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Post by maisiem on Jun 21, 2016 14:39:44 GMT
Anything Goes at the National and at Drury Lane. The revolve revealing the band and that dancing!
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jun 21, 2016 15:46:53 GMT
Without question, 'Sunday' from 'Sunday in the Park with George'. Musically, lyrically, vocally, staging-wise, everything.
Also, another vote for 'Baby's 'The Story Goes On', a beautiful show that has never been given its due.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 21, 2016 17:38:05 GMT
Without question, 'Sunday' from 'Sunday in the Park with George'. Musically, lyrically, vocally, staging-wise, everything. Also, another vote for 'Baby's 'The Story Goes On', a beautiful show that has never been gi en its due. Agree with Sunday but for some reason I thought it was act 2 finale and not act 1. But now I'm not sure. |
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Post by crabtree on Jun 21, 2016 17:50:58 GMT
You beat me to it with 'Sunday'. I've seen many a grown man cry at that, including myself. 'Defying Gravity' leaves me cold though, just because I feel the staging is so clunky and obvious, with little magic.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jun 21, 2016 17:53:53 GMT
Without question, 'Sunday' from 'Sunday in the Park with George'. Musically, lyrically, vocally, staging-wise, everything. Also, another vote for 'Baby's 'The Story Goes On', a beautiful show that has never been gi en its due. Agree with Sunday but for some reason I thought it was act 2 finale and not act 1. But now I'm not sure. It's used at the end of both acts but Act 1 is the moment when the painting comes together, act 2 is an echo of it but ending up with a blank canvas. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 21, 2016 18:29:07 GMT
Blackout/Fireworks In The Heights.
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Post by musicallady on Jun 21, 2016 19:13:04 GMT
"Defying Gravity" or Act 1 Finale from Kiss Me Kate.
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Post by orchestrator on Jun 21, 2016 19:36:32 GMT
A Weekend In The Country (ALNM)
Sunday (SITPWG)
The Producers
Iolanthe
The Mikado
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Post by freckles on Jun 21, 2016 19:57:12 GMT
One day more is hard to beat.
But I also love Blackout from In The Heights, and the Act 1 Finale from Urinetown, which is a glorious pastiche of many musicals.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 20:28:16 GMT
A Weekend in the Country (Night Music)
Sunday (Sunday in the Park with George)
A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
One Day More (Les Mis)
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Post by bjorne on Jun 21, 2016 21:14:59 GMT
In no particular order:
One Day More (Les Miserables)
Man Up (Book of Mormon)
Tomorrow Belongs to Me Reprise (Cabaret)
So Much Better (Legally Blonde)
A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
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Post by Carly on Jun 21, 2016 21:26:23 GMT
My favourite is probably Suspend My Disbelief / I Had a Life - Ghost
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So Much Better - Legally Blonde and Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Cabaret , both pack quite a punch
And I do like Voulez Vous in Mamma Mia
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Post by shady23 on Jun 21, 2016 21:34:38 GMT
My favourite is the run to beat the toilet queue (reprise).
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Post by David J on Jun 21, 2016 23:00:26 GMT
'If I Can't Love Her' from Beauty and the Beast was what made me fall in love with musicals.
Obviously One Day More in Les Miserables and All I Ask of You (Reprise) in Phantom
Wonderful Town has the craziest ending to the first act (or any song really) I've ever seen
Does 'One' in A Chorus Line count?
Will You was a touching song in Grey Gardens from recent memory.
Anything Goes and 'I got rhythm' from Crazy for You are songs I love to tap along to
Singin' in the Rain is an absolute joy
The big moment in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang never ceased to be amaze (well the original version anyway). 'Out There' in Barnum (the Michael Crawford version) too.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 22, 2016 0:18:24 GMT
Agree with lots on here from In The Heights, Rent, Les Miserable, Gypsy, City of Angels, Book of Mormon, Chess etc.
Friends Like Me - Aladdin.
Angry Dance - Billy Elliot
More Than America - From Here To Eternity
1963 - Stephen Ward
Climb Every Mountain - The Sound of Music
Gold - Once
A New Argentina - Evita
Younger Than Springtime - South Pacific
Singin in the Rain - Singin in the Rain
The Bottle Dance - Fiddler on the Roof
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 0:20:24 GMT
I actually agree with 1963 from Stephen Ward. Not because it is a great Act I finale, but because it is the only song I remember or thought was any good from that show.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 1:18:31 GMT
In no particular order:
Legally Blonde - So Much Better
Les Mis - One Day More
Book of Mormon - Man Up
In The Heights - Blackout
Wicked - Defying Gravity
Phantom - All I Ask of You (Reprise)
Shrek - Who I'd Be (such a guilty pleasure)
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Post by ali973 on Jun 22, 2016 1:24:41 GMT
Though not all of these are my favorite shows, some of these finales are fantastic:
-I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance (Carrie)
-I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
-Non-Stop (Hamilton)
-Rebecca Reprise (Rebecca)
-Defying Gravity (Wicked)
-Man Up (Book of Mormon)
-All That Jazz Reprise (Chicago)
-Everything's Coming Up Roses (Gypsy)
-I Have Nothing (The Bodyguard)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 1:40:52 GMT
One Act shows, like A Chorus Line, the finale can be included in this haha. So I agree, "One" is a pretty great number.  |
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Post by Stasia on Jun 22, 2016 8:54:56 GMT
Both Blackout from In The Heights and Gold from Once have the same impact on me. They are so beautiful and moving I start crying!
And Hamilton's Non-Stop – only though I only heard it and not seen it
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Post by danb on Jun 22, 2016 9:11:47 GMT
My favourite is probably Suspend My Disbelief / I Had a Life - Ghost also So Much Better - Legally Blonde and Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Cabaret , both pack quite a punch And I do like Voulez Vous in Mamma Mia Ah I forgot 'Suspend My Disbelief'...probably the best act one closer written in recent years. Love the way it builds and the harmony lines blend. I went back to the Ghost tour a second time just to hear this & 'Rain/Hold On'. Left after that so I didn't have to sit through the comedy numbers again, but will be going back to this new tour if the expected cast pans out. |
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Post by chernjam on Jun 22, 2016 13:34:54 GMT
Act I finale to Sunset Blvd is one of my all time favorites. The mix of emotions that surrounded that and the very end with Norma's "Happy New Year Darling" after she's manipulated Joe followed by the orchestral reprise of "The Perfect Year" was spine tingling for me
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Post by wicked on Jun 22, 2016 13:43:14 GMT
Defying Gravity, obvs.
Also love So Much Better (Legally Blonde) and One Day More (Les Mis)
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Post by Jon on Jun 22, 2016 13:52:24 GMT
Agree with lots on here from In The Heights, Rent, Les Miserable, Gypsy, City of Angels, Book of Mormon, Chess etc. Friends Like Me - Aladdin. Angry Dance - Billy Elliot More Than America - From Here To Eternity 1963 - Stephen Ward Climb Every Mountain - The Sound of Music Gold - Once A New Argentina - Evita Younger Than Springtime - South Pacific Singin in the Rain - Singin in the Rain The Bottle Dance - Fiddler on the Roof Friend like Me isn't the Act One finale for Aladdin, it's the reprise of Proud of Your Boy and partly Friend of Me. Non-Stop from Hamilton is a brilliant Act One finale as is One Day More from Les Miserables. |
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Post by Carly on Jun 22, 2016 19:49:40 GMT
My favourite is probably Suspend My Disbelief / I Had a Life - Ghost also So Much Better - Legally Blonde and Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Cabaret , both pack quite a punch And I do like Voulez Vous in Mamma Mia Ah I forgot 'Suspend My Disbelief'...probably the best act one closer written in recent years. Love the way it builds and the harmony lines blend. I went back to the Ghost tour a second time just to hear this & 'Rain/Hold On'. Left after that so I didn't have to sit through the comedy numbers again, but will be going back to this new tour if the expected cast pans out. Yeah no matter what people might say about some of the other songs from Ghost I think it has a really strong act 1 ending/ act 2 opening and they link together really well. |
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Post by crabtree on Jun 22, 2016 21:00:45 GMT
The ballet from Oklahoma! can be pretty sensational and a good way to finish the act.
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