Songs from musicals that make you cry...

[cunegande2]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 1:59pm

I have a few, including "Il Adore" from Taboo and "Tell Me It's Not True" from Blood Brothers
What about yours?
Or you could list songs that make you cry because they're awful...on second thought that might be more fun

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 2:18pm

This is out of sheer beauty not because they're bad:

Around the World from GG
Another Winter in a Summer Town from GG
Will You from GG
I'm Not That Girl from Wicked
On My Own from Les Miserables
Stars from Les Mis (yes, it's written for a guy but I've performed it and the words are just so poetic and gorgeous)
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera (my first solo)
Maybe I Like It from The Wild Party

[henrybutler]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 2:18pm

Some things are meant to be - Little Women. Actually I've never cried listening to it, only when I saw the show.

Some of the songs from "Side Show" make me cry because they hurt my ears. like "tunnel of love"

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 2:26pm

"At the Ballet" - A Chorus Line
"What I Did For Love" - A Chorus Line
"Around the World" - Grey Gardens
"Gliding" - Ragtime
"Back to Before" - Ragtime
"Fable" - The Light in the Piazza
"Love to Me" - The Light in the Piazza
"At the Glen" - Dessa Rose
"Twelve Children" - Dessa Rose
"Some Things Are Meant to Be" - Little Women


"Rah, Rah, Tip-Top" from that belove Pirate Queen makes me cry because I'm laughing too hard.

Updated On: 10/19/07 at 02:26 PM

[Andante]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 2:26pm

Send in the Clowns- A Little Night Music
The Music of the Night- The Phantom of the Opera
On My Own, I Dreamed a Dream, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Finale- Les Miz
I'm Not that Girl- Wicked
Love to Me- Light in the Piazza (it's not sad, it's very sweet, though)
the beginning of Endless Night- Lion King

There are several others, but these are the primary ones.

[jakebloke]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:21pm

See Me from Bare pops into mind because I can identify with it. It's one of my favorites actually. Michael Arden sings it with such emotion.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:31pm

Another Winter in a Summer Town - Grey Gardens
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
Losing My Mind - Follies
Being Alive - Company
I Will Never Leave You - Side Show
No One is Alone - Into the Woods
Goodbye Until Tomorrow - The Last 5 Years

[folkyboy]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:35pm

"Lot's Wife" from CAROLINE, OR CHANGE always gets me.

[AKDPerformer]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:43pm

The Next 10 Minutes-Last 5 Years
No One Is Alone-Into The Woods
A New Life-Jekyll and Hyde
I'm Not That Girl-Wicked
I Dreamed A Dream-Les Mis
Another Suitcase in Another Hall-Evita

There's more, but that's off the top of my head. No One Is Alone makes me bawl everytime I hear it. Never fails to produce tears streaming down my face.

[silversurfer2]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:43pm

"Left Behind"-From SPRING AWAKENING

[longshadowsfalling]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:46pm

Bare - bare
What Would I Do - Falsettos
Coming Home- Easter Rising
I Am the One (reprise) - Feeling Electric/Next to Normal
I'll Cover You (reprise) - RENT
Why - tick, tick... BOOM!

Updated On: 10/19/07 at 03:46 PM

[starlyricist]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:46pm

"Petrified" from Taboo
"Lot's Wife" from Caroline, or Change
"How Glory Goes" from Floyd Collins
"Way Back to Then" from [title of show]
"I Could Write Books/Do You Know What It's Like" from Zanna, Don't!

There are countless others, but my brain is mush at 3:46pm on a Friday.

[cunegande2]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:50pm

I've thought of others...
"Those You've Known" from Spring Awakening
"Back to Before" from Ragtime
The very end of The Woman In White "I close my eyes, and I still see his face"
And actually, most of Taboo

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:51pm

I guess it's hokey to say it, but when Billy Bigelow sings the reprise of If I Love You in the second act of Carousel (after he's dead), I've seen grown men bawl like babies.

[vinnylin]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 4:07pm

"I guess it's hokey to say it, but when Billy Bigelow sings the reprise of If I Love You in the second act of Carousel (after he's dead), I've seen grown men bawl like babies."

Me included!

I second those who have mentioned the reprise of "I'll Cover You" (Rent) and "Left Behind" (Spring Awakening).

I'll add "A Little Fall of Rain" from Les Miz.

[WestVillage]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 4:13pm

"Who Will Love Me As I Am" from Sideshow
"Hey, Girlie" from Two by Two

[NYC_or_Bust]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 4:14pm

I'm Here - The Color Purple....EVERY TIME
You'll Never Walk Alone-Carousel
Momma Look Sharp-1776
Far From the Home I Love-Fiddler On The Roof
Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go - Big River
Hushabye Mountain-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Rose's Turn - GYPSY
I Will Never Leave You-Sideshow
Say It Somehow-The Light in the Piazza
Losing My Mind-Follies
One More Kiss-Follies
Gliding- Ragtime
Back to Before- Ragtime
Sarah Brown Eyes- Ragtime
Shadowland- The Lion King
One Hand, One Heart- West Side Story

Updated On: 10/20/07 at 04:14 PM

[pianojohn]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 4:27pm

"Lay Down Your Head" from VIOLET
"Say It Somehow" from LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
"Fine, Fine Line" from AVENUE Q (when I saw it the 1st time)
"What Would I Do" from FALSETTOS
"A Lousy Day in the Universe" from A NEW BRAIN
"When The Earth Stopped Turning" from INFINITE JOY
"Still Hurting" from THE LAST FIVE YEARS
"My Brother Lived in San Francisco," "And the Rain Keeps Falling Down," and "Learning to Let Go" from ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS, AND RAGING QUEENS
"No One Has Ever Loved Me" from PASSION
"But I Do" from I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
"If I Ever Say I'm Over You" from IT'S ONLY LIFE
"Going It Alone" from THE LAST SESSION

Now if these all end up in a cabaret, I want credit! Of course, that would be one downer of a show!

[worrell4077]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 5:18pm

"Fallen Angel"-Jersey Boys
"Left Behind"-Spring Awakening

[synecdoche]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 5:28pm

One Song Glory - Rent
No Good Deed - Wicked
I'm Not that Girl - Wicked

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 5:31pm

Left Behind- Spring Awakening
Around the World and Around the World Reprise- Grey Gardens
Some Things are Meant to Be- Little Women
Days of Plenty- Little Women
Not While I'm Around- Sweeney Todd

And I'd heard Defying Gravity a million times before I actually saw Wicked, but for some reason when I saw the show and Elphie said, "Take a message back from me," I teared up.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 5:47pm

I Wish I COuld Go Back To College Ave Q
I Hate The Bus Caroline
Who Will Love Me As I Am SideShow
I Will Never Leave You SideShow
Tunnel of Love Side Show
The Entire Second Act of Feeling Electric
See I'm Smiling Last Five Years.
Our Time Merrily We Roll Along

[futurenala]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 5:54pm

Shadowland-The Lion King
I'll Cover You(reprise)-Rent
Skid Row(downtown)-Little Shop of Horrors

Updated On: 10/19/07 at 05:54 PM

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 6:12pm

What Would I Do - Falsettos (This makes me bawl for the loss and sadness. Last time I saw the show it seemed almost everyone in the theatre was in tears)

My Heart is So Full of You - The Most Happy Fella (Probably the most romantic scene in musical theatre.)

[artscallion]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 6:31pm

Sunday - End of act I Sunday in the park With George