"I Miss the Music" from Curtains always catches me, though I'm not sure if it counts, since the reason I cry is more due to the backstory of the song (Kander writing the song follow Ebb's passing), but regardless, it gets to me every time I hear it.
"Left Behind" from Spring Awakening.
"Days and Days" from Fun Home was actually more upsetting to me than "Telephone W
DramaTeach said: "What makes it appropriate for 16 and up? Language? Sex?"
I helped out with a middle school musical (7th/8th graders, so 12-14 year olds) recently, and quite a few of them were fans of the show (they'd play it while doing homework, recommend it to each other etc.), and definitely had a complete comprehension of it from what I gathered.
In terms of fully understanding the show, 12+ seems to be the threshold.
I'd imagine Great Comet had to be one of the hardest shows in recent memory to stage manage/get put in as a replacement. Though I mostly marvel at the swings in that show—how they managed to remember every track they covered is beyond me.
I really, really wanted to like it, and I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it. The most entertaining part to me was seeing Sean Grandillo (who was in the last SA revival) appear as one of the students, just because of the bit of meta-humor there. And I think that says a lot about the pilot as a whole if that was what I most took away from it.
At the very least, I can see the closeted student's storyline be interesting—assuming they don't mess it up somehow.
Doing Heathers now. It was great at first because it was the show all of us seniors first bonded over when we were freshmen, but now revisiting it four years later we're beginning to realize how poorly written many of the scenes/songs are. Not to mention we're doing the high school version, which edits out all the profanity, and honestly without the profanity—what's the point?
1.) Echoing upinlights, I thought the whole of Great Comet was a fantastic experience, but that specific moment from onstage/the finale of the show have stuck with me since I first saw it last November. Single-handedly some of the most beautiful moments in a theatre I've ever experienced.
2.) Speaking of "beautiful," the entirety of The Band's Visit comes to mind. Just absolutely stun
Apologies for the length of this, but I'm hoping I can contribute to this discussion with a first-hand example of why I, personally, have trouble with the show/the character of Evan:
Last year I took an English class called "Moral Questions in Literature" where our final project was to choose a character in any media piece we admire and discuss the morality of one or some of its characters. (And before I go any further, it was an advanced class full of juniors/senio
faceleg said: " I got to see Jim in Into the Woods at TUTS in Houston and he was superb. He was also one of the nicest people my friend and I got to talk to. He spent a good 10/15 minutes talking to my friend and me about both Fun Home and that production of ITW."
He actually did the same thing at the stage door of Fun Home. I was the last in line and he struck up a conversation and I think we ended up speaking for slightly less than twenty min
Jim Stanek as Bruce in Fun Home would probably be my favorite. I thought he was absolutely amazing (and that's coming from someone whose major reason for going in the first place was Michael Cerveris).
I'd personally say Once on This Island would be a great addition. I went with my high school drama club (all 14-18 year olds) and every single one of us walked out of the theatre totally in love with the production.
darquegk said: "The objective answer is "What Would I Do Without You" from "Magic Tree House: The Musical." It doesn't get much worse than an uninetntionally romantic duet between brother and sister.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTT8Q0vkGVo"
I did the lights for it sophomore year of high school. Though, I can't tell you if it was hearing a bunch of passable singers do "Omigod You Guys" 400 times or the 400 light cues that did me in, to be honest.
CallMeAl2 said: "There are some stinkers mentioned here. But for me nothing reaches the depths of "Turkey Lurkey Time" from Promises, Promises. Great dance number - truly awful lyric. Props to Michael Bennett for taking this crap and creating a show stopper."
Seconded. This song has the ability to ruin my mood like no other.
When I saw Dear Evan Hansen "To Break in a Glove" was a real "wtf is this"
In Hailey's most recent Broadway.com vlog, she mentioned that Q is leaving the show to get a surgery (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdymBRA0TPk), so he wasn't "asked to step out" or anything for Norm.
