Passing Strange - Medley on "The View"

[tmgokids]

This show was amazing! I was fortunate enough to see it during its run on Broadway and I was blown away. It's the first (and probably only) show I've ever really "connected" with. Rebecca Naomi Jones was INCREDIBLE in this show.

[summerbum86]

I'm not going to lie, I was one of those people who judged this musical on just clips and I was not sure how much I'd like it, but I saw a region production recently at Studio Theatre in DC and absolutely LOVED IT. Loved it loved it loved it. So really, dont be like me, try to go see the whole thing in person!

[watcherofvideos111]

i know everyone loves whoopi but she bothers me so much. even though she says she loves this play she's not particularly...i don't know...respectful?

she seems to treat every play on the view, esp. this one, like a " fun little play". to me passing strange is a cathartic piece of art, not a show thats "so much fun" with lots of different ACCENTS.

[UserNameAlpha]

i want a picture book :(

[ButteryMuffin]

White girls from the view were scared to come down on the stage it seems...

[welldonefromhereon]

@ButteryMuffin lol

[meanpeoplearemeanful]

so true america cant handle freaky negros u'll get it if u've seen the full play :)

[Sogwa]

@meanpeoplearemeanful

l never even heard of Stew or this play until doing a Spike Lee search on Netflix, but Stew (& this play/Spike Lee documentary) is ALL THE MORE REASON (along with getting hitched) l headed 2 Europe!! And l plan 2 return engaged & with a book, music, & performing deal in the works!!

[Sogwa]

@ButteryMuffin

Yea! l was wondering where the other 2 women were? Did they not even bother seeing it?

[HaveANiceDayBMX]

This show was freaking AWESOME the best musical EVER!

[ArekkusuSeketsu]

My favorite part of passing strange was berlin owo

[dcshizz]

I hate that people judged this show based on little clips they saw, and people seemed to hate the accents. No one would focus on the music. Spike lee agrees with us.

[futureactor132]

great music!...weird idea for a musical.but still love it!

[sallonesque]

I really really wish they'd done this medley for the Tonys. I think including that little bit of Amsterdam in that performance would have made it a lot more enjoyable for a lot of people who didn't 'get' Keys/It's Alright by itself.

That being said, I love the crap out out of this show. It's really such an insightful and inspirational piece of art and I am so heartbroken that it closed before I got a chance to see it.

[jsh394]

i love this musical so much, i went on opening day not knowing what i was getting at all... this is easily my favorite of all time

[macrent2]

Its like my first time in Amsterdam...!

[JoshAllain]

FUCKIN' AWESOME ROCK MUSICAL!!!

[msumedanthro]

daniel breaker is awesome, he should've won a tony. also, colman domingo is fantastic. he should have been nominated for best actor, as stephen holden pointed out in the ny times.

[mitts61]

Stew's vocals remind me of a combination of Adam Duritz and Craig Finn. Awesome.

[scandolousmaid27]

this song was so much more powerful when its live! they need to show the whole cast more, not just who's singing

[donel2837]

nah ,they paid . I granteed them that the music

would take their heads off , and it did!They

thank me greatly, for the awareness of good live art. Am going again.

[broadwaybound4eva]

it closed :(

[SgtSplatter782]

yes but hopefully it will make it's way onto video in some way. Spike Lee filmed the final week's performances.

[donel2837]

I've seen the show two times ,and took a group

of 15 as a treat from me to them .they ate it

up. anyone would love this show .treat somebody.... I love it, going to see it again

[broadwaybound4eva]

Wow. You paid for 15 people? That must have been very expensive. But probably worth it.

[tbone71491]

im completely not a racist but...did they really think it was a necessity to have only the black view members on stage with them? and even though this story is about a "black man"'s journey, theatre and literature should be able to be interpreted to any person no matter what skin color, race, or religion...

ughh i hate the whoopi.

not everything is about her!

[broadwaybound4eva]

Actually, I thought the same exact thing. lol.

[cocolahtay]

she also introduced In the Heights. She's not latino. She's the mediator on the show.

[Trent1986]

This show was really something else! Something in it for everyone. I wish they had done this medley for the TONYS...

[manwerdjr]

this show is like the Spring Awakening of this season in a way with the hole ppl not expecting what they end up seeing but this show is so amazing i just love everything about it cant wait to see it agian

[payette]

did anyone else hear whoopi saying "fuck fuck fuck fuck" at 4min?? when she's supposed to go up the stairs! I LOVE IT

[shelbiielouise]

i heard it & then the oops after she said it haha

[Kaliopy]

I saw the show last night and Stew is incredible. The whole cast is sexy, sensual and so ridiculously talented!!

[catcookie]

I can't wait to see it! I love that song!

[misseliss1009]

I saw the show on Wednesday night - it was AMAZING !!!!

[loquaciousthe3RD]

and i'd just like to add...black people have always had the ability to rock out. our roots our in rock..with the blues and such. HELLZ YEAH! I want to be in this, someday.

[blonducks]

This was AMAZING!

:)

[ddrew49]

Though I hope Xanadu wins best musical as well Im still very mixed on if I like Passing Strange or not some stuff I heard I didnt like at all and then some of it I did. I personally think that the best chance at a tony for this show is Daniel Breaker taking the tony from Boyd Gaines. I think Boyd will win but he already has 3 giving Breaker that new comer edge and he could win.

[OrlMusick]

I do admit I hope Xanadu pulls the upset, but for best actor in a musical, I am pulling for Stew!

[Cypresswhisker2]

that would be AMAZING. :)

[springawakeningwins]

tony winner right here!