Small Moments You Were Lucky to Experience at the Theater From the '06-'07 Season — Page 2

John Gallagher's portrayal of Moritz in SPRING AWAKENING. Beautiful, heartbreaking, wonderful.

Raul's "Being Alive" in COMPANY.

Every minute of JOURNEY'S END. Truly glad I saw that play.

This season was filled with so much heartbreak. I haven't really cried at the theatre in forever, and this season, I did.

When Ashley Brown, as Mary Poppins, pulls the lamp and plant and other things out of her carpet bag and then makes the bed appear. I know that sounds silly, but being that Mary Poppins in one of my favorite movies of all time I was in complete awe and amazement. It was like I was 4 years old again thinking, How did she do that? She's gotta be magic! What a special moment.

The final scene of the first act in Grey Gardens when Christine Ebersole sings "Will You?" I absolutely love this song and it completely set the tone of the wondering, floundering unknown and suffocation that Little Edie feels the rest of the show. Brilliant.

The first few moments of Spring Awakening. I was really looking forward to seeing the show, and although I didn't LOVE it, the opening song, "Mama Who Bore Me" with the lilting strings and Lea Michele's calm and beautiful voice was just awesome.

Although I loved practically every moment on this show--these two were my favorite. In Coram Boy Jan Maxwell's character is confronted by the Ashbrook family. Her sensitivity and poise onstage is absolutely breathtaking. The way she shakes her head and says "No!" ugh...it kills me every time.
And Xanthe Elbrick and Charlotte Parry's exchange as Young Alexander and Young Thomas when they both realize one another's passion and gift for music. The scene is absolutely adorable and also very touching. I freaking loved that show.

Updated On: 6/18/07 at 11:33 AM

1 - Sarah Saltzberg misspelling 'vug' and throwing herself into Derrick Baskin's arms.
2 - 'What I Did For Love' by the new original Broadway cast of 'A Chorus Line.'
3 - Eden Espinosa's 'Defying Gravity.'
4 - Celia Keenan-Bolger's heartbreak at hearing the bell for 'elanguescence.'

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would seeing high fidelity count?

The last scene of GREY GARDENS. Mary Louise Wilson was unbelievable. Absolutely heartbreaking and shocking. I get chills whenever I think of that moment.

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Updated On: 6/30/07 at 09:01 PM

Spoilers: they all (presumably) die.

But there's two minutes of darkness and the sound of bombs dropping. And then they all appear in uniform in front of the list of people in that battalion.

The backdrop at JOURNEY'S END curtain call represented approximately 6,000 names of dead soldiers from the 60,000 dead soldiers named on the memorial at Ypres, Belgium.

Two moments for me:

Possible spoiler... I was sitting front row center at Journey's End. When Stark Sands came on stage after that first ambush and sat on the cot and just stared for what seemed like forever, he was staring right at me the entire time. I know that with the lighting he probably couldn't see me, but for me it was like I was staring right into his soul and I completely fell apart. I've never cried so much in my life. When the show ended, I just sat there shaking in silence with my mouth wide open and tears streaming down my face. I literally couldn't move. Never has a show moved me so much.

Second amazing experience: It was my second time seeing Spring Awakening but my first time sitting on stage. There is a scene where several actors are off stage to the general audience but they are actually still on stage directly behind the on-stage seats. As they sang, I was sitting about 4 inches directly in front of them. Thus, I was hearing their actual voices without the distortion of the microphones. It was a feeling I can't even begin to describe in words. Butterflies in my stomach, multiplied ten times!

Drowsy - seeing Bob's last show and him kissing Troy

That's priceless! I wish I was there to see that.

In order, for me:

- Meryl Streep singing THE SONG OF THE GREAT CAPITULATION
- The final moment of JOURNEY'S END
- Not only Langella's final pose in FROST/NIXON, but his "drunken" monologue
- Lorinda Lisitza singing THE SAILOR'S TANGO and SURABAYA JOHNNY in Theater Ten Ten's production of HAPPY END
- Xanthe Elbrick's dual role and Jan Maxwell's "why I did it" monologue in CORAM BOY

Other, overall, moments (still in order):

- Meryl Streep in MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
- HAPPY END at Theater Ten Ten
- JOURNEY'S END
- Frank Langella and Liev Schreiber in FROST/NIXON and TALK RADIO, respectively
- Melly Still's work on CORAM BOY