What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?

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

Updated On: 8/29/17 at 02:15 AM

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)

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

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

 

 

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Updated On: 8/29/17 at 10:01 AM

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

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

Passover - Elegies

The I Love You Song - Spelling Bee

Something Just Broke - Assassins

Tevye's Denial - Fiddler

Telephone Wire - Fun Home

 

 

Reaching back:

"Never Will I Marry" from GREENWILLOW.

"Once Upon a Time" from ALL AMERICAN (even in a piano bar)

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!

"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 

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two more

anything can happen- mary poppins

The great comet of 1812- the great comet

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