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Dear Evan Hansen The Novel (October 11, Ann Arbor, MI)
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These videos are so lovely to watch. I'm enjoying the voices of each of them.
You Will Be Found - Dear Evan Hansen
“Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Chelsea Packard singing “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen at the Ann Arbor stop of the novel tour on 10/11/18. Bonus Darren Criss being cute on stage without a mic”
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YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=t1WW_8gXNRA darren crisspasek and paul
Waving Through A Window- Pasek and Paul ft. Darren Criss
“#leamichele and I are so excited to head back on the road to the West Coast of the United States, and the UK and Ireland. We’re kicking off the tour next Friday in Las Vegas. #LMDCTour”
Datebook wrote: ‘Chaos junkie’ Darren Criss joins Lea Michele for SF Masonic show
October 22, 2018
Ask Darren Criss how it feels to return to San Francisco, his hometown, as a newly anointed Emmy Award winner for his startling and spectacular lead performance as murderer Andrew Cunanan in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.”
“Well,” Criss says, “it feels better than last time I was there as an Emmy loser.”
Criss received his first Emmy nomination in 2015 for writing music and lyrics for “This Time,” sung in the series finale of his breakthrough gig, “Glee.” The tune was sung by his friend Lea Michele, who will reprise the song in San Francisco when she and Criss bring their LM/DC Tour to the Masonic on Monday, Oct. 29.
If the 31-year-old Criss seems a little low-key about his Emmy win, it’s probably because he is as usual, juggling a million balls and spinning a million plates.
It has always been this way. Shortly after graduating from the University of Michigan, he and a group of friends created Starkid Productions and created and produced a series of musicals inspired by the Harry Potter books, with Criss taking the starring role.
From there, it was a quick hop to sudden stardom as gay, bow-tied high schooler Blaine Anderson in “Glee” and then to movies, TV and Broadway (“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”). In his spare time, Criss has founded a Broadway musical festival called Elsie Fest, formed a band with his brother, Chuck, called Computer Games, released EPs of his own, gotten engaged to Mia Swier and, with Swier, opened a piano bar in L.A. called Tramp Stamp Granny’s.
“I’m a chaos junkie,” Criss says on the phone from his L.A. home. “I thrive in the chaos.” Last week, for instance, he went from shooting on Roland Emmerich’s World War II drama “Midway” in Montreal, and the minute he landed at LAX, he headed off to the valley to shoot a Christmas special that he can’t really talk about.
“The juxtaposition of being in World War II to wearing a Christmas sweater and caroling with some absurdly fabulous people illustrates what my life is,” Criss says. “I go from thing to thing to thing, with no real idea of what I just did or where I’m going. People say, ‘What are you up to?’ I don’t even know.”
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He’s also an incredibly hard worker. Take the tour with his pal Michele. They had talked for years about making their love of performing together official with a tour. “It was never a matter of if but when,” Criss says. “Over the years, aside from ‘Glee’ we had performed a lot together, and it’s really fun when our powers combine. It just came down to scheduling.”
The first leg of the tour earlier this year stuck to the East Coast, and now the duo head west for a show that allows each singer time in the solo spotlight as well as plentiful duets on “Glee” favorites and show tunes (“Falling Slowly” from “Once,” “Suddenly Seymour” from “Little Shop of Horrors”).
“The through line for both me and Lea is ‘Glee’ and musical theater, but there’s so much musical variety in our backgrounds,” Criss says. “We basically take people on a journey through music we love and ground it in our relationship with each other, our friendship forged over the years. It’s like an intimate hang in the living room. But bigger.”
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Michele and Darren Criss: The LM/DC Tour: 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29. $45-$99.50. The Masonic, 1111 California St., S.F. 800-745-3000. www.livenation.com
LMDC Tour: Las Vegas, NV- The Chelsea (October 26, 2018)
Thank you for your videos, INeedAHero (such an appropriate name!)! She has more close up videos. I will post a few of them. Thank you to INeedAHero for posting her videos!
lmdc vegas getaway car darren criss lea michele October 27, 2018
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_dBIuNk0Ec
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More great videos from INeedAHero! Thank you, INeedAHero!
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LMDC Vegas Shallow
October 26, 2018
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnwaCjjjieE
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Darren’s song for Vegas: Imagine Dragons It’s Time
October 26, 2018
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4khqi9IuD8
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Darren Criss Army wrote: Here’s a playlist with almost all the songs from the first show of the new leg of the LMDC tour in Las Vegas, 26 Oct 2018.
I'm not up to date regarding Darren concert videos but I've already watched a big part of Elsie Fest 2018 and the (nice) performance of "Running home to you" reminded me of our passionate discussions two years ago about the Music Meister episodes from the Arrowverse
Your comment brought a smile to my face, Jeremy. Yes, that was where I first heard Grant performing "Running Home to You." I thought Grant did a great job singing the song live (especially considering the frequent and often loud distractions from the audience). I still hope Darren appears on The Flash again in the role of the Music Meister (maybe this time wearing more colorful clothes).
I watch The Flash regularly (as well as Supergirl), but I would be glad to watch Darren in any show on TV (and in film). (I may cover my eyes sometimes if he's in violent shows or horror shows, though. )
The Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band at the Maroon 5 Halloween party (October 31, 2018)
Well, that's an nice unexpected surprise to see Darren performing with Adam Levine. I didn't know they knew each other even.
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Darren Criss in the Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band at the Maroon 5 Halloween party via katbardot, zcarlisle, mallory_bielecki, xoxocarlyyy, shoshanabush, wholelifejems, emilymullz, graciecakez, thisiswatt, scottlipps, rossbutler & juanlau’s Instagram Story (October 31st, 2018)
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Darren & Adam Levine in the Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band at the Maroon 5 Halloween party!
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Darren & Adam Levine in the Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band at the Maroon 5 Halloween party!
Jeremy wrote:I'm surprised too. Maybe Ryan Murphy is the link (Adam Levine made an appareance in AHS in 2012).
Oh, thanks for that bit of info, Jeremy. I ddin't know that! Are you watching AHS this season? I read that Cody Fern and Jon Jon Briones were on this season. I'm so glad that Ryan wants to keep working with those two!
I've been so busy, so I have been negligent in posting videos and pics of the various west coast sites. But thought I would post these pics of the Los Angeles concert. Better late than never!
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darrencriss About to do our final show of our US run in our hometown of LA, thank you to everyone who came out to support these past few months. Looking forward to brining the LMDC tour to the UK and Ireland.
A very pretty theater.
Darren on stage at the Theatre at Ace Hotel for LM/DC LA, November 5, 2018 via his Instagram Story
Jenna Ushkowitz having some Glee flashbacks on her Instagram Story, November 29, 2018
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Dublin concert:
Thank you Anne-Marie Sinclair for your videos. Her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtJ_RqM4ePVGVhZIbFhccFQ
Darren sings a medley of Irish hits (Damien Rice’s “Blower’s Daughter”, Niall Horan’s “Slow Hands”, and Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back In Town”) followed by “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” at LMDC Dublin, 29 Nov 2018.
I didn't get a chance to post this video of Darren singing Suddenly Seymour with Lea. I really enjoyed observing how much he's grown as a vocalist. In Suddenly Seymour, you can see he's developed a vibrato and stretches the last note at the end of each line of the lyrics. And his control and ability to belt has really grown as well. He also sounds really good on Falling Slowly. I like his deep voice and and of course, I can feel the emotion. Love Point 10:12 when he stretches that last note beautifully without losing any control. Thank you "ineedahero" (what a great user name) for your wonderful videos--great close ups and good audio!
lmdc salt lake city suddenly seymour and falling slowly with talking