The Laurence Olivier Awards 2016: What I Did For Love

Featuring Maria Friedman, Janie Dee, Joanna Riding, Samantha Spiro, Katie Brayben, Lorna Want, Zrinka Cvitešić, Sharon D. Clarke, Leigh Zimmerman, Jill Halfpenny, Leanne Jones, Ruthie Henshall, Nichola McAuliffe, Lesley Mackie, Sara Crowe and Michael Ball.
April 3, 2016 - Royal Opera House, London

[@hisayukisakai3910]

親や親族に反対され、友人達からは変人扱いされ、「叶わない」と否定された自分の夢、それから数年が過ぎ、私は夢を叶える事が出来た。諦めずに信じて継続する、迷わずに選んだ道を歩む、それが夢を叶えた結果だった。他人には理解出来ない喜びや幸福、そして乗り越えた数々の悲しみや苦難、振り返ればそれは遥か過去の記憶として存在している。それは私にとって愛すべき日々、決して後悔しない素敵な時間。 この歌はまるで私の生きてきた人生、素晴らしい！。

[@suzannebenz8928]

Love seeing and hearing Michael Ball!!!! He is the BEST!

[@Thatgayguytimo]

I’m an American so sorry idk any of these people but that last lady in the purple… god bless she’s amazing!

[@LadyDoc]

That’s Maria Friedman. Best known to American audiences as The Narrator in the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond.

[@MsNegativityNinja]

This song makes me cry so points for that but they all sound like Miranda sings

[@SaucyWench7]

Just popping in to say the comments here are hysterical. And I agree with them.

[@greatvideos2014]

Congratulations Hiran...❤️❤️you brought a light to my country which is wrapped up with darkness at the moment. Bless you! From a Sri Lankan in London!

[@MiaHessMusic]

pretty amazing!!

[@thitirathjj]

2:52-3:03 Ouchh, My ears hurt.

[@user-nc2kz2mn5v]

Why don't we see Jill Halfpenny sing more often...I knew she was a great actress but never knew she was also a great singer.

[@ricardoazen5886]

only one word so beautiful magical

[@bernadettegrana4923]

All i love you!!!!!

[@teriholzberg684]

I believe the all sang this song. 40yrs ago the original group😄😄

[@MikeA15206]

dear god, I couldn't decide who was the most flat.

[@bobbuff5421]

Mike Anderson Thought it was me? How embarrassing 4 the ladies who were in key. What were they thinking?

[@Beautifulmusiclistnr]

Mike and Bob, I thought it was me! I thought I was the only one who thought they were off key. I'm not saying I can carry a tune in a bucket, but I'm not singing in front of a crowd. I should have been up there at that rate! lol

[@joshcurrie4436]

No question about it. It's auld Ruthie bless her!

[@amyclarke41]

Gs t 16 😀p m m s e s

[@judyshallstrom415]

They all had a turn! What a shame

[@Lioness0109]

I thought it was nice! ❤❤

[@estellecollins2773]

these girls can sing x

[@michaelbirchall7514]

+Estelle Collins pity they didn't do it on the night

[@sifridbassoon]

i'm sure it was very emotional during the ceremony, but they pretty much butchered the song.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

This. 💯

[@angiesmith3941]

This is really is clustered, and I feel like everyone sounds amazing but just not together, if that makes sense

[@NotaFro]

Some of that was...unfortunate

[@frosty908]

Poor Ruthie....must have had some monitor issues...

[@AMD1114]

+frosty908 Why what was wrong?

[@sachsc527]

+frosty908 That was really unfortunate

[@AMD1114]

What happened?

[@sachsc527]

Cat AMD she's normally amazing but she's rather flat here

[@AMD1114]

oh ok I tone deaf so......sounded ok to me. Why a monitor issue though?

[@augustobasa2489]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

I know the comments are full of people complaining about a mediocre performance, but it only takes a couple of people being off pitch/off beat and essentially no rehearsal time for thing to sound off. It’s clear to me that all of these women are soloists, not chorus members, and a couple of them probably were cast for their acting more than their voice, and it’s possible some of them haven’t trained their voice for some years. Collectively, they don’t sound top-notch, which is why production brought on the choir. It’s a lovely tribute. That’s all I see (and hear!)

[@chloelegg2961]

Kiss today goodbye The sweetness and the sorrow Wish me luck, the same to you But I can't regret What I did for love, what I did for love Look, my eyes are dry The gift was ours to borrow It's as if we always knew And I won't forget what I did for love What I did for love Gone Love is never gone As we travel on Love's what we'll remember Kiss today goodbye And point me toward tomorrow We did what we had to do Won't forget, can't regret What I did for love What I did for love What I did for love And I won't forget What I did for love Gone Love is never gone As we travel on Love's what we'll remember Kiss today goodbye And point me toward tomorrow We did what we had to do Won't forget, can't regret What I did for love What I did for love What I did for love What I did for love

[@lizzielane1979]

That is some queen behaviour right there

[@seansantaclarita1]

Why are some of them off pitch?

[@flickdasher1775]

should have just let shirley bassey do it alone!

[@johnwaterhouse5158]

the lady to Michael Ball's right at the end

[@billypapag91]

Please upload Imelda Staunton's performance !

[@TheMusicalTheatre]

+Thaddeus Griffin kzbin.info/www/bejne/aILHd2SLacubrLM

[@mattymariah]

Ouch. It sounds like they couldn’t hear themselves at all. Ruthie can slay usually. This is tragic.

[@lapponia77]

I'm afraid to say you have a point. The idea was wonderful, but it didn't work :-(

[@scottferris6309]

What happened? Did they not have enough time to practice? Not a good rendition. Something goes terribly wrong.

[@zyxw2024]

You mean vocalize, rehearse.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

It was awful. Smh.

[@richardphillips5158]

Hate to be a wet rage, but ... there are serious pitch problems among these performers, who are probably not first-of-all singers. FYI - two stellar performances are by Shirley Bassey and Linda Eder.

[@TheatreTards]

The only good ones were Joanna Riding, Lorna Want and Leanne Jones in this

[@sachsc527]

+Theatre Tards Leanne Jones

[@hypnosisforinsomania]

are u serious?

[@richardallanmartin1304]

What is the name of the 2 nd girl???

[@beckylewis8054]

Janie Dee

[@rebecaferreroni9857]

...what was that?

[@cam11971]

There seems to be a lot of glorification for the american musical (chorus line, guys and dolls, gypsy etc.) in the west end this season...just shows the domination/ superiority of American theatre

[@zyxw2024]

"The American's Are Coming" lol English performers do just fine as Imelda Staunton has proven. I saw Chorus Line on Broadway in 1975 & Gypsy on Broadway, starring Bernadette Peters, in 2003. :)))))

[@john_dee]

I feel like I should know this, but who is the actress at 2:01?

[@mistressone]

Katie Brayben she played Carol King in the musical Beautiful 💛

[@apulet]

думала мне показалось,но нет не показалось 😳

[@rothsshvili5125]

0:51

[@onehotxfirefighter]

Could I recommend Dr Patricia MacMahon to teach them. Shockingly bad.

[@lynneforsyth8231]

Not great ladies, off key a fair bit

[@johnwaterhouse5158]

oneof them sang out of tune around 2:52

[@wjcj1566]

You can put them all together BUT can never beat Shirley Bassey's version.

[@suzannebenz8928]

Michael: You looks so good in that Tux! Bless you, Dear!

[@susanmitchell3266]

Wasn't as bad as the comments suggest. Possibly just too many of the same tone of voice.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

Yes it was bad. It was terrible. Several of them were off key.

[@onehotxfirefighter]

That was just awful. Truly awful.

[@josephvincentrom3747]

Is this a rehearsals? Too dressed for a rehearsals

[@brianeduardo1234]

A few ropey vocals... did not really work

[@thestonewallpoetry4330]

Ghastly

[@bingovegas4867]

As someone who saw the original Broadway play and cast in 1975 these broads are so off key its embarrassing. What the hell were they thinking?

[@saram7347]

This is horrendous

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

Not the best performances, sorry. Some of them are off pitch, or can't reach the proper note. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@abelsincain]

One of the ladies was totally out of tune and the soulish singing by the black lady were the worst.

[@janicemurphy7878]

Whoever that these girls are saying flat and there wasn't a good one and a bunch of them however whoever made that kind of comment obviously can't sing them sells or can't recognize people that can sing

[@oliver-bv5rj]

Janice Murphy i've had years of vocal training and i never bash on singers, but i can hear that some of these singers were tragically flat

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

Several were off key.

[@saram7347]

OMG 😆 this is horrendous!!!!

[@mylesgarcia4625]

God, the only one I recognized was fat & flabby Michael Ball -- but none of the ladies. Who was the one who wore the spidery-web dress? That was quite beautiful!!

[@lazarelazaro52]

Rutie and Samantha Spiro were the worst.

[@graememarshall4643]

Friggin terrible 🙈

[@dlourdes4743]

horrible

[@Katy_sturniolos]

I love Ruthie but my god she was awfully flat

[@bobbuff5421]

OMG. Those broads in U.K. were so off key. What the fuck? Ok a few were in tune but really?

[@zeidlove0947]

This is horrible

[@michaelturner5001]

Not great! 😵‍💫

[@a.torres2176]

This is awful!!! What in GAY HELL!?

[@thangvuong9196]

So bad lol...