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"Bigger!" | Neil Patrick Harris | 2013 Tony Awards Opening

Video Overview & Insights

Host Neil Patrick Harris performs an original song, “Bigger!” at the 2013 Tony Awards, featuring cast members from Annie; A Christmas Story, The Musical; Bring It On: The Musical; Chicago; Jersey Boys; Kinky Boots; The Lion King; Mamma Mia!; Matilda The Musical; Motown The Musical; Once; Pippin; Newsies; Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella; and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt.

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"That's the deffinition of a though act to follow" - Underrated

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I am always SOBBING by the end of this song, you can feel the thrill of performance and the joy of community in Every. Single. Line.

@UtterQueerNightmare

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now thats entertainment i dont care who you are! dougie killed it.

@JoseCrespo-l2b

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8:23 is why yours is the better clip of this moment, because the other one cuts off right before that line!!!! — signed, somebody who at 58 is still "that kid"

@tejaswoman

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This is the Broadway equivalent of landing on the moon! Respect to Neils

@meme-gd2pk

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I always go back to this video, literally one of the greatest award show moments ever!
And I still don’t know how they pulled off that magic stunt 😂

@da_boss1064

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This is still one of the best openings ever.

@Bybouche158

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Wow just saw this for the first time after reading the comments from P!nk's hosting and holy cow that was amazing! I did a standing ovation in my kitchen.

@hrhsophiathefirst4060

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But how did he do the magic

@adamwilliams2874

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still cryinggg cos its so good!

@rhaindeathlcook

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Back in 2026 after his cameo in Pink’s opener for the tonys!

@lindseyshreve7512

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Debra Messing’s face at 6:36 would 100% be me if I was sitting there in the audience & all of that was going on. Just sheer amazement.

@ltsp87

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Coming back to this after watching Pink's incredible performance. And realizing that nothing will EVER top 2013. Greatest performance of all time.

@Sirbradford13

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You could make a whole musical about the opening.

@PhillipPerin

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Back in June 2026! I still haven’t seen a better live stage performance. Truly the definition of a tough act to follow👏🏾👏🏾🔥

@mikeawarri689

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If you like this great performance, try to see this other one. Just two ladies and a piano player on the stage but what a big lesson of what ENTERTAINMENT means.
https://youtu.be/MidXL4DOzoM?si=PEpTXmFybqvLduWU

@albertsystem

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Tony awards are for gays and nasi democrats

@JuanRodriguez-jl6ft

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I still get the chills every single time I see this performance.

@chookiemunster

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This “Native Son” adaptation is very strange.

@JonathanSchneiderman

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Rewatching in 2026 and it's still absolute perfection.

@BobbyDavro-m5z

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2026 watch

@someteyms682

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Neil, you are THE GOAT of Tony's opening!

@deniseiglesias466

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Im watching this in 2027

@i_Blastoise

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2026 and im still watching ❤❤

@rogieocutare8725

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Pre recorded, pushes away mic stand, no visible lapael mics, still great

@martinhuband4773

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I just thought of this and maybe I could be completely the first.. Manilow played by NPH..

@pablofonseca13411

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Who is here in 2026?

@C8domino

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Again April 14th 2026. I have watch the Tony's and haven't seen an opening that tops this one.

@justinperry374

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Best show of all time. I rewatch this multiple times a year.

@morganchatham7104

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This came up on my YouTube recommendations in 2026. I'll never skip an opportunity to watch this one.

@JulieHerrick

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It's 2026 and I reignited my dream of being on Broadway when I saw Mike Tyson on stage again

@ryanliu-umaa

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5:36 the person that yelled OHHHHHHHHH after that roast and oh my god i'm actually crying "Cause I promise you all of us up here tonight, we were that kid! And now we’re bigger!" because i am that kid too! THE OVATION WAS SO DESERVED.

@avssingx

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Still kills me that NPH never got that hoop jump right in rehearsal and absolutely nailed it come showtime. This was the single best Tony opener of all time and I'll kill on that hill.

@Averyravynwood

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Whenever I have a presentation coming up that i'm nervous about I watch this a few times 😅 compared to this any presentation is the easiest performance on earth

@sofiaish5276

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people argue about whether the best thing lin manuel miranda has written is hamilton or in the heights or the music from moana or encanto... everyone's wrong. the best thing he's ever written is this song. i still have it memorized 13 years later 😭

@isaasplf

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Hands up if you were that kid. ✋

@fmcgucket3076

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What does he say at 3:26??

@iamgillianperry

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I started balling so hard watching him soak in that standing ovation

@Brittany_Crowe

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Back in March 2026

@darrenknowles842

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13 years later and I still cry every time

@calihoyer1415

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the camera work is phennominal!

@DuyTùngPhạm-r1b

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Shia Leboeuf doesn't get enough credit for bailing out!!

@gregoirec.6456

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Bravo

@짜짜로니-n2h

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They still haven't topped this. I come back to it frequently. It's so uplifting and fun.

@JustinHEMI05

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2026 - no opening has ever come close to this yet!

@mandyaviles3631

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i should be able to give this more than one thumb up...

@iadas963

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Nothing like it since.

@VanessaMay-y1w

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Watching this in 2026.

@bhannification

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I want to call this my guilty pleasure performance because I must have watched it well over 150 times, but there's nothing to feel guilty about. It's pure bombastic perfection. How can you not love this?💗

@UndercoverBallerina

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I've been to countless festivals, concerts, plays and shows...
This is one of the absolute best performances I've ever witnessed.
13 years later and it's still etched in my mind. Unbelievably brilliant!

@jaseth1337