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Best Act I Finales
re: Best Act I Finales #153
Posted: 8/20/17 at 12:46pm
As Lin-Manuel Miranda would agree, Right This Way from Bandstand. Truly amazing. It's something I can't even describe without something having seen it.
re: Best Act I Finales #154
Posted: 8/20/17 at 1:56pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "Anastasia's "Journey to the Past" as a first act closer is utterly thrilling.
Definitely second this one!
re: Best Act I Finales #155
Posted: 8/20/17 at 2:14pm
Journey to the Past- Anastasia
You Will Be Found- Dear Evan Hansen
Daffodils- Big Fish (makes me cry every time)
One Day More- Les Miserables
Right This Way- Bandstand (my absolute favorite song from the recording, I think it's a really strong Act 1 closer compared to all the musicals I've seen/heard)
Before The Parade Passes By- Hello, Dolly!
The marching band feel to the song makes me smile from ear to ear anytime I hear it.
Stand-by Joined: 11/30/13
re: Best Act I Finales #156
Posted: 8/20/17 at 2:16pm
This season definitely provided some all-timers, including BANDSTAND and DEAR EVAN HANSEN (which shakes me to my core every time). HAMILTON and IN THE HEIGHTS are phenomenal of course.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
re: Best Act I Finales #157
Posted: 8/20/17 at 2:31pm
"Let It Go" in the Broadway musical adaptation of Disney's FROZEN.
re: Best Act I Finales #158
Posted: 8/20/17 at 2:47pm
-Gypsy (an absolute classic and masterclass in structuring)
-Sweeney Todd (the humor! The internal rhymes! The fact that it's about cannibalism but still allows you to see where Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett are coming from!)
-Hamilton ("Non-stop" is one of my faves from that show)
-Ragtime (hoo boy, nothing can top the sorrow, emotion, and power)
re: Best Act I Finales #159
Posted: 8/20/17 at 8:09pm
Face to Face from War Paint left me speechless.
When all of the set leaves, leaving Patti and Christine alone on an otherwise empty stage, belting that song with such power is something I will never forget.
Without these leading ladies, would it have been memorable?
Eh, probably not.
re: Best Act I Finales #160
Posted: 8/20/17 at 8:35pm
Great topic, there are so many I can think of:
"You Will Be Found"- Dear Evan Hansen
"Non Stop"- Hamilton
"Everybody Say Yeah"- Kinky Boots
"Proud of Your Boy (Reprise)"- Aladdin
"Blackout"- In The Heights
"War/What's Going on"- Motown
"Man Up"- Book of Mormon
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