The ten videos below were the most viewed in 2023 of those that I’ve posted either on this blog or on my YouTube channel, @NewYorkTheaterme, arranged in order of popularity. I’m not sure what it says that most of these most popular videos were created pre-pandemic, going back as far as 2015, and that only one of the ten was made this year. So, below the top 10 most-watched in 2023, I’ll add a few that were made in 2023.
Medley from “Moulin Rouge” posted Jul 25, 2019. (My review)
from “Anastasia,” the musical number Once Upon A December, posted April 25, 2017 (My review)
“Bring Them Home,” sung by dozens of members of the Broadway community, who came together to recorded this song from “Les Miserables” that they hoped would bring attention to the hostages who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023. Posted November 7, 2023.
The most popular pandemic-era video: Jake Gyllenhaal sings “Across the Way,” which was an original digital theater musical piece, part of the 24 Hour Plays’ Viral Monologues, written especially for him by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire.
An excerpt from John Leguizamo: Latin History for Morons, posted November 15, 2017. (My review.)
From “Be More Chill”: Michael in the Bathroom, posted August 9,2018. (My review)
Some Like It Hot, title song. Posted December 11, 2022. (My review.)
from School of Rock Musical: If Only You Would Listen, posted December 6, 2015. (My review.)
Jordan Fisher sings Waving Through A Window from Dear Evan Hansen, while current Covenant House youth share their cardboard confessionals, in the May 18, 2020 fundraiser A Night of Covenant House Stars. Posted May 19, 2020.
Ninety seconds of opening night of MJ the Musical on Broadway, including excerpt from musical numbers starring Myles Frost, the curtain call, the arrival of two of Michael Jackson’s children. Posted June 6, 2022. (My review)
From 2023
“How To Dance in Ohio” at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Two videos of the official opening ceremony for the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center: Violinist Joshua Bell, soprano Larisa Martinez and pianist Peter Dugan perforrm “Somewhere” from West Side Story. Gavin Creel and Joffrey Ballet School dancers perform “Beautiful City” from Godspell. Both are introduced by Laurence Fishburne. September 13, 2023
