Pirelli's Miracle Elixier - Neil Patrick Harris - Sweeney Todd

[@gabsgabss1105]

Neil Patrick Harris is amazing, this is a lot harder than it looks. He has an amazing vocal range and he made it unique with that accent, doesn't matter what it sounds like we get the point. He's talented

[@adrianmedeiros8431]

Is it just me, or does anyone else wanna see him play Sweeney?

[@99lodewijk]

@@adrianmedeiros8431 I want to see him play mr. Lovett.

[@adrianmedeiros8431]

@@99lodewijk that would also be killer

[@redhood7650]

Music Meister singing opera is odd

[@orlandolee4438]

Yeah Neill Patrick Harris is too old for the role...

[@joanaisweird]

I love his reaction when the woman kinda screamed. ".....on the top of mi head"

[@orgulasaxios3567]

It’s only made even better when you realise the role he plays is a kid, so he probably have no idea why she’s screaming

[@keenanwark5905]

@@orgulasaxios3567 toby isnt a kid in the original musical

[@paradoxical7782]

@@keenanwark5905 they call him “lad” and lovett refers to him like shes his mother? 💀

[@keenanwark5905]

@@paradoxical7782 in the original musical, hes meant to be a mentally challenged adult. They decided to make him a child for the movie version

[@jaeblack4752]

@@paradoxical7782 Hes an adult with a mental disability so everyone treats him like a kid, hes only actually a kid in Tim Burtons movie. I understand the confusion though

[@shaunz383]

NPH killed this performance. This song has a ton of words, several different keys and delivered in an English accent! Did all this while dancing, running around and acting. Hats off to you Neil!!!

[@gfh110]

The guy playing Pirelli, Stanford Olsen, has the best delivery of the "My elixir is piss?? / Who says this?" line.

[@Wattywatasaurus]

I think it’s the fact that when he gets to the line, he tones down the hammy fake Italian accent, which allows him to sound more genuinely indignant at the accusation.

[@accordingtosophia]

I love how the actor who plays Todd looks at the camera with the line "piss with ink".

[@notsusan]

that's my man George Hearn, best Sweeney Todd ever

[@alexandersean4708]

@@notsusan Late, but YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

[@finleyforevermore]

​@@alexandersean4708 BEST SWEENEY TODD EVER!

[@OptimusPhillip]

Sweeney: "These [razors] are my friends" Also Sweeney: "See these razors? I lay these against £5 that you are no match for me." Mrs. Lovett, you really should've seen it coming at the end.

[@yawnguy94]

Shut up fool Go eat your lunch Then bed X love you Sleep tight

[@omershaik6374]

Well to be fair he never said she's his friend. His friends are the razors and the new chair

[@yawnguy94]

Waiting

[@yawnguy94]

0mer shaik lol You indian fool

[@georgegriffiths1437]

he knew he was going to win though

[@oldschool3424]

“Instruments like these once seen, can not be soon forgotten” I love that bit of foreshadowing.

[@WillowTitov]

George Hearn is still the best Sweeney Todd, and this proves that even after nearly 20 years, he still put on a stunning performance!

[@LauraSeabrook]

such a recognisable voice! :D

[@BooBop1987]

Yeah, he is a very good actor indeed!

[@notsusan]

more than 20, no? at any rate him Hearn/Lansbury is my all-time favorite Sweeney/Lovett, I think I've watched the recording with that cast a million times.

[@ashb2483]

Harris does so well in this, too!

[@jws1272]

Len Cariou may have been the first actor to play Sweeney, but George Hearn has made that role his own. Hearn is to Sweeney Todd what Michael Crawford is to The Phantom Of The Opera.

[@morwenmur]

Gotta love Hearn's face when he says "This is piss, piss with ink!" XD NPH is just made of awesomeness!

[@mongorians22]

"When they see how thick, sir, You can have your pick, sir, of the girls." This line stood out to me for some reason.

[@hatterwashere]

mongorians22 oH

[@rebekahsmith326]

I was thinking: "is that Neil Patrick Harris?" then I saw the video title. Awesome performance from him! I often forget he can sing!

[@nikitakade5242]

I love Neil Patrick Harris here! He's as good a singer as an actor--who knew??

[@Beanoz4]

Everyone since 1988 knew.

[@nikitakade5242]

Scott Gerrard OK, so sue me--that was before my time, but at least I caught up with his talent, and appreciate it..

[@Beanoz4]

It was before my time too xD.

[@nikitakade5242]

Scott Gerrard OK, I hope we're square then; we can't know everything about everybody, but when we discover something wonderful, it's great to embrace and share it :)

[@shawn.spencer]

Well, good actors tend to be good singers, too. Because of the vocal lessons they've had to make their speech better.

[@SoundEnergyVideo]

such a brilliant cast. hearn and lupone are perfect and so is harris

[@mattdeans9873]

NPH is just brilliant in this portrayal. And what makes it so much more is that you can understand every single word.

[@gekost79]

Honestly, NPH is extremely talented! He sang a very difficult piece!!!

[@loopsbylucia]

I love NPH as a performer, and he really has a great voice. He just looks nervous.

[@MANB91UK]

It's called acting... He's playing an orphaned child whose job it is is to perpetuate an arrant scam, if he fails to do so he'll be mercilessly beaten by Pirelli and is being revealed as nothing more than a fraud... Wouldn't you be pretty nervous?

[@loopsbylucia]

Matthew Battles trust me- I know he's acting. You can be playing a character that is nervous, but you can still be kind of out of it. Neil is definitely kind of out of it.

[@Beanoz4]

Matthew Battles He's not playing a child..

[@MANB91UK]

Scott Gerrard Is

[@Beanoz4]

Toby is meant to be in his late 20s or early 30s..

[@whomustnotbenamed5]

After seeing him with this hair and his slouching (02:16), I think he'd make a gggreat Riff Raff :o

[@nunya069]

Oh true that

[@גלעדסוירזנסקי]

Neil Patrick Harris truly never disappoints.

[@its-morbintime]

Whenever I'm sad, I stop being sad and sing Sweeny Todd instead. True Story.

[@daelen.cclark]

True, sir, true.

[@GlitterAndMetal]

No matter how many times I watch this, the ''piss'' parts still make me laugh xD and Neil is awesome :DDD

[@Quietlovingman]

:) The actor singing Sweeney Todd's part is George Hearn, the second man to play the role on Broadway. He is also the man featured in the 1982 film version (available on DVD)

[@mgstivig585]

Stinson`s Hangover Fixer Elixier :D :D :D

[@claralampricht8991]

Haha 😂

[@brobz8189]

Smells like old soda

[@redhood7650]

@@brobz8189 this is old soda with honey!

[@spotoftrouble]

'Smells like WHEW!' Best bit XD

[@meltedmarshdaddy]

I never knew he did this. He plays it great.

[@joyunicycle]

Neil looks awesome with long hair :)

[@n0txacker]

это можно смотреть вечно, какое же исполнение шикарное

[@muppets156]

Does the actor for Sweeney Todd look like Peter capaldi to anyone else?

[@classickar]

Muppets156 I THOUGHT SO TOO

[@JackDearnley]

I thought so and now I want nothing more than to see Capaldi play Sweeney Todd

[@sford557]

Um no can't see it at all, honey.

[@conorq4611]

Yeah he does

[@eclairz9275]

Yeah, it's the eyes.

[@matthewbaker2251]

NPH really looks like the tobi from the 1982 production

[@luigicavallo270]

He is just taller

[@Time-lord-jedi]

this is a good song to show how amazing he is

[@Nightelfyo]

Sweeney: "Either accept my challenge or reveal yourself as sham." NPH: "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED."

[@wer44able]

Neil Patrick Harris!

[@cuttervlogs2885]

Legend-----Dairy

[@KiryuuMimi94]

HIGHFIVE!

[@nottocleverxx614]

😂

[@ModernQuixote]

The mighty and inimitable George Hearn. He's getting kind of old, but you should check him out in the touring production with Angela Lansbury. Best Sweeney ever cast.

[@aislinn99sasha]

how can one person be so perfect

[@claudiaolivar5698]

Amazing! that is NPH, just awsome.

[@grimbeornn]

02:56 masterpiece.

[@AlexisHuang101]

My clarinet teacher was Toby in Sweeney Todd in Syndey about 20years ago I think. Anyway, every lesson he sings this for me. I sing the extra bits. I love my lessons. And 2:38, that bit is hilarious, Harris' hand moments.

[@MANEATINGWREATH]

I'm playing Tobias this April! Can't wait!

[@Pebslebon]

Fabulous! NPH is an amazing singer/performer!

[@randifun43]

True story, I've been singing this song and watching "How I Met Your Mother" all day when I stumbled upon this! What a weird coincidence!

[@sabli3970]

I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THIS

[@Scaramouchemusic]

The look when he sang 'marvellous' haha :D he's so fabulous, eerrr, awesome! :D

[@maroonmystique]

I cant take Neil serious! i L O V E him! but he's always making me laugh!

[@gothgirlgraveyard3539]

He is the reason I’m proud to be Aussie😂

[@phoenixcolombick9972]

neil patrick harris was born and raised in new mexico

[@nookvintage799]

Just brilliant and a great Toby -im impressed

[@ChunSungYoun]

Yes it is George Hearn as Sweeney Todd. It's also Patti LuPone as Mrs. Lovett.

[@MriluvJordanJansen]

Yeah I wanna see it too,I think they are wonderful!!

[@alainaluu]

I was excited. then that accent..

[@BlackoutCYANIDE]

From London to Boston back to London then a trip to Manhattan

[@conorq4611]

Same

[@JoeMama-tw6gu]

yeah it’s BAD

[@nunya069]

It was good

[@WKPlugins]

@@nunya069 Its shit mate

[@supergirl04p]

best musical and wonderful performance! go NPH!

[@skittles61268]

DARY!!!!! Legandary!!!

[@LauraSeabrook]

NPH does a great job of this.

[@PiccoloChaos]

In this video Sweeney Todd reminds me of Tywin Lannister

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

PiccoloChaos This is an unrelated, but fun fact: Tywin Lannister, or rather Charles Dance, did something Broadway-related (in loose terms). He starred in a TV miniseries as Erik, or The Phantom, of Phantom of the Opera fame. The Broadway part comes in to play, with the miniseries not being based on the Lloyd Webber musical, but the unproduced (at the time) musical, Phantom, which was written by Maurie Yeston and Arthur Koppit-- the duo behind the Broadway musical, Nine.

[@maggyfoster8699]

PiccoloChaos same

[@michaelwilliamybarra2409]

@@cannibalisticrequiem Also to add to your Phantom quizzer, this production also has a Lloyd Webber Phantom, David Gaines, playing Anthony Hope!

[@blowsmymind13]

When NPH goes bald, he just stops being bald and grows hair made of awesome instead... True story!

[@mcrxloverx92]

This just made me so happy

[@whenacoldwindblows3241]

12:29 AM is when I watched this. It is definitely something.

[@kitheskethharvey3576]

All respect to NPH, at the top of his (or any other's) performing game. That's a given. But you have to have something to perform. And Sondheim (with whom I was blessed enough to have studied) gives him everything. Ev. Er. Ry. Thing. The fly-fisherman's let-it-out, let-it-in dexterity with the material. The hold-your-breath, here's another ix-ir rhyme. The gleeful key-changes, which only a composer-lyricist could bring off. The look, here's Cockney 19th-century English: another colour with which I can make still-more-luminous this palette, forging rhymes which would never chime in received American pronunciation. And look again, here is cod-Italian, arriving like the cavalry. Blessed I was. But blessed we all were and are, to be alive at the same time as Stephen Sondheim.

[@da96103]

English: Snake oil French: Poudre de perlimpinpin Sondheim: Pirelli's

[@McLeanAmy]

You can just imagine it can't you?

[@devanmoran]

sondheim songs are so hard to sing but they are amazing

[@RocknRoll13ZH]

He is so good on this! He did an amazing Todd!

[@stevielily1170]

Love u neil

[@calebshoemaker]

God George Hearn is this role through and through

[@stevielily1170]

i love nph

[@CareBear2480]

Lol gently dab it... *me starts dabbing uncontrollably*

[@psperrazza]

the best tobias!! Love him!!

[@samanthablaisdell2149]

I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS IN SWEENY TODD OMGGG

[@flicfan416]

How did I go this long not realizing it was Stanford Olsen playing Pirelli!! For those of you who don't know, he's....kind of a big fucking deal.

[@zillious06]

neil patrick harris plays such an adorable toby!!!

[@danfan099]

Oh my God... Neil! How did I not know this existed?

[@martinsorenson1055]

All the "tick sir, elixir" rhymes always reminded me of Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss. To quote the Doc: "Please, sir. I don't like this trick, sir. My tongue isn't quick or slick, sir. I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir. I can't do it, Mr. Fox, sir."

[@SpiffyBlueness]

@ashi8848 it's live, but the mikes are well hidden... actually, the only one I've spotted is nph's, it's on the right side of his face; easier to see at the beginning of the other video, Not While I'm Around

[@ITSNATEE]

Oh yes, more neil patrick harris all for myself

[@wickedchik96]

god i love neil

[@LilyGrace95]

I never knew Toby was meant to be a handicapped man: I did Sweeney Todd a few years ago as the school play (only a chorus member sadly, though I did want to be Toby) so obviously it was a kid playing him then too...

[@OptimusPhillip]

As far as I can tell, it depends on the production and the interpretation of the viewer. I generally read him as a little boy, because that's what he is in most versions, unless he's specifically portrayed otherwise.

[@lilapauser]

He is great!!!didnt expect that!

[@SP3CTR0L1T3]

NPH is just adorable in this!!

[@JadeLH]

"On the top of me head.....o_O" I spat out my tea at the screen, ohgod.

[@mikeira]

this is just great

[@Mr_x_19922]

Epic, I was 15 when that movie came out

[@ninjaudead]

Damn I wish I got to see this live seems like a good show

[@ArtCrimeLog]

Oh wow didn't know he can sing that well. Awesome!

[@RagnaroekChaos]

LEGEN-wait for it .... .... DARY LEGENDARY!!!!

[@SupernaturalBaby08]

"Talk to him!"

[@diddlefig]

Holy sheesh! The guy that does the keep it off your boots sir line…. That’s the doctor! Doctor who! I recognize him by his eyebrows!

[@DavidBerto]

How I want to be part of that choir!

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Neil is great here.

[@amurderofcrowz]

he is perfect

[@petesgurl101]

That's a good question, and one that I'm now asking myself!!!!

[@MriluvJordanJansen]

I love th way Patti says "Flies do too!"

[@harrispiers677]

This helped me rehearse thx

[@UnrulyGoats]

1:28 "the tick sir" makes me wince =\ but goooooood stuff!

[@chaddirects]

@DarkDragoniteud .........Duh. I had this on VHS and DVD Years before burton was ever attached to a film version. This, the in concert version, is by far the best staging of this I have seen. The minimalistic nature of the set and costumes allows for a much more accurate connection between audience, actor, and Story.

[@RConst3]

His accent is the best part of this.

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

bondfool helped me already. Thank you, though! I appreciate it!

[@dianetheisen8664]

NPH is so talented ‼️

[@kugia111]

I'm not sure if NPH (fav actor ever) played my fav character, or if Toby got my fav character after I heard Neil's Not While I'm Around. Anyways, I love Neil, I love Toby, and I love life for putting the two together.

[@Ramon_92]

Starship FUCKING Troopers!

[@Otty2Hotty]

NPH in Sweeney Todd...how didn't I discover in this earlier?!?!?

[@Jojoscotia]

What answer would you prefer? Would you prefer it if I told you I was a filthy sinner and going to hell, or would you prefer if I told you my soul was stain-free? Honestly, deep within yourself?

[@MusicFlick]

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