Dear Evan Hansen "Words Fail" - Ben Platt (Live version)

[@ericcoyle3520]

God damn, that boy can sing.

[@TKGTheBomb]

Ben will always be Evan Hansen

[@hollynightingale7975]

Always!

[@hannah3761]

Always:)

[@averykep966]

Ben Platt is so freaking talented, I saw him in concert once and he expressed so much emotion throughout his own songs. This musical is one of the best I’ve seen and he will always be the original Evan. God, I cry every single time I watch this and even sing it. He is one of the reasons I am where I am musically right now, he inspired me so much to be who I am and to believe in myself. I love him.

[@bud2762]

I wish the filmed the stage version instead of the film version with songs deleted. The stage version is much more powerful.

[@christopherrussell6055]

Yeah the film version takes out almost all of the Mom songs 😢

[@May-qq4cv]

@@christopherrussell6055 They also took out Disappear which was arguably the actual turning point where Evan was finally willing to do the Connor Project. I still don't understand why they did that to this day :) Somehow they took that out and gave us Anonymous Ones instead - which is a lovely score, I admit, and I guess they think it served the purpose Disappear did in the musical.

[@erinbeauchamp4400]

Some things just don't translate well from stage to screen. This scene in the movie... broke my heart.

[@ethangc081]

@@May-qq4cvIt does serve the same purpose of getting the Connor project to start, but instead of it being Evan’s conscience or Connor convincing him to start the connor project, Alana convinces Evan to start it removing the fact that Evan started the connor project to bring more attention to himself and is exploiting it for that purpose

[@KAK_PAN]

@@May-qq4cv I can explain. This is something you need to understand how to manage IP. If film that Universal Studio make it just a full copy from the whole stage, it will be a lazy writing. When people like you realize that the live stage is more powerful than the movie, it makes movie audience wants to go to the theater. Thats why need something differet. If just the same, the movie will enough for them.

[@PuffyOne1898]

Ben Platt had to train to sing this while crying. Lots of mucus in his throat. Think about that.

[@christopherrussell6055]

I saw another recording of this musical with different actors and the guy playing Evan was visibly dripping out of his nose and mouth 😢 😭 It’s a crazy talent to be able to feel such strong emotions and still be able to hit the right notes so perfectly 😭 🤩

[@tuttiflooti]

How do you practice that? Do you just watch videos of kittens falling off buildings while singing about a depressed teenager with abandonment issues?

[@cursedstarflight]

​@@tuttiflootiyea i think thats how you do it, cuz honestly i cant think of any other way

[@ghostproductions582]

And yet somehow… still a shitty show

[@belugawhale7577]

@@ghostproductions582 its not but go off i guess

[@LKeithG]

A virtuoso performance in one of the Great American musicals. I know we're supposed to dislike bootlegging, but until the stiffs who put on these shows understand how important it is to our culture that we record, keep, and treasure these performances and be able to let them out to the world so that others can be inspired by them, I guess we have no other choice but to depend on bootlegging.

[@cobaltblu4196]

Having only listened to "waving through a window" I really thought this was going to be a good musical, but it's really awful. Like, it gives harmful implications on mental health. like im popular now, I don't need my pills anymore, and oh I suspected you were lying because it seemed he was getting better also the homophobic jokes sure aren't great

[@LKeithG]

@@cobaltblu4196 Based very loosely on something that actually happened, it is a tough story. Bullying, depression, social anxiety, suicide, family disintegration, deception is pretty rough recipe for a musical. Yet through the wreckage there are the underlying messages that everyone is important, family love is still powerful, and it is possible to find oneself, make sense and move to a better emotional place.

[@cobaltblu4196]

​@@LKeithG "everyone's important" you know... except for Connor Murphy right? the dead guy! why did he do it? doesn't matter because here comes Evan to rewrite his past! to wash over his problems and hardships. "family love is still powerful" The Family chose not to reveal that it was all lies, that town still believes all the fake stories Evan told. and his own mother? oh he starts drifting from her for his new shiny family! "and it is possible to find oneself, make sense and move to a better emotional place" yes, find your true self, the one that rewrites the story of a dude who committed suicide, and continue living the lie. nah man. the music is good. but this story isn't.

[@LKeithG]

@@cobaltblu4196 I'm guessing you might find this response unsatisfying, but the play does talk about enough of Connor's backstory to give reference points about his behavior. The fact is that this is Evan's story and relatively short narrative works must have a focus and a movement toward an end point that precludes going off into other interesting side trips. All staged productions just like all film and written work leaves information on "the cutting room floor. The general public doesn't know what songs or scenes or bits of dialogue that might have given you more satisfaction were cut for something as prosaic as shortening the runtime to keep the audience from becoming fidgety and losing their focus.

[@cobaltblu4196]

@@LKeithG "The fact is that this is Evan's story and relatively short narrative works must have a focus and a movement toward an end point that precludes going off into other interesting side trips." That doesn't change the whole thing about "how Zoe forgives him, and says the ordeal brought her family closer together. and how even though the murphys know, no one else does.

[@koiswonderfulworld]

The pain in his voice 😭🥺

[@NoahsCakesandBakes]

I didn’t think I would cry today, but here we are

[@tjroberts3130]

I hate that I never got to see him on stage. My Evan is the current touring Evan. It is an absolute great show!

[@seapumpkin]

Good lord. What a performance. It brought me to tears and I don't cry easily.

[@dastielann9928]

This boy can sing

[@iansansburn4619]

His acting here is phenomenal!

[@pmlfarr34]

Brings me to tears every time.

[@carolinasouto5019]

I always get goosebumps when I hear this song, especially the live version . This is the reason I love musicals, the emotions on the voice are awesome!

[@AF-Monkey]

Why couldn’t his acting in the movie be as good here.

[@hollynightingale7975]

He sings like a effing angel

[@lainelladave]

This is just so far beyond phenomenal its ridiculous. I must have listened to this a 100 times

[@dianeneglia]

I can't believe how beautiful this is

[@theatrelover2]

This song is my life story 3:52-4:41

[@bigbeefy1]

the way he said "before i lead with the WORST of me" really reopened a wound in me 😭😭

[@mattjew516]

This part ALWAYS brings out the tears… it hurts so bad especially with the way he yells during this part and you can tell it’s coming deep from inside. It just hurts so bad, and I know the pain

[@johnputnam3228]

And that’s why he has a Tony

[@MultiGustaf]

Oh Evan. You always wanted to make others feel better even at the expense of yourself. Just because you were already hurting doesn't justify adding more pain. The people around you didn't like that, so step into the sun. If today you are you, then that's all that matters.

[@pesutkinclong3731]

🥺🥺🥺

[@mollyrweber]

This song shows how my BPD feels

[@lostanimal]

i relate with this so much

[@tuttiflooti]

4:01 4:10 4:27 5:02 5:25 Send actual chills through me 😭

[@enam-xf2tt]

yes.... "Mess that I am" ALWAYS is the breaking point for me before I start sobbing

[@chlomo368_2]

obsessed

[@justadream7571]

Ty for uploading this. awesome.

[@예인이야]

못 잃어. 못 잊어. 오리지널 최고. 언제 먹어도 맛있어. 벤 플랫 역 에반핸슨 사랑해❤

[@예인이야]

@HanbiKim-eb7rr 맞아요 ㅠㅠ 잊을만 하면 다시 찾게 돼요,,,,,

[@예인이야]

@HanbiKim-eb7rr맞됴 ㅠ. ㅜ 넘 연기를 잘해서 더 그렇게 느껴지는 거 같아요😢😢😢 덕분에 오랜만에 또 보러왔네요 ㅋㅋㅎ

[@EmanuelDanielVevoTV]

THanks for sharing this

[@AnabeViveros]

Que emoción😢

[@jie1637]

Again here......🥰

[@Yramskii]

Thank you 😘❤️

[@andrewschreiber112]

Epic.

[@sherrymartini_]

SO freaking good. I remember when they released the cast of DEH the movie and Ben got crazy flak from the internet from not looking like a teenage boy. Like i'm sorry but i'm not watching DEH movie if Ben Platt is not acting as Evan!!

[@tracktrackingINC]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@GracieBaller]

The film...oh dear

[@chefjheumgabro9796]

Tamsak done host nice one

[@Father_of_Death]

I came here from listening to Michael Lee Brown. They're both good, but Michael sounded sadder.

[@bigbeefy1]

i saw this comment and thought "no way". then I was proven wrong 😭 He did an amazing job

[@danielbriggs8020]

I saw them both in 2017 after flying out from Australia to see this. Both amazing actors

[@teainortakoy]

we have a tour of this musucal in the UK starting in a few months so I'm hoping its going to be a good one!

[@Lucifermorningstar883]

Has he taken back the role of Evan on Broadway again I thought he gave it up

[@lucakerslake3938]

This is an old recording, he left the show in 2017.

[@eleanorwebster2424]

Hard relate.

[@DBandCartoonFan2004]

This > the movie version.

[@johnputnam3228]

Ben is like Jennifer Holiday. Yeh. Your Even may have been good. Mine was. But it wasn’t Ben. Yeh. Your Effie may be able to sing “I’m not going” but it won’t be Jennifer.

[@andrewschreiber112]

Epic.