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#101

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:14pm

Depends on my mood, but:

'No Voice' from BARE. I just love how emotional it is, and the harmonies are beautiful.

'Finale B' from RENT. Its spine tingling, probably my favourite song from the show.

The last 'WIIIICKED!' sung at the end is an awesome way to close the show.

The closing scene in the DREAMGIRLS film was great.

Lin-Manuel in 'Finale' from IN THE HEIGHTS is amazing.

em...'You Can't Stop The Beat' of course.

'Find My Way/Finale' from LEGALLY BLONDE is good too.

#102

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:24pm

Most of my favorites have all been mentioned, but one that I love that hasn't been brought up is "The Writing On The Wall" from The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
#104

Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:44pm

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 05:44 PM

#105

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/6/08 at 6:14pm

upbeat:
You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray)
Billy Elliot finale

powerful:
Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
Parade Finale
You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
#106

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/6/08 at 7:57pm

I'm gonna have to cast my vote for Sunday. What a perfect ending!

Other favorites are:

Rose's Turn- Gypsy
Being Alive- Company
You Can't Stop the Beat- Hairspray
As We Stumble Along (Reprise)- The Drowsy Chaperone
Children Will Listen- Into the Woods
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd- Sweeney Todd

Updated On: 8/6/08 at 07:57 PM

#107

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/6/08 at 8:18pm

Finale of Miss Saigon - quite dramatic and emotional
Epilogue of Les Miserables - heroic and inspiring
Finale of Cabaret 98 Broadway Revival - tragic
For Good of Wicked
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#112

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/7/08 at 7:59am

You Can't Stop the Beat from Hairspray and the Finale of Les Miserables, that just gives me chills EVERY time.
He's so nurturing! - Penny Pingleton, Hairspray
#113

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/7/08 at 10:18am

********************SPOILER FOR CHESS************************

On the page before someone mentions the line "If you're father where alive he sure would be dying of shame" from the musical CHESS. In the show she has always thought that her father had died when the russian's invaded hungary when she was a little girl but the russian finds out that he is still alive and agrees to go back to russia (and leave florence) as a trade for her father's freedom so father and daughter can be reunited. It was done very powerfully......Music Circus should have taken that production on the road.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#114

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/7/08 at 10:28am

HAIRSPRAY of course. And although not a superior show MAMA MIA send you out of that theatre very energized and excited. You got to give it that.
#115

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 8/7/08 at 10:55am

There are so many good closing numbers. A couple that stand out for me are Parade and Company. Parade's finale sends a tear down my eye every time. That whole show infact does that to me. And Being Alive is the pinnacle of a closing number. It wraps up the entire show/characters messsage/purpose and is possibly one of the top 3 songs written for a male in musical theatre. On the other hand I do not like the closing number for BARE. Does anyone agree with me on that? Absolution is great and then no voice is kind of bleh.
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#116

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 9:21am

Hey, this is a fun thread that I found buried in the archives. Let's disinter it! Being Alive-absolutely. Make our Garden Grow-majestic.You'll Never Walk Alone-iconic.The finale of Man of La Mancha can tear me up. Oh, and by the way, don't get all the support for You Can't Stop the Beat. It's enjoyable, but compared to the above, it's VERY lightweight

#117

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 9:22am

Great pull, green waver!

"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story," because, I mean, come on... THE TEARS.

#119

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 9:35am

Raise You Up from KINKY BOOTS was very good and what I call "electrifying," and, though there are many who don't care for the show, the finale does what it intends to do: send the audience out the door on a high and believing that just maybe love can conquer hate in our divided world. 

#121

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 10:59am

I agree with Kinky Boots - I've never left a theater smiling so much!
The Finale in Cabaret is so chilling..... me and my friend were stunned first time we saw it

#122

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 12:19pm

The reprise of the title song in the recent Color Purple revival had me beaming ear to ear with tears streaming down my face. The vocals and arranging were just flawless.

Though I will probably never love a finale as much as Les Mis... Eponine's harmony in the "take my hand..." part gives me chills every time, then ending with the epic "Do You Hear the People Sing" reprise... yes, please.

#123

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 2:43pm

Matilda the Musical - "When I Grow Up/Naughty [Reprise]" 

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#124

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 3:35pm

My favorites have to be Revolting Children from Matilda since its so fun and everyone is always so in awe of those kids up on stage giving it 200%. I personally consider that the closing number since When I Grow Up/Naughty Reprise is technically the curtain call. I also love Flying Away from Fun Home. It's so beautiful and makes me and most of the audience sob. Then I love You Can't Stop the Beat from Hairspray and then Find My Way/Finale from Legally Blonde. Both are just really upbeat, infectiously happy songs that I think perfectly capture the overall tone of both shows and close them really well.

#125

re: Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical

Posted: 2/10/17 at 9:52pm

Wow. Can't believe a post I started YEARS AGO has been revived! Haha. I stand by YCSTB, but right behind it in tone and spirit is the finale from its 'sister show' (Kinky Boots), Raise You Up/Just Be! Thank you, Cyndi for the gift of pure joy.

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