Top 5 Favorite Theatrical Moments...- Page 2

[OrdinaryJukebox1]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 12:09am

In no specific order:
"No Good Deed" and when "Elphaba" is lifted during "Defying Gravity" from "Wicked"
The party scene during "Cabaret" when the cast in the background stands as if they were on a train, headed to a concentration camp
Tonya Pinkins amazing "Lots Wife"
Joley Fisher singing "Cabaret"
"Rose's Turn"

-Vincent

[TGIF]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 12:13am

In no order...

1.) The beginnig of Cabaret when you see the Emcee's eyes.
2.) The end of I'll cover You (reprise) when the lights go out and you hear Collins singing his last note. *tear*
3.) The beginning of 42nd St. Just seeing the tap shoes! (thrills for an ex-dancer)
4.) The spotlight on the Phantom's mask in Phantom
5.)Aida's last performance.

I'm sure I'll change my mind later. :)

[Jazzysuite82]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 2:20am

hmmm this is a hard one. In no particular order

"Sunday" tableau in Sunday in the Park with George
Audra McDonald---anything really
Kristin's Glitter and be Gay
All of Caroline or Change
Ragtime Act I finale

There are so many though. Theatre's created to give ya chills. sooo much to choose from.

[CattleCall]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 2:55am

1. being at John Tartaglia's last performance in Avenue Q
2. the end of Act I in Beauty and the Beast when the sets start moving and the Beast sings "If I Can't Love Her." That part always gives me goosebumps. LOVE IT!
3. "Will I?" - Rent
4. The part in "The Full Monty" during "Michael Jordan's Ball" when everything slows down and they start passing the ball to each other and in turn, begin learning how to move in sync.
5. Any part in Altar Boyz when they're singing and/or dancing. In other words... the entire show.

[Sant]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 10:36am

In no particular order:

- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA-scene (POTO)
- DEFYING GRAVITY (Wicked)
- ALL THAT JAZZ (Chicago)
- THE FINALE (The King And I)
- THE OVERTURE (POTO)

[onceadancer2]

Posted: 3/7/05 at 10:50am

The I LOVE LOUISA finale from BANDWAGON (1931)
Ethel Waters singing HEAT WAVE from AS THOUSANDS CHEER (1933)
Easter Parade - Act I Finale - from AS THOUSANDS CHEER (1933)
SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE from ON YOUR TOES (1936)
JOET LOOKS INTO THE FUTURE - ACT I Finale - PAL JOEY (1940)

Lots of others since 1940, but these stay in my memory.

Miriam

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:49pm

In no order

The Mask at the end of Phantom of the Opera
The final Performance of Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel singing For Good
The Finale of Act 1 in Sunday in the Park with George
The Chandilier falling in Phantom of the Opera
A Little Priest - Sweeney Todd

[WillParker]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:03pm

In random order....

1) Vanessa Redgrave clawing the walls as the lights go down in Long Day's Journey into Night

2) Mercedes Ruehl's brilliant performance in The Goat

3) Betty Buckley & Linzi Hateley doing "And Eve Was Weak" in Carrie

4) The 'moment of silence' during "Waitin for the Light to Shine" in the revival of Big River

5) Joan Roberts singing "One More Kiss" in the revival of Follies

[Pinky]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:05pm

End of Miss Saigon when you hear a gun shot then Chris screams her name.....chills down my spine!

[hannahshule]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:10pm

In West Side Story, during the song "Tonight" Maria asks, "What does Tony stand for?"
TONY: "Anton"
MARIA: "Te adore Anton"
TONY: "Te adore, Maria"

Chills all down my spine

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:13pm

Don't kill me but the end of Defying Gravity
and Out Tonight!

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:15pm

These are all making me happy too!

1) The final Broadway performance of Les Miserables. I'm a huge fan anyway, so I just cried my way through it. The whole evening was electric, and I felt beyond priveledged to be there with all of those "names."

2) Patti LuPone "Matters of the Heart" from the front row at Lincoln Center. After 'Shattered Illusions,' she threw the rosebud she'd been plucking petals from right at me, and I melted. After that, my partner and I walked back to our hotel thinking, "That's as close to what I imagine Judy at Carnegie Hall must have been."

3) Elizabeth Franz in Death of a Salesman. Need I say more?

4) Liza in "Minnelli on Minnelli," singing 'The Trolley Song' with projected footage of Judy. Granted, Liza was not exactly in her prime here, but it was the first time I'd seen her live. I had held it together up until just before the final "To the end of the liiiiiiine," when Liza turned to the screen and shouted, "Sing it Mama!" and let Judy take it. In a single beat of the song I went from being completely composed to completely losing it, and I cried like a baby from that point through the curtain call.

5) The Music Man (revival), again from front row center. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it just seemed to me to be THE perfect "golden age" Broadway experience. It was a joy from beginning to end, and Rebecca Luker was enchanting. My partner is friends with Kate Levering, who then took us backstage after the show where we chatted with Craig Bierko and Rebecca about politics. Just a truly fun night at the theatre!

(EDIT: Wow, Miriam -- you really saw all of those shows live?? I'm honored! Did you happen to see Jumbo at the Hippodrome in 1935?)

Updated On: 3/17/05 at 04:15 PM

[DestinyBeckoned]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:19pm

1. The Money Song in Avenue Q...I was in ecstacy because I was on the aisle, and Princeton kissed me.
2. In West Side Story, when Maria finds Tony as he's breathing his last, and when she says "Well, now I too have hate! I too can kill!" and drops the gun. That part makes me well up with tears just thinking about it.
3. When the Phantom sings the line from Masquerade before vanishing. Its so touching.
4. When Curly is auctioning for Laurie's basket, and he asks how much they would take for his saddle. I just fall in love with him there.
5. In Rent, the look on Collins's face at the end of Contact when he says, "Its over."

[ElTico68]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:19pm

1) opening of ACL
2) I'll Cover You - reprise
3) Little Priest - Sweeney
4) Chita's entrance in "Spider Woman"
5) "And I Am Telling You" - Dreamgirls

honorable mentions:
America and Cool - West Side Story

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 12:52am

Not fair we only get five!!! Here goes...

1. Pretty Women/Epiphany/A Little Priest sequence (SWEENEY TODD)

2. Opening of RAGTIME

3. Jennifer Holiday's And I Am Telling You.../Act 1 Finale (DREAMGIRLS)

4. Opening sequence of GRAND HOTEL

5. Act II finale of SUNDAY IN THE PARK when the people in the painting bow to Georges.

Not on Broadway, but the entire series at Kennedy Centre's Sondheim festival were six of the most wonderful evenings I have ever spent in the theatre.

[Glinda's Candy]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 1:57am

1) "Defying Gravity, WICKED" - flying Elphaba.
2) "Overture, PHANTOM OTO" - 'the illumination'.
3) "Love Crazy, THE BFO" - best chorus dancing I have ever seen.
4) "Opening, WICKED" - Glinda's entrance - "Fellow Ozians...".
5) "Be Our Guest, BandTheB" - getting more and more spectacular.

X

[Justice]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:00am

1. When Dudu Fischer sang "Bring Him Home" in the Les Miz tour.
2. When Jared Emmick sang "Goodbye Old Girl" in Damn Yankees
3. The Overture to Tommy
4. The rewind scenes in City of Angels
5. A Raisin in the Sun - the whole show.