Saddest Bway Performances

Flying Away from Fun Home

"Far From the Home I Love" from Fiddler.  When she says "God only knows when we will see each other again" and he says "Then we will leave it in His hands"  -- I turn to mush. 

And it's happened every time since I saw the show with Zero Mostel.

It just wipes me out. Every time

I actually think Idina's role in If/Then was extremely sad. Both parts of the dual role of Elizabeth were heartbreaking in vastly different ways. The show does ultimately end on an uplifting note, I suppose, but honestly most of act 2 is devastating, as are the songs ("You Learn to Live Without" particularly has some of the saddest lyrics of any song written for theatre).

The last 20 minutes or so of Next to Normal (from Maybe to the end).

The last 20 minutes or so of Fun Home (from Days and Days to the end).

Stay Alive (Reprise)/It's Quiet Uptown and The World Was Wide Enough/Who Lives Who Dies Who Tells Your Story from Hamilton.

Updated On: 5/23/16 at 06:30 PM

Written in the Stars and I Know the Truth - Aida

There's a Fine, Fine Line - Avenue Q

Another Winter in a Summer Town - Grey Gardens

This Nearly Was Mine - South Pacific

Without You - Rent

Deep Into the Ground - Billy Elliot

And I agree with It's Quiet Uptown from Hamilton - makes me cry every time - and Far From the Home I Love from Fiddler

Till We Reach That Day

Ragtime

Miss Saigon - Kim - especially at the end. Also Chris in the same show when he realizes that Kim is not going to get out on the helicopter.

Fantine's death and when Valjean dies made me cry in Les Mis, especially when RK played Valjean. Just such a sadness in his voice. 

Stay Alive/It's Quiet Uptown also had me teary eyed. 

I've seen Wicked eight times and "For Good" still unironically kills me. And then Glinda up there in that bubble, not knowing that her best friend is still alive. I'm never not crying through the last ten minutes. 

I know its off broadway but "For Forever" and "Words Fail" from "Dear Evan Hansen" really got me when i saw it.

Being Mrs. Banks

When Anna Maria Alberghetti sings, "I'm very far from Mira now, and there's no turning back,"  in Carnival, how can anyone hope to stay a tear?

 

Bob Merrill is so underrated as a composer/lyricist.