#1
Posted: 1/8/11 at 9:31am
Post your favourite saddest moment in a musical!
Saddest moment in musical
#2
Posted: 1/8/11 at 9:51am
When Sweeney realizes who the Beggar Woman is.
#3
Posted: 1/8/11 at 10:11am
Sarah's death in Ragtime. I was a mess when I saw it nigh a year ago.
#4
Posted: 1/8/11 at 10:23am
The funeral in Parade
The letter in Billy Elliot
"Perhaps, just perhaps..." in A Little Night Music
Diana remembering everything in next to normal
Dot leaving in Sunday
The ending of Blood Brothers
The letter in Billy Elliot
"Perhaps, just perhaps..." in A Little Night Music
Diana remembering everything in next to normal
Dot leaving in Sunday
The ending of Blood Brothers
#5
Posted: 1/8/11 at 10:40am
When Collins says "It's Over" in Rent.
The Letter from Billy Elliot nearly brought me to tears.
"Left Behind" from Spring Awakening
The Letter from Billy Elliot nearly brought me to tears.
"Left Behind" from Spring Awakening
#6
Posted: 1/8/11 at 10:56am
Sarah's Death/Till we reach the day: RAGTIME
When Collin's says 'its over': RENT
Angel's Funeral: RENT
When Collin's says 'its over': RENT
Angel's Funeral: RENT
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#7
Posted: 1/8/11 at 11:00am
My first thought was when Gavroche dies, then the rest of the Men, and the reprise of "Bring Him Home" plays while the barracade rotates.
Kinda sad.
BTW - The original poster may want to let everyone know that this thread will be full of spoilers.
Kinda sad.
BTW - The original poster may want to let everyone know that this thread will be full of spoilers.
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#8
Posted: 1/8/11 at 11:02am
The Letter from Billy Elliott
Kim's suicide in Miss Saigon
Kim's suicide in Miss Saigon
#9
Posted: 1/8/11 at 11:06am
From Maybe to the Finale in NEXT TO NORMAL
Angel's Death and I'll Cover you (Reprise) in RENT
I rarely cry and these two moments are two of the few times I have.
Angel's Death and I'll Cover you (Reprise) in RENT
I rarely cry and these two moments are two of the few times I have.
For those who thought NEXT TO NORMAL wouldn't have a life outside Broadway, well it's now playing in 4 cities, 9 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages.
#10
Posted: 1/8/11 at 11:09am
For single moment, I'd say Diana's (and the audience's) anagnorisis in the first act of Next to Normal, but a lot of the other moments/scenes listed are good choices as well.
#11
Posted: 1/8/11 at 11:16am
The last scene in "Les Miz" and "Billy Elliot"--when Billy's Mom says goodbye--
#12
Posted: 1/8/11 at 11:34am
The end of Blood Brother, gets me everytime
Updated On: 1/8/11 at 11:34 AM
#13
Posted: 1/8/11 at 12:29pm
The only time I've cried at a musical was last month when I saw Love Story in London. I, and most of the people around me shed many tears when *SPOILER* Jenny dies. This was down to the understated manner in which both Emma Williams (who gave one of the best performances I've ever seen) and Michael Xavier, who plays Oliver, portrayed the scene, it being the ultimate climax to their characters who they had made us love throughout the show with their winning performances. However, I have to say that generally, there have been more plays I have shed a tear at, despite only developing a taste for them over the past year.
#14
Posted: 1/8/11 at 12:37pm
"i'll cover you reprise" gets me EVERYTIME. even just listening to it. when collins wails..."when your heart has expired"....tears!
also, when frankie valli's daughter dies in "jersey boys"....how simple it is, with the nurse walking in with her things, then walking up the stairs to the light. something very simple and beautiful.
also, when frankie valli's daughter dies in "jersey boys"....how simple it is, with the nurse walking in with her things, then walking up the stairs to the light. something very simple and beautiful.
#15
Posted: 1/8/11 at 12:43pm
I have to agree with many of these:
-"The Letter" from Billy Elliot is crippling to me
-"I'll Cover You reprise" I'm just dying inside
-"Maybe" in N2N, because it's difficult to watch a daughter say goodbye to her mother and pretend she's not doing that
Also:
-when the phantom says "I Love You" and the little music box tune haunts the theatre one last time
-this errs more on the side of haunting, but the line "come look at the freaks" in Sideshow is really quite sad, too
-"The Letter" from Billy Elliot is crippling to me
-"I'll Cover You reprise" I'm just dying inside
-"Maybe" in N2N, because it's difficult to watch a daughter say goodbye to her mother and pretend she's not doing that
Also:
-when the phantom says "I Love You" and the little music box tune haunts the theatre one last time
-this errs more on the side of haunting, but the line "come look at the freaks" in Sideshow is really quite sad, too
Updated On: 1/8/11 at 12:43 PM
#16
Posted: 1/8/11 at 1:12pm
The moment I realized Merrily We Roll Along could never be fixed.
#17
Posted: 1/8/11 at 1:41pm
LaChiusa's Wild Party, "Lowdown Down." Specifically, this line, "I was born to ask "why was I born?" Queenie throws throws it away the crack about the ice right after it, but she's hurting and the deflection makes it all the more depressing.
Runaways, "Song of a Child Prostitute"
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, "The I Love You Song" and "Woe is Me (Reprise)." What a sad double-whammy of gorgeous, heart-wrenching musical confessions.
Runaways, "Song of a Child Prostitute"
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, "The I Love You Song" and "Woe is Me (Reprise)." What a sad double-whammy of gorgeous, heart-wrenching musical confessions.
Updated On: 1/8/11 at 01:41 PM
#18
Posted: 1/8/11 at 1:53pm
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" in 'RENT'
"A Light in the Dark" & "How Could I Ever Forget" from 'Next to Normal'
"Atencion" & "Alabanza" in 'In the Heights'
"A Light in the Dark" & "How Could I Ever Forget" from 'Next to Normal'
"Atencion" & "Alabanza" in 'In the Heights'
#19
Posted: 1/8/11 at 1:56pm
The Eulogy Youth gives at his mother's funeral in Passing Strange...... gets me every time.
#20
Posted: 1/8/11 at 1:58pm
When Arachne sings "Deeply Furious" in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.
It gets me every time.
It gets me every time.
#21
Posted: 1/8/11 at 2:11pm
when kim kills herself in MISS SAIGON 
oh and in Avenue Q when he says "I wish I had taken more pictures" I started balling.
oh and in Avenue Q when he says "I wish I had taken more pictures" I started balling.
#22
Posted: 1/8/11 at 2:18pm
-"A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miserables
-When Betty gets dissed by Joe Gillis in the finale of SUNSET BLVD.
-"Evermore Without You" from Woman in White
-"If Dreams Came True" / the Finale of A Tale of Two Cities
-"Time Heals Everything" from Mack & Mabel
-When Betty gets dissed by Joe Gillis in the finale of SUNSET BLVD.
-"Evermore Without You" from Woman in White
-"If Dreams Came True" / the Finale of A Tale of Two Cities
-"Time Heals Everything" from Mack & Mabel
#23
Posted: 1/8/11 at 2:19pm
It's been ages since I've seen it, but I remember fighting back tears at Maria's reaction to Tony's death in West Side Story.
#24
Posted: 1/8/11 at 2:49pm
4 come to mind...
1) When Leo Frank gets Hung in Parade... Easily the saddest moment in any musical to me. Also, the funeral scene comes close.
2) Finale in Les Miz!
3) Finale in Tale of Two Cities!
4) When the Phantom says... "I love you" at the end of Phantom...
1) When Leo Frank gets Hung in Parade... Easily the saddest moment in any musical to me. Also, the funeral scene comes close.
2) Finale in Les Miz!
3) Finale in Tale of Two Cities!
4) When the Phantom says... "I love you" at the end of Phantom...
#25
Posted: 1/8/11 at 3:20pm
I agree with both of those moments from Parade
Many parts of Next to Normal
Many parts of Next to Normal
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