Erika Henningsen Performs Three Musical Dream Roles For Her Broadway Bucket List

[@sarahlanddog]

I’d love to see her as Anna in Frozen. She’s got a great voice and kinda reminds me of Patti.

[@lilywilliams8168]

Sarah and Cheyanne I have thought this since I first heard the mean girls soundtrack!!! She would KILL it as Anna!!!!

[@bethanymuir8186]

Oh my gosh yes!!!

[@justteagan]

Yes!!!!!

[@joaquingonzalez1525]

I was in a workshop with her and she told us she auditioned for the out of town tryout for Frozen!

[@remingtoncollins4094]

i’d LOVE to see her as anna but.. ;(

[@samuelbrown112]

It’s so nice to hear her sing something other than Mean Girls. She’s so talented and so versatile. Cinderella in Into The Woods? Would die to hear her sing “On the Steps of the Palace.”

[@cassidy5874]

Samuel Brown IKR she sounds so much like Anna Kendrick when she sang that first song

[@tomgallowitz]

Samuel Brown As well as Les Mis too

[@akirasweat1998]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

[@amanday3103]

Wait now I NEED this

[@Niqhtmusic]

Samuel Brown oMG yes

[@dorothydonovan1364]

Erika's voice is is crystal clear! She has such a flexible voice and it brings me so much joy!

[@aname7353]

SHE WOULD BE BE THE PERFECT GISELLE IN ENCHANTED

[@lyzardthebard]

I didn't know I needed this until now, and I thank you for making me realise this.

[@carvel9916]

Whizzer Brown OMG!

[@ghostofmybody]

OH MY GOD YES

[@EmilyJayne16]

YEEESSSSS!! 💕

[@chloesohngen6729]

YOU JUST DID SOMETHING THERE

[@Eclecticapricot]

She needs to play a Disney princess STAT

[@hannahjohnson4322]

Emily Grubbs or a sondheim princess please

[@Eclecticapricot]

Hannah Johnson omg yesss!!

[@elidaarlene1]

All of them, please

[@ladyfootlocker8008]

She was Belle in our high school production of Beauty & the Beast back in ‘09. There were some videos of it on KZbin, but I think most of them have been taken down...

[@hannahjohnson4322]

lady footlocker you go to campo???

[@AngelinaDNicholas]

Petition for Erika to sing more soprano pieces 😍😍

[@sunshinexharper]

Angelina Seemann I would sign that! 😂🥺😍

[@glennonbell8917]

She has a Kelli O’Hara quality to her voice and I need them to play mother and daughter now

[@professorquinsonsnib]

she has such a beautiful soprano voice, i had no idea!

[@shakespeareaddict1165]

Definitely would make a great Cathy from the Last Five Years.

[@stella1146]

Violet Days HOLY CRAP YEAH! I heard it immediately.

[@aschlynahrens9428]

Violet Days period!!

[@phoebe71]

YES YES YES PLEASE

[@chloeadams1291]

I was just thinkin that omg

[@yooyi9559]

YES!

[@CazzLacman]

she can literally play any character in broadway

[@zyanyarubio3596]

Her voice has some of that "older broadway" style and I love it :)

[@misssupercookie2011]

Her voice in the second song had me SHOOK but really she could sing the Chinese takeaway menu and I'd be in love

[@Alex_07402]

s a m e

[@taylor0138]

AceNerd I’ve seen you before

[@disneytwst5658]

*Orange chiiicken* *Chooow meiiin* *Lowwww meiiin* *Fried RIIIIICE*

[@emeraldcity7150]

she makes high notes seem so effortless. i adore her.

[@JillianeCB]

Totally see her playing Sondheim’s Cinderella fr Into The Woods

[@cassidy5874]

Jilliane C.B sameeeeeee

[@reneeangely8446]

Can’t wait to hear Erika as Charlie in Hazbin Hotel! She’s so good!

[@Progressplayer]

Fr

[@Mara_Jade-Skywalker]

Well, how'd you like it?

[@ameliamorgan2287]

She has such a ‘theatre’ voice in Now You Now, and such a legit sound in the next - someone get me the versatility

[@missnewvillage]

Hello soprano voice! That came out of nowhere. She’s so great as Cady Heron but her voice can do so much more. This was so good.

[@truefairytales77]

I'm really impressed with her legit head voice! It's so beautiful to hear how versatile she is. 💕

[@aldcdancers4119]

Can we just appreciate the talented piano player in the back?

[@AimingAtYou]

No, fuck her! Trying to take Erika's glory!

[@deannemoore94]

Her classical musical theatre voice is so impressive! What range!

[@Jojo13Lorin]

Love a good pianist keeping up with that meadowlark tempo (:

[@opalchrist2985]

yeah the pianist was really legit

[@meganjones4301]

She was amazing!

[@lizzytucker]

okay but she’d be a great anya... just saying!!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@itsemmateee]

My thoughts exactly! I need this now!

[@emilynofficial]

I never knew I needed this to happen until now

[@SunRay596]

She actually auditioned for Anya, she told me after I said that same thing to her

[@a.person4761]

Yessss please!

[@esthergoldstein7165]

I was thinking the same thing! She reminds me of Christy do much here!

[@unwashedgrapes8605]

0:45 "Now You Know" Mary Flynn in _Merrily We Roll Along_ 2:36 "Somebody, Somewhere" Rosabella in _The Most Happy Fella_ 5:08 "Meadowlark" Genevieve in _The Baker's Wide_

[@allyson--]

ugh, keep coming back to replay 'Somebody, Somewhere'.

[@mahimamathur]

Q

[@kidkrowtaylor.ৎ]

Rosabella in TMHF is my classic Bway dream role

[@yuh-kh2qz]

petition to cast erika as anna in frozen if it ever becomes a live action movie

[@kidkrowtaylor.ৎ]

With Taylor Louderman as Elsa!!!!!

[@ellahyde7020]

Does Erika remind anyone else of Laura Osnes?

[@karrr524]

Ella Hyde yes

[@francotan502]

yes, she is the one i was thinking of, a new Disney princess,,,or Cosette, Maria in West side story

[@nayelinunez637]

Ella Hyde omg meeee

[@ryanfaure3120]

@@francotan502 She actually played Cosette!

[@francotan502]

Ryan Faure I knew it, thanx for the confirmation

[@MadiJohalSmithtotallyrox]

i was in les mis with her years ago and she played cosette, i missed her soprano singing :,,)

[@meganjones4301]

Omg! You got to work with her!? Who did you play?

[@calebmcarthur323]

She really just made Sondheim sound easy

[@chrisfrenchnyc]

Fully seemed as though she was writing those lyrics in her own head on the spot. #ACTRESS

[@patricebailey1473]

I was hoping she’d do Not Getting Married Today

[@lualburn8885]

i LOVE that video of her doing it. she just seems so exited

[@meganjones4301]

@@lualburn8885 where can I find that!? I searched for it but I can't find it! 💖

[@s.c6498]

@@meganjones4301 I think she sang a small bit of it in her elevator pitch video

[@ClipsByLaura]

After the first song, I was thinking how well her voice would go with Meadowlark and than she sung it! I didn't expect her voice to have such a classic theatre quality. This video is probably the perfect letter of recommendation for yourself. She shows off not only her range, vocal abilities and acting skills, but also her excellent musical intuition. I would totally see her play Maria in West Side Story, or even Glinda in Wicked. With a voice like that the possibilities are endless.

[@BIRDWITCHE]

I'm looking at doing Meadowlark and somebody somewhere for college auditions but I am worried they don't contrast enough. What are your thoughts on it?

[@ClipsByLaura]

@@BIRDWITCHE It depends how you present them. You could sing them quite similarly, but I don't think the songs ask for that approached. They both have very different characters to it and you can definitely highlight that. She probably picked them because they complement her voice, so I guess they go well together. Good luck!

[@BIRDWITCHE]

@@ClipsByLaura thank you, that's what I was thinking, but I still was worried I was too close. I can always do a huge dark contrasting monologue that might help my case. This helped me decide, thanks!

[@solcarlosofficial]

She should play Anna on frozen broadway she would be epic!!!!!!

[@odd-eyesdragoon]

I’m happy to know about her. She’s so energetic and positive, it’s infectious.

[@carvel9916]

I came into the comments and saw everyone talking about Meadowlark. Not knowing the song, I didn’t know what to expect at all. Overall- 1. Amazing song 2. Awesome performance 3. Well, her vocals were, wow.

[@jamesragen947]

oh my god when she sang meadowlark i got chills all over

[@kelseyhorton8514]

There's something about a classical Broadway song that takes my breath away.

[@noyawithagun285]

Im so excited to see her play Charlie in Hazbin Hotel, shes so good at singing. 😁

[@sphher8208]

happy she did this!!! her playing cady is a very VERY big understatement to her actual talents

[@emorynichols608]

I love your voice and I love Charlie whenever you think it reminds me of her and I just love that voice❤

[@wickedly4]

Did not KNOW she was a soprano. Amazing.

[@katelynhofilena6509]

we just not gonna talk about how she brought that last note from like a B to an E or somethin my GOODNESS

[@nikavance9453]

The voice she has. Just wow. And she seems so lovely and down-to-earth, too.

[@KaylaNoel101]

Honestly. I think Erika is my favorite actress on broadway right now. 😍😍😍

[@doglovergamingaj3756]

KaylaNoel101 Ikr! I was so lucky I got to see her live

[@vangosito]

LET HER DO "SHE LOVES ME"

[@um_bun_nun]

YES! SHE WOULD BE PERFECT!

[@ToTheMax1149]

I love her in mean girls and it’s great to hear her sing something different!!

[@courtneychappelear1142]

I think it is so impressive how bold and clear her voice is despite keeping her mouth so closed. I think it is one reason that Erika specifically is so good at fluidly transitioning from her speaking voice to her chest voice.

[@lyssasletters3232]

I noticed that some musical theater singers sing this way, with very little space in their oropharynx. How? And she makes it seem so easy 😮

[@noelsmith3367]

@@lyssasletters3232 Came her from the Hanna Bayles video and I think its because of the space she keeps in the back of her mouth

[@allie-5324]

1:54 please appreciate the speaking into singing there like woah

[@llamasr2legit]

love mean girls but I feel like Cady doesn't do her vocals justice like LISTEN 👏🏼 TO 👏🏼 HER 👏🏼

[@laineydunlap9757]

Her head voice is amazing, and that last song is just so so beautiful!

[@caitlinscott7325]

okay but when she sang one of the highest notes in the second song I just randomly thought, OMG she could totally play Maria in Sound of Music and absolutely kill it! She would slay any role ever though

[@halliemarie1673]

The thumbs downs are from bway stars knowing she's coming for their jobs 😂💛

[@fpolende]

I LOVE when belters sing legit

[@b1w1558]

This accompanist? Top notch

[@mariannebrandon8891]

Erika has such a gorgeous voice. I’m glad I got to learn some of her dream roles. If I ever got to ask the HH cast a question at a Q and A, I would want to know all their dream Broadway roles.

[@lucigrey8065]

She has a Sondheim voice if I've ever heard one!

[@bexyPTX]

She's so talented, like all of these songs are so different and she nailed all of them. So good!

[@collinkilloran5721]

Omg!!! It’s great to hear her not singing Mean Girls, and singing some older musicals instead (although I do love mean girls). She’s just so talented

[@shannonbutton7616]

I’d love to see her as Cinderella in Into The Woods or Maria in Sound of Music!

[@mrfrankums]

I saw her as Cady in Mean Girls last month and she was SO good!! I really liked her a lot!

[@joeytabasco7693]

She would be a perfect Mary in Merrily!!

[@ellehansen7507]

Such an underrated musical tho

[@gilib1rd]

hello i am obsessed with her VOICE

[@basicallybritney2383]

Erika blew me away in Mean Girls but i’m far more blown away by these songs! Her voice is so beautiful just like her!

[@JarrettSelf]

Her mix is glorious.

[@marienne3005]

Honestly, what can Erika Henningsen not do? She's amazing

[@moosemush]

wow! What a great selection of songs, and she does them all so well! She was my favorite part of Mean Girls, I think she's so incredible!

[@chvp4605]

Okay, petition to make Erika Henningsen an official Disney princess😍💕🙌🏻

[@geeky-wolf-arts]

Or a princess of Hell. ;)

[@kaelynbarrera1532]

Ok guys so I’m 13 and I got into musicals about 2 months ago and here’s what I’ve figured out so far We protect Ben platt with our lives We worship Barrett wilbert weed He love hamilton And we don’t stop listening to beetle juice And also here’s the musicals I’ve listened to so far: dear Evan Hanson, Heathers, Mean girls, Be more chill, Beetlejuice, and a little bit of Hamilton please recommend some more if you know any

[@ellehansen7507]

😍😍 go listen to In The Heights!! You will fall in love with Lin Manuel-Miranda, I guarantee you. Also, listen to Hadestown!!

[@ellehansen7507]

And Les Miserables!

[@kowabungakelly]

I love spring awakening as well! & my fair lady is nice for more classical type songs

[@sashamarciano4342]

Im 13 too! Listen to falsettos and 25th annual putnam county spelling bee 😀

[@isabellesabby163]

The Drowsy Chaperone, Dogfight, Godspell, Bonnie and Clyde, Catch Me If You Can, Waitress, Sister Act, Songs for A New World... and soooo many more! :)

[@emmablack565]

Wow “now you know” was amazing like actually amazing (0:46)

[@isabelladippel9649]

she’s honestly legit! I can’t even explain how incredible she is

[@harper2193]

WE NEED A COVER OF MEADOWLARK PLEASE AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC

[@charlieribbit8253]

Hi new charlie from hazbin hotel your voice is beautiful :)

[@Niqhtmusic]

BROADWAY BUCKET LIST: Mean girls (Gretchen OR Regina) Hamilton (Eliza) Wicked (Galinda And NessaRose) Anastasia (please revive) (Anya) Hey guys! I’m just updating this! :) Phantom of the opera (Christine daaé) Legally blonde (Margot or Elle)

[@aderiusscott2220]

I'm a guy and I'd love to play madam morrible..

[@Caroline-le8gm]

um omg that's almost the exact same as me!!! mean girls (gretchen, regina or cady) hamilton (eliza) wicked (nessarose) anastasia (anya)

[@rainbowandre9580]

Mine is: Mean Girls (Cady or Karen) Hamilton (Eliza) Legally Blonde (Margot) Matilda (Matilda)

[@chamallow989]

Bucket list : Know how to sing ( no really I am a musician, I have perfect pitch, but my vocal cords are dead so I can’t even sing for 2 seconds and it hurts like hell )

[@jeaddhist]

I'm a guy and currently my dream roles are Jared Kleinman and Michael Mell. I would also want to be JD.

[@megankarow2328]

meadowlark is one of my favorite songs and i think erika’s version is now my favorite

[@freya7016]

I've yet to listen to the Baker's Wife but I will definitely look into it after this stellar performance! I had no idea how much of a soprano Erika was, I love her even more now 💕💕

[@biscuitporkasmealchoice6741]

I audibly gasped when she chose Merrily We Roll Along music for her first choice

[@imAoKay87]

The Baker's Wife song is beautiful! I was not familiar until this video. Erika's so talented

[@VictoriaRamos-jz6mb]

She's also my private vocal lesson coach in real life!

[@BrianMagnan]

I had put this on as background music while I played video games, but Erika is so enthralling I stopped to just watch this. I’ve only ever heard her sing in Hazbin Hotel and Mean Girls, so it’s cool to hear a fuller range of her talents. She’s incredible.

[@E2442Lw]

Wanting to be wanted Needing to be needed, That's what it is, That's what it is. Now I'm lucky that Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me That's very wonderful to know Somebody lonely wants me to care Wants me of all people to notice him there Well, I want to be wanted Need to be needed And I'll admit I'm all aglow Cause somebody somewhere Wants me and needs me Wants lonely me to smile and say hello Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know

[@arb3399]

I've seen her twice in mean girls and WOW. I could listen to her sing 24/7

[@TN-ez6lz]

Hadn't heard of her before and am now a fan.

[@_preciousamber_]

amazing!!!!

[@intensewhatever]

I would love to see/hear Lindsay Mendez's Broadway Bucket List if BroadwayBox could get her 🙏🏽

[@OMGmynameisLILI]

I totally see her as Anna, Annya and Cathy.

[@erolibrahimovic2681]

Okay, but other than Patti LuPone’s version, I’ve never heard a version of Meadowlark that was this PERFECT!!! Great job Erika!!!

[@brynne9926]

YASSS! We stan a classical queen!!!!!!

[@laurenwalters224]

Chills with her second song. Wow!!! 😫❤️

[@wanders25]

A master class in auditioning. As you can see by the number of comments from people who want to cast her in other roles. :) Perfection.

[@spacesoarer3627]

Charlie!

[@aliciarosario8236]

wow she is amazing

[@siobhanm8721]

best rendition of meadowlark i’ve ever seen (second is andrew rannells) erika can genuinely sing anything!!!

[@julianasilveira4806]

I love Meadowlark so much and I'd only listened to Patti singing it, and I am in awe of Erika's version. She's amazing

[@oliviasusann17]

hi im in love with erika henningsen that’s all

[@amyisaway7800]

she has SUCH a good musical theatre voice!!

[@ivegotasthmar8890]

i would love to see these in spotify i would never stop listening 👏🏻🤩✨

[@richardmayora5310]

So lovely. She is sooo talented. I hope she gets to play each of these roles. One of the best versions of Meadowlark I've heard. To me the biggest shame of Merrily We Roll Along was that so many people did not get to see Ann Morrison. To me, she was the headline. A voice from heaven and so charming in the role. Shame on the Tony Awards for nominating the score and forgetting her.

[@addieb.2941]

I see her as any Disney princess and definitely a Glinda!

[@icomeandgobybubble87]

Cast her as a Disney Princess, now!

[@hanyoukimura]

She's the Princess of Hell.

[@r3duc3r]

@@hanyoukimura real

[@PinoyBowlerGS92]

She's already voicing a Disney Princess from Hell, Charlie Morningstar

[@chrisf5828]

This rendition of Now You Know is the most impressive thing I've ever heard. It's like if Elaine Strich and Barbara Cook got combined in a teleportation mishap. Fun tact: if I remember correctly, the character singing Now You Know (the curtain song in Act One) was a thinly veiled portrait of Dorothy Parker in the original 1934 play.

[@evamarypatterson7712]

she’s absolutely incredible

[@kidkrowtaylor.ৎ]

I used Now You Know for an audition weeks ago

[@brittneespindler881]

i come to this at least once a week

[@shahnazaura]

When I was a girl l I had a favorite story Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind Her voice could match the angels' in its glory But she was blind, the lark was blind An old king came and took her to his palace Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice And he prayed: "Sing for me, my meadowlark, Sing for me of the silver morning, Set me free, my meadowlark, And I'll buy you a priceless jewel And cloth of brocade and crewel And I'll love you for life, If you will sing for me." Then one day as the lark sang by the water The god of the sun heard her in his flight And her singing moved him so He came and brought her the gift of sight He gave her sight And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender "Come along. Fly with me, my meadowlark, Fly with me on the silver morning, Past the sea where the dolphins bark We will dance on the coral beaches, Make a feast of the plums and peaches Just as far as your vision reaches Fly with me." But the meadowlark said no For the old king loved her so She couldn't bear to wound his pride So the sun god flew away And when the king came down that day He found his meadowlark had died Every time I heard that part I cried And now I stand here starry-eyed and stormy Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb A beautiful, young man appears before me, Singing â??come, oh, won't you come?â?? And what can I do if finally for the first time The one I'm burning for returns the glow? If love has come at last it's picked the worst time Still I know I've got to go Fly away, meadowlark Fly away in the silver morning, If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark So it's off where the days won't bind me I know I leave wounds behind me But I won't let tomorrow find me Back this way Before my past once again can blind me Fly away And we won't wait To say good-bye My beautiful young man And I.

[@skinkscat]

wow they were all beautiful, but that meadowlark song was amazing