"A classic Broadway moment" Huh???
"A classic Broadway moment" Huh???
#1"A classic Broadway moment" Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:37pm
On XM Broadway earlier, they played one of their audio tags. "A classic Broadway moment." This is usually followed by the likes of "Hello Dolly" or "Everything's Coming Up Roses" or "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" etc.
So I heard them say "A Classic..." like they always do -- and it was then followed by "Chiquitita" from Mamma Mia. WTF? A CLASSIC Broadway moment?
What is your favorite "classic" Broadway moment? A scene, song, or image that has gone beyond its source, ones that are recognizable even to B'way novices... I'd say:
Dancing on the tables in Rent
Jets' dance at the start of WSS
Light/Piazza hat flying (more obscure for the general public though...)
Defying Gravity's cherry-pickin' finale
Marius/Cosette kneeling with Valjean
Evita's arms raised
Downstage lined with drag queens in La Cage
Saigon's copter, etc.
And yes, I'm aware that this is a slightly more thought-out and legible version of one of the dreaded Musicalmaster's type of question, but I've had 3 yummy glasses of Pinot Grigio and don't care. 
#2re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:39pm
lol
the top hats in 'One'
#2re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:41pmSweeney and Lovett raising their butcher knife and rolling pin, respectively, into the air at the end of 'A Little Priest'
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#3re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:43pmCrap--- I remembered Sweeney Todd right after I posted. Good one.
#4re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:52pm
Singin in the rain. Lamp posts.
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#5re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 9:57pm
I'd have to say some of the moves from "All That Jazz", in CHICAGO especially that arm-scoop thing they do on the line "where there's a nightly brawl" When I first saw the show 2 years ago, I couldn't believe how recognizeable that move was.
The cast lined up in RENT for Seasons of Love.
The children doing their turns in between the verses of So Long Farewell in SOUND OF MUSIC
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
-boat scene
-masquerade staircase
-chandelier rising and falling
#6re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:04pm
Mame descending the staircase in MAME
#7re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:08pmI'd have to go with Dolly descending the stairs to Harmonia Gardens, the title number of "Oklahoma!", and the end of "Rose's Turn".
#8re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:18pmThe end of 'One Day More', at the end of the first act of Les Mis -- with the whole cast onstage, and the red flag waving in the background. I get goosebumps every single time :*)
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#9re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:23pm
Chorus Line cast holding their headshots.
Dorothy clicking her heels at the end of "Home" (the Wiz)
Angel leaving the stage with the sheet draped over his shoulder.
#10re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:25pm
The Phantom pose (the one with Christine's hand on his face in Music of the Night)
The opening of 42nd Street
#11re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:33pmThe end of the Prologue in Ragtime, with the 3 groups singing in tandem.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#12re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:53pmThe final note of "And I am Telling You" in Dream Girls,Angel coming out in the Santa drag in RENT, seeing just the feet tap dancing at the bottom of the curtain at the very beginning of 42nd Street and, for me personally, Edna appearing at the top of the hairspray can during "You can't stop the beat."
#13re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 12:01am
"The Phantom of the Opera" from The Phantom of the Opera
"Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers
"One Day More" from Les Miserables
"Willkommen" from Cabaret
"Defying Gravity" from Wicked
"Seasons of Love" from Rent
"One (Reprise)/Finale" from A Chorus Line
"All That Jazz" from Chicago
"The Circle of Life" from The Lion King
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'!" from Oklahoma!
These are a couple of songs/scenes that I think both represent Broadway & would be recognizable to the public (generally speaking).
#14re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 12:26am
The Six Merry Murderesses leaning over the backs of their chairs
Frank N Furter whipping his cape off
The boys in midair durring The Bitch of Living
The chorus line...in line
Big Spender
others that have already been mentioned: One Day More, 42nd St, La Vie Boheme, Evita, Roses Turn, The Phantom and Christine on the boat, A Little Priest, The WSS Prologue
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#15re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 12:31am
"Angel coming out in the Santa drag in RENT'
What!!
Anna and the King dancing during "Shall We Dance" thats a classic moment, but a drag queen dressing as Santa, please!
#16re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 12:40am
The end of "Don't Cry for me Argentina" in Evita
"Memories" from Cats
Norma singing "With One Look" in Sunset Boulevard
Rose's Turn
The ballet dream sequence in "Oklahoma!"
"One" Chorus Line
"big Spender" from Fosse
"Defying Gravity" Wicked
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#17re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 12:57amThe lemons at the end of In My Life.
#18re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 8:45amZero mostel If i were a rich man
#19re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 9:38am
Many of those already mentioned here, but also...
The Incredible Act 1 Finale in Crazy for You !!!
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#20re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 4:32pmrosscoe, that moment always receives cheers and applause in a show that has been running for 12 years. It introduces a very popular character who becomes the emotional center of the show in a way that shows the essence of the character. So yes, I would call that a classic Broadway moment.
#21re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 4:36pmThe tap dancing feet at the bottom of the curtain in 42nd Street.
#22re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 4:38pm
The top hats in A Chorus Line
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
#23re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 6:12pm
"rosscoe, that moment always receives cheers and applause in a show that has been running for 12 years. It introduces a very popular character who becomes the emotional center of the show in a way that shows the essence of the character. So yes, I would call that a classic Broadway moment."
Only from a group of Rentheads, who have seen the show way to many times. That is far from a classic Broadway Moment.
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#24re: 'A classic Broadway moment' Huh???
Posted: 2/13/08 at 6:42pm
I agree that Angel coming out in the Santa suit is a classic b-way moment. The King and I is classic too....but now RENT has run far far longer than King and I.
And the King and I is an odd show to single out as being more classic than RENT. Look how embarrassing the whole premise of the show is--that the British need to come and civilize the Far East. Nothing classic about that.
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