Most overwhelming audience reaction?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:14pm

What was the performance of a song in a Broadway show that you witnessed which had the most overwhelming audience reaction? And how exactly did the audience react?

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:15pm

The audience reaction at the end of Doubt were powerful. The huge gasps were exhilerating.

Updated On: 7/2/06 at 09:15 PM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:17pm

Bernadette Peters' "Rose's Turn" in Gypsy. The entire audience leaped to their feet--most of them in tears or just visably awestruck--and stayed there for a good couple of minutes.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:17pm

"Bush, only for now!"

[Horton]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:19pm

The Impossible Dream with BSM

[billygoatgirl300]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:20pm

I second Gypsy w/ Bernadette Peters after "Rose's Turn" there was standing ovation for 3 minutes.

[DG]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:23pm

Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You" - people actually ran down the aisles to the edge of the stage. Some of us were standing on our seats, screaming at the top of our lungs. And all of this went on for minutes.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:24pm

when i saw the wicked tour (ducks and covers) when victoria matlock finished defying gravity there was a huge silence and then a standing ovation after about 5 seconds of sheer awe. Thats the best i've witnessed personally

not witnessed personally- jennifer holliday's "an i am telling you"

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:25pm

...sounds like a bunch of fangirls at an NSYNC concert...


(Referring to Jennifer Holliday)
Updated On: 7/2/06 at 09:25 PM

[pab]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:04pm

No one ran down the aisles when I saw Dreamgirls but I would have to concur with the reaction the audience gave to "And I Am Telling You" It's the only time that I've seen an entire audience in a theatre give a standing ovation in the middle of a song.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:08pm

At an incredible college production of Sweeney Todd that I saw (three times *cough*) a while back, I was at the closing night performance, and the audience was eating up A Little Priest.

They were laughing their heads off for about two minutes or so at privates joke, and at the end, people were cheering so very loud, and some were even on their feet.

It was an amazing night I'll never forget.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:12pm

It's not nearly as big as some of the ones posted here, but Allison Fischer's "I Want More" got a HUGE applause.

Most likely because it was the first song in the score that didn't sound exactly like the last.

[LeadingDude]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:15pm

Aida's "Dance of the Robe". When Deborah Cox hit an amazing note at the end, the audience stood and applause went on for a while. I loved that number.

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:15pm

The 1st time I went to ALL SHOOK UP (when it was still selling 85% capacity) the moment Sharon Wilkins began to finish "There's Always Me" she got people on their feet cheering for her and screaming. Also when they finished "Can't Help Fallin In Love" at the end of ACT 1 people clapped like crazy and screamed.

I've heard the opening night of WICKED- the audience went wild when Idina began to fly in Defying Gravity- it was almost enough to blare out Idina--- so I've heard :wink wink:

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:15pm

From DRS: "The Bushes of Tex were nervous wrecks because thier son was dim! But look what happened to him!" Always gets a HUGE roar!

And basicly all of the Ruprecht song! And after Great Big Stuff!

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:17pm

"I've heard the opening night of WICKED- the audience went wild when Idina began to fly in Defying Gravity- it was almost enough to blare out Idina--- so I've heard :wink wink:"

I wouldn't say they went wild so much as...clapped. They went pretty wild as she finished, though.

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:17pm

At DRS on Kids Night when Norbert mooned the audience.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:22pm

Eden Espinosa singing "Once Upon a Time"

Jennifer Holliday "AIATY"

Those are both great spontaneous ovation moments.

One of them won every award possible, the other was passed over for everything.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:24pm

Rose's Turn done by Bernadette.... second time i saw it her mic went dead and you could still hear her and the audience went insane at the end.

During "Hell No" from The Color Purple the audience goes NUTS

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:24pm

Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. Quite a few people jumped to their feet after Eden sang "Once Upon a Time" when I saw Brooklyn.

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:24pm

"Eden Espinosa singing "Once Upon a Time""

That was-- AMAZING. Let me tell you. The 1st time she sang it @ Broadway on Broadway, I was SPEECHLESS. Very good one, touchmeinthemorning

[NJRae]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 12:13am

At the RENT 10th anniversary Wilson got quite a reaction just before Today 4 U. He stepped out in that Santa costume and had to delay starting the song for about a minute due to the applause.

[achancetofly]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 12:17am

Oh I know...I saw it last June...and I just...looked around and EVERYONE'S jaws were just completely on the floor. It was amazing.

[ChrisLK]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 12:36am

Ah, I must concur on the Norbert moons the audience one. That got a big reaction, as did all of Ruprecht and Great Big Stuff. My personal most overwhelming reaction was at the end of Fable, when Patti (I saw it on a Tuesday) sang "Love! Love if you can..." That was excellent!

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 12:55am

"Eden Espinosa singing "Once Upon a Time""


I gotta say, as sketch as that show was, that song got a crazy reaction.