Best Act 1 finales

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:25pm

I think this might have been a post already, but I was just curious if anyone had some extreme favs and why.
My list
Wicked: Who didn't get chills when Idina was flying both literally and vocally.

Les Miserables: It's a great way to get all of the ensemble on stage, not to mention it's just an amazing show in general.

Producers: Just hilarious

Evita: Great song for Che and Eva. I know when they did it at my camp I loved it.

Rent: Like Les Mis, it's an amazing ensemble number and everyone just loves it.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:30pm

Wicked, Defying Gravity
RENT, La Vie Boheme/I Should Tell You
Urinetown, Act 1 Finale
42nd Street, I loved how it was interactive with the house lights...I was about to go to the box office and get my money back!

Updated On: 1/28/04 at 08:30 PM

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:32pm

'West Side Story' which is the prototype for 'Les Mis' in the first place but far more dramatic.

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:34pm

I agree with Les Mis, that song was always so amazing and sent chills through me.

One recent one that comes to mind is the end of Act 1 for Little Shop of Horrors. It ends after Mushnik has been eaten and the plant is in the darkness and its just letting out this evil laughter on top of the 'theme' song as the curtain falls over it. It's pretty scary and sets up the plant for his world domination. Updated On: 1/28/04 at 08:34 PM

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:36pm

I have to agree with 'One Day More" from Les Mis. NOTHING thrills me more than that !! I also love "La Vie Boheme" from Rent and definetely "I Got Rythm" from Crazy for You !!!


Take care

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:39pm

JoizeyActor, do you mean Orin?

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:40pm

I agree with RENT and Les Mis!

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:42pm

Ooops, sorry, I meant Orin.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:45pm

oo, and sweeny todd. i forgot that. just from listening tothe cd it is just so amazing. Stephen Sondheim and Angela Lansbury are geniuses. I like Len Cariou but it's Lansbury and sondheim's lyrics that carry the finale. It's so amazing to hear them go onto the brink of insanity. It gives me chills.

and p.s. am I the only one who thought that the line in Defying Gravity "Lok at her she's wicked, get her!" was a nice touch? I mean we all know that she's wicked now but it adds a little bit of a cliffhanger, instead of it being shes free.

Updated On: 1/28/04 at 08:45 PM

[ckeaton]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:50pm

This is very nerdy, but our annual production of "A Christmas Carol" (DeBerry/Hellison) ends with Scrooge in his chair, as the three younger versions of himself approach him from the fog. Youngest Scrooge hands him a candle, and Scrooge slams it out with his hand, as the music hits it's peak.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 8:56pm

y's that nerdy? it sounds good.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:05pm

add me to the Rent/Les Mis bandwagon. La Vie Boheme has so much energy, and One Day more was just amazing.

[broadwaybaby486]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:15pm

I agree that the Les Mis act 1 finale is great, but I also like Gypsy's Everything's Coming Up Roses.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:16pm

Les Miz, Sweeney Todd, Nine and Bat Boy

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:18pm

Bat Boy, Les Miz, and Side Show. :)

[DefyingGravity2]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:27pm

Into the Woods, when you see the beanstalk grow in the back and you know its not over!!!!!!!

Defying Gravity... duh.



Carousel, i love. OLD, OMG!?!!?!? yeah, haha. But when billy sets off to go steal and julie thinks its all good, its SO sad.


um...yeah. hot.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:28pm

What was the Act I finale of Bat Boy...?
I never got to see it but I wanted to...
SPOIL AWAY...

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:30pm

What was the act 1 finale of west side story?

[logan30]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:31pm

My Top 10

Les Miserables
Gypsy
Dreamgirls
Sweeney Todd
West Side Story
The Producers
Miss Saigon
Evita
The Secret Garden
Rent

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:35pm

West Side is the 'Tonight' quartet with all the separate groups singing around and overtop one another a la 'One Day More' leading right into the Rumble.

Bat Boy is 'Comfort and Joy,' which is just a great song.

[jesseeinstein]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:36pm

OOOhh! I definately agree with "And I am Telling You"! Amazing end of act 1!

[eponine88]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:37pm

I'm hoppin' on the Les Mis bandwagon!!!!! One Day More always sends chills down my spine. Oh, and I'll throw in a vote for Sweeney too.

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:40pm

Ahhhhhhhh, I love Comfort and Joy. The beginning of the song with Dr. Parker is especially catcher.

"Kill him!"
"Shut up!"
"Kill him!"
"Shhuuuut uuup!"

[bestofbroadway]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:46pm

Hmm...best?! Well ones I really love are the Act I Finales to
Sunday in the Park With George and Sweeney Todd

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/28/04 at 9:53pm

What's the act 1 finale for company and little night music?