some of my fave performances of musical theater dudes playing instruments while they sing

why can they all play guitar?

jamie muscato (guitar):

free fallin (ft fra fee playing piano and singing alongside him) [x], blackbird [x], falling slowly [x], lover, you should’ve come over [x], lifeboat [x]

antonio cipriano (guitar, piano, ukulele):

someone you loved [x], wait for me (ft renee rapp) [x], creep (ft renee rapp and celia r gooding) [x], a whole new world (he sings this on his kitchen table. good energy) [x], hand in my pocket [x]

damon daunno (guitar, ukulele):

baby it’s cold outside (ft shaina taub, they flip who sings what and its v pretty) [x], oh, what a beautiful mornin’ [x], the surrey with the fringe on top [x], people will say we’re in love (ft rebecca naomi jones) [x]

ramin karimloo (guitar, banjo):

once upon a december [x], poison and wine (ft sierra boggess) [x], amazing grace [x], solitude [x], bring him home ft his banjo [x]

darren criss (guitar, piano, but he plays like 20 instruments):

teenage dream (the glee one: [x] guitar cover: [x]), i dreamed a dream [x], don’t you want me (ft l3a michele im sorry) [x], have yourself a merry little christmas [x]

hadley fraser (guitar):

someday [x], what are you doin’ new year’s eve [x], a fairytale of new york [x], take me away [x]

ben fankhauser (piano, melodica (?) ):

have yourself a merry little christmas [x], wake me up/touch me [x], what you own [x], halo/you will be found (ft natalie weiss) [x]

jeremy jordan (guitar):

heaven (ft ashley spencer) [x], revelation [x], guitar medley [x], bonnie [x]

ricky rojas (guitar):

tennessee whiskey (ft aaron tveit) [x], she used to be mine (ft aaron tveit) [x]

bradley jaden (guitar):

hold back the river (ft matt harvey also on guitar and rob houchen) [x]

musical theatre performances are lovely (w/ links)

lots of stuff for newer fans esp, i put in lots of popular performances! a bit of west end but its mostly bway

• im not letting anyone forget that time jonathan groff and BETTY GILPIN??? sang and kissed circa 2009 [x]
• i would do anything for denee benton’s natasha [x]
• obligatory joshua colley mention! he sang seventeen w milly shapiro and i cannot wait for him to be back onstage [x]
• also karen olivo sang your eyes from rent! [x]
• a ton of hedwigs sing wig in a box together with varying levels of production value and Wigs [x]
• jamie muscato singing laurie’s song from little women (fly at me) [x]
• jeremy jordan and cheyenne jackson (‘sergeant handsome’ or whatever from glee) singing from side show with jeremy jordan standing on a box hitting crazy notes [x]
• rob houchen sings adele and i love it [x]
• aaron tveit sings adele and i love it [x]
• john gallagher jr and jenn damiano singing dont do sadness/blue wind (i keep forgetting she was in spring awakening) [x]
• renee rapp celia gooding antonio cipriano+creep with this gorgeous moment where they go from chest to head voice in perfect harmony????? bro [x]
• putting this here too but dwsa word of your body reprise,, i love it, the way the sign for 'bruise’ gets used from the woyb to the reprise is so smart. THE ENDING!!! [x]
• rob houchen singing a jazzy the man that got away cover [x]
• ramin karimloo and colm wilkinson singing bring him home together [x]
• norm lewis sierra boggess phantom point of no return [x]
• antonio cipriano singing maria (it should’ve been him not a*nsel) [x]
• best bway power couple (thank them for dwsa) michael arden and andy mientus singing a case of you as a duet and its really pretty and their harmonies are stunning [x] andy mientus also sang this with darren criss and its also really pretty [x]
• also them singing vegas (tldr: two frat bros imagine going to vegas, written by the folks who wrote run away w me) [x]
• another bway couple! jeremy jordan n ashley spencer singing a mariah mashup [x] and tie me up from island song [x]
• also some cut songs from newsies circa 2011 [x]
• christy altomare n derek klena singing their carrie duet you shine @ 54 below, complete with a little spin? i kinda just love their stage chemistry+ their voices together! pretty [x]
• obligatory jamie muscato heathers performance since i think the tiktok audio of him is finally dead (personally i am obsessed with that bit where he sings the first 'i was meant to be yours’ the SWITCH?? also the shirt pulls were nice) [x]
• more heathers stuff but ryan mccartan singing dead girl walking from jd’s pov [x]
• aaron tveit and KELLI O HARA sing that judy garland duet [x]

iconic musical theatre world performances with links!

hopefully theres something here for everyone [esp new fans!], i included lots of popular/iconic performances and some less talked about ones : )

• let’s start with run away with me! every male broadway tenor has performed this, including: grant gustin [x], jeremy jordan [x], aaron tveit [x], michael arden [x], ben fankhauser [x], matt doyle [x], etc… here’s a playlist of all of them [x] [there’s 42 covers??? jesus]
• bonnie milligan and matt doyle together is always perfection but i esp. LOVE their version of tell me [x] and their 90’s medley [x]
• andy mientus + kings of leon with krysta rodriguez and jeremy jordan as backup? dont complain just sit and listen [x]
• bonus here’s aaron tveit singing the same song [x]
• mandatory jeremy jordan its all coming back to me now link [x]
  also him singing sam smith [x] and radiohead [x]
• now onto broadway’s boyfriend aaron tveit in THAT rent performance ft gavin creel [x], popular [x], and seven wonders [x]
• baby joshua colley singing valjean better than hugh jackman at age 13 [x] + him singing godspell w/ dustin from stranger things [x]
• NOW. older!joshua colley absolutely killing go the distance [x], she used to be mine [x], and seventeen from heathers [x]
  [he reminds me of that dude from enola holmes? is that just me]
• ben fankhauser singing belief (the alexander sage oyen/fankhauser combo is godly) [x]
• THE BRO DUET ft george salazar/jason gotay (no homo song) [x]
• anything deaf west spring awakening, but special shoutout to their renditions of word of your body [x], word of your body reprise [x], touch me [x], and their tonys performance [x]
• also ben fankhauser singing a christmas song, riffing into a key change, and playing the melodica in between? [x]
• speaking of, his wake me up/touch me mashup with him also playing the piano! talented man [x]
• aaron tveit loml singing hozier is one for the books [x]
• drew gasparini! andy mientus once again in love with jeremy jordan! hit list! perfect! i just really like this song [x]
• austin mckenzie singing (and signing!) valerie… [x]
• also him signing/singing brother is a 10/10 [x]
• obligatory aaron tveit+taylor swift link [x]
• denee benton singing a cut song from the great comet of 1812 [x]
• michael arden playing piano & singing i’d rather be sailing interrupted by andy mientus stealing his drink and harmonizing [x]
• that taylor louderman little miss perfect vid that got co-opted by the owl house fans and tiktok [x]
• jenn damiano flipping the song i’ve been to make it from natalie’s pov- its super interesting and worth listening to as a n2n fan [x]
• also this hour long video shitting on the cats movie [x] and this one shitting on the les mis movie [x]

in conclusion, fuck tom hooper and i hope you enjoy!