What show has moved you the most, and why?

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What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:16am

For me it's The Light in the Piazza. The score is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard in my life. It's transcendent. It's taken me to places inside myself that I didn't know existed, or had long forgotten were there. I can completely relate to Clara. I don't have a brain injury, but I have a learning disability which does keep my naive and childlike in some ways. Every time I watch to listen to Piazza, I notice something different. I appreciate more each time, always when I think it's impossible for me to love it more than I already do. Watching or listening to it is like meditating for me. It helps me find the inner peace inside myself.

#2

re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:23am

I think it was Kiss of the Spider Woman, it was so political, dark, yet the fantasy of musical theatre and movies. Fantastic.
Lately I was moved by The Apple Tree, the old musical number of Passionella moved me, not sure why.
The Vertical Hour was also very political and moving, as well as the passion of these dancers trying to "make" it in A Chorus Line. Also the acting and singing in Grey Gardens.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:25am

I would have to say Death of Salesman with Brian Denehey. Probably, the greatest acting I have ever witnessed in my life. The show was such an emotional roller coaster. Everyone in the production was just flawless.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:36am

Caroline or Change...most i've ever cried in a musical. I was a MESS at the end of the show and when I stood up I felt physically tired.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:53am

I can't say what moves me the most persay, but lately Nine has been very good. I teared up the other day just listening to the last few lines of Follies and then the applause. That show hits me pretty hard along with Parade, Ragtime, and Caroline or Change.

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#6

re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:56am

Bernadette's Gypsy. I have never been so drawn in to an actor's performance or so affected by it. Her portryal of Rose taught me so many things about myself and helped me do things that I wouldn't have done if I hadn't seen it.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 1:59am

Nathan Lane in Butley. His acting was terrific and the only reason it even got mixed reviews, was because Nathan is now getting type cast as Mr. Funny Man on broadway. Does anyone e;se remember his performances in Love! Valour! Compassion!, or maybe even Lips Together, Teeth Apart? He is more than just The Lion King, The Producers, and The Birdcage. His performance was superb in every way possible and that is just my honest opinion.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 2:04am

"Bernadette's Gypsy. I have never been so drawn in to an actor's performance or so affected by it. Her portryal of Rose taught me so many things about myself and helped me do things that I wouldn't have done if I hadn't seen it."

I agree 1000%. As an individual performance, nothing will ever begin to top that for me.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 2:49am

Recent performances that come to mind include Piazza, Grey Gardens, and especially Journey's End.

#10

re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 2:59am

JOURNEY'S END! Although I have felt a lot of emotion in the theatre, there are very few times when I have actually been moved to tears. JOURNEY'S END brought me to tears numerous times throughout the course of the play, and is the singular most moving piece of theatre from start to finish that I have seen. It opened me up to a side of war that we don't often see or think about. It opened me up to how war has changed over time.

I've never felt more for a group of characters in ANY show than I did for this one. They are brilliantly written and brilliantly brought to life in this production. Other shows have moments that get me, but this entire show hit me in a place that I wasn't ready for.

Go see it if you can. You will not be sorry.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 3:42am

I cried during the first act of Ragtime. Also, I really don't know the reason, but I started getting teary-eyed during the finale in A Chorus Line. I was just so moved by it...

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 3:49am

The Normal Heart w/ Raul Esparza. I was sobbing and shaking by the time it ended.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 7:30am

Man of La Mancha Closing Night. Everyone was beyond excellent that night, espedcially Brian Stokes Mitchell and Ernie Sabella. There was huge applause for many of the songs, particularly for "Man of La Mancha" and "The Impossible Dream".

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 7:39am

Ragtime never fails to move in me in so many ways. From the opening number, through "Your Daddy's Son" up til "Back to Before", I cry every time. And when little Coalhouse comes out at the end, buckets of tears.
My Mama Rose will always be Tyne Daly. She tore my heart out of my chest. Her "Everything's Coming Up Roses" was heartbreakng, and her bows when the applause dies down after "Rose's Turn" really brought that number to it's knees. One of the greatest performances I've ever seen.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 7:55am

Spring Awakening. I remmber gripping onto my friend next to me at a lot of the points of the show. It was like watching my life right in front of my eyes. It's a show that anyone can see if they are into theatre or not. It is very moving and very thought provoking.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 8:06am

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?": Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin still have me thinking about them and the power of theatre acting two years later. I laughed, I cried... It was the most incredible experience.

"Sweeney Todd": My favorite musical, but that besides, I felt so much a part of the show because of John Doyle, and during "A Little Priest" I thought I was going to die of joy.

"Doubt": Cherry Jones. Need I say more?

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 8:06am

'Sunday in the Park with George' in London. There was so much attention to the important litle moments throughout that it really heightened the emotion at the end...

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 8:33am

Les Miserables and A Chorus Line, for sure. Also, I found Elaine Stritch: At Liberty to be one of the most moving theater experiences for me. I don't think I've ever seen such an honest, self-aware performance.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 9:50am

I think everyone who knows me on this board will correctly predict what I'm going to say. It's Grey Gardens for me. I really connect with both women in a very intimate way. I have never looked so deeply inside myself during a show or after, for that matter. The poignant "Around the World" reduces me to tears and "Will You?" has me crying as well.

I'd have to say "History Boys" is my favorite straight play. I was teaching when I saw it and identified with Hector pretty well, as well as De La Tour's character, Prof. Tottenham. Very interesting look at "good teaching" and what practical knowledge vs. "other" (bar knowledge) is.

But, GG is really the show that has done the best job of moving me-it takes me to uncomfortable places at times. Very powerful stuff.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 10:04am

Rent. Being as it was the first show I ever saw, I was completely in awe. I can't even imagine my life without it and what it has done for me.

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:03pm

I have two:

First: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA because it is so beautiful. Everything about it is just so amazing. Second: COMPANY. Partially because some of the themes hit very close to home when I saw it, and also because Raul is just so amazing. And I think perhaps his performance moved me more so than the show, but whatevs!

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re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:12pm

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. As a creative person, the eternal struggle to find one's voice and break through to something new hit every nerve in my body, and continues to do so with each hearing of the score, each viewing of the video and with every production I've ever seen, from the original Broadway to several extraordinarily good college and community productions.

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#23

re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:14pm

The Color Purple. I'm moved every time I see it.

#24

re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:18pm

Grey Gardens

#25

re: What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:25pm

Currently: Journey's End.
Past: Sunday in the Park at Menier Choc. factory in London, Coram Boy, and oddly anough "Till Him" from the Producers the first time I heard Broderick sing it in its CHicago tryout. One of those rare moments where you realize you are crying once the song has ended.