I don't know about anyone else, but I think Wicked is extremely sad....though I don't really know 100% what happens in the finale. Jesus Christ Superstar and Les Mis are also 2 of them.
So what exactly happens at the end of wicked then? I thought it was sad that the 2 girls were split up. But not as sad as the others. West side story is a good one too.
I think I'd have to go with West Side Story on this one. Le Miz and JCS, have the relgious connections to a hevenly afterlife. So for many folks (myself included) could be viewed as a happy ending. Barbara
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West Side, Parade, and Passion is kinda of depressing as well
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West Side Story is SO heartbreaking, but it does leave you with a little hope that the kids all learned a hard lesson and will change their ways and stop hating.
I cry like a maniac every time I see Carousel...I guess it's not really sad, but touching...when Billy goes, "I loved you, Julie...know that I loved you." I used to watch the movie and see productions of that with my dad all the time, and he has passed away, so the fact that it's about fathers dying and it was "our" musical makes it unbearable for me.
I can't think of any that are really "sad." So many are moving and end on a hopeful note, even if there are tragic events.
I didn't see Anne Frank on Broadway, but I saw a school production of the same version a few months ago...VERY touching. The speeches the father and Mrs. Van Daan gave towards the end were so sad.
Come on now people, I would have thought this would be first! Miss Saigon has got to be one of the most heartbreaking shows all together. But I will tell you, it was as if the entire audience was one person when Kim committed suicide... there was this huge gasp then sobs cou be heard throughout the entire theater... quite moving that show was....
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
I would say that Les Miz is just a sad musical all together. It's not the ending thats the most emotional in that show, but it is a pretty depressing show all together. A good one piece though. I thought Aida was a pretty sad show, even though they do meet again in their reincarnated selves. It was still a sad ending. I'm sorry though, how can POTO be sad? I was happy with the ending, and didnt really feel remorse for the phantom (because hes jus a physcotic murderer). Thats how i felt it.
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Well, thanks for ruining Miss Saigon for me, brdwaybabie. .
What about Ragtime when Coalhouse gets shot? That was devastating it seemed to me. Godspell is pretty sad as well. I was in that show, and I cried every night; the end is pretty tear-jerking, when the disciples say goodbye, and he gets crusified.
Les Mis, of course! I agree with Ragtime, definitely, and also JCS.
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