emotional to me

[@bootwhore]

totally agree - i am like is anyone listening to the lyric?? This song isn't gender specific - its heartbreaking. And they sang the shit outta it.

[@kylej8486]

One of the saddest Broadway songs ever performed. It’ll always hold a different emotion for each person who hears it.

[@kyleshanebeck1645]

As a gay guy who grew up in dance and theatre this really speaks to me, I wish they played it serious

[@thomasweston6266]

i think they did

[@nikomcpherson8394]

Kyle Shanebeck I think they did as well- there’s not really a hint of try to overplay this to me at all..

[@isaacmulisa]

what's not serious abt it

[@Buckleigh]

I agree Kyle

[@brucetidwell7715]

I think that they tried.

[@genevitale7974]

I have loved this song for 35 years but never imagined it being performed by three guys! I loved it. The second guy was cute, charming and understood what he what singing better than any actress I have seen.

[@isaacmulisa]

how old are you

[@kurtquinton4059]

@@isaacmulisa I'm 88

[@WillScarlet16]

"Different is nice, but it sure isn't pretty/ Pretty is what it's about/ I never met anyone who was different who couldn't figure that out/" Those lines sound even more heartbreaking coming from a gay man.

[@PrincessOye22]

William Craig They're gay?

[@WillScarlet16]

They're men in tutus singing show tunes traditionally sung by women. You figure it out.

[@PrincessOye22]

William Craig I'm sorry, I must've missed the part where being homosexual now means wearing clothing and singing a song. I thought it meant you liked your own gender, or even that it meant you're happy. Silly me thinking that.

[@WillScarlet16]

Musical theater is a major part of the gay community, and this song's lyrics are all completely changed by the fact that a man is singing it. It's pretty obvious they're making a statement, and not just 'singing a song.'

[@PrincessOye22]

William Craig Doesn't mean they have to be gay. Look at me; I'm straight and like musical theatre :/ They do this for plenty of things. Cellblock tango for example. You're reading into what has not been said. They show this much passion for everything. Until there's *actual* evidence of their homosexuality (like, say, maybe them kissing a boy or confessing their love for the same sex?), I don't think you should presume they are because of a song and clothes. I wear my brothers' clothes and don't change song lyrics so I may end up singing about a girl. Am I lesbian >.>?

[@mcmanpa]

There’s a lovely balance here. The song, a trio for three female voices, will always be an emotionally charged recall of unhappy childhoods relieved by the escapism offered by ballet and its repertoire of happy endings. Performed instead by men, it would be easy for the trio to tip into a sad reflection of young gay boys struggling with both their emerging identity and their liking for what is often regarded as a girlish and girl-dominated activity. But the pantomime humour of men in drag manages to stave off the worst of the maudlinness and I appreciate Blake Bowden trying to keep the final “Daddy, I would love to dance” from being the tear-jerker the writers intended to be. One poster here takes the irony one step further and reflects on how it is even harder (or heartbreaking, as he called it) for an unattractive gay youth to fit in and find love, alluding perhaps to today’s widespread image consciousness amongst the young, and how a gay “plain jack”-looking boy finds it even harder to be gay, a dancer and happy at the same time.

[@Arkelk2010]

I think what makes it work so well is that the actors/singers played this with absolute conviction--not with a wink or hint of camp.

[@phoenixnyc]

Gender-bent songs have a habit of doing that. I sang Fifty Percent for an audition once and the director said, "That song has such a different meaning when it''s sung by a man!" (and yes, I got the job! :D )

[@wilsonwatt9283]

As a gay man who was out before Stonewall I am moved to tears by this and so happy that so many will be able to see it who need to gay or straight

[@108mariachi]

How did the guy in the middle hold his arms up for so long

[@louisebeck91]

Proberly because he is a dancer... crazy styr with the body is what they do.

[@mullumbimboy]

Because he's a real man. ; )

[@beautifulloly]

Talent

[@SolasOW]

mullumbimboy same difference

[@Caroux84]

Do you see those guns? Solid steel is rather strong. Lol

[@cerealkiillar]

I've watched this so many times...they are perfect. They are EVERYTHING.

[@JosephStJames2000]

Magnificent. I always liked this song, but never really connected. This rendition brought tears to my eyes. Each time the audience laughed, I cried from recognition. For once, I am seen. Thank you.

[@vwade3381]

Remarkable, I'm in tears! This committed delivery knocked me out and the voices are as amazing as the men are beautiful. I love Blake Bowden's full and rich high notes that are delivered from deep within him. This song when performed by women is often a rote exercise. This was fresh and effective.

[@FlockofAngels]

Amazing performances and rich in emotion! 💝⭐💝

[@larynanntapp6333]

My all time favorite Broadway scene!! I saw A Chorus Line 41 years ago on Broadway....it was the beginning of a lifetime of love for musical theater. You guys are awesome!! Way to hold that note Maggie!! Sending warm regards from Kentucky!!!

[@fido652]

That's around the time I saw it in London at Drury Lane. Something of youth that we can never forget...

[@beejyludes]

First guy is absolutely stunning, wow! and the middle guy, what a voice!

[@OscarSotoJr]

That “Daddy” lives rent-free in my head. 🤣🤣🤣 I can’t listen to that song anymore because it is etched in my memory! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrurick1959]

Every time, I watch this video, I cry. These Guys are so Amazing and it is Wonderful. Thank you so much. Mark R. Urick

[@eddiecat]

Great! Really enjoy Blake Bowden's (Maggie's) voice!

[@cerealkiillar]

They always make me cry. Every time I watch this clip. So beyond beautiful.

[@janineg6822]

Beautiful!!! The Swan Lake chorus moment - who DOESN'T want to do that? These men's voices, these bodies... just wow.

[@marianatorres7347]

love this song and hearing it performed by men just takes to a different level perspective. It is performed amazingly

[@mecko21]

That was beautiful. I loved every second of it. I' always filled with glee whenever I see a Twisted Broadway video.

[@sabrinawhitby5287]

i don't know who Maggie was but that voice of his is amazing he nailed his role i have to say a big well dun to all 3 of u what a fab song

[@MICHAELHUGHES-ik7iq]

This was beautifully done by men...it touched my heart in more ways than one...at the ballet...

[@stevemattfis]

Breaks my composure and makes me cry every time. Too much to identify with here and too connected to the era in which this was created. Now with men in the three roles i am more heavily impacted than I had expected. Simply beautiful tragedy if i may be so "French" in my review. It seems contradictory but it more accurately Point/Counterpoint in music, lyrics and a minimalistic bit of elegant dance.

[@biomanization]

It brings another dimension to a genius script. Thank you for conceiving and executing this version.

[@geowynleda4641]

Hands down the best version I have ever heard.

[@matsumura5]

That was so good, and so sad at the same time

[@isabelpenn4887]

The first guy's arms are INCREDIBLE! Jeez!

[@johntlew]

Blake Bowden knocked my socks off! !! He’s sensational as “Maggie”. ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for sharing.

[@neilfeigeles8944]

wow, hysterical… between the laughter, i began to get teary eared, and by the end, I am in tears… bravo

[@keenoled]

Yeah, I'm not laughing. I feel as bad as I always I do when I hear this song.

[@andrewaway]

lisa schroder I went to see this at Stratford a few years ago and was shocked at what a depressing play it is. I had forgotten

[@EVITANDY]

The beauty of these things comes from the honesty of not giving in to the cheap laugh of camping it up (look at the guy who sings AND I AM TELLING YOU - flawless!). The middle guy here almost gives in to that urge to just play it for cheap laughs, but happily resists. The result is much better (and comical) for that. The second guy should learn to count. The first guy is brilliant.

[@mustangmooney21]

All 3 are fantastic singers. I'd like to hear Mathew Holly sing I dreamed a dream.

[@janbarrett4544]

These men can REALLY sing!!!!!

[@ikenmijnman]

This is so very very very moving and great.

[@tonysaldana427]

Wonderful talented guys!

[@lawrencewald846]

I've laughed at so many of the Twisted Broadway songs... this one.... I am choked up... wow

[@wsddrama8735]

heartbreakingly beautiful

[@4260laurel]

love the litle one in the t- shirt- a bit ahead of the beat but so damn cute

[@ungoliver]

Yes

[@d.wooding878]

Yes, more than a little

[@kellyalves756]

He recovered nicely.

[@isaacmulisa]

@@d.wooding878 it's fine he caught up

[@ilx97mh]

the first guy is called Matt Holly and he's currently in wicked in Australia I beleive

[@lanetower3411]

Beautiful moving song sung by beautiful souls.

[@gramps2matt]

I have always related to this song from my first exposure to A Chorus Line in the 1970s. (yeah I know just dated myself)

[@isaacmulisa]

how old are you!!!!!

[@arthurinuk]

One of my favourite songs from *A Chorus Line* This version had its moments.

[@DerpsGW]

Honestly thought that was Steve-O at the left for a second, but this was seriously one of the best performances of this song I've found on KZbin.

[@brianeduardo1234]

Superbly done... and not easy

[@IanScott750]

I thought it was a brilliant performance. All 3 singers had excellent voices. Well done to all.

[@michaelmiller1215]

Fabulous!

[@billmar6401]

What great voices!

[@TX1961]

Wow, I've never heard of Twisted Broadway, prior to this video. What are the names of those three fellows? Awesomely talented group! That high note from "At The Ballet" was incredible!

[@markbarnwell942]

Simply awesome.

[@laws-mariewebber5652]

Beautiful interpretation of this song enjoyable to watch xxx

[@SeaTravelr123]

Love this...... 💔

[@mikecapron2542]

This is Brilliant!! Well done!

[@captainKbobkeeshan]

That was so great. Such talent and funny too!

[@Piccoloshow]

No words for it. I'm touched.

[@icyhugs]

Awesome! Oh dear, I am going to cry!

[@lauradavis6844]

Perfection

[@seanmoran-w6u]

so well done- bravo boys, bravo.

[@alexwallace6120]

I saw a traveling show of this at the Hartford Bushnell 20, and I loved it .Having men doit is interesting yet less intense and emotional.

[@GarrellWoods]

Yall betta SANG!!!

[@larrybillman2027]

Very talented young men!

[@Sandi24601]

Fantastic. Just beautiful. All the singing especially the last guy with the long belted note at the end.

[@allanmiller4972]

Who needs elaborate production value & costuming? When you have these incredibly talented young artists??!! ❤❤❤ 👍👍👍!!!

[@manuelgdelvillar4064]

First at all, I love this song, ir was one of my firsts musicals, even I had a boyfriend of the cast (Bobby) It was a long time ago. And now I watch this performance, one tear drop of my eye. For me was amazing!!!! Who played Maggie has an incredible voice. It dosen´t matter if they are gay or straight, the feelings they transmitted was the really important.

[@djsonicboomUSA]

Amazing!

[@GarrellWoods]

HE BETTA SANG!!!!

[@harperwelch5147]

I love the twist of changing the gender references in a well known song. It brings an entirely different meaning to the song and what it means. Astonishing. Brilliant.

[@claytonmeador8382]

the tu-tu was fab..! Great touch..!!! 💋

[@janinestones6795]

Its beautiful they love themselves so they can perform & love others.

[@Riflettore]

Great! Thanks!!

[@edenchlamtac7160]

Incredibly well done! "So 'beautiful' I'd never live to see" -- ahem, I beg to differ.

[@gaelengesser9484]

awesome!

[@TwistedBroadway]

Thank you Mecko21, we're glad you liked it!

[@cliffdotcomdotau]

Awesome!

[@irajayrosen4792]

How beautiful

[@iAncientOne]

Great job guys!

[@gucagucaguca]

LOVE YOU SO!

[@captainKbobkeeshan]

Love!

[@dummygeek]

randomly stumbled across this video, omg I actually know this guy on the left

[@FergusMcDopey]

3:00 was nice, lovely harmonizing.

[@Cynthia1850]

Excellent!

[@Pww642]

Okay, okay, I know it's supposed to be a little funny, but I kind of wish they had played this number -- pardon the expression -- a little straighter. The costumes and moments of silliness kind of detract from the heartbreaking power of three (presumably) gay guys singing this number.

[@Pww642]

Louis Philippe Kelle Totally agree w/ your point, but I just meant "play it straight" as in, do it more earnestly and less comedically. I think this is a good performance, but if these three guys did it less as a joke, you could bring the house down with its emotional impact.

[@PrincessOye22]

Louis Philippe Kelle Why not use stereotypical guy clothes :/?

[@akhurnu]

They are playing twisted Broadway, so just singing parts typically for opposite gender. Not gay guys. Girls.

[@allwellallgood5947]

that was freaking awesome 😍

[@jeffreygerman5059]

That was awesome!!

[@mzmiller52]

Great. There is also a version of the trio gotham doing this on KZbin. If you never saw them, you missed one of the best acts ever in the clubs of New York in the 70s and 80s. Only the divine miss m was equal.

[@stijn4687]

+mzmiller52 gotham performs at the 1989 MAC Awards on you tube. Is fantastic, but pure comedy

[@starion72]

i cant even... ty

[@mustangmooney21]

Can anyone tell me where can I hear more of Mathew Holly's work? Does he have a Cd out? Great voice! One of the Best I have ever heard.

[@arminandy]

Well done boys 😊

[@titioonline]

beautifulllllllll

[@reneguerra6003]

*_D A D D Y_* I WOULD LOVE TO EVERY O-THING WAS BEAUTIFUL I love this tho this is actually me 24/7 😂😂😂

[@DavidBrowningBYD]

For me it was the piano bench, not the ballet. But even now this makes me cry.

[@shelbyshoulders7042]

Maggie saying daddy is my new life force

[@deshaunlew3035]

That B4, though!! :D

[@OwainMilliken]

SOMEONE TELL ME HE HITS THE NOTE AT THE END

[@isaacmulisa]

3 years late but he does

[@soniarute8061]

Lindos! Talentosos! 👏👏👏💗🌺💕🥰🥰🥰 Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@johnpaulbasco9988]

Sheila: Daddy always thought that he married beneath him That's what he said, that's what he said When he proposed he informed my mother He was probably her very last chance And though she was twenty-two Though she was twenty-two Though she was twenty-two She married him Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic More like a "come as you are." When I was five I remember my mother Dug earrings out of the car I knew they weren't hers, but it wasn't Something you'd want to discuss He wasn't warm Well, not to her Well, not to us But everything was beautiful at the ballet Graceful men lift lovely girls in white Yes, everything was beautiful at ballet Hey! I was happy... at the ballet spoken: That's when I started class Up a steep and very narrow stairway Sheila and Bebe: To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway Sheila: It wasn't paradise Bebe: It wasn't paradise Sheila and Bebe: It wasn't paradise Sheila: But it was home Bebe: Mother always said I'd be very attractive When I grew up, when I grew up "Diff'rent, " she said, "With a special something And a very, very personal flair." And though I was eight or nine Though I was eight or nine Though I was eight or nine I hated her Now, "Diff'rent" is nice, but it sure isn't pretty "Pretty" is what it's about I never met anyone who was "diff'rent" Who couldn't figure that out So beautiful I'd never lived to see But it was clear If not to her Well then to me Bebe and Maggie: That everyone is beautiful at the ballet Every prince has got to have his swan Yes, everyone is beautiful at the ballet Maggie: Hey! Bebe: I was pretty Sheila: At the ballet Sheila, Bebe, and Maggie: Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway Maggie: It wasn't paradise Bebe: It wasn't paradise Sheila: It wasn't paradise Sheila, Bebe, and Maggie: But it was home Maggie: I don't know what they were for or against, really, except each other. I mean, I was born to save their marriage but when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said: "Well, I thought this was going to help. But I guess it's not." Anyway, I did have a fantastic fantasy life. I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this. My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief... And he'd say to me, "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance." Bebe: But it was clear Sheila: When he proposed Maggie: That I was born to help their marriage and when Sheila: That's what he said Bebe: That's what she said Maggie: I used to dance around the living room Sheila: He wasn't warm Bebe: Not to her Maggie: It was an Indian chief and he'd say "Maggie, do you wanna dance?" And I said, "Daddy, I would love to" Everything was beautiful at the ballet Raise your arms and someone's always there Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet At the ballet At the ballet! Sheila, Bebe, and Maggie: Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. Maggie: Hey! Bebe: I was pretty Sheila: I was happy Maggie: "I would love to..." Sheila, Bebe, and Maggie: At the ballet

[@SandViolet]

Thank you, John Paul Basco. I love the lyrics.

[@glasses925]

Bravo

[@roberthanlen6036]

Okay. So, like, I'm crying.

[@stevew3286]

Positively brilliant!!!

[@bobehanson]

This was amazing, love to know who the 3 men are, how great