Favorite Showstopper — Page 3

She's A Nut- On The Twentieth Century
Epiphany- Altar Boyz
The I Love You Song- 25APCSB
Another National Anthem- Assassins
Another Hundred People- Company
Unlikely Lovers- Falsettoland
Wickeder- Forbidden Bway SVU
Hair- Hair
If We Only Have Love- Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Gethsemane- JCS
Whenever Its You- La Cage
Moonfall- Mystery of Edwin Drood
Tell Me- Marie Christine
Back to Before- Ragtime
Finishing the Hat- SITPWG


Good stuff!

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"And I Am Telling You"


hands down.

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I'd have WAY too many if I listed all that I could think of, so I will just list a few of my personal favorites that I have watched live in the theater:
Masquerade(POTO)
Defying Gravity(wicked)
Everybodys got the right(assassins)
the Gods love Numbia(aida)
all of Sweeney Todd I could never pick probably even if you put a gun to my head
I'm Here(Color purple)
All for laura + scattered moments of the Woman in White, Maria Friedman is just beyond words for me, particularly her final "I close my eyes" part

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"Back to Before" from Ragtime
"Easy as Life" from Aida
"I'll Cover You" (reprise) from RENT
"Circle of Life" from Lion King
"And I'm Telling You..." from Dreamgirls
"Rose's Turn" from Gypsy
"Song of the King" from Joseph
"Great Big Stuff" from DRS
"No Good Deed" (especially when performed by Ana Gastyer) from Wicked
"Buenos Aires" and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Evita...too many to name.

Cheers,

C.

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Defying Gravity - Wicked
I Am Telling You - Dreamgirls
Out Tonight - Rent
We Won't Succeed on Broadway - Spamelot

Updated On: 2/8/06 at 08:39 AM

defying gravity-wicked
roses turn-gypsy
broadway-gypsy (idk why i always loved it)
lets hear it for the boy-footloose (if choreography is good enoguh)
easy as life- aida
the wizard and i-wicked

Dirty Rotten Number (DRS)
The Grass is Always Greener (Woman of the Year)

Gimme Gimme and Suddenly Seymour of course hehe

the Finale in Les Mis. Also, I Still Believe in Miss Saigon.

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"A lot of the songs listed get a good amount of applause but in no way could be seen as a showstopper . The applause has to be so loud and so deafening that the show comes to a complete halt. As an example someone listed
I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables)
On My Own (Les Miserables)
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Miserables)
All three get nice applause but never come close to stopping the show. "

If what you said is true, the term show-stopper different to everyone every time. For example, On My Own DID stop the show for several minutes when I watched it last time. If there is a certain time limit for the songs to become a "show-stopper", then I won't say anything, however, every audience is different. Also, since the definition of a show-stopper is an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down, so even if there is an intermission inbetween, wouldn't it be considered as a show-stopper, since it DOES stop the show, and if it were to be performed in a middle of the act, it would surely stop the show for few seconds.

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sidwich wrote: "One" from A CHORUS LINE... it's such an emotional climax.

Agreed. "One" is really intended to be a kind of ultimate showstopper and it achieves this in no uncertain terms, not only musically but also because of Michael Bennett's brilliant staging.

One that I am surprised to see unmentioned on this thread is "Be Our Guest", which is probably the most thrilling moment in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, despite some of the sillier lyrics restored from the demo versions of the song. It is set-up to be a truly spectacular piece of staging and all the stops were pulled out in the original production.

And, for a giggle, how about mentioning "Music of the Night" from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA? Is there another song in musical theatre that brings the dramatic action of a musical to a grinding halt? It certainly is a show stopper - just not at all the kind that is a showstopper.

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