What comedy also made you cry?
What comedy also made you cry?
Viola
Swing Joined: 9/3/06
#0What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:48amWhat comedy also made you cry? (musical or play)
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#1re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:51amFrom laughing so hard or from sadness?
Viola
Swing Joined: 9/3/06
#2re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:54amEither- to a point of true emotion, not just absurdity.
Viola
Swing Joined: 9/3/06
#3re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:55amEither- to a point of true emotion, not just absurdity.
Janelle188
Understudy Joined: 1/10/06
#4re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 3:55am
Okay, I know this really doesn't answer the question, but I was just thinking earlier today about how the show, "The Office," even though it's a hilarious comedy, has made me cry a couple times. So, when I saw the topic, it actually made me laugh. LOL. Cause I was just thinking about this same kind of thing.
Anyway, to answer the question, I'd have to say "Avenue Q" because "There's a Fine, Fine Line" makes me tear up and even, weirdly, "I Wish I Could Go Back to College" brings a tear to my eye. Also, and I don't really know if it counts as a comedy, but in "Into the Woods," "No One is Alone" makes me cry.
#5re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:05am
The Wedding Singer - "If I Told You"
Into the Woods - "No One is Alone"
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
FeelingElectric
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#6re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 7:41amThe Wedding Singer- "Grow Old With You" I can't listen to this without starting to cry.
Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.
"Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#7re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 7:47am
Well, I don't cry, but "Grow Old With You" from WEDDING SINGER is very touching
and in DRS when Christine says she *SPOLIER* I forgot the line, but when she says that she gave Freddy all the money she had and such...yeah, I felt so bad for her!!!! I wanted to cry...
#8re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:27am
During the I Love You Song in Spelling Bee.
And during I Know Where I've Been from Hairspray.
WiiCKED x3
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/06
#9re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:28am
The Wedding Singer- If I Told You.
That is such a beautiful song.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- Love Sneaks In.
Beautiful song.
I laughed so hard I cried when Kevin and Rita were singing "Never Too Late To Move That Thang"-TWS.
And I also laughed so hard I cried when Brian d'arcy james was doing all of his crazy moves during GBS.
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#10re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:40am
Definitely wedding singer, If I Told You and Grow Old With You 
its just... how could you NOT get emotional when they're being so incredibly honest and sweet and longing for eachother? I dont know.. its just amazing that way. espcecially when its Lynch/Benenti style. hehe. But Lynch/Maddigan style ain't bad either, at ALL :)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
#11re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:02pmSome Neil Simon's later plays like "Biloxi Blues" and "Lost in Yonkers."
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#12re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:10pm
I agree with some of the things others said. I haven't even seen Spelling Bee yet (*gasp!*) and "The I Love You Song" still made me tear up a little the first time I heard it.
As for something that made me tear up a bit the first time I actually saw it...the end of Drowsy (well, right before the end--you know what I mean). Is that...stupid?
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
kate2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/05
#13re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:14pm
DRS made me cry from laughter.
The "I Love You Song" almost bored me to tears. The whole show is so funny and quirky, and I thought this song was too dragged out.
#14re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:47pmSDav, the first thing I thought of when seeing this thread was the end of Drowsy... so no, that is not stupid. Well, if it is stupid, you are least not alone in being stupid. I know exactly what you mean... I teared up a little bit too.
#15re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:14pmEveryone is forgetting possibly the greatest of all comedies to cry to: The Boys Next Door
"I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field of influences, one is influenced by everyone one meets, everything is an exchange of influences, all opinions are derivative. Once you deal a new deck of cards, you've got a new deck of cards."
— Peter Brook
OOTI2004
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/05
#16re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:23pmI always cry at the end of Mame. I can't help but think one day Mame will die. Its very strange.
#17re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:23pm
Okay, okay, I know...BUT...
As bad as it was, I found the final scene of SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS very touching.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Updated On: 9/3/06 at 04:23 PM
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#18re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:28pm
The tragic-comedy of Broadwayworld.com always leaves me in tears.
Sister Luke (in remission)
The Belgian Congo
Updated On: 9/3/06 at 04:28 PM
elmore3003
Leading Actor Joined: 3/31/04
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#21re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:33pmMy friend said "Grow Old With You" from Wedding Singer made her get tears in her eyes.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#22re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:37pm
LOST IN YONKERS
BROADWAY BOUND (will I ever forget Linda Lavin's monologue about the night she danced with George Raft? The woman actually shed years and became the age of her memory!)
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#23re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:46pm
Spamalot had me in tears. I love Monty Python. =]
Spelling Bee's "I Love You Song"
"I'm Not That Girl" & "For Good" from Wicked [Hey, technically it's a Comedy - life goes on, etc.]
"I'll Cover You [Reprise]" & "Finale/Your Eyes" from RENT [Again, technically...]
"A Spoonful of Sugar [Reprise]" from Mary Poppins
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I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
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Updated On: 9/4/06 at 10:46 PM
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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#24re: What comedy also made you cry?
Posted: 9/4/06 at 12:48amI cry from laughing soooo hard during The Drowsy Chaperone.
