2013 Tony Awards Opening Number (HD)

<font color="#FFFF00"> Captioning sponsored by CBS</font> >> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. IT'S THIS NEXT SINGER'S FOURTH TIME SINGIN' IN THIS PUB, SO CUT HIM SOME SLACK. HE'S SINGING SOMETHING NEW. >> HI. I'M NEIL. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF SOMEONE ELSE HADN'T PASSED ON HOSTING, SO SPECIAL THANKS TO SHIA LABEOUF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. (<i> LAUGHTER</i> ) ♪ ♪ ♪ I CAN BREAK YOUR HEART WITH A WORK OF ART ♪ AND A SONG THAT'S QUIET AND SMALL ♪ BUT WE'RE BACK WHERE WE BEGAN IT ALL ♪ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL SO TONIGHT ♪ WE... MIGHT... GO... BIGGER THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER ♪ IT'S BROADWAY'S GREATEST NIGHT AND WE'RE RARIN' TO GO ♪ LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER ♪ WHO WILL TAKE HOME A TONY STATUE ♪ WE DON'T KNOW I GUARANTEE A TRULY LEGENDARY SHOW THIS SEASON'S NEW RECRUITS ♪ INCLUDE THE CAST OF "KINKY BOOTS" ♪ YOU SEE, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL AND BUFF AS NAVY SEALS ♪ AND YOU COULD BOUNCE A QUARTER OFF THE ASS OF BILLY PORTER ♪ LORD, HE DOES EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK IN EIGHT-INCH HEELS ♪ HATS OFF TO BERRY GORDY HE RUNS MOTOWN LIKE A BOSS ♪ HE DOMINATES TOP 40 AND HE LOVES DIANA ROSS ♪ HE WROTE HIS OWN LIBRETTO WHICH IS REALLY KINDA BALLIN' ♪ HE TOOK EVERY MOTOWN CLASSIC AND HE SAID, "PUT ¡EM ALL IN" ♪ MAKE IT BIGGER IT'S BIGGER ♪ THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER IT'S BIGGER ♪ HEY, I JUST LEARNED THIS DANCE HALF AN HOUR AGO ♪ WE'RE GOING BIGGER IT'S BIGGER ♪ LIKE SO MUCH BIGGER SO MUCH BIGGER ♪ YOU EVER SEEN SO MANY DIVAS IN A ROW ♪ HELL NO WELL, STICK WITH ME ♪ 'CAUSE YOUR EMCEE'S A SEASONED PRO ♪ GO, NEIL, GO IT'S PIPPIN ♪ NEVER SLIPPIN' ALWAYS FLIPPIN' ♪ AS HE'S PININ' FOR HIS CORNER OF THE SKY ♪ BUT THE SKY IS OVERCROWDED WITH HIS OH SO HIGHLY TOUTED ♪ CAST OF SINGING CIRCUS PEOPLE FLYING BY THE CAST OF “BRING IT ON” ♪ HAD-- COUNT ¡EM-- 32 DEBUTS HEY, KIDS, WELCOME TO BROADWAY ♪ DON'T FORGET YOUR UNION DUES IN TANDEM LIKE WE PLANNED THEM ♪ AND FORGIVE ME IF IT'S RANDOM BUT MIKE TYSON HAD A ONE-MAN SHOW ♪ LET'S GIVE THE MAN A HAND AND MAKE THINGS BIGGER ♪ IT'S STUPENDOUS THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER ♪ IT'S TREMENDOUS I'M HERE WITH IRON MIKE ♪ HE'S A HEAVYWEIGHT, YO LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER ♪ IT'S FOR REAL TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER ♪ DON'T MESS WITH NEIL HEY, WE'VE GOT CHEERLEADERS ♪ CONTORTIONISTS AND SO WHOO ♪ GO FIND A SPORTS BAR CHANGE THE CHANNEL TO OUR SHOW ♪ GO, NEIL, GO THE FAMOUS FOUR MATILDAS ♪ STOLE THE SHOW AND NEARLY KILLED US ♪ SO THEY GOT A SPECIAL TONY OF THEIR OWN ♪ WHICH STRIKES AT THE ACHILLES OF THE JADED FORMER BILLYS ♪ THEY WIN TONYS BUT GET FIRED WHEN THEY'RE GROWN ♪ NOW HERE'S THE KIDS FROM "CHRISTMAS STORY" ♪ ANNIE AND HER ORPHANS SO MANY CHILD ACTORS ♪ HIGH ON RED BULL AND ENDORPHINS ♪ THEY BARELY COME UP TO YOUR KNEES ♪ BUT GOD, THEY'RE SINGIN' LIKE M.V.P.'s ♪ AND THEY'RE THE REASON THIS WHOLE SEASON ♪ SEEMS TO LOOK LIKE CHUCK E. CHEESE ♪ AND JEEZ IT'S BIGGER ♪ IT'S BIGGER THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER ♪ IT'S BIGGER IS THERE A TONY DAYCARE ♪ WHERE ALL OF YOU GO YOU'RE GETTING BIGGER ♪ WHEN WE'RE BIGGER TONIGHT IS BIGGER ♪ WE'RE BIGGER DO YOUR PARENTS SET ASIDE ♪ YOUR BROADWAY DOUGH HELL, NO ♪ WHEN I PLAYED DOOGIE NEVER MIND, ON WITH THE SHOW ♪ GO, NEIL, GO OH ♪ BROADWAY'S WHERE FAMOUS PEOPLE GO ♪ THOUGH BEING FAMOUS DOESN'T MEAN THAT ♪ YOU WILL GET A GOOD REVIEW SO, ALEC, WRITE BEN BRANTLEY ♪ IF YOU WANT THAT'S ENTERTAINING, TOO WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO ♪ BIGGER FAST ♪ BIGGER THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER ♪ IT'S BIGGER I'M WALKIN' DOWN THE AISLE ♪ WITH SOME NEWSIES IN TOW THIS SHOW IS BIGGER ♪ IT'S BIGGER TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER ♪ WE'RE BIG IF THERE'S A NEWSIE YOU PREFER ♪ YOU LET ME KNOW YOU'LL GET A NEWSIE ♪ IN YOUR GIFT BAG WHEN YOU GO >> CAN I HAVE MY TOM HOOPER "LES MIZ" CLOSE-UP, PLEASE? SEE, ON BROADWAY, WE DON'T NEED EXTREME CLOSE-UPS TO PROVE WE'RE SINGING LIVE. WE SING LIVE EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK. CHECK IT. ♪ AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER ♪ TO HONOR THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ♪ AND TOMORROW THE FASHION POLICE ♪ WILL REPORT ON YOUR DRESS AND WHO WORE IT THE TIGHTEST ♪ IF YOU WIN HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE ♪ TELL YOUR MANAGER, DAD AND YOUR MOM THANKS ♪ SAY HI TO YOUR KIDS AND YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE ♪ MAYBE JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT TOM HANKS ♪ NOTHING IS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN SEEING A VETERAN ♪ GET AN OVATION OR SEEING A BRILLIANT BEGINNER ♪ FREAK OUT ON A WIN ON THEIR FIRST NOMINATION ♪ THERE'S A KID IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ♪ WHO'S SITTING THERE LIVING FOR TONY PERFORMANCES ♪ SINGIN' AND FLIPPIN' ALONG WITH THE PIPPINS ♪ AND WICKEDS AND KINKYS MATILDAS AND MORMONSES ♪ MORE SO WE MIGHT REASSURE THAT KID ♪ AND DO SOMETHING TO SPUR THAT KID ♪ ¡CAUSE I PROMISE YOU ALL OF US UP HERE TONIGHT ♪ WE WERE THAT KID AND NOW WE'RE BIGGER ♪ BIGGER TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER ♪ TONIGHT IS BIG SO LET'S CREATE ♪ THE BIGGEST SPECTACLE WE KNOW SPECTACLE WE KNOW ♪ COME SEE THE SUPER-SEXY CINDERELLA SISTERS CELEBRATING ♪ LADIES, GRAB A FELLA THE TEMPO IS ACCELERATING ♪ "NEWSIES," "PIPPIN," "MOTOWN PHANTOM," "KINKY" ♪ "ROCK OF AGES," "CHICAGO," "BRING IT ON" ♪ "A CHRISTMAS STORY" SHARING STAGES ♪ "MAMMA MIA," "LION KING" "THE JERSEY BOYS" ARE TAPPIN' ♪ KATHIE LEE'S A BROADWAY LYRICIST ♪ SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BIGGER ♪ NEW YORK IS BIGGER SO WELCOME TO OUR BIGGER, BETTER ♪ BEST OF BROADWAY TONY SHOW. ♪ (<i> CHEERS AND APPLAUSE</i> ) (<i> CHEERS AND APPLAUSE</i> )

Channel: JoeAndMichael

Views: 4,174,082

Keywords: 2013 Tony Awards, NPH, Neil Patrick Harris, Latrina, Latrina Twalay, Latrina de Twalay, Tony Awards, Broadway, Musical, Theatre, Comedy, TV shows, Award shows, Doogie, Dance, Live Theatre

Id: _deqj-O0RUc

Length: 8min 2sec (482 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 10 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/Jarkside]

Did he sprint to back of the theater to pull off the magic trick??

[u/BruteSentiment]

The story behind this number is even crazier.

WEISS: It was rehearsed piecemeal with all the different groups. It didn’t all come together until the morning of the show, which is incredible for what it became. Every section or segment was rehearsed onto itself. And then Sunday morning in front of an audience — because we had an audience for the dress rehearsal — it came together on stage.

HARRIS: I would back up a day, maybe two days, because I think one of the most intense times for that was one maybe three-hour block where we had all of the people who were in the end of the song, and we taught them all individually the choreography they had to learn. There were like 200 people in one big rehearsal space. They split them into two groups, taught the first group the number, sent them away, and taught the second group the number. This is in like 20-minute segments. Then I showed up and literally had 30 minutes to teach the entire act with all of them. So we got like two passes at everything.

KIRSHNER: The magic trick took a lot of rehearsal and [to get] it just right. In our multiple rehearsals, we never pulled it off 100% perfectly until live night. And then it went exactly right.

That whole thing was ambitious as fuck and they pulled it off.

[u/foursevens]

Bonus: The same number, but in the booth with director Glenn Weiss at the top of his game.

[u/timbrelyn]

I remember hearing about this performance at the time but never saw it before today. Phenomenal!! Thx for posting it

[u/basilbowman]

Written by Lin Manuel Miranda - if you couldn't tell by how tight the lyrics are

[u/KunfusedJarrodo]

It is hard to compete with NPH when it comes to this performance. He gives it his all and you can tell.

Also I love the behind the scenes video with Lin Manuel writing the lyrics for the ending song as the show is going on haha

edit: this is the youtube clip backstage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CR-sAit8LE&ab_channel=usnavi

[u/Michelrpg]

Still one of my favorite performamces ever. Neil Patrick Harris is an eternal fricking well of talent and charisma

[u/ty556]

This intro gave me an appreciation for theater I hadn’t had before. Since seeing I’ve made it a point to see more shows.

[u/S-Markt]

bad soundquality, but neil patrick harris is a perfect old school entertainer. would be great to see his biography in a "fame" (1980) movie style