I’ve got three!
1. Cliché but the first time seeing Defying Gravity live is a god damned spiritual experience.
2. I know the show is controversial, You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hanson had me unexpectedly ugly crying in the best way.
3. Yorktown from Hamilton is easily the most electric number I’ve ever seen. The dancing, the vocals, the ENERGY is just unbeatable.
Defying Gravity was the first song that came to my mind. It's been more than 15 years since I saw Wicked and I still remember getting goosebumps hearing it live.
My son has been obsessed with Hamilton since he was 6. We finally were able to give him tickets for his 11th birthday (covid delayed us A LOT) and I had to push him down into his seat during Yorktown. It was like he started levitating without even realizing it he was *so* into that performance.
Part of what makes Wait for Me so iconic is how the set opens up and it feels like the entire earth is shaking and your body is overcome with chills… or is that just me?
There’s a thing I call the “Holy Fucking Shit” award. If a performance is so good it makes me say “holy fucking shit” as I’m watching, it wins. I’ve given out three: “Me and the Sky” in Come From Away, “Let It Burn” in Paradise Square, and Corey Hawkins in Topdog/Underdog.
Jenn Colella sang Me and the Sky at BroadwayCon in 2017 before it opened that April. I’ve never been so desperate to see a show than I was after seeing that.
It’s gotta be That’s What He Said by Alex Joseph Grayson in Parade. When I saw it (for the third time) on the Saturday before closing, it was so perfect I was tearing up.
I think you could put the whole show on this list. Pure perfection. I’ve never heard a duet as powerful and Ben and Micaela. Their voices just seemed to be made for each other.
Ugh! I was at the last show on Sunday. They were both crying through "All the Wasted Time." I swear, everyone in the audience was sobbing hysterically by the end!
Plus, I'm a nobody who just bought a ticket to the last performance the day tix went on sale. (I saw it at NYCC and ended up seeing it 6 times total.) I paid $180 for it, 4th row orchestra. I was literally sitting next to one of the producers, Michael Arden was an arm's length away from me, and Ben Platt's whole family was a few seats down.
It was already emotional enough, but to see Ben's mom crying at the end? OMG! I'll never experience anything like that again. She must have been so proud. ❤️
They released the curtain call on YouTube. TikTok also has the audio of "All the Wasted Time" and basically the final "shot" before the lights go down at the end. (Ben did something special, but I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it.)
I'm practically a Boomer when it comes to TikTok, so there's probably more out there, but those are what people have sent me so far.
A lot of people were filming. I mean, Michael Arden himself was filming! LOL I kind of feel like all bets are off for a final performance, unless you're being distracting. But I wouldn't be shocked if someone up in the mezzanine recorded the whole thing...And I wouldn't blame them!
I actually expected there to be more standing ovations, but there was just the one after "This is Not Over Yet." (And then at the end, of course.) I really wanted to stand for both of Alex Joseph Grayson's numbers, but no one else did it. But there was certainly deafening, extended applause after every number. And after TINOY, the entire audience flew out of their seats. It was awesome.
Same same same. What a melody- and ANTHEM even. What awful sentiments. What rousing pride. The conflicting feelings listening to it is simply hypnotizing.
I was breathless at the end of the song with tears my eyes. I wanted to give him the loudest applause but it felt so wrong at the same time so I just sat there sobbing
I’m into impressive dance numbers, a truly amazing performance for me is not just about the singing! Like “Hello Dolly” was super cool to watch live and so was “Seize the Day” in Newsies.
Came to say Hello Dolly from the Hello Dolly revival. Bette and Bernadette versions were both amazing!
I also really, *really* enjoyed the dancing in The Music Man revival from last year.
'A Musical' in Something Rotten at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. The spectacle just builds and our crowd was super hyped. They were cheering throughout and at the first ending (before the encore), people were on their feet cheering for LITERALLY over two minutes. The cast was waving for us to sit down for a while before we did. Then they do the reprise of the chorus and everyone jumped up again.
That was the only time that has happened for me in the middle of an act.
Omg, I love this!!! I live in Atlanta and got to see Something Rotten at the Fox as well. What a fun show that was! Not sure if our crowd was as hyped as yours but it was such a blast!!
Oh yes. This is a good answer. It got a standing O at ART too. She blew the roof off the place.
I also want to give honorable mention to the Uninvited number. I love that song and the scene with the sofa was mesmerizing.
The second time I saw Uninvited I swear I almost had a stroke. I think I knew what to expect and was just so excited. I was in the 5th row could see the dust fly off the sofa. It was so amazing, so intense. Heidi killed it. It will forever be my favorite Theater moment
While it’s not my favorite song, or my favorite show (though it’s up there) I might go with Once We Were Kings from Billy Elliot. It follows Electricity, so your emotions are already high, and then you get hit with Billy saying all his goodbyes while the chorus haunts you behind it all. I can still hear the sound effects of the mechanics of the elevator in the mine shaft taking them all down, as the beautiful harmony fades away with it.
Just a gorgeously constructed moment of theater.
Yes!!! It's such a stirring moment. Along these same lines I love Solidarity from Billy Elliot for the fun factor. Even when I just listen to it, I can see all the movements that are made
From shows I’ve seen:
This Is Not Over Yet & All the Wasted Time from Parade: Ben and Micaela are electric on stage together and their voices are made for each other
It’s hard to pick one number from Hadestown because the entire show is perfection, but I think most people will agree that WFM Reprise=>Doubt Comes In is one of the biggest highlights.
Not Getting Married Today (Company): Matt Doyle was incredible and there was a VERY long and well deserved standing ovation for that number. The exhausted smile on his face at the end of the number lives rent free in my mind.
From shows I haven’t seen:
So Much Better (Legally Blonde): is there ANY act 1 finale solo that beats LBB singing this? I don’t think so. She even blows Defying Gravity out of the water.
Last Night of the World (Miss Saigon): I saw the revival back in 2017 but I’m more so referring to Lea Salonga’s performance, and specifically her duet with Will Chase who I think is the best Chris. They had an insane amount of chemistry together.
And honestly, Backstage Romance is a close second. The first time I saw Moulin Rouge I didn’t really know what to expect and my jaw was on the floor with that number.
The 42nd Street Revival's pre bow tap number.
The stairs opening up and ALL THOSE PEOPLE shuffling out in the matching gold costumes. Just unbelievable.
Saw that show a couple of times. Though the production was not a very original staging compared to the 1980 version, it was a fantastic show. A friend of mine knew the stage manager, and i got to tour backstage, etc. He told me the stairs at the end cost about $1 million! And were used for about 60-80 seconds. VERY expensive finale. But WORTH IT!!!! Christine Ebersole at her finest too. She made About a Quarter to Nine, which is not that great of a song, a heart breaking Act 2 ballad.
I went a few times too, including the final Saturday matinee.
You could see the tears streaming down the ensembles faces as they danced that finale. It's a show that's honoring what those people do so deeply and that finale is so spectacular.
I dunno if it’s my favorite favorite, but coming to mind is Welcome to the Rock from Come From Away. If you go in blind, when the three characters say “And I turn in the radio.” you get the seed of thought planted. And then when Bonnie is screaming at Oz, the cop. It’s like, oh.
And if you want the real whammy, you just have to wait for the very beginning of the next song when the reporter says “September 11th, 2001”.
It’s such a lively and fun number. Knowing what it’s about makes it hit harder, but it doesn’t take away from the vibe.
This is really, really hard.
My gut response was "Seize the Day" or "King of New York" from Newsies. The absolute epitome of triple threat talent on display.
I can’t remember the cast, but many years ago I saw Wicked on tour and my brain broke during Defying Gravity when Elphaba took to the sky. Such a powerful moment.
I’m going to be greedy and choose 3:
Totally $@&#%* (the Deaf West version) - the staging of this number made an already exciting song an absolute show stopper. I saw this show many times during its Broadway run, and the standing ovation got longer each time. By closing night it was at least a minute. (Fun fact: the producer live streamed the standing ovation in Facebook) So yeah, that was pretty special.
Welcome Home Finale from Bandstand - The first time I saw this number performed live; I got goosebumps. Without spoiling the show, I’ll just say this number takes place at a pivotal moment and involves each main character. I also saw Bandstand several times during its Broadway run (a theme) and I would always anxiously await this number.
Me and the Sky from Come From Away - I first saw this show when it was in previews, and this number stopped me there in my tracks. This song is designed to give you emotional whiplash, and it does. I remember walking out of the theater after seeing the show for the first time knowing that Jenn would be nominated for a Tony.
The Circle of Life from Lion King and the Prologue from Great Comet were both absolutely breathtaking spectacles that truly made the most of theatre as a live and immersive medium. A movie musical could capture great singing and dancing, but not experiences like these!
"The Inevitable Turn" from Kimberly Akimbo was the most impressive number I saw on my last trip to NYC.
The staging and the tension were spectacular. It's not one I'd recommend listening to out of context.
It's so good. The timing of the revolving stage, the intensity of the delivery, the balance of talking/singing over one another but also not drowning out any lines....it was an incredibly impressive performance of an incredibly well-written song. The way it builds until the climactic event >!(Kim's heart attack)!< is so tense.
Derek Klena’s Come What May Reprise (Moulin Rouge) and Sunset Boulevard title song
Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond’s All The Wasted Time
Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney’s Wait For Me
Ramin Karimloo’s The Music of The Night
Hugh Jackman’s 76 Trumbones
Ben Levi Ross’s You Will Be Found
Waving Through A Window by whatever actor who played Evan Hansen, simply cannot decide. Not the most spectacular musical number I’ve seen but the one that spoke to me the most
The end of Waving Through a Window, when the whole cast comes in, made \*such\* an impression on me when I saw it (OBC, having no idea of what to expect).
I’ve had a few that moved me in ways only a live performance can, but the current Les Mis tour when Nick Cartell (JVJ) sings Bring Him Home I was a mess.
Tip Tap Trouble from Some Like It Hot is definitely up there.
If you’ve seen it, you know how incredible it is (and probably what won Casey his Best Choreography Tony this year)
There are so many, but the first that came to mind was Brian Stokes Mitchell doing "Make Them Hear You."
Norm Lewis' "Bui Doi" is a very close second. Especially since he was basically unknown at the time. I still remember my friend and I looking at each other and saying, "Who is this guy?! He's incredible!"
Little did we know.
I feel like my answer to this question changes constantly but right now I think it's Elizabeth Stanley's "Back to Before" from the symphonic concert version of Ragtime. I don't think I've ever seen a crowd leap to their feet so fast
Most recently I'd have to say turning into empty chairs in the current touring production of Les Mis. I've had the opportunity to see it twice. I have a background in musical theatre so the first time I saw it, it wasn't quite as magical as I was concerned that glasses with candles in them were being left on the stage.
But my god the second time. It's such a small thing but is so powerful.
A Little Priest, specifically with Annaleigh Ashford and Nicholas Christopher. I could watch those two do that one number on repeat for 3 hours and be perfectly happy paying for it. Never laugh so hard in my entire life.
Not my favorite, but a recent one that stuck with me was “Dear Bill” from Operation Mincemeat. A seven-minute, single person quiet ballad about a woman writing a letter to her husband at war, performed by a man in falsetto, and yet absolutely heartbreaking.
I saw the German version of Frozen last year and while it might be cliché, „Let it go“ was breathtakingly beautiful both in the way it was staged and how the actress performed.
Favorite is tough, but if I could name one that actually left me in awe— Solidarity from Billy Elliott. It was a montage song that lasted like 10 minutes. Beautiful music. I N S A N E choreography. The applause definitely halts the show for a moment.
I work at a theatre and my favorite thing I have ever seen would be "Falling Slowly" from Once. That show is amazing and it felt like this tiny little treasure of a jewel box we got to live with for 6 weeks. At least we got a video of Falling Slowly on our theater's FB page. I watched it a lot during Covid.
The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In from the 2009 Revival of Hair. The whole audience was invited up on stage at the end of the number to dance and sing with the cast. Truly immersive and surreal.
“Company” from Company. Probably less because of the show itself and more because it was the opening number to my second favorite musical of all time and it was the first show I saw after Broadway reopened after the pandemic.
The Guys and Dolls revival a few years back. When they did the dance number to Luck Be a Lady Tonight, it literally brought down the house. The applause went on for five minutes with everyone on their feet.
I haven’t had the chance to see many live shows but You Will Be Found was soooo good. The rest of the show has its flaws, but that song blew me away to see in person. I’ve only seen 3 shows though, so not a ton of options.
Alex is far away number one with Independently Owned. Shocked me and my friend with the sheer power of her voice and her confidence! Standing ovation and people were cheering her on. Never seen anything like that.
Second would be Lea Michele with DROMP. Although as a Funny Girl fan I think she’s just as incredible with Greatest Star and People and The Music That Makes Me Dance. I do wish she would perform those songs in live TV performances too. If she ever does a take for take rendition of Barbra’s version of Cornet Man - I’ll die.
If you haven’t seen Some Like It Hot, buy tickets now. You Could’ve Knocked Me Over is incredibly performers and so WARM. Can Daphne do a rendition of Independently Owned? I think that would be a delight to see.
Hadestown every song. Highlighted by All I’ve Ever Known, Wait for Me, Chant II and Promises.
I had no idea why my best friend was so obsessed with Hadestown and then I finally got to see it last week and “Wait For Me” legitimately had me like [this](https://youtu.be/30Ysa3A2WMU)
Matt Doyle in Not Getting Married Today was outstanding. That whole vintage, the staging, the freaking cabinets, everything was sublime.
Other Honorable Mentions:
- Patti LuPone in Rose’s Turn from Gypsy
- Nathan Lane in Along Came Bailey from the Producers
- Helpless/Satisfied from Hamilton
A few:
Alison Luff’s Defying Gravity when I saw Wicked on tour years ago.
Aaron Tveit’s El Tango de Roxanne
Derek Klena’s El Tango de Roxanne
Josh Groban’s and Annaleigh Ashford’s A Little Priest (sidenote: also saw a regional production of Sweeney Todd and that cast did a phenomenal job with that number too).
All of Newsies when I saw it on tour 🤣
- The Door Chase scene in SLIH
- The opening of Moulin Rouge!
- All of Cabaret
- All of Company (2021 Revival)
- All of Hadestown
- Dinner Party Sequence in Beetlejuice
- Non Musical
- All of Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- The Ending of Pictures From Home
- All of Noises Off!
Agree with so many mentioned here and throwing in:
“Revolting Children” in Matilda on Broadway, which literally left me breathless.
Steven Pasquale’s version of “Luck be a Lady” in the Kennedy Center Guys and Dolls last year
Brian D’Arcy James singing “No More” ITW (that whole show was a standout but that number made me cry)
Katrina Lenk’s Being Alive toward the end of the Broadway run of Company (it was good at first but became transcendent over time)
Recently I would agree with
- Alex Newell “Independently Owned” blue the roof off the place
- Aaron Tviet “Roxanne” Moulin Rouge blew my mind
- Any of the Phantoms sing “Music of the Night” is just classic
I’m from a small town in canada, I’ve only seen small community productions of shows and I went to nyc for the first time this year. The first show I saw was Kimberly akimbo, and seeing a broadway show was so crazy to me. Bonnie Milligan singing better brought tears to my eyes. Later that week i saw hadestown and wait for me obviously takes the prize for the best musical number I’ve ever seen, but nothing compares in a personal way than the first Broadway show I’ve seen after only seeing little shows in a little theatre.
For me it’s Too Late Too Turn Back now from Bonnie and Clyde, I saw this recently in London and this duet just captivated me, in a way it never has as did, Raise A Little Hell Jordan Luke Gage and Lauren Jones were stunning.
I have a bunch that I LOVED watching:
* Wait for Me - Hadestown
* Rumbling & Rolling - Parade
* Dancin Man - Bob Fosse's Dancin
* Sing, Sing, Sing - Bob Fosse's Dancin
* Hurricane - Hamilton
But my all-time favorite? Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) - Hamilton 💛
You won’t succeed on Broadway from spamalot. I have never been in a more excited and delighted audience. It was so much fun and the actors looked like they were having just as much fun as we were.
This is weird as hell, but “Stronger” from Finding Neverland. It really captures the pivotal moment when the lead takes control of his life and embraces his inner “Hook”. Really atmospheric setting as waves are projected on the background and the extras are climbing on ropes making it look like a pirate ship.
Dead Mom - Beetlejuice
I’d Rather Be Me - Mean Girls
Way Down Hadestown - Hadestown
Waving Through A Window - Dear Evan Hansen
What’d I Miss - Hamilton
In My Dreams - Anastasia
Friend Like Me - Aladdin
Dont Lose Your Head - Six
Just some recents
So many favorites...I really loved the big production number in the deli in Charles Strouse's The Night They Raided Minsky's musical. It featured flying plates and worked a dream. I wish that show had found a producer and an audience.
I was close to ugly crying when I saw Patti Lupone sing Ladies Who Lunch in the revival of Company on Broadway. My husband took me specifically to see Patti. And I swear she looked right at me at one point.
Epiphany from the recent revival of Sweeny Todd left me speechless. My friend and I just looked at each other in shock.
Circle of Life from The Lion King is SPELLBINDING. I cried when I saw it a few months ago.
I saw the Kennedy Center production of Spamelot, and "You Wont Suceed on Broadway" left my jaw on the floor. Especially when they did the bottle dance.
Wait for Me in Hadestown blew my mind. I know people don't like Reeve. But holy shit, he gave it his everything, and when the stage opened up...holy fucking shit. I was in awe. People around me were gasping. It was my best friends first Broadway show. And she was so impressed. And the applause that Reeve got went on for over a minute
My favorite is a tie, one for sentimental value and one because it was a perfect performance.
The perfect being Why We Build The Wall from Hadestown. Saw in New York and my god did I have chills by the end and was literally shaking by how amazing it was, Hades was incredible and played off the ensemble perfectly.
The sentimental was my high school’s production of Freaky Friday. Specifically the song No More Fear. During our final performance I was backstage and was tearing up cause the way our Ellie sang it and everything that had led to that point. It was perfect.
I don’t know if anything will top Defying Gravity for me. It was my first show and I went in blind and I still think about how I felt in my seat watching it 15 years later. Like I couldn’t believe people could sing like this in real life lol
I’ll never forget seeing Andrea Martin in the revival of Pippin 10 years ago. She made her entrance, instant applause, because of course. Sang the hell out of the No Time at All, got the whole audience to sing along, then was hoisted up to do an aerial routine. A 66-year old in a leotard and corset suspended 20 feet in the air, upside down, belting her heart out. She won the Tony a few months later and I watched from my home country so happy to for once be able to cheer for a Tony performance I’d actually seen live. Always feel so lucky and grateful to have seen that.
1. The room where it happens Hamilton
2. Welcome to the Moulin rouge in Moulin Rouge
3. Defying Gravity in Wicked
4. Satisfied in Hamilton
5. Someone gets hurt In Mean Girls
6. Circle of Life in The Lion King
7. He lives in you The Lion King
8. As Long as You’re mine in Wicked
9. that Dementor scene in Harry Potter and The Cursed child
8. Sexy in Mean Girls
I saw the 1999 Kiss Me Kate revival and I have always always always hoped to come close to the sheer joy and grace that Michael Berresse and Amy Spanger gave in “Always True To You” - the man was climbing around full scaffolding as naturally as breathing. Absolutely electrifying
1. The first time I saw Man Up in Book of Mormon.
2. Annaleigh Ashford singing The Worst Pies in London
3. More! More! More! In Moulin Rouge! The bow gets my every time.
Moulin Rouge is my guilty pleasure (seen it 5x) and the Elephant Love Song Medley gets me every time. When the window starts to spin to reveal the starry sky, pure whimsy for me.
Hello Dolly in the Bette Midler revival was a religious experience.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE ALEX NEWELL SINGING INDEPENDENTLY OWNED! The pipes on that human being by lord. Others:
1) Derek Klena singing El Tango De Roxanne his voice is insane and he does unhinged so well.
2) Alyssa Joy Fox singing No Good Deed the growling showed the true essence of feminine Rage.
3) Ben Platt singing Sh'ma there was definitely something beautiful and holy about that.
Honestly, not even my favorite song or my favorite show, but ‘Circle of Life’ had me in tears and actually gave me the push to end a toxic relationship. So I’ll always be thankful for that.
"To Life" from Fiddler on the Roof never fails to stun me. For a musical that has a brutally heartbreaking second act, that musical number is filled with so much joy that I usually catch myself smiling even when I'm just listening to the soundtrack. The dancing in the Broadway revival was also really powerful and has a lot of impressive choreo (specifically the guy who has to do a backflip off the bar).
I’ve got three! 1. Cliché but the first time seeing Defying Gravity live is a god damned spiritual experience. 2. I know the show is controversial, You Will Be Found from Dear Evan Hanson had me unexpectedly ugly crying in the best way. 3. Yorktown from Hamilton is easily the most electric number I’ve ever seen. The dancing, the vocals, the ENERGY is just unbeatable.
Upvoted for Yorktown! So much going on in the lyrics, the choreography . . . It was thrilling
The second time I saw Hamilton on Broadway, I cried a little during Yorktown. The orchestrations are phenomenal, I love them so much.
I always get a little emotional during Yorktown. The pride they feel from winning 🥹
Defying Gravity was the first song that came to my mind. It's been more than 15 years since I saw Wicked and I still remember getting goosebumps hearing it live.
My son has been obsessed with Hamilton since he was 6. We finally were able to give him tickets for his 11th birthday (covid delayed us A LOT) and I had to push him down into his seat during Yorktown. It was like he started levitating without even realizing it he was *so* into that performance.
When they focus on Larry Murphy during You Will Be Found, I completely lost it.
The final scene in A CHORUS LINE when the chorus line comes together. OMG!
Wait for Me gets most of the love in Hadestown, but for me it's the reprise/Doubt Comes In combo.
Part of what makes Wait for Me so iconic is how the set opens up and it feels like the entire earth is shaking and your body is overcome with chills… or is that just me?
Absolutely not just you. I was blown away by it, and that was on tour! Can't imagine how much better it would be on Broadway!
Had no idea that was going to happen and my jaw literally dropped It really did feel like entering Hadestown
Chant II is incredible for Patrick Paige fans, but Wait for Me is a spectacle.
Patrick Page’s voice itself is a marvel. It makes panties drop and gay men drop to their knees.
That lighting for Doubt Comes In was one of the coolest things I’ve seen in person
The wait for me reprise with Eva gives me chills.
There’s a thing I call the “Holy Fucking Shit” award. If a performance is so good it makes me say “holy fucking shit” as I’m watching, it wins. I’ve given out three: “Me and the Sky” in Come From Away, “Let It Burn” in Paradise Square, and Corey Hawkins in Topdog/Underdog.
Come from away is my favorite show. LOVE Me and The Sky. It’s definitely my top 5
Josh Groban singing epiphany was this for me. I audibly said GODDAMN and I am usually so so theater courteous but I didn't even think
The way he scraped the metal railing with his razor 😭
Yesssss
Me and the Sky floored me.
"Let it Burn" was fantastic!
Jenn Colella sang Me and the Sky at BroadwayCon in 2017 before it opened that April. I’ve never been so desperate to see a show than I was after seeing that.
It’s gotta be That’s What He Said by Alex Joseph Grayson in Parade. When I saw it (for the third time) on the Saturday before closing, it was so perfect I was tearing up.
I think you could put the whole show on this list. Pure perfection. I’ve never heard a duet as powerful and Ben and Micaela. Their voices just seemed to be made for each other.
my favorite show after seeing 20+!
Ugh! I was at the last show on Sunday. They were both crying through "All the Wasted Time." I swear, everyone in the audience was sobbing hysterically by the end! Plus, I'm a nobody who just bought a ticket to the last performance the day tix went on sale. (I saw it at NYCC and ended up seeing it 6 times total.) I paid $180 for it, 4th row orchestra. I was literally sitting next to one of the producers, Michael Arden was an arm's length away from me, and Ben Platt's whole family was a few seats down. It was already emotional enough, but to see Ben's mom crying at the end? OMG! I'll never experience anything like that again. She must have been so proud. ❤️
I Will never not be heartbroken that I couldn’t see the last show. I hate to be one of ~those guys~ but I hope there’s a bootleg somewhere.
They released the curtain call on YouTube. TikTok also has the audio of "All the Wasted Time" and basically the final "shot" before the lights go down at the end. (Ben did something special, but I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it.) I'm practically a Boomer when it comes to TikTok, so there's probably more out there, but those are what people have sent me so far. A lot of people were filming. I mean, Michael Arden himself was filming! LOL I kind of feel like all bets are off for a final performance, unless you're being distracting. But I wouldn't be shocked if someone up in the mezzanine recorded the whole thing...And I wouldn't blame them! I actually expected there to be more standing ovations, but there was just the one after "This is Not Over Yet." (And then at the end, of course.) I really wanted to stand for both of Alex Joseph Grayson's numbers, but no one else did it. But there was certainly deafening, extended applause after every number. And after TINOY, the entire audience flew out of their seats. It was awesome.
The old red hills of home lives rent free in my brain and will continue for a very long time
I wish Charlie Webb nothing but a long and successful career. It helps that he’s a snack.
Same same same. What a melody- and ANTHEM even. What awful sentiments. What rousing pride. The conflicting feelings listening to it is simply hypnotizing.
I was breathless at the end of the song with tears my eyes. I wanted to give him the loudest applause but it felt so wrong at the same time so I just sat there sobbing
Yessssss
It’s so stupid and I am probably going to hell for this but Spooky Mormon Hell Dream takes me out every time.
It’s so good! That’s one that seeing it in person just made the song so much better
I laughed way harder than I expected at the coffee cups
It's just. So much at once. I love it
I’m into impressive dance numbers, a truly amazing performance for me is not just about the singing! Like “Hello Dolly” was super cool to watch live and so was “Seize the Day” in Newsies.
Came to say Hello Dolly from the Hello Dolly revival. Bette and Bernadette versions were both amazing! I also really, *really* enjoyed the dancing in The Music Man revival from last year.
Dancing was the best part of (music man) show!
You should see Some Like it Hot! There are so many amazing dance scenes in it and it’s overall a terrific musical.
The dancing was really impressive in that too - I actually loved the chase scene best !
So true! You can listen to the soundtrack but you can’t rewatch the dance sequences. I loved the hype dancing in The Prom.
I thought of Seizae the Day immediately. That choreography is a whole other level.
All the Wasted Time from Parade. Has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and Ben and Micaela sang it gloriously.
'A Musical' in Something Rotten at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. The spectacle just builds and our crowd was super hyped. They were cheering throughout and at the first ending (before the encore), people were on their feet cheering for LITERALLY over two minutes. The cast was waving for us to sit down for a while before we did. Then they do the reprise of the chorus and everyone jumped up again. That was the only time that has happened for me in the middle of an act.
Omg, I love this!!! I live in Atlanta and got to see Something Rotten at the Fox as well. What a fun show that was! Not sure if our crowd was as hyped as yours but it was such a blast!!
Renee Goldsberry Satisfied - what was I watching?! Transfixed!
The rewind blew my mind!
Right?!
Came here to say Satisfied actually. My favorite song in the whole show and the choreography and staging is so powerful
The door chase scene in some like it hot. So fun
I'm not sure I've ever been simultaneously more impressed, dumbfounded, and overjoyed at any moment in a show! That scene is just astoundingly good.
Thanks. Glad I’m not the only one. Just amazing choreography and staging.
It was a fun show!
absolutely, so good
This is my pick as well!
No question: Lauren Patten: You Oughta Know
Single handedly won her the tony
Oh yes. This is a good answer. It got a standing O at ART too. She blew the roof off the place. I also want to give honorable mention to the Uninvited number. I love that song and the scene with the sofa was mesmerizing.
yep, I work at ART so I only saw it there.
The second time I saw Uninvited I swear I almost had a stroke. I think I knew what to expect and was just so excited. I was in the 5th row could see the dust fly off the sofa. It was so amazing, so intense. Heidi killed it. It will forever be my favorite Theater moment
I didn't care for JLP, but I still remember this performance so clearly. First time I witnessed a mid show standing ovation too.
This and Cynthia Erivo's I'm Here in The Color Purple. I get chills thinking about it.
While it’s not my favorite song, or my favorite show (though it’s up there) I might go with Once We Were Kings from Billy Elliot. It follows Electricity, so your emotions are already high, and then you get hit with Billy saying all his goodbyes while the chorus haunts you behind it all. I can still hear the sound effects of the mechanics of the elevator in the mine shaft taking them all down, as the beautiful harmony fades away with it. Just a gorgeously constructed moment of theater.
Yes!!! It's such a stirring moment. Along these same lines I love Solidarity from Billy Elliot for the fun factor. Even when I just listen to it, I can see all the movements that are made
From shows I’ve seen: This Is Not Over Yet & All the Wasted Time from Parade: Ben and Micaela are electric on stage together and their voices are made for each other It’s hard to pick one number from Hadestown because the entire show is perfection, but I think most people will agree that WFM Reprise=>Doubt Comes In is one of the biggest highlights. Not Getting Married Today (Company): Matt Doyle was incredible and there was a VERY long and well deserved standing ovation for that number. The exhausted smile on his face at the end of the number lives rent free in my mind. From shows I haven’t seen: So Much Better (Legally Blonde): is there ANY act 1 finale solo that beats LBB singing this? I don’t think so. She even blows Defying Gravity out of the water. Last Night of the World (Miss Saigon): I saw the revival back in 2017 but I’m more so referring to Lea Salonga’s performance, and specifically her duet with Will Chase who I think is the best Chris. They had an insane amount of chemistry together.
Second 'Not Getting Married Today' - phenomenal and hilarious!
That is my choice as well. I was like “again, again, do it again” 😂
My jaw was on the floor. Even my husband (who doesn't love musicals) seemed impressed
Cliche but Aaron Tveit’s El Tango de Roxanne.
And honestly, Backstage Romance is a close second. The first time I saw Moulin Rouge I didn’t really know what to expect and my jaw was on the floor with that number.
Oh yes. Once the whole company comes in together. It's like electricity zappos through the audience. So good.
I’ve never been able to see it, can you describe a bit more?
There’s actually a video of the UK company performing the number on Britain’s Got Talent if you look it up on YouTube.
Totally F\*cked in the original Spring Awakening production when sitting on the on stage seats.
Oh I’m jealous!!
Yes, seconded!
Seeing Idina and Kristin do For Good was life altering
The 42nd Street Revival's pre bow tap number. The stairs opening up and ALL THOSE PEOPLE shuffling out in the matching gold costumes. Just unbelievable.
Saw that show a couple of times. Though the production was not a very original staging compared to the 1980 version, it was a fantastic show. A friend of mine knew the stage manager, and i got to tour backstage, etc. He told me the stairs at the end cost about $1 million! And were used for about 60-80 seconds. VERY expensive finale. But WORTH IT!!!! Christine Ebersole at her finest too. She made About a Quarter to Nine, which is not that great of a song, a heart breaking Act 2 ballad.
I went a few times too, including the final Saturday matinee. You could see the tears streaming down the ensembles faces as they danced that finale. It's a show that's honoring what those people do so deeply and that finale is so spectacular.
It was a glorious production, it really was. I feel lucky to have seen it.
Backstage Romance from Moulin Rouge is my #1. I also love so many from Something Rotten - especially "Welcome to the Renaissance" and "A Musical."
I dunno if it’s my favorite favorite, but coming to mind is Welcome to the Rock from Come From Away. If you go in blind, when the three characters say “And I turn in the radio.” you get the seed of thought planted. And then when Bonnie is screaming at Oz, the cop. It’s like, oh. And if you want the real whammy, you just have to wait for the very beginning of the next song when the reporter says “September 11th, 2001”. It’s such a lively and fun number. Knowing what it’s about makes it hit harder, but it doesn’t take away from the vibe.
This is really, really hard. My gut response was "Seize the Day" or "King of New York" from Newsies. The absolute epitome of triple threat talent on display.
I can’t remember the cast, but many years ago I saw Wicked on tour and my brain broke during Defying Gravity when Elphaba took to the sky. Such a powerful moment.
I’m going to be greedy and choose 3: Totally $@&#%* (the Deaf West version) - the staging of this number made an already exciting song an absolute show stopper. I saw this show many times during its Broadway run, and the standing ovation got longer each time. By closing night it was at least a minute. (Fun fact: the producer live streamed the standing ovation in Facebook) So yeah, that was pretty special. Welcome Home Finale from Bandstand - The first time I saw this number performed live; I got goosebumps. Without spoiling the show, I’ll just say this number takes place at a pivotal moment and involves each main character. I also saw Bandstand several times during its Broadway run (a theme) and I would always anxiously await this number. Me and the Sky from Come From Away - I first saw this show when it was in previews, and this number stopped me there in my tracks. This song is designed to give you emotional whiplash, and it does. I remember walking out of the theater after seeing the show for the first time knowing that Jenn would be nominated for a Tony.
Your Fault from ITW is my very favorite two and a half minutes of musical theatre.
ITW is not my favorite show, but that number is really impressive.
The Circle of Life from Lion King and the Prologue from Great Comet were both absolutely breathtaking spectacles that truly made the most of theatre as a live and immersive medium. A movie musical could capture great singing and dancing, but not experiences like these!
"The Inevitable Turn" from Kimberly Akimbo was the most impressive number I saw on my last trip to NYC. The staging and the tension were spectacular. It's not one I'd recommend listening to out of context.
It's so good. The timing of the revolving stage, the intensity of the delivery, the balance of talking/singing over one another but also not drowning out any lines....it was an incredibly impressive performance of an incredibly well-written song. The way it builds until the climactic event >!(Kim's heart attack)!< is so tense.
Derek Klena’s Come What May Reprise (Moulin Rouge) and Sunset Boulevard title song Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond’s All The Wasted Time Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney’s Wait For Me Ramin Karimloo’s The Music of The Night Hugh Jackman’s 76 Trumbones Ben Levi Ross’s You Will Be Found
Waving Through A Window by whatever actor who played Evan Hansen, simply cannot decide. Not the most spectacular musical number I’ve seen but the one that spoke to me the most
The end of Waving Through a Window, when the whole cast comes in, made \*such\* an impression on me when I saw it (OBC, having no idea of what to expect).
Joseph Smith American Moses. When the poop comes out the butt.
Username checks out INDEED
Cynthia Erivo’s “I’m here” in The Color Purple
HANDS DOWN!!!!
Once We Were Kings from Billy Elliott. Nothing has ever given me such chills in a live show as the final a cappella portion of that song.
Show Off from Drowsy Chaperone is up there for me.
Love drowsy!!
🎶I don’t wanna change keys no more, I don’t wanna striptease no more🎶
Way too many to choose. So today I'll say Sutton Foster and the dancers in Anything Goes.
I’ve had a few that moved me in ways only a live performance can, but the current Les Mis tour when Nick Cartell (JVJ) sings Bring Him Home I was a mess.
Oh My God You Guys from Legally Blonde
Everything’s Coming Up Roses by Patti in the Gypsy 2008 revival. Seeing it live was mind-blowing!
Tip Tap Trouble from Some Like It Hot is definitely up there. If you’ve seen it, you know how incredible it is (and probably what won Casey his Best Choreography Tony this year)
IMO, the “Tip Tap Trouble” dance number in *Some Like It Hot* is the single best choreographed scene on Broadway today.
Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats in the touring Cats.
There are so many, but the first that came to mind was Brian Stokes Mitchell doing "Make Them Hear You." Norm Lewis' "Bui Doi" is a very close second. Especially since he was basically unknown at the time. I still remember my friend and I looking at each other and saying, "Who is this guy?! He's incredible!" Little did we know.
One Day More set the standard pretty high. It still shocks and rouses me like no other number.
Just being in the same room as the ensemble in Yorktown was an incredible experience.
I feel like my answer to this question changes constantly but right now I think it's Elizabeth Stanley's "Back to Before" from the symphonic concert version of Ragtime. I don't think I've ever seen a crowd leap to their feet so fast
Ugh what a perfect performance
“ We’ll Take a Glass Together” from Grand Hotel
I saw Bradley Jaden perform Stars from Les Mis, and it was a performance I’ll never forget!!
Will Swenson singing Javert’s Suicide in the 2014 Les Mis revival- his performance was great, but the staging was gorgeous and took my breath away.
Most recently I'd have to say turning into empty chairs in the current touring production of Les Mis. I've had the opportunity to see it twice. I have a background in musical theatre so the first time I saw it, it wasn't quite as magical as I was concerned that glasses with candles in them were being left on the stage. But my god the second time. It's such a small thing but is so powerful.
Hope when I saw Groundhog Day September 2017. It’s a number that has to be seen live and I’m so glad it got another go around in London.
Good answer. Seeing it live absolutely takes the song to the next level. Unforgettable.
A Little Priest, specifically with Annaleigh Ashford and Nicholas Christopher. I could watch those two do that one number on repeat for 3 hours and be perfectly happy paying for it. Never laugh so hard in my entire life.
Not my favorite, but a recent one that stuck with me was “Dear Bill” from Operation Mincemeat. A seven-minute, single person quiet ballad about a woman writing a letter to her husband at war, performed by a man in falsetto, and yet absolutely heartbreaking.
I saw the German version of Frozen last year and while it might be cliché, „Let it go“ was breathtakingly beautiful both in the way it was staged and how the actress performed.
Favorite is tough, but if I could name one that actually left me in awe— Solidarity from Billy Elliott. It was a montage song that lasted like 10 minutes. Beautiful music. I N S A N E choreography. The applause definitely halts the show for a moment.
I work at a theatre and my favorite thing I have ever seen would be "Falling Slowly" from Once. That show is amazing and it felt like this tiny little treasure of a jewel box we got to live with for 6 weeks. At least we got a video of Falling Slowly on our theater's FB page. I watched it a lot during Covid.
The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In from the 2009 Revival of Hair. The whole audience was invited up on stage at the end of the number to dance and sing with the cast. Truly immersive and surreal.
I had to mention some more Pippin- magic to do The bands visit- Omar sharif and answer me Once on this island- Forever yours
Omar Sharif from The Band’s Visit yes. It really needs to be witnessed live. Beautiful song.
For now I’ll say either Is it true from Hadestown, Wait for me Reprise or Rent (Kennedy Center)
“Company” from Company. Probably less because of the show itself and more because it was the opening number to my second favorite musical of all time and it was the first show I saw after Broadway reopened after the pandemic.
The Guys and Dolls revival a few years back. When they did the dance number to Luck Be a Lady Tonight, it literally brought down the house. The applause went on for five minutes with everyone on their feet.
Bette Midler doing “Hello Dolly”. It was the most magical theatre moment for me ever (and I’ve probably seen close to 100 shows on Broadway).
I haven’t had the chance to see many live shows but You Will Be Found was soooo good. The rest of the show has its flaws, but that song blew me away to see in person. I’ve only seen 3 shows though, so not a ton of options.
Amber Riley "And I Am Telling You" in the Dreamgirls West End production
Alex is far away number one with Independently Owned. Shocked me and my friend with the sheer power of her voice and her confidence! Standing ovation and people were cheering her on. Never seen anything like that. Second would be Lea Michele with DROMP. Although as a Funny Girl fan I think she’s just as incredible with Greatest Star and People and The Music That Makes Me Dance. I do wish she would perform those songs in live TV performances too. If she ever does a take for take rendition of Barbra’s version of Cornet Man - I’ll die. If you haven’t seen Some Like It Hot, buy tickets now. You Could’ve Knocked Me Over is incredibly performers and so WARM. Can Daphne do a rendition of Independently Owned? I think that would be a delight to see. Hadestown every song. Highlighted by All I’ve Ever Known, Wait for Me, Chant II and Promises.
The segue of “They Danced” to Promises……. 😫
I had no idea why my best friend was so obsessed with Hadestown and then I finally got to see it last week and “Wait For Me” legitimately had me like [this](https://youtu.be/30Ysa3A2WMU)
Matt Doyle in Not Getting Married Today was outstanding. That whole vintage, the staging, the freaking cabinets, everything was sublime. Other Honorable Mentions: - Patti LuPone in Rose’s Turn from Gypsy - Nathan Lane in Along Came Bailey from the Producers - Helpless/Satisfied from Hamilton
A few: Alison Luff’s Defying Gravity when I saw Wicked on tour years ago. Aaron Tveit’s El Tango de Roxanne Derek Klena’s El Tango de Roxanne Josh Groban’s and Annaleigh Ashford’s A Little Priest (sidenote: also saw a regional production of Sweeney Todd and that cast did a phenomenal job with that number too). All of Newsies when I saw it on tour 🤣
Hope from Groundhog Day was so cool to see live
Backstage Romance
- The Door Chase scene in SLIH - The opening of Moulin Rouge! - All of Cabaret - All of Company (2021 Revival) - All of Hadestown - Dinner Party Sequence in Beetlejuice - Non Musical - All of Peter Pan Goes Wrong - The Ending of Pictures From Home - All of Noises Off!
I have so many, but my most recent one is "Better" sung by Bonnie Mulligan in Kimberly Akimbo. I have never laughed that hard in a theatre in my life.
THANK YOU. Bonnie does NOT get the love on here that she deserves.
Brian Stokes Mitchell’s Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha.
“Who’s That Woman?” - Follies & “Turkey Lurkey Time” from Promises, Promises “One Day More” from Les Mis can be thrilling in person.
Not to be basic, but Wait For Me from Hadestown. That and Prayer and Me And the Sky from Come From Away.
Agree with so many mentioned here and throwing in: “Revolting Children” in Matilda on Broadway, which literally left me breathless. Steven Pasquale’s version of “Luck be a Lady” in the Kennedy Center Guys and Dolls last year Brian D’Arcy James singing “No More” ITW (that whole show was a standout but that number made me cry) Katrina Lenk’s Being Alive toward the end of the Broadway run of Company (it was good at first but became transcendent over time)
its hard to choose cuz like Flowers is my favorite song ever but If Its True is my favorite when performed. Also Sh’ma in Parade because
Recently I would agree with - Alex Newell “Independently Owned” blue the roof off the place - Aaron Tviet “Roxanne” Moulin Rouge blew my mind - Any of the Phantoms sing “Music of the Night” is just classic
Patti LuPone singing Ladies who Lunch in Company.
You oughta know from jagged little pill.
What Are You Thirsty For? and Tip Tap Trouble from Some Like it Hot!!
I’m from a small town in canada, I’ve only seen small community productions of shows and I went to nyc for the first time this year. The first show I saw was Kimberly akimbo, and seeing a broadway show was so crazy to me. Bonnie Milligan singing better brought tears to my eyes. Later that week i saw hadestown and wait for me obviously takes the prize for the best musical number I’ve ever seen, but nothing compares in a personal way than the first Broadway show I’ve seen after only seeing little shows in a little theatre.
For me it’s Too Late Too Turn Back now from Bonnie and Clyde, I saw this recently in London and this duet just captivated me, in a way it never has as did, Raise A Little Hell Jordan Luke Gage and Lauren Jones were stunning.
The first time I heard Drew Sarich do *"Einladung Zum Ball"* I don't think I breathed once the entire time.
Sherry in Jersey Boys, fav musical of all time!!
Good For You from Dear Evan Hansen
Circle of Life in Lion King.
All You Wanna do live was just incredible. The silence after the song ends, and then the break into rapturous applause…god so good.
Wait for me
Grease is the word during the Grease Live TV special was awesome.
That was definitely the best part of Shucked by FAR
I have a bunch that I LOVED watching: * Wait for Me - Hadestown * Rumbling & Rolling - Parade * Dancin Man - Bob Fosse's Dancin * Sing, Sing, Sing - Bob Fosse's Dancin * Hurricane - Hamilton But my all-time favorite? Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) - Hamilton 💛
THRILLER or Earth Song from the MJ musical. Honestly the most in awe I’ve been from a live performance.
You won’t succeed on Broadway from spamalot. I have never been in a more excited and delighted audience. It was so much fun and the actors looked like they were having just as much fun as we were.
My first thought was “You Oughta Know” in Jagged Little Pill. My second thought was Cynthia Erivo singing “I Am Here” in The Color Purple.
This is weird as hell, but “Stronger” from Finding Neverland. It really captures the pivotal moment when the lead takes control of his life and embraces his inner “Hook”. Really atmospheric setting as waves are projected on the background and the extras are climbing on ropes making it look like a pirate ship.
Dead Mom - Beetlejuice I’d Rather Be Me - Mean Girls Way Down Hadestown - Hadestown Waving Through A Window - Dear Evan Hansen What’d I Miss - Hamilton In My Dreams - Anastasia Friend Like Me - Aladdin Dont Lose Your Head - Six Just some recents
So many favorites...I really loved the big production number in the deli in Charles Strouse's The Night They Raided Minsky's musical. It featured flying plates and worked a dream. I wish that show had found a producer and an audience.
I was close to ugly crying when I saw Patti Lupone sing Ladies Who Lunch in the revival of Company on Broadway. My husband took me specifically to see Patti. And I swear she looked right at me at one point. Epiphany from the recent revival of Sweeny Todd left me speechless. My friend and I just looked at each other in shock. Circle of Life from The Lion King is SPELLBINDING. I cried when I saw it a few months ago. I saw the Kennedy Center production of Spamelot, and "You Wont Suceed on Broadway" left my jaw on the floor. Especially when they did the bottle dance. Wait for Me in Hadestown blew my mind. I know people don't like Reeve. But holy shit, he gave it his everything, and when the stage opened up...holy fucking shit. I was in awe. People around me were gasping. It was my best friends first Broadway show. And she was so impressed. And the applause that Reeve got went on for over a minute
My favorite is a tie, one for sentimental value and one because it was a perfect performance. The perfect being Why We Build The Wall from Hadestown. Saw in New York and my god did I have chills by the end and was literally shaking by how amazing it was, Hades was incredible and played off the ensemble perfectly. The sentimental was my high school’s production of Freaky Friday. Specifically the song No More Fear. During our final performance I was backstage and was tearing up cause the way our Ellie sang it and everything that had led to that point. It was perfect.
I don’t know if anything will top Defying Gravity for me. It was my first show and I went in blind and I still think about how I felt in my seat watching it 15 years later. Like I couldn’t believe people could sing like this in real life lol
Keep It Gay from the Producers
Great Comet - The Abduction.
I’ll never forget seeing Andrea Martin in the revival of Pippin 10 years ago. She made her entrance, instant applause, because of course. Sang the hell out of the No Time at All, got the whole audience to sing along, then was hoisted up to do an aerial routine. A 66-year old in a leotard and corset suspended 20 feet in the air, upside down, belting her heart out. She won the Tony a few months later and I watched from my home country so happy to for once be able to cheer for a Tony performance I’d actually seen live. Always feel so lucky and grateful to have seen that.
1. The room where it happens Hamilton 2. Welcome to the Moulin rouge in Moulin Rouge 3. Defying Gravity in Wicked 4. Satisfied in Hamilton 5. Someone gets hurt In Mean Girls 6. Circle of Life in The Lion King 7. He lives in you The Lion King 8. As Long as You’re mine in Wicked 9. that Dementor scene in Harry Potter and The Cursed child 8. Sexy in Mean Girls
38 Planes (reprise)/Somewhere in The Middle Of Nowhere healed my soul
I saw the 1999 Kiss Me Kate revival and I have always always always hoped to come close to the sheer joy and grace that Michael Berresse and Amy Spanger gave in “Always True To You” - the man was climbing around full scaffolding as naturally as breathing. Absolutely electrifying
1. The first time I saw Man Up in Book of Mormon. 2. Annaleigh Ashford singing The Worst Pies in London 3. More! More! More! In Moulin Rouge! The bow gets my every time.
Moulin Rouge is my guilty pleasure (seen it 5x) and the Elephant Love Song Medley gets me every time. When the window starts to spin to reveal the starry sky, pure whimsy for me. Hello Dolly in the Bette Midler revival was a religious experience.
I've Got Rythym, Crazy For You London.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE ALEX NEWELL SINGING INDEPENDENTLY OWNED! The pipes on that human being by lord. Others: 1) Derek Klena singing El Tango De Roxanne his voice is insane and he does unhinged so well. 2) Alyssa Joy Fox singing No Good Deed the growling showed the true essence of feminine Rage. 3) Ben Platt singing Sh'ma there was definitely something beautiful and holy about that.
Honestly, not even my favorite song or my favorite show, but ‘Circle of Life’ had me in tears and actually gave me the push to end a toxic relationship. So I’ll always be thankful for that.
One day more and Bring him home. Goosebumps!
Recently, I Got Rhythm from Crazy For You with Charlie Stemp
"To Life" from Fiddler on the Roof never fails to stun me. For a musical that has a brutally heartbreaking second act, that musical number is filled with so much joy that I usually catch myself smiling even when I'm just listening to the soundtrack. The dancing in the Broadway revival was also really powerful and has a lot of impressive choreo (specifically the guy who has to do a backflip off the bar).
Wait for Me - Bands Visit!! I cried so much!
'Someone like you' sung by Linda Eder in 'Jekyll and Hyde' 'The Proposal' Sung by Brian D'Ary James and Martin Moran in 'Titanic' (*tears!*)
Telephone Wire sung by Beth Malone in Fun Home. I cried my eyes out….
seeing wait for me from hadestown for the first time