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They say that falling in love is wonderful... and doesn't Broadway know it! Valentine's Day is here and love is all around us. At this most romantic time of the year, we can't help but wonder... what is the greatest Broadway love song ever? 

BroadwayWorld continues our great tradition of finding that consensus- and this year we have more answers than ever! We've gathered responses from over 1500 performers, composers, industry professionals, and entertainment personalities from all over the world.

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NYTW’s Hurricane Diane
“PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT”.....the record was found by us, as children, in my Uncle Pete's attic. My sisters, cousins and I listened to it; due to the kickass cover. We fell in love with the song immediately. We created several different enactments of the song and enjoyed performing it, ad infinitum, to any and all in our immediate vicinity.
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Cirque du Soleil Paramour
One of my favorite Broadway love songs is "Happiness" from Stephen Sondheim's Passion.
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Spamalot | Billy Elliot | To Be Or Not To Be | The Little Mermaid | Man of la Mancha | The Full Monty
One of my all time favorite love songs from a musical is “I’ll Cover You” from RENT. The lyrics are so beautiful and it makes me cry every time
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Be More Chill | Shuffle Along | After Midnight
"If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot because it allows my baritone voice to ring out.
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Avenue Q
"Somewhere" from West Side Story. Simple and to the point. No matter what we'll find a way to overcome all obstacles and be together. Somehow, Someday, Somewhere... Where's my tissue?...
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Tuck Everlasting | A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder | Nice Work If You Can Get It | A Tale of Two Cities
"Suddenly Seymour" from Little Shop of Horrors. The moment the bombshell realizes she is in love with the misfit. A great song from a great show and so fulfilling to sing because it is written so well!
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Significant Other
My favorite Broadway love song is "All The Things You Are." It's classic and it speaks to holistically what it means to be in love with someone, in better words than I could ever use or come up with.
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Arena Stage
"Some Enchanted Evening" from SOUTH PACIFIC--how is it possible to have a more romantic song than this??
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Come From Away | Les Miserables | Mary Poppins
I'd say one of my favorite love songs is "If I Loved You" from Carousel because I have been there....not admitting how much you love and care for someone, when inside you are really feeling ALL the feelings. Unrequited love can be romantic and nostalgic.
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Love | Loss | and What I Wore | Yeardley Smith: More | The Real Thing
My favorite is “Somewhere” from West Side Story.
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.Irish Rep’s O’Casey Cycle
“Almost Like Being in Love” from Brigadoon. Unadulterated, joyful, uncynical, not-too-clever, golden-era, and with perfect memories of Gene Kelly.
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Twisted Sister
"Somewhere." When I was growing up it was glued to the turntable. We played it endlessly, it really touches me. I've been with my wife for 37 years now and that song means a lot to me.
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If/Then | Cry Baby
"If I Loved You" from Carousel.
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Mack & Mabel | Head Over Heels | Hey | Look Me Over | Fun Home | Death Takes a Holiday
My favorite Broadway love song is "All the Things You Are," by Jerome Kern, which is actually from a musical called Very Warm for May- that I have never seen and probably never will! I grew up hearing my mother sing that song and I just think it's the most beautiful odes to a loved one ever written.
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Nassim | White Rabbit Red Rabbit
"My Funny Valentine" even though it's not any related to Valentine's day! To this day, the B minor, Frank Sinatra version is among my favorite love songs especially if it's being played on my dad's old cassette player in Iran.
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WONDERLAND | THE X FACTOR
Wow, I don't have much experience in this area.......I'm only 11.......but I do know music! So, I am going to have to say "On my Own" sung by Eponine in LES MIS. During the run of LES MIS I would go onstage every night singing "Castle on a Cloud" (another beautiful song...but not quite a love song) and be wishing I could also sing "On My Own" and play Eponine (one of my DREAM roles). Still, IN THE HEIGHTS is probably my favorite show ever. In fact I cried the night it closed on Broadway! I would say "Sunrise" from IN THE HEIGHTS, this is sung by Benny and Nina (another dream role...)!
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One Day
“Try To Remember” from The Fantasticks. A beautifully flowing melody combined with gorgeous, profound, yet, deliciously simple lyrics makes this an all-time favorite. The song enables me to breathe easier and slow down - and is a constant reminder of why this business of theater can be so incredibly magical. "Try to remember, and if you remember, then follow.”
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Chicago | The Wedding Singer | Rock of Ages
I choose "All The Way" by Sammy Kahn from the musical Robin and the Seven Hoods. My husband Brian and I met and fell in love on that show in the summer of 2010. Brian and I slow danced during every show backstage while Kelly Sullivan sang "All The Way." We were married in the Fall of 2011.
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The Book of Mormon | The Fantasticks | Amazing Race
For me, Off-Broadway counts just as much as Broadway! So I'd have to say a little section of "I Can Do Better Than That," from The Last Five Years. The lyrics are just... perfect: "You don't have to change a thing, just stay with me. I want you, and you, and nothing but you. Miles and piles of you. Finally I'll have something worthwhile to think of each morning. You, and you, and nothing but you. No substitution will do..." Simple, honest, and straight-forward. And basically what I think every time I take a look at my girlfriend.
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JERSEY BOYS
"Angels" by Robin Thicke
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Machinal | A View From the Bridge
For me, It's "Dulcinea" from MAN OF LA MANCHA. I saw Raul Julia do it on tour in San Francisco when I was 12, so maybe I'm just in the thrall of my own nostalgic associations, but I think there's something massively appealing about the argument that our idealized, poetic notions of the people we love are sometimes truer and more powerful than reality.
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Rock of Ages | Priscilla Queen of the Desert | Grease | Hairspray
I love the lyrics for "What You Mean to Me" from Finding Neverland. I think it's so intimate and sweet.
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Next to Normal | Jersey Boys | Side Show
"How Could I Ever Know" from THE SECRET GARDEN. It is a heartbreaking beautiful piece.
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Othello | Wicked | Girl from the North Country
I love "Without You" from Rent. Aside from the fact that it's just so beautiful, it speaks to me because without that person that gives you life, without that person that makes you smell the flowers, that makes you see the sunrise, it means nothing unless you're sharing it with the person you care about.
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Titanique | Between the Lines | Cruel Intentions | Kinky Boots | Rock of Ages | Wicked
"It All Fades Away" From Bridges of Madison County is hands down my favorite Broadway love song! Pair Jason Robert Brown's music with Steven Pasquale's voice and I'm done for!
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Superhero | Cats | The Color Purple (original and revival)
"Dulcinea" from Man of La Mancha. We all have someone in our lives that makes our heart beat faster and our blood boil that much more.
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Natasha | Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
I'm a sucker for Cole Porter and that era of musical theatre, so my favorite Broadway love song is "So In Love" from Kiss Me, Kate. It's got such a haunting melody, on top of gorgeous chord progressions. The lyrics are also heartbreaking, and ultimately so playable in the acting. I just think it's stunning, and it gets a reprise at the end. Beautiful.
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Jane Eyre | Jagged Little Pill | On the Town | Million Dollar Quartet | Cry-Baby | Company
Mine is "My Heart is So Full of You" from The Most Happy Fella. It was in my wedding, so it will always be one of my faves. The melody is so beautiful, but I love the poetry of it.
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The Little Mermaid | Young Frankenstein | 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee | Assassins | Once on this Island | Sunday In The Park With George | Beauty and the Beast | My Favorite Year | Guys and Dolls
I think Rupert Holmes' "Perfect Strangers" from THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is romantic in a very haunting manner. It captures the sense of 'what might have been'; romance on a very intimate, gentle scale

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