Kyle Riabko at Joe's Pub - "Left Behind" Spring Awakening

[SarcasmLovePeace]

I will forever love Groffles, but Kyle's voice is WAY better.

[thundy08]

I love love this version!!!!!!

[bananabear90]

yummmm

[mmmchingawa]

He's very good. Still can't help but favor Jonathan Groff

[cruzaroni]

He has a splendid voice, plays some very dissonant passes on the guitar. Great musicality and he's cute as hell!

[singitloud44]

My thoughts exactly. Hahahahah. :]

[AlittleOntheoffside]

i like him!!he's very gooD!! although the best melchior for me is the one and only hunter parrish.!.but that's only my opinion...

[VampLestatZion]

I thought Hunter did a great job, but I still think the best Melchior is the ORIGINAL, Jonathan Groff! ...Matt Doyle is a close second ...although, if you hear Kyle Riabko's original Spring Awakening Version is really good... He has an amazing voice.

[jacobtodd2006]

saw him last night in louisville...cannot stop thinking about it!

[shinacake]

me too!

[MattMiz03]

I would never be arrogant nor bold enough to claim to be anywhere near this talented, but if anyone would deign him/herself to listen to my cover, I would be really honored! :) Constructive criticism is encouraged!!

-Miz

[skiingchicka918]

oh my god that was phenominal. you know hes a catch when he can sing, play guitar, and is beautiful.

i saw him as melchior in boston twice and he was flawless.

[kes13209]

For some reason...guys who can play the guitar are so HOTTT!! lol! But Kyle is hot anyways!

[sageparker12]

Kyle <3

[lucywannabe27]

wow that was so beautiful. just goes to show you how the changing of the style of a song presents it in a whole new light. left behind was beautiful to begin with. but this was beautiful in a whole different light. i never saw kyle as melchior, i saw john groff and hunter parish. he is a talent though... he is on the touring cast correct?

[funnyshow90]

omg kyle was the first melchior i ever saw so he'll always be melchior to me :)

hes amazing at it, and yes hes on the tour

[srfrgirl22]

i totally agree with you! and he's mine too!

[cannibalcake2]

Kyle is amaaaazing.

I love him as Melchior. And yes, we have seen your ass :) It's quite lovely.

[rachel869]

oh, how I love Kyle :D

[rozanund133]

his version is amazing

[nguyet394]

Oh I saw him in Iowa!!! :D

[jakethecub]

i love this version

[Jenna10227]

Yes, we have seen your ass :) And for that, we thank you.

[89auds89]

his high notes are realllyy hot

[nguyet394]

God he is simply amazing. So glad I got to see him last night! :D

[89auds89]

whered you see him?

[Bmoz628]

omg <3

[13ladybug13]

am i the only one who thinks he would have made and amazing Edward Cullen?!?!?!?! he's perfect....gorgeous, funny, just the kind of guy that i honestly think of when i read about edward. and i think christy altomare would have made a good bella.....that's just who i think of when i read it....even before i knew what they looked like...i just always pictured them just like them..

do u think that too???

he's amazing! <3

[liliekinz]

i DEFINITELY think that

you're not alone

i like this guy better than Robert Pattinson

[MakeLifeColorful]

yeah. for me, kyle IS edward.

i used to love robert pattinson.

but as edward... eh, not so much.

but yesss kyleklylekyle!

he's who i picture when i read it. :]

<33333

[liliekinz]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!

still cant believe they're closing spring awakening...

[randomismystyle803]

WHAT? OMG i can't believe that! that's really sad

[celestra1234]

do you know if its coming back in the future becase i heard that the auditions are for the future productions of Spring Awakening!

[liliekinz]

well it's probably for the tour productions

because the last show of spring awakening is january 18 at 7:00 pm

and it REALLY sucks cause at that exact time,

im going to see one of the farewell tour productions of RENT

[PrincessPea13]

this song makes me cry everytime i hear it.. he has a good voice....

[writemeastory]

he's beautiful :]

[xtcBEBOP]

Just saw Kyle in LA show of Spring Awakening--amazing voice and performance. One of the best performances in a musical I have seen. Bravo!

[ameelremington]

saw him on tour in Portland, Oregon. He is so amazing. i met him and have a picture with him! ahh

[michaelvestante]

today, i watched it. i saw his butt 2. its so amazing show.

[thoseuveknown]

i love hearing him sing his own style of music and being able to compare it to how he sings SA. rlly interesting

[ginohhh]

saw his butt at SA yesterday. haha.

[musicmicah]

CHORDS anyone!?!

[rentfriend]

The audio goes out in the beginning of the song! Does that happen for anyone else?

[thoseuveknown]

yea me 2

[elephantseal614]

LOL hes so funny!

[alecg123]

Simply Beautiful!

[jdstanning]

He's really got a beautiful voice...I was lucky enough to see him on Broadway and then twice when he came to San Diego with the tour...amazing, really.

[singingstar95]

3:17-3:23 i love it

[MarvinMan524]

he was so great on broadway

[honestliving]

i wish i could extract the audio from this! ugh its so good to listen to

[dancingrocksyeadude]

lol u can, on youconvertit . com ! that's what i use.

[shakejello16]

Im speechless that was amazing something different but he pulled it off.

[iloveryouuuu]

he's either crying or sweating alot cause at 3:08..what looks like a tear falls off his face...maybe im wrong

[timberwolf190]

I'm guessing sweat because it can be pretty hard to sing if you're crying. But hey, I could be wrong! The amount of emotion he puts into the song pretty much moves me to tears. This guy is amazing. Saw him last Friday. God, this musical was so good.

:D

[badprangel]

based on the facial expression at 3:22 I think he's crying

[ItsOnlyKaaaren]

I was there..definitely sweat. He was soaked.

[tearsaal]

this is just bone chilling good

[KGO80313]

hahahah whoops I meant Melchior. That's embarrassing.

[KGO80313]

Kyle is my favorite Groff by far.

[bayweenie]

LMFAO HAHAHAHAHAHA

[azarita08]

omg im so sad that he is going away for the tour!!! i wish i have seen him again....i think he is reaaaally good...i still miss groff but he did a great job as melchior!!!...and he is a great singer!!!

[erinxdancer]

hes going to the tour ?

YESS !!!

now im deffinatley buying tickets :D

[iloveryouuuu]

yep. him, blake bashoff, and matt shingledecker.

[tearsaal]

wow hes is absolutly incredable... my heart just melted

[frequentsmiler]

Holy crap. That was great. (He looks so young!)

[makulko]

wow .. he is more impressive than i took him for.

[dismaltwilightt]

i've only seen him in spring awakening (although i've got the cd with jonathan groff), and i personally like kyle's voice better. it's more emotional to me, which is how i think the song should be. but i like jonathan's version too :)

[jorgerod1975]

Oh God! He is incredibly better than his first week when I saw him in SA! Never could replace Jonathan charism, but he is an incredible performer. He is getting better day after day. Congrats!

[whatsdamadder]

This was so good. Does anyone else find it sexy that he's a little sweaty? Anyone? Anyone? No one. <-- tribute to Seth Rudetsky.

[carmotor081692]

he's really good

However not as good as the AMAZING jonathan groff! (who is my bf and the day i met him was the best day of my life)

[Flatonmyface]

i like this alot. his chiller version is nicer...less intense. i still like jonathan groff's version as well...this one is more soulful and less on the intense, dark side.

[shannonsimz]

I honestly don't think he's right for the role. He has a great voice and all but he just isn't Melchior for me.

[jorgerod1975]

Jonathan will be irreplaceable, but Kyle is incredibly good!

[XxMCRmySoldierxX]

I saw him last week in Spring Awakening. amazing! :D

[WickedFan4Life]

Amazing voice! God I love him.

The view in Spring Awakening Act 1 finale wasn't bad either.

[delovely1323]

ahhhh i just died thank you for that :)

[iheartnewyork999]

that is perfection.

[ffkjmto5]

the two minutes of black silence at the end is epic xD

MY GOD HE IS SEXY. i wish i was that microphone.

[safillevendredi]

Thanks so much for putting this up! I only wish the audio didn't cut out in parts :/

[lilcrzychk]

there's a lot of other videos of the whole thing which is good. this one has good quality tho