best/most powerful finales of a show
best/most powerful finales of a show
YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#0best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:15pmlets hear them. i think the les mis one is very beautiful.
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:18pmThe most recent revival of Cabaret.
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#2re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:19pmI know I know, but I'm going to say it. RENT.
#3re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:20pmRose's Turn. no contest.
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JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#4re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:24pm
This may sound really stupid, but even though I've never seen it I love the finale to Hairspray (it makes me wanna dance which is very unusual for me).
I especially love when Penny sings for some reason.
Updated On: 2/19/06 at 03:24 PM
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Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:24pm
Sweeney Todd just leaves my mouth wide open. Swan Lake is also great
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Updated On: 2/19/06 at 03:24 PM
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:27pmPiazza, Candide, Monty, and dare I say it? DOTV.
#7re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:37pm
Most powerful...Parade.
Most exciting...42nd Street.
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Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:38pmWhoot! Go 42nd Street!
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#9re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:41pm
I will always love Les Miserables final scene. It is so wonderful.
I also liked the Music Circus version of CHESS. It was so simple and yet so wonderful.
And I know I will get flack for it but I liked WICKED'S finale. Maybe cause I just really loved the show, I thought it wrapped it in a nice bow at the finale.
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Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:43pmi agree with you boxoffice. I like the wicked one too. and le mis is definately up there.
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musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#12re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:52pm
- The tragic ending of Miss Saigon and Cabaret.
- The final disappearing act of the Phantom.
- I second on Rose's Turn in Gypsy.
- Orchestral Finale to the exodus of the family in the movie version of The Sound of Music.
- The heartwarming ending of Wicked (from For Good to Finale).
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Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#13re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 3:55pm
I get goosebumps from Les Mis as well as Sunday in the Park with George.
I also get a chill from listening to the finale to "My Favorite Year," "A Chorus Line," "BatBoy," "Prodigal," and Menken/Ahrens' "A Christmas Carol".
So beautiful.
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#14re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:00pm
I'll throw Assassins in there too.
As well as Hair. The finale of that show...The Flesh Failures/Let the Sun Shine In...is just a FCUK YES moment.
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Updated On: 2/19/06 at 04:00 PM
#15re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:00pm
"The most recent revival of Cabaret. "
I agree. It left my mouth wide open. My mom still talks about it all the time (she also does a hilarious impression of the MC at the very end of the show, which is so funny and cruel)
Ditto on Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, and Candide. And I agree with Josh Freilich about Sunday: that is one of the most understated, chlling and beautiful endings of any show I've ever seen.
And while I'm not by any means a Les Miz fan, it WAS the first show I ever saw. And to a 9 year old girl experiencing theater for the first time, that ending is truly magnificent.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#16re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:04pmWhat about ASSASSINS? That was pretty goosebump-inducing as well.
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Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:06pm
Sunday in the Park with George and Passion both give me chills.
As far as a big finish, Roses Turn for sure.
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Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:07pmBig River
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Stand-by Joined: 2/13/06
#19re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:07pmPhantom!!!!!!!!!!! - heartbreaking
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#20re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:18pmMany of you have mentioned Sunday in the Park With George, and as its a show I don't know, I just listened to the finale sample on Amazon.com. Even though its 30 seconds, its making me want to cry. I love this.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#21re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:24pm
Hairspray.
It's insane. My leg litterally starts shaking as the music starts to You Can't Stop the Beat, and my breath gets all wonky. Something about the sheer transfer of joy between the performers and audience hits me in a vicseral way. I guess it's because it's theatre at it's finest.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#22re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:43pmRagtime, Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, SITPWG, and Miss Saigon.
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#23re: best/most powerful finales of a show
Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:44pmOooh, I have to agree with Passion and Assassins. And I ADORE Ragtime, but the ending to the first Act is MUCH more powerful than the ending to the show.
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Posted: 2/19/06 at 4:47pm
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