Tear Jerkers- Page 2

[Juliette Capulet]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 8:28pm

Roméo et Juliette - de la Haine à l'Amour:
"Mort de Mercutio"
"Avoir une Fille"
"Sans Elle"
"Le Posion"
"Mort de Roméo"
"La Mort de Juliette"

Romeo en Julia ~ van Haat tot Liefde:
"Het Vergif"
"De Dood van Julia"
"Schuldig"

Romeo and Juliet ~ the Musical:
"Empty Sky"
"Gulity"

The Phantom of the Opera:
The little Phantom bit at the end of "All I Ask Of You"
"Down Once More/Track Down this Murderer"

Les Miserables:
"A Little Fall of Rain"
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables"
The Finale

CATS:
"Memory"

Bonnes fêtes,
Juliette Capulet

[mebice]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 8:58pm

1. Stranger in the World - taboo
2. I'll cover you reprise - Rent
3. elaborate lives reprise - aida
4. fathers and sons - working
5. mia una venjdro...or something to that effect - working
6. daddy's hands - ragtime

[musicalthespis]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 9:59pm

The opening of The Lion King (Circle of Life) absolutely made me ball uncontrollably. I have never been that way before nor have I felt that way since. I have never seen anything so magnificent!

[eponine88]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 10:01pm

Phantom
-All I ask of You
-Wishing You Were Somehow Here (not that I'm all that fond of this song, its just that I've been a bit of a basket case emotionally since my dad died)

A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden)
-You Mean More To Me
-Place Called Home
-Christmas Together

Jesus Christ Superstar
-Could We Start Again

Les Mis
Too many to list.....most of the second act

There's probably more...I'll post again when I think of them.

[shermanslave]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 10:36pm

"What Would I Do" from Falsettoland. I cry every time I listen to it. So real.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 10:49pm

"How Could I Ever Know" from The Secret Garden

The finale from Dialogue of the Carmelites.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 10:53pm

...just one...Bu Doi, from Miss Saigon...because it's real.

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 11:16pm

"If I Loved You" (Carousel)
"Somewhere" (West Side Story)
"For Good" (Wicked)
"One Short Day" (Wicked...the "two BEST friends" part)
"Without You" (Rent)
"Elaborate Lives" (Aida)
"Only in New York" (Millie)
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" (Phantom)
The very end of the Fantasticks..."No, leave the wall. You must ALWAYS leave the wall." Gah.

[PJ]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 11:29pm

Bernadette's "Rose's Turn" actually brought me to tears in the theatre. As did her "Small World" reprise after Herbie walks out on her.

[corfriends]

Posted: 12/22/03 at 11:46pm

rose's turn left me more breathtaken the left with tears but its def up there
for good-wicked
who will love me as i am-side show
defying gravity-wicked
our time-merrily
why-tick tick boom
goodbye until tomorrow-last 5 years
it don't make sense-parade
unusual way-nine
someone like you-jekyl and hyde
i'd give it all for you is up there too from songs for a new world

[LiTtLeDaNcEr729]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 12:36am

Ahhh man...way too many too list- but just a few...

~"For Good" Wicked- just seeing how much these two women meant to each other...wow

~The Finale of Les Mis- enough said

~"I'll Cover You Reprise" Rent

~"Tell Her I Love Her" Urinetown- I don't know why...but all 4 times I saw the show, Spencer Kayden got me to cry...you could see the tears in both her eyes and JLT's...so powerful

~"Wheels of a Dream" Ragtime- this whole show just has a special place in my heart. One of the most amazing pieces of theatre ever written in my opinion.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 12:42am

I helped out backstage with Les Mis for a local community production it was actually all high school kids, I tried out but my work schedule conflicted with rehearsals, but I had to have money for college and I told them I'd stay through til the end of the summer. Anyway I ended up taking three weeks off at the end of the summer and helped out backstage for the show. Everytime they did the finale I had to restrain myself from singing along backstage, it brought tears to my eyes every night. That is the ultimate tear jerker for me. It brings back so many great memories from that show.

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 12:50am

Rich Famous Powerful- Songs Of David Friedman
HA HA- Just kidding (well not really)
Walk With Me
Out Here On My Own
Don't Give Up The Ship- David Friedman!!!!!(Help is On The Way) Updated On: 12/23/03 at 12:50 AM

[ktswaz]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 2:18am

The last five minutes of POTO
All The Wasted Time-Parade
A New Life-Jekyll and Hyde
Could We Start Again Please-JCS
Reprise of Enchantment Passing Through-Aida
Reprise of So In Love (Brent Barrett version)
Finale of Miss Saigon
Now That I've Seen Her-Miss Saigon
As Long As He Needs Me-Oliver
Finale of Camelot (especially PaperMill's production)
My Man-Funny Girl
I should stop now or else I'll go on forever

[bob8rich]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 4:04am

In no particular order, here are some songs that always bring a tear to my eye:

ALL THE WASTED TIME - Parade
NO ONE IS ALONE - Into The Woods
STARS AND THE MOON - Songs For A New World
NOT A DAY GOES BY - Merrily We Roll Along
IN BUDDY'S EYES - Follies
ANYTIME - Elegies
WHAT WOULD I DO? - Falsettos
MY FRIEND - The Life
WHEELS OF A DREAM - Ragtime
FOR GOOD - Wicked

[superperson]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 4:38am

"Tell Her I Love Her" from Urinetown.
Gets me every time.

[DonnaMurphyRocks]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 5:12am

"Gold" from Camille Claudel (heard on the CD)

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 6:47am

Flying Home from Songs for a New World

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 9:56am

I almost forgot....when I saw the revival of The King and I, I was surprised to find tears in my eyes during the March of the Siamese Children. It was so beautifully staged, the orchestrations and the incredibly talented and delightful children were just too much for me. I looked at the guy sitting next to me and he was sniffling as well.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 9:58am

lol ok, this is going to sound really stupid, but I sometimes cry when I hear "Never, Never Land" from Peter Pan...Mary Martin's version.
I always used to watch her taped version of Peter Pan at my Aunt's house as a child, and my Aunt passed away of Cancer not too long ago; so every time I hear it I think of her. Even a slowed version of "I'm Flying" can get me going. Bernadette Peters sang that at one of her concerts and I started to cry. She sang it so beautifully.

[rlbgbc]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 10:09am

There are so many tear jerker moments mentioned in previous posts – so many that also affect me – that I won't be redundant, except to say that it’s the "golden chestnut" shows that hold the most for me. However, here’s one that I haven’t seen mentioned – one I'm almost embarrassed to admit. Heck, I AM embarrassed to admit, but here goes.

But with one caveat: I do think CATS is CRAP. Total C-R-A-P. But one moment really got me. And no, it wasn’t "Memory". Puh-leez.

It was "Gus the Theatre Cat". Contrived? Yes. Emotionally manipulative? You bet. But when the show switched gears from the maniacal meowing to this old cat with palsy, it was a "moment" for me.

Of course, the moment was blown to smithereens once Gus turned into a cat pirate in the flashback that followed. Erg.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 10:40am

I'm not a huge Cats fan, but when I saw the show in London, I thought Memory was actually quite moving in context of the show. I was quite impressed with the entire production. It made such a difference in the environmental theatre rather than the proscenium tour.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 10:41am

yes.. I saw CATS on tour on broadway and on tour as well.. it worked MUCH better in a sit down with the environmental staging...

I wish I could have seen it in London...........

[Sheri]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 11:10am

"Momma, Momma" - Most Happy Fella
"Who Will Love Me As I Am?" - Side Show
The reprise of "If I Loved You" - Carousel

[Broadwaylilhead]

Posted: 12/23/03 at 11:22am

When I first saw SideShow I had no idea what to expect and I balled like a baby during "Who Will Love Me As I Am", "You Should Be Loved", and "I Will Never Leave You".

I have also managed to cry during Phantom, once out of 5 times seeing it. I saw Hugh perform the role and he broke my heart. I wasn't a huge Davis Gaines fan as I thought he played the Phantom as an angry sex starved stalker.