Actors getting emotional and having to regain composure during a show

This is standard stuff during closing performances. Streisand has said that it wasn’t until her closing performance in FUNNY GIRL did the lyrics to “People” make sense to her. It always happens during “For Good” whenever an actress is playing her final performance in WICKED.

During the final performance of The Great Comet some of the ensemble members were crying through the intro.

Blubbery messes and tears are not uncommon. Hamilton had tears regularly with the original cast, at least. Kara Young (Letitia) in Clyde's had a soaking wet face at the end on Saturday night, but didn't have to pause and turn around and regain composure to finish up

Cynthia Erivo completely broke and started sobbing during the middle of "I'm Here" at the closing performance of The Color Purple revival. The second she stopped singing, the audience lept to its feet and rallied her through to the very last note. It was one of the most symbiotic experiences I've ever felt between actor and audience.

Updated On: 1/17/22 at 05:51 PM

During the final performance by the original London cast of Love Never Dies, Sierra Boggess clutched her hands over her chest and sank down to the stage floor and wept at the end of the title aria. The entire house leapt to its feet for a lengthy, impassioned ovation. The conductor had to begin the next track to get everyone back in their seats.