Falsettos was the first Broadway show I saw on my first-ever trip to New York in 1992. I didn't know a lot about the show, but I had seen the cast perform The Baseball Song on the Tony Awards the month before and knew this was a show I wanted to see. It played at the John Golden Theatre and it was quite thrilling to be seeing an original Broadway cast in a show right in the heart of the theatre district. A memorable time for me.
Coach Bob knew it all along: you've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows. (John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire)
I have not participated thusfar, but happened to click on this one.
Being Alive, from Company.
The show changed my world. And it was a very specific moment during Being Alive when I realized that I had fallen completely in love with it. I'll never forget that. Theater and life would never be the same again.
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you.
--Cartman: South Park
ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
Rose's Turn from Gypsy. First show I sneaked out of state to see, and Peters' rendition of Turn shattered my stupid preteen heart. Updated On: 4/23/11 at 02:13 PM
There's actually so many shows that have done this for me... My first show was Les Mis at 7, and "I Dreamed a Dream" moved me for the first time in the theater (as did several other numbers from the show)
I think "Cabaret" was an important show in my theatergoing experience as well, as it represented my break into 'adult' musicals, and the song "Cabaret" probably represents that very well. (It was probably the best revival I'd ever seen and I had the good fortune to see the complete original cast at the Kit Kat Klub, aka Henry Miller's Theater.)
This may sound weird, but here me out--I first became interested in musicals in 2006 when I heard the cast album of The Wedding Singer, and I just thought it was such a fun show. It started my obsession with musicals, although it's definitely far from the best show I've ever seen. So, I'll say "Someday" from The Wedding Singer.
Seasons of Love - Rent. Nothing specific about the lyrics in the song, it just happens to be my favorite song from the musical that made me fall in love with theatre.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
Although it would REALLY be Into The Woods, I will abstain and say...
"Bring Him Home" - Les Miserables (The first time one of the 80s "Mega-Musicals" really got me. I'd seen POTO before and loved it, but it didn't affect me the way Les Mis did.)
"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..."
~Jaques - "As You Like It" Act 2, scene 7