DEFYING GRAVITY is an awesome showstopper- why doesn't it count? Simply because YOU do not like it, munkustrap178? That is wrong and makes no sense. There is no reason it shouldn't/doesn't count.
"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
So do NO sings that end Act One count? Why should Defying Gravity be singled out when your only complaint against it is that it comes before the intermisson?
Anyway I think The Gods Love Nubia is a fabulous if done correctly (although it does end Act One).
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"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".
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"Cell Block Tango" and "Mr. Cellophane"- Chicago "Always True to You In My Fashion"- Kiss Me, Kate "My Strongest Suit"- Aida "Hello, Dolly!"- you guessed it
And even though, I guess, first act closers don't count, "Don't Rain on My Parade".
No, it's not always fair to say a song can't stop a show just because it's before an intermission - because surely, "Don't Rain on My Parade" is a showstopper.
I'm not here to tell you what you can and can not list...that's stupid. I was really just being sarcastic with the WICKED comment. I don't see how "Defying Gravity" is a showstopper, but...okay...
Also, "And I'm Telling You..." from DREAMGIRLS
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."-Charlie Manson
"Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast "Circle of Life" - Lion King, does it count as a showstopper since it starts the show? "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime "Tomorrow" from Annie "Master of the House" from Les Mis (not nec. my favorite song) "Springtime for Hitler" from Producers
Run Freedom, Run-Urinetown Cabaret-duh Great Big Stuff, Dirty Rotten Number-DRS Come To Your Senses-tick, tick...BOOM! Without Love-Hairspray Ladies Who Lunch-Company Epiphany-Sweeney As Long As He Needs Me-Oliver
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
How about the opening audition dance from 42nd Street. Basically every number in the show is supposed to be a showstopper. And I agree with Be Our Guest.
Most recently when I saw ThreePenny Opera, in the second act Jim Dale had a number that was absolutely amazing. None of the songs had real names, just "The Song About the Song" or something like that. But he did this dance where he seemed to be triple jointed and it was just amazing.
I don't know...I've seen nearly all of the shows from songs that people are mentioning, and very few of them have stopped the show. I mean literally stopped the show - I don't mean standing ovation for 20 minutes - but I also just don't mean big chorus number, either.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."-Charlie Manson
Jim's Song was called The Ballad of Inadequacy of Human Striving. I also think Cyndi's Solomon Song is a contender for showstopper or Ana's Ballad of the Overwhelming Power of Sex.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
While it's impossible for it to stop the show, since there is music right after it, it's been one of the few songs that has been able to make me tear up. It's so beautiful. It's not a big belting song--but it was the most memorable song from that show, in my opinion.
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA