Favorite Finales

[jesseeinstein]

Favorite Finales#0

Posted: 1/28/04 at 10:20pm

This is to contrast all of the other favorite number threads.
Some great ones in my opinion are(In no particular order):
Parade
Les Miserables
Wicked
Avenue Q
A Chorus Line
The Producers
Children of Eden
Hairspray
Jerry Springer The Opera
Merrily We Roll Along
Ragtime
The Full Monty

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Favorite Finales#1

Posted: 1/28/04 at 10:30pm

i think we've done this before, but i'll play:

Cabaret. just listening to it on the cast recording gives me chills. i was so shocked that it ended that way.
Aida. at the end, the whole beginning suddenly makes sense.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[BroadwayGirl107]

re: re: Favorite Finales#2

Posted: 1/28/04 at 10:35pm

Les Misérables give me the chills EVERY time...no joke.
And Wicked.

RENT's is really nice too...though I despise the way the story ends...the song is beautiful.

[CJR]

re: re: re: Favorite Finales#3

Posted: 1/28/04 at 10:43pm

I'll play --

Chicago (and no Im not just saying that)... it's because I'm a ham and I love the interaction with the audience and getting a rose

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

[GirlfriendFromCanada]

re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#4

Posted: 1/28/04 at 11:06pm

I go for the cheese. Even if I don't like the way it is incorporated into the story, I still love watching it. Therefore, I really love Taboo's finale. It gets me every time. I love the way that show ends, the way it is portrayed by the characters, and even the curtain call. It's when I see that that I find it hard to believe that anyone can not like the show, because I can't resist that finale.

Same with Rent. While it doesn't really please me plotwise, I just love the song and the what the characters do and that warm feeling it gives me on that last line sung. Love it.

As for shows that actually have good solid endings, plotwise. Definitely The Full Monty. Can't be beat, and entertaining as hell.

[marincrazy11]

re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#5

Posted: 1/28/04 at 11:12pm

I'll go for Ragtime, AIDA (so sad but cool), Children of Eden,You're A Good Man Charlie Brown-it's just so fun and happy-makes me smile, ummmmm.....West Side Story....that's all I can think of.

"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee "It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza

[cbrown828]

re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#6

Posted: 1/28/04 at 11:26pm

i agreee with cabareat and aida.

[BroadwayKate]

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Posted: 1/28/04 at 11:30pm

Ragtime...no contest...that ending is so beautiful..I cried everytime!

kate

say the word...and i just might listen...

[Greekmusicalfan]

re: Favorite Finales#8

Posted: 1/29/04 at 4:48am

Marincrazy11, why do you think AIDA's finale is sad ? I find it very uplifting and hopeful. If it ended on the scene before that, now that would be sad !

Take care

[marincrazy11]

re: re: Favorite Finales#9

Posted: 1/29/04 at 8:20am

well not really, I guess. It is very hopeful and I love the idea, it's just that I was still so sad from the scene before, but no I do think the ending is uplifting.

"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee "It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza

[alterego]

re: re: Favorite Finales#10

Posted: 1/29/04 at 8:23am

A few that immediately come to mind...

La Cage aux Folles
The Producers
A Chorus Line
Crazy for You

[sheekala]

re: re: re: Favorite Finales#11

Posted: 1/29/04 at 8:34am

GYPSY-powerful and dramatic,HAIRSPRAY-musical theater prozac, PHANTOM- very emotional and my current fav, THE PRODUCERS-Nathan and Matthew seem to walk on air! And I'd like to add DEATH OF A SALESMAN and THE ODD COUPLE with ANGELS IN AMERICA pts.1&2 as having wonderful final scenes.

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum Have faith or pandemonium's Liable to walk upon the scene

[Mister Matt]

re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#12

Posted: 1/29/04 at 9:12am

Les Mis
Hairspray
The Full Monty
Titanic

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[wickedfan]

re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#13

Posted: 1/29/04 at 9:17am

Gypsy- wow.
Wicked-(tear)
Les Miserables-(tears)
Avenue Q-haha
Cabaret-just so moving, but not tears. After just the finale you want to stand.

The problem with Rent is that they use that song "There's only us.." so many times. While it meant a lot to me through the show, the end just seems like a normal reprise.

"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

[GirlfriendFromCanada]

re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#14

Posted: 1/29/04 at 11:00am

Ack, I can't believe I didn't mention Cabaret. Definitely one of my favorite finales, so poignant and well-done. It's just shock.

[NYCbabe3789]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#15

Posted: 1/29/04 at 4:53pm

Act One

WICKED!!!
Rent
Gypsy
Mamma Mia
Urinetown
Little Shop of Horrors (not really a song, but a great moment)
Les Mis

Act Two

Les Mis
Rent
Urinetown
Wicked
Footloose
Pippin
Hairspray

[jo]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#16

Posted: 1/30/04 at 5:00am

Of more recent shows (Broadway and West End) --

For emotional content - Les Miserables/A Beautiful Game/Man of La Mancha

For razzle-dazzle - The Boy from OZ/Chitty Chitty Bang Bang/The Producers

Jo

[Annie Get Your Rose]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Finales#17

Posted: 1/31/04 at 3:06pm

GYPSY- WOW NOTHING BETTER!!!