Alex Brightman (with Jay Armstrong Johnson & Emily Hughes) - "Cut You A Piece"

RATED RSO: MT-17 Music and Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver
January 21, 2013 at Joe's Pub
From the musical 35MM
BAND: Will Van Dyke (piano), Eric Day (bass), Matt Hinkley (guitar), Allison Seidner (cello), Joel Waggoner (violin), Jeremy Yaddaw (drums)
directed by TRAVIS GREISLER
music directed by WILL VAN DYKE
stage manager KRISTINA VNOOK
lighting KJ HARDY
Filmed by Shoshana Feinstein - famousinny.com

[@MilkyWayGrump]

This man is currently in a musical where some of his lines include "Each show, I do a ton of coke here" and "Give it up for my underaged bride". Talk about range.

[@matilde_5]

wAIT, THAT’S HIM?-

[@amiirue]

Well in this musical he does talk about a choking orgy so

[@Teudlanif]

@@amiirue and murder-

[@Howdyheyimokay]

Crack theory time : is Beetlejuice actually Jules in the afterlife‼️ 😱

[@icomeandgobybubble87]

Yep ​@@matilde_5

[@ItsLukeTheRose]

I don't know why ... but the part that get's me is the dying fall right before the chorus, "Jules told Jessie, he'd die for her. Which looking back ... was the right thing to say"

[@tumblingartist]

0:52 it really does strike directly into my heart- something about that line is just so emotionally impactful

[@tovatojuice]

the way that one note from the piano melody is missing after “...and soon was her ash” is so beautiful and so damn sad oh my god

[@cwispygiraffe]

i noticed that too! i love it

[@cwispygiraffe]

i love musical symbolism

[@ApparentlyMe]

The tears started at "But warming your hands in mine fills me with terror" because I know all too well this feeling.

[@sondersighs]

Oh my goodness he looks so different from now. In a good way though, he is always handsome to me no matter what he looks like.

[@Dead-or-Alive1985]

Not me sobbing when Alex turns away to try to stop himself from crying

[@Scooblique]

Alex has such an incredible talent for both singing and acting everything him/his character feels... I love him so much. He deserves everything he has and more

[@briannapadgett6041]

Glad to know I’m not the only one watching all of his past stuff

[@ladywilgrim]

In the decade I've been listening to this song, I don't think there's a single time I haven't cried.

[@wickedly4]

he reeeeally emoted this piece... wow. breathtaking.

[@TinyTink006]

I've watched this ten times and I still cannot believe this is Alex Brightman. HE'S BABIE!!!!!! 🥺♥️

[@MsEmpregetes]

Oh my god he's baby

[@caseymclaughlin3743]

this is an amazing example of how words move people. I listened to this song on repeat for about an hour. Simply amazing

[@GraceVarela]

Ugh his voice is so prefect for this song omg wow

[@timmetzner]

this song is the start of me

[@mawceroni]

This is the joke police that jokes to funny!

[@unnamedturtle4780]

everyone here for alex, please go listen to the rest of 35mm: a musical exhibition :(( he was on the original cast recording! its an absolutely beautiful musical i promise you won't regret it

[@janedoeslostsoul]

I just learned that Alex Brightman was even in the cast. And I love his work and have been listening to the album non-stop for the past week. yet I only realised it was him today!

[@Stippler]

Ahhhh hes baby. Hes cute and handsome and so talented and i cant take it

[@IStillHaveLight]

Baby?? He's grown, that's weird af

[@flusel4949]

It's like Jules tells the story and he is trying his best to stay calm and collected while telling it, but when the "Cut you a piece of me" parts come we see all the love he has for Jessie and the sorrow he felt after she passed... And Alex Brightman shows this in such a beuatiful way, that's supreme acting!

[@Zzzk23]

This is heartbreaking and beautiful

[@serenity-9825]

ITS BABY BEETLEJUICE

[@sondersighs]

This song in every possible way makes my heart explode. I don't have enough words to express how much this song means to me. Or how many times I've listened to this song. All I can say is From all the nights alone and crying This song will always have a piece Of me

[@daisygalicia3553]

I sang this song with my chorus class in May at High School of Telecommunication Arts & Technology. I really liked & my Chorus teacher Ms. Shorter really liked it & is a big fan of yours. I love it ♥

[@awesomewow7313]

I showed this to my friend and his response was " I know you like Hannibal but why are you now listening to cannibalism songs?" my response: 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@awesomewow7313]

@Evyen Biwer Yeah I did but he was like "ight cool"😂

[@justmonika3471]

I think you should change friends

[@kris778]

To be fair, I also thought that before listening to it given the theme of some of the other songs 😅

[@Felipe.GS1]

@@kris778 Given the theme of the other songs, for mem they literally cut a piece of them and now when Jules is in the grave, Jessie is with Her, and She is with Him in the same way. And in the end, the people who is singing is asking for the one who he/her loves to do the same, afraid to be apart.

[@JimmmyJam]

I think this is one of my favourite songs.

[@garylibra]

I didn't know they were there too! Well, clearly I missed an amazing night at Joe's. Somewhere from Broadway Musical Heaven, Joe Papp was smiling down and thinking, 'tonight is what my place is all about.' Nice going RSO :)

[@FrenchyFri_23]

No dad this is not a phase, it’s a religion

[@kathleenheck7910]

This is so beautiful. And him.... it's just perfect.

[@akoalabear239]

I’ve heard this song several times and I’ll be damned, I never noticed it was Alex Brightman.

[@Howdyheyimokay]

When I heard ‘Looking back was the right thing to say.’ I screamed “NOOOO!”

[@SpaghettyBabyNoodleBoy]

My heart :'(

[@ItalianPokeMage]

It took me a while to get the line, "A marriage beginning amd ending with broken glass."

[@ohrinners]

Chills.

[@Lexicoley1826]

10 years on and this song still makes me bawl my eyes out. Absolutely breathtaking.

[@bobbyblas863]

Great song! a lot goes in the arrangement thank you:)

[@tunnelcrawlerwaluigi2690]

FINALLY, ALEX BRIGHTMAN IN HIS NOT BEETLEJUICE VOICE

[@musicprincess9747]

wekwekwek I love this song sm aghhhh

[@lea9759]

GO ADAM!!!!

[@benjaminnebenjamin6033]

Now i shouldn’t feel odd at feeling attracted to him as Beetlejuice & Dewey 😍 i just discovered that he purposely tried to gain weight for SOR bec he thought he wasn’t fat enough 😂😂

[@NyxieLove22]

He is so pure omg

[@sleepybunnybadger124]

Y did you have to make me cry wtf dude

[@Abby-vs9un]

I LOVE THIS MAN HE IS AMAZING.

[@luthientinuviel3883]

This reminds me of my father, who died way too young...

[@coziclair]

i cant stop watching this, its so beautiful

[@crypt1camoeba22]

Baby Alex ;-;

[@JadeTheorist3942]

I am crying!!!! 😭

[@czzzzzynt]

just....alex brightman everyone

[@tonibrown-hill]

This song reminds me of Fruits Baskets Prelude. I could imagine Kyo and Tohru singing this song and telling the story of Tohru’s parents to their kids. Jules: Kyoko (Both we’re pretty messed up before meeting the ones that love and after the other half deaths) Jesse: Katsuya (Both made the other half’s life better until death do they part) ⭐️💖😊

[@fuckingdeathwish]

he's so fucking TALENTED? Jesus Christ :(

[@stantxt5880]

Guess who's watching random alex brightman vids

[@heknowswherefranceis4838]

You and me both my guy. You and me both.

[@michelleho5534]

same here lol

[@Valera_Kot]

Me, lol.

[@90sflashlight95]

babey

[@autumnh654]

me: I am not crying you are

[@internetuser528]

i didn’t cry the first time i listend to this. then i watched endgame and immediately listened to this after thinking i would feel better. i don’t know why the FUCK i thought that. edit: fuck he’s crying shit, now IM crying

[@Sempiternyc]

Esa no porque lloro😿

[@liaspooked4980]

beetlejuice be looking quite different in this

[@BigGirthyRod]

The fact he can do this and then go onto Beetlejuice is very much range.

[@Sam-tk6dq]

Ik the point in the song is serious and revealing she died, but whenever I hear "and so was her ash" I keep hearing "and so was her ass" and idfk why lol.