Whether you’re a fan of hits from a musical about Spongebob or slower tunes from classic Broadway shows, the Broken Legs provide all sorts of a cappella music for theater kids on campus. On Saturday evening in Rosse Hall, the Broken Legs (known more casually as the Blegs) showcased its talented members during its 2026 spring concert. 

After Kenyon’s Pep Band performed three upbeat tunes, including Wilson Pickett’s “Land of 1,000 Dances,” the Broken Legs took to the stage. Jade Corzo ’28 kicked off the night with an angsty rendition of “Dead Mom” from Beetlejuice the Musical before the co-President of the Broken Legs, Grace Randall ’26, thanked the audience for coming. 

After Randall’s introduction, Pete Kish ’28 performed his own arrangement of Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from “Toy Story” as the rest of the group formed a horseshoe shape and sang background vocals. Other standout performances within the first half of the show included a beautiful cover of “Dear Theodosia” from Hamilton sung by Damon Cavitt ’29 and Cyrus Kasman ’29 as well as an uplifting performance of — and I’ve always said this song was really deep — “Who I’d Be” from Shrek the Musical. Though the latter began as a solo for Lindsay Lancaster ’29, Kate Faxon ’26 and Randall’s rich voices joined toward the end as certain lines from the chorus overlapped. Before splitting up to perform perhaps the most anticipated song of the night, the Broken Legs wove through a medley of songs from Dear Evan Hansen, including a couple of the show’s biggest hits like “Waving Through a Window” (soloist Kasman) and “Sincerely, Me” (lead vocalists Nico Galbreath ’28, Cavitt and Kish). 

After the medley, only three singers remained on stage while the rest sat in the front row, waiting excitedly for this spring’s “Senior Song.” Similar to the “Newbie Song” performed at the Broken Legs’ annual fall concert, the seniors in the group — Soren Roeser ’26, Faxon and Randall — hid their choice for the Senior Song from the rest of the group members throughout rehearsals for the spring concert. “We threw out a few ideas,” Randall explained in an interview with the Collegian, “It had come down to [“Slipping Through My Fingers”] and ‘You’ll Be in My Heart’ from ‘Tarzan,’ but that felt too sappy. This felt meaningful.” The song was, of course, meaningful — it turns out that choosing to sing “Slipping Through My Fingers” from “Mamma Mia!” was a surefire way of making at least a handful of Broken Legs members break out in sobs. As Roeser, Faxon and Randall each took on certain verses and lines of the chorus, the three seniors looked to one another with big smiles on their faces.

After the Senior Song, the rest of the Broken Legs rejoined the seniors to perform a few more entertaining hits to round out the spring show. Leah Miller ’28 kept the group on tempo with some impressive beatboxing during “AC/DC” from Starlight Express (soloist Roeser) and entertained the audience with her energetic rendition of “Holding Out for a Hero” from “Footloose.” Despite the tears glistening in Broken Legs members’ eyes, Galbreath and Cavitt managed to make the audience laugh as they performed a charming cover of “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppet Movie.” To finish out the show, the group invited the three alumni present to join those on stage to sing its classic goodbye song to thank audience members for listening.

So, how is it that an a cappella enjoyer can find a home within the Broken Legs? After the show, the Collegian asked three members — Randall, Galbreath and Miller — what they would tell someone who was considering joining the Broken Legs. “The Blegs are a very queer-friendly group,” Randall noted. “The biggest thing is that we make it as much a friend group as we can. We care about each other, we care about making good music together and it sort of builds itself from there.”

Miller said enthusiastically, “Everyone can sing — I stand by that. If you’re considering trying out, do it.” Galbreath nodded in agreement and added, “To anybody that wants to audition for Blegs, I would say that you should do it. Next year is going to be huge. … If you see us [tabling with the other a cappella groups at the involvement fair], put your name on the list, take a sticky note with a date and time on it, show up for auditions and blow us away.”