Haven Burton - So Much Better

[JerryO89]

i would just like it known that when she went on that night it was an emergency call and thats why she is wearing her Margot wig and didn't have an Elle wig ready. for having LITTLE notice of this cover, i think hands down she is the best Elle (aside from of course our girl Laura Bell)

[Elphieinthemaking]

WOW!!! :)

[bnyc5131999]

WOW SHE IS REALLY GREAT PROBABLY EVEN BETTER THAN LAURA BELLE BUNDY AND THAT IS SAYING A LOT! :D

[ezzibbes]

Personally I think she is the strongest vocally I have heard play Elle, as you have said someone who isn't nasal. But then I think Laura Bell Bundy has better stage presence..... combine the two and you have the perfect Elle :) <3

[Elphiesgreenfriend]

1:09 Warner Almost kisses that guy XD

[MrTy2121]

1.Laura bell bundy 2.annaleigh ashford 3.Becky gulsvig 4.Bailey hanks 5. Lauren ashley zakrin best elles ever

[courtneycutie8]

shes good but i think Laura Bell Bundy is the Original, best, and only

[hahleemkay]

Love Haven! She was a great Fiona u/s in Shrek too! She needs to be given a starring role in something!

[Esorassen]

@hahleemkay she starred as Fiona on the tour

[TheSoloKid95]

She doesn't capture "Elle"... She's good though.

[MegAnn724]

Wonderful voice, but I don't think she fully commits to any of her movements. And I think at this point in the show, elle should.

[MrBloodbrothersuk]

i cant belive this was only her second time on as elle :D

[Kylezilla]

Okay, she is amazing. Vocally she is superb and her acting is phenomenal but her movement is a little stiff. I would be excited to see her perform this for sure though. (:

[jewbowl225]

1:08 it totally looks like warner is about to kiss that guy.

[littleaussieboi]

she completely nailed it. what a vocal. WOWSER! Was she cast or just an understudy? She's amazing

[MrDefyinggravity1]

i adore haven

[rebeccalafferty]

she's not elle.

[qubrown11]

somethings missing for me... dont get me wrong she is good but i think her acting, or facial expressions arent there

[Jebbykins]

I saw her in Shrek - she is so talented.

[howlongleft]

Its crazy how talented this girl is :B

[wnlchu55]

Oh God, she made holding the last note look so easy...

[TheJMSmovies]

@wnlchu55 She didnt hold it....

[Lyn683]

Pros- Great singing, enthusiasim is great and so is most of the acting!

Cons- Roughish you know? Not girly enough, rushing...

[movinfoward]

What a powerhouse! O.O

[TheLostLenore]

After LBB (who will always be my fave Elle) this woman is the next best one, I love her voice and her acting may not be THAT great but if she polished it a bit more she would be perfect but how she does the whole 'woah' bit and the scream after shes pinched etc was good, she just needs a little bit more work on the rest of her acting but she will get better the more times shes in musicals.

[Kylezilla]

I think her singing is amazing by all means but she is kind of stiff when it comes to the physical aspects of the show. Still, amazing voice (:

[MrPhilMTguy]

:O

lord! she can SING

[LukeCooper25]

This is so much faster than any version Ive heard! Just found out about this girl, like now! She's awesome :) and her Fiona vids are lush too :)

[kingbungee1]

You know, I miss the nasally sound that LBB gave Elle... it fit the character better, kind of like how sorority girls talk.....

[derogatony]

How was she NOT promoted? She's incredible!

[regan110]

Best singer, Cant act though.............

[cdawgisarockstar]

She's the best one yet. In my opinion, anyway. She'd be an amazing Elphaba. She's got a great belt and it isn't TOO nasaly... PERFECTION!

[broadwaybaby7821]

i saw her in shrek, and i'm not gonna lie...i liked her a lot better than sutton foster. and now seeing this, i realized i like her a lot better than laura bell too...

[silenthillmaster755]

i just realised the awesome applause that got. :D

[OoFranzloO]

When was that??? Or due to which occasion??

I hope that legally blond will finally air in Germany!! I'm so despressed!!!

[cervenatrava]

@OoFranzloO .. me too... envy the people in london (und US)...

[silenthillmaster755]

I cant take that riff its to much for me to handle.

[itsboq]

I think she would be a better Elphaba than Glinda!!!

[silenthillmaster755]

@itsboq yea Galinda is far more than the ditzy girl in popular. Shes only dumb for a little. but ive seen the show with haven as Elle and shes kinda dumb the whole time, as opposed to after act 1 she comes back smarter and evolved. When I think Glinda I don't think of her as the dumb blonde, much more the serious girl at the end of the show. Haven would make a good Elphaba vocally, obviously, but i havent put enough thought into if she can do it convincingly, (acting wise) as of yet.

[devilFromHeaven2hell]

She has no emotion or personality but her singing is really good. Laura's the best though

[silenthillmaster755]

@devilFromHeaven2hell she has some personality, shes fierce as hell!

[oNegLeEk]

she's great vocally but her oh's were awful

[marvinalmodal]

@broadwaymike92 yeah!

[Hopeless200]

i think laura had better personality!!! and her "oh"'s were better (laura)

She fir Elle PERFECTLY

[musicaltheatergirl12]

shes really good! but i still like laura bell bundy.....luara will be my fav forever!

[dietdrpepper15]

that looks like here real hair! cool but it reminds me of paulette's

[silenthillmaster755]

@dietdrpepper15 it is her real hair lol

[RonnieBass]

Brilliant performance! Haven sells the song with her superb vocal skills - and she's a really good actress. Blew me away!

[summerbum86]

Finally an Elle not just singing through her nose!

[bother06]

i think she's better than laura Belle...?

[shannyloveyou]

@bother06 i think vocally she kicks laura bells ass, but laura bell plays the part better(:

[CurlyGirl5562]

She definitely has one of the strongest voices for Elle I've ever heard! Go girl!

[danninicoleee]

FUCKING LOVE HER

[roun1987]

i love her!

[Ryanlaskey]

shes finally getting her debut as lead lady! shes playin Fiona in the tour of Shrek!

[theEricWalker]

Haven played Margot when I saw Legally Blonde and she was horrible...She is 100% better as Elle...

[TheatreFan4]

@theEricWalker I agree.

[silenthillmaster755]

I can't get enough of this performance! I get chills every time!

[silenthillmaster755]

i cant wait to meet her after shrek!!!!!!!! i love haven!

[silenthillmaster755]

one of my fave performances

[PeppermintPeach]

her big O was hilarious

[valnyra]

Mmmm.... she sings great, but looks too old for being Elle. She looks more like a Paulette to me.

[lillianb33]

it does look like he kissed him lol

[soylakekagalindo]

hahaha at the 1:11 min looks like warner is gonna kiss sandick XD hahaha

[lifeafterlife09]

best elle vocally! sorry! xx

[brandonsaddler]

I'm sorry but nobody has played Elle better than Laura Bell. This girl did a nice job.

[silenthillmaster755]

@brandonsaddler yea your right thats how i feel, i loev haven but Laura Bell is the diven goddess of Elle Woods. XD but if laura wasnt there and she was the understudy id be happy too

[heatherknox1]

She's just so much more believable as the whole California sorority girl

[lifeafterlife09]

god she is incredibly!! xx

[ATheatricalSongBird]

I think she is definately better than Becky, but not LBB. Great voice though.

[babybanana666]

shes my favorite.

LBB has a lot more charisma but haven has a better voice.. thats just me though.

[kimt1987]

Is it just me, or does she have more of the Resse Withersoon look?

[Lorzaliiez]

I don't think that Haven adds the right twist to Elle Woods, but her vocals are very good.

I still prefer Laura Bell, though.

[penieres7]

how´s name the musical?

[tabbystott]

she has no facial expression. Fantastic voice but her face rarely changes...

[bloom16930]

she's good but i still like laura bell better

[AdamEfimoff]

she is trying to keep pace so hard she is going wow this is so fast but I do think she is miscast

[entertainer1987]

Haven is going to Princess Fiona on the national tour of "Shrek the Musical." I look foreward to seeing her.

[maddigrl9999]

great vocals but laura bell bundy is jst like more outthere and funnier jst cuz shes like crazy but still great job!!!!

[AsToldByTammyVlog]

I wish with all my heart that I could sing like her.

[idkmybffroserox]

@linklarkin93 I feel her voice is So much better(no pun intended) for Elphaba instead of Glinda. I mean she has the belting ability to play the role.

[Gloomoo]

she seems to mature to play this part... you can just tell shes too smart in real life to play a character like her... waaay to earnest. BOMB voice though shes amazing.

[Soon2beonbroadway]

She is definitely in my top 3 Elles.

[cocowizard1]

I loved Haven as Fiona in shrek and shes awesome as Elle i think shed be a good scaramouche in we will rock you for some wierd reason but yh she should do wicked

[moonlady3000]

Haven Burton's voice is great for studio singing. But she can't act with her voice worth a damn. I mean.... Even when she went on for Sutton in Shrek. Her voice was GOOD... but completely all wrong.

[linklarkin93]

She needs to play Glinda in WICKED. She has the whole package for it.

[rycliffmc]

I love her in this but i dont think she did a good job as feiona in shrek...

[evilxhinata]

I could bnly dream to have a voice like hers

[ViolinGirl902]

She has AMAZING vocals!!! most of the versions i've heard, the singers can't find the keys in the horrible key changes, or they go flat a lot, but she NEVER did that!! She didn't have a ton of enthusiasm, but makes up for it with stunning vocals. way to go!!!

[LitesofBway]

She was great!! Back off haters....

[1920jenny]

@LitesofBway Amen!

[tdonset08]

shes ok but that hairstyle is just BLAHHH ...she has it like that the WHOLE show its annoying..thats not elle woods

[DJtheActor91]

I know, right? OMG! TY! And she is ugly and Elle Woods is NOT UGLY!!! The director who chose her really has bad taste!!!! BLEH... =C

[tdonset08]

haha deff

[DJtheActor91]

She sucks! I hate her! The worst Elle Woods to ever exist! BLAH...!!!!!!!!!!

[armageddonff]

she has my favorite vocal rendition but I don't feel excited when I listen to her, her acting is just underwhelming...

[silenthillmaster755]

I LOVE hearing the cheers at the end the crowd LOVES her! AHHH that riff at the end is so chilling

[jdthemindfreak]

PERFECT ELLE WOODS!

[SuperLittlecupcake]

Even though she didnt hold the whole end note, it sounded 100000000% amazing!!!! :D People do get into fusses about the last note sometimes... : \

[silenthillmaster755]

Its ok if you breath right, see I like the way she does it, It looks and sounds cool

[bodboy106]

She perfect for this part but shes to feisty to be G(a)linda

[faith121897]

Too feisty to be ... Glinda? D:

Is it possible to be too feisty for the role of Glinda?

[chocolatesouljah]

Right you are! I even have an audio of Laura Bell and Eden singing "For Good"

[broadwaymike92]

When SHREK closes, she should join WICKED as Glinda

[oNegLeEk]

@broadwaymike92 i thought she had been glinda already?

[itsboq]

@broadwaymike92 I think that she would be a much better Elphie!!

[LaSheefra]

@broadwaymike92 NO WAY! She could be elphie. :)

[WishingOnIyWounds]

@broadwaymike92 really? I would kill to see her as Elphaba!

[EntertainmentAddams]

@broadwaymike92 she joined the tour of shrek but maybe after she is done with that :)

[TheMusicalOfMe]

Yeah, her acting is very different to the ones I've seen but I definately don't prefer it. I know she's very good but she doesn't seem to suit the part as well.

[MisterOzian]

OMIGOD! Warner is totally about to kiss that guy at 1.10!

[franc9090]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[broadwaymike92]

Haven should play Glinda in WICKED

[littlepipandcowbell]

I think she'd be a pretty good elphaba too.

[Stupiddailynews]

she actually understudied as Glinda, And personally I think she did the best popular I've ever seen!

[thewizardandiuk]

When/Where?!! xxx

[jdthemindfreak]

Yeah. she'll do a better Elphaba!

[thewizardandiuk]

I AGREE!!! She would be amaing!!!

[JennFan24]

My favorite version of this song!

When I was at the stage door for Shrek, she walked right by me, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her as I was speaking to another cast member. Wish I did..she's fantastic:)

[IndieHardcoreBaby]

laura bell bundy is my favouirte EVER!!!!! just can top it, sorry

[RaWrZzZz]

i love the legally blonde story <3 pretty girl using her brains <3

[bnorem09]

1:10 — gay or european?

[EyeMAbrain]

I wish she did the spin with the paper faster... But her voice is so much better than Laura... but laura has more spunk

[silenthillmaster755]

Well she is the understudy, they don't go on very often, so you can't compare them to the main, they have much more well rested voices so they can riff it up. not worriying about performing for another week or so.

[horsegirl09]

What the heck was Warner doing at 1:10???

[silenthillmaster755]

were they...about to kiss? Did he NOT NOTICE that he just proposed to a girl?

[gogo245]

lolol

[bnorem09]

hahahahaha

[musicalperson17]

i met her at the stage door of shrek last night, she is so nice

[lexomil17]

Best orgasm ever!!

[jennajameslovesstu]

i love her

[WhoaItsJonathan]

I love the end of Act 1 music.

[jameslingham]

i loveeeee her ending note XD

[bmm72694]

I love the "walk" she does at 2:39

[DG21809]

ugh i loooooooove haven!

[JofusSibey]

Her voice is nice but you can here she is straining especially at 0:54.

[ChenYoungTV]

i think she is ONE of the best Elle's vocally!!

[whoobrdwy3]

this is the best ending of this song I have seen anyone do!!!!! she is the only person who doesn't seem to lose pitch or just give up half way through. even though she reinstates the note, I believe it adds to a stronger ending!

[Positively3merald]

She's amazing!

[genungapearl]

I find her voice fabulous, gorgeous, powerful. Since we're comparing actresses, I think I'll say that visually her performance did not appear to be as energetic as Laura Belle Bundy's. Understandeable of course, with all the movement.

[a0997650]

She has a strong voice. i love her last note. i think it is better to finish strong than to hold the last note and have ur voice get weak near the end.

[tinngrinn]

Haven Burton has such a strong and beautiful voice!

[j3billy]

That sounds like a great audience. And Haven has so much energy! Thanks for posting!!

[Munchkinland08]

Her voice just sits on the last note beautifully! and the little riffy thing i loved :)

[ilu202]

It happened once in their run in california before they came to broadway with Laura Bell Bundy.

[binibiningbunibuni]

I am starting to believe that no woman on earth can ever compare to LBB as Elle Woods. Haven's voice is nice. She's better than Becky, defninitely. But they all seemed so...blah! And LBB was such a shining star that every girl who attempted to be Elle just fades in the distance.

[riabarryx]

man shes ugly.

[fraz87]

Her voice is just so effortless....just brilliant.

[Defygravity12894]

what cast was she in?

[Imflyinghighdefying]

at 1:10 Warner is about to kiss that other guy

[EmeraldSky33]

Is that's what it's supposed to be? I can't remember. :-D

[a0997650]

@Imflyinghighdefying i wonder why

[Imflyinghighdefying]

@a0997650 well, warner is just supposed to be talking to his friends but that other guy got to close 2 his face :P

[silenthillmaster755]

@Imflyinghighdefying no look he turned his head, he deff went for a kiss

[Lindrela42XD]

@Imflyinghighdefying Thats funny

[ilubemmerz]

@Imflyinghighdefying i dont remeber that part of the show!

[Vampspell101]

@ 1:51-1:54 she looks retarded no offense tto mentally weak ppl

[bananajuicewebshow]

wow!! i actually liked the ending note better the way she did it!!!

[Bravobroadwaygirl]

She doesn't seem like she's had her morning coffee. :)

But she has a FANTASTIC voice!!!!!!!!!!! AND she's a great actress.

[wicked1481]

i dont think elle is her role, but her voice is phenomenal!!!

[king14375]

She is a much better Elle than she was as Margot. Which was overly gangsta.

[bubbles0110]

her voice is amazing but she didn't have enough energy...

[bcrocker33]

i don't like your user name but i think she is very talented.

[eew12]

She's got a gorgeous voice. I think I can forgive her for not holding that note at the end and having to take another breath. Not sure how many people can actually do it.  Props anyway.

[KaileaBee]

She's really good.

[violinrox24]

why didnt she just replace LBB shes amazing

[firsttenor76]

Crazy! I went to school with her and sang "Somewhere Out There" in highschool lol. It's just inane how she's rockin' and making it big now...so proud of her :)

[cyoung55391]

i love this girls voice. i feel like she made elle's character a little to real. part of the charm is that elle is a stereotype and not very common and i feel like she does a good job in the role but she could be better. but of course laura belle is the original. who can top that

[howlongleft]

ya i completely agree about the making the character too real! but i also think that becky can top LBB :P beckys amazing!

[mypocketsizebff]

she has an amazing voice but needs a little more character! she should of had the chance to do more performances as Elle!

[jsphpdll]

singings great, needs more personality !

[BroadwayGal123]

nobody can outdo laura bell bundy