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Ever cried during the overture?
Dextrous Existence
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#25re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:28am
I cried at the beginning of Brooklyn's overture.
...oh wait.
#26re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:30amYes, every time I see a show, which is hardly ever. It's because I can't believe it's actually happening!
#27re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:32am
CATS. I know, I know... but I was about 15 years old and had been waiting SO SO long to see it. It was the first "mainstream" musical which I seriously followed and became enthralled with at the age of 13. To finally be at the Winter Garden and having amazing seats at the end of one of the ramps (the Rum Tum Tugger- Stephen Bienskie- danced with my mom) was an absolute thrill. Also got sentimental because I was seeing it for the first time in New York and it was closing about two weeks after I saw it. 
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BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#28re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 12:46ami cried with sher excitment at Sweet Charity.... !pril 18th Christina's first preformance and then i hear the loud brassy cords of "hey big spender" (the start of the overture) and died... i had tears of joy streming down my face
#29re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:06am
Les Miserables.
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Becky
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MusicalDirector109
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#31re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 8:51amThe overtures to "Oklahoma!", "The King and I", "My Fair Lady", "Camelot" and "Gypsy" get me all the time. I cried throughout the entire overture at Bernadette Peters final performance of "Gypsy".
BwayBoy25
Leading Actor Joined: 6/19/05
#32re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 8:59amgypsy without a doubt...and the audition number of 42nd street cause thats the closest thing to the overture in the show...it makes me bawl every time...well both of em
hear the beat...
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#33re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 9:34am
I almost cried after clamming the trumpet solo in the Gypsy overture. It was even worse that night, because the press was there.
And it got mentioned in one of the reviews. Ouch.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#34re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 11:34amDuring the overtures of WEST SIDE STORY and PIAZZA.
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hypertruffle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/22/05
#35re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/25/05 at 1:22pmI never do, but I can imagine losing control if I get to see 'My Fair Lady' and hearing the overture played live.
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EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#37re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/26/05 at 7:47pmi do it all the time i get just so overwelmed....i cried in the opening notes of good morning baltimore in Hairspray. LOL
#38re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/26/05 at 7:54pm
The first time I saw Les Mis on broadway. I was a mess. I've loved the show since I was 7, and finally seeing it was the most amazing thing.
And..yes..Wicked. Chills, tears, the whole works.
I'm seeing Light in the Piazza in a week. So I'll get back to you on that one...
#39re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/26/05 at 8:24pm
I am yet another person who cried during the beginning of Wicked. Actually I cried through pretty much the whole first act because it was my first broadway show and I couldn't believe I was finally there (I was 25)
Oh and the opening of Titanic makes me cry everytime I listen to it. And I cried through the whole opening of Ragtime yesterday. I'm tend to be very emotional 
Updated On: 6/26/05 at 08:24 PM
#40re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/26/05 at 8:41pm
Many overtures have made me cry.
The Lincoln Center CAROUSEL - when the music swells and the actual carousel appears before our eyes by magic - it is overwhelming.
I only saw The Light in the Piazza once but when I listen to my iPod and hear the first notes of the overture/Passeggiata I tear a bit.
I get chills for The Advantages of Living in the Middle of the Sea too.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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#41re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/26/05 at 8:45pmI got chills during Wicked, because it was a long road getting there. My school was gonna see it with our Drama Club when our advisor who had been battling cancer for awhile was forced to leave and later died. I got to see Wicked on my 16th bday which was very special for me... so I didnt cry, I felt like it but I didnt... I got chills.
Derek
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/03
#42re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/26/05 at 10:37pmThe first time i saw wicked i was blowwwwwnnnn away, so the second time, from the overture all through no one mourns the wicked all i heard was my heart racing. im glad that went away tho cuz idina's defying gravity was AWESOME!
#43re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/27/05 at 12:16amI had to wipe away a tear the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th time at Piazza. And when I returned to Caroline, or Change...Tonya's humming. Updated On: 6/27/05 at 12:16 AM
yarn769fink034
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/04
#44re: Ever cried during the overture?
Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:09amAward show make me cry,Last year when Audra Mcdonald(sp) won and said all she ever wanted to do was in on Broadway i cried and I still cry when I watch my tape of it.Also When Elphaba flys in Defying Gravity and "It'not her I'm the one you want ITS MEEEEE!!" I get chills all over and can't move,I think think i hit the lady next to me when I saw it b/c i was freaking out.
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