The 30 Day Musical Theatre Song Challenge - DAY 11

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:08pm

Day 11. A song from the musical which made the most impact on you.

[canmark]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:30pm

"What more can I say?" from Falsettos.

Falsettos was the first Broadway show I saw on my first-ever trip to New York in 1992. I didn't know a lot about the show, but I had seen the cast perform The Baseball Song on the Tony Awards the month before and knew this was a show I wanted to see. It played at the John Golden Theatre and it was quite thrilling to be seeing an original Broadway cast in a show right in the heart of the theatre district. A memorable time for me.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:49pm

I have not participated thusfar, but happened to click on this one.

Being Alive, from Company.

The show changed my world. And it was a very specific moment during Being Alive when I realized that I had fallen completely in love with it. I'll never forget that. Theater and life would never be the same again.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 1:50pm

Move On from Sunday.

[Katia2]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 2:13pm

Rose's Turn from Gypsy. First show I sneaked out of state to see, and Peters' rendition of Turn shattered my stupid preteen heart.
Updated On: 4/23/11 at 02:13 PM

[mallardo]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 4:26pm

"One" from A Chorus Line.

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 4:32pm

There's actually so many shows that have done this for me...
My first show was Les Mis at 7, and "I Dreamed a Dream" moved me for the first time in the theater (as did several other numbers from the show)

I think "Cabaret" was an important show in my theatergoing experience as well, as it represented my break into 'adult' musicals, and the song "Cabaret" probably represents that very well. (It was probably the best revival I'd ever seen and I had the good fortune to see the complete original cast at the Kit Kat Klub, aka Henry Miller's Theater.)

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 5:06pm

This may sound weird, but here me out--I first became interested in musicals in 2006 when I heard the cast album of The Wedding Singer, and I just thought it was such a fun show. It started my obsession with musicals, although it's definitely far from the best show I've ever seen. So, I'll say "Someday" from The Wedding Singer.

[NeoNormal]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 5:16pm

"Everything Else" N2N.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 5:32pm

Seasons of Love - Rent.
Nothing specific about the lyrics in the song, it just happens to be my favorite song from the musical that made me fall in love with theatre.

[bwayrose7]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 7:00pm

"For Good" from Wicked. A genuinely touching and rather true idea of how people- especially friends- impact our lives.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 7:10pm

"Waiting For The Girls Upstairs" from Follies. I knew what genius meant the first time I heard this song from the OBCR when I was 11.

[singalongsong2]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 7:55pm

"Walking In Space" - Hair
Updated On: 4/23/11 at 07:55 PM

[BwayLover]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 9:31pm

"I Wish I Could Forget You" from PASSION.

This song just touched me so much and moved me in a way I can't even put into words.

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 11:03pm

"Sunday"- Sunday in the Park With George

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 11:06pm

"Light", next to normal

Never before had I seen a musical that did more than entertain me; this one touched my soul. I'll never forget sitting in the Booth that day.

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 11:09pm

"People Will Say We're In Love" from Oklahoma! because it's the first show I worked on and that show convinced me that I had to work in theater.

And, as a spectator, "The Scottsboro Boys" from The Scottsboro Boys for changing my life as a theater-goer.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 11:12pm

So, Anyway from next to normal.

It was so parallel to watching my dad leaving with a suitcase, unbeknownst to me that my parents were divorcing.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 4/23/11 at 11:28pm

Two shows will always leave an absolute impact on me.

Defying Gravity WICKED that show to this day remains as my top Broadway show because of the huge impact it had on my life

So Anyway Next to Normal
I many times felt like a little bit of all the characters...truly amazing

[Pippin]

Posted: 4/24/11 at 1:09am

the opening from Titanic.

First show I ever saw, and I was just in awe when I saw it, and I knew right then and there that I wanted to be an actor.

[sdsm2006]

Posted: 4/24/11 at 1:44am

Although it would REALLY be Into The Woods, I will abstain and say...

"Bring Him Home" - Les Miserables (The first time one of the 80s "Mega-Musicals" really got me. I'd seen POTO before and loved it, but it didn't affect me the way Les Mis did.)

[chewy5000]

Posted: 4/24/11 at 4:27am

The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In). Let's just say that it got me thinking....

[mamaleh]

Posted: 4/24/11 at 4:26pm

"The Road You Didn't Take" from FOLLIES in '71.

[choitoy]

Posted: 4/25/11 at 1:25am

Oops, now I've missed a day...

"Cabaret" from Cabaret. One of the first musicals I saw live (in a regional production), but it got me hooked on the whole genre of musicals.

[(8) :D]

Posted: 4/25/11 at 2:15pm

'Let The Sun Shine'- Hair