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#26

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:38pm

-Songs for a New World
Although I have never seen this show, a good friend of mine highly suggested that I purchase the cast recording after browsing my rep. I did so and I can honestly say that music has never moved me in the way this show does. I love how the show is so bare and yet so complete. There is not one song in this show that I cannot connect to. Its about hope, yearning, and that one moment that changes everything. In My life I've had pleanty of pivitol life altering moments. And this show reminds me of them all.


-The Color Purple
I've actually seen this one and it was the first time I've ever cried in the theatre. I mean not a gentle tear, but straight up sobbing. I hate it when people only focus on the Lesbian aspect of this show becasue it is about so much more. As you may be able to tell from my responses I've been through much in life, and seeing people prevail when they have had so much taken from them really touches me. I saw this show at a time that I needed to and it really helped me to accept some things in my life and realize that I may not be where I wanted to be, but I can still be great.
Going to a musical late in its run is like going to a prostitute late in her shift.
#27

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 12:52pm

DOUBT-First of all, Cherry Jones was incredible! but this play had me questioning and pondering over the gray area between black and white for a few weeks.
"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George
#28

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 2:26pm

Elphaba3, I think its really beautiful that a show such as "Light" can touch you in such a way. I too have a learning disability and while I found the show fasinating, I couldn't relate to Clara as much as you.

For myself, Ragtime, Caroline or Change and a tie between Sweeney Todd and Gypsy. I can't really explain why I adore Ragtime except for the fact that it was the show that engrossed me into musical theater. For Sweeney Todd and Gypsy, I think it has the most beautiful score I've ever heard and from the moment the curtain went up, I was in awe. For Caroline or Change, I saw the show on a whim and afterwards didn't think much about it. After it closed, I purchased the cast recording and just recall being completley mesmorized by the score and lyrics. Its a show that kind of shocked me because looking at me, you wouldn't think I could relate to it but whenever i listen to it, I end up bawling!
Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson
#29

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 2:33pm

Spring Awakening. I just connected with it so much. It's a beautiful show with an incredible cast. I can't put into words how much it has changed me and how much I love it. I guess the major reason being is that I have depression and have had thought of taking my own life, and I saw myself represented on that stage. Not just through Moritz, but through Wendla and Illse and everyone. I just, I don't know. It has changed my life so much.
#31

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 3:40pm

I think mine is obvious. re: What show has moved you the most, and why?


You know what's great, though? Being so moved by a play or musical that you want to share it with others. That's what I feel is most important, moreso than just loving it on your own. The joy one can get from sharing something they're passionate about is priceless(in my opinion).
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who

"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables

#33

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 4:45pm

"I would have to say The Last Session" is the most moveing show I have ever seen! You have to have seen it to understand."

Amen!

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#34

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 4:48pm

i was very moved by the history boys.

i only saw the movie with the cast from the play though.

i loved it.

skingdom out.
#36

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 5:27pm

The Nine Revival (ok, I had to bring it up, sorry if its obvious because of my avatar) - I have literally never cried so hard in my life. And it got worse every time I saw it... the crying, not the show.

Other shows that have really moved me are Grey Gardens and oddly enough, Secret Garden - that show still makes me tear up when Archibald says "this my child.. is your garden" *music builds up*
Now what would you say if today I started over? Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover And I'll pretend like everything is already alright And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#37

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

Posted: 3/16/07 at 6:49pm

I'd have to say Rent. I always cry or get really teary at least once whenever I see the show, usually during "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" and I feel so moved and emotionally satisfied during the finale, it feels so powerful when I see it on stage.
I'm not a gay stereotype. I'm a coincidence.
#41

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 1:48pm

for me it's Beauty and the Beast. I know that people think it's shallow and "Disney-ized", but it really changed my life. I connect so much to Belle, and her reprise in act 1 always makes my cry. the beast, even more so. if i can't love her is one of the most beautiful songs ever, in my opnion. i know this sounds so corny, but the show really did make me look at people much closer and not for what they appeared to be. i just love everything about it, and am devastated that it's closing.

also a chorus line, just because it is so true and realistic.
#42

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 2:14pm

The Sweeney Todd revival. Everytime I saw that, I was so close to tears in Not While I'm Around (and I usually don;t cry during shows). It's such an aching, longing song, and I feel for Tobias everytime. That he is trying to protect this woman that he loves and his plea is falling on deaf ears. Never fails to get me.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

Updated On: 3/17/07 at 02:14 PM

#43

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 2:20pm

I was expecting something moving in The Color Purple, but nope.


LES MIS
I cried the first few times, not anymore.

BILLY ELLIOT
I cried the first time. Not so thereafter.


I'm just finishing a show I've been writing for over a year, and it's supposed to be moving at the end, but I don't think achieved that. I'll observe what this thread has to say, and see what I might be missing.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller
#44

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 2:23pm

current- Journey's end

all time- Ragtime. I respond to pieces dealing with racial and sexual equality, and of redemption in characters who stand for what is right, and I find every main character in this piece standing up for something that they believe in, whether I agree with it or not. Notably Mother, Coalhouse, and Tateh.

And the score is so moving by itself, thanks to Lynn Ahrens' wonderfully empathetic lyrics.
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#45

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 2:36pm

There were several times during Company and Grey Gardens when I almost broke out in tears. I love lots of shows, but these two are just absolutely beautiful. They were just that touching and emotional for me, and a lot of it had to do with the fact that I can relate to Bobby and Little Edie so much. Like Bobby, I have a lot of trouble committing to relationships. I always feel lonely and wish for someone to be with, but when someone finally comes, I feel as if I'm not ready and back out. Then I feel depressed again and the cycle repeats.

The relationship between Little Edie and her mom was a lot like my own. It's a very complex relationship - they argue and complain a lot, but at the same time, they really need and love each other. Most mother-daughter relationships I've seen on tv and in movies are very two-dimensional, but this one is very real.
"It's a goddamn beautiful day, shut up!"
#46

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 2:44pm

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT-The first time I ever cried in the theatre. It's rare for a play of that scope and length to be so drum-tight, but the tension in the play mounts so beautifully and tactfully that when it finally imploded with Mary's closing monologue, I could barely breathe. After the show was over, I felt personally shattered; it was as if everything that happened to the Tyrones had happened to me personally. I think I cried off and on for the rest of the night.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#47

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 3:52pm

I cry in just about every show I see. I have found, over the years, that it is best for me to see theater alone because the friends or family I take with me don't quite know why I'm crying or what to do with me.

The show that I had the most profound emotional responses to, for very varied reasons were:

Fosse
The Wild Party (MTC)
Elaine Stritch
Cabaret
Long Day's Journey
The Seagull (SITP)
The Summer of '42
Grey Gardens
Company

Those are just a few. There are tons more.
#48

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 4:24pm

Miss Saigon and Les Miserables - because of the story, the music, and Lea Salonga.
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#49

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 4:30pm

I was moved to tears during the recent revival of "Carousel" (1994) - it was gorgeous to look at but I had never heard so much emotion poured into a R&H show before.

I am always moved by "The Glass Menagerie", no matter how horrible or decadent the production - those words make me shiver and quake.
"The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life." - Arthur Miller
#50

What show has moved you the most, and why?

Posted: 3/17/07 at 5:00pm

PersonofInterest- I do the same exact thing! I cry a large majority of the time, for various reasons, and the people I'm with often just stare or say "aww." It really makes it an uncomfortable situation! So I go alone whenever I can now too.

Anyway, for me it would probably be Sweeney Todd, which was the first Sondheim show I ever saw performed (the revival). I had never seen or heard anything like it- Sondheim is so unbelievable. And the other one is Grey Gardens. It took a while to get over that, and I haven't even gone back yet to see it again because, honestly, it brought me to a place inside myself where I didn't really want to go. There's no denying that it moved me though.

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