Best Closing Number to Broadway Musical- Page 5

[toanythingtaboo 2]

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.

[TheBoyDownstairs]

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.

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:39pm

White: a blank page or canvas. His favorite: so many... possibilities.

[LePetiteFromage]

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

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

[chrysler99]

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)

[TheatreFreak05]

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

[musicaltheater1]

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

[puppet]

Posted: 8/6/08 at 11:37pm

The megamix at the end of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

[amoni]

Posted: 8/7/08 at 3:27am

Little Dorothy kneeling center stage all by herself singing "Home" in "The Wiz".

[Chance]

Posted: 8/7/08 at 6:07am

Our Time from Merrily...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/7/08 at 7:13am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXMxhMhYm4

"Make Our Garden Grow," from Bernstein's Candide.

[FuturePenny2]

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.

[JRybka]

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.

[Noel&Cole]

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.

[Theatreboy49]

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.

[green waver]

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

[BroadwayConcierge]

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.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 2/10/17 at 9:31am

I thought the finale to Hands on a Hardbody ("Keep Your Hands on It" was one of the best closing numbers in recent memory.

[PatrickDC]

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. 

[Eliza2]

Posted: 2/10/17 at 9:40am

Les Miserables & The Book of Mormon

[Leaf Coneybear]

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

[JudyDenmark]

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.

[Lot666]

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

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

[itis2l84u]

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.

[Zamedy154]

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.