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#1

Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:50pm

My vote goes for Hairspray's "You Can't Stop the Beat." The energy that builds in that song is just incredible! Some of the clips on You Tube are great... however the clip on the show's official Web site is kind of embarrassing. The actor playing Wilbur looks like he doesn't know what he's doing, the actress playing Velma loses her footing and just looks bored, and the dancing of Ashley Parker Angel (Link) is far from crisp. BUT.. still love this number!
#5

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:53pm

I have to say Rent, it sends a shiver down my spine when i hear "there is no future etc", such a positive way to end the show
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#6

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:54pm

Thank Webber for the megamix!

I do have to admit that Mamma Mia! has a great closing sequence. The first time I saw it, an 80ish year old woman was getting down with her bad self in the aisle. That was amazing!
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Updated On: 6/27/07 at 09:54 PM

#8

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:06pm

Definitely agree with Rent - I love that it ends with "no day but today"

lol about the 80 year old woman. I'm still not sure how I feel about the Hairspray movie..
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#10

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:09pm

Rose's Turn - Gypsy
You're Nothing Without Me - City of Angels
You Can't Stop The Beat - Hairspray
The Hills of Tomorrow - Merrily We Roll Along
One - A Chorus Line
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#11

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:10pm

I've only heard it on the OBC, but the Finale to Cabaret just sounds chilling.
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#12

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:12pm

oh yes i have to agree with Craig on merrily we roll along as well
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#13

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:13pm

I'll add SUNDAY (both act 1 and act 2) from Sunday in the Park with George as well
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#14

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:14pm

I agree with Sunday. And perhaps, Children Will Listen, from Into the Woods?
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#15

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:17pm

And I will add "Being Alive" from Company.

The Les Mis closing gets me everytime.
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#16

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:21pm

I think my favorite closing number would be a toss-up between the Wheels of A Dream reprise and The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
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#17

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:21pm

Sweeney Todd. How better to end a classic tragic melodrama than the protagonist slamming a door in the audience's face as the music crescendos?
#20

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:31pm

I remembered another!

Despite the Lifetime movie feeling, Baby has a great ending with the birth of Danny and Lizzie's baby. That whole "... and on, and on..." chorus gets me every time.
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Updated On: 6/27/07 at 10:31 PM

#21

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:55pm

Hairspray, A Chorus Line, and Rent are obviously staples, but I get chills every time I hear Jersey Boys' last number ("Who Loves You"). Those last three falsetto notes are just incredible.
#22

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 11:01pm

Parade's made me cry like there was no tomorrow. I've never gotten that reaction from just a cast recording before, so I have to say it, despite the historical inaccuracy in the ending.

I also have to say Passion. The finale is what got me into the show. And Ragtime.
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#24

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 6/27/07 at 11:04pm

"The closing in the revival of 110 in the Shade. True genius."

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I would have said Company, but I thought the closing number meant that the song literally ends the show. There's still that part at the end after Being Alive. But if that counts, I'll add my vote.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

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