The Victors, Broadway style
I apologize to everyone for my Finebaum post. It was poor judgment on my part and I would delete it if I could.
Here is my attempt at communal restitution: The Victors performed by the UM 2024 Musical Theater Class. This incredible rendition truly captures the triumphal euphoria of the moment:
November 26th, 2023 at 4:56 PM ^
You went out and did this…
And totally redeemed yourself!
November 26th, 2023 at 5:00 PM ^
Awesome!
November 26th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^
I might be dating myself but years ago, I don't know how many, think ,"early days of video content readily available on the internet"... There was a similar thing in a house with theater students. Anyone recall?
November 26th, 2023 at 5:09 PM ^
I vaguely remember something like this. Must have been early YouTube era, if not before.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:49 PM ^
Yup. Feels so long ago
November 26th, 2023 at 5:19 PM ^
Edit: Looks like OTM beat me to it.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:40 PM ^
2015. A parent filmed a bunch of theater students singing at a graduation party and it went viral. There was some outrage when the head of the music department had it removed because it allegedly didn't meet the quality he wanted to represent the school of music, and Brian called him the "Dave Brandon of the music department" or something memorable like that.
Funny, that video didn't feel that long ago. Those kids are all 30 now.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:06 PM ^
IMHO, a video showing that this is the kind of performance your music students put on, impromptu, at a house party, should be EXACTLY the kind of thing you want prospective students to see. It could be a recruiting video.
November 26th, 2023 at 7:49 PM ^
The issue IIRC is that the department head was worried that prospective theatres doing background checks on school alums would see them at a party with red cups as the biggest search engine hit which could disadvantage them professionally when auditioning. Seems a little stick-in-the-mud to us, but to be fair that guy has forgotten more about the musical theatre world than any of us will ever learn.
November 26th, 2023 at 7:11 PM ^
Egads not 30. Ahh...what life changes await.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:04 PM ^
November 26th, 2023 at 5:09 PM ^
Give me chills. Thank you for posting.
FWIW while I’m not a fan of giving him clicks, I found little wrong with seeing Finebaum debase himself beyond the fact that his head should have been covered with something or blocked out. That sort of obscenity has no place here on MGoBlog.
November 26th, 2023 at 5:18 PM ^
I stand humbly chastened and, hopefully, better for it
November 26th, 2023 at 5:13 PM ^
Was really nice!
Side note: Michigan's musical theater program is rated higher than Julliard's. The Michigan Difference!
November 26th, 2023 at 5:17 PM ^
We put people on the Moon. We put people on Broadway. The Michigan Difference.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:03 PM ^
Thanks for sharing. Great performance of The Victors. Those kids have some serious talent!
November 26th, 2023 at 6:10 PM ^
Man. I really want "Michigan Football: The Musical" now.
November 26th, 2023 at 6:37 PM ^
Well it would have heroes, villains, betrayals, heroic moments, etc
November 26th, 2023 at 8:34 PM ^
Thanks for posting. Got dusty up in here while I watched that.
Well over 40 years have passed and I still have this emotional connection with the greatest university in the world!
November 26th, 2023 at 8:41 PM ^
My niece was in the theater program, graduated this past May and knows all those kids... Speaks highly of all them and the director. Some great, talented kids there