What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#1
Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:15am
A bit of a personal thread question, I know, but we've had plenty of threads about workout songs and "I want" songs, and the like... now I'm curious to hear which songs from any Broadway musical are guaranteed to make you cry (and try your best to limit yourself to five, just for a fun challenge!). Here's mine:
5. "It's Quiet Uptown," Hamilton
4. "Wicked Little Town (Reprise)," Hedwig and the Angry Inch
3. "Move On," Sunday in the Park with George
2. "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story," Hamilton
1. "Being Alive," Company
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#2
Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:23am
Interesting question!
1. "Sunday" - Sunday in the Park With George
2. "For Good" - Wicked
3. "I Will Never Leave You" - Side Show
4. "Finale" - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
5. "Those You've Known" - Spring Awakening
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#3
Posted: 8/29/17 at 5:03am
1. "Ring of Keys," FUN HOME
2. "Sunday," SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
3. "What I Did for Love," A CHORUS LINE
4. "I Hate the Bus," CAROLINE OR CHANGE
5. "Ready for Charge," THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (tears of laughter)
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#4
Posted: 8/29/17 at 5:08am
"No One Is Alone"- Into the Woods
"Flying Away"- Fun Home
"Words Fail- DEH
"For Good"- Wicked
"Who Lives..."- Hamilton
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#5
Posted: 8/29/17 at 9:05am
1. The Sacred Bird/ Little God of My Heart - Miss Saigon
2.Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - Hamilton
3. Finale - Rent
4. For Good - Wicked
5. I Still Believe - Miss Saigon
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#6
Posted: 8/29/17 at 9:21am
1) Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Phantom of the Opera (this was sung at my father's funeral)
2) Bring Him Home - Les Miserables
3) Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Miserables
4) It's Quiet Uptown - Hamilton
5) Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - Hamilton
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#7
Posted: 8/29/17 at 9:49am
So Big/So Small - Dear Evan Hansen
its Quiet Uptown - Hamilton
She Used to be Mine - waitress
You are Not Alone - Dear Evan hansen
Who Lives Who Dies - Hamilton
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#8
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:01am
Effie Sing My Song DREAMGIRLS
It's Quiet Uptown HAMILTON
Fathers and Sons WORKING
Unlikely Lovers FALSETTOS
Hey Girlie TWO BY TWO
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#9
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:01am
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What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#10
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:02am
Sunday-Sunday In The Park With George
Flying Away-Fun Home
What Would I Do-Falsettos
Losing My Mind-Follies
How Could I Ever Know-The Secret Garden
Chorus Member Joined: 6/24/08
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#11
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:03am
5. So Big/So Small - Dear Evan Hansen
4. It's Quiet Uptown - Hamilton
3. 10 Years Later/Finale - Come From Away
2. Unlikely Lovers - Falsettos
1. What Would I Do - Falsettos
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#12
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:08am
I don't cry much, and there's certainly no song that's guaranteed to make me cry, but these songs have elicited a few tears in the context of their shows:
"21 Guns" in American Idiot
"True Colors" in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
"Morning Glow" in Pippin
"Please Let Me Tell You" in The Most Happy Fella
"Somewhere" in West Side Story
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#13
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:29am
I literally shed at least 1 tear every single time I hear these songs
I'll Cover You (Reprise) - Rent
Something's Missing - Come From Away
Hold Me In Your Heart - Kinky Boots
The Next Ten Minutes - The Last 5 Years
Growing Dimmer - Inappropriate the Musical
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#14
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:31am
(Not in any particular order)
1. So Big/So Small from DEH
2. You Will Be Found from DEH
3. I Dreamed a Dance from Next to Normal
4. I Miss the Mountains from Next to Normal
5. Stay Alive (reprise) from Hamilton
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#15
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:46am
Passover - Elegies
The I Love You Song - Spelling Bee
Something Just Broke - Assassins
Tevye's Denial - Fiddler
Telephone Wire - Fun Home
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#16
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:51am
Sunday - Sunday in the Park with George
Unlikely Lovers - Falsettos
Midnight Radio - Hedwig
Self Portrait - A Class Act
You Don't Know This Man - Parade
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#17
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:54am
Reaching back:
"Never Will I Marry" from GREENWILLOW.
"Once Upon a Time" from ALL AMERICAN (even in a piano bar)
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#18
Posted: 8/29/17 at 10:54am
My number one will be a cheat, since it's off-Broadway.
5. Who Lives, Who Dies - Hamilton
4. What Would I Do? - Falsettos
3. Natasha and Pierre - Great Comet
2. It's Quiet Uptown - Hamilton
1. I'll Be Here - Ordinary Days
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#19
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:06am
i gotta run, but this question screams this one reply from me for now;
Another Winter In A Summer Town ; I was melted by Christine Ebersole...burned in my memories forever!
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#20
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:12am
No More - Into the Woods
I Know the Truth - Aida
Who Lives, Who Dies - Hamilton
Make Them Hear You - Ragtime
For Good - Wicked
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#21
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:19am
"No One Is Alone," Into the Woods
"Prayer," Come From Away
"At the Ballet," A Chorus Line
"A Surprising Phone Call," The Lion
"Back To Before," Ragtime
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#22
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:20am
words Fail and so small/so big- dear Evan hansen
telephone wire- fun home
beautiful city- godspell
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#23
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:22am
Was in the middle of typing and I accidentally hit post.
two more
anything can happen- mary poppins
The great comet of 1812- the great comet
Swing Joined: 6/21/17
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#24
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:24am
I didn't necessarily love Bandstand, but I can't get even 5 seconds into the reprise of "Welcome Home" without actively crying.
What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?#25
Posted: 8/29/17 at 11:30am
No song is guaranteed to make me cry, but here are five that have at one time or another:
1. "Paciencia y Fe" - In the Heights
2. "Solidarity" - Billy Elliot
3. "Pity the Child" - Chess
4. "If Only You Would Listen" - School of Rock
5. "Goodbye Love" - Rent
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