All time great theater moments?- Page 3

[elphaba432]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 7:52am

POTO
*Chandelier rising and falling..amazing!
*The kiss, Christine and Phantom
*Don Juan- so much is going on!
WICKED
*Defying Gravity
*When Elphaba "melts."

Posted: 7/7/06 at 10:51am

WICKED-
Defying Gravity- reasons stated above.
The Wizard & I- I think this is great because this is the 1st time Elphaba gets a chance to sing. Its her "I want it" song and its so powerful and the lyrics like "And I'll stand there with the Wizard/Feeling things I've never felt" just shows that she has great dreams of greatness. I have never seen any Elphaba show this more than Idina or Shoshana.
For Good- reasons stated above.


Hairspray- When Tracy emerges in the opening on the bed. Its just so funny & random.

All Shook Up- Cheyenne's entrance on the motorcycle.

The Lion King- the opening & He Lives In You (reprise)

Beauty & The Beast- the transformation of the Beast.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 11:05am

Gypsy- Rose's Turn and its conclusion (applause, ect.)

Carousel- Soliloquy

The Light in the Piazza- Dividing Day

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- Lithgow and Butz performing the 11 o'clocke

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 11:54am

Definatly the Overture of Phantom and the kiss.
Drowsy Chaperone-"I hate the theatre."
West Side Story- Tonight and Maria. Those are probobly the most beautiful songs ever.

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 12:18pm

The closing show of Piazza- Fable

And all piazza shows, Clara's Interlude.

[uncageg]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 12:25pm

Stephanie Mills center stage at the end of The Wiz singing "Home". Saw her 3 times and got goosbumps all three times.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 1:06pm

Les Miserables- "One Day More" and finale everytime with every cast I cried- God I can't wait for the revival!

The overature and theme song to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

42nd Street- "Lullaby of Broadway" revival

Wicked-"Defying Gravity" by Idina

Norbert's Great Big Stuff and Dirty Rotten Number with Lithgow and Norbert

Bebe's ALL THAT JAZZ

Spamalot- The entire show

AIDA- Sherie's MY STRONGEST SUIT and I KNOW THE TURTH... Plus Adam's Radames

Bernadette's ROSE'S TURN

Nathan & Matthew in THE PRODUCERS

Updated On: 7/7/06 at 01:06 PM

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 2:25pm

Norbert's Great Big Stuff and Dirty Rotten Number with Lithgow and Norbert

The Producers - the entire show!!!

ANYTHING with Nathan Lane!!! Just being in the same room!!!!!

the opening of The Wedding Singer when the drop comes up and you see them dancing! that's sooo cool!

Fiddler on the Roof w/Harvey! Just being in the same room!!!!!!

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 2:48pm

Rose's Turn sung by Ethel Merman

All Dance Moments in West Side Story

One Day More in Les Miserables

Defying Gravity in Wicked

A Little Preist in Sweeney Todd

Final Seqeunce in Sweeney Todd

Not While I'm Around- Sweeney Todd Revival

The Cirlce of Life in The Lion King

[mr14]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 4:21pm

Overture and POTO from POTO - Just Amazing

The Opening of The Lion King.

[HeartandMusic]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 4:41pm

When Hugh Jackman finally came down that piano staircase at the end of The Boy From Oz during I Go to Rio. The audience went wild, and it was so uplifting!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 7:01pm

I Go To Rio - BFO
Deep In The Night - Inner City
Wheels of a Dream - Ragtime
Make Them Hear You - Ragtime
Doing Good - Superman
Will-a-Mania - Will Rogers Follies
The American Dream - Miss Saigon
Who's That Woman - Follies
Opening - 42 nd St
Springtime For Hitler - Producers
Rose Turn - Gypsy
Don't Forget 127 th St - Golden Boy
While The City Sleeps - Golden Boy
24 Hours A Day - Golden Rainbow

[elphaba432]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 8:13pm

I also love how in Les Mis, Fantine comes back in the Finale. **Tears**

[jo]

Posted: 7/7/06 at 9:08pm

*Seeing Les Miserables for the first time ( and after having experienced a similar political upheaval in my country)

*Watching Richard Kiley perform in Man of La Mancha! I have never been so teary-eyed and so choke-filled

*Watching Hugh Jackman try to say Goodbye in ONCE BEFORE I GO, on the closing show of TBFO. At that point, he lost his Peter Allen alter ego and became Hugh Jackman saying Farewell to Broadway after a year's turn.

*Seeing CHITTY fly for the first time, in the London production.

*Listening to Michael Ball sing LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING in the London production of ASPECTS OF LOVE. Hearing his incredibly powerful and beautiful voice sing I LOVE FOSCA in Passion, also in London.

*Some dramatic and spectacular moments in Les Miserables, Phantom, Miss Saigon, Hello Dolly, Sunset Boulevard, The Boy from Oz, RNT's Oklahoma!, The Woman in White, Sweeney Todd, etc.

*Some fun moments in Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Hairspray, etc.

Ahh... too many memories

[broadwaygal3]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:29am

The Boy From Oz (Hugh Jackman giving the best performance I've ever seen on Broadway!)

The Producers (with Nathan and Matthew)

The opening scene of The Lion King (Circle of Life)
Gypsy (Rose's Turn)

Man of La Mancha with Brian Stokes Mitchell singing
The Impossible Dream

[DG]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 5:35am

I had a friend, that worked on and attended Broadway for 50 years, who swore that the single greatest moment he experienced was the wedding scene in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I always thought that was interesting.

[DirtyRottenGirl]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 2:00pm

One that touches my heart is at the end of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" when Lucy says to Charlie Brown "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Then the show ends.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 2:12pm

Betty Buckley and Linzi Hateley during "And Eve Was Weak" in "Carrie." A true gem from a show that...wasn't.

[HamletWasBipolar]

Posted: 7/9/06 at 2:13pm

Anytime Dolly appears on the steps of Harmonia Gardens
Ted Neely doing Gethsemane/Carl Anderson doing Heaven on Their Minds
Elaine Stritch doing Ladies Who Lunch in At Liberty
Michael Crawford doing Music of the Night in The Music of ALW
Seeing La Vie Boheme the first week it opened
Seeing One Day More in Les Miz with the original cast the THIRD day it opened
Bernadette Peter..Children Will Listen..PBS Taping
Betty Buckley.The Music of ALW..Memory,With One Look,As If....
BUT THE NUMBER ONE:
Laurie Beechman in failing health singing I Dreamed A Dream..never have I seen such a heartbreaking and inspirational thing on a stage in my life.