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  • You have a beautiful voice and an inner beauty that shines. Keep following your dreams! Never let anyone bring you down!

  • i wish i could sing like you girl

  • the tone of your voice is simply stunning.

  • Please...PLEASE give me that vibratto of yours! ha ha (of course, also keep some for yourself! ) You never fail to amaze me. :)

  • tear at 2:33 ?! you're amazing.

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  • amazing.... nuff said

  • Very nice fast vibrato. Fantastic voice and I think it will only improve (slightly sharp a couple of times). Love your expressiveness!! Beautiful voice.

  • oh my god...wow...

    very moving...

    difficult to sing a song when it moves you to tears...

    this was a PERFORMANCE piece for your audience, and I loved it.

    the only bad thing I can write is the vid skips for a half second at the end and that startled me out of the zone you had me in. I'm "new" to you and catching up on your videos. This is quite an emotion evoking video. You're fabulous.

    Thanks for entertaining me.

  • WOW!! how did I not see this till now?? Alex, this was so beautiful & heartbreaking & moving. I love how you committ to the character. ignore stupid people, this was Broadway-worthy. <3

  • AWE !!!! I love this vid ! & the song !

  • This is amazinggg

  • darling i know this is old but girl you got it going - so much emotion! and who cares the haters are only jealous! much love always x

  • I'm blinking back tears right now. You are absolutely phenomenal. You did Audra proud with this:)

  • You are AMAZING.

    I love your voice.

    When I watch your videos, I get chills. :)

    Keep up with your beautiful music and self, and don't listen to the haters because they have no idea what they are talking about.

  • Your vibrato is amazing. I just wanted to say that :)

  • love the tears for dramatic affect...im not mad at her for not hitting all of the notes perfectly-- u can obviously tell that she tried her hardest to make it her own , on those high bnotes, so i will give her props for that-- great job over all gurly...im proud of that...

    check my video's out too- i song.as well..ttyl

  • I loved this one. props for the tear, I felt it, really good performance.

  • I'm slowly going through your videos and you don't cease to amaze me. I love your voice! <3 This is one of my favorite songs and you make me love it more.

  • I just discovered you. and i must say my girl you are very talented. I watched all of your videos including your acting ones. never give up.

  • I just spent the last hour watching almost every video you have! completely distracted me from looking up audition pieces haha. you sing like an angel girl. keep it up and get yourself out there! i want a CD!

  • I love this song!! Glad you did it!!

  • you sing like an angel darling. The problem with putting yourself out there is that you will have nut cases that will post on your videos saying things that are stupid!. I think you do an amazing job!! I visit this video often, because I find it to be truthful. I believe that you have lost a child by your tears and performance. Kudos to you!!! Haterz need therapy...LOL!!

  • i love it!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Good Job! I did a cover of this as well check it out and comment back! Thankss! Good job!!!!!

  • That was quite lovely.

  • you were great! and your facial expressions weren't ridiculous just passionate :)

  • Amazing.

  • You have such a nice sound! Bravo!!! The only thing I would watch for is sometimes your "O" vowels are so rounded that your lips keep the sound from resonating. Let your teeth act as little sound boards to keep the sound forward. That analogy worked for me when I was trying to break that habit lol.

  • I have no words.... you moved me to tears, and I am the biggest critic. I have been following you on youtube, but haven't subscribed. I was listening to this song by Audra, and was totally hyped to see that you had done a version. Now I am a trembling mess of a man.... I think you are by far one of the most talented singers I have heard in a long time. Keep on making videos. I am subscribing NOW...

  • the TEAR~~~ omg love you

  • This is beautiful. You are beautiful. Great job.

  • amazing!!!

  • That was absolutely amazing. While watching I said to myself, "she looks like she's about to burst out in tears" and you did. You definitely have one of the best renditions I've heard. I seriously started tearing up.

  • Wow! I could tell that you were really feeling it! Thats absolutely essential on this song. Plus, you really sounded a lot like the original Audra McDonald version, so thats really amazing!

  • omg i love this song!!! i sang this at a music festivel once!

  • Redo this video with some of the new equipment you got and it will be perfect! Keep it up! You're fab :-) xx

  • i got the chills immediately. you are incredible.

  • wow. idk how u do that

  • love all your vids, ur gorgeous x

  • that single tear drop...broke my heart...awesome job.

  • What confirms for me that you are an amazing talent filled with such great passion....is i couldn't understand a single word you said because of the quality of the sound....and still I couldn't help but cry....Please could you re-do this video so the sound is better?

  • Amazing!

  • Gorgeous!

  • YOU ARE SOOO AMAZING! So many people on youtube have good voices, but you have the voice AND the acting chops! Great Work!

  • Why the cut? And why so brutal? Please post the whole song! :-)

  • The instrumentals are karaoke or midi. Use Limewire or browse intensively. When listening to this version I again realized that it's truly a talent to sing in front of a webcam; what a great voice you have, and how you feel the lyrics in a totally non-theatrical staging! Great job on one of the most dramatical musical songs ever!

  • where do you get the instrumentals for these songs......i'd really like to have them

  • how do you make yourself cry??

    i want to be an actor and i may need to someday.

  • listen to the words and become the character if you dont get emotional with this song i wouldnt quit the day job

  • ok gotcha lol thanks!

  • You Go Girl!

  • OMG!!........im really touched

    u r so good

    kiss

  • you sound so much like audra. many similarities.

    you, young lady, are phenomenal.

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  • Loooove this song! So glad to hear you sing it!

  • damn girl... U R GOOD!!!

  • this is one of my favourite songs.

    and you my girl, totally nailed it.

    i love you :) x

  • Your emotional acting is fab! This isn't the easiest song to sing... but watching you... your emotion is riveting.

  • you are quite good. however, I would advise singing some art pieces, as opposed to broadway pieces. your voice is beautiful-and yet, you sing in the throat. the style you sing in would be fantastic in turandot or die fletermouse.

  • please please come out of your closet and sing on Broadway. You can sing anything girl!

  • OMG! ....AMAZING! you should be on broadway.

  • can i tell you how amazingly perfect you are... the tear was perfect. :)

  • Why aren't you on Broadway!?!?, you are AMAZING!, great performance!!!.

  • i am very impressed. my cousin was in the OBC and this is good stuff

  • this is one of those songs that sounds great in both chest and head voice

    and this is beyond amazing!!!

  • I couldn't tell you how many times I've watched this video.

    It's simply breathtaking.

    I love the "forgive me" at 3:09.

  • That was a fantastic job on a hard song!

    Best version I've heard besides Audra.

    Oh, and I have to make a lot of weird faces to hit some notes, it's a singer's thing. Haha

  • You are amazing. as a singer i can say try to open the base of the throat a bit more. also on longer notes try to use straight tone than finish with vibrato to add suspense and beauty.

  • This is positively...I don't know...perfect?

    You have a gorgeous voice. Ingenious tone, nearly spot on pitch...closer and closer to Audra every day. Hoping I can be this good in some years....

    Amazing. Again.

    <3

  • whoa. rebekah short got OWNED

    personally i thought i was good. like you said, not perfect, but nobodys perfect.

    and trust me, it was far from killing it, more so around amazing :)

  • "rebekahshort" is only looking for attention and/or a reaction from you... in fact, i was a bit disappointed to read that you acknowledged that distasteful comment (although, it would have pissed me off, too).

    Clearly you have talent. The emotion you expressed in this song could have one you a tony (the tear, priceless... and well timed with at least one of your viewers). I hope and pray that you are "doing something" with your talent... a girl like you could go far!

    Best of luck!

  • Care to expand on that? Not very constructive...

  • Sorry, you want constructive criticism?

    Here goes nothing...

    It's not very well supported, and you go sharp on a few notes, but overall good performance, bravo for that... Try some breathing exercises and scales and try and reach higher notes before you reach the break from chest to head voice.

  • Well yes constructive criticism is much more useful than insults. Do you go up to performers you see live and say that to them?

    I never claimed it was perfect, but I'd hardly say lack of perfection = "killing it". Besides which, this video is 2 and a half years old. I've improved since then. You are welcome to post a video of you singing this song to show me how it's done.

  • may i expand for rebekah(is really)short(on politness)

    she is just jelous because u have an amazing instrument :) the tears had me moving :'(

    bravissima :)

  • omg favorite song n yu killed it

  • Alex you are apsolutly AMAZING! Love you!!!

  • This is wonderful! 2:40 I got chills. the silence after the build...AAH!

  • wooow

    you are such a talent...

  • you are beautiful.

    that was beautiful.

    i never comment on youtube.

    but, for this, i had no choice.

    thank you.

  • Super, fierce, amazing, phenomenal!

  • this. was....

    phenomenal.

    i can't describe how it makes me feel.

    i'm singing this song for my senior cabaret night, and i could only hope to high heaven i could live up to this.

    your voice...it is beautiful and very similar to the great audra macdonald, as i'm sure you've heard. bravo.

  • I could be wrong, but I think she was lip syncing. But she's very good at it, her lip movements were spot on, and the lighting and her emotion made it real.

    But I'm sorry, Audra McDonald has a very specific voice, it would be hard to match. This is not the real deal.

    Yet she did it in the spirit of the song, so it has been added to my favs! :)

  • wait you don't think this is Audra McDonald do you? this is one of those karaoke tracks I would guess... the instrumentation is all off. But I agree I bet she's lip syncing, you can tell especially at the end.

  • i actually think she (missbroadwaydork) is lip-syncing to her own voice. She probably recorded her voice on her computer before she recorded the video. or maybe you knew that? how you worded your comment i wasn't sure if that's what you were trying to say. :)

  • I would agree, but the piano in the back is from a computer, and there is no recording of it that sounds exactly like this. And there are parts that are a little off...I just don't think she's lip syncing.

    And have you heard her sing other things? This girl is fantastic.

  • Ya I agree with you Noona Sis Pro.

    dere is no way dat she is lip sinking

    She is really good

    P.S. MissBroadwayDork, you are soooooo awesome and you are gorgeous!!!!!

  • That was excellent. Your emotion is always spot on. Don't be so hard on yourself. Your facial expressions were fine, although there was some tension in your eyebrows like the whole time but otherwse your were divine =].

  • oh my goodness.

    this is fantastic.

    im working on this song with my vocal teacher.

    and you do such an amazing job with it !

    i love it.

    <3

  • I have watched 5 different people sing this song. Your the best at it so far.

  • Holy actual shit. That is INCREDIBLE! I fucking love you.

  • Absolutely stunning.!

    your facial expressions are not ridiculous, not in the slightest bit.

    wonderful.

    i know i'm only 17, and giving advice to someone older tahn me might seem stupid.

    but the one thing i have to say is, try to support your voice more, so your vibrato is slower. This will make your voice even more crisp than it already is.

    also, open your mouth more, like you have a hershey kiss sitting on your tongue :P

    it's just how i learned.

    haha but, awesome voice you've got there.

    -Sara

  • i love you!

  • OMGSH....I'm crying that was soooo good! rock on!

  • wow.

    like that was amazing. I practically died alittle when you sang the middle part. That TEAR! simply amazing.

    dnt listen to anybody thats hating. that was beautiful!

  • this is how i discovered her and she is amazing and to all the idiots who think she is lip-syncing go get a life and leavemissbroadwaydork alone she's better than you will ever be

  • Oh I love this song =) and you singing it makes it almost better! haha

  • Very easy way to tell this is her and not dubbed. Listen to the breathing. No one is that good a lipsyncing!! This is her and it's awesome!!

  • I'm so tired of people saying this is OBC recording being lip-synched . It's clearly not! Her voice is amazing and gorgeous...which is evident in every video she makes =). Heck, she even inspired my username =P.

  • wow this is awesome !! and btw it is not dubbed, she is just extremaly good =]

  • You did this so well...I got goosebumps and teary-eyed. You have a special gift with expression. :) I'm trying out for Ragtime this year at Wayne State University. I hope I can sing this! Thank you!

  • listen to the original this is dubbed

  • It is not dubbed. Listen to my other videos. Heck, if you listen closely to the original you can tell Audra McDonald sings it a lot better than I do.

  • wow, jacotubes, maybe YOU should listen to the original. I could point out all the differences, such as the fact Audra McDonald goes into her belt/chest range for the whole middle section of the song....but I think I'll just let you look dumb instead.

  • ....and on a sidenote Miss Broadwaydork, I always enjoy your vidoes, and your obvious love for musical theater. :)

  • This is not dubbed it is not Audra voice though it is great!

  • @jacotubes777 dude get a life, this is her real voice, AND SHE DEFINATLY SINGS IT BETTER THAN YOU HATER :D go missbroadwaydork, u have an amazing talent :)

  • brilliant this is 5 stars for yaa love wee deborahsha sha xoxo ireland

    thank you to MikeysChair

  • WOW! WOW!!! Whew! That is some kind of voice you have. Such control and range. WOW! Sometimes ya just wish they could let ya give 10 *'s just once... you would get em....Very good pik Robo!

    mc

  • Stunning x1000

    B'way Needs You!

    West End Need You!

    I Think I Speak For Every Singer In The World When I Say YOU'RE COMPETITION! =D

  • so very lovely....just lovely.

    michael

  • Oh my, I have never been moved by someone like I was listening to you. You had tears coming down my face. Your emotion is felt by those who listen to the words you sing with such conviction and feeling. God Bless you, he has with a most marvelous voice. You totally blew me away my dear.

    Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Praise God he has annointed you to sing into the hearts of people.

  • my god...your voice is like NOTHING i have ever heard. I'm actually like just...stunned. I don't expect when I watch videos of people singing these songs for them to be any good, you know? But you have a truly gorgeous voice. Congratulations!

  • Amazing.

  • Amazing sound. nice job on the high notes. no brasiness. i love the way you acted this out. so sincere. this is the only way this song should be done.

  • Oh, so wonderful! Do you sing opera too?

  • beautiful! for a white girl, you do a GREAT job! impressive :-)

  • really amazing!well done!

  • Lovely - 5 stars.

    This is now the featured video at theBestArts(.)com/MissBroadway­Dork

  • this sounds like a recording!!! you are amazing!!

  • I really cannot even begin to describe how much this moved me..... Your voice is absolute pure gold. I know what I am talking about, and you have IT. That special something that makes you a star. You have it. Your voice, your emotions... Incredible. Your tears and expressions are astoundingly beautiful. I want you to know how much I admire you and thoroughly enjoy your videos. You are brilliant.

    ~Andreas<3

  • Lovely voice.

  • I have probably seen this clip 100 times over, but I still watch it because it's one of the best renditions I've ever heard... please tell me your involved with some sort of theatre company!

  • I began to cry your emotion was so intense.

  • god thank you.. if i had to hear another PARODY of this amazing song i'd star killing people. great job from one theatre freak to another ;o]

  • INCREDIBLE. Absolutely incredible. I still fail to do justice to this song. But you...absolutely incredible!

  • beautiful!!!! I love this song and was looking for a good version, and I found it!

  • one of my fave songs ever... love love ur rendition!:)

  • after I wrote my comments aboutu lip syncing, I listened to your other clips and was astonished...what a talent!!

  • omg i was like crying! u are amazing!!!!

  • DAMN! girl you can sing you did this song justice! and this is one song i am very tough on you go girl never stop singing!

  • Beautiful voice......

  • i went to a concert and the girl that sang this was so good but she got so into it so she was so sent out into the hall after her solo so she could cool off

  • dang, I must compliment you. You have an amazing voice. At first I thought you were lip syncing, but soon realized that was not so. Wow. Amazing job.

  • You were definately not lip-synching. This was beautiful. I've never heard this song before but oh my god, I got chills. Honestly, beautiful.

  • beautiful expressions in the lip synching...I was moved

  • sorry,but thats not lip syncing!

  • I would never accuse you of lip-synching. That is all you. You have got to record something from Man of La Mancha. You would make quite the Aldonza!

  • you have an amazing voice and i love this song. great video.

  • This is definitely not someone lip synching to Audra. Audra's voice is different.

  • How flattering that people are accusing you of lip syncing!

    I just found your poor unfortunate souls videos...i loved them. Then i found your other videos...you're incredible.

  • Eh I give up. if you think I sound like Audra McDonald who am I to complain?

  • First of all, notice the accompaniment? That is not from the OCR. Also, listen to the rest of her stuff.

  • she isn't lip syncing at all you fools.

  • love it. i commented the other day on your "a little bit in love"

    you have a great voice.

    where on earth do you get all the tracks for these?

  • Ma'am, our school is doing Ragtime, The Musical right now. You and one other person has EVER been able to play the part of Sarah (well, at least could sing as well as she did) and this is absolutely beautiful. I really want to check out some of your other video works now. This is absolutely amazing. You and that other person are the only two that also can make me cry when listening to this song. Stay in contact.

    -ttuyip306

  • WHERE DID U GET THE KARAOKE!!!!

    please tell me! i'm dying for it!!! please please please tell me! and stars & moon please! ps your voice is fcukin gorgeous!!!

  • the voice is DEF Audra McDonald

    sorry but its pretty obvious

  • It's really not, but I'm honored you thought so. She's really much better than I am if you compare the versions next to each other.

  • hey sorry

    i wrote this before i listened to your other stuff and your voice sounds like the same voice in every one so ive deducted that you actually are singing

    you're really good! and i love this song

  • Hmm. Your expressions and emotions are excellent, but like other people, I'm getting the feeling you're lip-synching to a different performance. The lip shapes of the vowels don't add up in several places. It's nice anyway though.

  • Thank you, but I'm not lip syncing to anyone but myself. Check out my other vids. Anything 10/12 on is sung live.

  • AMAZING voice and facial expressions!

  • Wow. The emotion pouring out of you was amazing. The quality of your voice not even be mentioned because it's so beautiful. I know you say you make "ridiculous faces", but I really think they help show JUST how much turmoil you are experiencing. Bravo, 5 stars!

  • BEAUTIFUL VOICE.

  • that is def not audra....but you are very gifted..i greatly enjoyed it!

  • I know you will probably delete this, but I do enjoy listening to your videos, but I have a hard time beleiving you are not lip synching to Audra in this one, you sound so much like my Ragtime Soundtrack.

  • Lol, I'll take that as a compliment! Part of it may be that I was TRYING to copy Audra at this point, but you'll notice my voice is much rougher and unpolished and well, generally not as good as Audra's. I will be re-doing this one in the future though:)

  • ok i have two things: 1) that tear and the emotion throughout the song was wonderful and 2) your voice was great.

    and the reason im saying this as a reply is to comment on something you said. I apologize if i frustrate you becuz you've probly heard this before, but you have a great voice, dont try to sing "like" someone and dont compare yourself. its your voice, not audrey's.

  • Once again... wow. You have such great emotional depth and you're always in the moment during your performances. You don't get stuck in your head which is a great asset because a lot of people are too concerned about messing up to REALLY act a song. I would love to see a newer version of this now that you've been working on your belt/mix voice a little and get some chest in there.

  • veeeery good!

  • well, you're great at lip-synching!

    and your interpretation is flawless.

    the tear... so perfect and so wonderful.

    congrats. i'm subscribing!

  • I did Ragtime last year aaaah! Let me tell you, that you're are right up there with Audra McDonald! This was so heart shattering.....great job!

  • omg you are such an inspiration its lovely!!!!

  • You sent shivers down my spine within the first 5 seconds. Never give up with your singing. You have such an incredible talent.

    Lucy-may xx♫

  • OH MY GOSH could the tear have dropped at any better a time??? WOW!!

  • is tht really you singing? its out of sync but its maybe my comp! not to be rude!!, but i totaly love ur expressions! Your a fab actress x! and i hope i aint offended u. its jst my comps weird!x

  • you have such a beautiful voice

    if you don't audition for theatre it's a loss to all of us threatre fans!

  • fantastic. Just wonderful.

  • Really good!!! I love your voice. And Audra is the best voice teacher, I learned a lot from listening to "Ragtime." I also have her album "Build A Bridge." I love the fact that you take your videos as if you're performing the actual scene from the play. Like what Jenny said, you should DEFINITELY should put yourself out there. Many people could study for years and they still wouldn't be as good as you are NOW. :)