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#26

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:18pm

I never cried at a show either, but there are some sad moments I can think of.

The ending of "Souvenir."
The ending of "Sweet Charity."
The ending of "Phantom."
"No Good Deed" and "For Good" from "Wicked."
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza

"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#27

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:23pm

Not sad, but "Impossible Dream" was very moving in the revival. I can only imagine Kiley doing it.
#28

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:33pm

When Philip Salon (Raul Esparza) performed the song Petrified in Taboo...gave me goosebumps / made me cry every time I saw it.
#29

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:37pm

I'll Cover You (reprise) in RENT

" I don't cause commotions, I am one."
#30

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:40pm

the whole Phantom of The Opera ending made me cry! especially when christine gives back the ring...omg...dont make me think about it! :'(
both reached for the gun!
#31

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:44pm

RENT in its entirety. But some of those tears are happy tears.
#32

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:54pm

Well, it's off-Broadway, but there are several songs in Bare that make me cry my eyes out. It mostly starts at "Ever After" in act one. Then in the second act, I cry from "Once Upon A Time" until after the bows... That show absolutely tears my heart out. But I love it all the same :)

I cry during the reprise of "I'll Cover You" in RENT. And "Goodbye Love" and "Without You," too.

There are other times where I've broken down, but I can't think of them right now.
#33

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:12pm

I told you I'd be back!

In Les Miserables, after the battle, when you can see all the soldiers except Enjolras. I remember every time I saw the show I would plead (with who, exactly, I'm not sure) for him to be okay--but then the barricade would turn and reveal Enjolras.

Off-Broadway: The Normal Heart. Raul's scream as the lights went down--it was absolutely haunting.
Also from The Normal Heart: The smashing of the food. I was not only sobbing (loudly) but I actually found myself flinching with each item thrown.
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#34

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:50pm

The Lion King and West Side Story made me cry. The music in The Lion King is so beautiful and the ending of West Side Story is sad so that's why lol.
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Updated On: 2/14/06 at 07:50 PM

#35

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:57pm

Althugh I didn't cry, that "Dividing Day" sequence really was haunting.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
#36

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:15pm

"I'll cover you"- RENT

"For Now"- Avenue Q
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#37

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:39pm

"I'll Cover You" and "Goodbye Love" from Rent
"Some Things are Meant to Be" Little Women
"For Good" and the Finale from Wicked
At the very ending of "Far From the Home I Love" from Fiddler on the Roof

I cry all the time in movies though.
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#38

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:09pm

- When Aida and Radames get buried together in AIDA
- When Sweeney realizes he just killed Lucy in SWEENEY TODD
- "Mr.Cellophane" in CHICAGO, also Hunyak's disappearing act
- The end of SWEET CHARITY
"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"
#39

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:13pm

WIW spoilers (if any of you care!)

- WIW: Marion (Friedman) singing "All for Laura" and then when she discovers it's Laura instead of Anne in the asylum

- Sunset: When Norma is alone in the mansion on New Years Eve, slowly descending into madness from her loneliness

- Passion: "Loving You"

- Aspects: "Anything But Lonely"
#40

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:44pm

I think it would be easier to count the number of times i HAVEN'T cried at a show.........all that's coming to mind is spamalot lol........i guess i'm a bit emotional.
#42

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:14am

You were so scared you cried? You're pretty easily scared, aren't you? Quicklookoverthere BOO!

I cried when Bambi's mother got shot--crap... okay, I've outed myself... I'm actually a robot from the future sent back to observe the past, and in the future Broadway is dominated by nothing but animatronic animation to stage adaptations.

((I cried tears of oil. It moved me THAT MUCH))
yr ronin,
joey
#43

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:52am

I also cried when Kim shoots herself in Miss Saigon....I pretty much bawled, i didn't expect it coming

Even though I was in this show, every time i watched our guy who played Ugly in HONK!, when he sings "Different" I always got teary eyed. So sad.

When the solider sings "Tell My Father" in Civil War....ahhh so sad!! Pretty song!

I have never seen Parade before, but when I heard the cast recoring and pictured the story in my head, I admit that I cried at the end....I need to see this show!
"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"
#44

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:03am

I never really cry at shows, cause I get too into them, but I was really close at Piazza. No moment in particular, but just near the end when you think about everything and let it all just sink in and you're like, "wow, that was incredible."
#45

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 4:17am

The moment I heard Michael Wittenberg had entered Immortality. Sad for Bernadette - Sad for Michael's Family, Sad for Everybody. Bernadette is in my thoughts & prayers all the time! Love ya Bernie! xxooo, Jimmy
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#46

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:15am

When Raul Got Married (To A Woman!)

*weep*
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#47

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 1:23pm

I'll Cover You Reprise


Come one people it's only like the most romantic, sweetest and saddest song.
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#48

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:38pm

- "For Good" with Kristin & Idina.
- "I'll Cover You [reprise]" and the very end of Rent.
- End of Phantom.
- "I Honestly Love You", The Boy From Oz.
- "Some Things Are Meant to Be", Little Women.
#49

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:49pm

RENT when Angel died and I got pretty teary during the I Love You Song in Spelling Bee
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
#50

re: saddest broadway moments

Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:54pm

okay
- somethings are meant to be from little women, it just made me think of my sister and i for some reason
-ending of POTO, just with the phantom crying and disappearing and all
-"without you" from RENT (the movie). it was rosario that really made me cry re: saddest broadway moments

and the saddest one
-the scene in the light in the piazza (not the "dividing day" one), but towards the end when margaret is on the phone with her husband and says the thing like "just because shes different doesnt mean she is made to accept less from life" or something along those lines. it made me think of my cousin who has mental problems and will not be able to lead a normal life, and just victoria saying that with kelli walking in, and running away... very sad! re: saddest broadway moments

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