Ellen Greene "Suddenly Seymour" Tonight Show

[@ar420e]

The crazy thing about Ellen is that she is such a tiny woman with this demure almost "mouse-like" talking voice. Then she sings.... WOW you just get blown away.

[@Tornado1994]

+ar420e She's Brookylnite. Her accent is very distinctive.

[@Crackermac7]

Lol. Absolutely. First time she opened up, I was in shock. She sounds amazing.

[@MsTheJohnsons]

Yes just like Michel'le! They talk like munchkins but when they sing.....WOW

[@jensdroessler3575]

The range, man, the dynamic range! How she goes from the mouselike talking voice to the confident, „let all of the city hear me“ voice in Suddenly Seymour in the movie is more then impressive!

[@alternity28]

@@MsTheJohnsons I was just thinking the same thing!

[@bethx0x035]

to everyone saying her 'singing faces' aren't pretty. you clearly don't realise this is from a musical/movie it's an emotive performance .

[@StrongEnough78]

bethx0x0 Not only that, she's putting her all into it and sometimes thats what it takes to get a genuine and powerful sound like that. Unlike now with everything digitally enhanced.

[@cjpatz]

That just shows her body and voice are one..

[@urielbritneybitch]

Don't ever molest she is literally the best The human generation we are living on is so stupid superficial and fake

[@Tornado1994]

Ellen is a Brooklynite. She has a VERY distinctive Brooklyn accent.

[@clarissabeatty4597]

Shit, the way she's singing, I'd be crossing my eyes and everything to even sound half as good as that. People just want to complain.

[@kgonza1220]

She’s hitting these notes in character. As Audrey. She’s singing in Audrey’s voice. This is so unbelievably talented that it blows my mind. The world would be a b much better place with more people like Ellen Greene in it.

[@gjdsmith]

It is beautiful

[@Anonymous27376]

There's no one like Ellen. She's incredible.

[@Marcellat]

Ellen Greene was made for this part! She’s always performed this song and she’s the only one that sings IT!!🔥🔥🔥

[@philv2529]

Can you believe that they originally were going to use Cindi Lauper for the role but she turned it down so then they said fuck it and used Ellen Greene because she was Audrey in the Broadway musical. Not that Cindi Lauper would have done a bad job but I can't imagine anyone else doing this role.

[@Tornado1994]

There's a difference, Cyndi is from Queens, Ellen is from Brooklyn. Ellen's more reserved and has a stronger more balanced NY singing voice. Cyndi's is too eccentric and defined.

[@kooperdouglasmilburn2263]

Phil V no f word sayin

[@fortifarse]

@@kooperdouglasmilburn2263 who the fuck are you to give orders?

[@MikeWeiner]

@@kooperdouglasmilburn2263 Fuck it

[@kaitlynstewart6239]

This woman can belt like it's nobody's business!! She is amazing!

[@rosered8771]

Yes

[@theriffwriter2194]

It's one thing to have a good singing voice. It's another thing to sound unique. Wow!

[@Meme-go9ts]

This is one of the best comments I've read on KZbin, ever

[@marseilletarot]

The magic of the Audrey character is that transformation - that secret fire and passion that she keeps hidden from the audience until this HUGE moment in the second act. Extremely satisfying when done well; unbelievably flattening when not done. Ellen Greene is, to this day, the best Audrey that there has ever been. The passion in her voice, the belt, the vocal breaks - they're reminiscent of Jennifer Holiday in the original Dreamgirls.

[@SunBunz]

7:26 She's Betty Boop when she speaks, and a GIGANTIC DIVA when she sings. It's fucking amazing. I can see tears in her eyes. She literally is singing her heart out, and it makes ME cry. lol

[@MeritoriousLee]

She gets into character and you can see her transform. Makes me cry to see something so beautiful.

[@FreedomFighter2112]

That just blew me away. Who needs autotune when you have a voice like that...simply breath taking.

[@StrongEnough78]

FreedomFighter2112 Real singers like her don't need autotune. It's a pity it even had to be created for these new singers with no talent.

[@Dario2nd]

There's only one person who can bring that song and that's Ellen! It is just her song, no-one in the world can even come close to her character and power-voice when she's in her Audrey performance!

[@Rivermontana]

I agree....Her song, period....

[@TheKentae1]

Thierry Wybauw RIGHT

[@scruffythekitten1470]

I agree.

[@Ellen-vh6ex]

Aww thank you ❤️

[@TristanandIsolt]

Are you the former Ellen Green?

[@Melanie-bm7vh]

It broke my heart when he didn't remember she was there before. Her performance that night was beyond extraordinary. I was a teen at the time and I have NEVER forgotten it... i'm 52 now. I've searched for it but never had any luck.

[@photomanwilliams4147]

She really caught Johnny off guard.......when she returned to her seat, Johnny seemed a loss for words, almost mesmerized for a few moments. I suspect, he has seen so much talent over the years on his stage, he wasn't ready to be blown away as he seemed to be.

[@Rob8]

May 27, 1983. Carl Reiner was the guest and Ellen sang "Somewhere That's Green", and "Suddenly Seymour."

[@arianalamark9891]

Dude, I have never heard of Ellen Green before Little Shop of Horrors but I'm sure glad I know who she is now. Like oh my god she has one of the most unique and powerful voices I've ever heard!! I literally admire her so much not as a performer but also she seems like a great person!! This song too, will always remain one of my favorite Broadway pieces ever!!

[@eahsdramaplays1410]

Honestly

[@brianheidel4550]

Me neither, but I'm going to do some research. Not very many people can sing that powerful.

[@antonellamR2D2]

Check "pushing daisies", she's not singing but it's REALLY good, and fairytalish

[@WhizzingFish12]

Ellen Greene's voice is simply amazing. Her power, range, and emotional expressiveness are unsurpassed. I've shown this song to a few people over the years, and their reaction is always the same: Polite attentiveness at the beginning becoming stunned silence by the end. Greene is one of the best singers of her generation, and it's sad that so few people know of her. Just goes to show the importance of the right breaks in one's career I suppose.

[@lailaraquel6707]

"I bought this dress and i hurt my back. That didn't make sense" lol idk why this was so funny to me.

[@vg2binkey884]

lailaraquel i think she was beyond nervous which is y she said it! But i think shes way too cute and while promoting little shop thru her here.

[@vg2binkey884]

Wow is this part made for her:) and boy does she pull it off:)

[@Tornado1994]

@@vg2binkey884 Her Brooklyn accent is so Thick!

[@girliboi]

back when stars actually SANG on talk shows.. and credit to her duet partner, sang it sweetly and note perfect without upstaging her (thankless job and NOT easy).

[@o-o-o-ozempic]

I'm a 25 year old man and I'm not ashamed to admit that this video has me sitting in a puddle of my own tears right now. I've never seen a video of her performing it live until now and I am furious at my mother for not exposing me to her when I was a child.

[@markyyyyyyyy321]

My Mum made us watch Little Shop of Horrors when we were kids in the 80s and 90s!

[@dolphinsrr]

I cry every time I hear her

[@austinspeed6728]

NPR filmed a tiny desk concert of the revival cast for the anniversary production. you can find it on you tube. worth the search

[@holt.hancock1321]

she does have that effect.

[@nikollewis8769]

Great movie, it's on MAX now

[@Newyorkeditor1234]

My dad loved this performance. I searched for years before I found it on KZbin. He died last month. He loved this song so very much.

[@laurafrakinroslin]

If I ever saw her sing in person I might die from emotional overload.

[@MrFallred]

Wow. What I wouldn't give to have been in the audience when she performed Little Shop off broadway.

[@bernardlerner1913]

I was- and her voice echoed throughout the theatre-the only time in theatre and opera that I was crying, it was that good!!!!-they even sold minature plant puppets during intermission!!!!

[@llyod85]

@@bernardlerner1913 I am so jealous of you right now

[@dolphinsrr]

Yes it was fantastic it. I seen her back then. Never forget it. I was so happy when she did the film

[@panfa30]

She will forever define the role of Audrey. What a powerful voice. Wow.

[@luceleaves9341]

I love the way that no matter which partner she is singing with, she still gives it 100% emotion. Love seeing artists who really give it their all.

[@rlmbinkie3278]

I'm obsessed! I'm eating, sleeping, drinking this song and Ellen Greene's voice and performance! I don't know why I haven't appreciated it the same way in past years, it's not new to me, I've just all of a sudden become obsessed with and appreciative of it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@FutureLaugh]

what an awkward interview, but HO LEE SHIT what a voice.

[@TristanandIsolt]

If that was an act she fooled me. I think what you see in this interview is the real her.

[@johncrowe6489]

Ellen Green has lungs from another planet. Incredible!

[@freestyleskeer]

Must have arrived with the eclipse.

[@mrlee333]

I love her she can sing her butt off. When I first heard her sing I cried for 15 minutes.

[@Aerospace_Education]

Wow, she's unbelievable. The way she goes from sounding so small and scared to the transition where she knows she is better than she believed is incredible. To be fair Moranis does an incredible job as well. The other singer on this show is a pro and he was just flat out sang.

[@KHWendy28]

OMG at 1st she has that Baby Voice and then it going too that big Voice she has and it is so great too hear live.

[@chuzzwozzer]

I can’t really put it into words how much Ellen Greene singing this song affects me except that it brings tears to my eyes.

[@GiantMovieNerdtm]

If I heard her sing this, I know I'd cry. She's got such a beautiful singing voice

[@RupertDCD27]

She always gives me goosebumps when she sings. Amazing voice

[@ouch110]

OMG Ellen Greene...*bows down*. What an incredibly unusual woman and talent! The ONLY Audrey EVER! That guy didn't need to be there really...just let ellen sing!

[@stuckIN801]

She's performing as if on Broadway again! Live theatre requires great exaggeration to reach the back row/nosebleeds! She's great!

[@carriebee5418]

Thank you for posting this.I saw this live years ago.

[@veggielovinllc9628]

This song will always make me cry and Ellen Kills it every time! I love her!❤

[@Fibbermcgee3]

Ellen gets very emotional in this song, just as everyone does. It is a great song, and I listen to it over and over in my car. I have the CD from Little Shop of Horrors. She is absolutely marvelous. I just wish she would have starred in more films. I just love listening to her sing.

[@arnoldbraunschweiger2061]

On the other hand, very few people can lay claim to such an iconic signature song (Menzel and Chenowith performing "For Good" comes pretty close). I'm a sucker for show tunes, and this one never fails to blow me away, but the material is just a bit shy of "great" - it needed someone with Greene's vocal talent and emotional investment in the Audrey character to really make it pop (e.g. when she sings "I'ld say 'shooah'" in that cute Brooklyn accent, I'm in total suspension of disbelief mode). She is a Broadway performer of the highest caliber, and it does seem unfair she is not more widely recognized (although, based on her interview with Carson, and stage fright confession when she returns to the couch, she doesn't strike me as the diva type). Her performance here is even better than in the movie, which was fantastic in its own right. Based on some comments, her Broadway run may have been even better still!

[@poisonedcoffy]

Such an amazing woman. There's so much emotion put into this. She's perfect.

[@RayburnHahn]

I remember seeing this during the broadcast and lamented not having my VCR running. I'm so glad that someone else had it and posted it so that I could relive the moment. The only unfortunate thing is that the resolution is low so you can't see the amount of tears she shed while singing. I was truly struck by how emotional she got, and this performance alone made me go see the movie.

[@BillYovino]

"Would you like to come back again" was Johnny Carson's highest form of praise. You can tell he was moved by her performance. For people who are too young to remember, the Carson show was THE top of show business,

[@cheriecasey3072]

I understand why this made my heart race as a kid her voice and her emotions that she pours into it blow my mind and send me through the roof she takes my breath away no matter what year I hear it in what a wonderful talented beautiful woman

[@anne-katrin.diedszun]

After all the years Ellens performance is still mesmerizing... Goosebumps all over my body 💕💕💕

[@Phewy]

so much emotion conveyed with her face, love it !

[@raingalexia2524]

She's so precious! Oh my god!

[@poisonedcoffy]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@aussieview124]

What a voice. Gives me the chills.

[@BW12149]

That was one of the greatest performances on the tonight show. Ellen Greene really has an amazing voice…fantastic..

[@themetacrisis]

I get goosebumps every time I hear her sing.

[@Niaclan]

What a treasure. Thanks for sharing.

[@coriecolston75]

me and my sister watched this movie a million times and she killed it ! what ever happened to a movie u can see over and over...love tha ol school...

[@mr.mediocregamer9653]

Such a perfect voice to emote such heart break and hope...

[@mr.mediocregamer9653]

Totally agree, 7 year younger me.

[@Sidhejester]

When your voice is so powerful that you have to hold the mic 15 inches away, else the doors blow off their hinges.

[@mistynorman3172]

I have goosebumps all over my body as we speak ,she just Saaaannnnggggg her face off. simply amazing

[@NeoPalladio]

The interview portion is really charming: her personality is sweet and the innocence of her delivery is irresistible. When Johnny asks her "why do you have a greenhouse?" she replies with the frankness and guilelessness of a child "I like plants." And then she sings! Man, what a set of pipes! No one else can go from zero to sixty like her.

[@maddiewilburn7810]

holy shit. her voice just knocked me into next week

[@passion_vogue_]

She’s so adorably cute the way she talks and she’s so relatable with the awkwardness 😂

[@froggie12341]

omg I so love her !!!! God has given her the most powerful voice I've ever heard in my life ,,Breath taking !!!!

[@NIGHTLAMP12345678]

Brings tears to my eyes every time!!!!! She could sing me to sleep any time.

[@latonyamontgomery6499]

Omg. Her voice and stage presence is Awesome!!! Thank you for the Audrey character

[@ceretomer5987]

This was nice but I loved the song in the movie. Her duet with Rick Moranis was spot on. Their harmonization, emotion and chemistry are unmatched.

[@YuGiOhDuelChannel]

Still to this day my favorite broadway song and performance! Amazing

[@razzati420]

Because she is supposed to be singing like that, shes a street girl with an accent isnt supposed to be a traditional sound. And she hits the notes exactly like howard ashman wanted and wrote same thing with his disney movies he wanted the characters to sound like a regular person.....durrr

[@brianheidel4550]

That's not an accent. It's a speech impairment.

[@razzati420]

No, Ellen Greene did not have a speech disorder, but she did have a high-pitched voice for her role as Audrey in the musical Little Shop of Horrors

[@USAF4615]

I could listen to this a thousand times and in each instance it is amazing performance by Ellen Greene.

[@laurendonovan658]

What a vision of talent and grace! (And her partner for the duet was absolutely fantastic!)

[@leannecanty8821]

She's such a sweet person, as well as having a spectacular voice.

[@tfe1788]

Her voice is so f phenomenal

[@jayryan3181]

She brought it in this performance

[@KatieGoodloe]

coworkers and i were JUST talking about this the other day....!

[@ShatnerLover]

Every single performance, she makes me weep. She’s so unbelievable

[@JOEYdaMUSH]

I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying 😭😭

[@TristanandIsolt]

Ellen Greene just pours out so much passion into the song. It is almost indescribable.

[@enjaii]

Real glad I found this, was here reminiscing with my niece. Ellen Greene sangs the hell outta that live......true voice - I'd probably have to sleep for a week after singing that!! lol

[@JeromeTheSinger]

hi do you have a contact number?

[@ShellsGhost1]

She was giving him so much here and he took it and used it well to give all his emotion right back. But she totally spirit balled him and sapped every soul in that room of everything they've ever felt and blew him away. He couldn't keep up. No one could blame him. She is amazing.

[@mrssabra2658]

Feeling nostalgic. Here her sing at 5:50, she's got an incredible voice. Loved the movie so so much when I was a little girl. Little Shop of Horrors. ❤️

[@Retrobeemer]

I found the LSofH as a fan of Steve Martin but stayed because of how Ellen sang Suddenly Seymour. Incredible voice.

[@WitchyNichole]

its amazing that she has such a quiet voice when she speaks...but when she sings its a powerful voice..absolutely fantastic

[@fakerating]

That's real talent... no autotune here.

[@geminidreamatl26]

i still get chills to this day hearing her do this. this version is one of her best performances of it. And you can clearly see that the male singer is completely upstaged and at one point you cant even hear him. This is HER song.

[@matsudaseiko]

that's so wonderful thank you ^^

[@salldarling]

Her voice 😍 just rips into you! Amazing

[@nhcharmedone]

Wow, she sounds amazing live, that was just awesome!

[@obbeachbum69]

Weren't the 80's awesome? sniff....

[@KattZomB]

I totally thought they had someone else sing this part in the movie. I can't believe its really her, she's such an amazing singer. i love her voice.

[@Josh516mich]

OMG her voice gives me chills, its so unique but moving.. Awesome!

[@mzmiller52]

7/1/2015 encores. 30 years later and she blew the roof off the theatre. What a night! I wish someone had recordings of her early performances at brothers and sisters and Reno sweeney's before joe Papp took her out of the clubs. Or how about rachel lily rosenbloom. She was on the tonight show early on as well. He acted as if he never met her.

[@photomanwilliams4147]

This is the 5th video clip I viewed tonight of her doing this song, Just blows me away......funny part, this clip is of poor quality, yet she is still WOW. Anyone reading this, do yourself a favor, search Ellen Greene doing this song on other clips..........even more WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Gameplayhq]

she can sing her ass off

[@aaardvarkkk]

When "Little Shop of Horrors" (the movie) first came out, I went and saw it. I haven't seen it since. The only thing I remember from the movie was Ellen singing this song. I was so blown away, I never forgot it. Here in 2012, This youtube video was the second time I have ever heard the song. It's like I heard her sing it yesterday.

[@Nansbbgrand]

She’s phenomenal! Thank you sOo mUCchh for this!!!! 😁👍👍

[@jgilmer3]

I think I'm a mostly normal guy but sometimes when I see a really great talent giving it his/her all in a performance, I find it very moving. This woman's performance in Little Shop of Horrors moved me. She is so talented and, just as important, so courageous to put so much into her singing.

[@golob13]

at a small concert she gave in London three years ago and we talked a bit after the show. I'm a longtime fan and it really was a great evening. She's just adorable.

[@Themightybuttercup]

You can see her wiping away tears at the end cause when she sings as Aubrey she is Aubrey amazing

[@3TAforever]

she brings me to tears with this everytime her voice is so emotional. The subject mattter of the movie wasnt really that deep but her character was very sad and you hear her pain in this song and also the joy of finding new love. LOVE IT!

[@NYANKITTYFART]

No one ever did it like Ellen Greene. She is FABULOUS!!

[@MrFreak274]

Omg I’m so in love with her and her voice!! So much drama in her. This is what I love from theatre 🖤

[@jaspar38]

Little Shop is one of the greatest love stories, and this is one of the greatest love songs. Ever.

[@PlaidBoyPDX]

The emotion she poured into this performance is breathtaking. Goosebumps! :)

[@whiskey222]

I just found this video and I love Ellen Greene and love the version of this song. It's so great how her character in the movie would go from this whispery, submissive speaking voice to this huge, powerful singing voice. She's an incredible talent.

[@ChristopherMcGivern1]

Moves me every time, Ellen is a sensation. How on earth does she scream so subtlety? I’ll never get tired of it

[@BMitchMayes]

I love her!!! She is so entertaining.

[@dogcat126]

ellen greene's voice is just amazing! thanks soso much for posting this!!!

[@skippyj1955]

Silly I know, but whenever I hear her perform this song, I'll admit my eyes always start leaking. What a voice!

[@ThirstyEmily1]

Ellen Greene is literally one of my all-time idols. She's incredible and truly talented. There is no other Ellen Greene in the world. No other person could ever replace her performance for me... from Little Shop of Horrors to Heroes, to Pushing Dasies