Unquestionably "Blame It on the Summer Night" from RAGS.

I'm giving you my top 3 because there are different kinds of romantic songs: Melancholy: Unusual Way from NINE- The melody is really lush and haunting and the lyric perfectly describes what it's like to not be able to explain the angst that comes from love. Warm & Tingly: What More Can I Say? from FALSETTOS- sweet and very simple and was the first song in musical theatre that personally spoke to me as a young gay kid who loved showtunes. Uplifting: Listen to My Heart by David Friedman as sung by Nancy LaMott. The most celebratory love song I can think of-you can't help but smile ear-to-ear when you hear Nancy sing it.

I think the most romantic Broadway love song, for me, is "Not While I'm Around" from SWEENEY TODD. Not for what it says, but for what it does not directly say. The act of protecting someone from all things bad is the most primal form of devotion, love---if not in the standard "I love you, you love me" form. Of course the character who sings this song is not in love in the traditional way. But for him, he is experiencing the most strong and raw emotion that he has ever felt. Quirky, I know, but the combination of sweeping melody, with it's rather wide intervals and plaintive simple lyrics make this the most romantic Broadway love song that I can think of. I know this is not a doctoral thesis, but this song of devotion has moved me more than any other.

(1950-2007) "My Heart is So Full of You", with music and lyrics and music by Frank Loesser from MOST HAPPY FELLA. It's a duet sung by Tony and Rosabella, from a magnificent score with breathtaking emotional melodies. Their love for one another is bursting with passion, not reflected but immediate and it's full of expression. Forgive me Mr. Loesser, but I think that the lyric went something like this: "my heart is so full of you, there is no room for anything more there" Wow! Come on! This knocks me out. I think that I remember that feeling? Do you? Hope so!! Celebrate your partners! Happy Valentine's Day!

"I Have A Love" from WEST SIDE STORY. Commenting on the perfection of the music in this piece--the flow from the strong to the plaintive and the eventual fusing of the two--would require many paragraphs. But the lyrics are equally perfect, particularly when Maria sings, "I love him; I'm his/ And everything he is/ I am too." It always reminds me of the line in WUTHERING HEIGHTS where Catherine says of Heathcliff: "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." It isn't about losing one's identity in love; it's about who we love being the ultimate clarifier of who we are.

For me, the most beautiful love song from a Broadway show has to be "My Heart Is So Full Of You" from The Most Happy Fella. I first heard this song sung by the incredible Liz Callaway on the recording "Sibling Revelry", (which, if you don't own, you should go out and buy right now!). I was so taken by the songs' simplistic beauty (and Liz's breathtaking rendition). The song puts forth the notion of loving someone so much that there is no room left in your heart "for anything more...". It's an outrageous concept to anyone with common sense, until they themselves fall in love, and suddenly understand ever word of this beautiful Frank Loesser lullaby.

"People" from FUNNY GIRL, sung by the star Barbra Streisand - hands on! I saw FUNNY GIRL in previews and I'll never forget that moment when she sang -- it was an amazing thing!

I have been dared to say "Memory" from CATS and I can rarely resist a dare unless it involves the possibility of physical harm. That, plus, that entry will amuse at least two of my friends, so, there you go. "Memory." Though I am a little apprehensive about touting something with the lyrics "If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is," as that could result in pawing, I will still select with it. This choice goes against my inclination to pick a ditty that could be construed as edgy, like a Joe Iconis song, or a tune that is catchy and seemingly anti-romantic, like "Is it Me You Want to Kiss?" from SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL, but, I'm always for a new day beginning. Now and forever.

Noel Coward's "Someday I'll Find You," from PRIVATE LIVES. But, truthfully, there is no single most romantic song. Personally, I think yearning is more romantic than fulfillment, hence the above choice. But it could just as easily have been Vernon Duke's terrific "Words Without Music," from ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1936 among many, many others.

"Do You Love Me" from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

"On My Own" from LES MISERABLES

"If I Loved You" because it's so impossibly romantic and yet it hedges it's bets. It's a hypothetical love song.

'Touch Me' from SPRING AWAKENING

"Being Alive" from COMPANY. It isn't about another person, it's about being that person that deserves to be loved...knowing that you are ready and deserving. There's no greater love song!

"I'm Changing My Major" from Fun Home

One of my favorite musicals is Fanny, which unfortunately has never been revived on Broadway. On the original cast album a young Florence Henderson sings a heartbreaking love song as the title character “I have to tell you” in the first act which is then reprised in reverse in the second act by her true love Marius. I love all of this show’s score, with other wonderful singing actors as well, and Fanny’s plaintive love declaration is particularly moving as are many other moments in this lovely score.

"Bill" from Showboat and "Not A Day Goes By" from Merrily We Roll Along

In the spirit of Irving Berlin, "They Say That Falling In Love is Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun.

"I Have a Love" from WEST SIDE STORY. Why? Listen to the lyric - "love him...right or wrong." It's a brilliant piece of writing. My favorite movie song is "The More I See You," Harry Warren - "The more I see you...the more I want you..."

My favorite is "More Than You Know" from a little known musical GREAT DAY in 1929. My favorite song. Period. Simple, heartfelt, and it has been my favorite song forever. Even as a little kid, I loved it. I love two other "know" songs: "You'll Never Know" (not from a Broadway show) and "I'll Know" from GUYS AND DOLLS. But I love the other one MORE!

"Heather On the Hill" from Brigadoon. It has to be something by Lerner & Lowe.

"The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened" from Road Show.

“Suddenly Seymour" from Little Shop of Horrors. It’s such a great song, and what’s not to love about an underdog love story. For me, it’s a song about being seen for who you really are, about seeing what’s been there the whole time, and as they say over and over again, understanding.

My Favorite Broadway Love Song changes every fifteen minutes. At this very moment, I can't get enough of Adam Guettel's recording of "Love to Me" from his brilliant The Light In The Piazza. I've been known to play it obsessively. The song is pure poetry, with the most perfect, touching melody. I like to tell myself that if I could write songs, they'd be just like Adam's.

I guess this will have to be a four-way tie, and even that feels like an unjust solution to such a difficult question! But “People Will Say We’re In Love” from OKLAHOMA! is probably the first Broadway song I ever knew: it was my grandfather’s favorite, my mom’s, and it’s mine. It just captures everything. Also in the Hammerstein canon, I’ve always thought that “Where’s The Mate For Me?” which Ravenal sings leading into “Make Believe” in SHOW BOAT has to be one of the most glorious and romantic lyrics ever written. But how can I ignore “Will He Like Me?” from SHE LOVES ME – Bock and Harnick at their finest, and if that’s not saying something, then I don’t know what would. Anytime someone sings it I just get lost in the incredible yearning and hopefulness, and the perfect marriage of words and music. And certainly, no list would be complete without the entire score to THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, but particularly “Love To Me.”

"Feed Me" from Little Shop of Horrors. It's a brilliant rollicking seduction/consummation between Seymour and Audrey 2, and ends in a plot to murder a masochistic medical professional. Happy Valentine's Day!

"If I Loved You" from CAROUSEL

"Some Enchanted Evening" from SOUTH PACIFIC

My favorite Broadway love song is "Helpless" from Hamilton It changes my day the minute I hear the first few notes. The song reminds you of the first moment you feel in love every single time.

"When You're Home" from IN THE HEIGHTS.