Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
zamedy
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
#1Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:50pmMy 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!
#2re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:52pm
Carrie!!!
JK
The Wedding Singer, Little shop of horrors (dont ask) and i agree hairspray
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:52pmNever Met A Man I Didn't Like - Will Rogers Follies
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#3re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:52pm
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#4re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 9:53pmI 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
#5re: 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!
Current Saying: What do you mean it isn't enough being pretty? Have you seen my headshots?!?
#6re: Best Closing Number of a Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:04pm"Fable" from The Light in the Piazza
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#7re: 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..
#8re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:07pmThe closing in the revival of 110 in the Shade. True genius.
#9re: 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
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#10re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:10pmI've only heard it on the OBC, but the Finale to Cabaret just sounds chilling.
#11re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:12pmoh yes i have to agree with Craig on merrily we roll along as well
#12re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:13pmI'll add SUNDAY (both act 1 and act 2) from Sunday in the Park with George as well
#13re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:14pmI agree with Sunday. And perhaps, Children Will Listen, from Into the Woods?
#14re: 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.
#15re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:21pmI think my favorite closing number would be a toss-up between the Wheels of A Dream reprise and The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
#16re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:21pmSweeney Todd. How better to end a classic tragic melodrama than the protagonist slamming a door in the audience's face as the music crescendos?
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#17re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:25pm
"The closing in the revival of 110 in the Shade. True genius."
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i.heart.link
Featured Actor Joined: 5/7/07
#18re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:31pm
Finale B- Rent
You Can't Stop the Beat- Hairspray
Let the Sunshine In- Hair
One- A Chorus Line
#19re: 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.
Current Saying: What do you mean it isn't enough being pretty? Have you seen my headshots?!?
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#20re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:55pmHairspray, 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.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#21re: 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.
#22re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical
Posted: 6/27/07 at 11:03pmThe closing number to Pippin is also a fave
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#23re: 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."
What happens?
it rains.
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.
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