After thinking about it, I have to select Rodgers & Hammerstein's "If I Loved You". Perhaps because it lets you hedge your bets!

It's difficult to choose from so many great selections...however, hands down, I would have to say 'The Next Ten Minutes' from THE LAST 5 YEARS. There's something about JRB's (or J Bob, as I call him) music that moves me.

"Loving You" from Passion

"My Funny Valentine". I absolutely love it because it was my dad's signature song in his act. I lost him in 2022 and I will always think of him when I hear it.

"Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon

We actually have a new favorite Broadway Love Song. “Mr and Mrs Smith” from SMASH by Shaiman/Wittman. Does that count as a Broadway Love song? At our wedding just this Nov 3rd, Sara surprised me by having Marc Shaiman send the chart to the string trio that was playing at the ceremony. They started playing it when she appeared at the top of the beach and began down the aisle, escorted by Scott Wittman. And I got to marry MY ANGEL!

My current favorite is “People” which may not seem like a love song at first glance, but in the context of the show it is a uniquely profound first-date conversation. With lyrics like “with one person, one very special person - a feeling deep in your soul says you were half, now you’re whole” it is a romantic admission of our shared loneliness. To me, this is a powerful, aching love song - made that much more relatable living through the era of Covid isolation.

It's from Camelot- "If Ever I Would Leave You" it just makes me cry all the time, every time I hear it, and it is about how love endures. It really does, and you know, it's like I've been married a long time, and sometimes I hate my husband, and sometimes I love him, but I'm not leaving him, ever.

My absolute favorite Broadway love song is Lida Rose from The Music Man. It’s my favorite for two reasons: firstly, The Music Man Original Broadway Cast recording is what I used to listen to in the car with my family on road trips growing up. And secondly, Lida Rose is my valentine’s favorite song as well, so it reminds me of her

"People Will Say We're in Love" from Oklahoma!

"Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon. It has very special place in my heart because I did Miss Saigon and I've been listening to that song since I was eight years old. It's beautiful and that'll forever be my favorite Broadway love song.

"My Friends" from SWEENEY TODD.

The most recent love song I heard was from The Notebook, Ingrid Michaelson singing “If This Is Love.” I haven’t seen the musical but I loved her singing that song. I’m more of a break-up song lover, but this one hit me at the right moment.

My favorite song is by Andres Calamaro and its called "Algo Contigo" (something with you)...a girl dedicated it to me once....AMAZING!

“The Light in the Piazza” from The Light in the Piazza. The music and orchestrations are insanely romantic and beautiful, and Clara explaining that love is everywhere and rushing through her and all around her is exactly how being in love feels to me!!

“Fifty Percent” from Ballroom. It talks of loving someone outside the parameters of a normal relationship. Of loving for the joy of the moment without expectation.

It just came to me...."My Romance." For me, it is the most romantic Broadway song and NOT just because it has "romance" in the title. I like the furtiveness of "no hideaway" and of course who can resist "soft guitars?" "My romance doesn't need a thing... but you."

I grew up shower belting to “I’ll Cover You” from Rent. The undisputed greatest Broadway love song of all time! “Just slip me on, I'll be your blanket, Wherever, whatever I'll be your coat, You'll be my king, and I'll be your castle, No, you be my queen, and I'll be your moat”.

"Think of Me" from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and "As Long As You're Mine" from WICKED

"Losing My Mind" from Follies. Which is exactly what I did when I saw Bernadette Peters perform it in 2011. She reduced me to nothing but a puddle and a playbill in the audience of the Kennedy Center.

My favorite Broadway love song is "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler on the Roof. My wife and I met during a production of Fiddler on the Roof, I was Motel the Tailor and she was a Russian Dancer. Whenever we hear the song, we both just bawl- because it's simple and honest and isn't afraid to be emotional.

"To My Wife" from Franny which I got to sing Elena Shaddow at Encores and it's so moving and so beautiful.

It has to be “All I’ve Ever Known” from Hadestown. Moving forward, I believe Anaïs Mitchell must write every long song on Broadway. Oh, and Eva Noblezada is one of my favorite voices to exist.

Oh wow, how can I pick just one? There are so many beautiful love songs in the Broadway musicals repertoire. But two are pressing on my heart as I write this. "It All Fades Away" from Bridges of Madison County and "Written in the Stars" from Aida - both songs are beautifully written stories of finding, feeling, and experiencing true love and the difficulties of it being forbidden. They definitely tear at your heart.

"Take Me or Leave Me" from RENT. I know it's obscure, but far too often do we make provisions for the people/persons in our lives. I believe that authenticity is our greatest asset as humans, and if a person chooses to have you in their life, then they should expect nothing less then the "REAL" you, Under all circumstances. Arguments, disagreements, and sometimes," knock down drag outs", are essential to learning each other. Let's face it, without confrontation there is no solution. Clearly, i'm not the mushy type!!

My favorite broadway love song is "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess. It is love for the future... for a child.

Favorite Broadway love song would be “When I First Saw You” from Dreamgirls, one of my favorites.

Most of my favorite love songs are by Rodgers and Hart, but specifically, and especially for Valentine’s Day, I love “My Romance.” Its lyric and melody are both so beautifully crafted, simple, and sentimental, and I love singing it. There is a wonderful, quiet confidence-in-love that drives it. I also love “A Quiet Thing” by Kander and Ebb from Flora the Red Menace for the same reasons.

"You're the One That I Want" from Grease the musical - because It's fun, upbeat, and lighthearted.

My favorite Broadway love song is actually entitled "Love Song"! When I played Catherine in PIPPIN at NYU, I remember having a huge show crush on my Pippin, and singing these lyrics with him- "sitting on the floor and talking till dawn… trading old beliefs and humming old songs” just hit me as so spot on about the purity of love, what it really feels like when you are sorting through the avalanche emotions between you and another person. I love thinking about this moment even more now as I realize that PIPPIN just had it’s 50th anniversary with the original cast, and also that when playing RBG recently at the Bay Street Theatre, I got to spend a little time with artistic director Scott Schwartz, the powerhouse son of the great Stephen himself!