THE EVOLUTION OF BROADWAY MUSICALS (33 Musicals) | 1879 - 2016

It's no secret that our family loves all things showtunes. Here are some of the greats all the way from Gilbert & Sullivan to Pansek & Paul. Can you guess every one?
Send this to a theater geek who needs to see this and compare scores! Did we leave anything out? Let us know in the comments!
Arranged by Jordon LeBaron
Produced by Ark Studios Media Group
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[@user-rh7nv8je2t]

The tragedy that I may never hear The LeBaron Family sing The Book of Mormon Musical is hitting me hard.

[@connormell1916]

Speaking of The Book of Mormon, 69th like.

[@joshuaclaytoncreative3961]

Love this but cracking up at the use of the Hamilton set backdrop for Kiss Me Kate 😂

[@JerryLeBaron]

Many kind thanks to all of you wonderful subscribers and friends out there who not only take the time to watch, but offer kind (& constructive) comments. All of these wonderful young men and women are doing this because they love to spread fun and happiness, and make everyone smile. They sure make their dad smile a lot. 😊

[@davidrossharris]

Grateful for your family being willing to sharing their talents with the rest of us. You deserve to be a bit proud! Don't let them get too "needed" by their growing fan base. :)

[@kathleenesposito5770]

They make me smile, too! Keep the videos coming!

[@carynallen2488]

Me: "I should get to bed. But I don't want to. Let's see what's on KZbin." 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@katherinepollock]

That sounds like me for the last month

[@tinakover385]

Karina, if you don't play the lead in Chicago on stage for real one day, it'll be theatre's loss.

[@18erin]

I know 17 of them. I’m surprised you didn’t name RENT or The Ten Commandments.

[@angelalebaron1597]

Movielover26 our full version has rent at patreon.com/lebaronsingers . We had to take it out at the last minute 😭

[@kristenwhite2701]

You have all the songs from RENT on there? When I try to sign up I just get a spinning circle 🙁 Even unemployed I could spare $1 a month for RENT and more. Hopefully more Joseph some day. Just enough for Joseph and 7 brothers. I have seen so many versions live. I bet you would do an awesome job. Just the clip of One More Angel in Heaven got me going in March Madness. Wanted whole song then whole musical

[@cedarpardee-lewis2338]

Just commenting to boost this into the good graces of KZbin's algorithm

[@karinalebaron8058]

Lol Jordon, I should have explained how that neck thing goes UNDER your vest before I handed it to you for Hamilton. Lol My bad.

[@awkwardbeautybyaly6714]

You guys are my favorite human beings. So kind, upbeat, accepting of criticism (that you never actually deserve). And so gosh darn talented!!!!! 💗

[@krezcelyborja9334]

So i basically used this as a basis to rewatch some of these musical.

[@michellel5940]

Can y'all adopt me?! I can't sing to save my life but I could do dishes or something! 😂

[@angelalebaron1597]

Michelle L you can come do my dishes anytime you want....or you can watch our children 🤪

[@kellyhutchison3064]

@@angelalebaron1597 Me too!

[@angelalebaron1597]

Kelly Hutchison done. Where do y’all live? I’m not even kidding 😂😂😂😂😭🤔

[@kellyhutchison3064]

@@angelalebaron1597 Unfortunately Maryland. But If y'all want to move ouy here, I'd be fine with that.

[@karinalebaron8058]

I would literally move to Maryland today if someone there wanted to wash my dishes for me. To be honest, I'd move to the North Pole to never do dishes.

[@rentfriend]

Ummm no Rent?! I demand part 2 😉😝 Evita, Sunday in the Park, Annie, Chorus Line, Jersey Boys, Hello Dolly, Hairspray, Pippin, Hair, The Wiz, Waitress, Matilda….just some suggestions. 😉 Great video. Love all your MT stuff! Musical theatre nerds unite!

[@csmitty80]

Amazing! Excellent concept and execution!!

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

WOW, I would love to hear full versions of so many of these. Incredible how perfectly certain voices fit certain songs, IE: Ol Man River, Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise), Tonight, All That Jazz, Memory, This Is The Moment, My Strongest Suit, the song from Once, etc. Also LOVED that you included one from Secret Garden in the full version on your Patreon Page. Would love to hear you guys do more from that (also songs like "Back To Before" and "Journey On" from Ragtime, anything from the stage version of Hunchback Of Notre Dame, etc). Ballad medleys would be fun too.

[@karinalebaron8058]

Hunchback is a DREAM of mine. Somebody bank roll us and our family will put together the whole show!

[@kristenwhite2701]

So many left…Rent, Music Man, Evita…can’t do all I guess Oh, just read about Rent. Bummer. I have the DVD of the last performance on Broadway. Awesome.

[@ansleyhendrix3381]

Ahhh this is so beautiful! I was able to name The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, West Side Story, Into the Woods, Wicked, Mama Mia, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera

[@arkstudiosMG]

I can’t get over how good this is!

[@RobLandes]

My hats are all off to you.

[@cathylichinchi1231]

Wow!!! Fantastic!! Love you guys!!

[@tamracowan]

Truly, y'all - this is WONDERFUL!

[@angelalebaron1597]

What should I do tonight? Probably just watch this over and over again.

[@theanimationcommendation]

Do you have an all-time favorite musical?

[@angelalebaron1597]

The Animation Commendation oh man. That’s a tough one. I have a bunch of dream roles....and a bunch of cliche favorites...like wicked, Les mis, phantom :)

[@dillons583]

Awesome video. So glad I found your videos a few weeks ago. Was a long night watching all of them..... Some more than once. Amazing family chemistry. Keep um coming. Thanks

[@heatheralfano1871]

Yass thank you for giving love to Pirates of Penzance!! Great elocution by the way! Respect 🙌

[@ashleyc7916]

Love this so much! so happy to have found your channel, everyone in the family is so talented. cannot imagine how much time u guys spent on it. have subscribed. definitely deserve more subscribers!

[@lyzardthebard]

I feel like you guys had way too much fun with Into the Woods specifically. Were those smiles I saw you guys fighting? I think they were. I love this video! It's so good!

[@cristination9369]

THEY'RE UNDERRATED, PEOPLE. Appreciate talent. ♥

[@spjw2566]

Well done! Keep the coming! I still watch the Les Mis video at least once a week!

[@katherinepollock]

So amazing!

[@keeley.marie22]

I'm sad that when ever somebody does a evolution of Broadway they never do Heathers the Musical! It may be off-Broadway and I'm stupid, but still!

[@emmataylor2748]

Cats! I’m dying 😂😂

[@bandit8it]

The yarn tho...

[@theanimationcommendation]

Really great! Got all except Girl Crazy, Joseph, Aida, and Last Five Years, I think. Especially loved the note-perfect "Do-doos" for 'Company'!

[@KHobbies_cina]

I love the ended with DEH cause that musical is what of thosr few that brought me to tears

[@kaitlynh.lebaron958]

I can’t stop watching it 😭

[@jonpaget]

Wow!! Great work! :)

[@rayfridley6649]

Sound of Music opened on stage in 1959. The date shown in this video is the film version, which premiered in 1965.

[@marufhasan9365]

Wow this is great.

[@kevechevroletcoupee4621]

Yaaasssssssssssssssss, love it!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lisaengel5243]

Awww. I was looking for “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”. But this was great!

[@tyronehipwell6316]

Wonderful! Loved it! Too bad "Rent" was restrictive on their licensing!

[@kristenwhite2701]

Was wondering why it was missing. Another group did a similar thing and had Seasons of Love

[@todaywithing694]

Missed 3 out of them all. But also missed some classics !! So up for a round 2 :-)

[@MeeaCaroline]

This was super creative, but as someone who knows literally every musical in the medley. (I think the only two I haven't seen are Once and Jeckyll & Hyde, but I'm still familiar with most of the music from both.) The way this was cut was a little painful. I think in a totally biased way, I would have preferred either an extra 3 minutes so the songs could stay a little more true to form, or 10 less musicals. It was just really strange that they were all really popular parts in really popular songs of really popular musicals that I couldn't tell what was coming next for... But like really, that's just me being annoying and biased. Y'all are super super super talented and this was so fun and creative. Way to do the thing.

[@LeBaronSingers]

Thank you Maria! We appreciate the feedback!! It’s good to know everyone’s opinions so we can continue to explore and grow :) thank you!!!

[@MeeaCaroline]

@@LeBaronSingers thank you so much for responding! I just discovered your channel recently and I'm really really impressed by all of you. Keep doing your thing!

[@DeevenaJemima]

What a wonderful family ❤️

[@sagaahlstromkarlsson6030]

This was really great!! But I can’t help but notice that I seem to be the only person who’s missing Newsies, which for me is very sad since it’s my fav musical

[@MyNameIsWes]

I'm also bummed nothing from Hadestown or Waitress wasn't in there.

[@andersonfamily]

What about RENT? I know it is controversial but some of the songs are lovely.

[@karinalebaron8058]

We couldn't afford it. 😞 🎵 We're not gonna paa-aay to sing from RENT 🎶

[@youtubingjaguar5082]

@@karinalebaron8058 Good one! ;)

[@angelalebaron1597]

Dianna Anderson we had rent originally 😭KZbin made us take it out. We also took out secret garden. You can see the whole version on our patreon page...we posted it there publically for all to see :) even if you’re not a patron. patreon.com/lebaronsingers

[@andersonfamily]

@@angelalebaron1597 gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. I hope you weren't offended by my question... RENT is a show that isn't for everyone so that's why I thought you left it out. But frankly I would listen to you all sing the phonebook so it's all good :)

[@karinalebaron8058]

I'm a big fan of RENT. Actually I'm a big fan of singing "Over the Moon" to annoy my husband and children everyday.

[@Hbh250]

Once always hit different

[@georgiaemily7]

Here before it's viral

[@aimeema4677]

I got 24 of the musicals

[@kristinmarie862]

Yes

[@DeathGodRiku]

I got about half of them

[@TheFilmFan85]

neat🤩

[@fhs2013cb]

I knew 22/24 musicals

[@marasmo5]

You have missed Rent, an unforgivable mistake. We want episode two already. We Love You

[@LeBaronSingers]

Don’t worry, we didn’t forget it, KZbin made us take it out 😭. But you can see the full version at patreon.com/lebaronsingers if you want to see the rent portion 🥰

[@beckypoppers]

Me: I need to sleep.. Also me: What crap can I watch tonight.. KZbin: WaTcH tHiS yOu LiKe BrOaDwAy Also me again: Oh *Fuk*

[@kristenwhite2701]

So amazing. How many musicals have you seen? 33 and didn't even include many from your round of 16.

[@tobymidnight1957]

The person singing somewhere over the rainbow reminds me of Lindsay Mendez but mostly her as carrie pipperidge

[@duannecb]

Would love to see you guys do Wicked. Karina would rock as Elphiba. I must confess you are a bad influence...it's after midnight in Australia and I'm still glued to watching you videos on KZbin.

[@LeBaronSingers]

Haha, thank you, and sorry about that 🤣

[@sophiafay2042]

1:13 is that the Hamilton stage? XD

[@daisytart7057]

The used the Hamilton background for kiss me Kate-

[@tawnie9204]

Y’all missed 1990s MISS SAIGON. Great video though

[@PizzaTimeGuy]

Wait a minute.... Wat about Willy Wonka? Or Singing in the Rain, but they have Fiddler on the roof that's nice if these two songs could fit in the video that would be perfect.

[@1961casey]

For a family that loves all things Disney, I am surprised you didn't include Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, or Frozen.

[@LeBaronSingers]

We’re hopefully planning to do an evolution of Disney Broadway musicals at some time in the future which was why we didn’t use them in this one :)

[@tommoncrieff1154]

The Broadway Sound of Music was 1959. It’s the movie that was 1965. The other shows are in order of their stage premiere. Les Mis is hard to call as the version known today is not the 1980 Paris one but the 1985 London one, which is substantially different with new book, new songs (Bring Him Home) and all new lyrics.

[@LeBaronSingers]

Good catch! Little slip in our research 😅

[@tommoncrieff1154]

@@LeBaronSingers You keep singing, I’ll do the fact checking! 😀

[@joshsalkin3924]

Last 5 years "Things are moving too fast" skips from 2005 to 2012😂

[@marcomotroni]

What was the song from Jeckyll and Hyde??

[@angelalebaron1597]

Marco Motroni this is the moment :)

[@JerryLeBaron]

"This is the Moment" -The pivotal point of the story

[@filippausic6739]

1:11 Why is the stage setup used for Hamilton in the background lmao

[@LeBaronSingers]

🤷🏼‍♀️

[@rosiegoldie4303]

How can I audition? I will be the only little girl and I can play Annie, Matilda, little cossete and more!

[@LeBaronSingers]

😂

[@Ayden_B]

Wait a second....JOSEPH WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1969! GOTCHA

[@AAAAA_9872]

Who else saw this in your music class (Im not fishing for likes, so pls dont comment saying Im fishing for likes)

[@laurenglass5127]

Last 5 years never made it to broadway. It was an Off Broadway production

[@bobbykgb]

How could you skip Rent?!? 😮😮😮 Read down, and got my answer lol. The only other really big one that I thought should've been represented was Miss Saigon.

[@angelalebaron1597]

Bobby Boyens we didn’t....we just had to take it out...because...KZbin rules. You can see the full version at patreon.com/lebaronsingers. we posted it there so everyone could see the 2 we had to take out 😭

[@bobbykgb]

@@angelalebaron1597 thanks for the explanation!

[@Cryberg8228]

What about miss Sagan

[@MyNameIsWes]

Nothing from Waitress or Hadestown?

[@LeBaronSingers]

It was definitely hard to narrow it down 🤔we considered those. Maybe in the next evolution....if there is one ;)

[@bensteggall9335]

Can you do a video of phantom of the opera?? Shame it was missing out on this one

[@angelalebaron1597]

Ben Steggall we did a Phantom Medley last year, you can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn7MZJZ9m8SEo7s

[@kaitlynh.lebaron958]

Ben Steggall there is a phantom medley they have done! It’s on their channel!

[@bensteggall9335]

Just&Kait Ventures thank you so much!! Heading there now

[@bekahyoung3705]

Hadestown! You forgot Hadestown!

[@aprilknapp9631]

It only went up to 2016.

[@zaligin]

I’m sad that The Book of Mormon was not included

[@strongrabbit9776]

Jesus Christ, Superstar?

[@microboyfriend]

I love this but I'm upset y'all left out RENT and Be More Chill

[@LeBaronSingers]

We actually did put rent in originally but KZbin wouldn’t let us include it in our vid so we had to cut it out 😭you can see the whole thing on our patreon page at patreon.com/lebaronsingers

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Was the Wizard of Oz a Broadway Musical?

[@LeBaronSingers]

Ha, no. We wanted to name it the Evolution of Musical Theatre, but thought maybe the Evolution of Broadway would sound more appealing ;)

[@cherylkincaid5643]

No Ragtime??!!!

[@omax444]

I liked it very much. But have to say “The Wizard of Oz” was not a Broadway musical

[@shawnd8778]

Felt too rushed.

[@lprochonROPE]

You sing great but you need to learn how to lipsynch better!!!!!