That raspy part when she sang the last note was just perfect! Imelda Staunton made a lot of brave, and in my opinion, well placed decisions when she sang this!
@nina1522
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I knew Imelda was a gifted actress, but I didn't know she could sing. Just beautiful.
@Fl0k5ser
Жыл бұрын
If Harry Potter was a musical movie, I can definitely see Umbridge annoyed Harry with her songs while teaching something extremely wicked 😂
@oldvlognewtricks
Жыл бұрын
She’s been in musicals for a long while… she was in the original London cast of Into The Woods, for instance
@CarysCreatesThings
10 ай бұрын
In the early 90s she was in a sitcom called Up The Garden Path and she sang the theme tune (which was a cover of Ain’t Misbehavin’).
@farshssps7338
6 ай бұрын
She was a great Mama Rose in Gypsy too. I think you can find the show on youtube.
@elizamccroskey1708
3 жыл бұрын
Seeing this wonderful performance as a now 60-year-old woman reminds me of my 15-year-old heartbroken self playing this record and singing along at the top of my lungs. So much joy, longing, and heartbreak in the intervening years. I still have hope for more joy!
@Quinefan
3 жыл бұрын
My goodness. Are you over the 15yo heartbreak yet? Serious question.
@elizamccroskey1708
3 жыл бұрын
@@Quinefan LOL, yes. If I think about it I can still find the scar but it seems a very small one now.
@Quinefan
3 жыл бұрын
@@elizamccroskey1708 good x
@cia1542
2 жыл бұрын
my 15 year old heartbreak was only a year or two ago now… i remember singing this song too, it’s so strange how it’s that same experience hit completely different people and i’m repeating what you did so many years ago
@bronwynkay5459
2 жыл бұрын
I remember going to watch this for the first time streamed in the cinema a few weeks after my first heartbreak. I sobbed so much it hurt. Still cry when I watch this clip
@sator_project
2 жыл бұрын
For me, this will always be the biggest gut punch of a song in musical theater.
@JackMason-oq8lf
Жыл бұрын
This earlier entry to the Sondheim canon became his greatest ballad. This was an "old" song that was completely original.
@lachlanbradburn
3 ай бұрын
Could not agree more. It sets out to be a bit corny, but suddenly turns beautiful and complex. Was not expecting to be so impacted. Such a great performance and a very special song.
@Patrick_Knowlton
Жыл бұрын
The intensity, the tenderness, the range, the power... this performance has me in shambles it's so good.
@ameliadouglas6938
Жыл бұрын
Moment of appreciation for the orchestra
@itsxtasy
3 жыл бұрын
Remarkable performance! Imelda Staunton truly disappears into every character she plays.
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
She is a chameleon!
@stitchcrashesdisney312lion4
2 жыл бұрын
@@NationalTheatre She touches my heart and my soul with everything she says or does or plays. She is my personal queen!❤😘🥺
@rebeccam4397
2 ай бұрын
She's one of my favorite actresses, along with Olivia Colman. I also love that neither of them is conventionally gorgeous, but they are talented and interesting, which is infinitely more important.
@eyerisdee
Жыл бұрын
the “just” in the line “just being kind” are a guy wrenching blow to my heart every time. the grief and rage and pain all at once-incredible.
@Macrogue65
2 жыл бұрын
When she grabs the glass. The emotion. Class, class act.
@djskylerhall
7 ай бұрын
I legitimately thought she was going to throw and shatter the glass. She had me in the palm of her hand.
@billbarnesjazz
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan. Her performance as Rose in Gypsy was phenomenal- those who only know her from her work in the Harry Potter films will be in for a shock.
@philipo5259
3 жыл бұрын
So true. Gypsy was incredible.
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
She was incredible in Gypsy!
@markhager2216
2 жыл бұрын
I first encountered her in the film “Vera Drake” and have followed her career since then. Just and amazing actress
@flav2689
2 жыл бұрын
are very right. I am one of those who originally knew her from Harry Potter, as Umbridge. I loved her playing even in that (that is actually something a HP fan should never say - Umbridge is SO hated many thinkk you should not even love the actress...) so I searched her other works soon. And damn I was impressed. I'm a musical, opera and a classical music lover in general so it was a wonderful surprise. She's spectacular, seriously. She is way too underrated, the world doesn't seem to know anything about her real talents.
@mooseyman74
Жыл бұрын
The Singing Detective dancing around to Dem Bones
@vickifriend9285
Ай бұрын
Such an extraordinary actress. I’ve seen her in Gypsy, Follies and now Hello Dolly. She’s ageing so gloriously. Hello Dolly is wonderful. I’ve seen it with my daughter, aged 44 and my grandson aged 20 and my 14 year old dance student granddaughter. Mixed generations adore this.
@vickybentley9556
2 жыл бұрын
That has to be the best and most meaningful performance of this song ever. I'm in tears. Memories flooding back at 75.
@robwilliamson5082
3 жыл бұрын
I shouldn’t be surprised by her talents, but this is so beautifully performed.
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
It is such a beautiful performance 😍
@briane3657
2 жыл бұрын
Her version of this song cuts to the soul of her character. Beautiful and chilling at the same time. What an incredible actress and singer!
@independentfilmchannel1476
2 жыл бұрын
I've heard this song--one of Mr Sondheim's best--sung by many gifted artists, but this was the first time I felt it. Ms Staunton captures the true meaning in that title magnificently, forcing us to understand without question. Her noticeable anger is a searing addition to the usual stunned plaintiveness. Brava.
@peggyconti1225
2 ай бұрын
It's been a year since his death but many more in marraige And I still this haunts me. "We're you just being kind?"
@helenw8520
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant actress, didn't know she had such a good singing voice as well.
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
She's a queen of the stage!
@andrewwoodmass-calvert2475
3 жыл бұрын
You’ll have to see her in Gypsy! A beautiful voice
@filipv.5019
2 жыл бұрын
Check out Sweeney Todd (with Michael Ball) and Gypsy !
@denizalgazi
2 жыл бұрын
She was absolutely brilliant in Gypsy. She now owns Rose's Turn! 👍
@nudgificator
Жыл бұрын
Then I'd advise you (if you haven't already in the intervening time) to check out the original London cast recording of Into the Woods, where she plays the Baker's Wife.
@fionasimpson9655
3 жыл бұрын
Almost too personal… what an amazing performance.
@yelanates
3 жыл бұрын
It makes me slightly uncomfortable in the good way.
@carr0760
2 жыл бұрын
@@yelanates indeed. This is the first person who has had me believing that they're truly losing their mind, not just using a figure of speech. She's not okay, and it's brilliant.
@Nacho-Mamma
2 жыл бұрын
Perfection! This is hands down the best performance of “Losing My Mind” I have ever seen. The slow buildup from melancholy to frustrated anger is the key to making this classic Sondheim piece work. Imelda Staunton I simply wonderful. I love her in “Gypsy” as well.
@NationalTheatre
2 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely comment, thank you
@chriswinwood6501
Жыл бұрын
Magnificent. The build up to the rage and fury, fading to empty loss. Wonderful.
@Girl-so7yk
9 ай бұрын
Absolutely and anyone who has had their heart truly broken lives every word.
@evalynnchristiansen9430
Ай бұрын
Imelda is an incredible actor. She puts so much into her performances and is always, always spot on.
@richardchason
Жыл бұрын
Staunton's rendition is right up there.among of the finest of the many wonderful leading ladies who've.left their mark on this song. Somehow her anger and strength, so often unfound in this piece, make it yet tearier
@craigslivka1
3 жыл бұрын
whoever did the orchestrations for this is Mort Lindsey brilliant. The instrumentation of this was given a very bluesy/smoke-filled room very much the one that Judy Garland had in A Star is Born with the Man the Got Away. Ms. Staunton takes this very difficult number and weaves a spell a musical enchanted majestically tragic that builds and build as she ponders/realized and gets angry with reality that you cannot but help to get caught up in her performance.
@karl-johanankarblom1091
3 жыл бұрын
Orchestration by Broadway Legend Jonathan Tunick
@bigbrownsound
2 жыл бұрын
@@karl-johanankarblom1091 he’s a genius. So much genius surrounded Sondheim. Birds of a feather I suppose. Fabulous
@kennadylonghurst2322
2 жыл бұрын
I’m
@nathanpeterson3010
2 жыл бұрын
This one got me. I knew she was one of the greatest actors of our time…but I didn’t expect her to rip my heart out like this.
@noahhutchins5164
Жыл бұрын
When I was 19, I fell in love with someone who lived a few hours away. He told me he didnt want a long distance relationship but that he would leave anyone he was with to be with me if I moved closer. He made me feel so incredibly important to him and loved. Howrver, he ended up meeting someone and things changed. He seemed distant, he wouldnt talk to me as often, and when he did talk his humor seemed sting rather than feeling lighthearted and sarcastic. This song so accurately represents what I was going through after that.
@ElsenyoPol
Жыл бұрын
Oh, God! I can’t help but “think about you”, every time this song plays, I doesn’t matter how much time has passed, I still “think about you”, my love. And yes, I’m definitely loosing my mind.
@Girl-so7yk
9 ай бұрын
I’m glad and sorry that it’s not just me ❤
@thomasscottwilliams6672
3 жыл бұрын
I had the great privilege of seeing this at the National and it was incredible. A great cast, great music and performances that shine brighter than imagined.
@DonoVideoProductions
Жыл бұрын
Incredible. This is musical theatre at its best. Ms. Staunton is a pro, and this is a masterclass.
@satyasyasatyasya5746
2 ай бұрын
the years go by, and i'm still losing my mind. i may as well, since i lost my heart. you said you loved me, and i warned you not to, because i couldn't risk believing you (knowing full well what would happen to me if you ever left). But you did tell me, i did believe you and you did leave me. Its been around 7 years now, best years of my life gone just mourning what was in perspective, mere moments. But here I am. Singing my soul out, to an audience of memories.
@naly202
26 күн бұрын
One can't help but love and admire this lady. 🎉 Memorable in everything she did, even the tiny roles, not to mention the Pink Nightmare who made You-know-who pale in comparison
@Nacho-Mamma
8 ай бұрын
In all seriousness, I would love to hear Imelda perform "Ladies Who Lunch" from Sondheim's "Company". Another Sondheim frustrated diva torch song. She kicked ass here & "Rose's Turn" in "Gypsy". So, there's no doubt she could handle it. Dearly love the great Imelda Staunton.
@donnybrasco6321
Жыл бұрын
I had NO idea Dolores Umbridge could sing the STUFF out of a song!! Making Sondheim proud, Professor!❤❤❤
@7ofthem
9 ай бұрын
She can’t but Imelda Staunton can
@rebeccam4397
2 ай бұрын
I love Harry Potter, but she has such a fantastic body of work that it's a shame so many are unaware of.
@judigunn5384
3 жыл бұрын
She is amazing. Poignant, heartfelt, almost too real. Great stuff.
@celestialsaph6402
11 ай бұрын
Imelda Staunton has this way of cutting to the emotional core of every song she performs, she always draws such a deep emotional response from me every time I see her perform
@vitoalbertolippolis2082
Жыл бұрын
Best rendition ever.
@sharona1981
3 жыл бұрын
I never knew Imelda Staunton could sing...I have goosebumps!
@FreeSpirit-iv3rh
3 жыл бұрын
See if you can find her production of Gypsy. She was the best Mama Rose ever!!!!!
@ddjr6673
3 жыл бұрын
@@FreeSpirit-iv3rh you beat me to it! I saw her in London in Gypsy - she was incredible
@FreeSpirit-iv3rh
3 жыл бұрын
@@ddjr6673 I’m sooooo jealous. I saw the production televised and even from that I was blown away!
@davidmcgrath3963
3 жыл бұрын
find her "Roses Turn" from Gypsy. You will be stunned.
@LindaMChristie
3 жыл бұрын
And in Sweeney Todd too.
@Choirboy2013
3 жыл бұрын
Glen Close singing this made me tear up, Imelda made me weep. So powerful.
@evalynnchristiansen9430
Ай бұрын
IMO no one comes close to Imelda.
@JM-bv7og
Жыл бұрын
This performance is going to stay with me for a very long time.. Thank you Thank you Imelda Staunton.👏👏👏👏
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing her as the short, silent, smoking showgirl in the National Theatre's version of _Guys and Dolls_ (her husband Jim Carter played Big Jule). She was hilarious without a word, and I was thrilled that she took over the role of Miss Adelaide when Julia McKenzie left the show. What a wonderful performer.
@ashtynnrethinger2874
Жыл бұрын
Wow that is some of the best jobs acting I have seen in a long time, and she did very little. It was all in the facial expression, voice, and mannerisms. So incredible. She is an inspiration to me
@CohenSimon_Miller
3 жыл бұрын
This is simply out of this world.....
@groovydonkey
3 ай бұрын
I saw this production so many times at the National Theatre and also got to go on a backstage tour and got to visit the stage and able to see what the cast could see. It was a very memorable evening.
@alysonscholes3175
3 жыл бұрын
This gave me shivers. Brava, Imelda!
@edwardroberts9397
Жыл бұрын
every note - every word - every movement is pure perfection! If you don't get chills and don't tear up and don't feel for others or relate to someone in your life - someone who has haunted you.. who has shaped your being..., then this song is not for you.. This could be one of my favorite songs of all time!
@DerBriMoo
10 ай бұрын
Imelda is an amazing actor. And singer. My mind is blown everytime I see her.
@bilimacbr
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for granting the world this performance!
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it ♥️
@kindnessfirst9670
Жыл бұрын
Sondheim is one of the Theatre's greatest writers. His lines just happen to rhyme and come with beautiful music. No wonder actors love to perform his work. No wonder he won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (Along with his 8 Tonys, 8 grammies, an Oscar, 15 Drama Desk awards, 5 Olivier awards, an Edgar award, A US Presidential Medal of Freedom, etc. and he has theaters named after him in both NYC and London ). He was also famous for being a very sweet person who would personally answer letters from strangers- sometimes even giving them free stuff. Since his death thousands of people have gone public about the letters of support and encouragement he would send to aspiring theatre people- some times even children just doing school plays. He would actually show up at High School productions to help out and lend support. A natural born teacher.
@evalynnchristiansen9430
3 күн бұрын
Imelda said in her acceptance speech for best musical actress in Gypsy at the Olivier Awards, that Sondheim was ".. really the Shakespeare of musical theatre and I got to sing his speeches every night. That sorta makes you better doesn't it?"
@teeveee2758
Жыл бұрын
I just cannot thank you enough for putting this on web. Me, who has never been in UK but whos heart is there, this was a glimpse of home. Amazing performance. Thank you thank you
@annabrittain7683
5 ай бұрын
there's a reason this woman is a legend
@jamesrands2600
3 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege to see this live and it was a stunning performance, however thank you for uploading this. Such a nuanced performer. So great to get a little closer. Thanks National! 💙
@caddiebrown8565
2 жыл бұрын
The best Sally Plummer by far...and I've played this role many many times. She is truly a singing actor and a director's delight.
@sylviacarlson3561
Жыл бұрын
I never heard of her before. This performance was so believable. I really believed she loved this guy and yet was angry too. Excellent!
@evalynnchristiansen9430
3 күн бұрын
He mislead her when he told her he loved her. And she really, really did love him.
@jadrianverkouteren3799
2 жыл бұрын
This is a fascinating contrast, more in setting as in approach, to the version I saw as Follies came through Boston on its way to Broadway (and prior to Michael Bennett's involvement IIRC). In the Boston version, Dorothy Collins, in a brilliant silver Jean Harlow dress, was centered in an arch under bright lights in true vamp, torch song mode. It was striking! Seeing how different actors approach familiar songs always fascinates me. (Wish I could see all the versions of King George in Hamilton.) This version, very different from the one fixed in my memory was well done and very interesting.
@lachlanbradburn
3 ай бұрын
This is so naturally perfect. What a talent. I want to give her a hug ❤️
@amcg1904
2 ай бұрын
How can you deny this, a goddess 😍
@rutanyaalda2222
3 жыл бұрын
wonderful actress. been a fan of hers for years.
@BrooklynDreaminCG
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Fantastic. I remember I was a teenager when I saw the original production. I remember Dorothy Collins, whom I didn't know from a hole in the wall (my mom, whom I was with did, of course), standing on an empty stage in a beautiful, shimmery dress. She had a beautiful voice and she just let her voice and the song do all the work, and it was wonderful. But this interpretation is astounding. Bravo (a?).
@stormbob
Жыл бұрын
She's got 14 Olivier nominations (and four wins) for a reason.
@murielbarker4311
2 жыл бұрын
Imelda that was a brilliant performance of that song thank you
@FreeSpirit-iv3rh
3 жыл бұрын
She’s freakin brilliant!!!!
@fini3581
Жыл бұрын
Goosebumps. Tears. Amazing! 🥹
@ItsJackieJackson
3 ай бұрын
Im actually balling my eyes out this was so beautiful 💖
@kittykate314
10 ай бұрын
Wow! Imelda serves perfection! Brava!
@vermont741
Жыл бұрын
Oh my! She’s literally about to lose her mind!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great performance!
@stitchcrashesdisney312lion4
3 жыл бұрын
This is so heartfelt and tender, Imelda touches my heart.🥺❤
@zzzut
7 ай бұрын
That performance is a bona fide acting and singing lesson. The full range of emotions and nuances is demonstrated brilliantly.
@evalynnchristiansen9430
Ай бұрын
I keep coming back to watching this. And now she is blowing everyone away in Hello, Dolly. What a talent -- it's incredible !!!
@michellelforte
2 жыл бұрын
An incredible performance. Thanks for posting NT.
@philippaw65
7 ай бұрын
This is the best version I've heard. The acting and singing are superlative
@ljm4418
Жыл бұрын
I am absolutely in love with this song and her version, I just think it’s done so well
@mylesgarcia4625
2 жыл бұрын
She'd be the perfect Madame Morrible in the screen version of WICKED!!
@nightynightshade
2 жыл бұрын
THIS❤️🔥
@jwsmith53
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@misspamela3468
3 жыл бұрын
What a spectacular performance. Brava!
@williamarndt9465
Жыл бұрын
This woman is amazing. Fabulous. And I saw Dorothy Collins in the original production.
@yz49
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! So powerful! Extraordinary.
@stacysmith3026
28 күн бұрын
Master Class. Sublime.
@wishingonthemoon1
2 жыл бұрын
I had no clue she could sing!!! What a fantastic performance!
@j-art1207
2 жыл бұрын
Shes sung before in sondheim musicals - she was mrs lovett in a production of Sweeney Todd
@michaelratcliffe7559
Жыл бұрын
Great performance. I’ve seen her in films - Harry Potter of course but I would likely have never known that she was so broadly talented if I had not seen this video. Thanks for posting it.
@milab6807
3 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps! Absolutely brilliant x
@mushumama
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing performance! I was lucky enough to see her in Guys & Dolls many years ago at the National. I was working as a press intern for a season there! Would love a streaming option, when its out of movie theaters!
@jazzdancerman
Жыл бұрын
A brilliant actor, singer nailing that beautiful, haunting song as only she can! BRAVA!
@margaretfleming3554
Жыл бұрын
Stunning performance!
@barductube
2 жыл бұрын
From Mrs Micawber over Umbridge to her Muisical appearences I appreciate Imelda for her brilliant acting, always disappearing into her character and making us believe. Pity that many hate Umbridge that much they can't see Imelda shining anymore. Great performance and uploading, thank you.
@nightynightshade
2 жыл бұрын
She looks great! And she is so talented 😍
@deanjeffries651
11 ай бұрын
Me and my beautiful girl was watching imelda at the Savoy theatre my God gypsy
@m.l.bishop1914
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen Bernadette Peters and Marin Mazzie sing this song and of course they were phenomenal, but Imelda's performance here brought something different to it. Not sure what it was - some choices she made that cranked it up a level on the relating emotionally level maybe. The others seemed to just be showing their (very splendid) vocal chops while Imelda is by far the better actress.
@ShelbyLovesShakespeare
3 жыл бұрын
WOW. Chills. She’s incredible :)
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
Right?! I have goosebumps
@morph628
Жыл бұрын
We need this on DVD! Please!!!!!!!
@PDC-yb9qs
3 жыл бұрын
I knew she was a great actress but I didn't realise she could also sing this well. She truly disappears
@sharonkendell-j4r
2 ай бұрын
she’s fantastic ❤
@raeldor
9 ай бұрын
Incredible. I'm always completely fixated when watching her perform. It really feels like she is living the character.
@robinmissouri7514
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite version of this song.
@peterlewis6324
3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous.
@cajsheen2594
Жыл бұрын
Great rendition! ❤ XXX
@liammize3765
Жыл бұрын
She slays this. I would love to hear her do Send in the Clowns also.
@evalynnchristiansen9430
Ай бұрын
I would like to hear that too. Judi Dench's version is my favorite so far.
@eyebrowman1
5 ай бұрын
Incredible. Moving.
@waynejones750
Жыл бұрын
Stunning ❤
@seth2901
11 ай бұрын
what abeautiful performance
@romainlefranc3760
11 ай бұрын
Vraiment tous les talents ❤cette chanson est sublime et elle est extraordinaire
@atravis01
Жыл бұрын
Amaaaaaaaaaazing!
@sophstar1237
10 ай бұрын
Not just a perfect Queen but a perfect voice!
@thomasscottwilliams6672
3 жыл бұрын
Sondheim is responsible for creating songs like this and Dame Judi Dench in a little night music with send in the clowns, west side story, it goes in and on.
@NationalTheatre
3 жыл бұрын
His songs and shows are legendary 🙌
@treesny
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but of course the score for West Side Story is by Leonard Bernstein; Sondheim wrote the lyrics, not the music. In fact Bernstein originally intended to write the words for WSS himself. Some of Sondheim's lyrics for WSS were fitted to melodies Bernstein had already composed, f.i. "One Hand, One Heart," a tune originally written by Bernstein for another show, Candide. This was also true in at least one instance in Gypsy ("Yo'll Never Get Away from Me"), for which Sondheim again wrote lyrics only (brilliantly) for Jule Styne's score.
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