In my opinion the Most Romantic Broadway Love Song ever is "Loving You" from Stephen Sondheim's PASSION. Plain and simple, "I will live and I would die for you." What more can you say to one who has captured your heart?

"You Are My Dream" from DREAMGIRLS because I remember thinking..."one day, someone will say that to me"...and he did.

In high school, I would listen to "Some Girls" from ONCE ON THIS ISLAND and just cry the tears of 10,000 dramatic teenage girls. "Don't you get it, Ti Moune? He loves you, but he can't love you! The cruel realities of social class will tear your love asunder!!" It was pretty deep. Truth be told, it still gets me.

I love "UNFORGETTABLE" by Nat King Cole because not only is it sophisticated musically and lyrically, but my sweet husband Tom, who is not a performer, often out of the blue, sweeps me in his arms, waltzes me around humming that song gentle into my ear. Talk about romantic-I swoon every time.

I'm very partial to "Out of my Dreams", from OKLAHOMA, even though people are usually watching a ballet while it's being sung. The melody is transporting and the lyric is about a fantasy love affair, which is the most romantic kind. In fact, the only kind, lately.

"Send in the Clowns"

"With Every Breath I Take" from CITY OF ANGELS. Ahhhh - it's pretty, romantic...gut-wrenching. It goes to different places musically - and stretches the singer too. The melody is haunting and the lyrics by David Zippel are incredible (they just say it all) - and they remind you what really being in love is about. You take a deep breath and you just sigh...it's also soulful and jazzy.

"Spankin'" from ENG: FANTASY 101 is my personal favorite (look for it to be on Broadway soon!), but "Dulcinea" from MAN OF LA MANCHA makes me cry.

"Say It Somehow" from LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA because the music and lyrics are just beyond beautiful. "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, because it reminds me of how young and free love can make you feel.

"Someone To Watch Over Me". It may be a bit cliche, but the lyrics are so simple, and the intent is so clear......anyone can sing it and relate to that need. It would be the best if Judy Kuhn sang it!

The first song that popped into my mind is "With So Little To Be Sure Of" from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. The song is all about the moment. We may not always have each other, but we do now, and isn't it "marvelous". It also has that beautiful lyric: "The more I memorize your face, the more I never want to leave." Wow, I'm a bigger sap than I thought!

"Tonight" from WEST SIDE STORY. It's so in the moment. Immediate, dangerous and fleeting. Everything that makes new love so irresistible. My favorite score by the ultimate "dream team."

Can't pick one. Having been in a splendid and amazing relationship for nearly 11 years, (5 of the best years of my life!), my idea of romance lead me to choose: "You'll Never Get Away From Me" from GYPSY, because it has the humor and committment necessary to true, long term romance - It says "Whatever happens, I ain't going anywhere. I love you and we're stuck!." Also, "Not While I'm Around," from Sweeney Todd, which really captures the selflessness you have when you're truly in love. Staying with Sondheim, "Anyone Can Whistle", while not a typical love song, is about the kind of trust required to have the real thing - "I am flawed, I am scared, maybe you can help me be better." Good stuff. And finally, and mostly, Kurt Weill's "It Never Was You," which just kills me. Typically, I chose a song about lost love. But then, you're talking to someone whose song lists in concert and on cds read like one long suicide note. Even my uptempos are just tragedy with a beat...

Ok, I'm torn between "Not While I'm Around" from SWEENEY TODD - the melody is just gorgeous and the bridge takes my breath away -and "Maria" from WEST SIDE STORY - well, the simplicity is just awesome and talk about romantic? Having someone say your name over and over and exclaim how it's the most beautiful word? Well, no more to say on that. Happy Valentines Day!

Hard to pick just one - there are so many that I love. But if pressed, I'd have to say: "All The Things You Are" - Happy Valentine's Day!

"If I Loved You" from CAROUSEL... In the show, that song wasn't a declaration, it was an "if". I thought that it was very tenderly done, because it was discussing how they'd feel "if", even though the audience knew that they were clearly falling in love.

I have always responded most strongly to lyrics. There is a particularly moving phrase in the finale of LES MISERABLES that I think is so beautiful - it's when Jean Valjean sings "To love another person is to see the face of God."

These lyrics say it all: "Are you my love, has life begun for me? Are you my love, the moon and sun for me? Are you my joy, are you my pain, are you my universe, earth and heaven? Are you a dream, that's overtaken me? If you're a dream, then don't awaken me. My heart must know or miss a beat. Are you my love, my sweet?" With a gentle, seductive melody to match. Rodgers and Hart, 1936. For my forever valentine, Melissa.

Mark Lester singing "Where is Love" in the 1968 Carol Reed film, OLIVER!. I was experiencing my first love at the time, and my heart heard the lyrics before my brain, a sensation better than chocolate, I discovered. It was the moment I found out that I was a hopeless romantic.

"I'll Cover You" - RENT. This song came into my life when I fell in love for the first time. I was liberated. Full of adolescent passion, unabashed trust and unequaled daring. This song reminds me of how wonderful that time was.

I love "76 Trombones" because it reminds me of 76 trombones and that always makes me cry. P.S. Can you get me out of here? The nurse won't let me communicate with the outside world.

It's so hard to pick a favorite, but I guess I'll have to say "Til' There Was You" by Meredith Wilson. I just love how the characters' entire view of the world changes because of their love....an entire world opens up that they never knew was there. So romantic!!!

"If Ever I Would Leave You". I haven't experienced it yet, but I would like to be loved like that. Beautiful.

To me, the most romantic Broadway love songs have a main common theme - death. I have two: "Forever Yours" by Flaherty and Ahrens (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND the lead character offers her life in exchange for his), and "So in Love" by Cole Porter (KISS ME, KATE what lyrics - "Taunt me, hurt me, deceive me, desert me, I'm yours till I DIE!"). Creepy, maybe, but death and love the most powerful things we have on earth.

"The Next Ten Minutes" from THE LAST FIVE YEARS is the most romantic song to me. The lyric, "Will you share your life with me...'til there's no one left who has ever known us apart!" is what makes this song so beautiful to me. That line captures the hope and love of marriage and the deepness of commitment it will take to make it last. The song moves me every time I hear it. As a matter of fact, I need to put it on now.

Hands down, "The Music That Makes Me Dance" from FUNNY GIRL. But I also love "Some Girls" from ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. When he says... some girls you marry, some you love... Gets me everytime.

I think one of my favorite love songs has always been "I've Never Said I Love You" from Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD. The melody is terrific and the last few lines are great: "I've never said 'I love you'/when I say 'I love you'/He'll know I've never loved before/He'll know I'll never love again." Gets me every time!

That was a hard question, but the first one that comes to mind is "Johanna" from SWEENEY TODD. The melody is just so lush and haunting....and I love how it is just so intense that it almost borders on stalking......."I'll steal you, Johanna......till I'm with you then I'm with you there, buried sweetly in your yellow hair." oh yeah.

"Do That to Me One More Time" by The Captain and Tennille.

I'm actually partial to "The Old Red Hills of Home" as a love song because of the way the love of this woman, Lila, gradually keeps expanding to the love of a place, a home, a way of life. It's very beautiful and not a little terrifying, the way something putatively marital becomes potently martial.