Heres one: Best Show Endings...

#1

Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:05pm

As in the best "how a show ends" not it was the best when this show ended...

My favs:
AIDA (I liked the Disney-fied ending)
PotO (can it get any better than that?)
Wicked (I love how each character scenerio ends, not just the final ending. So awsome..)

#2

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:08pm

I do like the ending to Wicked....

Also, Chicago... I love sitting in the first few rows when the roses are thrown. How sad for me -- I have 21 of them. lol

Loved the ending of Hollywood Arms even though I cried buckets.

And definitely the Rocky Horror Show.... Gotta love getting up and Time Warping!

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:08pm

Les Miz. I like it when all the characters, even the ones who died, get to come back for a rousing, closing number.

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:10pm

Phantom almost made me cry this last time i saw it, which was the 4th time, so its still completely moving.

Wicked is great because its surprising yet all comes together nicely... kinda didnt want it to end :P

Hairspray is great because it's got so much energy!

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:13pm

Sunset Boulevard

Norma's mad scene, and finally getting her "close up"

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:16pm

"Also, Chicago... I love sitting in the first few rows when the roses are thrown. How sad for me -- I have 21 of them. lol..."

During the 2nd Act of the tour, I thought Velma (Brenda) threw a rose my way but the people in front of me caught it. And I was almost the only one in the second row.

Other shows with good endings:

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Oklahoma!
Urinetown (the dance sequence finale)
42nd Street (the tap finale)

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:16pm

Sweeney Todd...a pile of Dead bodies that rise to sing "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd..." Blew me away.

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:19pm

During the 2nd Act of the tour, I thought Velma (Brenda) threw a rose my way but the people in front of me caught it. And I was almost the only one in the second row.

So then I guess it would be a bad idea to tell you there have been a few times I've left with 2 roses from the same show?

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#9

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:42pm

Wicked had such a great ending! I also thought Les Mis had a great ending also!

#10

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:45pm

Wicked
Mamma Mia!
Caroline or Change
to name a few

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:47pm

HAIRSPRAY!!!

You leave the theatre in such a high. I got up and danced...luckily I knew the choreography off by heart.

Akiva

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:13pm

1776

The bells ringing, the orchestra swells as each man signs the Declaration and strikes the famous pose.

Squish, Squish

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:15pm

Wicked, Millie, and Rent

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:17pm

Not a musical, but I'm partial to the ending of The Crucible, if done correctly.

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:19pm

Crazy For You
The Gospel at Colonus
A Chorus Line
Hairspray
Ragtime

#16

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:23pm

LG: Did you see the recent revival of The Crucible? Did you like the ending of that?

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:23pm

1776, definitely. Makes me cry for some reason.

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:26pm

Ya know, KMC, I became a Broadway fan in late 2001 I believe. I haven't seen the revival, just other local/regional productions.

How did they do the ending?

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:26pm

How To Succeed. I love that Bud ends up in the window washing uniform reading the "How To" book

Millie

A Funny Thing Happened...

Les Miz

Funny Girl (i have no idea y, it just seems so powerful)

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:28pm

The revival happened two years ago, I believe. Nicholas Hytner directed it starring Laura Linney and Liam Neeson. As the last words were spoken, the backstage, which had shutters set upright came crashing off the hinges, as if a house had fallen.

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:31pm

Les MIz
Wicked
A Chorus Line
Urinetown
Mamma Mia
Gee maybe I like dance finales?

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:43pm

when I saw the revival of 'Man of la Mancha', it made me cry at the end, singing "The Impossible Dream"

also, I love Rose's Turn in "Gypsy"!!!!

heh and the ending to Little Shop, I was so shocked they all died and then came back as plants! heh

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:54pm

little shop
wicked
ave q
chicago
millie
How to succeed
nine
damn yankees (i loved delivering applegate's hissy fit)

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:23pm

hairspray...makes you want to dance

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:30pm

rent for some reason always gets me choked up
wicked
aida
taboo

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