Favorite Love Ballads

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:35pm

I don't know if this has been a post already(and quite frankly I really don't care that much), but I was just wondering what everyone's favorite broadway love ballad(s) are.

Mine...
Suddenly Seymour-LSOH
That Face-The Producers
Like Zis/Like Zat-DRS
Love Sneaks In-DRS
The Song that goes like this-Spam
Twice in Every Show-Spam
All I Ask of you-Phantom
As Long As Your Mine-Wicked
Follow your Heart-Urinetown
Tell Her I Love Her-Urinetown
With Anne on my are-La Cage
Song on the Sand-La Cage
and..
Basically everything from All Shook Up and The Boy From Oz
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[Barihunk]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:39pm

I know it's hokey - but "With You" from Pippin always brings a little tear to my eye when sung out of the context of the show (i.e. at weddings, concerts, etc.)

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:43pm

Once Before I Go -BFO
I Honestly Love You -BFO
I Turned the Corner/I'm Falling In Love With Someone -TMM
They Say It's Wonderful -AGYG
Unexpected Song -Song & Dance

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:44pm

"Till There Was You" - "The Music Man"
"If I Loved You" and the reprise - "Carousel"
"Unexpected Song" - "Song and Dance"
"With You" - "Pippin"
"It Takes Two" - "Hairspray"

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:50pm

"With you" Pippin
"Almost paradise" Footloose

[incendiary_wit]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:52pm

I'll Cover You from Rent
Elaborate Lives from Aida
As Long As Your Mine from Wicked
Suddenly Seymour from LSoH
The Next Ten Minutes from The Last 5 Years
Sue Me from Guys and Dolls
When Did I Fall in Love? from Fiorello
All I Ask of You from POTO

[jam_man]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:12pm

"Till There Was You" from The Music Man
"Suddnely Seymore" from Little Shop
"If I Loved You" from Carousel
"Make Believe" from Show Boat
"Follow Your Heart" from Urinetown
"Rosemary" from H2$
"If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot
"Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime
"Lovely" from ...Forum (the reprise is better, though)
"Tonight" from West Side
"Dulcinea" from Man of La Mancha
"Johanna" from Sweeney
"People Will Say We're in Love" from Oklahoma!
"The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened" from Bounce
"Forever Yours" from Once on this Island
"Some Girls" from Once on this Island
"As Long As He Needs Me" from Oliver!
"Younger Than Springtime" from South Pacific
"So in Love" from Kiss Me, Kate
"Small World" from Gypsy
"Perfect Strangers" from Drood

Updated On: 8/1/05 at 03:12 PM

[idinarocksmysocks!510]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:21pm

Suddenly Seymour-LSoH
That Face-The Producers
Like Zis/Like Zat-DRS
Love Sneaks In-DRS
The Song that goes like this-Spam
Twice in Every Show-Spam
All I Ask of you-Phantom
As Long As Your Mine-Wicked
It takes two- Hairspray
I'll cover you- Rent
Without you-Rent
As long as he needs me-Oliver
Till there was you-Music Man
Heart full of Love- Les Mis
etc....

[peach]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:22pm

All I Ask of You - Phantom
One Hand One Heart - West Side Story
With You - Pippin
I Only sing For You - from CAMP (even though it's a movie, b/c it's in the about musical theatre genre, I'm including it)
Why - Tick Tick Boom (about friendship really, but a beautiful ballad)

[DefyGravity23]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:23pm

Written in the Stars - Aida
All I Ask of You - Phantom
Suddenly Seymour - LSOH
As Long as You're Mine - Wicked
Forever Yours - Once on this Island
Johanna - Sweeney Todd
Unexpected Song - Song and Dance

Forever Yours is probably my favorite at the moment...or Johanna

[idinarocksmysocks!510]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:28pm

I forgot the songs from Aida!

But peach, I agree "I sing for you" is a beautiful song even if it's not a b'way song.

[Pinky]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:33pm

I like (and agree) with everyone's selections. Here's a few more to add:

Say it Somehow : Light in the Piazza
All Things : Thou Shalt Not
Sun & Moon/Last Night of the World : Miss Siagon
Amour : Amour

Gosh....we could go on forever!!!

[KristinChenowethFan]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:35pm

Love Changes Everything-Aspects of Love
There is more to Love-Aspects of Love
Anything but Lonely-Aspects of Love
Lily's Eyes-Secret Garden
All I ask of you-Phantom
As long as your mine-WIcKeD!

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:43pm

my heart is so full of you -or- if i loved you.

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:47pm

*Cracks knuckles*

Johanna- Sweeney Todd
As Long as He Needs Me- Oliver!
Make Believe- Showboat
Dulcinea- Man of la Mancha
Color and Light- Sunday in the Park With George (well, the middle-end part is sort of a love ballad)
We Do Not Belong Together- Sunday in the Park With George (again: sort of...)
Unworthy of Your Love- Assassins (only because it can take on two entirely different tones, depending on whether or not it's in context)
Losing My Mind- Follies
Every Day A Little Death- A Little Night Music
Send in the Clowns- A Little Night Music
Tonight- West Side Story
One Hand, One Heart- West Side Story
Somewhere- West Side Story
I'll Cover You (and the reprise)- Rent
All I Ask of You- The Phantom of the Opera (although I actually prefer Barbra Streisand's solo version)
Suddenly, Seymour- Little Shop of Horrors
If I Loved You- Carousel
People Will Say We're in Love- Oklahoma!
Younger Than Springtime- South Pacific
This Nearly Was Mine- South Pacific
Some Enchanted Evening- South Pacific
Something Wonderful- The King and I
We Kiss in a Shadow- The King and I
Something Good- (the movie version of) The Sound of Music
The Next Best Thing to Love- A Class Act
Loving You- Passion
Happiness- Passion
No One Has Ever Loved Me- Passion
The reprise of A Heart Full of Love- Les Miserables
I Dreamed a Dream- Les Miserables
Not a Day Goes By- Merrily We Roll Along
All The Wasted Time- Parade


Some of these are less conventional than others...

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:50pm

i'm gonna hear it for narrowing it down to this, but:

wicked - as long as you're mine


by FAR my favorite

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 4:58pm

Unusual Way-Nine

[CostumeGirl2]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 5:33pm

I'll Cover You-Reprise-this always puts a tear in my eye
You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel is a tear jerker
Send in the Clowns
Being Alive (i consider this a love song)
What I did For Love (i, know I know)
I am what I am (great out of and in context)

[grizzabella]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 7:17pm

They've been listed before but:
"With You" - Pippin (came immediately to mind)
"To Each His Dulcinea" - Man of La Mancha
"Song on the Sand" - La Cage Aux Folles
"Not A Day Goes By" - Merrily We Roll Along
"I'll Cover You" - Rent ( especially reprise)
"All I Ask of You" - The Phantom of the Opera
"He Plays the Violin" - 1776
"Send in the Clowns" - A Little Night Music

[SondhFan]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:00pm

I like your picks. We can add a lot more Sondheim to those you already listed. For an old guy like me, ""Too Many Mornings. "In Buddies Eyes" etc etc

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:15pm

"Suddenly Seymour" woo-hoo!- Little Shop
"Maybe this Time"- Cabaret
"Gimme Gimme"- Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Hello Young Lovers"- The King and I

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:25pm

SAY IT SOMEHOW - Light In The Piazza

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:25pm

"So In Love" from Kiss Me, Kate
"Say it Somehow" from Piazza

[CostumeGirl2]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 11:10pm

I love "So In Love", but I love it in the context of the movie Delovely. I want a guy to write a love song for me and put it in a musical that will be preserved forever.

[zoran912]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 12:24am

"Happiness" - Passion (duh! Look at the icon!)
"All The Wasted Time" - Parade
"I'd Give It All For You" - SFANW
"Say It Somehow" - TLITP
"The More You Ruv Someone" - Avenue Q
"In His Eyes" - Jekyll & Hyde
"In Whatever Time We Have" - Children of Eden
"One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes" - I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky (technically an opera, but whatever!)
"I Should Tell You" - RENT
"Elaborate Lives" - Aida
"The Light in the Piazza" - TLITP