Ever cried during the overture?
Ever cried during the overture?
#0Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:29pmI cry during the West Side Story overture every time. I cry just thinking about West Side Story.
#1re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:34pmYes - at the first harp glissando of Light in the Piazza.
morebroadwayplease
Leading Actor Joined: 6/15/05
#2re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:35pm
The answer to your title is this:
No, I haven't
#3re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:36pm
I didn't cry, but Wicked's overture gave me chills. I never knew dissonance could be quite that harmonic.
Gypsy's overture gives me chills as well. Phew.
halyiaganitefiz
Stand-by Joined: 6/23/05
#4re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:44pm
eight words:
Les Misérables. Wicked. The Phantom of the Opera.
#5re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:45pmBelieve it or not, the first time I saw Tommy, I was crying hyserically during the Overture. I had waited so long to see this, and when it finally came to my home town, the excitement just got me emotional as soon as the chords hit. I was FINALLY seeing this. I cried throughout the whole first twenty minutes of the show.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:49pmThe original production of HELLO, DOLLY! didn't have an overture. When one was added for the first revival I found tears of happiness in my eyes when the title song was played. Nowadays all I have to do is hear the downbeat and the tears start. (The last time the show was revived in NYC each tune that was played in the overture was greeted by enthusiastic applause!)
#7re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 8:50pmYep, the summer before AIDA closed. I saw it three times in the last few months, and cried at the beginning each time. The first simply because I was so happy to be back after a year and a half, and the second because it had finally hit me that I was actually going to have to say goodbye. The third time was the last performance. I cried through the whole show, it was pretty pathetic.
#8re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:03pmI honestly don't care what anyone thinks, but I cry at the Beauty and the Beast overture ever single time. That, and Gypsy.
#9re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:04pmi ALMOST cried at the orchestra's first notes of TITANIC, because i was FINALLY fulfilling my lifetime dream of actually seeing a show on broadway. but i was crying FOR REAL by the end, and i couldn't stop for i don't know how long.
#10re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:07pmSometimes fighting it. I don't pretend that it does not hit me during the overture. The hair on the back of my neck stands up and I usueally get the chills due to the intense anticipation. Yep, I guess you can call it a form of crying, butterflies and the thought of the people about to go on stage and what they are feeling as they hear it. There's nothing like it. Either in the audience or waiting to go on backstage.
ProducersFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/04
#11re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:16pm
I've cried before a show even started! You're all going to think I'm completely insane, but I was almost sobbing with joy when I got cancellation tickets to see The Producers last March. I had wanted to see the show so badly with Nathan and Matthew, and my mom waited 3 hours in line with me to try to get tickets. Right at 2pm, the ticket lady came out and said they had 2 tickets for us if we wanted them. Row G, right on the aisle - you couldn't have gotten better seats. I was literally shaking and crying all the way through the overture, finally pulling myself together right before the show actually started - what a sorry emotional girl I am! 
~Jessica
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#12re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:24pmI got misty-eyed during the overture (the Fanfare, I think they call it) of The Frogs. I was overwhelmed. Not only was I seeing a Broadway show, but I was seeing Roger Bart and Nathan Lane live.
exedore
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/05
#13re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:25pmI haven't cried from one, but there's a definite wave of emotion whenever the chords of Pinball Wizard start during the overture from Tommy...
#14re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 9:39pmPretty much every time I see anything with beautiful music.
#15re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 10:21pmWell, WICKED's overture amkes me shake because I'm so excited and having a panic atasck for the performners. But, when i saw GYPSY, which was when i was jsut getitng into theatre, the overture started and the audience lit up. I feel that that's the best song in the show and the best overure on broadway, though Wonderful Town's is fun as well...
To Kill A Mockingbird
Kicks8567
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/03
#16re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 10:32pmNot as a result of the overture, but as a result of the lady in front of me....I was hysterical crying at Beauty and the Beast. She was a Japanese tourist probably in her 20's and she was all alone. When the orchestra played the first note she began to cry tears of joy and was just so enthralled during "Be Our Guest" which made me very happy. And she was waving to Belle during the curtain call....she was adorable, she made my night! lol
MatureDignity
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/04
#17re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 10:39pm
I felt like crying during the Chitty overture. I thought I was being prepped for an evening of torture...
I cried during the Porgy and Bess overture. Nothing beats hearing that music live! I was overwhelmed.
#18re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 10:53pmThe Light in the Piazza is the only show that's made me cry at all. I cried during the overture during the second, third, and fourth time seeing it b/c I knew what was coming. I even cried during the part where Margaret tries to tell Fabrizio what's wrong with Clara but then just says that she's a very special girl. Everyone else was laughing but I was crying. Forget about "love to me" and "fable", I was a mess!
#19re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:01pm
At sutton's last night in Millie, i got chills during the overture, teared up- the energy in the audience was just so intense, the anticipation, it was wonderful. she gave the best performance that night that ive ever seen of anyone.
kicks thats such a cute story!
#20re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:15pmmy mom has. lol
#21re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:24pm
Whew! I'm not the only one.
I cry thinking about West Side Story music. As soon as the strings come in with "Tonight", I'm out. I was a mess at my choir concert when I had to sing it.
Do you ever get teary when a show starts because you want to be up there so bad? I did that at Chicago and Les Mis. I get really into it.
mominthecty
Stand-by Joined: 9/4/04
#22re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:29pm
TabooWF
As you can see your mom is in lovely company!
#23re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:34pm
Almost, my first time seeing Wicked.
Good to know I'm not alone in that, though!
Updated On: 6/24/05 at 11:34 PM
LittleRed00
Chorus Member Joined: 11/19/04
#24re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/24/05 at 11:41pmYes! I cried during the overture when I saw the most recent national tour of "Peter Pan" with Cathy Rigby. "Peter Pan" was the first musical I was ever introduced to (I have the VHS of the Mary Martin special), and I had never seen an actual stage production of it. It was such a dream come true for me to actually see it, and a very emotional personal thing for me.
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