"Oooh...I got the chills"

[flicker_]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:15pm

Shows you got the chills to!

For me it was Les Miserables during "Empty Chairs and Empty Tables".

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:20pm

The opening of Sweeney Todd

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:23pm

-The door slamming shut in the end of Sweeney Todd

-When everyone starts singing their own line all at once during One Day More

[catharsis]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:23pm

I tend to get chills a lot but my most recent is any number in Sweeney Todd that involves the whole cast.

Oh! And Rose's Turn. Forgot about that. Updated On: 8/20/06 at 11:23 PM

[bernadette88]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:24pm

Gypsy-Rose's Turn
Sweeney Todd-Opening, and "Not While I'm Around"

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:29pm

I can't imagine how Sweeney can give a person chills. It's... yeah, I don't know.

During "One Day More", when everyone starts singing their own thing -- I have to agree, that's an awesome moment. Also, during "Finale", when the people begin to sing. I just love that.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:31pm

Rose's Turn definately gave me the chills.

[.LittleWing. 0224]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:33pm

light in the piazza in its entirety, but especially the end of act 1

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:34pm

Anything at the Palace, that place is freezing!!!!

Sweeney gives me chills for the opening. Hmmm lemme think of some more.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:35pm

Yes, the very end of act one gave me chills.

[balletandbroadway]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:44pm

"light in the piazza in its entirety, but especially the end of act 1"
agreed

The very end of Miss Saigon where Kim... well yeah... I'm not gonna spoil it

[Zyla]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:57pm

The opening of every show. Whether it's a musical or straight play, Broadway production or community theatre, I feel a chill as the house lights go down and (if it's a musical) I hear the first notes of the overture or opening. A smile spreads across my face and I'll often close my eyes for just a moment - there it is, that wonderful moment of anticipation, the knowledge that, as soon as the curtain rises, I will have, for the most part, left reality behind and be looking into a different world. There it is, the magic of the stage, of living, breathing art, right in front of me.

As for specific shows that stand out to me...well, I hope this doesn't sound too silly, and I really hope it doesn't cast me into a stereotype, but Rent comes to mind. It was the first show I saw on Broadway - five years ago, on a class trip - and I still remember the thrill I felt at the end of the title song. The voices of the entire ensemble swelling into the final chorus, all that energy and vividness captured onstage - what an introduction to Broadway.

For a more recent example, I saw La Traviata at the Met last February. What an experience - I practically got chills as soon as I stepped into the building!

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/20/06 at 11:59pm

Zyla, I was thinking the same exact thing. As soon as a show starts, I get chills. I got chills during the DRS overture yesterday.

I got chills through most of The Light in the Piazza as well.

[Horton]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:01am

Brian Stokes Mitchell The Imposible Dream Man of La Mancha

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:05am

Zyla, I agree...the opening moments of a show are just awesome. Also, the opening moments of silence in Sweeney are one of my favorite theatre experiences...most of the audience having no clue what's going on and feeling awfully uncomfortable.

How did I forget Sunday in the Park...the London production remains to be the piece of theatre that moved me the most...I was just in awe. Updated On: 8/21/06 at 12:05 AM

[GClef2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:06am

The Gods love Nubia...Aida

Move On and Sunday Reprise... Sunday in the Park with George

I Will Never Leave You...Side Show

[Pinky]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:09am

I agree with Light (especially the end of Act I) & the end of Miss Saigon....

Other times include:
-when I saw Wicked for the first time, Defying Gravity gave me the willies!!!!
-during Nobody Needs to Know during L5Y....crazy chills!!!!

[CurtisTaylorJr2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:11am

"Rose's Turn" every actress I've heard gives me chills

"No Good Deed" When Idina or Shoshana did it

"Gethsemane" When Ted Neeley sings it

"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" When Jennifer Holliday or anyone with big voice sings it. Updated On: 8/21/06 at 12:11 AM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:15am

At the beginning of Chita Rivera-The Dancer's Life when Chita is behind the screen in silhouette. Total chills of exhilaration.

In Sunset Boulevard when Norma pulls the trigger.

In Miss Saigon when Kim kills, again during the fall of Saigon and of course, the ending.

[Starburst]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:37am

Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You from Last 5 Years. Snap. That little melody gets me every time.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:40am

When Michael Cerveris sung "Epiphany" and when Patti LuPone sang "Rose's Turn." Both those moments were beyond amazing!

[PaintWordPictures]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:02am

The middle section of The Proposal in Jane Eyre had my pulse racing. It was one of those, stomach dropping out, body shutting down, because of the amazement of the music moments.

Simiar feeling, only twinged with that sick sadness for Nobody Needs to Know in L5Y.

Easy as Life - Aida

Ballad of Sweeney Todd - when done with a full sounding orchestra.

[Howie23]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:05am

sweeny, not while im around, still cant shake them!!!

[roseaddams]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:17am

Little Shop of Horrors - Don't Feed the Plants. When the tour stopped at the Ahmanson, and the plant actually came out into the audience... my heart stopped. I never knew theater could be so totally engrossing. Even my fourth viewing, nearly a year and a half afterward when the tour came relatively close to my house, that song gives me chills. It's so happy, yet so pleading.

RENT - Will I? Near the end, when there's four or five different groups -- wow.

Now I really wish I was in New York -- I haven't really seen all that many shows and feel kinda stereotypical. 'specially with RENT up there.

[broadwaybaby654]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 2:30am

At the end of the Riddle song in Floyd Collins, when Jason hits the high C on "that's us!".....actually, all of Floyd Collins