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Songs That Have Moved You To Tears

Songs That Have Moved You To Tears

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#1Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/9/14 at 11:52pm

I'll start:

I was watching the taped version of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (I am too young to have seen the Original Production). I thought the first act was brilliant, but, in the first 20 minutes of Act II Iwas losing focus of the new storyline. However, then Bernadette Peters, as her own daughter, dressed grandmotherly and wheelchair-bound, sang "Children and Art". As she sang to her dead mother about George, I found myself sobbing, silently so I would be able to appreciate the performance. For the remainder of the show I was in tears. That song/performance holds the distinction of being the only song that I have ever cried from seeing. Bernadette's brilliant performance even comes through on the OBCR, which I listen to often.
What other songs/performances have moved you to tears?


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Updated On: 3/10/14 at 11:52 PM

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darreyl102
#2Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/9/14 at 11:58pm

I cried both times I saw Tracie Bennett in End of The Rainbow singing ‘Over The Rainbow’, it was a combination of the song, and just the saddens of Judy’s last days. It was the first time that I actually had tears streaming down my face- after wards it occurred to be- I was sitting there in a Pink dress shirt, with Zebra Print lining, crying at a Judy Garland Play- Could I be a bigger stereotype?! LOL. Most songs that I have been really moved by may make me teary, but not really crying per say. I got pretty watery at ‘Ghost’, but then I was far from the only one who did.


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Updated On: 3/9/14 at 11:58 PM

Visceral_Fella
#3Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 12:16am

"With You" from GHOST

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#4Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 12:23am

I'll Be Here from ORDINARY DAYS by Adam Gwon (as sung by Audra McDonald)


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EMeraldNYC2
#5Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 12:28am

"Learn to Live Without" from If/Then. I saw Idina in concert last summer and she sang it for us. I can't wait to actually see the show but I know I'll be crying during that song.

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juice23
#6Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 12:35am

"Move On" from SITPWG.
"All the Wasted Time" from Parade.
"Send in the Clowns" as sung by Bernadette in the Revival of ALNM.
"Some Things are Meant to Be" and "Days of Plenty" in Little Women got to me.
"I Dreamed a Dream" as sung by Lea Salonga in the last revival.

Cried multiple times during Piazza.

And recently I teared up during "One Second and a Million Miles" at Bridges of Madison County.

What can I say... I have a lot of feelings.


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ARTc3
#7Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:25am

I have Stendhal Syndrome. I cry at everything. There are far too many Broadway songs to list here.


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aasjb4ever
#8Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:30am

^Yeah it takes very little for me to cry. I’m at the point where you can probably bet on me crying at a show with very good odds.

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promisespromises2
#9Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:31am

I'm SUCH an emotional person. Both "Letter" songs (and much more) from Billy Elliot, "I Don't Need A Roof" and "How It Ends" from Big Fish, everything they sing in the last twenty minutes of The Bridges of Madison County, "Beautiful", "Sunday", "Children and Art", and "Move On" from Sunday In the Park With George (I'm weirdly emotionally attached to that musical), basically every other song in Next to Normal. There are tons more but I can't think of them right now.

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mjohnson2
#10Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 1:40am

Like 1/2 of the songs in n2n.
If you could see her from Cabaret
Your daddy's son from Ragtime
Also the titular song in Children of Eden.


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gstrus2
#11Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 6:11am

I'll Cover You (Reprise) from RENT always gets me.

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CarlosAlberto
#12Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 6:24am

"Unexpected Song" - Bernadette Peters
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - Sarah Brightman


...not necessarily to tears, but they do strike a chord.
Updated On: 3/10/14 at 06:24 AM

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ethan231h
#13Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 6:55am

next to normal

After Eight
#14Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 7:07am

My Best Girl (Mame)
Each Tomorrow Morning (reprise) (Dear World)

Finales to many shows, eg. Hello, Dolly!, Mame, Dear World...

KathyNYC2
#15Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 7:19am

1776: Is Anybody There?
And ok, I am a sucker. Just about any song in Ms Saigon.

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henrikegerman
#16Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 7:24am

second Is Anybody There?

Also:

Effie Sing My Song (Dream Girls)

Chaveleh (Fiddler)

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#17Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 7:34am

'The I Love You Song' from Spelling Bee.

No one sings it like Lisa Howard and every time I saw her do it or listen to the cast album, I cry. It's really a devastating song.

tom2000a
#18Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 8:05am

I agree with Light in the Piazza.

Also, Will You from Grey Gardens got to me. She has just destroyed her daughter's life and then sings this gorgeous song in the middle of the ruins. It was so sad in a tragic way.

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quizking101
#19Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 10:04am

"How Could I Ever Forget" from NEXT TO NORMAL
"True Colors" from PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
"You Must Love Me" from EVITA (2012 Revival)
"Stronger" from HANDS ON A HARDBODY
"Not My Father's Son" from KINKY BOOTS


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MCfan2
#20Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 10:40am

"When There's No One" (from Carrie) on the "Betty Buckley's Broadway" album.

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Tink2
#21Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 10:56am

It's been a while since I remember being moved to tears. I was a mess after I saw Les Miserables, the original production. I Dreamed a Dream, Bring Him Home and the Finale had me sobbing.

One other that comes to mind. Blood Brothers, which I saw in London in '94. Once again, sobbing during the final Tell Me It's Not True. Everyone in the theater was sobbing.

The finale of any good production of Man of LaMancha gets me teary eyed.

Brian07663NJ
#22Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 10:57am

"Finale" of Pippin as he is struggling to decide if he will jump into the flames.
"I Will Never Leave You" from Side Show
"All I Ask of You" specifically when the Phantom is weeping as he realizes that Christine is going to run away with Raoul...."I gave you my music..."
Updated On: 3/10/14 at 10:57 AM

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#23Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 11:24am

New Music, 'Till We Reach That Day, Let Them Hear You - Ragtime

Somewhere - West Side Story

Being Alive - Company

Valjean's Soliloquy - Les Miserables

Movie in my Mind, I'd Give My Life for You, The Fall of Saigon, Finale - Miss Saigon

For Good - Wicked

With You - Ghost

Sabbath Prayer, Chavaleh - Fiddler on the Roof

Children will Listen - Into the Woods

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kade.ivy
#24Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 11:32am

For Good - Wicked
Epilogue/Finale of Les Mis
Edelweiss - Sound of Music (when watching the PBS American musical documentary as it talked about the implications of it being one of the last songs R&H wrote together.)

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Demitri2
#25Songs That Have Moved You To Tears
Posted: 3/10/14 at 11:47am

"The Music That Makes Me Dance" - FUNNY GIRL
"Happy Birthday" - ZORBA
"Momma Look Sharp" - 1776


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