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Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
#50Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 10:29am
I almost never cry, but PASSION, FOLLIES, and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE all have hot button moments that bring me to tears.
Now, this is really inexplicable, but for some reason every time I hear "I'm In a Tree" from PRETTYBELLE... it's really odd, but yeah, it makes me cry, hahaha.
I know what you're talking about with overtures- sometimes an overture just gives me shivers or stabs at my heart. I was totally unprepared the first time I listened to the DEAR WORLD overture.
"There are only two worthwhile things to leave behind when we depart this world of ours: children and art."
-Sunday In The Park With George
#51Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 10:49amThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, A Chorus Line, In the Heights, Bernadettes A Little Night Music, Follies overture, Scottsboro Boys, recent Gypsy, Billy Elliott, La Cage aux Folles, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Man of No Improtance, Ragtime, Gray Gardens, The Normal Heart, Raisin in the Sun, Elegies, Falsettos and about 137 others.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#52Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 11:55am
My list:
next to normal
Phantom of the Opera (yes, yes I am unashamed to admit it)
Les Mis ("On My Own"-"Without me/his world will go on turning/a world that's full of happiness that I have never known" gets me, so does "Come to Me," if done well, and "I Dreamed a Dream" as well.)
The Secret Garden (even seeing this at nine or so years old, "How Could I Ever Know?" got me when Lily says "How could I know I would never hold you/never again in this world?" I still cry when I hear it.)
Gypsy
Grey Gardens (a few parts)
A Little Night Music-the ending
And the Letter in Billy Elliot gets me
there are many others...
#53Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 12:02pmI can't believe I forgot to list Grey Gardens!
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Dawn Davenport
Stand-by Joined: 6/9/05
#54Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 1:05pm
When I saw Les Miz years ago in London I pretty much cried throughout the entire show!
I also cried during "A Chorus Line" quite a bit.
More recently, I started sobbing as soon as Bernadette Peters started to sing "Send in the Clowns" in ALNM. I've always thought I'd never want to hear that song again because it's been done to death, but.....DAMN. She was amazing.....
I'll probably be crying the second NPH steps on stage to do "Company" in a few weeks because Bobby has always been my dream role for him to play! 
Patty3
Featured Actor Joined: 2/24/07
#55Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 1:08pm
Just reading these lists is making me tear up.
I tear up at most broadway shows for either happy or sad moments. The ones where I remembering really crying would have to be Annie, South Pacific, and Next To Normal. At Next to Normal I was sobbing so hard that the person in front of me turned around.
I also cried at Spiderman Turn Off the Dark but for a different reason. It was my sister's Christmas present and when we left the theater I felt like I still owed her one.
Updated On: 3/21/11 at 01:08 PM
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#56Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 1:53pm
The Glass Menagerie
Rabbit Hole
Les Miserables
Hair
Wit
Torch Song Trilogy
Angels in America
Spring Awakening
Long Day's Journey Into Night
'Night, Mother
Our Town
Company
Sunday in the Park With George
Godspell
Ragtime
Fiddler on the Roof
#57Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 2:14pmI don't cry too often at shows- I can only recall three shows: "Move On" in Sunday in the Park with George, the finale in Ragtime, and "Some Things are Meant to Be" in Little Women (saw the show with my two younger sisters...all three of us were sobbing.)
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#58Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 2:19pm
Lots of them. The most recent memorable one was 4 times in "In The Heights", the 4th time wasn't even a tear jerk moment.
West Side Story
Next to Normal
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Ragtime
Rent
Miss Siagon
Man of La Mancha
many more...
#59Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 9:12pm
Les Miz
Caroline or Change
Wicked
Into the Woods
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#60Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 9:22pmI never cry at shows, (or movies or books or TV) but I came very close at In the Heights and Next to Normal, the first more than the latter. This is likely because there were moments in each show that were so relatable.
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#61Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 9:32pmI forgot In the Heights. I was in tears at the end.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#62Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 10:29pmWhere do I begin? A Chorus Line, La Cage, In the Heights, South Pacific, Les Miz, Nine, Billy Elliot, Wicked, and many more. I, too, am a sucker for overtures. I cry tears of sorrow, of joy,and of appreciation for all the hard work that goes into a show.
#63Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/21/11 at 11:29pmOh God yes, A Chorus Line. Paul. It was a turning point in my life. Saw the original production and during his monolouge I started to cry and didn't want my friend to see me. It was kind of an affirming moment in my life. I left the show actually feeling confident about my sexuality but I still had to keep it to myself. How the hell could I forget that?!
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
rushofjoy
Swing Joined: 3/24/11
#64Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 12:53am
Wicked during For Good and at the very end of Thank Goodness. At closing night at the Pantages in LA, Eden's awesomeness made me cry during Defying Gravity.
Les Miserables during On My Own and Bring Him Home
In The Heights during Everything I Know. Also, I was at closing night in NY and bawled through the whole Finale.
#65Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 6:13am
Can't be bothered to read the entire thread, but these are mine:
Sunday in the Park with George - We Do Not Belong Together, Sunday, Finale
Follies - Losing My Mind, In Buddy's Eyes
Next to Normal - How Could I Ever Forget?
Billy Elliot - The Letter
Ragtime - New Music (the cheesy running towards each other bit)
Parade - It Don't Make Sense
A Little Night Music - Send in the Clowns, Every Day a Little Death, Finale
West Side Story - Somewhere (Reprise)
The Drowsy Chaperone - Man in Chair's monologue before the finale (OH MY DAYS)
Gypsy - "And I can make you now!"
Passion - throughout
Spelling Bee - I Love You Song
Angels in America - throughout, espesh the final monologue
The History Boys - Posner's conversation with Irwin, Drummer Hodge
There's probably many more, but these stand out to me.
#66Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 8:45am
Never actually cried, but have had a lump in my throat at:
Blood Brothers: at the line "Why didn't you give me away Mam? I could have been him." The point of the entire show in two short sentences.
Les Mis: when the ensemble return at the end of the finale.
Sunday in the Park with George: at 'Beautiful' in the London production of the revival. Combination of lighting, leaves and actress....
Updated On: 3/24/11 at 08:45 AM
metropolis10111
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/06
#67Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 9:18am
hmmmm well:
Wicked
Miss Saigon
Marry Poppins
Hair
Headwig and the Angry Inch
Brigadoon
Gray Gardens
and in the name of FULL disclosure
Starlight Express.... I know I know...don't judge
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Understudy Joined: 3/14/11
#68Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 12:30pm
For me it was the end of Hair when Claude is lay on the flag, also the end of Evita (2006 London revival)
Also I cried at the documentary (on the Rent: Live On Broadway DVD) about Rent closing when the talked about Larson.
Updated On: 3/24/11 at 12:30 PM
Jyn326
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#69Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 7:40pm
In no particular order:
Les Miserables- Can't remember if I cried the first two times I saw the show, I'm assuming I did. I know I cried several times less than 2 weeks ago when I saw the tour (Eponine's death, Gavorche's death, finale).
Spring Awakening- The dad at the funeral
West Side Story- the end
Rent- I'll Cover You (Reprise)
Wicked- Defying Gravity. I'm a sucker for the music.
#70Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 8:12pm
A Little Night Music- Bernadette Peters made eye contact with me. It was so amazing. I died.
Into the Woods- I tear up during Children Will Listen every time I watch. I also shed some tears of anger when they took it off Netflix instant watch.
Sunday In the Park With George- Move On gets me every time.
South Pacific- I started tearing up during the overture because it was just so beautiful.
You gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for? -BP.
#71Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/24/11 at 9:23pmBilly Elliot-- The part when he reads the letter from his Mother. I was sobbing
brightasyellow
Understudy Joined: 7/7/10
#72Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/25/11 at 9:23am
I pretty much cry almost every time I'm at the theater just because I am so passionate about it. But there have been a few shows that I was surprised to find myself crying:
every tongue confess (at Arena Stage)
Blood Knot
Movin' Out
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#73Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/25/11 at 12:10pm
A Tale of Two Cities
Sunday in the Park with George
Les Miserables
#74Full Disclosure: Shows that have made you cry
Posted: 3/26/11 at 12:36amI pretty much cry at every (good) show. I most recently cried at Priscilla!
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