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Question:I'm looking for show stopping numbers from musicals - broadway or film. Things that are either emotionally compelling or are a big fanfare, like Music of the Night (Phantom) and Come What May (Moulin Rouge). Disney, live action films, and Broadway... anything you particularly appreciate!

These are the ones I"m already familiar with, so you can skip those recommendations:
RENT, Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, and all of the Disney films pre 2002 or so.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm looking for show stopping numbers from musicals - broadway or film. Things that are either emotionally compelling or are a big fanfare, like Music of the Night (Phantom) and Come What May (Moulin Rouge). Disney, live action films, and Broadway... anything you particularly appreciate!

These are the ones I"m already familiar with, so you can skip those recommendations:
RENT, Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, and all of the Disney films pre 2002 or so.

Sit Down Your Rockin the Boat from Guys and Dolls
Adalaides Lament from Guys and Dolls
Daddy's Eyes from Ragtime
Franklin Shepherd Inc from Merrily We Roll Along
A Weekend in the Country from A Little Night Music
Blow Gabriel Blow from Anything Goes
Defying Gravity from Wicked
Shiksa Goddess from The Last Five Years
Next Ten Minutes from The Last Five Years
The Life of the Party from The Wild Party
Sunday from Sunday in the Park with George
Lilly's Eyes from Secret Garden
Mama a Rainbow from (I want to say Mama's Boys- but my memory is failing me arghhhhhh)
Happiness from You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
There Are Worse Things I Could Do from Grease

The Woman's Dead from Curtains
Urinetown from Urinetown: The Musical
Tunnel of Love from Side Show
Knights of the Round Table from Monty Python's Spamalot!
And I Am Telling You from Dreamgirls
Great Big Stuff from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
I Am Here from The Color Purple
Growltiger's Last Stand from Cats
Thief In the Night from Paris: A Story of Love