Depressing endings
Depressing endings
Katie2
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/06
#0Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:16pmWhich musical do you think has the most depressing ending?
#1re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:17pmAida.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Katie2
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/06
#2re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:17pmHow exactly does Aida end? I've heard some of the music but I don't know how the show ends.
#3re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:20pm*Spoilers* They both die in the end.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#4re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:21pm
Katie2: Aida ends with the two main characters, lovers Aida and Radames, being buried alive for treason. They both die as a result, obviously. If you want more deatils, PM me.
I have only heard the cast recording, but I think THE BEAUTIFUL GAME has a rather depressing ending.
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
Updated On: 7/9/06 at 06:21 PM
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#5re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:21pm
EDIT
got beat to it
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
Updated On: 7/9/06 at 06:21 PM
Katie2
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/06
#7re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:24pm
*sniff***** * FURTHER SPOLIER***** Amneris actually shows mercy on Aida and Radames and sentences them to die by being entomed alive but together 
No one wins in the end of that show.
MISS SAIGON's ending is pretty depressing.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#9re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:25pmI'd say for me Merrily We Roll Along has a pretty damn depressing ending.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
Katie2
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/06
#11re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:29pm
Parade
Bare
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#12re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:31pm
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Cabaret..
C'mon, you guys!
It ends in an abortion and NAZIS!!
How utterly depressing is that?
"Cages or wings, which do you prefer?"-- Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Katie2
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/06
#13re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:33pmI haven't seen Cabaret but that does sound depressing. Phantom of the Opera has a depressing ending too. Also, Titanic. Now that ending made me cry like a baby.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
Katie2
Stand-by Joined: 5/16/06
#16re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:39pm
munkustrap, you read my mind completely.
*PARADE spoilers ahead*
The ending to PARADE is very depressing, yet beautiful at the same time, in an odd sort of way. I love the drums in the finale. I saw a video of a local production, and after the singing in the finale, they added in church bells and all you could see was the outline of the large tree in the center, and Leo's body swaying from it, on the cyc. It was very eerie.
*BARE* spoilers ahead*
BARE was depressing also, because of Jason committing suicide, but I was a little hopeful and happy for Peter, because I got the feeling that he was moving on, he was going to live his life the way he wanted to without interference, and I kind of sensed that his mother had accepted him, from their moment near the end.
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth."
- Barbra Streisand
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
Incognito
Featured Actor Joined: 2/22/06
#18re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:50pmSteel Pier. I love it endlessly, but i choke up at the end every time...
Life is...just a bowl of cherries...
#19re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:51pm
Adding to the Aida posts.
I always get depressed at the end of Into the Woods.
West Side Story
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
#20re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:52pmReally, jcm? I always found INTO THE WOODS very uplifting and happy.
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth."
- Barbra Streisand
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#21re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:53pm
I thought the Steel Pier ending was sort of upbeat IMO for the Ziemba character
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Updated On: 7/9/06 at 06:53 PM
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#22re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:57pmare we forgetting rent?!
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
Becky
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#23re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:57pmI think PARADE is the most depressing musical ending I've ever seen. Beautifully done though.
MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#24re: Depressing endings
Posted: 7/9/06 at 6:58pmI thought the end of "Funny Girl" was depressing (the movie, that is -- I never saw the stage version, so don't know if it was any different).
