Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??- Page 3
Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#50re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:17am
Having just seen "The Light in the Piazza" again, I must say that Say it Somehow is absolutely beautiful, simply and yet stunningly staged...
Everything's Coming Up Roses from "Gypsy" is hair raising. You're concerned for Louise. More so now than ever...
#51re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:21am
The Secret Garden
Dreamgirls
Piazza
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#52re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:36am
and i am telling you...
a little priest
defying gravity
la vie boheme
what is it about her
i am what i am
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bwayrunner22
Understudy Joined: 1/22/05
#53re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:50am
Gotta say, One Day More gives me chills everytime I hear it; but I love Defying Gravity.
I don't know if this counts, I've never seen La Cage but I've heard I am what I am and I don't see how that couldn't be one of the best. Just my thought though. I've heard a lot of songs and that one is one of my favorites.
MusicalDirector109
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#54re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 10:51am
"Anything Goes" all that tap thrills me!!
"And I Am Telling You...." - "Dreamgirls" - truly stunning!!!
all of Jerry Herman's stuff
#55re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:34am"I'd Give My Life for You" from Miss Saigon.
worrell4077
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#56re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:39am
"Run Away"-SpamAlot
"The Miracle"-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
"Can't Help Falling in Love"-All Shook Up
"Along Came Bially"-The Producers
"There's a Fine, Fine, Line"-Avenue Q
"Astonishing"-Little Women
"Act One Finale"-LSOH/Urinetown
"Not the Boy Next Door"-The Boy From Oz
"The Frogs"-The Frogs
"Defying Gravity"-Wicked
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Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#57re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 12:42pm
Defying Gravity - WICKED
Til We Reach That Day - RAGTIME
If I Can't Love Her - BEAUTY & THE BEAST
#58re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 12:49pm
One Day More and Defying Gravity are my favourites.
jera
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Emcee4ever
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#59re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:51pm
Cabaret! Scariest Finale EVER!
(For Act 1 and Act 2!)
#60re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 3:07pmDefying Gravity. The first time I saw Wicked I was front row center and after Idina hit the last note and the curtain dropped I said "holy S*#T." I was covered in goose bumps.
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
#61re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 3:09pmLes Miserables and Urinetown
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#62re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 3:20pm
Wicked.
Gypsy.
Fiddler- so dramatic.
Sweet Charity - its hysterical
so many more.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#63re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 3:20pm
Wicked.
Gypsy.
Fiddler- so dramatic.
Sweet Charity - its hysterical
so many more.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#64re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 3:28pmAside from those mentioned, I'll add "You're Nothing Without Me" from City of Angels.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#65re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 4:31pmthe first thing that springs to mind is Weekend in the Country from A Little Night Music.
Mind is Mantra.
#66re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 4:32pmI hate to be cliche, but Defying Gravity is really spectacular. Even when I know all the special effects.
#67re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 4:36pmAstonishing, Defying Gravity, Jimmy, There's a Fine Fine Line, I'm the Bravest Individual
#68re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 4:41pm
#3 Sunday in the Park with George - "Sunday"
#2 Sweeney Todd - "A Little Priest"
and #1 Dreamgirls - "And I'm Telling You..."
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#69re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 4:48pm"A Weekend In The Country" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
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#70re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:28pm
bwayrunner22 wrote:
I don't know if this counts, I've never seen La Cage but I've heard I am what I am and I don't see how that couldn't be one of the best. Just my thought though. I've heard a lot of songs and that one is one of my favorites.
'I Am What I Am' is staged very dramatically. Albin has just been told by Georges that he is not welcome at the dinner to meet his future in-laws. He pushed Georges aside, telling him "Excuse me, I have a show to do" and walks onstage. The Cagelles start the 'We Are What We Are' number and Albin stops them and quietly asks them to leave the stage. He then sings 'I Am What I Am', softly at first, then stonger as the anger and hurt builds within him. By the end of the number, he is practically spitting out the words. He finishes the number, pulls off his wig, throws it at Georges (who has been watching from the wings), walks down off the stage and marches up the aisle out the back of the theatre. It never fails to move me to tears. Maybe it's because I am a middle-aged gay man that I can relate to having attended family functions alone because my partner was not welcome, or watching co-workers bring spouses and children to company events and not being asked to bring my lover that this number has special meaning for me. For the past 15 or so years, I have decided to make my gayness known to everyone I know (and most of that was met with a gigantic yawn). But if you're 15 or 50, coming out is not an easy thing to do which is why 'I Am What I Am', written by an out and proud gay composer/lyricist is such a powerful number for me. Sorry to prattle on, but you asked 
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#71re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:39pm
Let's not forget "The Hookers Ball" from THE LIFE!
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Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#72re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 5:49pm
I'd Give My Life For You- Saigon
Leaving for the ball- My Fair Lady
One Day More- Les Mis
Phantom- Just dead shocking when you don't relaise where he is lol
Jesus Loves You... Everybody else thinks you're an idiot!
#74re: Favorite Act 1 Finale(s)??
Posted: 8/8/05 at 8:34pm
Oh..Say it Somehow for the Light in the Piazza brings tears to my eyes, it's just so beautiful.
as does Les Miserables.
and I think the most fun I've had at the end of an act is at RENT. La Vie Boheme just pumps me up.
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This is reaching for it
This is wishing that a moment would arrive- LITP
everybody goes down well with beer!-sweeney
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