The Saddest Ending Musicals Of Our Time- Page 3

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 10:49am

Amen to Man of La Mancha...except that for me - its not sad at all - its spiritually uplifting - which is why I love the show so much.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 11:28am

The ending of "Light in the Piazza" jerked a few tears from hard-ass ol' me.

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 12:33pm

For me, "Falsettos" - first time I saw it, I cried all during the second act, and still cry listening to the cd of "What Would I Do?" And his recent "Elegies" - "Anytime I Am There" and "14 Dwight Avenue, Natick, Massachusetts" (esp. since I grew up the next town over!)

Also, "Secret Garden" - "How Could I Know" gets me.

[J.J.]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 12:38pm

I'm shocked that nobody mentioned Titanic. Sure, we all knew what happened, but it was one of the saddest moments on a stage in NY!

Also - the ending to Follies.

[Janki]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 1:52pm

Miss Saigon! Hello....It cannot get much sadder that that one....she dies to save her child .......Sob-sob!

[WestEndBird]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 2:09pm

Jekyll and Hyde!!
Jesus Christ Superstar...(though many know the ending)

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 5/6/04 at 9:57pm

Wicked? *waggles eyebrows*

I'd say...
RENT
Les Mis (DEFINITLEY)
Cabaret (I Don't Care Much...Adam Pascal)

[wildparty20]

Posted: 5/7/04 at 8:35am

I'm music directing Falsettos right now, and my pit cries all over their instruments every night. Wow, does this show jab the knife repeatedly!

[bwaymargie]

Posted: 5/8/04 at 4:56pm

Elegies...except thats really a song cycle, and its about death in the first place. "Boom Boom" and "Anytime" Kill me everytime. And "When the earth stopped turning" aaaaaah. Sadness.

A New Brain almost ends sad...

I'd have to say Wicked is bittersweet...

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I think at some point in the closing number, you can see where it dawns on Glinda that Elphie is okay...she just gets this serene look on her face and you feel better, but not 100% Updated On: 5/8/04 at 04:56 PM

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 5/8/04 at 5:13pm

I agree- Godspell is definately sad. I don't think JCS is, though.
I cried during the Finale of RENT. It's supposed to be happy, but something about it mad me cry!
Man of La Mancha is really sad. I never expected it to be so sad!

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 5/8/04 at 5:55pm

Anyone ever notice how sadly Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ends. "Good Old Girl," "Hard Candy Christmas," "Bus from Amarillo."

"I'm barely gettin' through tomorrow, but I won't let sorrow bring me way down."

[Pinguin]

Posted: 5/8/04 at 6:07pm

PARADE...there is nothing more depressing than the ending of PARADE.

[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

Posted: 5/8/04 at 6:11pm

I cant believe I forgot Secret Garden. I bawled my face off when I saw it done locally.

[onlylisab]

Posted: 5/10/04 at 10:30pm

I was STUNNED to tears when I saw Cabaret. I was unfamiliar with the show when I saw it. So incredible...

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 1:59pm

I whole-heartedly agree with all of the shows listed, especially Bat Boy and Parade. Bat Boy is terribly sad because (SPOILERS)Shelley loses her entire family and the man(bat) she loves, and is left to live in a town full of people who hate her and her deceased family. Parade is even sadder because Leo's beautiful Sh'ma makes you want him to live, and then...
I'm sorry, I can barely listen to that part of the cd because it makes me so depressed.
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[iruvyou]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 2:10pm

Yes, you are sooooooo right i saw the new cabret- it creeped the hell out of me. Also Parade is sooooooooooo sad also Man of Lamancha, and Bat Boy is really sad

Updated On: 5/15/04 at 02:10 PM

[DisneyMC]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 5:49pm

Oh my God...FLOYD COLLINS
TOXIC AUDIO

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 6:23pm

"Les Miserables".
"Floyd Collins".
"The Last 5 Years".

And although the last song is sorta, well, upbeat...
"Once on This Island".
SO depressing.
I was definitely a weepy mess for that one.

Updated On: 5/15/04 at 06:23 PM

[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 1:19am

THE LAST 5 YEARS, this one tops the cake for me crying I think. I dont know what I would do if I saw it live.

[magic8ball]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 1:27am

Am I really the only one who found the ending of "Les Miserables" to be the most uplifting part of the entire show? Valjean is finally redeemed, and the entire cast is singing about working towards a brighter future... But, then again, that's just my perogative.

As for endings that are actually sad, I would have to say "Little Shop of Horrors" (Audrey's death), "Miss Saigon", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Parade", "Cabaret", and "Blood Brothers".

[Pinky]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 11:35am

Miss Saigon...Omigosh I couldn't stop crying. It was such a wonderful show with the saddest ending EVER!

The Last Five Years made me cry too....and Amour is kinda sad...HE'S STUCK IN THE WALL?!?!?

[jezzebelle]

Posted: 5/17/04 at 12:07am

1. West Side Story- the ending, although some people could see it as uplifting, kills me. To see how hate kills...

2. Evita- Oh goodness. Eva's death, enough said.

3. Wicked- Not overly sad, but very moving, I sobbed and sobbed and sobbed.

4. Ragtime- The ending was uplifting, but before that, with Sarah's funeral and Coalhouse singing Make Them Hear You, made me cry.

I cry at shows often, anyway, cuz I'll cry at the drop of a hat.