Phantom Of The Opera/Seth Rudetsky debacle

[Shelley464]

I like you. :)

[Merrydothe]

"Phantoms maaaaask" LOL!!!!!!!!

[iLIFEdocuments]

1. You are so charming. What's so funny is how talented and smart you are, while throwing away the things you say and do like it's nothing. Very funny and lovely/humble.

2. I LOVE listening to the music the way you do. Pointing out techniques with the singers as well as the orchestra...very educational and enhancing my experience with excellent music.

3. At the very least, it is fun to just listen to a song with you, even if you don't deconstruct it that much.

love, a growing fan : )

[InspectorKaramazov]

XD I am laughing too loudly for this late at night.

[RocktheSocks]

Seth, I love you, your stories are fantastic, your deconstructions are amazing, but I have to ask one question: why the film soundtrack? I mean...Michael Crawford>Gerard Butler.

[rachel869]

HAHA, I love this.

Also, I sat in the second row when I saw Phantom, and when I looked into the pit, I'm pretty sure I saw that bass player. Wearing the mask. I was thrown. It was a few years ago :p

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

lol i love how its the film soundtrack :P

[BaraCanadian]

YOU ARE A BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT musician and comedian! Thank you for making me laugh!!!

[angstypunk]

I wish I could play piano for Phantom, I do an amazing overture :D

[27boof]

Oh, that is too FUNNY!!! YOU are to funny! I am also a female Bass player, used to sub a LOT for Phantom in Sydney Australia. I now live in NY - is that where you are? If you are, I know who the female Bass player is for Phantom in NY...Ha, Haaaa!!!

Yours is one of the funniest Pit stories I've ever heard - THANK YOU!!! :)

[Disneydanny]

i;m seeing this production 2 weeks from Friday. SOOO EXCITED.! sucks that Tour 3 is closing

[TheMaster61964]

Seth, you need your own show!! I'm also a pit player, and you described the absurdity and abject boredom that forces us to play around perfectly.

[bennybob1000]

You are tOO funny!

[racheldizon]

Too funny!!! Lol! He is so hilarious! Thanks, Seth, for bring so open.

[j0scthecitygal7]

"Bang, bang, bang!" Laugh at that every time :)

[haleygrace1]

lol That is awesome!!!

[DancingQueenx3]

omg. i've watched this like 100 times, and it never fails to make me laugh (:

[broadwaytrekkie]

ikr?! haha....ixnay....bwa ha ha he's sooooo freakin hilarious:)

[RentandWicked]

awesome

[instantpotatoes]

Don't worry, I won't show it to ALW.

[phoebe21]

You are a RIOT!

[arielol]

I love this video. I saw Phantom of the Opera last Friday with a friend and I thought about this little story. You're hilarious!

[BroadwayKidNamedJosh]

ahah that is hilarious! Theater mishaps can be funny sometimes lol. You are sooooo lucky you can play in the pit for Phantom. Im a young pianist and performer, and id love to be able to one day play the piano for a Broadway show.

[saxamaphoneguy1]

Me too! Being a Piano performance major is tough stuff, but hopefully it will be worth it after I graduate! Playing on Broadway would be so awesome!

[Altivelzian]

and not at all self-obsessed darling!

[ZanderMyLove]

cracking me up right now

[jackjack6000]

lol!! that was so funny :)

[lovephantomperson]

SSSSSSOOOOOOO funny!!!!!

I'm Glad that you put this vid up

[Dwrght007]

Very funny story, but ugh, couldn't he have chosen a better recording to use than that awful movie soundtrack? lol

[saveourplanet14]

my thoughts exactly.

[cupcakeshizzle]

Haa! I love it! You're hilarious! I swear you put the mask on upside down though...

[711luvAquaatmall]

Haha!!! Love the whole re-inactment of the mask!!

[wrmmusic123]

cash cab is the best

[UveBeenLuPwned123094]

BANG BANG BANG! AHHH! PHANTOM! CONDUCTER! haha.

[UveBeenLuPwned123094]

i wondered if it was possible for me to think that you were any more amazing, then i found this video, and i guess it is.

[sbort]

AHHHHH!!! i wonder if my friend jeremy was playing the phantom last night!!!!!!!!! Hysterical! <3

[sbort]

ohhh i just noticed the date on this. anyway, wonder if he was phantom THAT night ; )

[jerm5]

Dude, slow down! XD

[Selendomono]

who is this guy?! hes so funny!

[altosingstar]

the ahmazing seth rudetsky!

he was the vocal coach on search for the next elle woods and he hosts Sirius/XM broadway

[jasminehare1]

Ha, "Don't show this video to Andrew Lloyd Webber."

[newrochellephoenix]

Seth .Ive always felt that the real show is back stage-or in the pit!

[akaulanav]

hahaha! dude youre hilarious!

[cuicuimusic]

That was a really funny story. You could totally insert it as it was in a comedy !

[BernardProfitendieu]

that's exactly the level of respect Andrew Lloyd Webber music deserves: none

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

omgsh, the normal pianist, Larry, played for me and my company once! He was so nice, i went to see the show when he was playing, but now I wish I'd known when seth was playing so I could have seen him too!

[jbwlld]

The mask is a bit more like Hannibal Lecter than phantom.

:-)

You are amazing!

[tenorsupremeGFP]

I love that the mask is on upside down. lol

[TheWitchOfTheWoods]

OH my goodness. Whew! I just finished crying from laughing so hard.

[idinamenzel03]

omigod i am crying that was soo funny!!! ur brilliant and thanks for making my day

[RENTxPOTOxphan]

I can't stop laughing! xD You have jsut made my day one million times better!

[AmbularNYC]

Seth, I love you so much.

Just as soon as I come to NY you fly down to Dallas to do a masterclass (I live in Dallas).

My heart is broken.

[bekah93]

HAHAHAHAHA thats sooo funny!

[mulioctaveman]

Your a substitute pianist like Steven Malone. He's subs for The Little Mermaid.

[broadway331]

You just made my day. BRAVO!

[mattro1000]

LMAO!! Seth, you're amazing and you make me smile!!

[ItalianDivo101]

Awesome.

[Scott89119]

"I get it, you're the Phantom!" haha LOL

[wickedpopular21]

that is hillarious ...well if i was in your position i would have done the same thing, that friken mask would have scared the heck out of me but i would have screamed much louder! you amahzing!!

[wansaham]

as a music director. i peed as i watched this on my laptop on a rehearsal break. I showed it to my entire cast and warned them on pit mishaps.

[mykat2]

You are so funny!! enjoy your videos very much.

[ruiningyourshit]

Seth, I live in West Virginia currently and I'm a Broadway addict. As such, it's hard for me to find much in the way of live performance around here, so I turn to youtube! Just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting a little ray of amahzing Broadway sunshine into this dark and dingy corner of the world! Keep up the good work, you're hilarious and deadly talented.

Love,

Graham

[Rosey212]

Would love to sit in the pit or backstage and see all the funny stuff!!!! You rock!

[tutor323gurrl]

ok so the band at my HS is playing a few things from phantom and me and my one friend found a phantom mask in our theatre room and we were like "you should totaly wear it during the consert" haha

[cassiopeia1289]

that's hilarious! I could totally see that happening -

and whats w/the GButler? He's gorgeous, I know - but ...

[Hoofer26]

I like your hair this length Seth!

[cajunmaoris]

you are funny!!!

[MTgirl100]

Seth, you are amahzing/fabulous! These videos are ridiculous, I love them. Even my anti-musical theatre friend (GASP I KNOW) loves your videos!

[carly3592]

This really happened! I saw Phantom about a month ago and I sat in the front row... and during the first lair scene I looked into the orchestra pit and I saw the bass player wearing the SAME EXACT mask in this video!

I couldn't help but laugh :-)

[payette]

I think you are wearing the mask upside down! LOL that makes it so much funnier

[payette]

that mask, too hilarious

[payette]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE VLOGGING!! this is beyond fantastic.

Please keep doing it. I LOVE how amazingly funny you are.

xo,

Corey

[encorebc]

riot!

[broadway525600]

That is so funny!!!!!!! I love that mask on seth. I love sirius broadway's best i listen to seth's show all the time!

[ilovehugh917]

Okay, 1:54? I almost peed my pants.

[AJAllegra]

that was wonderful

[nitakjos]

LMAO! That's great!

[mqjeffrey]

Seth, you rock! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to hearing you again on Sirius!