Favourite line in a musical?

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Gary Naylor
#1Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 2/12/18 at 8:23am

Sometimes one line in a song from a musical can say so much about life - perhaps more so than a line drawn from a stand-alone song.

From Kinky Boots' "Not My Father's Son" - 

And the best part of me

Is what he wouldn't see

That "wouldn't" rather than "couldn't" is huge.

I wrote more about the song here if anyone wants to click.

 

 

Pan_Am_L-1011
#2Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 3/9/18 at 10:44pm

"Seen walking with his daughter, a moment prior to slaughter." Jekyll & Hyde.

That line is so bad, it's good.

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Demitri2
#3Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 3/13/18 at 8:15pm

MAME : "The man in the moon is a bitch!"

Loopin’theloop
#4Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 5/8/18 at 4:13pm

‘I may be a ditch digger for the rest of my life but I’ll be a ditch digger who once had a wonderful day’

HELLO, DOLLY!

Gizmo6
#5Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 5/9/18 at 7:58am

Twisted every way, what answer can I give? Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live?

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ABitOnTheSide
#6Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 5/19/18 at 2:51pm

"Lemonade? It would CHOKE me."

Countess Charlotte Malcolm from A Little Night Music.

neurasthenia
#7Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 6/8/18 at 10:14am

"Who cares about your lonely soul?"

Enjolras is savage. Love it.

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Valentina3
#8Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 6/8/18 at 3:52pm

"I took the bait and a chance on a man
Sold by the boy that he lived in"
- Waitress. This is one of my favorite lyric ever.

 

Another one's from Fun Home - "Caption - Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him." I cry so hard when I listen to this because I don't know what else describes my relationship with my mother better than this (and it being the last line of the show helps).


Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

robskynyc
#9Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 6/8/18 at 7:21pm

Valentina3 said: ""I took the bait and a chance on a man
Sold by the boy that he lived in"
- Waitress. This is one of my favorite lyric ever."


that version isnt even in the musical- thats from Sara's demo of Door Number Three that was cut and replaced with What Baking Can Do.

 

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devonian.t
#10Favourite line in a musical?
Posted: 6/10/18 at 9:26am

'Children can only grow

From something you love to something you lose'

Into the Woods