What Are Five Broadway Songs Guaranteed to Make You Cry?- Page 4

[CorkySt.Clair]

Posted: 9/1/17 at 7:14pm

Ok I wasn't going to get on this thread because I'm usually not a crier (I don't know why, musicals do touch me very deeply), but I have to echo what QueenTwinnied said on "Sonya Alone". Just listening to the cast albums I found the song beautiful, but Ingrid's delivery is what did it for me. I sobbed through the whole thing!

(The last two songs in GC are the only things that actually consistently make me cry. For me it has a lot to do with having followed the characters' trajectories (esp. Pierre) through so much of the book as they struggled to find meaning. I think the simplicity and the subtlety of the music there is absolutely perfect)

[velevele]

Posted: 9/2/17 at 10:18am

- "One Last Time", Hamilton. I didn't cry at all when I heard it on the CD, but when I saw it, and Christopher Jackson got to the line, "They'll be safe in the nation we've made", I started to bawl, and now EVERY TIME I listen to the song, I cry. Especially now, when I think of all their sacrifices, and how I don't feel all that safe in the nation they made.

- I'm embarrassed to admit I cried, off and on, almost all the way through "Come From Away", but the first line that got me was in "Welcome to the Rock", when Bonnie, Annette, and Beulah say simultaneously, "And I turn on the radio." All of a sudden I was RIGHT BACK THERE in that day, and all the emotions started coming back. (It's even more powerful because they never actually really say what happened.)

- And I admit: In "Joseph and the Amazing..." etc., in "Jacob In Egypt", when the ensemble sings, "So Jacob came to Egypt, no longer feeling old - And Joseph came to meet him in his chariot of gold". This father-son moment hits me hard, especially since my dad isn't alive any more, and I would kill for just one more hug from him.

Great, now I'm starting to tear up, just writing this post.    I better leave it at these three!

[sibshallward]

Posted: 9/5/17 at 9:57am

• Legally Blonde (Legally Blonde)
• Back to Before (Ragtime)
• At Long Last (Bright Star)
• She Used to Be Mine (Waitress)
• At the Ballet (A Chorus Line)

[characterism]

Posted: 9/5/17 at 1:37pm

5. Happiness - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (happy tears)

4. Night Will Come - Groundhog Day

3. I'll Cover You (Reprise) - RENT

2. Being Alive - Company

1. No One is Alone & Children Will Listen - Into the Woods

[Mediamaven2]

Posted: 9/5/17 at 8:36pm

In no particular order:

1) So Big/So Small

2) Telephone Wire

3) Who Tells Your Story - esp the part where she sings "in their eyes I see you Alexander...I see you every time".

4) Bring Him Home

5) Natasha and Pierre

I would add Dust and Ashes by Dave Malloy. Brought to tears both times saw him do this live.

 

[theater_tech]

Posted: 9/5/17 at 8:42pm

(in no particular order)

1. Fable - The Light in the Piazza

2. Finishing the Hat - Sunday in the Park With George

3. Dust and Ashes - Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

4. Losing My Mind - Follies

5. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - Hamilton

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 9:25am

FOR GOOD...Wicked

NO MORE...Into The Woods

OUR TIME...Merrily We Roll Along

NO ONE IS ALONE...Into The Woods

NOT A DAY GOES BY...Merrily We Roll Along

[Fire and Music]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 10:39am

"At the Ballet" - A Chorus Line

"Telephone Wire" - Fun Home

"The Music Still Plays On" - A New Brain

"When I Grow Up" - Matilda

"Happiness" - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Updated On: 9/6/17 at 10:39 AM

[anthonyg2]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 6:07pm

Almost anything from Tuck Everlasting, Dear Evan Hansen, or Come From Away (sorry, it's a bit more than 5)

[Valentina3]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 6:22pm

This is not like me, but I'm listening to "Before The Parade Passes By" and just the thought of Bernadette singing it has made me an absolute mess. I'm so excited haha.

 

Let's see, five...

"Flying Away" from Fun Home

"One Last Time" from Hamilton

"I Am What I Am" from La Cage Aux Folles

"I'm Here" from The Color Purple (Cynthia Version)

"So Big/So Small" from Dear Evan Hansen

 

[StageDoor3]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 10:02pm

I've got more than a boxful of Kleenex worth - so if it's okay to list more than five...

Song of A Summer Night and Somebody Somewhere - "Most Happy Fella"

Sunday - "Sunday in The Park"

Something Wonderful - "King and I"

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - "Roberta"

Make Our Garden Grow - "Candide"

Unlikely Lovers and What More Can I Say? - "Falsettos"

Anytime (I'll Be There) - William Finn

Infinite Joy - William Finn

and almost anything in William Finn's "Elegies"

 

 

[Cat Guy]

Posted: 9/6/17 at 10:09pm

Just one.

"What Would You Do?" from Cabaret.

 

 

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 9/19/17 at 2:14am

- Left Behind (Spring Awakening) 

- Those You've Known (Spring Awakening) 

- Words Fail (Dear Evan Hansen)

- It's Quiet Uptown (Hamilton)

- Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story (Hamilton)

And that was just tonight....

[ashley0139]

Posted: 9/19/17 at 3:09am

I'm not a big crier, but the two that have made me actively cry in the theatre are:

1) Another Winter in a Summer Town (Grey Gardens) - I will never forget the way that song made me feel sitting in the theatre watching the show for the first time.  No other theatrical experience has come close, and I don't expect one to.

2) A Way Back to Then ([title of show]) - for some reason this song just really hits me.  I'm not even sure why.    

[Soaring29]

Posted: 9/19/17 at 5:40am

1. On My Own 

2. I Dreamed A Dream 

3. Some Things Are Meant To Be 

4. Always Better 

5. I'll Be Here 

[Eboyd514]

Posted: 9/19/17 at 7:26am

I don't cry at all. I mean I feel emotions but crying never comes to me. I happy cry all the time thought. I can only think of two examples that got me the closest to actually crying. 

Most of Next to Normal( it's not even one song it's the entire plot killed me)

last 15 mins of Dear Evan Hansen ( Words Fail, So Big So Small) 

 

[Elke]

Posted: 9/19/17 at 9:12am

1. I'll Be Here - Ordinary Days (sorry, that's an Off Broadway one)

2. Our Children - Ragtime (There they stand, making footprints in the sand... ahhhh...)

3. How Could I Ever Know - The Secret Garden

4. Finale - In The Heights (The hydrants are open, cool breezes blow... please hand me a tissue)

5. Do You Hear The People Sing? (Reprise) - Les Misérables

[raddersons]

Posted: 9/19/17 at 2:01pm

Betsy Wolfe's "Not A Day Goes By" from the Encores Merrily recording really hits me in the heart. 

[Lot666]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 2:04pm

AllThatJazz2 said: "1) Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Phantom of the Opera (this was sung at my father's funeral)"

[Lot666]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 2:20pm

Anthem (Chess)

Sunday (Sunday in the Park with George)

Love Never Dies (Love Never Dies)

You Will Not Touch Him/This Is the Hour (Miss Saigon)

Prayer (Come From Away)

Finale B (RENT)

I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables)

There Will Be Sun (Groundhog Day)

Night Will Come (Groundhog Day)

When I Grow Up (Matilda)

Updated On: 9/28/17 at 02:20 PM

[Lot666]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 2:24pm

velevele said: "I'm embarrassed to admit I cried, off and on, almost all the way through 'Come From Away'"

Why are you embarrassed by this?

The part in "Welcome to the Rock" where the music breaks down and the chorus sings, "You are here, at the start of a moment...".

Every time.

[quizking101]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 4:57pm

Count me in the group who has been holding off on writing because this requires deep thought.

In no particular order:

1) "One Last Time" - Hamilton - To echo the sentiment someone else had, it didn't initially impact me on first listen, but when Christopher Jackson did it live in the theatre, I was a damn mess at the end. That ending when he riffs on that last note hits me right in the feels. (Special mention to Kelly Clarkson's "It's Quiet Uptown" for explaining how exactly I felt after #45 was elected.)

2) "How Could I Ever Forget" - Next To Normal -  *Spoiler Alert* This is the moment where you find out that Gabe (as a teenager) has been a figment of Diana's imagination the whole time, and that he died when he was only 18 months old. This plot twist ripped my damn 15-year old heart out at the time and it was the first time I openly sobbed in the theatre.

3) "True Colors" - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - I was 17 when I saw this show and I was still struggling with being out. This is right after the scene in Broken Hill when their bus was vandalized and Tick states "No matter how tough you are, no matter how immune you think you've become, it still hurts." That was earth shattering to me, and Tony Sheldon's comforting maternal voice really helped drive this home for me. (I had the opportunity to tell him so at the Flea Market this year and he was very touched.)

4) "I'm Here" - The Color Purple - In Cynthia Erivo's capable hands, she turned this otherwise generically lyrical song into a cathartic event and my face was soaking wet at the end when she sold the last three words.

5) "Stronger" - Hands on a Hardbody - I loved this show, and I remember this song hitting me right in the feelings because the character (a former soldier) finally was able to express his inner feelings about his struggles with PTSD and readjusting to life after the service. Working in mental health, it's something I've seen many times, each time as upsetting as the time before.

[colorsblend]

Posted: 9/28/17 at 7:20pm

Who Lives Who Dies - Hamilton

So Anyway - Next to Normal

Dust and Ashes - Great Comet

She Used to Be Mine - Waitress

For Good - Wicked

Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You - The Last 5 Years

Those You've Known - Spring Awakening

[MyFavoriteBrunette]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 3:19pm

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Updated On: 9/29/17 at 03:19 PM

[MyFavoriteBrunette]

Posted: 9/29/17 at 3:35pm

MyFavoriteBrunette said: "1. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

(imagining the entire show when I only had the cast recording to base it on made me weep.  In person--it was worse!!!!)

2. It's Quiet Uptown

(really let the water works go overboard after Eliza's shriek)

3. I'm Here

(Cynthia Erivo did it to me FIVE TIMES!)

4. The Color Purple (reprise)

(when the whole show is summed up and I saw the emotion in Heather Headley with tears in her eyes--I just followed!  Every time!)

5. Finale Ultimo of The King and I

(I couldn't even look at Ken Watanabe on his deathbed!  I'd look up around and away to not cry!)