Can anyone suggest Broadway songs that comfort people in sad times?

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:00pm

My friend lost her father and loves Broadway and showtunes. I'd like to make her a CD of comforting showtunes. Can I get some suggestions? Thanks everyone.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:07pm

Definitely No One Is Alone.

Oh, and obviously not showtunes, but if your friend is a Patti fan, she does a really beautiful cover of Judy Collins' "My Father" on her Matters of the Heart CD.

Updated On: 4/2/11 at 11:07 PM

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:12pm

Light from Next to Normal

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:14pm

These are the first that come to mind...

I Love You Song, Spelling Bee
Alabanza and/or Everything I Know, In the Heights
Rainbow Sleeves, Everyday Rapture
Not a Day Goes By, Merrily
Light, Next to Normal
Not While I'm Around, Sweeney Todd

Edit: Also, if she doesn't already have it get her next to normal in its entirety. Its message of hope in dark times might be something that really helps. I know it has helped me through some tough times as well.

Updated On: 4/2/11 at 11:14 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:19pm

I second "No One Is Alone" and would put it at the top of my list.

[MisterSnow89]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:22pm

Some of my favorites include:

Anytime I Am There, from Elegies
Looking Up, Elegies (really that entire show).
How Glory Goes from Floyd Collins (or Audra McDonald does a stunning cover on her album of the same title)

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 4/2/11 at 11:22pm

The first thing that came to mind was Anytime (I Am There) from Elegies.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:43am

When my brother died, I about played out Petrified from Taboo. It was the only thing that helped me go to sleep.
And Anytime (I Am There) from Elegies is a GREAT choice.

[peerrjb]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:24am

Well, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom is Christine's song to her dead father... it could be a good inclusion.

Also, though it's old, it's survived longer than anything posted...and "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel is often quite powerful... Maybe not a big "Show-Album" version, but it has been recorded by many artists.

I have always found "Come Down from the Tree" (cut from Once on This Island but can be found on one of the "Lost in Boston" albums, among others) to be a terrific statement of moving forward.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:31am

"But The World Goes 'round"
from NY, NY

Updated On: 4/3/11 at 04:31 AM

[Frank thebellhop]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:39am

No one is alone was the first thing that came to my mind as well. But I would add I Will Never Leave You from Sideshow, Give Me Love from Everyday Rapture, Another Winter in a Summer Town from Grey Gardens, (& though it's more of a breakup song it still seems fitting) Time Heals Everything from Mack and Mabel. My go to hard times show is Rent. Specifically Seasons of Love, I'll Cover You reprise, and the version of No Day But Today Idina performed for her PBS concert.

[faith587]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:48am

"Some Thing Are Meant To Be" from Little Women.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 5:35am

It Must Be So from Candide.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 10:08am

Thanks everyone :) Great choices!

[Broadwaywest]

Posted: 4/3/11 at 10:13am

"Schadenfreude" from ave.q. great song.

[Noel&Cole]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 12:46pm

I always like You'll Never Walk alone which was suggested, Maybe not for a funerals but "There Will Be A Miracle" form "See What I Wanna See" always touches me when I feel in need of an emotional lift.

[Matt3358]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:08pm

As Already Said:
No One Is Alone
Pacencia Y Fe
Everything I Know

I would add Breathe from In The Heights to the list and also add On My Own, and I Dreamed A Dream from Les Mis

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:23pm

"Hear My Song" from Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown. Absolutely beautiful, and incredibly emotional.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:42pm

Look With Your Heart from Love Never Dies :)

[JRybka]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 1:44pm

The best one.... The Human Heart from "Once on this Island" -- one of the best songs around.

[bwayrose7]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 4:45pm

Alabanza from In the Heights and Light from Next to Normal are wonderful choices. I would also add For Good from Wicked, Those You've Known from Spring Awakening, Finale B and Seasons of Love from Rent.

[Sant]

Posted: 4/4/11 at 5:21pm

"Ýou'll never walk alone" from CAROUSEL (especially Barbra Streisand's version which is on her "Higher Ground" cd, put together with "I believe")

"Life is just a bowl of cherries" - FOSSE (try to get your hands on Nicola Hughes's version. It's gorgeous.)

"Surrender" from SUNSET BOULEVARD. The show version may not be the best choice, but try Sarah Brightman's extended version of the song, it's on her album "Surrender".

"Whistle down the wind" from WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND.