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#26

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:55pm

The only one I can think of right now is Little Shop of Horrors. Audrey II, looming over the audience...so creepy. I hate when people say, "Oh, why'd they change the ending? The original ending was so much better!" I want to scream, "THAT'S THE ORIGINAL ENDING!"

But it's great to see the reactions of people expecting the happy ending. They look confused, then scared, then completely shocked.

Um, yeah. *rants too much* I like the irony of it.
#27

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:01pm

Oh I loved the way they staged the ending of the recent LSoH..... the blood was a great little addition.
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#28

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:03pm

POTO (this was my first show - the ending floored me.)
Les Mis
Wicked
Rent
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#30

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:21pm

most of my favorites are already up here

but i'd add cabaret - not your typical heartwarming fairytale ending - it kicks you in the stomach and leaves you gasping for air (beautiful metaphor, huh?) - maybe not the best but definetly one of the most powerful
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#31

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:48pm

My favs are already here, but Ill post why lol

Rent - really brings the show to a close. All the friends together, and Angel coming back. When I saw it I got choked up lol
The Producers - I love how they walk into the sunset. Its corny, but thats Mel Brooks for ya. (plus the song they sing after the bows is hilarious!)
Wicked - it ties up all storylines, and is rather creatively staged. Altho, I don't really like what happens, it kinda ruins all of the books after WoO, but thats ok
Little Shop - the characters learn their lessons lol. Seriously, I'd bet the plant looming over the audience is an amazing effect!

I also like powerful endings that leave the audience in tears or silence. Examples: Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, Carousel
#32

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:01pm

Parade!
The Last 5 Years
Into the Woods
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#33

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:01pm

i love titanics ending...how the survivors join the non survivors at the end and sing godspeed titanic
#34

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:26pm

The Night Waltz playing as Fredrik and Desiree dance behind a scrim, in A Little Night Music...
#35

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:52pm

Miss Saigon...can you say cry fest? I also love the end of Mamma Mia...the bows are by far the most fun I've ever had.

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 10:52 PM

#36

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:58pm

Gypsy- maked me cry everytime Bernadette started singing "Rose's Turn", especially at the end "For me...FOR MEEEE" and Caroline or Change, just because it leaves you in awe.
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#37

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Posted: 8/30/04 at 11:24pm

HAIRSPRAY. I think "You Can't Stop the Beat" is the best closing number EVER. I thought the roof of the theatre was gonna explode from the energy. It was pure theatrical nirvana.
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#38

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 12:10am

Best ending ever (or the most shocking one) was the Cabaret revival one!!!

Also love the ending of Sunset Boulevard and Aida.

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#40

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 1:19am

mominator:
Gee maybe I like dance finales?

Reminds me of one of my favorites - Contact. I loved the way the characters in all three plays came out and danced with each other at the end.

But I have to agree with others here. My favorite all time ending has to be Phantom.
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#41

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:47am

I agree with some of the previous posters: 1776. That ending gives me chills every time I see it.
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#42

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 12:50pm

The Scarlet Pimpernel has a fabulous ending :)
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#43

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 12:57pm

RENT- I've always loved the ending (not to mention it makes me cry!)
JCS- this is the best ever. I love the ending!
Cabaret- beautiful. It's such a great ending.
Taboo- "Come on in from the Outside" is such an amazing song
Avenue Q- brilliant!
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#44

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 1:12pm

Oh God, Miss Saigon was so powerful. I wouldmn't say it was my favortie cause it was soo.....sad to put it bluntly. I knew what was coming, but when it happened I felt my entire body just go numb. And I was shaking on the way home. That was one of teh best casts I have ever seen.
#45

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 1:14pm

oh, and I forgot, Godspell. I was just in it, and every night I cried from the start of on the willow until the end...
Idina: Somehow I got myself to the stage, came out at the end of the show, and I had some kind of closure.
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
#46

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/31/04 at 1:18pm

Merrily We Roll Along is great - it ends before the beginning. I like that it isn't a flashback but really goes backward in time.
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#48

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Posted: 8/31/04 at 3:10pm

Rent, huh? To me the ending is the only part I DON'T like. Mimi's miraculous recovery is SO forced. Talk about a Hollywood ending.

I like Urinetown. Hail Malthus!
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#49

re: Heres one: Best Show Endings...

Posted: 8/31/04 at 3:13pm

Wicked
AIDA
Cabaret (even though it confused me a tiny bit)
Hairspray
42nd Street
Les Mis
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