#rob houchen

IMPORTAN NOTICE FOR LES MIS LONDON FANS

I shall be going to Les Mis V Phantom this year alongside other fansites! I hope to make a video montage of the day as well as provide you with pictures, livetweets and performance videos. However, I can’t make a video montage of the day if the cast members are not in it! So, please donate money to https://www.justgiving.com/lesmisvphantom3/ for a cast member of your choice.

For example, if you want Dougie to play - leave a comment with “DCLesMis”. With other cast members, saying “[insert cast member name] this is for you”.

EVERY CAST MEMBER MUST RAISE £100, SO PLEASE HELP AND THANK YOU!

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]