#51
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:29pm
An awful reminder of the fragility of life and the way it can end so abruptly and devastatingly.
I'm feeling so sorry for his family and friends.
Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21 — Page 3
#52
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:34pm
What a great loss for the future of Broadway, and the performing arts. I actually watched Les Mis for the first time just to see him. And I walked out of the theater talking to strangers about how we were so excited for where his career would take him next. Prayers for his family and the cast of Les Mis.
#53
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:35pm
Tragic that he died so young and so soon after having accomplished so much- and at his mother's apartment.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#54
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:39pm
The cause of his death is just the saddest thing.
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#55
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:47pm
I wonder if he'll be included in the In Memoriam segment on next year's Tony Awards.
#57
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:53pm
Annoying Actor Friend is trying to get #Dim4Kyle trending on twitter. I really hope this happens.
#58
Posted: 8/29/15 at 4:55pm
Absolutely tragic and heartbreaking.
We have suddenly lost Broadway performers before and they did not dim the lights for them, but maybe his history making performance will help get them dimmed.
#59
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:03pm
I don't know how they got through that matinee. https://twitter.com/joespiel/status/637713323149131776
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#60
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:05pm
ljay889 said: "We have suddenly lost Broadway performers before and they did not dim the lights for them, but maybe his history making performance will help get them dimmed."
That's what I was thinking.
#61
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:07pm
He is now the #1 trending topic on Facebook.
#62
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:19pm
If you read the comments it appears they had a curtain speech.
https://instagram.com/p/6-efQcJbL-/
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#63
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:53pm
Jesus...that's horrible. Young people dying...I obviously didn't now him, but this really shook me up. And listening to Bring Him Home, at the same time..what painfully appropriate lyrics, He was fantastic.
"Let him rest, Heaven blest"
#64
Posted: 8/29/15 at 5:55pm
Almost every lyrics in Bring Him Home had that effect on me when watching the video. "He is young, he is only a boy"
#65
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:00pm
This is very sad. I saw him perform at a concert earlier this month. He seemed very nice. It's just very sad.
#66
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:07pm
What an awful loss. My thoughts are with his family and friends and the company of Les Mis.
#67
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:11pm
So tragic. I was there on Thursday and Kyle gave such a polished performance. I had no idea he'd only been on as JVJ a few times. Standing ovation at the end and Kyle looked so happy with how this went, as he deserved to do. My thoughts go out to everyone who knew him.
#68
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:13pm
I'm devastated and shocked. My heart goes out to everyone that knew him.
#69
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:26pm
This is horrible and shocking. I can't imagine how his family must be feeling right now. My heart goes out to them and the entire Les Mis company.
#70
Posted: 8/29/15 at 6:45pm
It seem he went to high school with Ansel Elgort, who has only the best to say about him.
#71
Posted: 8/29/15 at 9:01pm
This is such sad, sad news. A bright light that has been put out far too soon. My thoughts are with his loved ones.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#72
Posted: 8/29/15 at 9:17pm
Curtain Call and speech from today's Matinee - https://m.facebook.com/groups/78533930725?view=permalink&id=10153503348455726
#73
Posted: 8/29/15 at 9:31pm
Wow. Thanks for that.
Also, in case anyone had missed it, Kyle was in that "Broadway Draft" video that was posted last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CziskklvRPI&feature=youtu.be
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#74
Posted: 8/29/15 at 9:46pm
They should/need to release a full video of him as JVJ in Les mis to preserve his voice
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#75
Posted: 8/29/15 at 9:53pm
I think the person who recorded his first BHH did record the whole show, but I could be wrong.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
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