BYU "Defying Gravity" Clip

[Elphabuff2]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 11:09am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oE1c6PrnUk

Pretty neat. Staging is innovative. Singing is stellar.

[lesmis]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 11:16am

That was great. I have a few friends that went to BYU for their performing arts program and they are all so talented. Thanks

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 11:17am

She had that Shoshana thing going on.

[Dancin Thru Life]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:19pm

DAMN! That was good!

BRAVO to all involved - especially the actress playing Elphaba!

WELL DONE!

[defygravity2]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:23pm

VERY impressive...helps remind me of why I still love that song after all these years!

That cannot be from an actual full-length production, can it? I didn't think the rights to the show were available yet.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:49pm

I thought it was illegal to even stage a number with the costumes...

and innovative staging...? What?

[Over the Moon]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 1:58pm

i got chills
oh my


that was awesome

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 2:52pm

Dittos, I got major chills at the end. Loved that!

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:04pm

That was a wonderful clip, thanks for sharing.

The staging was great, loved how the witch's shadow looked.

[jaso937]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:05pm

her "Downs" were really spectacular. Beautiful Belt

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:06pm

That cannot be from an actual full-length production, can it? I didn't think the rights to the show were available yet.

It's not. It's the BYU Young Ambassadors.

http://pam.byu.edu/similarpage.asp?title=Young%20Ambassadors

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:07pm

Ick. I've heard it all before. Terrible riffing.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 3:48pm

yeah, she was good with the glinda, and kinda was mediocre during her ending bit until the Bring Me Downs, which were good! but like ljay889 said, we heard this all before. elphaba does have a nice quality to her voice though!

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 4:02pm

I don't know but that looked kind of sketch.

[DaneSaw]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:23pm

Sketch? How?

Clearly it's not from a staged production of the show, given the fact that both characters are wearing the wrong costumes.

For what it was, it was a great performance. At least they got Elphaba off the ground, they didn't just have her stand on a box or have her run downstage...

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:30pm

I thought it was good. Like someone else said, they atleast got her off the ground.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:34pm

Wow! She is on an actual cherry picker!

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 6:41pm

Brava! That lady should audition.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 8:01pm

Thanks for posting! That was wonderful!

[Gobstopper]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 8:09pm

Wow, that was really much much more impressive than I expected, and the riffing at the end was quite good. Those girls have great potential.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 8:55pm

Did You Tube switch videos or something? It seemed like a high school swing choir after a case of beer. What was that "flying"? Do they not teach lighting design? If so, the lighting person only took the class for On and Off.

[Allshowsrock]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 9:32pm

that was good. They got her off the ground, the singing was pretty good (some off parts but its a hard song to sing, But I dont like her end riff, it sounds nice...but sometimes the riffing gets old...at least its an original riff :)

[seymour krelborn]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 10:01pm

wow, I really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing.

[Flaunt It]

Posted: 1/14/08 at 12:10am

At least she knows how to breath like a singer.. unlike a certain gaspy flat Tony-winner for that role.

[wickedfiyeroofoz]

Posted: 1/14/08 at 12:22am

I love how they didn't even bother to hide the cherry picker with extra fabric :p