saddest broadway moments
#25re: 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."
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#26re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:23pmNot sad, but "Impossible Dream" was very moving in the revival. I can only imagine Kiley doing it.
#27re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:33pmWhen Philip Salon (Raul Esparza) performed the song Petrified in Taboo...gave me goosebumps / made me cry every time I saw it.
#28re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:37pm
I'll Cover You (reprise) in RENT
#29re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:40pmthe whole Phantom of The Opera ending made me cry! especially when christine gives back the ring...omg...dont make me think about it! :'(
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#30re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 5:44pmRENT in its entirety. But some of those tears are happy tears.
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#31re: 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.
#32re: 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.
My avatar: Yummy, no?
#33re: 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.
#34re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 7:57pmAlthugh I didn't cry, that "Dividing Day" sequence really was haunting.
To Kill A Mockingbird
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#35re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 8:15pm
"I'll cover you"- RENT
"For Now"- Avenue Q
#36re: 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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#37re: 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
#38re: 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"
#39re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:44pmI 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.
#40re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:58pm
The end of Sweeney (out of fear)
The end of Assisans
#41re: 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))
joey
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Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#42re: 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!
#43re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:03amI 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."
#44re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/15/06 at 4:17amThe 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
#45re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:15am
When Raul Got Married (To A Woman!)
*weep*
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#46re: 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.
#47re: 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.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#48re: saddest broadway moments
Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:49pmRENT when Angel died and I got pretty teary during the I Love You Song in Spelling Bee
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#49re: 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
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!
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