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#1

Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:04pm

Don't know if this has been asked before, but what are the best love scenes from a musical? This would include song, setting, and chemistry I suppose. Movie musicals are included too.

"Something Good" from "The Sound of Music"
Gene(Kelly) and Debbie(Debbie Reynolds) doing "You Were Meant For Me" in Singin' In The Rain.
Somewhere from West Side Story (Movie and Stage)
"As Long As You're Mine" from Wicked. (If it's Taye and Idina, that is some serious chemistry. Obviously)

Updated On: 12/9/05 at 03:04 PM

#2

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:05pm

oh this is a toughie....

gimme a min.

EDIT: OK "If I Loved You" from Carousel.

Although:
"They Were You" from The Fantasticks
"All the Wasted Time" from Parade
and "A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Mis

are close runner-ups.

Updated On: 12/9/05 at 03:05 PM

#3

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:09pm

I assume you're including film musicals in this thread?... since Something Good was written for the movie by Rodgers (both music and lyrics). It wasn't in the stage show.

EDIT: You really ought to fix that "Sound of TYPO." It's driving me crazy. I keep wanting to dive at it with a red pen.

(sorry if that was bitchy)
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Updated On: 12/9/05 at 03:09 PM

#4

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:13pm

I think "Say It Somehow" from Light in the Piazza is simply gorgeous and very touching as a love scene. Very hot, as well.

For a girl with the mentality of a pre-teen, Clara really knows just what to do with her Italian man...
#5

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:30pm

How about the ballet or the scene with the rotating bed from Thou Shalt Not? Ok...just kidding

I have to second "If I Loved You", that entire scene is great. As is "Say it Somehow" from Piazza.

I like the scene from Secret Garden where Archie sings the song "A Girl in the Valley" with Lily.

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#6

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:36pm

I would say IF I LOVED YOU is perhaps the best scene (love or otherwise) from any musical ever.

It's simply the most perfectly constructed moment in the musical theatre.
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#7

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:41pm

C'mon - this is a no brainer! It's "You Can Be As Loud As the Hell You Want When You're Making Love."

No contest! It's got puppets doing it and everything!
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#8

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:48pm

R&H have lots of good love scenes in many of their musicals. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" from The Sound of Music is a cute, playful scene. In South Pacific, the scenes with "Younger than Springtime" and "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific are two great scenes as well. In Oklahoma!, I would probably say the scene after the box social where the reprise of "People Will Say We're in Love" is sung is the most romantic.

EDIT: I corrected my super boneheaded mistake!! Please forgive my stupidity...it has been a long and busy day at work....for some reason I always mix up the songs from Oklahoma! and Brigadoon!
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man

Updated On: 12/9/05 at 03:48 PM

#9

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:13pm

The scene at the end of Act I in Bare (I believe it's Ivy and Jason). VERY hot.
#10

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:20pm

"In Oklahoma!, I would probably say the scene after the box social where the reprise of "Almost Like Being in Love" is sung is the most romantic."

You mean "People Will Say We're In Love", right? "Almost Like Being In Love" is from Brigadoon, isn't it?


Oh, and I second "Something Good". It's the standard by which all other love scenes are measured.
artistic dominion

Updated On: 12/9/05 at 04:20 PM

#12

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:23pm

The opening number in Passion.
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#13

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:25pm

I've got to put my vote in for "Like Zis, Like Zat" in DRS. I think Greg and Joanna are wonderful in that song! (particularly him!)
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#16

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:49pm

As Long As You're Mine
Happiness
Say in Somehow
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#17

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:55pm

Well, when I saw Phantom in Los Angeles... "All I Ask of You" was the best I'd personally seen on stage. (And that's a lot of love songs in a lot of shows, folks.)

But nearly every other time I've seen this song peformed (including on Broadway), it's been "nice" but not incredible.

My memories of the scene and duet in L.A. (with Dale Kristien and Reece Holland) are the pinnacle.

Add in the Paris rooftop sets and lighting, and those sweeping (corny) and romantic orchestrations. Man, I'm getting chills just thinking about it.

The best.
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#20

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 5:26pm

"We Kiss In The Shadow" - The King and I
"Younger Than Springtime" - South Pacific
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#21

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 5:37pm

"If I Loved You." Wonderful!

It's not a love scene exactly, but the "I Love You Song" is so touching!
#23

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 5:53pm

If I loved you. Indeed.

Though I'm a sucker for Sun and Moon from Miss Saigon. So over the top, but stil.......Shame they ruin it later on with that horrible saxophone song....
#24

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 6:22pm

You know... after reading all these responses... R&H pretty much rule the Great White Way when it comes to writing the best love scenes.

No arguments here.
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#25

re: Best Love Scene In A Musical

Posted: 12/9/05 at 6:30pm

All I Ask of You -- Phantom
As Long as Your Mine -- Wicked
I Turned the Corner -- Millie
Without Love -- Hairspray
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