What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#1
Posted: 6/8/19 at 10:00am
Ive been reading how many of the songs/music in the musicals have been forgettable this season.
Were there any showstopper moments or favorite songs this season? Some of mine from recent years include Cynthia Erivos Im Here , Jessie Muellers She Used to Be Mine and Christopher Jacksons One Last Time
Excited to see the Tony performances!
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#2
Posted: 6/8/19 at 10:05am
"The Lady's Improving" from The Prom, and "Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me, Kate.
Also, since it technically took place this season, the entire final performance of Hello, Dolly! was the ultimate showstopper, in and of itself.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#3
Posted: 6/8/19 at 10:10am
- “Wait For Me” and the finale of Hadestown
- The Dream Ballet from Oklahoma!
- “Michael in the Bathroom” from Be More Chill
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#4
Posted: 6/8/19 at 10:20am"Wait for Me" from Hadestown and "Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me Kate. Also "Its Not About Me" from the Prom.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#5
Posted: 6/8/19 at 3:25pmI Know What's Gonna Happen from Tootsie.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#6
Posted: 6/8/19 at 3:30pm“Too Darn Hot” - Kiss Me, Kate
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#7
Posted: 6/8/19 at 4:18pm
Beth Leavel's THE LADY'S IMPROVING in The Prom.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#8
Posted: 6/8/19 at 4:48pm
There are a fair number, which is why I'm not bemoaning this season of musicals (at least the ones I saw last month) as others:
"What's Gonna Happen" - Tootsie
"I Could Have Danced All Night" and "On the Street Where You Live" - My Fair Lady
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "People Will Say We're in Love" (both versions), "I Cain't Say No" - Oklahoma
"The Lady's Improving" - The Prom
"Wait for Me (both versions), "Epic III" and "Road to Hell (reprise) - Hadestown
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#9
Posted: 6/8/19 at 7:18pm
Why We Build the Wall
Way Down Hadestown
Too Darn Hot
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#10
Posted: 6/8/19 at 8:20pm
I'm seconding everyone who says "Wait for Me" from Hadestown. I've noticed that a real show-stopper has that thing where the audience applauds, then it sinks in what they just witnessed, and they start applauding even louder. It happened when I saw Sara Bareilles sing "She Used to Be Mine," and it happened this afternoon at Hadestown.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#11
Posted: 6/8/19 at 8:22pm
Also, it wasn't on Broadway, but I think "Show-Stopping Number" from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals qualifies. 
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#12
Posted: 6/8/19 at 8:29pm
MollyJeanneMusic said: "I'm seconding everyone who says "Wait for Me" from Hadestown. I've noticed that a real show-stopper has that thing where the audience applauds, then it sinks in what they just witnessed, and they start applauding even louder. It happened when I saw Sara Bareilles sing "She Used to Be Mine," and it happened this afternoon at Hadestown."
I agree with this. All the three times I’ve seen Hadestown this exact thing happens. They get applause then it quiets down for a second and then another louder applause sets in! My mind is still blown each time because the music is wonderful and the staging of it is just incredible. Wait For Me is the point in the show that really grabs the audience’s attention and pulls them in for the journey.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#13
Posted: 6/9/19 at 12:04am
I agree with a lot of the above posters. My top three are:
Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me Kate)
What's Gonna Happen (Tootsie)
The Lady's Improving (The Prom)
Also IMO there are so many showstopping numbers in The Cher Show that it's so hard to choose! :)
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#14
Posted: 6/9/19 at 1:34am
Jeff Sums it Up - Tootsie
ZAZZ - The Prom
The Whole "Being Dead"Tbing - Beetlejuice
Wait For Me - HADESTOWN
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#15
Posted: 6/9/19 at 2:09am
Totally agree with “The Whole Being Dead Thing” from Beetlejuice. A+ opening number.
I just saw Be More Chill for the first time today, and I have to give it to Tiffany Mann for “Smartphone Hour (Rich Set a Fire),” she is a force of nature and it was EASILY my favorite part of the whole show. What a number!
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#16
Posted: 6/9/19 at 4:05am
"Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me, Kate!
And...I'll probably get a lot of flack for this, but "That Beautiful Sound" from Beetlejuice. Both times I went, there was prolonged applause.
(The same situation for "The Whole Being Dead Thing" and "What I Know Now," but "That Beautiful Sound" is my favorite of the three)
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#17
Posted: 6/9/19 at 8:45am
I haven't seen Tootsie, but from the OBC "What's Gonna Happen" sounds to me like it would have been more impressive if we didn't already have "Model Behaviour"? Has the scatter emotional patter song breakdown already been done by the same author?
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#18
Posted: 6/9/19 at 12:03pm
Patti LuPone's "Ladies Who Lunch"
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#19
Posted: 6/9/19 at 12:56pm
Wait For Me - Hadestown
The Lady's Improving - The Prom
Dream Ballet - Oklahoma!
Not totally "showstopping" but I love Tonight Belongs To You from The Prom as well.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#20
Posted: 6/9/19 at 1:43pm
Hadestown
Road to Hell
Wait for Me
Wait for Me - reprise
Doubt Comes In
Road to Hell -reprise
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#21
Posted: 6/9/19 at 3:39pm
Although I loathed the politically correct production of Kiss Me Kate which was led by a miscast Kelli O Hara who sang beautifully but left her acting chops at home and totally missed the point of the role.
I have to say the song Bianca is always a throw away and somehow Warren Carlysle (great choreography in lousy revival) Made Bianca a show stopper and a highlight of the evening .Kudos to Corben Bleu for that fantastic tap dane number.
Bianca Rocked as did Tom Dick or Harry.!!!!!!
But I'd much rather watch the movie or the last revival than this misguided version. But two great numbers!!! Bianca and Tom Dick or Harry!!!!
Broadway Star Joined: 5/29/03
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#22
Posted: 6/9/19 at 3:44pm
Too Darn Hot!
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#23
Posted: 6/12/19 at 10:26am
In addition to what everyone has already mentioned "How Much More" from Head over Heels. Bonnie Milligan was fabulous.
What were your favorite musical showstopper moments this season?#24
Posted: 6/12/19 at 11:52am
And from the season in Chicago...Heart of Stone and All You Wanna Do from Six.
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