The Most Hauntingly Beautiful Images on Stage — Page 5

These are my personal, favorite "haunting" memories from shows that I've seen. Most of these have been discussed already. I've had many, but these are stand-outs:

Lily Craven hanging in the frame.

When Mike tells Jonathan he's sick in tick, tick, BOOM.

The white light where Angel once stood.

Mary Poppins flying over the audience with that brilliant, amazing orchestration.

Elphaba's ascent.

Marius holding Eponine as she dies.

The end of the 1998 revival of CABARET.

The minimalism of the death scenes in the 2005 revival of SWEENEY TODD. Whoever thought that a bucket of blood could be so...beautiful?

The hotel set from THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA with the light-projected hallway. Hell, ALL of the sets from PIAZZA were stunning.

Kim's suicide in MISS SAIGON.

"Some Things Are Meant To Be" from Little Women. Especially the ending.

Love You Forever, I saw a touring production of EVITA that had a similar effect: Evita's casket is center stage while Che explains that the body went missing. There was this blinding pulse of light accompanied by a deep "throbbing" sound before the entire stage went black. I can't really explain it very well here, but it gave me goosebumps.

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- During "The Guilt Inside Your Head" in Miss Saigon, when Chris suddenly appears out of nowhere. I think it happens during the line: "You think your Marine's not like other men." And then after Thuy's line he yells "I'm getting you out," grabs Kim, and the lights flash. AWESOME. This was the National Tour, btw.
- Speaking of Miss Saigon, the Act I ending with the boat people and the gate, and the smoke.
- All of The Light in the Piazza. Haha. But definitely the number one in my head is during Clara's Interlude.
- In the Evita tour, the lighting and staging of "Montage."

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Good call on W;t, doodle. I can't even read the play without crying. Somehow I doubt I'd be able to get through a live performance.
My pick for Les Mis is the finale, starting with Eponine and Fantine's harmony and continuing through to the end. It's so beautiful.

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"I Hate the Bus" in Caroline, or Change comes to mind.

Also Little Edie turning on the record player at the end of Grey Gardens when it plays The Girl Who Has Everything. Really I found most of the second act chilling and wonderful.

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I'm going to go with Little Edie right at the Prologue of Grey Gardens, where she's in the window with the mirror in front of her face. Very scary, but very beautiful.

And there are a few more from Grey Gardens but that's the first one that came to mind.

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seeing Moritz and Wendla climbing out of their graves covered in mist in Spring Awakening.

The very last image of "Those You've Known." The lights are fading as Melchior sings, "And one day all will know."

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The end of Blood Brothers with Mrs. Johnstone grabbing the hands of her dead sons and putting them together.

With the right actors : Angel and Collins during "Without You" in Rent. Yes, it can be overdone, but when you have the right actors it is very beautiful and can easily divert my eyes off from Mimi and Roger.

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I agree with what people have said about those you've known in spring awakening,I thought that whole scene was haunting with all the fog and how wendla and moritz came up out of their graves.

Me too! I love that chill you get in during those beautiful scenes!

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Thank God, hj. I thought it was going to sound kind of creepy.

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THE SECRET GARDEN: At the finale to Act 1, when Mary embraces her father, Albert and he shows her the door to the garden.
Chills everytime.

THE LION KING: Circle of Life

WICKED: When Glinda mourns Elphaba's death.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: When the wedding party begins to clean up after the raid to Tzeitel's wedding.

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