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#1

Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 8:57pm

So two weekends ago I saw "Edges" in Fairfield, Iowa and I have never been so moved by a piece of theatre. I was literally sobbing by the end and couldn't hardly talk to the cast when we were all hanging out. It changed my view on life. What was THAT experience or experiences in the theatre?
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#2

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:00pm

Going in order of when they happened...

First: The first time I saw The Year of Magical Thinking. I was shaking at the end of it.

Second: Closing performance of 110 in the Shade this past summer. I started crying during "Old Maid" and was sobbing by the end of the show.

Third: Next to Normal. In general, but specifically on Tuesday this past week. I lost it during "A Light in the Dark", got it back together, and lost it again when I looked at Alice's face at the end of "So Anyway" just before Diana leaves. I really don't want to think about Sunday. I have a feeling 110 will pale in comparison.
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#3

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:09pm

In no particular order:
1) Closing Performance of the COMPANY revival last year.
2) The first performance of SPRING AWAKENING after the Tonys last year.
3) AUGUST:OSAGE COUNTY


and I'm already dreading Stephanie J Block's last performance in WICKED that will be such a emotional afternoon for me.

Updated On: 3/9/08 at 09:09 PM

#5

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:17pm

highlights:
Les Mis. I don't care how mnay people hate it or what but that show has always been very powerful for me.
Spring Awakening-same, but still when i first saw it i was in tears. so much that i didn't realize how silly that last song was
The ending of Sunday in the Park with George. Watching the whole show come together is just great.
Coram boy-pure melodrama, but if you let it this show would make you ball. I loved it.

though i didn't cry myself, i thought Passing Strange and N2N were both very powerful.

i really need to stop posting and work on midterms lol.
#6

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:18pm

The recent Company revival (especially the end)
The first time I saw West Side Story (regional)
My last show with the community theater group I had been performing with for about five years
Columbinus (regional)

And not theater, but seeing the Bolshoi Ballet perform Swan Lake
#12

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:33pm

1.) Spring Awakening-I sat onstage on John Gallagher's last day, and I got teary during Don't Do Sadness and Left Behind. It was easy to tell that the cast was really sad, especially during Left Behind.

2.) Sunday in the Park with George-The whole show was moving, but the most emotional part for me was during "We Do Not Belong Together". Both "Sunday"s and "Move On" were moving as well.
#15

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:45pm

LEGALLY BLONDE. When Elle got dumped ... like OMG, I was a mess!!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
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#16

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:48pm

EDGES?!? Perhaps you mean William Finn's "Elegies", because if not, then... *snickers**
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#17

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:50pm

The most recent revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in London. By the time I was leaving the theatre I could barely walk because my knees were shaking so much. I was incapable of thinking or speaking coherently for a good 10 minutes afterward. It was the most powerful night I have EVER spent in a theatre.
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#20

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 10:17pm

Seeing the final performance of The Light in the Piazza on tour. The part that really killed me was when Katie Rose Clarke grabbed Christine Andreas and said "I can't leave you." I was sobbing hysterically and I couldn't breathe.

Updated On: 3/9/08 at 10:17 PM

#21

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 10:20pm

Spring Awakening
Grey Gardens
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#23

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 10:27pm

"There's a place for Us" from West Side Story gets me every time.

First time seeing Diana Kaarina's "On My Own" at the Imperial---I wanted to run up there and give her a hug and be like "I know what its like! I know what its like, Eponine!"
#24

re: Most Moving Experience in Theatre You Have Ever Had

Posted: 3/9/08 at 10:28pm

Seeing Tim Curry LIVE in spamalot. I am soooo obsessed with him since i saw RHPS. I have OCD Obsessive Curry Disorder
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