Tony Award 2009 Shrek Auditions

[artist2748]

when did john get so freaking tan?!!?!?

[artist2748]

this is not really how u audition for a broadway show right? lol

[artist2748]

5 ppl didnt make the cut.

[artist2748]

the pigs made me crack up SOOOOO much!!!

[artist2748]

its takes a lot of guts to be a grown man dressed as pinocchio in front of an audience.

[screamproductions23]

Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lolipop2119]

when is the tonys on this year?

[gchimmel]

@lolipop2119 I think the 12th of June. I may be wrong, though.

[lolipop2119]

@gchimmel ok thanks!

[soylakekagalindo]

I love it!!!! hahahaha I have seen this a lot of times, but I'm still laughing

[aniron1]

I loved PIGGY ELLIOT !!!!

[sramojonBETA]

0:59 lion king? XD

[ShutterBAM]

OMG I was laughing so hard when Johnny started Purpose :)

[SupernovaProds]

haha the wolf oooUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUt tonight LOL!

[SunshineStage]

1:25 It's PIGGY ELLIOT!!!!

[broadwaydiva13]

I like the easy to be hard the best :]

[ComedyMaster423]

Now Noah is in In The Heights lol

[TinselFairy]

i dont get the third one.

[crazyking1325]

@TinselFairy she's Humpty Dumpty, an egg. Boiled eggs are hard, Easy to be Hard *rimshot*

[bdwygeek532]

from what section of radio city is this?

[bdwygeek532]

from what section of radio city is this?

[buckeyebabe14]

Ah, Little People!! I love that song :)

[Dreamingofyou6]

He says "I have a ballad..."

[mad4movies]

wats the VERY last thing JT sayz? i cant make out those words.

[fifi940tokidoki]

JOHN TARTAGLIA!!!! <3

[horsebackridernumber]

what is pinnochio singing??

[teddy230]

purpose from avenue q

[horsebackridernumber]

OMG!!!! I love when the witch sings Defying Gravity from Wicked I am ubsessed with Wicked and shrek comes second

[broadwaybabi510]

this just made my life <3

[mchammar416]

lol at 0:17

[geneshi]

i luv the wolf!!!! singin i am pretty in spansih omg i almost pee my self

[Lion187]

I want to favourite this 85438037645303231 times. It's HILARIOUS!

[MoonAngel1000]

@Lion187 yeah I'm agree

[Wayannik]

hahaha

thats the prove even the ensemble people have a lot of talent and humour

[SamThePianoWoman]

OMG, so funny of John Tartaglia to sing Purpose because he played Princeton in the original cast - and with a sock puppet and everything!

[fb915]

they are the cast of Shrek poking fun of the songs from other musicals

[SwedishChef13]

haha oooook now i understand. thank you so much!

[aquarius21797]

@SwedishChef13 they are the fairy tale creatures singing songs from other musicals for their tryouts for shrek (but they are already in it) so they are in the cosutmes cause they are supossed to be fairytale creatures already.

[dcp347]

@SwedishChef13 it's the cast of shrek. They are acting as their characters in the show trying to audition for another one.

[TheRaven971]

This made me laugh really hard xD I have to watch it again. I was laughing so hard I didn't hear half of it.

[Raspel]

what is the song at 0:30?

[SamThePianoWoman]

Pretty sure it was "Easy to Be Hard" from Hair

[patebrisee]

Classic!

[bezzybecks123]

ok LUV PINOCCHIO JOHN IS GREAT!!! and the wicked witch sung defying gravity from wicked nice choice

[kjag23]

omg how fun would this have been to do!

[rapgcine1]

"soy bonitooo muy bonitooo, soy bonito no digas que nooo" LOL

[hellooldfashion]

hahaha the pig spinning the chair is gold :)

[ooolarge]

lol love Legally Blonde,Hair,wicked,In the Heights and the end of billy l loved the hole chair part

[gchimmel]

I love the Hair and In the Heights references!!!

[Number1AnimationFan]

I love the "In the Heights" reference!

[ShowtuneSilly]

I like that the girl sings "little people" from les miserables :-)

[cdgunzz97]

HAHA i love it when they are all holding the notes and then the lady singing legally blonde does the "ah ah ah ah ah" from so much better! lol

[Broadwayx3Love]

I loved when the egg sang Easy to Be Hard (harharhar as in hard boiled? eh?)and when the bears sang Aquarius!

[Broadwayx3Love]

AMAZING!!! this was absolutely hysterical!

[RollerPortia122]

Poor white rabbit

Why was this not shown during the show?

[leax2028]

it was shown at the tonys just people watching tony's on tv had to watch the commercials. those at the live show saw this

[ManBig4]

this is halarius

[gopgoddess]

What was the white rabbit singing?

[greenelphiexoxo]

In the Heights from In the Heights

[broadwaygirl0307]

lol that was so funny

[Chelsealeigh16]

I love this. i can't stop watching it!!! <3

[TheQueenofBroadway]

so this is what happens when they have commercials during a live show! One more reason for me to want to go to the Tony Awards! Love it so much!

[shoney2318]

purpose- from avenue q.

[cheerjewhottie101]

wat was the song that john (pinnochio) sang????

[bezzybecks123]

purpose from Avenue Q

[OMGirl0702]

the elf was singing little people from les miserables

[cutie4ever94xoxo]

what is the elf singing? 0:37

[cheerjewhottie101]

what was the 2nd song the wolf sang???

[BroadwayJunkie131]

I Feel Pretty from West Side Story. He was singing the spanish version from the current revival.

[DG21809]

john as pinnochio + sock puppet =pure broadway magic and genius

[TheRaven971]

YES! xD And he still rocks at the sock puppet! It actually looks like it's talking xD

[rozanund133]

what did the shoemakers elf sing?

[gopgoddess]

3 piggies = 3 billies. Gotta luv Broadway

[bezzybecks123]

who was the 1st one meant to be i dont reconize him or her?

[tabbyf13]

that is absolutely hilarious, to die for. I always wondered what went on at the Tony's when the commercials were on...

[Twilightbuff]

i'd love to be in shrek just because the cast seems like sooo much fun to hang out with!

[Broadway3]

what did the puppet say in the end? it sounds like "im a battlefield." ??

[Safuza]

"I have a ballad..."

[Broadway3]

ooooooooo! ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa­! that's funny

[GoldenStar1212]

Electricity from Billy Elliot is what the # Little Pigs do

[CarlysMusic]

ahhh i love it!

[cutie4ever94xoxo]

what did the 3 pigs do? thats the only song here i dont know

[kilkron]

I dont know for sure... but the spinning the chair thing at the end of theirs makes me think Billy Elliot.

[cutie4ever94xoxo]

yea i saw that too, but i looked through billy elliot nd i couldnt find it, but thank you!

[punkysk8er522]

"Electricity" from Billy Elliot

[TheRaven971]

They did "Electricity" from Billy Elliot

[MsMarypoppins1]

is this the real auditions or is it just a set up?

[bezzybecks123]

i think they were set up cos they were given the costumes only if they were chosen

[loldancer1748]

i luv the part @ 1:25! its lol funny! XD

[bananas379]

1:10 ROTFLMFAO

[bezzybecks123]

OMG HAHAHAHA GO ON JOHN LOL ROFL!!!!

[fantasmicfreak1]

hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[factortenshithawk]

bears and pigs are best

[bezzybecks123]

i thought john tartaglia was super funny (pinocchio)

[BoriquaRey]

Omg the 3 bears... Hysterical

[DefyGravitylikElphie]

LMFAO at the pigs XDXD and yay for defying gravity :D

[KarKartwirl]

Love this video favorite part is the 3 "piggys"

[princessjocie]

that is soooooo funny. thank you for sharing. i laughed sooo hard when Johnny started singing Purpose. I had to reqind it cause i was laughing too hard.

[quitiplamb]

three little pigs singing from Billy Elliot. lol

[BroadwayLove727]

that was absolutely adorable!

[detaler]

songs in order from out tonight to pinnochios last words

[detaler]

"Purpose" from Avenue Q

"Age of Aquarius" from Hair (again)

"Electricity" from Billy Elliot

"Defying Gravity" from Wicked

"Ohs and Ahs" from Various

Legally Blonde Orgasm

Then Pinnocchio says : "But I'm a puppet...Ok...I have a ballad if you want?...Ok no bye"

[legallyblonderoxxx]

ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!

[withoutascript]

cab someone tell me what pinnocio is singing I can't tell

[cutie4ever94xoxo]

Purpose from Avenue Q

[alixr]

love it! Hi Nico!

[crazyking1325]

what's Jen Cody, or the Shoemaker's Elf singing?

[Jamiekennywicked]

Little People from le mis

[gopgoddess]

Mama Bear got some pipes!

[deltanu4ever]

hilarious! this is amazing!

[LikeToTryToBeGood]

the best part of the tonys and wtf the didnt show it!!!

[zerrish]

ha ha i remember this at the tonys. SO funny lol

[TaylynThatsMe]

I CANT STOP LAUGHING!!!

[sixrubberduckies]

wat does john say at 2:17 and on?

[witchstar1987]

FREAKIN HILARIOUS

[Saveusmike]

the 3 pigs as the 3 billys; so funny

[cutie4ever94xoxo]

i couldnt understand, what was johnny singing? it looked like something from Avenue Q???

[Saveusmike]

Johnny was parodying Q.

he sung from "Purpose"

"Purpose...its that little flame, thats lights a fire under your ass"

thats what he said :)

[iBroadwayBlonde]

Purpose ;)

[pilsburydoughboy555]

the best was jhonny

[ThoroughlyObsessed22]

OMG this is AMAZING!! Wish I could have been there and seen this- during the Tony commercial breaks my friend and I were making a project. Hehe! I nearly died during the piggies and Wolf singing "Soy Bonito"...Amazingness!!!

[RentandWicked]

when the big bad wolf was singing out tonight LOL and Omigod you guys haha Lol this is my life

[grimbackyardifan99]

1:10 LOL!!!!

[BroadwayStephen]

OMG!!!!!!!!! THE WICKED WITCH WAS AMAZING AT DEFYING GRAVITY!!!!! and i loved the creature who sang legally blonde!!!!!!

[yakenbysheir]

Omg I love the Legally Blonde creature as well!!! LOL AMAZING

[WestEndDream]

Omg that was the best thing of all time!! LOL!!!!

[xxalleyohoe123]

hahhahahahhahahahaha im seeing shrek for the 2nd time 2morrow

[shesaid42]

just made my night a whole lot better! thank you so much!

[NoGoodDeedWilliDo11]

What are the 3 bears singing?

[BroadwayMusicalFreak]

Aquarius from "Hair" the musicall

[NoGoodDeedWilliDo11]

Thank you!

[DimonBroadway09]

This was hilarious! I loved The Three Pigs and The three Bears! Billy Elliot!!!!!

[laaviebohemee]

this made my day. it's things like this that are the reason why i love theatre.

[BroadwayMusicalFreak]

so funny

[fredalltheway]

thank you so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soso so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much for posting this! its hilarious!

[broadwaybornbaby]

I love the piggies!!! Big Billy Elliot Fan!!!!

[xkadie999x]

does anyone know what the white rabbit, shoemakers elf and the gnome are singing xx

[mpd4165]

The Rabbit was doing In The Heights and Shoemaker's elf was gavroche's song from Les Miz.

[xkadie999x]

cheers a bunch -- me nd mii mate could'nt figure it out xx hehe XD

[fredalltheway]

"little people" les mis

[xkadie999x]

omg i luv it -- purpose hahahahahaha

electicity hahahaha, defying gravity by the witch lol xx all sooooooooooooo funny -- complete genius xx

[Emelsu1993]

what is pinocchio singing?

[iBroadwayBlonde]

Purpose from Avenue Q

[morviee]

avenue q

[xjtiger08x]

At the end John says "I have a ballad..."

I think the audience 'awed' at the end because majority is made up of performers and they know how humiliating it is to give an audition your all and get rejected.

This entire segment had me in sheer laughter, brilliant.

[liteupthestage]

omg i LOVE how the 3 pigs sing Electricity from Billy Elliot!!! LMAO

[raiseyourfreakflag09]

omg thank u sooooo much 4 posting this!!!! =) this is hilarious!!!

[bwayspazzzzzzz]

what is pinochio singing?

[TheITinFIT]

"Purpose" from Avenue Q. It's funny because the song is sung by Princeton, a puppet, and Pinocchio is a puppet who is played by John Tartaglia, who originated the role of Princeton and Rod.

[xkadie999x]

purpose from avenue q xx

[TheITinFIT]

Hey did anyone notice that the characters at 0:01-0:03, 0:53-0:58, 2:09, 2:11, and 2:13 only appear during the opening of the Tonys but aren't in Shrek the Musical at all? I looked at my program and saw them in the "Freak Flag" picture but when I went to the show they weren't there. How weird is that?

[iBroadwayBlonde]

I'm thinking those are the swings. Not completely sure, though.

[BradleyKeithThomas]

the only one that appears in the show is wolf

[TheITinFIT]

No, Pinocchio, the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty, the Shoemaker's Elf, the 3 Bears, 3 Little Pigs, the Witch, Peter Pan, the Gnome that looks like the Travelocity gnome and the Ugly Duckling are in Shrek the Musical

[TheRaven971]

Actually, the first one was in it the first time I saw it. I'm pretty sure they're swings.

[TheITinFIT]

It sounds like the White Rabbit is singing something from In The Heights, could anyone tell me what?

[Safuza]

96000

[sophsterr]

He's singing the first song, "In the Heights"

[Broadway3]

hahahahaha! the bears and the pigs are my favorite!! AQUARIUS!! lol

[actressgrl]

what does pinocchio say at the very end?

[iBroadwayBlonde]

"I have a ballad."

[actressgrl]

thanks!

[Amauz123]

funniest thing eva!!! ♥

When Wolf said "a selection from RENT," I thought he was gonna sing "Today 4 U"

You know, cuz of the dress ;)

The Piggy Elliot one is soo awesome, I cracked up at the chair!

And John!!

Ooh, there is just too much awesomeness in this video!

[fredalltheway]

0:37 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HILARIOUS

[doggybone1994]

tartilga's waz the funniest

[hayleypshields]

LOL at the wolf performing Out Tonight,.

And I wish they had a better Wicked reference.

[Safuza]

OMG!! THE CHAIR!!!

lmao!!!! =D

[HarryPotterRENThead]

Oh my god.  This is HILARIOUS!!! The Wolf doing Out Tonight = greatness.

I totally died at Pinnochio doing Purpose. I love John Tartaglia.

The 3 Pigs were total win too!!