when i saw rent for the first time last march i was in tears during one song glory
end of west side story. gets me every time
when jon larson died.
"unlikely lovers"
"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living
piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character
and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and
incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness.
Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish
it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a
rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the
real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get
along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small
unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings.
Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end.
But end it does. Another part of you vanishes.
That's show business."-Anonymous
I'm pretty emotionally stalwart... except when it comes to show tunes. I even got a little choked up at the end of State Fair and Crazy for You, for reasons that still remain a mystery to me. Piazza kills me. "Fable", in particular. There are three specific places in King and I, even the often viewed film and in mediocre high school productions, where I inevitably lose it. "Something Wonderful" being the most notable, as it reminds me of my Dad. How did a man write this song?
~Finale of Les Mis ~I'll Cover You (Reprise) ~Some Things are Meant to Be (along with everyone around me) and just when I had finished crying, Days of Plenty
Agreeing with Les Mis finale, ICYR, Some Things Are Meant to Be, Days of Plenty, WSS finale, and some more.
I'll have to add: -Title Song of Light in the Piazza, along with Margaret's reprise of the The Beauty Is and the end -I Love You Song, Spelling Bee -Random parts of Phantom -You'll Never Walk Alone, Carousel -People reprise in Funny Girl
The last time I cried at a musical was at _Into the Woods_, during the finale: "Careful the spell you cast/ Not just on children..." Don't know why I lost it, but there you go.
Well, I don't cry easily, but... -From 'Without You' until the end of the show, RENT is such a tearjerker for me. -'Till We Reach that Day' and 'Make Them Hear You,' from Ragtime...I've never seen it on Broadway, but my amazing high school did it over the weekend and I was in tears. -The end of West Side Story. 'Nuff said.
Not necessarily "sad" but certainly tear provoking for me:
"Soliloquy" - Carosel Act One Finale & "Move On" - Sunday In The Park With George "Unlikely Lovers" & The entire last ten minutes of Falsettos "One More Kiss" - Follies Overture - Gypsy "Our Time" - Merrily We Roll Along Act One Finale - Dreamgirls "There Is No Other Way" - Pacific Overtures "Daybreak" & "The Dream" - Floyd Collins