What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?- Page 2

[hork]

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

[KnewItWhenIWasInFron]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 12:17pm

"Make Your Garden Grow," from "Candide"

"Sunday," from "Sunday in the Park with George"

"Ballad of Booth," from "Assassins"

"Ring of Keys," from "Fun Home"

"At the Ballet," from "A Chorus Line"

[Nicole 10]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 12:22pm

What Would I Do- Falsettos

The Color Purple (Reprise)- The Color Purple

Who Loves Who Dies- Hamilton 

Woeds Fail- Dear Evan Hanses

Unlikely Lovers- Falsettos

[ethan231h]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 12:23pm

Words Fail- Dear Evan Hansen

So Big/So Small- Dear Evan Hansen

What Would I Do/ Falsettoland (reprise) -Falsettos

Why- Tick Tick Boom

A Light In the Dark- Next To Normal

[schubox]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 12:48pm

In no order, and this is just from the last year or so, there's way more if I go back further 

It's Quiet Uptown - Hamilton

For Good - Wicked

Words Fail - DEH

Dust and Ashes - Comet

What Would I Do/Falsettoland Reprise - Falsettos

[Addipia94]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 12:52pm

How Could I Ever Know? - Secret Garden 

She Used to Be Mine - Waitress

Welcome Home (Reprise) - Bandstand 

No One is Alone - Into the Woods 

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Miserables

 

[TheThreadMaster]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 12:57pm

Telephone Wire - Fun Home

 

[jwsel]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 1:01pm

I'll Be Here - Ordinary Days

Till We Reach That Day - Ragtime

It's Quiet Uptown - Hamilton

Days and Days - Fun Home

Go Back Home - Scottsboro Boys

[sm33]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 1:12pm

Telephone Wire - Fun Home

Midnight Radio - Hedwig

I'll Cover You (Reprise) - Rent

One Last Time - Hamilton

Those You've Known - Spring Awakening

[Markie27]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 1:48pm

I'm such a crybaby.  These are the songs that have made me bawl when I watched the show and everytime I listen to it thereafter.

1. Telephone Wire - Fun Home

2. Sunday - Sunday in the Park with George 

3. No More - Into the Woods

4. I'll Cover You (Reprise) - Rent

5. It's Quiet Uptown - Hamilton

Special Mention:

6. Sleeping - Once (the movements of the cast while Guy is singing this song was so affecting)

7. Just Be / Raise You Up - Kinky Boots (tears of joy)

8. For Good - Wicked (cause I miss my two best friends)

9. Totally F*CKed-  Spring Awakening (I was lucky enough to get stage seating and you really can feel the energy of these kids.  It was so palpable that it made me cry)

10. Try to Remember - Fantasticks (I don't know why but as soon as the first verse was sung I was a total mess)

[MCfan2]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 1:48pm

Momma Look Sharp -- 1776

When There's No One -- Carrie

Stay Alive (Reprise) and It's Quiet Uptown -- Hamilton

I seem to remember I Dreamed a Dance from Next to Normal making me tear up a little bit, though it's a while since I listened to it!

[nightnic001]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:04pm

In no order....I may have more than 5 lol

 
Sad Tears: 


"Words Fail" - Dear Evan Hansen

"38 Planes Reprise/Something Missing" - Come From Away

"Telephone Wire, Days and Days" - Fun Home

"Welcome Home" - Bandsrand

"The Letter" - Billy Elliot

"What Would I Do, Father to Son, Gotta Die Sometime" - Falsettos

"When Your Feet Don't Touch The Ground" - Finding Neverland

"One Last Time, Who Lives..." - Hamilton

"Everything I Know" - In The Heights

"Time" - Tuck Everlasting

"Maybe, So Anyway" - Next To Normal

"I'll Cover You Reprise" - Rent

 

Happy Tears:

"School of Rock (Teachers Pet)" - School of Rock

"Yorktown" - Hamilton 

"Philanthropy" - Groundhog Day 

and so many more
 

Updated On: 8/29/17 at 02:04 PM

[Jarethan]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:18pm

Once Upon a Time -- such a wonderful song from such a mediocre show -- All American

You'll Never Walk Alone -- Carousel

Anatevka -- Fiddler on the Roof

Welcome Home -- Bandstand (makes me tear up every single time I listen to the cast recording, which is frequently these days)

Words Fail and So Big / So Small -- Dear Evan Hansen

 

Interesting that 2 (3?) are from this season.  Also agree that Hamilton has serious contenders.

 

 

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:21pm

"They Were You" from The Fantasticks

"No One Is Alone" from Into the Woods

"What I Did For Love" from A Chorus Line

"It Never Was You" from Knickerbocker Holiday, both in the context of the show and, especially, as a standalone cabaret selection (see Patti LuPone or Bea Arthur's take)

"Something Wonderful" from The King and I, again, in its original context or its stunning placement in A Grand Night for Singing. 

[non-stop26]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:28pm

More than 5 lol:

 

"I'm Still Hurting"  Last Five Years

"Finale" Hunchback of Norte Dame

"Days and Days" Fun Home

"You'll Never Walk Alone" and "If I Loved You (Reprise)" Carousel

"So Big/So Small" Dear Evan Hansen

"Move On" Sunday in the Park with George

"Being Alive" Company

"Something Wonderful" King and I

Updated On: 8/29/17 at 02:28 PM

[coreman009]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:51pm

--"You Will Be Found" Dear Evan Hansen

--"The World Was Wide Enough" into "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" Hamilton

--"Welcome Home" Bandstand

--"Alabanza" In The Heights

--"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" Rent

 

[reginula]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 2:59pm

1. Pierre & Natasha - The Great Comet

2. 10 Years Later / Finale - Come From Away

3. Way Back In the Day - Bright Star

4. Being Alive - Company

5. Who lives... - Hamilton

[raddersons]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 3:02pm

Can't believe I haven't seen a single "Your Daddy's Son" in here. That's my go-to for when I need a cathartic moment.

[KnewItWhenIWasInFron]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 3:29pm

raddersons said: "Can't believe I haven't seen a single "Your Daddy's Son" in here. That's my go-to for when I need a cathartic moment.

 

"

Maybe because there are so many tearjerkers in that show? ("Wheels of a Dream" is another contender, given what we know is to come, as is "Back to Before"

[raddersons]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 3:37pm

KnewItWhenIWasInFron said: "Maybe because there are so many tearjerkers in that show? ("Wheels of a Dream" is another contender, given what we know is to come, as is "Back to Before)"

True... but when I think BroadwayWorld, I instantly think "people who are obsessed with Audra".

[TapDanceGal]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 3:40pm

1. Sunday- Sunday in the Park with George

2. At the Ballet- A Chorus Line

3. Who Will Love Me As I Am- Side Show

4. Move On- Sunday in the Park with George

5. If I Loved You- Carousel 

Updated On: 8/29/17 at 03:40 PM

[wonkit]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 4:07pm

What a fabulous question! 

Move On or Sunday from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE: a total tie because they both get to me if well sung.

Our Children from RAGTIME - especially in the hands of the revival cast of Noll and Petkoff. 

Being Alive from COMPANY.

So in Love from KISS ME, KATE, especially the reprise. I never saw Alfred Drake but there is a version from the TV production that breaks my heart.

And now for something totally obscure: Jonas' Soliloquy from LEAP OF FAITH.  A cry of faith searching for an answer. 

Updated On: 8/29/17 at 04:07 PM

[A0326T]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 4:08pm

1 I Still Believe In Love: They're Playing Our Song

2 She's A Woman: Kiss of the Spider Woman

3 One Hand One Love: West Side Story

4 Dear One: Kiss of the Spider Woman

5 Anthem: Chess

[ringofkeys2]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 4:19pm

"Days and Days" - Fun Home

"Telephone Wire" - Fun Home

"What Would I Do / Falsettoland (Reprise)" - Falsettos

"I Am The One (Reprise)" - Next to Normal

"It's Quiet Uptown" - Hamilton

[jessepp]

Posted: 8/29/17 at 4:38pm

"There is a Fountain/It Don't Make Sense" - Parade

"Doatsy Mae" - Whorehouse

"Walk with Me" - Full Monty

"You okay, Honey?" - rent

"What More Can I Say?" - Falsettos