What comedy also made you cry?

[Viola]

What comedy also made you cry?#0

Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:48am

What comedy also made you cry? (musical or play)

[neddyfrank2]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#1

Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:51am

From laughing so hard or from sadness?

[Viola]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#2

Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:54am

Either- to a point of true emotion, not just absurdity.

[Viola]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#3

Posted: 9/3/06 at 2:55am

Either- to a point of true emotion, not just absurdity.

[Janelle188]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#4

Posted: 9/3/06 at 3:55am

Okay, I know this really doesn't answer the question, but I was just thinking earlier today about how the show, "The Office," even though it's a hilarious comedy, has made me cry a couple times. So, when I saw the topic, it actually made me laugh. LOL. Cause I was just thinking about this same kind of thing.

Anyway, to answer the question, I'd have to say "Avenue Q" because "There's a Fine, Fine Line" makes me tear up and even, weirdly, "I Wish I Could Go Back to College" brings a tear to my eye. Also, and I don't really know if it counts as a comedy, but in "Into the Woods," "No One is Alone" makes me cry.

[dancingthrulife04]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#5

Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:05am

The Wedding Singer - "If I Told You"
Into the Woods - "No One is Alone"

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[FeelingElectric]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#6

Posted: 9/3/06 at 7:41am

The Wedding Singer- "Grow Old With You" I can't listen to this without starting to cry.

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[bwayondabrain]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#7

Posted: 9/3/06 at 7:47am

Well, I don't cry, but "Grow Old With You" from WEDDING SINGER is very touching
and in DRS when Christine says she *SPOLIER* I forgot the line, but when she says that she gave Freddy all the money she had and such...yeah, I felt so bad for her!!!! I wanted to cry...

[alliez92092]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#8

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:27am

During the I Love You Song in Spelling Bee.

And during I Know Where I've Been from Hairspray.

[WiiCKED x3]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#9

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:28am

The Wedding Singer- If I Told You.
That is such a beautiful song.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- Love Sneaks In.
Beautiful song.
I laughed so hard I cried when Kevin and Rita were singing "Never Too Late To Move That Thang"-TWS.
And I also laughed so hard I cried when Brian d'arcy james was doing all of his crazy moves during GBS.

[snl89]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#10

Posted: 9/3/06 at 11:40am

Definitely wedding singer, If I Told You and Grow Old With You its just... how could you NOT get emotional when they're being so incredibly honest and sweet and longing for eachother? I dont know.. its just amazing that way. espcecially when its Lynch/Benenti style. hehe. But Lynch/Maddigan style ain't bad either, at ALL :)

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[sidneybruhl]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#11

Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:02pm

Some Neil Simon's later plays like "Biloxi Blues" and "Lost in Yonkers."

[SDav 10495]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#12

Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:10pm

I agree with some of the things others said. I haven't even seen Spelling Bee yet (*gasp!*) and "The I Love You Song" still made me tear up a little the first time I heard it.

As for something that made me tear up a bit the first time I actually saw it...the end of Drowsy (well, right before the end--you know what I mean). Is that...stupid?

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[kate2]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#13

Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:14pm

DRS made me cry from laughter.

The "I Love You Song" almost bored me to tears. The whole show is so funny and quirky, and I thought this song was too dragged out.

[lamentingenvelope]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#14

Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:47pm

SDav, the first thing I thought of when seeing this thread was the end of Drowsy... so no, that is not stupid. Well, if it is stupid, you are least not alone in being stupid. I know exactly what you mean... I teared up a little bit too.

[Necromancer07707]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#15

Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:14pm

Everyone is forgetting possibly the greatest of all comedies to cry to: The Boys Next Door

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[OOTI2004]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#16

Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:23pm

I always cry at the end of Mame. I can't help but think one day Mame will die. Its very strange.

[munkustrap178]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#17

Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:23pm

Okay, okay, I know...BUT...

As bad as it was, I found the final scene of SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS very touching.

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[TheEnchantedHunter]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#18

Posted: 9/3/06 at 4:28pm

The tragic-comedy of Broadwayworld.com always leaves me in tears.









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[elmore3003]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#19

Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:31pm

The Skin of Our Teeth

[folkyboy]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#20

Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:32pm

Company

[millie_dillmount]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#21

Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:33pm

My friend said "Grow Old With You" from Wedding Singer made her get tears in her eyes.

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[Dollypop]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#22

Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:37pm

LOST IN YONKERS

BROADWAY BOUND (will I ever forget Linda Lavin's monologue about the night she danced with George Raft? The woman actually shed years and became the age of her memory!)

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[dramaparoxysm23]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#23

Posted: 9/3/06 at 10:46pm

Spamalot had me in tears. I love Monty Python. =]
Spelling Bee's "I Love You Song"
"I'm Not That Girl" & "For Good" from Wicked [Hey, technically it's a Comedy - life goes on, etc.]
"I'll Cover You [Reprise]" & "Finale/Your Eyes" from RENT [Again, technically...]
"A Spoonful of Sugar [Reprise]" from Mary Poppins

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Isn't really sky
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Updated On: 9/4/06 at 10:46 PM

[Anthony3]

re: What comedy also made you cry?#24

Posted: 9/4/06 at 12:48am

I cry from laughing soooo hard during The Drowsy Chaperone.