falsettos moments that break my heart (read desc)

this video is a little bit different than my normal ones because it isn't ha ha funny falsettos but shows a little bit more of the serious side to this musical. i decided not to over-edit this video in order to preserve the seriousness. if this makes you too sad go watch my other videos (that's what i'm doing)
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[@CatBurglar5000]

To cheer everyone up a bit- the second person ever has recently been cured of HIV! Everything will be alright..

[@olirolypoly]

:0 that’s awesome! we’re coming a long way, even though not that many people have been cured yet!

[@ceebadoobee]

thank you, this made me feel better :)

[@katrealz]

After you said “everything will be alright” that kinda made me burst into tears-

[@belle6624]

@@katrealz reading your reply made me burst into tears... the falsettos spiral

[@delina9735]

Aw

[@victorwesley4394]

Little did Andrew Rannels know that when he kicked the suitcase, he was actually kicking me right in the feels

[@victorwesley4394]

Also, the fucking terror in Jason's face after Marvin hit Trina was unbearable

[@Dani-it9vc]

@@victorwesley4394 yES I just thought about how Jason had to see his mother being hit by his father and then break down... I can't

[@confetti_kisses427]

@@victorwesley4394 oW I NEVER NOTICED THAT

[@confetti_kisses427]

@@starchimedes don't worry, it's chill, someone named Whizzer is a Homosexual tells me on almost every video I'm on and tbh its fun. So, hi kdjdjf

[@maxaustin3377]

Danara De Jong totally. there’s a reason witnessing violence between parents is classed as child abuse. and his face absolutely shows that. so painful.

[@urmom52005]

my acne? prominent. my grades? dropping. my relationships? failing. my heart? breaking.

[@charchesh5]

me? i'm breaking down.

[@janaweber2255]

tears? falling.

[@BRYNNE_GREENLEAF]

My friends? Imaginary

[@justinsalvatierra5476]

Bitch? Funny? Slavery.

[@megaygirl1804]

Hotel? Can't find one in my price range

[@abbyjenkins9839]

trina is so overlooked, but she had to go through so much, and the idea that you love someone who hurts you is so connective to the audience that it’s raw. props to trina

[@trees.leaves.andfrogs]

when marvin’s voice breaks when he says “we’re just gonna skip that stage” that’s when the tears really start coming

[@neon.pink.productions]

And Whizzer's crying face reaction when he says that 😭

[@thevoid3842]

Crystal H it always kills me how he says “we’re” not “he’s” because that means they both will have the same fate and that h u r t s

[@jeissanascimento]

0:00 ??

[@thesingingthing]

atomic chaos Whizzer’s reaction is probably him saying sorry for causing that fate

[@maxaustin3377]

NormalIsAIllusion I wondered if he was even meant to have that reaction or if andrew rannells just couldn’t keep it together (I know I can’t during that song)

[@maliaduff7668]

The way Andrew says the THIS THIS THIS part always makes my heart ache

[@Dani-it9vc]

Same

[@quinnmorgan7644]

so the instagram falsetto fans managed to convince me this was a comedy. So I watched it for the first time. April fools was 3 months ago guys - this isnt funny and now im crying

[@justarandompjofan6731]

Oh wow...

[@simplyoshii]

AH AFTER HE HITS TRINA YOU CAN FAINTLY HEAR HIM SAY “BABY” AS IF SHE’S STILL HIS AND I JUST DIE

[@ionealena6300]

Exsomnia oh FUCK

[@bell235]

WHAT WHERE

[@livigrace6265]

I thought the exact same thing :'(

[@maxaustin3377]

Exsomnia “baby you know I...” I wanna know what he was going to say

[@pamesy-jatterson7352]

How about the fact that it implies that it's not the first time he's done that with how quick the apology was cuz, , , , , ,

[@gailrose9615]

You should of ended it with Jason putting the chess piece on the grave stone, because I would feel even more depressed

[@neon.pink.productions]

OMG I didn't realise THAT'S what he put on there! I thought it was a candle, now Im going to cry even harder!

[@alildaisy2180]

Neon Pink Productions specifically the black king piece. He kept his promise and let Whizzer win.

[@defunctchannel4353]

A lil’ Daisy oh my god i thought it was just a normal chess piece-

[@Natalie-ih1be]

@@alildaisy2180 No don't say that..I'm gonna go cry now

[@alildaisy2180]

Natalie I’m so sorry if it make you feel better as I discovered this whilst I posted the video I was bawling sooo

[@abbyjenkins9839]

marvin’s double “i never wanted to love you” hurts so much, especially to me as a member of the repressed gay community. he never wanted to love trina, he didn’t want to love women. he was made to love women. and he just as equally didn’t want to love whizzer, someone who he was forbidden to love during his time period. he was stuck in the middle, and no matter how much of a jerk he was to begin with, that’s pain that many people dont get over.

[@free_siobhan]

I feel like it also shows how Marvin is so obsessed with being right in the beginning that he says this to Trina to I guess make her feel worse? But honestly your interpretation makes a lot more sense and also adds to the emotion. Either way, William Finn is a lyrical genius and should have his own holiday.

[@lucyschraff4893]

Okay you didn’t need to make me cry harder

[@confetti_kisses427]

@@free_siobhan Agreed. Someone should start a petition for William Finn to get a holiday.

[@confetti_kisses427]

Yeah! You make a good point. In Trousers also gives good background to Marvin's story.

[@kmjdlc]

i found out from Pinterest that whizzer’s tennis outfit gets bigger bc it’s supposed to illustrate the amount of weight he lost due to his sickness. it really broke my heart.

[@lucyschraff4893]

kenna you didn’t need to make me cry harder

[@lizard6109]

omg noo

[@marie-vy4mc]

ok thanks satan

[@oofers17]

@@marie-vy4mc Satan is a real man

[@sminkleburg]

IM PUNCHING AIR RN

[@agreenpar]

Falsettos: “everything thing’ll be alright.” Me: LIARS

[@kentinson1670]

Me after watching the entire musical: I was tricked, I was backstabbed and quite possibly, I've been bamboozled

[@alildaisy2180]

It hurts so fuckin bad bc that’s exactly what you say when its hit the fan. You need the empty hope to get you through

[@matenain3101]

Trina never hated Whizzer, she hated how Happy Marvin was with someone that wasn’t her especially seeing how miserable she and him were together. She didn’t know how to vent that frustration and that’s where her pain comes from. She’s one of the most complex characters in the show and oh my god SJB is so talented too.

[@ads_444]

Why do i have access to sad musicals

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

Alexa Self destruct

[@lexiel920]

I never can stop myself from listening a new musical w/ good music even though i know how sad it ends

[@stuffronisays4378]

I don’t know Professor Hidgens...it’s probably why you made working boys to cope with all of the sadness you were feeling

[@sunshinesolace3540]

This is so sad Alex self destruct.

[@alildaisy2180]

**After watching falsettos and crying for an hour** **sad gay sigh** Professor Hidgens: Alexa, initiate self-destruct. Emma: uhhhh, I don’t think it can do that professor. **sad gay sigh reprise** Professor Hidgens: It’s 2018.......and it _CANT EVEN BLOW ITS SELF UP?!?!?_

[@donnarinkasmr4514]

6:03 when Whizzer says “I’m sorry” it feels like he’s saying I’m sorry as in “I know why I’m sick and I probably gave it to you.” And Whizzer isn’t even thinking about the possibility of himself dying he’s thinking about what he could’ve done to Marvin and I’m NOT ok

[@bellej2037]

can i make it worse? if you listen carefully, after marvin sings "anything you do is alright", whizzer says "no, it's not", making your point even sadder!

[@lengthylexicons]

DonnaRink ASMR i agree, it’s more than just that. whizzer knows he’s sick, is admitting to marvin that he had other partners, is afraid for marvin, doesn’t want to leave the man he loves alone, feels guilty for leaving marvin. that line just has so much weight.

[@flavoredcraisins]

What time?

[@comet8956]

you know i’m pretty sure it’s been confirmed marvin dies not too long after the musical so u h

[@miatucc]

wow, that's a way I never interpreted it before. I also think of it as him saying he's sorry for the person he was when they were first together, and how he was kind of a jerk...but damn, your interpretation hit me in the feels

[@kenna_g1rl]

this is my favorite musical, and of course it’s the saddest fucking musical known to man

[@alexanderson698]

Kenna H why the fuck is this a mood?

[@etherealpuppet5264]

yep

[@marie-vy4mc]

this places right next to les miserables. honestly fuck it both of them are sad af

[@camryn6660]

awsten’s dead ends ragtime

[@camryn6660]

Eliza! First of all: hi! Second of all: I feel like ragtime is pretty sad too...

[@jasminewalters6590]

when jason looks at marvin after he hits trina absolutely shatters my heart

[@EmilyJayne16]

THIS. That was the moment I started sobbing when I watched this for the first time.

[@alildaisy2180]

As someone who’s been through some similar shit, it breaks me everytime too. In that moment, Jason must have realized so much. How much he loved his mom and wanted to protect her, but the most painful part is this: what happened has happened. There’s no taking that slap back, there’s no stopping Marvin from doing it, and all the hate he had for Marvin before it and after it doesn’t make a _drop_ of difference. He can’t change his dad, he can’t hit him back, he can’t make Trina, Mendel, Marvin, and Whizzed happy. The discourse will continue no matter what he does, so there is nothing left. The only thing that is left is disbelief, and the sound of Trina crying.

[@melodyb181]

I feel like Marvin’s tiny scared “what” at 6:41 is very unnoticed and it’s a really huge and sad moment displayed so minimally. I’m assuming it’s when he either learned what could be wrong, or at least that whizzer would have to stay in the hospital for a while, and either way it’s really sad.

[@tiddies1]

i never actually heard that until u pointed it out. at least i never realized he rlly was so scared

[@sarahchandler9488]

tiddies ME NEITHER.... IT HURTS

[@geniehossain3738]

wow i never realized that and now I’m in PHYSICAL AGONY. Are you happy.

[@miabenzonproductions]

can we talk about how in obc after whizzer’s diagnosis Marvin goes “oh fuck”

[@jessatkinson9001]

I just heard the voice crack on “Marvin did you hear what I said” and I’m CRYING

[@gracenoellewilliams4240]

the sad knowledge that trina FELL IN LOVE with Marvin,, then he broke her heart,, then she found a family in the disfunction,, only to have it to be torn to pieces by hiv,, (because not only did whizzer die to it,, marvin will too,, and he STILL IS THE MAN TRINA LOVES) -not saying she doesn't love mendel,, it's just that you don't fall out of love with someone,, u CAN move on,, but the love is ALWAYS there- i say this because the pain SHE went through is often overlooked or simplified..

[@maxaustin3377]

gracenoelle idk why that pain would be simplified. even if she wasn’t in love with marvin, she married him in the 60s and then found out he’d never been hers even when she thought he was and unlike him (who always knew he was gay) she was totally blindsided and just found out her marriage had been a lie the whole time. and in the 70s she really had no other option than to marry the first man who showed any interest in her bc she was a single stay at home mother with a kid 😢

[@mimemmo1988]

I'm gonna need so many funny falsettos edits to swing waking up tomorrow

[@caitlinhuber1768]

Honestly the saddest moment to me wasn’t even included in this one. It’s in “I never wanted to love you” when he stares at Trina and says, “I never wanted to love you” then looks at Jason and says “I only wanted to see my face in yours.” AND IF THAT DOESN’T FUCK YOU UP I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL

[@natperrell6816]

AND JASON STARES AT HIM SO SADLY AND SAYS “he’s mine” AT THE SAME TIME ITS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING PART OF THE WHOLE SHOW

[@alildaisy2180]

It’s so sad that he didn’t lust for Trina, but his masculinity made him feel obligated to, and to see his face in a child. He never meant to “love” Trina or even like Jason, but love is unkind.

[@emeraldraburn5987]

You need to take into consideration though that Marvin probably had it to during the end. And little Jason went from having three dads to eventually only having one, because damn it if Whizzer wasn't apart of their family, damn it if Tina didn't love him at least a little bit; Because those were her boys. And when he died, Marvin went shortly after. And suddenly their family was growing smaller.

[@misfittoys5873]

One of my favourite lyrics is Marvin' "only one my child would allow"

[@Scholz23]

@@misfittoys5873 Whizzer is the most prominent father figure to Jason. Clearly stated when he asks Whizzer if he should see the psychiatrist

[@Scholz23]

@@sophiacontinues exactly!!!

[@alildaisy2180]

Sophia Lisa he was the only one who didn’t cheat and steal like all the other men around him who would tell him not to and then go do it themselves. He needed a good example, that it’s possible to live a amazing life without those things. and what sucks is that whizzer didn’t deserve what he got, and now Jason will not only be lacking of a good role model, but wonder if that’s not the way to live cause look what happened.

[@mamaumbridge2272]

I have also heard it rumored that Trina killed herself after marvin and whizzer die. Like she was already suicidal but then that was like the last straw.

[@mikkinyah2976]

You love to hurt us doNT YOU HUH

[@lainey5]

yes

[@kijahhunter3320]

I’m totally not crying over the fact that James lapine brought this amazing cast together to tell this wonderful story and that this production of falsettos is just so beautiful. TOTALLY NOT CRYING ON A FRIDAY!

[@misfittoys5873]

I saw a local production shortly after seeing the broadcast of this and it really made me doubly appreciate how rich and nuanced these roles are and how difficult it is to do them justice. I adore the rage and bitterness Andrew Rannells brings to Whizzer; the chap I saw played him as very vapid and naive which really left him with very little to do with the character.

[@confetti_kisses427]

Im also crying on a Friday...

[@sambrown2154]

For me, a part I still haven't seen in a compilation but literally ALWAYS gets me is in the bar mitzvah scene, when everyone except Marvin and Jason sings: "Don't know why, but he looks... like Marvin" UGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

[@dizeeizee7862]

Sam Brown THAT PART, EVERY TIME I WATCH THE MUSICAL I SING THAT THROUGH TEARS. ITS LIKE MARVIN FINALLY GOT TO SEE JASONS FACE IN HIS

[@marysheaballantine6638]

YES. ITS THE NOTES OR SOMETHING THAT DESTORY ME SO MUCU

[@watkinscarrie6242]

YES! I don't know why people don't appreciate it. It makes me cry

[@alildaisy2180]

@@dizeeizee7862 YES AND NOW HE ACTUALLY LOVES JASON INSTEAD OF A SON BEING AN OBJECT, SO HE DOESNT NEED TO SAY IT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE HE DOESNT CARE/DOESNT NOTICE

[@lydiakelli2363]

*looks down at little bowl of whipped cream and chocolate sauce in disappointment*

[@mehspacedorito]

I wish I could eat straight whipped cream and chocolate as freely as you

[@lydiakelli2363]

Meh Space Dorito it just sort of happens while watching Falsettos. I do regret that idea for breakfast though... (Also I love your name and profile picture)

[@megaygirl1804]

You can tell how much Stephanie pours her heart and soul into each song

[@azileuk5305]

man don’t hurt me this,,,,,,,,,,,,, shit hurted

[@samsingsthings]

If you're in the comments whilst watching I'll give you something to make you laugh: when Andrew is saying "some time" over and over really fast it sounds like "Sondheim"

[@helpme2856]

*laughs while crying*

[@Dani-it9vc]

Cursed comment I like it

[@gianinamorales8597]

Laughing while crying just makes the crying worse 😭😭😂😭 But thank you!

[@Benjihatestuna]

I WAS SOBBING BEFORE BUT NOW IM LAUGHING THANK YOU

[@kbye2321]

And now Sondheim’s dead, thanks to you, Daddy-o.

[@allisonthoma414]

"We're just gonna skip that stage" and then Andrew's face that for 20 minuets straight I would cry so much I would die of dehydration

[@georgialance1175]

You missed the part in Unlikely Lovers when Marvin sings “Hit me if you need to. Slap my face, or hold me til winter. Oh baby please do. I love you, too. My lover...” I sob every time I think about the context behind those lines...

[@mossy.frogs.]

I held together until whizzer said “I’m read-“ and then fell and I started actually crying. After that there was no hope. Haha. My sleeve is soaked. How did you manage to edit this???

[@lainey5]

GlaceonCat8DRAWS i cried so much. so. much.

[@mossy.frogs.]

... aw

[@ty9799]

Jason placing the chess piece on Whizzer's grave will always hurt me the most. It's the part that finally made me cry. It's just so heartbreaking to see how Whizzer's death affected everyone in the show because he was such a big part of their lives and made an impact on all of them and it h u r t s .

[@cellothere5723]

I found this musical through FOUR JEWS IN A ROOM and I thought it was light hearted. I was so wrong.

[@lilybates2590]

Mado: Listen to Marvin Me: turns up volume Marvin: soft crying Wizzer: YOU GOTTA DIE SOMETIME

[@rivby3695]

During “This had better come to a stop,” when Marvin says “isn’t this wonderful?” You see/hear Whizzer faintly start to say yes and I’m just

[@CantDraw-bq6pj]

The dead silence after "Do I love him? No" is AGONISING

[@miscvik1055]

Trina's song is so beautiful,, one of my favourites even if it breaks my heart, though most falsettos song do that..😔💞💞💞💞

[@mikefreund8019]

that voice crack on marvin did you hear what i said that shii HURTDEDED

[@hobbedgoblin10]

theres one subtle part in days like this: when cordelia says “you seem to be on the way to recovery” she looks at marvin and you can tell she doesnt believe it but she’s trying to cheer marvin up

[@mushruem]

ugh ik :( or at the begining of the song where marvin looks like he's about to try and then forces a smile for whizzer ;-;

[@lauraburk2474]

One thing that makes me really sad is how depressing Andrew's hair looks at the end of The Chess Game and stays that way until he comes back in Act 2. I feel like that might be symbolizing something, but Idk. It just makes me sad because his hair is so beautiful when he has it combed back... Also, the way Andrew's voice breaks when he says 'Marvin' in Unlikely Lovers when he says, "Marvin? Did you hear what I said?"

[@alildaisy2180]

I think maybe how after a break from Marvin he kind of cleans himself up. Idk though

[@richieordeanidc536]

the line that kills me the most in the whole show is "tell him things happen for no damn good reason and his lack of control kills whats best in his soul and THIS is the start to his becoming a man"

[@billyagustin2239]

The part that gets me is near the end of “Canceling the Bar Mitzvah”, Mendel and Trina’s beautiful little reprise of “Holding to the Ground”, no matter how short and small it may be, tears the heart out of my chest and it’s perpetually a downward spiral from there

[@elenawasserman4409]

im ugly crying yall. this was such an important show, and it displays the harsh reality of the aids crisis. jasons face when he sees whizzer suffering; trina’s heartbreak but care; marvin smiling through the tears; cordelia and charlotte trying to keep their head up in a dark place; mendel just trying his best; and of course whizzer. i love this show sm but i dont watch it often bc its so close to my heart and it makes me cry so much

[@chickenwithitsheadcutoff]

bruh holy shit this really made me notice a lot of things i've never noticed before like??? there are so many times they're about to cry and when they DO it feels very spontaneous and i'm not convinced that most of these weren't just them Ending Up Actually Crying,, ik if i had to perform falsettos i'd at least tear up esp as marvin, whizzer, or trina lmao

[@fart2351]

I externally screamed at 17 different parts in this video

[@ambergulbin2199]

I just started sobbing so hard because I turned up my volume around when Charlotte is examining Whizzer because I heard them talking, and at 6:40 I think I hear Charlotte say “we’ll keep him” and start to pull on him and Marvin in confusion and disbelief says “what?” And the look on his face wow. I couldn’t make out the rest of what they were saying though.

[@alildaisy2180]

I thought at the beginning of that, Marvin says “is he okay?”

[@alildaisy2180]

Also after Marvin tells him “anything you do is alright, yes it’s alright. Yes it is.” (Possibly referring to the person he slept with to contract AIDS before he slept with Marvin) Whizzer says “no it’s not.” He feels guilty. On and unrelated note I’m actually bawling.

[@akiranef]

This hurt me emotionally how dare you

[@zoelivingston9044]

I’m so sorry, I know this is supposed to sad and heartbreaking but at 3:23 Trina is having her little sweet ending and then someone’s just making high squeaky noises for March of the Falsettos and you see them just climbing over the blocks and it’s too much for me.

[@sapphire3215]

They sound like pigeons I’m d e a d

[@allisonthoma414]

I think the thing that (no pun intended) really hits me the hardest about Marvin hitting Trina is when you see Jason's face

[@misscurls101]

OKAY I'm late but I'm so glad you included Trina's song because it's SO underappreciated. I could talk about it for days. The men in this show all have ongoing themes about life being a game (see The Chess Game esp for this), but Trina's RIGHT, life isn't a game. It really emphasises how obsessed they all are with their own lives and completely don't realise the impact their actions have??? Trina's given up her whole life to the men around her (Marrying Marvin? Her father's idea. Getting divorced? Marvin. it goes on) and she's just TIRED of them not respecting that. SORRY I could go off about this song for days. I'm kinda mad March of the Falsettos is straight after. I know it's important symbolically, but I feel like it's weirdness takes away from the impact of this song and how good it is??

[@chloegriggs8731]

The very last “Welcome to Falsettoland” breaks my heart every single time.

[@sweetstxr]

Me: I have no soul. Nothing can make me cry except for injuries or death in the family. Falsettos: hold my arugula

[@overdrve3374]

also found out that whizzer is probably wearing white at the end because marvin is already forgetting the little things about him like the color of his shirt so thats f u n

[@laylan3711]

What always ALWAYS gets me is the "he shared my life" from holding to the ground and Marvins whimpers from something bad is happening (reprise) my heart is in pieces

[@lyndonb.johnson5315]

the fact that my favorite musical makes me cry so hard is really rude??

[@LolaRuizGhigliani-cs4uh]

This musical is my favourite by now, and I cried like I've never cried before. You just made it worse by cutting off te funny parts! I'll just I to my crying corner

[@graceg3333]

It is 2am and man reading the comments made it all worse and now I’m bawling even more

[@kmjdlc]

Trina’s song is soooo under rated oml! you can hear the ache especially in this live version. i love that so so much thank you for bringing it to the attention of falsettos stands 😊🌟

[@maxaustin3377]

The line “what good is a lover who’s scared” breaks my heart every time

[@cronch4473]

Me: alright, I gotta get up in the morning, get some good sleep, Also me: Forgets that my heart gets absolutely shattered when Whizzer voice cracks saying "Marvin... did you hear what I said?" *No sleep for me too many t e a r s*

[@delylavieyra1058]

So I watched this last night, was confused who to be angry at, fell in love with whizzers character then cried

[@spikybanana3094]

omg right- trina's song is rly underappreciated...

[@sorellehattori2466]

I love that Trina is featured in this! She deserved better! Thank you 💙

[@moo78870]

The part when Andrew collapses and apologizes makes me cry every time 🥺

[@randall6383]

when whizzer falls my entire heart breaks

[@Chrissy-fr8su]

Anything with Andrew belting makes me cry XD

[@geniehossain3738]

8:06 I always start broken-sobbing when Charlotte says “something bad is happening” and Christian, without having any lines, manages to convey SO MUCH in response. His face and slight shrug says “yeah, no shit, something awful is happening to the love of my life, please, how do we fix it??” and then Charlotte delivers the final blow 😭😭😭

[@alexbaggett9752]

When Marvin says, "Baby you know I didn't" after he hits Trina. Ugh my heart breaks

[@kxena2913]

“Everything will be alright” is what I tell myself whenever everything is certainly not alright. I’m not sure if it’s hope or denial at this point tbh but it helps in the moment.

[@maxaustin3377]

Another line not in this video that breaks my heart: “it does no damn good to explain I’m a man in my prime”

[@Scholz23]

Whizzer's 'this This THIS' is heartbreaking the growl in 'Family charades' and the whole end of the games I play The friendship of Whizzer and Trina we were robbed of

[@chiara.i]

7:24 the way marvin tried to hold back his tears got me

[@paiger1864]

For me one of the saddest moments is the thank you from whizzer to Jason and Jason’s face is so dAmn sad bro I’m crying

[@honeynutqueerios6771]

I just understood the plotline of phantom of the opera for the first time (usually after I listen to the soundtrack I have to watch a bootleg/visual of it to understand) and now I'm watching this I'm in pain

[@harrisonbest1341]

I think the “one hour more” part of what would I do could be the most heart wrenching part of that whole song

[@bellacollier845]

Sad Falsetto fact of the day: in “Jason’s Bar Mitzvah” the last word Jason says (which is in Hebrew) means “father” meaning the last word that Whizzer ever heard Jason say was “father”

[@Tony.H03]

The way Trina tries to not love Whizzer but she ends up loving him anyway is why Stephanie J Block should win all the Tony's. That and the belting.

[@belleanndm]

the bit that’s always made me super sad is jason when he sees marvin slap trina. the pure confusion on his face just breaks my heart. and when he says “i hate my dad, i hate the things i’ve never had” oh my god i feel awful for jason

[@marinarasauce5701]

iT IS 1:21 AM WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO MAKE ME _SOB_

[@jakeharris198]

The way Christian chokes up on ‘skip that stage’ in What Would I Do gets me every time

[@optimisticpoet7802]

everytime the girls say they feel helpless i get a special stab in my heart. that, and when trina does her, "falls out of sight"

[@gwyneths3048]

try not to cry challenge

[@closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250]

oh ya, you had me crying, BUT YOU SKIPPED HIM PUTTING THE CHESS PIECE ON THE TOMBSTONE, YA.

[@ellen1001]

**cries in gay**

[@ewalddiedericks2819]

NO I DID NOT PLAN TO CRY ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT THANKS

[@theaterqueer6914]

Were you saving it for the weekend or something? Cuz same

[@strongfork]

its been 3 years and im listening to falsettos again. it means so much to me and now that im a bit more grown i feel like i can appreciate all of the themes and metaphors that i wasnt able to understand before. thank you for this video

[@katiegrossman2338]

God that little thank you at the end of the bar mitzvah really hurts huh

[@briannaluci]

i’ve never cried harder during a video

[@asterliketheflower6060]

To make you all sadder, I have a theory of the end of the musical. Obviously Marvin has HIV, I’m not sure if it’s canon but it’s implied during the show and most people assume he does. So, Marvin dies. Remember, Trina still loves him even though she’s married to Mendel, she needed a husband to help raise Jason and Mendel seemed like her best option at the time. Since she lost the man she truly loves I go with the theory that she committed because she was already shown to be mentally unstable. So, now we have Mendel, Jason, Charlotte, and Cordelia. This is when my theories begin. Mendel truly loves Trina, but I don’t think he would commit. My theory is he quits his career after becoming severely depressed and possibly a substance abuser. Jason also develops depression after losing his mother and three father figures (Whizzer and Marvin to HIV, Mendel to his substance abuse). This is where the lesbians from next door come in. Even though they lost their friends, they’ll most likely come out just a bit sad but not deeply affected like the rest. Jason seeks them out for comfort and they end up practically raising him while Mendel falls into deeper depression. Mendel either eventually commits or dies of overdosing leaving Jason with his godparents, Charlotte and Cordelia. Jason will grow up with major issues but will go on to be an HIV activist and a great LGBT+ allie, all in memory of his best friend and his father. But that’s just a theory, a musical theory.

[@mushruem]

omg im cryingggg noo that's so sad... but its realistic... :(((

[@asterliketheflower6060]

Ruby Rose Thanks for actually reading it, I’m sorry it’s so morbid 😂

[@katetaylor6169]

Omg this made me so sad what do you think Trina will go on to do?

[@whendidthisgetserious]

You can’t tell me that Christians not singing, “what would I do” to Andrew and not Whizzer

[@flowersandcds4864]

My best friend sent me this after I JUST watched the musical and was literally sobbing my eyes out

[@loyino2080]

After I saw Falsettos everytime I listen to Whizzer’s songs I feel a shiver down my spine I am not kidding

[@milesangels]

I found this musical last night and read the entire plot on Wikipedia and now I’m watching these videos and I can’t stop crying help

[@jamielynn8433]

The entirety of "The Games I Play" 😭

[@kelpie3551]

after watching this I think its safe to say I'm clutching my pillow and sobbing like no tomorrow

[@callumbarnett8993]

I recently found Falsettos for the first time, and on my first watch, I did so well not to cry. A couple of tears here and there, especially seeing Whizzer's face when he looks at Jason in Days Like This, but nothing major. Then Jason put the chess piece on the gravestone and I was in floods. That part broke me.

[@sydneyrose8004]

this is like the saddest video on the internet😭😭

[@thatonegaygirl7840]

*plays entire second act*