My High School Did Phantom of the Opera And This Is How It Went

[@kenna8969]

Imagine actually having a school that supports the arts and not just sports

[@laflaca6666]

The school I go

[@meghan5843]

Imagine having an arts program

[@firstnamelastname1839]

HONESTLY

[@captainmomo466]

Imagine having a school that supports any type of activity

[@leghost5247]

bro im so lucky to go to a school with an amazing theatre program

[@maggiez3077]

Imagine having talented singers at your school

[@malloryfallon6394]

Fr thooooo

[@sewcrazy4426]

Imagine having a budget

[@SadLittleClownGore]

A whole mood

[@mollymyers4173]

imagine having a well funded theatre department

[@spicycherrymilk9058]

Imagine even having a theater club at your school

[@AforAwesome3604]

Imagine having more than 3 guys in the cast, actual talent, a budget, and an actual show that you don’t do every other year. (My school has 2 shows and we do them every other year with no budget and 1 boy and no one has talent 😂)

[@zealiee]

My school has never had a show and its been around as long as my grandparents. I plan to change that next year and push my school. They only care about sports.

[@AforAwesome3604]

@@zealiee my school got a grant from the government for our music department but the school took it and built a 3rd gym and 2nd football field.

[@katemurray8201]

Imagine having a theatre program

[@katemurray8201]

TheKoolStarIsWeird imagine having more than one football field and more than one gym 💀

[@brokenbeing13]

I’d say we have all of the above except a budget so

[@kylelaplana863]

imagine having a budget

[@laureningram3506]

Imagine having a roof in your theatre. Ours collapsed under snow and the school refuses to fix the leaks much less fund the program. Big lol.

[@Tia-Marie]

My school had 300 students in total. We had a budget to keep the bears out of the trash

[@qamarashkar1881]

@Jamir Gordon imagine living in a place where people know what a musical is

[@Beckyisdead1518]

Imagine having enough people who can sing to fill an entire cast

[@urszulamankowska4085]

@Jamir Gordon Our stage is in the classroom and it has about 10 square meters

[@joosie8910]

Theater department: can we have money for the play? The school: We gave you a stage... what else do you want you ungrateful people 😑

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

While at the same time athletic programs get over bloated budgets...

[@joosie8910]

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 Yessssss😤🙌

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

@@joosie8910 Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten my HS days in this regard. Now, I was lucky that I was at a HS that had clubs galore. Music, drama, and dance were all present and I was in all of them. But believe me, we still had to be our own best advocate and had uphill battles everywhere.

[@klinkats5055]

Y’all get a stage...?

[@lysan4878]

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 the athletes at most schools pay hundreds of dollars to play and do fundraising. Need money for a productions, fundraise or everyone pay.

[@jasonwhite6751]

My high school did phantom of the opera and the chandelier fell on the audience and injured 5 people, true story

[@riannewest4188]

😮

[@fluffysheep8999]

It all comes full circle

[@nerdsunite1908]

the chandelier should get best actor, it got into character

[@lillypoo3610]

PLSLSNDHS

[@wyster14]

Could be worse, the event that inspired the book was because the over 1 ton chandelier at the Opera Garnier’s chandelier fell and killed at least one person

[@abbyvanbrocklin9063]

Oh so you guys have money 😂 but y’all sound good

[@joseph_curran]

Imagine having a budget.

[@mimijones7294]

It's honestly not fair that some kids get to have a better highschool experience then others just because of where there parents or guardians choose to have them live.

[@TerezaNeves]

@@mimijones7294 apply that to the whole world and then you understand the true concept of inequality lol

[@mimijones7294]

@@TerezaNeves u have a point

[@bradleyhohner8775]

Life isn't fair.

[@ITSMERlVER]

My school didn’t have a theater, they didn’t have any arts classrooms (choir room, drama room, art room, etc), they rarely had talented students, absolutely no money towards musicals, plays, show choirs, etc. It’s such a shame. I hope these kids know that they are extremely lucky.

[@mimijones7294]

I feel your pain...

[@AnnoyingMystery]

my school didnt even have any clubs beyond 4h, i feel your pain.

[@peterevans6480]

Yeah in my country we don’t have clubs or idk stuff like that, we have art class and music class, nothing more.

[@royalvalkyrie]

Same here. I wish we even had school musicals/plays

[@WillWarfel]

I’m really appreciative of the opportunities I was given in high school, and of the facilities I was given access to. I know I was incredibly lucky, as were the other members of my cast, but in an effort to demonstrate our appreciation for the facilities and faculty we had, the entire cast put on our all, at each rehearsal, each performance, and put on a kickass show. I wish music was more focused on in schools nationwide, it’s easily one of the most formative experiences I’ve ever had in my life.

[@tessaclark9442]

Crockolatta HIT them notes sis

[@michellemaravillo9155]

so true

[@ngl822]

I WISH my school had the talent OR the budget for this, but alas.

[@tessacalef8669]

same 😔

[@GiftSparks]

How much is the royalty fee for Phantom? Never mind the shitload of funds for everything else.

[@kyuw3248]

When I said I gasped when the chandelier revealed and the organ hit, I FREAKING GASPED

[@sarahturner4148]

ME TOO LMAO THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTION

[@Grilled_Lemon]

SAME

[@natalieschmidt68]

I can’t believe that your schools are doing plays, what a dream

[@hannahrosereviews5073]

This was 9 months ago.

[@taylorb.3014]

Yeah my schools musical from last year was canceled too 😞

[@PandacorniStylinson]

My school doesn't even have a teather and also doesn't have any afternoon program or clubs at all🤠

[@raymondlang8753]

My school did high school musical this year and they filmed it around our school like a movie it was cool

[@natalieschmidt68]

@@raymondlang8753 that’s super cool

[@RisIgrec]

Obsessed with the totally blank face as he opens the door at 5:56

[@amt5882]

hello ris, fancy seeing you here

[@kristenl2367]

why hello there

[@bblulz7554]

imagine having that many guys that wanna sing in musicals

[@aspenwood641]

This is making me sad because this was literally 9 months ago and I was about to switch to a school with a great theatre program (it was literally across from Disney) and now it’s online and I’m doing online school with no friends, performance, and I can’t even meet anyone

[@LexiiMarii]

I love it all but I wish I could have seen that high note

[@rebeccamactaggart5410]

Alexis ledesma if you go to 6:53 you can kind of hear it

[@ceiling_pancake]

Imagine having more than 1 dude in your cast, having a budget, and having people that can actually sing, with a dressing room that’s literally the size of our STAGE.

[@erinbrady5420]

i can’t believe high schools get to do phantom, my school will only do 19381993 year old shows or ~quirky~ ~indie~ shows

[@aj_skapayjay]

Lol that's my school with sailor shows 😂

[@charis2318]

My school has massive productions like Les Mis, West Side and stuff... Our last lead is going on to west end!

[@rat5800]

same mine did hsm 😭

[@faithrenee9608]

My school does student written shows . . . Yes its just as disastrous as it sounds

[@charis2318]

@@faithrenee9608 that actually sounds quite fun😂

[@brianneyoung6350]

Welcome all the theatre nerds who got this recommended to them

[@kenna8969]

Imagine having a auditorium that wasn't built to be a lecture hall 😗✌️

[@KARINEMOOSE]

Christine-actress has the lungs of a goddess oh my word 😭 This was so entertaining, well done I hope you guys enjoyed the memories!

[@maddieswartz64]

But why is Carlotta so gooood????

[@porchcatproductions9931]

Ok but this looks like such a high quality production and you guys did great!!

[@mckaylapop1519]

you guys said: BUDGET

[@xdinaryheroesluv]

idk why this is suddenly in everyone’s recommended but my high school did phantom too, but it was before I was in high school, i just watched it.

[@joaquinmedrano2428]

This called me talentless in so many languages..... I am sobbing

[@brookemattingly2]

Imagine having a director that liked phantom enough to do it

[@carolinestewart971]

“We just spent two hours on the prologue.” HAHAHAHA tech week was always so long

[@bellasalceies4138]

Is there a full video from one of your performances of the show, I really LOVE to see it and how the production went for you guys while performing it

[@rebeccamactaggart5410]

Bella Salceies unfortunately I’m not able to post the full show on KZbin because of the rights, but I may be posting some smaller clips on my tik tok!

[@karenhewlett1455]

Omg that's a shame I'd love to see all of this! You guys all sound awesome! I'd love to do something like this. Plus the set! 😍

[@tylercox8915]

No one: Theatre kids: this is my husband

[@juliekunst4858]

Luckily I went to a school that had a good budget for theatre, and reading a lot of the comments makes me realize how lucky I was. I had an awesome time (but stressful too lol) doing musicals and I wish a lot more people can have that experience too..Music and theatre is so great to have in your education and it should really be included in every school.

[@alfombra1054]

Imagine having enough money and talent on a high school to make a whole show

[@waltymcnalty]

You guys are lucky. 100 years ago when I was still in high school I mentioned to do POTO for our school play and our director/drama teacher said it was “too sexy” ummm (of course it was it was not 100 years ago it was 2010, I was 16/17 at the time. Now I’m inches away from 30 with 2 kids. Hence the exaggeration.) Also our school was very ghetto and broke. Ah memories.

[@ArianaCapraro]

MomOfMischief I asked to do POTO too and I guess we didn’t have enough kids who could sing really well 😆 we did bye bye birdie and Oklahoma which I must have blocked from my memory due to too many embarrassing moments.Two years after I graduated they did FRICKIN LES MISERABLES and my brother played Val Jean! like WTF 😩😆 he was awesome btw, super proud 😊. I dunno I think we had the perfect cast for Phantom or little shop of horrors would’ve been sweet. Oklahoma 🙄 bleh.

[@waltymcnalty]

@@ArianaCapraro Middle Tennessee, overpopluated ghetto broke ass school. We ended up doing a play on a no to low budget (which I can’t remember the title) But it was about a school and school life drama. Alot of us were goofy kids and when the night came for us to perfom, 98% of the cast (myself included) improvised our lines because we didn’t remember them. Probably due to nerves. the outcome...absolute comedy. I played the school body president named sylvia. I also improvised by poking fun at the other characters on stage which was hilarious. We were all making dweebs of ourselves but with no regrets. the audience got a good kick out of the whole thing and even our director couldn’t keep a straight face. Instead of being angry with us he admitted that it made the show better. A golden moment in time, due to silly teenage drama nerds.

[@stephanieyakely1365]

i’m low key so jealous you guys are amazing.

[@TheDanielRodriguez]

It's so awesome to see a new generation of talented performers treat this show with the respect it deserves! I'm sure you guys did great!

[@ryanweeks8186]

I always wanted my HS to do this, but it is way uber expensive because it’s STILL on Broadway 😜

[@delaneydalheim1477]

Imagine having your show not cancelled 💀

[@graceb8500]

I came to see you guys, and you did amazing! Everything from the singing to the props was crazy good for a high school

[@kiwi_tenor]

This is the most wholesome thing I've ever seen! I'm about to embark on my on Phantom journey so AHHHHH. I'm 22 and I'm playing the Phantom in a Regional production in NZ!

[@clv_0431]

Um why is everyone so good-

[@robhall3311]

The amount of talent there is most impressive! When Red opened her mouth, I was blown away, frankly....

[@lorynpierceeastabrook5177]

That chandelier fall is better than 95% of the professional shows. The Broadway chandelier took approximately 12 minutes to fall.

[@heyits_hai]

MY JAW DROPPED AS SOON AS I HEARD THE PHANTOM AND CHRISTINE SINGING THIS IS INSANE AND THE PYROTECHNICS????? MY DRAMA CLUB COULD NEVER 😭😭😭

[@giraffejuiceb2545]

THAT'S SOOOO COOOL Imagine having talented singers and enough actors.

[@virulina1381]

The audiences are so lucky to see a performance like this❤

[@malloryfallon6394]

Okay but like that chandelier crash was B to the AAAAA

[@bellacarson2179]

REBECCA IM GEEKING AT MY FACE AT 6:34

[@rebeccamactaggart5410]

bella carson ahahahahah I’m so weak

[@icomeandgobybubble87]

Imagine having a high school that not only puts on well known musicals, but does them well, with actual talented singers and a budget.

[@lgghost4288]

I want the full show :(

[@ms.honeybear2c4u26]

Wow... a high school play that I actually wish I could’ve watched in person

[@sondersighs]

This has showed up in my reccomend. And I am very pleased from the energy of fellow theatre kids. Thank you so much.

[@alexamosca9371]

It’s insane that you guys are doing this as a high school show!! You guys are so talented!

[@fieryrose4172]

Omg y’all so lucky!!!! Since freshman year, I keep bugging my theatre teacher to do Phantom and he tells me “find a chandelier” but he also said we don’t have the money for something as big as Phantom. Y’all sound amazing though!!!

[@kilarthmac]

The fact that they actually have the chandelier- oh my god I wish I went to this high school 😭

[@thewannabegamer9]

When people were talking about the falling chandelier and audibly gasping, I was like oh it can’t be *that* good. But I involuntarily gasped. Just incredible. Honesty I so wish I could’ve seen this. I love Phantom of the Opera so much and it looks like this company and this production was a fantastic love letter to the epic tale. “Brava! Brava! Bravissima!”

[@maria-vw4bb]

My school could never do this bc they don’t care

[@andyhardy1233]

I dont even know how to feel. I'm stinkin jealous but also THAT IS SO COOL IM SO HAPOY FOR YOU😂

[@jadas_purple_socks]

broooo this is like the best budgeted high school musical theater EVER! LIKE YOU HAVE THE CHANDELIER AND FIRE?!!

[@Purplepeculiarpatience]

I really want to see the play now! It’s always been my favorite play ever and it’s great seeing people my age perform it at such an amazing level!

[@akiyakuri]

I wish I studied at your school. my school also hosts annual school plays but since we're directed by an actual company, we can only do their original musicals which means we can't do Phantom. anyways, i absolutely adore this !! keep up the good work 🥰

[@AbigailsCorner4444]

Reminds me of my old private school. Loved being in their productions

[@kellymanana]

This was actually incredibly well done!! Congratulations on an awesome production!

[@potato2502]

Imagine having a musical department in your school 😢😭

[@troyjuhn7346]

Love this is in my recommended, videos like this give me a lot of serotonin

[@nina_mis6762]

Ooo! This is very entertaining and you all have amazing voices 😃

[@Sam_Sam28-1]

Wow! What a talent! I would love to have those voices! Your school chose the play very well and I also saw that you loved it! I loved the video!

[@maggiejane17]

My high school doesn’t even have a real stage haha but this is absolutely amazing

[@operaghost8319]

This is my dream! I hope a day comes when I can perform in a phantom production like this. You are so lucky!

[@michelmichelucci1475]

you also have an amazing voice , all of you! great looking sets & costumes ! I do theatre too so seeing that is brilliant

[@sarahturner4148]

this makes me wish my high school musicals 😔

[@theonedayghost5152]

The Chandelier falling is like my favorite thing in of uof musical theater history idk why I like it so much XD

[@veggirl99]

Im so happy that yall have the budget and the cast - but im also so jealous omg

[@HanboSlimoffical]

imagine having a budget for your drama club

[@tiffanym3091]

Bruh my school can’t afford good lunch let alone this

[@lackadies299]

dang i wish i couldve been in a highschool play, but i got denied the first year i tried out, everyone said my acting was decent so it had to be because the director was like "nah she's sick too often" (I had a low immune system at the time so, fair) and then i never got to try out again bc i switched to homeschool :P also the director refused to do musicals so whats the point really. i mean the plays were good every year but it lacked that musical pizazz yknow?

[@postpunk_cursed_cat8260]

I don't know why the thumbnail made me laugh so hard. It's promising as the video

[@JeddtheJedi]

I love that this feels like a Broadway dot come backstage vlog, right down to the title "Behind the Beating Stick". I remember falling down to hole in like 2009-2010 where I just watched every high school production of Phantom and Les Mis I could find, and this took me right back. This also has the smol crackhead energy of Eva Noblezada's Hey Little Songbird vlogs for Hadestown and I stan.

[@juustbleu]

I just love this-

[@nickg5341]

The absolutely staggering amount of wealth in this video

[@alexapulido9494]

Thats so cool! At my high school we tried doing Dear Evan Hansen, but literally only me and two other girls signed up for an audition 💀💀

[@faesforest]

The KZbin algorithm gave me this gift. I can’t believe your school has the budget and talent for this😭 I’m not in the theatre program (because I’m ✨talentless✨ in theatre) but I am a HUGE theatre fan and you guys did exceptionally well!! And you’re all hella funny. Great vlog! (POTO is amazing💕)

[@jamieyang4558]

This is so awesome! I wish my high school had done something like this😩😭❤️ sadly my HS lacks creativity and originality😭😭this is my favorite musical too❤️it looked so fun watching you guys!

[@mollyandkendall3100]

Hey! I go to Indian Hill Middle School!!!!! I saw the show and y’all did so well!

[@cloud4664]

you guys are amazing!!! i would also say i wish we had budget like this like many other people, but sadly theres not too many talented people in my school nor they would want to do it unfortunately 😢😢

[@leonieh5985]

To be honest I wasn't expecting this level of skill (not that I can do any better lol, but POTO is quite challenging)! You guys did great from what I could see!

[@peterevans6480]

Imagine having theater at your school, and clubs.

[@HauntinMatthew1969]

Oh damn, a cute guy as the phantom?!?! Hell yeah!!!❤️😆

[@justalittlebitsilly]

gurl- you are living one of my dreams, enjoy it very much

[@lydiawillow2607]

Dang I wish my school was this dedicated to theater. This is amazing I can’t believe this is a high school

[@blehglurg5656]

Thought this was gonna be hella cringey but ya’ll really pulled it off!!! Super talented!! Great job, guys :)

[@reginaldwhigham720]

THIS WAS SPECTACULAR!!! Literally wished I could join this or go see it! 😭💞😊

[@marleee.2174]

Aww this reminds me of when I was in high school! I so wish I tried out for a part but I never had any voice or acting lessons so I just helped out the with crew (still fun). I miss those times :)

[@ItsMzPhoenix]

Idk if y’all had a high budget or if my charter school’s drama department wasn’t so well-funded...maybe both

[@RachelSalvadore]

I miss being around theatre kids. Also, blonde soprano, you’re SO TALENTED woah

[@voguecrab]

Man that looks like soooooo much fun. Glad I was reccomended this video

[@missxfaith]

This makes me really nostalgic about the shows we did at my high school. You guys are lowkey so much more talented than we were tho 😂😂😂

[@marylickona6322]

I miss Theatre. Y'all were amazing

[@JeniseSpiteri]

I wish I did youtube back when I did high school theatre. Reading these comments makes me realize that my school's productions were like top tier compared to what a lot of schools have. Competition to get roles was hardcore with all the insane talent. And the quality was so professional

[@avavoss1612]

omg I know Joseph from an orchestra I’m in. What the heck. We were stand parters this year!! AND I HAD NO IDEA HE DID MUSICAL THEATRE TOO.

[@fmstr7510]

How I wish we have this musical play like this in our school 😭