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The Voices

In the Deaf West Version of the show, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing actors have an additional actor portraying their Voice. These performers dress in modern clothes and appear in the onstage band, as well. However, the Voice actors are not just musical accompaniment, as they interact with their Deaf/HoH counterpart, and—occasionally—other actors, while maintaining different personalities from their other half.

Voice of Wendla/Guitar: Voice of Wendla is always seen close to her other half. She has a very similar personality to her counterpart, but she is much more brave and mature, except when Melchior is involved. She is the only Voice to directly speak to another character: Melchior. When Wendla is taken away for her abortion, Voice of Wendla has to be dragged away by a doctor. The original actress to portray her, Katie Boeck, says that she sees the Voice of Wendla as an angel.

Voice of Moritz/Guitar: Voice of Moritz tends more to the original Broadway production than his Deaf counterpart, who is cool and collected for the majority of the show. Voice of Moritz is Moritz’s inner rockstar, and dresses the part. He’s wild, rambunctious, and could be considered an antagonist, as he is shown pulling Moritz away from Ilse when she tries to save him from killing himself. He has the distinction of being the only non-adult character to not sign “Heaven” in the opening number of the show. Like Voice of Wendla, he has a direct interaction with the protagonist Melchior. Before Moritz’s suicide, Voice of Moritz hands his counterpart a gun and nods, as if affirming that killing himself is the right decision, before walking away. He was originally played by Alex Boniello, who claimed to be Moritz’s inner thoughts.

Voice of Martha/Guitar: Voice of Martha is never seen alongside her other half. She often wanders around the top of the stage, disconnected from most of the action. This was done to show Martha’s disconnect from herself due to her abuse. Like Voice of Wendla, she portrays herself in a much more powerful and mature way than her deaf counterpart, and seems almost bitter. Her original actress, Kathryn Gallagher, has made no official statement on what Voice of Martha is to Martha.

Voice of Ernst/Piano: Voice of Ernst and Ernst have the closest relationship of any pair in the show. They are constantly holding hands and Ernst spends much of the show sitting on his Voice’s piano. Arguably the most innocent character in the show, he is initially uncomfortable and apprehensive about Hanschen’s advances on his counterpart, however, by the end of the second act, he appears to have fallen just as hard for the manipulative schoolboy. Despite this, his happiness is short-lived, as after Ernst and Hanschen kiss, Ernst abandons his Voice in favor of his new love, and willingly walks away from him with Hanschen, thus displaying the end of Ernst’s innocence. The original actor who portrayed Voice of Ernst, Daniel David Stewart, says that his character is both a manifestation of Ernst’s innocence, and his imaginary friend.

Voice of Otto/Bass: Voice of Otto, like Voice of Martha, is generally separated from his deaf counterpart. However, their separation is not great, and there is no underlying symbol of disconnect between the two. Most likely, it is due to the fact that Voice of Otto’s instrument for much of the show is a double bass, which makes mobility difficult. Voice of Otto is very cocky and headstrong—going so far as to jump into the audience and interact with theatergoers (usually young women) in a charismatic manner. His existence is acknowledged only by Hanschen, who refers to him as “Bobby Maler,” and is lusted over by him, as well. His original actor,Sean Grandillo, has made no comment on what Voice of Otto is to Otto.

From wikipedia. A million thanks to whoever wrote this!

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Check out this awesome footage from ensemble member Sydney Harcourt!

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Stage Musicals.

I finally redid and updated this list. Sorry for the wait.

13! 1 2 3 4 5 6    25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee OBC    42nd Street - 1933    A Bed and a Chair    A Chorus Line 1987    A Chorus Line 2006    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966    A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder 2 3    A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    A Little Night Music - 1990 2    A Very Potter Musical    A Very Potter Sequel    A Very Potter Senior Year    Aida    After Midnight    Aladdin - Toronto    All Shook Up    American Idiot password: greenday    ANI: A Parody    Annie - 1982    Annie - 1999    Annie 2014    Annie Get Your Gun - 1950    Anything Goes 1956    Anything Goes w/ Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, and Laura Osnes    Anything Goes w/ Stephanie J. Block 2 3 4    Assassins - 2004    Avenue Q    Bare: The Musical 2    Bare: A Pop Opera 2004    Bat Boy 2004    Beautiful 2 3    Beauty & The Beast    Beauty & The Beast Spain La Bella y La Bestia    Billy Elliot    Bonnie & Clyde w/ Laura Osnes & Jeremy Jordan 2    Bonnie & Clyde    Bridges of Madison County    Brigadoon - 1954    Bring It On 2 3 4 5    Broadway: The American Musical    Broadway’s Lost Treasures 1 2 3    Bye Bye Birdie 1963    Cabaret 1972 2    Cabaret w/ Alan Cumming    Cabaret w/ Emma Stone, Alan Cumming    Camelot 1982 alternate    Candide 2005    Caroline, or Change    Carousel 1956    Carousel w/ Kellie O'Hara & Jessie Mueller 2 3    Carrie 1988    Carrie 2012 Revival    Carrie 2013    Catch Me If You Can    CATS 1988    CATS - Hebrew    CATS - Mexico    Chaplin    Chess    Chess Denmark Cast    Chicago 2002    Chicago US Tour    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2 3 4    Cinderella    Cinderella 1997    Company - 2007 w/ Raul Esparza    Company - 2011    Curtains    Cry-Baby - stage    Cry-Baby 1990    Damn Yankees 1958    Dogfight    Dreamgirls OBC    Dreamgirls 2006    Elf 2 3 4    Evita 2012    Evita 2014 Tour    Fame 1980    Fame 2009    Fiddler on the Roof 1971    Finding Neverland 2 3 4    First Date    Flashdance 1983    Follies live at Kennedy Center    Footloose 1984    Footloose 2011    Frankenstein    Funny Girl 1968    Funny Lady 1975    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953    Grease 1978    Grease w/ Laura Osnes & Max Crumm    Grease - Spain    Guys and Dolls 2    Gypsy 1962    Gypsy 2003 w/ Bernadette Peters    Gypsy 2008 w/ Patti LuPone & Laura Benanti    Hair 1979    Hair - Hebrew    Hairspray 2006 w/ Shannon Durig, Blake Hammond, Diana DeGarmo, Aaron Tveit, Darlene Love, Tevin Campbell 2    Hairspray w/ Lance Bass as Corny    Hairspray 2007 film    Hair 2008 Revival 2 3 4    Hallelujah Broadway    Heathers 2    Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001    Hello Dolly! 1969    High Fidelity    High Society 1956    Holler If Ya Hear Me    Holy Musical B@man!    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying w/ Darren Criss    If/Then - preview    If/Then 2014    In the Heights 2 3 4    In the Heights Clocktower Players    Into the Woods 2012 2 3 4    Into the Woods 2014    Jekyll & Hyde 2    Jersey Boys 2 3 4    Jersey Boys 2014    Jesus Christ Superstar 2005 Austria    Jesus Christ Superstar Spain    Jesus Christ Superstar 2012    Jesus Christ Superstar 2013    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2000    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Hebrew    Kinky Boots OBC 2 3    Kismet 1955    Kiss Me Kate 1953    Kiss Me Kate 1999 Revival    La Cage Aux Follies 2010 2 3 4    Legally Blonde Sing-A-Long    Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Dream Cast    Les Miserables 25th Anniversary 2    Les Miserables 2014    Les Miserables Spain    Les Miserables US Tour w/ Sutton Foster    Lestat opening night Broadway w/ Hugh Panaro & Carolee Carmello    Lestat San Francisco    Little Shop of Horrors 1986    Little Shop of Horrow 2003 Revival    Little Shop of Horrors UK Tour    Little Miss Sunshine 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    Little Women    Love Never Dies - Melbourne    Mamma Mia! - London    Mamma Mia! 2008    Man of La Mancha 1972    Mary Poppins - London 2    Matilda    Me & My Dick    Miss Saigon 1995 US Tour    Miss Saigon 2001 w/ Lea Salonga    Monty Python’s Spamalot    My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies    Newsies 1992    Newsies OBC    Newsies Tour 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    Next to Normal OOBC    Next to Normal OBC    Next to Normal w/ Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, & Meghann Fahy    Next to Normal w/ Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, & Brian d'Arcy - Last Performance    Next to Normal w/ Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, & Aaron Tveit    Next to Normal w/ Jessica Phillips, Kyle Dean Massey    Next to Normal US Tour w/ Alice Ripley, Asa Sommers, Emma Hunton, Curt Hansen    Nice Work If You Can Get It    Nine 2003 Revival    Nine 2009    No, No, Nanette 1940    Oklahoma! 1955    Oklahoma! 1999 w/ Hugh Jackman    Oliver! 1968    Oliver! 2010    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 2011 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    On the Town 1949    Once 2006    Once - Broadway    Once Upon a Matress 2010    Pacific Overtures 1976    Paint Your Wagon 1969    Passion - 1996    Peter and the Starcatcher    Peter Pan 1960    Peter Pan w/ Cathy Rigby    Peter Pan Tour 2012    Peter Pan Live! 2014    Pipe Dream password: suzy    Pippin 1982    Pippin 2013 2 3    Porgy and Bess    Potted Potter    RENT 2005    RENT 2008    RENT Hollywood bowl password tango maureen    RENT Revival 2013 2 3 4 5    Rock of Ages 2012    Saved!    Seussical: The Musical 2 3 4    Shrek: The Musical    Side Show OBC    Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall    Sondheim! The Birthday Concert    Song & Dance 1984    Spring Awakening w/ Lea Michele    Starship    Sunday in the Park with George - 1986    Sunday in the Park with George 2008    Sunset Blvd. w/ Betty Buckley 2    Sweeney Todd: Live in Concert    Sweeney Todd 2005 Revival    Sweeney Todd 2007    Take That: The Musical - Never Forget    Tarzan 2 3 4    The Addams Family OBC    The Apple Tree 2    The Book of Mormon OBC    The Book of Mormon w/ Gavin Creel 2    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime 2 3 4    The Drowsy Chaperone    The Bridges of Madison County 2014    The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Berlin    The King and I 1956    The Last 5 Years    The Lion King 2013 2 3 4 5    The Little Mermaid    The Music Man 1962    The Mystery of Edwin Drood    The Phantom of the Opera 1989    The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall    The Phantom of the Opera 2014 2    The Pirates of Penzance    The Producers 1968    The Producers 2005    The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975    The Sound of Music 1965    The Sound of Music Live!    The Trail to Oregon!    The Unsinkable Molly Brown    The Wedding Singer    The Wiz 1978    The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown    Thoroughly Modern Millie OBC 2    Thoroughly Modern Mille 1967    Three Musketeers with Aaron Tveit    Titanic 2 3 4 5    Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier    Urinetown    Victor/Victoria 1995    Violet    War Horse    West Side Story 1961    West Side Story Revival    Wicked 2004 w/ Idina Menzel, Norman Leo Butz, Kristen Chenoweth’s Last    Wicked w/ Aaron Tveit password swankified    Wicked w/ Annaleigh Ashford, Stephanie J. Block    Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown    Wonderland OBC 2    Wonderland    Xanadu 1980    Xanadu OBC    Young Frankenstein

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I Can Do Better Than That (from The Last Five Years) - Cynthia Erivo

Jason Robert Brown in Concert - 26th May 2015

She tore the bloody roof off the Royal Festival Hall. I am so constantly in awe of this woman. She received mid-show standing ovation after this.

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Just In! Check Out the Enchanting First Pics of Samantha Barks and Adam Chanler-Berat in Amélie

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Stunning Spring Awakening projections. Get ready Broadway.

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Fun Home (Original Cast Recording) - Welcome to Our House on Maple Avenue

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What It Means To Be A Friend (from 13) - Eleanor Worthington-Cox

Jason Robert Brown in Concert - 26th May 2015

What an absolutely fantastic voice.

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One thing that struck me when I went stage dooring after Wicked the other day was the amount of ensemble members that just walked away because “They’re not waiting for us.” Some of them kinda laughed it off, like this one guy who came out like “I AM NOT ELPHABA”, but you could still tell. It makes me sad how under appreciated ensemble members are. They are freakin amazing and we need to appreciate them.

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Stronger from Finding Neverland

Jeremy Jordan as J.M. Barrie

Michael McGrath as James Hook

and the Ensemble! 

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Jeremy Jordan’s “Giants in the Sky” brought the house down, even if his performance was fighting with too-literal projections. And the references to “mother at the door” made the following scene with Bernadette Peters extra gross because we thought she was his mother, and she sings a song from Road Show written for a mother to sing about her son, and then suddenly they’re in bed together.

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jeremy jordan sings sondheim’s losing your mind

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Stage Musicals.

I finally redid and updated this list. Sorry for the wait.

13! 1 2 3 4 5 6    25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee OBC    42nd Street - 1933    A Bed and a Chair    A Chorus Line 1987    A Chorus Line 2006    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966    A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder 2 3    A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    A Little Night Music - 1990 2    A Very Potter Musical    A Very Potter Sequel    A Very Potter Senior Year    Aida    After Midnight    Aladdin - Toronto    All Shook Up    American Idiot password: greenday    ANI: A Parody    Annie - 1982    Annie - 1999    Annie 2014    Annie Get Your Gun - 1950    Anything Goes 1956    Anything Goes w/ Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, and Laura Osnes    Anything Goes w/ Stephanie J. Block 2 3 4    Assassins - 2004    Avenue Q    Bare: The Musical 2    Bare: A Pop Opera 2004    Bat Boy 2004    Beautiful 2 3    Beauty & The Beast    Beauty & The Beast Spain La Bella y La Bestia    Billy Elliot    Bonnie & Clyde w/ Laura Osnes & Jeremy Jordan 2    Bonnie & Clyde    Bridges of Madison County    Brigadoon - 1954    Bring It On 2 3 4 5    Broadway: The American Musical    Broadway’s Lost Treasures 1 2 3    Bye Bye Birdie 1963    Cabaret 1972 2    Cabaret w/ Alan Cumming    Cabaret w/ Emma Stone, Alan Cumming    Camelot 1982 alternate    Candide 2005    Caroline, or Change    Carousel 1956    Carousel w/ Kellie O'Hara & Jessie Mueller 2 3    Carrie 1988    Carrie 2012 Revival    Carrie 2013    Catch Me If You Can    CATS 1988    CATS - Hebrew    CATS - Mexico    Chaplin    Chess    Chess Denmark Cast    Chicago 2002    Chicago US Tour    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2 3 4    Cinderella    Cinderella 1997    Company - 2007 w/ Raul Esparza    Company - 2011    Curtains    Cry-Baby - stage    Cry-Baby 1990    Damn Yankees 1958    Dogfight    Dreamgirls OBC    Dreamgirls 2006    Elf 2 3 4    Evita 2012    Evita 2014 Tour    Fame 1980    Fame 2009    Fiddler on the Roof 1971    Finding Neverland 2 3 4    First Date    Flashdance 1983    Follies live at Kennedy Center    Footloose 1984    Footloose 2011    Frankenstein    Funny Girl 1968    Funny Lady 1975    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953    Grease 1978    Grease w/ Laura Osnes & Max Crumm    Grease - Spain    Guys and Dolls 2    Gypsy 1962    Gypsy 2003 w/ Bernadette Peters    Gypsy 2008 w/ Patti LuPone & Laura Benanti    Hair 1979    Hair - Hebrew    Hairspray 2006 w/ Shannon Durig, Blake Hammond, Diana DeGarmo, Aaron Tveit, Darlene Love, Tevin Campbell 2    Hairspray w/ Lance Bass as Corny    Hairspray 2007 film    Hair 2008 Revival 2 3 4    Hallelujah Broadway    Heathers 2    Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001    Hello Dolly! 1969    High Fidelity    High Society 1956    Holler If Ya Hear Me    Holy Musical B@man!    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying w/ Darren Criss    If/Then - preview    If/Then 2014    In the Heights 2 3 4    In the Heights Clocktower Players    Into the Woods 2012 2 3 4    Into the Woods 2014    Jekyll & Hyde 2    Jersey Boys 2 3 4    Jersey Boys 2014    Jesus Christ Superstar 2005 Austria    Jesus Christ Superstar Spain    Jesus Christ Superstar 2012    Jesus Christ Superstar 2013    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2000    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Hebrew    Kinky Boots OBC 2 3    Kismet 1955    Kiss Me Kate 1953    Kiss Me Kate 1999 Revival    La Cage Aux Follies 2010 2 3 4    Legally Blonde Sing-A-Long    Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Dream Cast    Les Miserables 25th Anniversary 2    Les Miserables 2014    Les Miserables Spain    Les Miserables US Tour w/ Sutton Foster    Lestat opening night Broadway w/ Hugh Panaro & Carolee Carmello    Lestat San Francisco    Little Shop of Horrors 1986    Little Shop of Horrow 2003 Revival    Little Shop of Horrors UK Tour    Little Miss Sunshine 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    Little Women    Love Never Dies - Melbourne    Mamma Mia! - London    Mamma Mia! 2008    Man of La Mancha 1972    Mary Poppins - London 2    Matilda    Me & My Dick    Miss Saigon 1995 US Tour    Miss Saigon 2001 w/ Lea Salonga    Monty Python’s Spamalot    My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies    Newsies 1992    Newsies OBC    Newsies Tour 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    Next to Normal OOBC    Next to Normal OBC    Next to Normal w/ Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, & Meghann Fahy    Next to Normal w/ Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, & Brian d'Arcy - Last Performance    Next to Normal w/ Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, & Aaron Tveit    Next to Normal w/ Jessica Phillips, Kyle Dean Massey    Next to Normal US Tour w/ Alice Ripley, Asa Sommers, Emma Hunton, Curt Hansen    Nice Work If You Can Get It    Nine 2003 Revival    Nine 2009    No, No, Nanette 1940    Oklahoma! 1955    Oklahoma! 1999 w/ Hugh Jackman    Oliver! 1968    Oliver! 2010    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 2011 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    On the Town 1949    Once 2006    Once - Broadway    Once Upon a Matress 2010    Pacific Overtures 1976    Paint Your Wagon 1969    Passion - 1996    Peter and the Starcatcher    Peter Pan 1960    Peter Pan w/ Cathy Rigby    Peter Pan Tour 2012    Peter Pan Live! 2014    Pipe Dream password: suzy    Pippin 1982    Pippin 2013 2 3    Porgy and Bess    Potted Potter    RENT 2005    RENT 2008    RENT Hollywood bowl password tango maureen    RENT Revival 2013 2 3 4 5    Rock of Ages 2012    Saved!    Seussical: The Musical 2 3 4    Shrek: The Musical    Side Show OBC    Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall    Sondheim! The Birthday Concert    Song & Dance 1984    Spring Awakening w/ Lea Michele    Starship    Sunday in the Park with George - 1986    Sunday in the Park with George 2008    Sunset Blvd. w/ Betty Buckley 2    Sweeney Todd: Live in Concert    Sweeney Todd 2005 Revival    Sweeney Todd 2007    Take That: The Musical - Never Forget    Tarzan 2 3 4    The Addams Family OBC    The Apple Tree 2    The Book of Mormon OBC    The Book of Mormon w/ Gavin Creel 2    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime 2 3 4    The Drowsy Chaperone    The Bridges of Madison County 2014    The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Berlin    The King and I 1956    The Last 5 Years    The Lion King 2013 2 3 4 5    The Little Mermaid    The Music Man 1962    The Mystery of Edwin Drood    The Phantom of the Opera 1989    The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall    The Phantom of the Opera 2014 2    The Pirates of Penzance    The Producers 1968    The Producers 2005    The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975    The Sound of Music 1965    The Sound of Music Live!    The Trail to Oregon!    The Unsinkable Molly Brown    The Wedding Singer    The Wiz 1978    The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown    Thoroughly Modern Millie OBC 2    Thoroughly Modern Mille 1967    Three Musketeers with Aaron Tveit    Titanic 2 3 4 5    Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier    Urinetown    Victor/Victoria 1995    Violet    War Horse    West Side Story 1961    West Side Story Revival    Wicked 2004 w/ Idina Menzel, Norman Leo Butz, Kristen Chenoweth’s Last    Wicked w/ Aaron Tveit password swankified    Wicked w/ Annaleigh Ashford, Stephanie J. Block    Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown    Wonderland OBC 2    Wonderland    Xanadu 1980    Xanadu OBC    Young Frankenstein

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Dallas Theater Center's Production of 'Les Miserables' {x}