Kerry Butler - On My Own

[linklarkin93]

that sneeze/cough/whatever at the end totally killed it

[14ocie]

My god, she's amazing. I saw her in Catch Me If You Can, and might I say....I was breathless. And she's so nice at stagedoor. I still don't understand why few people mention her when listing their favorite Eponines.

[ShutterBAM]

I wish more people would appriciate Kerry, she's my absolute favourite actress ♥

[Tohoshi22Productions]

YES

[WeirdAndProudAboutIt]

I love Kerry Butler.

[princepeterwolf]

OMG....this was unbelieveble! SOO GREAT

[ilubemmerz]

frances ruffle is the orginal, and the only one that i feel actually gets it.

[1MissKarlieStarr]

@ilubemmerz agreed :)

[ethalinia]

@ilubemmerz Lea Salonga does a great job capturing the emotion too :)

[ffmad13]

I like her version. It's very emotional and I can feel her emotions just by listening to her voice which I like.

[AragonAcapella]

This is terrible. She has taken away the beauty of this song.

[schrockley7]

@AragonAcapella you clearly have no taste

[RentandWicked]

so awesome

[hairspraluva]

FAVORITE rendition of this song! i REALLY feel the emotions when she portrays them

[scottywrong21]

well i got the chills from this

[Leppicon77]

shoulda record it

[amzyangel92]

amazing x

[IloveRUPERT2010]

Her voice is...buttery. It's, to put it simply, beautiful.

[SFD888]

ok. "known" how does one do that?! hahahah shes the best.

[cdmsinger]

possibly the best vocal i've ever heard from an eponine.

[TheZarboFilms]

She sounds like ariel a lot here... just the way she pronounces stuff!

[zooger05]

she actually played ariel in the workshop of the little mermaid, but when it went to bway she starred in xanadu instead.

[idk057]

that was a mistake on her part. Xanadu was terrible

[dudewheresmydignity]

@idk057 that's what all the critcs and award nominators must have thought too.

[idk057]

yeah that's why it hardly won anything.

[nancybotwin]

omg she is just breathtaking

[isarose1]

nice job

[BWombat12]

I LOVE HER

[LewisKay89]

theres no emotion in this song at all...yeah, she can sing the notes, but theres nothing behind them...she doesnt deserve the career she has.

[imaligergrr]

wow..she is officially tied with lea for my favorite eponine.

[loveya718]

Lea Salonga or Lea Michele?

[imaligergrr]

Both :D

[UveBeenLuPwned123094]

the "pretending" was heart-wrenching.

[UveBeenLuPwned123094]

she is so diverse, i find it amazing. one day she can go from belting suddenly seymour, to belting ELO, to belting les mis. haha. i love this girl.

[mikaylaaaaa]

3:27-3:33.

belt that note, kerry!

[RACH3LBRAPP]

omg i love it =]

[itsthewrongtime]

Damn.  She's phenomenal.

[littleshopluver921]

Lea, Kerry, and Sutton are my favorite Eponines ever!

[littleshopluver921]

and don't forget Celia Keenan Bolger

[musicalsaremylife17]

@littleshopluver921 SAME HERE!! I also love Caroline Sheen, Megan McGinnis ect. EPONINE LOVE.

[CaffinatedLuv]

kerry makes me really happy =].

[MustLoveBroadway10]

what a voice.

kerry rocks.

[youprobablysmell]

oooh, she goes up on "pretending." great riff!

[AmethystEyes]

how does she do it?

[youprobablysmell]

she goes up on "only been pre^EEETENDINGG" as opposed to staying on the same note for that.

[musicislovex0]

most eponines go up on that note even though it wasnt originally written like that

[abcdefgISmyALPHABET]

yeah sutton always did, lea michele does, not lea salonga, but many did...

[mischka28]

I know! I LOVE it!!! :D

[machinegunvibrato]

haha she always plays my dream roles!!!

(and it's because of her they are my dream roles)

[renethel]

Yeah, she's amazing at creating roles!

BTW, you're user name is hilarious! :p

[machinegunvibrato]

haha thanks...i took it from a song in Forbidden Broadway about patti lupone lol

[renethel]

Oh I know what you're talking about. I saw Forbidden B'way not too long ago.

[Fiyero06]

she didn't create the role

[renethel]

Which role are you speaking of? What I said was plural.

Kerry did create the roles of Belle in Toronto, Clio/Kira in the B'way adaptation. Xanadu, Amber in the musical adaptation of Hairspray, a character in some soap opera (I'm pretty sure that it was One Life to Live) and on Lipstick Jungle.

[renethel]

Oops, my bad. lol! LBB was Amber.

One more thing, I LOVE your username!!!!! I have a Patti parody, in store.

[oppositeofwar]

Yes, KB was Penny. Don't forget the original cast of BatBoy

[loveya718]

Kerry was Penny in Hairspray, not Amber as well as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors and countless off Broadway roles.

[renethel]

Yep, I corrected myself 9 months ago:

"Oops, my bad. lol! LBB was Amber."

:)

I'm a huge fan of Kerry Butler. I'm very familiar with her stage work. Isn't she just fabulous? :D

[littleshopluver921]

Kerry was Penny, not Amber

[renethel]

@littleshopluver921

I know. I corrected myself on here already. :P

[renethel]

Oy, I keep making typos.

*Continuing from first reply*

If you were referring to Eponine then, yes, she didn't create the role, since it was Frances Ruffelle who did.

[mikaylaaaaa]

i can't agree with you more. i have the same exact issue. the only reason i wanna play half the roles i do is because she played them.

[bwaybabydezz]

Great, as usual! =]

I loveee Kerry, Sutton, and Lea equally. Lol.

[puccinilover]

so fucking incredible way too good for xanadu

[dudewheresmydignity]

she was just nominated for a tony for xanadu!

[mischka28]

yes!!! npow if only she could win....

[xoxkoalaxox]

sounds whiney but I like Kerry Butler, just not at this song

[Itsnotfair]

thank you SO much for this!!!! I LOVE her!!!!!!

[lizzygirl27]

I think Lea is best, Kerry sings nice, but Lea has more strenght in her voice

[mischka28]

Yeah, I know Lea has a stronger voice. I just like way better the way Kerry sings it! I love her version

[dudewheresmydignity]

actually, kerry's voice is a lot stronger. she belts the notes instead of head voicing and mixing like lea does. although lea's voice is gorgeous.

[RaWrZzZz]

well that doesn't make her voice stronger, it just means her range is wide enough for her to belt those notes

[dudewheresmydignity]

well, i can always hear kerry louder than lea. but it doesn't matter.

[RaWrZzZz]

yes but, i think lea hasa better sound than kerry. but this is the best i've heard kerry sing...ever

[MikeBorley]

Out of all Eponines, Kerry Butler is the best! Next to Lea Salonga :). I lover Kerry's long note near the end!