Taylor Trensch- I'm Cool (by Sam Salmond)

From "Introducing Sam Salmond: Live at Joe's Pub"
September 28, 2016

A sneak peek at new works in development with music and lyrics by the 2016 Jonathan Larson Award Winner Sam Salmond!

Featuring:
Lilli Cooper (SPRING AWAKENING, SPONGEBOB)
Michael Linden (SPRING AWAKENING)
Bonnie Milligan (GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER)
Julia Murney (WICKED, LENNON)
Shakina Nayfack (Hulu's "Difficult People," MANIFEST PUSSY)
Larry Owens (FAT CAMP)
Ronald Peet (KENTUCKY, THE GOLEM OF HAVANA)
Jon Rua (HAMILTON, IN THE HEIGHTS)
Preston Sadleir (NEXT TO NORMAL, ME MYSELF & I)
AJ Shively (BRIGHT STAR, LA CAGE)
Taylor Trensch (CURIOUS INCIDENT, BARE)
Adrienne Warren (SHUFFLE ALONG, BRING IT ON)
Barrett Wilbert Weed (HEATHERS, FOUND)
Noah Zachary (POSTER BOY)

Sam Salmond (2016 Jonathan Larson Grant winner) comes to Joe's Pub with a gang of Broadway’s best to present lively, infectious and disarming songs from EIGHTY-SIXED and other upcoming musicals! Don't miss this rare chance to hear the premiere of one-of-a-kind tunes about teenage outcasts, LGBT heroes, monsters, mad scientists, prisoner paradoxes, good ol' love, and so much more. With a style the Boston Globe calls “preciously talented,” “rudely funny,” but with “raw anguish at its heart,” and musical influences from Bowie to Ben Folds to Sondheim-- Sam Salmond and friends promise a night of pop/rock theater, laughter and catharsis that you’ll never forget!

Arrangements by Charlie Rosen
Music Direction by Ben Rauhala
Direction by Marlo Hunter
Produced by Natasha Sinha

Filmed by Micah Joel

[lynseybachman]

2:54 you can hear Will Roland’s laugh, I love it!

[Christina-ntoc]

I'm not as upset about Ben Leaving anymore.

[spicybiscuit]

The little voice cracks he has when he sings.

[sydneystitt]

this is even greater bc he’s actually gay so “what would the straights say?”

[aster]

*best moments in my opinion:*

1:20 on the last ‘me out’
2:24 every time he says ‘mm-be’
2:47 all of the ‘ays be’ things
2:54 when all the laughing dies down but then Will Roland laughs and it causes a chain reaction of more laughing
3:29 the little twitches at ‘ *I’m* not a fool’ and the first ‘ *wha* tevs’
3:32 his little giggle I’m crying
3:34 ‘whatevs, whatevs, what eh eah eah e *aoH* Vs
3:47 ‘through whatevs, whatevs **british accent** whatevs **EXTREMELY BRITISH ACCENT BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THIS TIME** WHATEVS’
3:54 ‘coo-oo *o* oOO *OOOL*
3:56 when he does the tiny bow aww

so in conclusion: *bless this performance*

[kateoconnor]

This kid is the new Evan Hansen, enjoy world!

[brittanyd]

This is the strangest yet most endearing performance I have ever witnessed. 👏

[veesarchive]

This sounds weird to me, because I always listens to Will Roland's version lol


But it's pretty good though!

[seymourrhodes]

i love how we all recognize will's laugh in the background, like we just Know

[nurysacevedogaete]

He's gonna be a great Evan, I'm sure! ... I really liked this version, but I preferred Will's version more, it's more awkward <3

[princkleminckle]

nobody:

will at the back: A H O H O H O-

[qwertaeeee]

2:54 is the reason why will roland is my favorite human being

[garabaterodiaz]

I am so obsessed with this song! It's such great fun.

[grantaireaghast]

I CAN SEE HIM AS A GREAT EVAN ALREADY 💗

[jrdkleinman]

BYE WHY AM I JUST FINDING THIS VIDEO-
edit: when I heard will laughing his ass off in the background I lost my shit

[natl]

I like when Will sings it more but this was damn cool

[AlexTheCrayChick]

this is probably a weird question but does the character that sings this (no I don’t mean Taylor, i mean the character that he is playing in this) have some form of autism? like is it intentionally written that way or am i just looking too deep into this?
also i don’t mean this as an insult in any way

[sydclem]

i like will’s better but this is really good aaa

[christopherdelong]

I think will expresses the emotion better but this kid is good too!

[afnanthesunshine]

He sings it better than will 😭😭💓 taylor is really great i love him