real talk though I was a young teen who was very into dear evan hansen through all of high school and I had the basic "complex anti hero" view on evan but then the first time I heard a full audio bootleg with andrew barth feldman I had such a strong "jesus christ That's A Child 😬" reaction that it completely changed my take on the whole show after already having been a fan of it for three years. when evan is played by an actor who actually is (or at least passes for) a teenager it stops being a dark comedy/drama and becomes a two hour slow burn psychological horror about the very real dangers of neglect.
this song added like almost nothing to the plot but damn it i like my friendship dynamics,, sad that they pretty much completely removed the melody from the show cause i like it a lot
per anon’s request, i present to you THE best version of beatrice’s monologue in much ado about nothing. i thought about cropping this but decided this scene must be watched in its full glory
no idea if it's my hormones, what I've seen in the news lately, the weight of living the past few years, or just because it's Judi Dench...but this impromptu performance really made me cry for a good ten minutes, no kidding.