Favorite Love Ballads
Favorite Love Ballads
worrell4077
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#0Favorite Love Ballads
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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#1re: Favorite Love Ballads
Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:39pmI 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.)
"When you're a gay man, you have to feel good about yourself when a urologist says, "Yeah. I pick you". - Happy Endings
#2re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
MusicalDirector109
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#3re: Favorite Love Ballads
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"
#5re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#6re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
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"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
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Updated On: 8/1/05 at 03:12 PM
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
#7re: Favorite Love Ballads
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....
you say i'm weird! look at everyone you're sitting with! and hey, those guys over there just threw napkins up in the air like they were on something! it's contajous! you can't help it!
peach
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/05
#8re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
Stand-by Joined: 3/28/05
#9re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
#10re: Favorite Love Ballads
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.
you say i'm weird! look at everyone you're sitting with! and hey, those guys over there just threw napkins up in the air like they were on something! it's contajous! you can't help it!
Pinky
Broadway Star Joined: 3/31/04
#11re: Favorite Love Ballads
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!!!
Penn State Forever!!!!
KristinChenowethFan
Understudy Joined: 7/31/05
#12re: Favorite Love Ballads
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!
#13re: Favorite Love Ballads
Posted: 8/1/05 at 3:43pmmy heart is so full of you -or- if i loved you.
Mind is Mantra.
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#14re: Favorite Love Ballads
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...
#15re: Favorite Love Ballads
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 
::bust a move::
#17re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#18re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
SondhFan
Understudy Joined: 7/26/05
#19re: Favorite Love Ballads
Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:00pmI 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
#20re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
#22re: Favorite Love Ballads
Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:25pm
"So In Love" from Kiss Me, Kate
"Say it Somehow" from Piazza
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#23re: Favorite Love Ballads
Posted: 8/1/05 at 11:10pmI 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.
#24re: Favorite Love Ballads
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
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