Li'l Abner:
-Stubby Kaye's "Key-rect!" during "Jubilation T. Cornpone"
The Last Five Years:
-"I'm gesticulating with my left hand and-- ah! There's Cathy!"
-The final "Goodbye" and the violins that follow
Rent:
-Angel's "Kiss me, it's beginning to snow"
-The harmony between Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, "...and when you're dying in America, at the end of the millenium... you're not alone... I'm not alone..." etc.
-Daphne's "Every word."
-The end of "Finale B", when everyone joins in the number.
-I agree, elphieisperky - "When your heart has expired."
Les Miserables:
-"Two-four-six-oh-ONE" from "Who Am I?" always brings tears to my eyes
-"M'sieur, L'Mayor, you'll wear a different chaaaaiiiin" because it sound slike it's coming from Terrence Mann's toes.
-The slow cymbal roll during "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" at "Oh, my friends, my frieeeeeeeends"
-The Fantine/Eponine harmony during the finale
-The crescendo of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" in the finale, from a whisper to one of the most powerful things I've ever heard.
The Scarlet Pimpernel:
-"Like a falcon in... the DIVE!" God, I love Terrence Mann.
Beauty and the Beast:
-Terrence again: the "money note" at the end of "If I Can't Love Her"
All Shook Up:
-Mark Price's "It Hurts Me," when he softens the song to "Waiting... to hold you so tight, yes, waiting... to kiss you goodnight..."
-Sharon Wilkins's "I don't seem to mind somehow..." to the end of "There's Always Me"
-Leah Hocking's "Heh, heh, heh," during "Let Yourself Go"
A Chorus Line:
-The opening notes of "At the Ballet"
-"And he'd say, Maggie do you want to dance?... And I'd say, "Daddy, I would love to dance." I don't know the actress's name who plays Maggie, but she brings tears to my eyes with that reading.
-"God, I'm a dancer - a dancer dances!" from "Music and the Mirror"
Wicked:
-When Glinda and Elphaba sing harmony in "For Good"
-"Defying Gravity", from "So if you care to find me..."
-"For the first time, I feel...wicked."
tick, tick... BOOM!:
-Raul. Even though he's a BIG moment, I can't pick just one.
-Jonathan Larson singing "Boho Days", especially "So let's start drinking, before we start thinking, 'Is this a life?'"
-"Why?" It's my favorite song on the album.
-"No more... Taking a shower in the kitchen, while your roommate's eating breakfast, and you're getting water on his cornflakes."
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown:
-"She nibbles her pencil!... She's human!"
God, there's SO MANY.
[edit: Thank you, BSoBW2!]
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Updated On: 3/24/06 at 07:20 PM
