Best turning point/Breakdown, songs — Page 2

Would "Who am I?" from Les Mis count?

Anyways, my favorite would be "Your Daddy's Son." It's just... too complicated to explain.

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Does the end of See, I'm Smilng from L5Y count? Sherie Rene has always blown me away with that one.
And the Fire Within Me from Little Women
Gimme Gimme - TMM
And I think Clara's Interlude is great.

First one that popped into my head was "I'm Breaking Down" that was inserted into Falsettos. If you haven't heard it, I think it's at the end of the In Trousers recording. Definitely worth getting.

Also:
Franklin Shepard Inc. from Merrily We Roll Along
Is Anybody There? from 1776
Funny from City of Angels


Though without a doubt the best is Rose's Turn.

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I can't believe no one has said, " I am Changing " , from Dreamgirls. Tsk...tsk...

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"Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime. Audra is heart breaking.

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No One Has Ever Loved Me/ I Love Fosca ( from the London cast production of PASSION)

Great ones listed so far, and I agree that rose's Turn has to be the motherlode.

Though my personal favorite--it's not quite a breakdown, but a very very emotional moment/reaction that I think counts: I am What I Am from La Cage.

My personal favorite turning point song--Rumble from West Side Story. What amazing music.

Wouldn't Everything's Coming Up Roses work too--the turning point between Rose focusing on Louise instead of June?

Adding a couple more:
I'm Here-The Color Purple
Valjean's Soliloquy-Les Miz
Not Me-Aida (Radames talks about becoming a new person)
I Know The Truth-Aida
The Reckoning-DRS
Confrontation-J&H
Judas' Death-Jesus Christ Superstar
Astonishing-Little Women
Down Once More-Phantom of the Opera
Close Every Door-Joseph...
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face-My Fair Lady
Back to Before-Ragtime
I Should Tell You-Rent
Your Eyes-Rent

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There is a truly dreadful show from London called "The Four Musketeers" in which the portly Harry Secombe (from The Goon Show and Oliver) plays, yes, a portly D'Artangnon. The show played for a while at Drury Lane in 1967. The music is by Laurie Johnston, that's a man, BTW, who wrote the theme music for "The Avengers" so you know the style - 1960's pop fused with musical comedy and french period.

ANYWAY, the 11:00 number, "There Comes A Time" (when a man has to face his fate alone...) which is a real corker. It drips of "turning point" and "11:00 number" but there's no denying that, with Secombe's amazing booming tenor voice and a thumping Drury Lane orchestra, you too would be moved to storm the Bastille (or battle the Cardinal's men, whatever).

BTW, Elizabeth Larner (Guenivere from the London Camelot) plays M'Lady de Winter and her big song is the absolutely mysoginistic "Cherchez La Femme" (it's always a woman's fault).

The record is available in many old record bins. I've seen dozens of copies. Yellow cover.

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"The Music Still Plays On" and "And They're Off" from A New Brain are great.
oh, I love "I'm Breaking Down" too.

Obvi, "Rose's Turn".
"Cabaret"
"Lot's Wife"
"Gimme Love"
"He Wanted to Say"

eh that's all i can think of

My personal favorite turning point song--Rumble from West Side Story. What amazing music.

Wouldn't Everything's Coming Up Roses work too--the turning point between Rose focusing on Louise instead of June?

wickedrentq, you read my mind. I was about to add those two!

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It sounds lame, but I confess from Footloose is a very powerful song

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