Darren Criss - Closing Night H2$ Speech

[NinaStarkid247]

Sitting here with a box of tissues at hand. I was at this performance, and cried so much. Were all so proud of our little dapper darren. I believe in you...truly, I do.

[TheMira428]

Darren Everet Criss!You need to stop taking over my life with your hot amazingness!

[rentfriend]

I'm mad that Hanke didnt get to say anything on his last night :'(

[DisneyGirl161]

Wasn't he just in the show for a couple of weeks?

[broadwaydiva37]

Awwwww he's about to cry.... :)

[TheHorriblehanna]

When his voice catches like he's gonna cry...*places hand over heart and faints*

[mcleviss1989]

I LOVE Beau Bridges reaction to all the girls screaming! :D

[gleeallblacks]

I'm so proud of him!!! And he thought he would never be on broadway! I love you Darren. We're all so very very proud. :) :) :)

[roxford13]

"Well sir, I was on Glee.."

Cue screaming fangirls. You guys are amazing! :)

[1ThreeDaysGrace]

Wait. waitwaitwaitwaitwait....does he have a wedding band on for the play!? Orrr...

[BeautyShock15]

@1ThreeDaysGrace yes its for the show. his character gets married

[1ThreeDaysGrace]

@BeautyShock15 Oh okay, thanks! Phew! Hahah

[Jackson5819]

go Darren

[nikkowhite]

lol what happened? 

[KLAINELOVER]

3 dislikes? Thanks Hermione!

[DarrenCrissLvr]

there are no words... i cried when he near cried when he was thanking his family... so down to earth and totally amazing!

[ireallylovedecandjmr]

Naww was he crying almost awww I love you Darren. Wish I could have seen it -3 :)

[music12332]

Darren: "I guess I should go back to doing what I was doing before."

Beau Bridges: "And what were you doing?"

Darren: "I was on Glee."

Oh Darren, you could have said "Team StarKid" and we would have been equally, if not MORE happy.

[SuperKaitie333]

@dapperbitch BRB, STEALING YOUR USERNAME.

[MrMiawashere]

yo know you're a starkid when you're proud of our boys run on broadway

[TrueGoldenArrow]

The girl who said "I Love you Darren!" at around 2:07 is my best friend lol. So this is the show she went to see.... Lucky.

[welcometomylife96]

He's so, so beautiful

[JessiechenXOXO]

Darren succeeds in life, not just business.

Drowning in my proud mama tears.

[bandosdoitbest]

@JessiechenXOXO mama umbridge would be proud too...

[isatkmluvS2]

I went to this show was amazing

And I saw him at almost close

And it's sad that Darren is going

To live but know how is going

Two be is Nick Jonas but will

Miss Darren ..

[XxMadAboutPotterxX]

I don't know what makes me more sad. The fact that he was on Broadway or the fact that I didn't get to see him.

[bellajacklil]

I must be completely Lost or just stupid, I thought he just started the show, and Dan Radcliff just ended. Im so confused LOL!!!

[safetyxinxfalsehood]

@bellajacklil He could only get 3 weeks (I think) free from his Glee schedule to do the show, but the Glee people told him he should do it anyway, to live his Broadway dream. So he took the only time off they could give him with his shooting schedule.

[bellajacklil]

@safetyxinxfalsehood oh ok that makes sense then. thanks : )

[marcycare56]

OMG !!!...I´m SSOOOOO proud of Him .. I love him so much...yes... yeahh.. I need to hear this.. thank you .... thank youuuuu...

[idunnoknowwhattodo]

@marcycare56 I love how you capitalized "Him" like Darren's god or something...can you say WIZARD GOD!

[annapasta31]

I am actually crying just thinking that I am never gonna get to see him on broadway cause I live in England :-(

[liketicktick16]

how cute is he

[yuranruben]

OOOH GOD!! I'm crying. he's he's i'm speechless. *O*

[dreamjinx40]

Seriously, I don't know why I'm crying. I just love seeing him on stage. And yeah, it's awesome. He went from Michigan to Broadway. Amazing guy. I totally look up to him.

[guilfoyle2008]

Is everyone following Darren on twitter, we are trying to get him one million followers by his birthday, Feb 5. Tweet out to all your followers to follow him are RT. ALSO many have reported that TWITTER is un-following people. check your followers and get the word out. Let's send @DarrenCriss a joint Birthday surprise we know he will see. 1millionfollowers4DarrenCriss

[mariale2892]

Thank you SO MUCH!!!!! i'm so proud of him and even if i couldn't go see him I am so glad everyone else did because he is very talented and humble and is wordy of everything he has accomplished ... n.n

[galaxia205]

thank you so much for upload this video it means the world to me , im so so far

[MusesandMaple]

Crying mounds of proud mama tears right now. We couldn't be prouder of you, Darren. You certainly have succeeded in business, even if you did have to be incredibly talented to get there <3

[TheHobbitLove]

I love Darren! Such a lovely guys!! And look!! over 5000 views in just 1 day!!!!!!

[definatalieee]

Darren: Well sir, I was on 'Glee'...

Audience (and myself): WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ASDFGHJKLLFRUJDHUI

[blardybaboons]

does anybody have a write-up of his speech? lol i can't really make up all the words..

[DewDrop411]

@blardybaboons Darren: Good God! They said yesterday that I had to say a couple of words after the show, so... Frankly, I'm speechless. It's been--It's been such a whirlwind, this whole ride for me, it's been, uh, crazy. So I just wanted to say a couple of "Thank yous" before I go, since this is my last show. Um, thank you to, obviously, the wonderful producers who believed in me to let me do this and be a part of this wonderful project.

[DewDrop411]

To our esteemed director, Mr. Rob Ashford, thank you for believing in me as well.To our genius conductor Mr. David Chase as well. And of course, to this wonderful group of people onstage and behind the stage, the "Brotherhood" of the world wide wicked family, this is not only my last show, but the wonderful Cameron Adams and Christopher Hanke.

[DewDrop411]

And it's been short but sweet but now, I think it's time that I, uh, I think it's about time because--This firm's been pretty good to me, and I think it's time that I went back to my--I resigned, and I took the blame for what I did, and I went back to doing what I did before I came here.

Beau Bridges: What did you do?

Darren: Well, sir, I was on Glee!

Audience: Laughs and applauds

[DewDrop411]

Darren: That wasn't the point! Only because I'm a sucker for musical jokes, Dave, give me that again!

Audience member:I LOVE YOU DARREN

Darren: *Laughs* There it is. Just pretend this happened! Because I planned this. . . Well, sir, I was on Glee! Anyway, I wanna get out of here, so thank you so much. You know, life, I always say life is only as good as those you get to share it with, and it has been an absolute pleasure sharing it with these wonderful individuals up here, and with all of you.

[DewDrop411]

I wanna make this quick, I want to get out of here, so please let me finish. So, about, like, ten years ago when I was growing up in musical theatre I did a musical called "Do I Hear a Waltz," and there's a wonderful line at the end of that show where, uh, the female character says, "Thank you so much for something between ridiculous and sublime," and it's been beautiful sharing it with all of you and with my beautiful family *voice cracks* who is here and who's been here this whole time

[DewDrop411]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart! And we will see you next time on Broadway!

:)

[condelli5]

@DewDrop411 Thank you!

[galaxia205]

@DewDrop411 thank so much for write this =D

[SarahLEESchwarz]

AWWWWWWwwwww! I CANT BELIEVE I GOT TO BE THERE!!!!!!! :D

[KLAINELOVER]

From being a very Potter internet sensation, to a dapper, furniture jumper Warbler, to Broadway star.

I believe in you.

[IAreGeorgia]

So proud of this guy <3

[lolgurl4life34]

I started to cry when he choked up omg I love him so much he deserved everything he's gotten so far (sob)

[RitaProductions94]

This broke my heart but then I saw your description....ugly sobbing

[90939smiles]

That was adorable.

[3lemonkids]

So adorable how he chokes up when mentioning his family.

[Witbeyondmeasure1]

That's it he's finally broken me... I don't think I can handle all it takes to be a DCriss fan anymore. So much emotional effort required! It's like a frigging career... Being generally a rational human being, I can't even explain to myself why I love him so much :'-) happiest tears i've ever cried...

[jackbarakatlove]

I can just imagine him breakng down right after the curtain dropped. Outstanding man, right there.

[XxMadAboutPotterxX]

I'm crying so hard right now.

[DoomMoofy]

@XxMadAboutPotterxX /holds

[stressdag83]

awww dont cry, so proud of you!

[SlightlyUnusual8]

I may have squealed when his voice broke... and I may have randomly clapped during his speech... maybe...

[stormiheibeltv]

I am sobbing like a little baby, omfg.

[SomeonewhoisFrench]

Huh. I never knew a crowd could collectively scream an 'Aww!'. 

[LilRippy]

Oh goodness, thank you for sharing this with us! Congratulations to you, Darren! We are all so incredibly proud of you and even more happy for you that you are living your dreams! <3

[JJFLIP101]

CHRISTOPHER J. HANKE, NOOOOOOO.

[CourtneyJanvrin15]

cool, I'm just sitting alone in my room crying because of this perfect man.

[CaseyDia22]

Excuse me a moment. I have dust in both of my eyes at the same time..

[MacGruver]

2:47 That was just.....T_______T

[MoulinRouge6Love]

SWEET MARY MOTHER OF GOD.

He's too beautiful. I'm dead.

[HeyGennie]

so proud of him, sigh :')

[rezudahh]

I'm kissing and hugging the screen right now. No regrets.

[moopoint21]

hella pissed that hanke did not get to make a speech as well! i love darren, but hanke's been with the show since it's opened.

[straitflows]

@moopoint21 tru dat

[jovanddavid]

*sniff* Damn me for living on the side of the planet!

[jeangirlb123]

Omg goosebumps...

[mushergirl]

Bitch, you got to go see this three times. I'm so jealous.

Anyway, MY BABY T^T

[cassiee529]

MY BABY <3

[ahanghay]

Normally I'm quite the calm and composed Darren Criss fan, but did anyone else tear up a bit when he got choked up thanking his family?

[Djellydonut]

@ahanghay I so did! I was just sitting here like "This is a nice speech..." and then he got all chocked up and I was like "AWWWW!!!!!" :'D

[twobritishmermaids]

<3

[rentfriend]

Did Hanke make a speech!?!!?

[MusicCrazy182]

well sir... i was on glee.

[lisashmo]

this is where he belongs. love him on glee but i can't wait to get my ass to new york for his next show. because he will be back!

[Labrylla1]

Oh my god I came here to like and favorite this video and realized you are the Shit Blaine Stans Say girl and I just about died because I cried laughing at that so...FOUR FOR YOU!