All time great theater moments? — Page 3

WICKED-
Defying Gravity- reasons stated above.
The Wizard & I- I think this is great because this is the 1st time Elphaba gets a chance to sing. Its her "I want it" song and its so powerful and the lyrics like "And I'll stand there with the Wizard/Feeling things I've never felt" just shows that she has great dreams of greatness. I have never seen any Elphaba show this more than Idina or Shoshana.
For Good- reasons stated above.


Hairspray- When Tracy emerges in the opening on the bed. Its just so funny & random.

All Shook Up- Cheyenne's entrance on the motorcycle.

The Lion King- the opening & He Lives In You (reprise)

Beauty & The Beast- the transformation of the Beast.

Definatly the Overture of Phantom and the kiss.
Drowsy Chaperone-"I hate the theatre."
West Side Story- Tonight and Maria. Those are probobly the most beautiful songs ever.

Stephanie Mills center stage at the end of The Wiz singing "Home". Saw her 3 times and got goosbumps all three times.

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Norbert's Great Big Stuff and Dirty Rotten Number with Lithgow and Norbert

The Producers - the entire show!!!

ANYTHING with Nathan Lane!!! Just being in the same room!!!!!

the opening of The Wedding Singer when the drop comes up and you see them dancing! that's sooo cool!

Fiddler on the Roof w/Harvey! Just being in the same room!!!!!!

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Overture and POTO from POTO - Just Amazing

The Opening of The Lion King.

I Go To Rio - BFO
Deep In The Night - Inner City
Wheels of a Dream - Ragtime
Make Them Hear You - Ragtime
Doing Good - Superman
Will-a-Mania - Will Rogers Follies
The American Dream - Miss Saigon
Who's That Woman - Follies
Opening - 42 nd St
Springtime For Hitler - Producers
Rose Turn - Gypsy
Don't Forget 127 th St - Golden Boy
While The City Sleeps - Golden Boy
24 Hours A Day - Golden Rainbow

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*Seeing Les Miserables for the first time ( and after having experienced a similar political upheaval in my country)

*Watching Richard Kiley perform in Man of La Mancha! I have never been so teary-eyed and so choke-filled

*Watching Hugh Jackman try to say Goodbye in ONCE BEFORE I GO, on the closing show of TBFO. At that point, he lost his Peter Allen alter ego and became Hugh Jackman saying Farewell to Broadway after a year's turn.

*Seeing CHITTY fly for the first time, in the London production.

*Listening to Michael Ball sing LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING in the London production of ASPECTS OF LOVE. Hearing his incredibly powerful and beautiful voice sing I LOVE FOSCA in Passion, also in London.

*Some dramatic and spectacular moments in Les Miserables, Phantom, Miss Saigon, Hello Dolly, Sunset Boulevard, The Boy from Oz, RNT's Oklahoma!, The Woman in White, Sweeney Todd, etc.

*Some fun moments in Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Hairspray, etc.

Ahh... too many memories

I had a friend, that worked on and attended Broadway for 50 years, who swore that the single greatest moment he experienced was the wedding scene in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I always thought that was interesting.

Betty Buckley and Linzi Hateley during "And Eve Was Weak" in "Carrie." A true gem from a show that...wasn't.

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