saddest broadway moments

[livelife]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:31am

times you've cried?

1) tell me its not true- blood brothers saw it in england- v sad!
2) The lion king- sorry but i did!
3) meeting eden espinosa and other wicked cast members! lol (:S)
4) wishing you were somehow here again - phantom, sandra joseph
5) masquerade/ending of phantom- howard mcgillin

[tim10086]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:43am

As soon as "Take my hand..." begins in the finale of Les Mis, I'm gone. Just that one moment...that harmony...they send me.

[zzannahk]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 6:16am

i honestly don't think i've ever cried during a show, i egt so caught up sometimes i forget to breathe

but this is weird because i sobbed after the notebook and during the sisterhood of the travelling pants (how pathetic!)

[cate_w]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:15am

I definitely cried at the end of Miss Saigon when Kim shoots herself...every time I saw it. Even when I'm just listening to the Cast recording.

Also, I always have happy tears at the end of the Secret Garden when Archibold tells Mary that he wants her to stay with them.

[Magenta]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:43am

'How could I know' from Secret Garden, 'Little Fall of Rain' and 'Gavroche's Death' from Les Mis.... hermmm... and 'Maybe this Time' from Cabaret. I dunno, 'M.T.T' moves me when I hear it.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:53am

Neil Patrick Harris singing I Don't Care Much made me cry.

[liotte]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:12am

Final show of All Shook Up.

[kgee30]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:56am

There is a moment in "Light in the Piazza" when Margaret is talking to her husband on the phone -- I can't remember the exact conversation -- but as he's speaking, she realizes how far apart they really are, that something fundamental between them has been lost. And Victoria Clark's face just kind of goes hollow as she listens, and she stares out into the audience with a look of such sadness and resignation, I started to sob. Quietly, but nevertheless. It was haunting.

[misto625]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:00pm

I am trying to remember that moment from Light in the Piazza. Mufasa's death in Lion King and "endless night" sometimes make me cry. I get goosebumps from Les Mis finale, possibly tears. Secret Garden at various times as well- "I Heard Someone Crying" etc. All Shook Up was happy tears. "For Good" from Wicked is very moving. Many more that I am forgetting.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:01pm

I actually lost it big time when Menzel and Chenoweth did "For Good". They were crying, I was crying, people around me were crying...

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:06pm

3) meeting eden espinosa and other wicked cast members! lol (:S)

I would think that would've made you happy...


I think that moment from Piazza is right before "Dividing Day." That made me cry too.
Also, "I'll Cover You (Reprise) from RENT,a dn that whole scene from Angel's funeral.
And, yes, "For Good" made me cry.

[respeck]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:34pm

Add me to the list of I'll Cover You (Reprise) from RENT.


Also, this doesn't really count because it's a movie, but the Wicked Little Town Reprise in the Hedwig movie is always quite moving. And hot.

[jasobres]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:36pm

Me too.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:57pm

Almost every second of "Lestat". I wanted to cry because I spent $100 to see it.

[Chris T]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:21pm

Not Broadway, but in Billy Elliot, when Billy and Mrs Wilkinson read/sing out his dead Mum's letter and especially at the end when Mrs W. says "She must have been a very special woman" and Billy replies "No, she was just me mam".

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 01:21 PM

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:22pm

There are SO many, I'll probably post on this thread a billion times.

But, for right now, as I head off to another sad moment (my Intro to Computer Applications class)...

In Rent, during "Without You", when Angel finally stops coughing enough for Collins to climb into bed next to him--only to have Angel jump up in another coughing fit, and all Collins can do is simply be there for him.

Every time. It gets me every time.

[pab]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:47pm

When I saw Mel (Scary Spice) B play the role of Mimi in RENT.

[little_sally]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:52pm

I thought the ending of the recent revival of Sweet Charity was so sad. I nearly cried.

[James885]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:43pm

I don't think i've ever cried during a show, but I have gotten a little choked up at the end of the Miss Saigon. Between the mournful music and everything, it kinda gets me.

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:44pm

Somethings are Meant to Be from Little Women. The expression on Sutton's face when Megan sings the "let me go now" line. I was bawling. The entire show. I had to share a box of tissues with the lady sitting next to me.

I miss that show terribly.

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:51pm

- THE ultimate tear jerker - Miss Saigon! Kim singing "Sun and Moon Reprise" as a solo, when both get separated during the "Fall of Saigon," and when she comits suicide at the end while "Sun and Moon" plays in the background.
- Wicked - When both leads bid farewell to each other in "For Good."
- Les Miserables - Eponine and Marius singing "Little Fall of Rain" and Finale - Fantine and Eponine taking JVJ away.
- Color Purple - Celie singing "What About Love" reprise to Shug and the reunion at the end.
- Cabaret - The emcee singing "I Don't Care Much."
- Gypsy - Rose singing "Small World" reprise, the break-up song and her finale.
- Scarlet Pimpernel - Marguerite singing "When I Look At You" to Percy. Wow, this song just breaks me to pieces.
- Beauty and the Beast - I know...weird huh? It's when Beast dies at the end. The Broadway one I saw wasn't as good as the tour.
- The Producers - The Broadway production with Steven Weber - I cried bec. I paid too much for the ticket. I wanted to leave before the intermission but was too embarassed to get attention from the fans and the actors. I was seated 3rd row center. :)

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 03:51 PM

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:01pm

I cry at the end of every show I love, because I'm sorry it's over and that I have to leave the theatre and go back into the real world.

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:04pm

I would automatically say 'Gliding' and 'Make Them Hear You' from Ragtime, but I saw that at the Paper Mill.

Since we're speaking about broadway....hmmm...

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Call me a heartless b*tch, I can't think of one Broadway production that moved me to tears.

[ThE nEw KiD]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:08pm

Three productions:

Carousel with Patrick Wilson

Floyd Collins with Bryce Ryness as Floyd

Bare- Off Broadway NY cast

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:16pm

*The entire second act of Les Miserables.
*Some Things Are Meant to Be in Little Women...my sisters, my mother and I all lost it.
*The end of Beauty and the Beast...I cry every time in the movie, so naturally I sobbed when I saw the show.
*The end of West Side Story...I was younger and hardly into theatre at all, but I remember crying a LOT.

Honorable mention to Sweet Charity...I didn't cry, but my dad did. Whether he's just a woman or if it really was sad, I'll never know. But still.