What I did For Love, within its context of A CHORUS LINE.
"role of a lifetime" ~bare
SO moving.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Chorus Line "WIDFL" is very moving indeed. Especially when the entire cast joins Priscilla Lopez towards the end - top stuff.
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anything from ragtime but mostly back to before and he wanted to say
*andother day from rent
*what you won from rent
*gods love nubia from aida
Featured Actor Joined: 1/16/05
the only answer to this question is THE FINALE OF RENT!!!!!!!
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/04
Totally agree with iwearshoes about those 2 from RAGTIME.
And another for me, "People Like Us" from THE WILD PARTY [LaChiusa]
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Updated On: 3/12/05 at 01:27 AM
ooh i thought of another one....happiness from yagmcb it just makes me smile so much :)
Somewhere that's Green, LSoH
Totale Finsternis, Tanz der Vampire, (Translation)
Total Eclipse of the Sun, Dance of the Vampire
Before I gaze at You, Camelot
Send In the Clowns, A Little Night Music
I Don't Know How to Love Him, JC Superstar
The Vaults of Heaven, Whistle Down The Wind
No Matter What, Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind, Whistle Down the Wind
Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Evita
No one is Alone, Into the Woods
A Hundred Million Miracles, Flower Drum Song
almost all of RENT
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
Wow, nobody said Godspell's Finale? That's the only play I have cried in...(first I said I teared up, but now I'll admit that I cried.) I also kinda teared up in Avenue Q when he dumps her..even though I knew it was coming. hahaha-a guy sitting close to me after that part goes, "Oh, sh*t.." It was priceless.
yikes, I forgot Godspell....there were a couple there.....
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
"Wheels of a Dream" - Ragtime
"Kim's Nightmare/The Fall of Saigon" - Miss Saigon
"Fantasies Come True" - Avenue Q
aww man how could i forget wheels of a dream?!? oh well, easy as life from aida while we are at it!
I agree with many of the above, particularly "For Good"/ "Finale" from Wicked. I find "Home" and "Beauty and the Beast" from BatB very moving, and I also find Elaine Paige's rendition of "As If We Never Said Goodbye" to be a bit of a tear-jerker. Phantom's finale always leaves me feeling drained. "Hello, Young Lovers" from The King and I, possibly.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
Fantasies Come True wouldn't make me cry because it moved me...it would make me cry because there is just this ONE part where the harmony sounds so amazing-and make you're fantasies COME TRUE (before the end-where Rod says "Faaantaaasies come truuue.")
West Side Story's full of them. Even though it's not really tragic or anything, for some reason i always cry in the counterpoint bit, where tony and maria are singing: "tonight, tonight, won't be just any night...etc" and the jets are singing "We're gonna rock it tonight...etc" It just sounds so good it brings tears to my eyes. And, of course, Somewhere, especially the reprise, right at the end. Where tony dies mid-phrase. It's so tragic.
The Finale of Phantom of the Opera always has me blubbering, and Point Of No Return gives me shivers, as does Music of the Night in the "Let your mind start a journey..." bit.
Les Mis has a fair few: One Day More, I Dreamed a Dream, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.
And as far as opera goes, here are just a few the spring to mind: Mimi's death in La Boheme ( crying just thinking about it). Caradavossi's/tosca's death in Tosca. Carmen's death in Carmen. Vesti La Guibba in Il Pagliacci. I can't be bothered going on
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
There are so many...
"Memory" - CATS
"Something Wonderful" - THE KING AND I. Such a beautiful melody!
"Till We Reach That Day" - RAGTIME
All the Love I have, The Beautiful Game
how could I forget that
I'll Cover You Reprise
Do You Hear The People Sing?
Let Them Hear You - Ragtime
The Glory - The Civil War
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
for good ill cover you goodbye love nd umm i cant think of all the others i want to list
Leading Actor Joined: 3/6/05
"I Have Dreamed" from The King And I & "Love, Look Away" from the (original) Flower Drum Song.
Leading Actor Joined: 1/15/05
Basically, everything from Rent... Glory, Another Day, Goodbye love, I'll Cover You Reprise.. but the most moving song ever is LOTS WIFE, hands down.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
One that comes to mind is "The Group" from The Last Session (about a person attending an AIDS life support group for the first time.) Probably one of the most moving songs I've ever heard.
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/05
I've got a few too: "Put your hands together" and "Once before I go" from BFO "Defying Gravity" and "For Good" from Wicked "I know the truth" and the finale of Aida "A little fall of rain" from Les Miz
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