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  • I want someone to sing I'll Cover You (Reprise) at my funeral. Both songs mean so much to me :')<3

  • I think mimi's death is super sad and when Christine leaves the Phantom is quite the heart breaker as well :(

  • @LittleMissMaddie1998 Mimi didn't die in Rent. Angel stopped her from passing and told her to stay with Roger. Honestly, I think she should have passed though, just my opinion. Still my favorite musical of all time though :')<3

  • Should have done the entire Come to Me - good choice though

  • what about The Letter/ The Letter Reprise from Billy Elliot?

  • Tony's death in West Side Story...

  • Erik (phantom): Christine I love you...! Christine leaves, sings with Raoul

    Erik: ok now you're just rubbing it in!

  • @EspixLove AIDS

  • I find les misrables really good!

    I've never seen rent but I'll cover you was amazing and sad!

    You should put elphabas sort of death from wicked

    Wicked one of my faves!!!!

    Eh hem!!!!! Sweeney Todd!!!

    My cousin in the ensemble for it!!!

  • where's the sadness of urinetown? that one's full of ups and downs

  • When i first saw Rent i was expecting Mimi to die...not Angel :( after Collins(Jesse) belted out the last "I'll Cover You" i was crying like a baby, Angel was my favorite character :'(

  • just cried my heart out at Phantom of the Opera..

  • I agree SO much with Phantom. YOU ALONE CAN MAKE MY SONG TAKE FLIIIGHT

  • I love Little Fall of Rain and was almost to tears except when I saw Michael's face at "And rain..." Then I started laughing

  • Though Rent and Les Mis are both great choices, there seems to be little to no variety here. There's Wicked, Pippin, Chess, BatB, The Lion King, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Cats and so many more. Also, death isn't the only thing that can be sad. How about loneliness, hitting rock bottom, broken dreams, and all that fun stuff? I understand that this list wasn't supposed to seriously good, but I found it predictable and pretty disappointing. Oh well....

  • What about sweeny todd?? I hate that part in poto ;(

  • Ahhh, Rent

  • good share of Lea salonga. love les miserables. At the end of les miserables there are four characters left alive out of about27

  • The ending of cats? 

  • It's expected Les Miserable would have the most on this top ten list <3 I love that musical

  • death of satine moulin rouge -.-

    

  • Tony's Death in West Side Story has sadness and heartbreak in equal amounts to Eponines death. Maria sings "Somewhere" to Tony hetries to sing with her & dies. Maria covering Tony's body and screaming "Don't you touch him!"  Her speech to Chino on how to use the gun and how many of them she can kill and still have one bullet for herself. Great scene, great acting, great emotion.

  • you're missing tony's death and Kim's death in Miss Saigon

  • @kaiyaxrawr Oh god, Miss Saigon... No amount of listening can make me prefer that show over Madame Butterfly... Cio-Cio San is SO much more heart-wrenching.

  • a little fall of rain always makes me cry

  • @bekah6661 is right i actully cried when Tony, Mortiz, and Wendla died but not when Mimi was sick

  • WTF?! What about Moritz's or Wendla's deaths from spring awakening!?? Or Tony's death from West Side Story?!? 

  • at Mimi's death when he said "MIMI!!!!" at the end all i could remember was homer simpson

  • @iwillsingforever

    that episode was awesome!!

  • Angel's death and funeral always makes me cry each time i watch it. :(

  • LOVE your entire list! :-)

  • I find children of eden, end of my favorite year, next to normal, songs for a new world and many more soooooo sadddd.really good list though. i totally agree with the phantom of the opera. cried my eyes out when i saw it on broadway. as a matter of fact, i will listen to it right now! :)

  • Les Mis has to be the saddest musical of all time. But I still love it

  • fantine's life is so sad! but i think that the way she died in the book made her story even more touching and sad, i don't like the way she died in the musical!

  • And what about Wendla and Moritz deaths on Spring Awakening?! Come oooon, "Those you've known"!

  • HELLO Next to Normal. And Oh! What a Lovely War? C'mon, some range here please. Angel's funeral is SO MUCH SADDER. It's also much more tragic when Glinda's mourning Elphie after she's "dead", Chistery's "M-Miss Glinda" is the saddest part of the musical. You're also forgetting the ENTIRE Disney arsenal, did you not cry when Beast or Mufasa died?! And Moritz and Wendla's ghosts? You're a bit TOO mainstream is all. I mean, the WHOLE of Sideshow is sadder than Mimi's out of body experience.

  • Mimi in RENT DOES NOT DIE.... you should have replaced that with Tony's death in West Side Story

  • I don't care if Mimi didn't die, the first time I saw this musical it was heartbreaking, I'm sorry you know how it ends and can't see the beauty in Your Song.

  • Eh. Mimi's death isn't hear wrenching at all. Your Song is perhaps the worst song in the musical. And you really need a wider range. I know Les Mis is sad and all, but there are so many other great musicals out there such that 3 of your saddest moments don't come from one musical. What about 'A Little Night Music'? or 'SideShow'? 'Next to Normal'? Chicago (Mr Cellophane?), Dreamgirls (And I am telling you?), Kristina (You have to be there?)

    If you don't know these look them up. You'll be amazed

  • I think Tony's death in West Side Story was tragic :(, we watched the movie in choir and i had to hold in my tears :'( Plus i think Wicked's For Good should have made the top 5, but its not that tragic because Elphaba lives <3<3

  • Jessie L. Martin is perfect. Period.

  • Jessie L Martin is Collins to me !

  • But Mimi doesn't die!

  • FANTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!! so sad!!!!!

  • Holy Shit. That Note At The End Of Angels Funerals Just Brought Me To Tears.

  • great list.. Angel's funeral/death always makes me cry.. EVERYTIME!! soo sad

  • awh, poor Phantom <3

  • @x0x0sammix0x0 like seriously! i would've gone with Phantom lol XD

  • Rent <3

  • yo expand your horizons all good choices but still way too much les mis and RENT

  • @yuiop608 a great example would be the end of cabaret

  • Uhm, 'Your Eyes' is really sad and beautiful, but Mimi doesn't die;)

  • i respect this list totally but angel's death is the only one that can make me cry EVERY time

  • I luv ur list but i think that u have to do a part 3 'cause i think u miss a lots o sad moments like the death of Ti Moune on Once on this island, Mufasa's death, there's a fine fine line by Avenue Q...

  • Where is the final scene from Blood Brothers? I've seen many musicals, and to be honest I cry at nearly every single one, but with Blood Brothers I was crying long after the production had ended because the ending was that sad and sudden.

  • For those who don't know the translation of Les Miserables is "The Miserable"

  • does anyone know how i can watch the full rent movie online without downloading it, signing up for something, or having to take those quizes? idk if its even possible..

  • what about Charlotte's Web? her death always made me cry  ;)

  • Hey, Mimi didnt die! She almost did!

  • @BroadwayOnTheBrain It said dieing, not dead. She was dead for a little bit, that's how she saw Angel.

  • Spring Awakening anyone?

  • @HSMTSLover "Left Behind" makes me cry everytime...

  • @HSMTSLover exactly! Whispering, when Moritz shot himself, and those you've known all make me cry like a baby!

  • @GleekyFanGirl i love that musical so much! So incredibly sad and powerful! :) <3

  • What about "I'm going home" from Rocky? And "Tell me it's not true" from Blood Brothers and "Empty Chairs" Or "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis? Glad about I'll cover you though :D

  • @DGreig33 totally agree on empty chairs at empty tables. there's a lot more to saddness then just death.

  • I do agree, Les Miz has the most tearjerkers (and is, IMO, the best musical ever), especially, imo, Valjean's Death. However, while tearjerking, the ending of Les Miz is quite heartwarming as well. I actually find Phantom, my second favourite musical, to be the saddest (even more than Ragtime and Miss Saigon), as the ending ripped out my heart, snapped it in eighths, and stamped all over what was left of it. When I first saw it, I was left with an empty feeling in my stomach for days. DAYS.

  • I'm happy I'll cover you came in the top 4. No matter how many times I see RENT Angel's death still makes me cry

  • what about evita "you must love me"

  • You know Mimi didn't die... Angel told her to go back and 'Listen to that boy's song' :)

  • Personally I cry at the song "bare" from "bare: a pop opera," but its nowhere near as popular enough to make this list. Still, it needs to be given its due!

  • No burried alive scene from Aida???

  • Fantine :'(

  • Eponine's death always makes me cry.

  • Love the tragic scene in Phantom. I, too, bawl like a baby whenever I see that scene. There's just so much emotion in that scene. The actors always seem to catch that. I think that is why I bawl every time. The emotion is just on such a level. I am surprised at you not putting any West Side Story in there though. I bawl like a baby every time I see Tony die. Plus, the song those two sing together at the end, gosh, it just pulls at my heartstrings so much. :(

  • Mimi didn't die though :|

  • Wow, I'm just sitting here crying over 'I'll Cover You Reprise'

    It's just soooo sad xx

  • I feel like all ten could have come out of Les Mis and still have been pretty accurate haha. That show is SO sad, but definitely my favorite of all time.

  • How about when Sarah dies in Ragtime. I definately had tears when Brian Stokes Mitchell Cried out in agony.

  • Angel was obviously the saddest. But whatever

  • I TOTALLY AGREE!!

    NOTHING IS SADDER THAN EPONINE DYING!!

    SHE LOVED HIM AND SHE DID ALL THAT FOR HIM YET HE NEVER LOVED HER,

    SHE DIED IN HIS ARMS AND SHE NEVER RECEIVED LOVED!

  • Phantom should be 1st its so sad no matter how they put it =(

  • phantoms i love you always makes me cry

  • I agree about Phantom and Eponine, super sad.... one suggestion, though, if I may: Collins reprising "I'll Cover You" in 'Rent' after Angel dies. Super sad.

  • evita..you must love me

  • Omg phantom's I LOVE YOU always the heart breaking line 

  • SPOILER ALERT

    You'll be able add Christine's death in Love Never Dies too.

    But yes, Tony's death in West Side Story would have been good.

  • You've added my 3 fave musicals Les Mis, Phantom & Rent!!

  • I almost started crying when angel died.

  • There are a few I would've liked to see on this list:

    1. Billy's death in "Carousel".

    2. Tony's death in "West Side Story".

    3. The citizens of Anatevka making their departure on the ferry, and some waiting on the shore in "Fiddler on the Roof".

  • Ive never seen les mis, yet little fall of rain still made me cry

  • @cheeseburgerpals It's so sad :[

    She's so in love with Marius, but she wants him to be happy so badly that she delivers his messages to cosette, and she goes to the barricade to die with him. I'm in Les mis right now, I was called back for Eponine but didn't get it. Still, I'm in love with the part.

  • Michael Crawford breaks my heart every time. :(

  • i soooo agree with your top three! 'christine i love you' the saddest one line in a musical ever.

  • Rent was based of of La Boheme, which i saw recently! It was amazing. Haven't seen rent tough...

  • @TheMooshkin I LOOOOOOOVE La Boheme! :) That opera is the reason that I love classical and study it today! :) it is soooo masterful :) :)

  • Angel's Funeral gets me everytime!! such a moving part of the musical/movie...

  • In the other video, you put Gavroche's death as 10...Big misake, that's the saddest bit in there :'(

  • little fall of rain will FOREVER be the most heartbreaking scene in a musical ever. and I will fight you on that statement folks. 25 years and its STILL breaking hearts.

  • The end of Phantom always makes me upset. But the play, not the movie. I didn't really like it. When I saw John CUdia as teh phantom I lost it... he make me cry so much :[

  • Umm....At 5:08 , behind Joanne, thats a guy from life aler, right? But...I'm pretty sure he died during "Without You"...... ALSO, This is amazing :')

  • Lea Salonga. <3

  • No Spring Awakening?

  • why does lea salonga look so small and strange

  • When I saw Eponine die in Les Mis, I cried so hard, RENT is very sad but that death just makes me cry everytime...

  • eric's i love you should have been number one. Christine is such a hussy. but i suppose 'ponine's death is a fearce competitor.

  • im sorry but spring awakening?? those youve known!! that has to be in the top ten!

  • i disagree about audrey's death. yes its tragic but it is overall pretty funny in the darkest of ways

  • what about Miss Saigon that has to be #2 and what yes i agree Aida should be in there along with Into the Woods

  • You could pick 10 sad moments from Les Miserables alone.

  • Um, could I suggest the end of Hairspray and Aida's death in Aida?

    Also, Frank N Furter's death (or the song before-Going Home?) in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's cheesy but tragic.

    Good list, anyway. Lots of Les Mis, which I like :D

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  • @dolphinzzrock Every Rocky shadowcast you see must laugh at your ass.

  • @ImmaBeBeast I don`t like seriously cry.I sort of feel sad.I was being sarcastic about that.

  • @dolphinzzrock I was joking around

  • @ImmaBeBeast Oh,well I really feel stupid:)

  • @TheEmpress666 Sorry, I must have meant the end of Wicked, not Hairspray. *thick as a plank*

  • @TheEmpress666 How is frank N furter dying sad he/she totally screwed up everyones life he /she kinda deserved it

  • @chowderheadify

    Yea if anything Eddie and Rocky's deaths were more sad than Frank n Furter's. Hell even Colombia.

  • @jaszon28 SERIOUSLY? i mean its your opinion. but what don't you like about it?

  • Is that Lea Salonga as Fantine?

  • Great list. I was hoping for I'll Cover You (Reprise) to take #1, though. The movie version isn't nearly as sad as the broadway recording of the final performance, though

  • phantom of the opra always makes me cry.....

  • glad phantom is number one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • pssh! The finale to woman in white should have been on here.

  • YES 6:30 is what i hoped for!

  • DID YOU KNOW that in the actual play mimi dies and she doesnt come back

    ;(

  • @pokadiginarahina456 omg thats not rite tho mimi should live!!!

  • @MsEmi1995 Mimi does live...

  • @pokadiginarahina456 what play were you watching? Mimi comes back in the musical as well as the movie.

  • @tezwashere91 Their talking about La Boheme....Its the opera RENT is loosely based off

  • @pokadiginarahina456 La Boheme, right?

  • "Lea Salgona is worth it" OH yes she really do, I love you for this ♥

  • 3 people r heartless or there hearts r just frozen.

  • The end of the Phantom of the Opera MOVIE makes me BAWL... when he start smashing the mirrors and the full orchestra... omg... omfg. 

  • I haven't seen Les Miserables but the scenes from rent and phantom never fail to bring me to tears </3

  • I personally think that the death of Moritz in Spring Awakening should have made the list. That's just me though, I found it very heart-breaking. </3

  • I'm glad that the Phantom's I love You made the top 3 but i personally thought it should be # 1, because no matter how many times i see it and whoever is performing i start crying like a baby. The cast recording alone has me crying to the point where my roommate is used to seeing me walking around with tears in my eyes lol =P

  • @phantom4evr101 Agreed. Nobody dies in that scene, but the way he says "I love you" makes it seem like someone did. It's so pitiful and hopeless. I've never been able to hear that line without crying either.

  • @StratagemBlue yup!! same here big time! =*( when I hear that line to me it sounds like the Phantom died inside his heart was just torn apart and he no longer exists. I saw the show for the 1st time Oct. 15 with the touring cast and was doing everything in my power to keep my eyes open w/o getting blurry frm the tears so I wouldn't miss anything lol...my attempts did not work and in the end i had tears pouring down my face haha

  • see Fantine's death never relay effected me i would have put the barricade there (the end where you see them all laying on the ground) but eponin is in the right place

  • I wish that Moritz's death, Wendela's death and Abuela Claudia's death made the list

  • Dude, if you could have found some clips of Mimi's death from the show, it would make a better point. I love the film, but the musical does it so much better.

  • I think Kim's death in Miss Saigon should be in the top 3. Not just her death, but Chris's sobbing always brings a tear to my eye. The Phantom's "I love you" Is soooo pitiful, I always tear up then too.

  • Oh, man. I saw Phantom of the Opera when it came to my city, and I was a wreck of tears when he sang his final "I love you." I was really mad because most of the other audience members kept snickering at the most emotional parts. I wanted to stand up and smack them one by one!!

  • Wow...Lea Salonga is amazing.

  • I have to wonder how Berger's death in "Hair" didn't make the list! Every time I hear the intro to "The Flesh Failures", I start crying!

  • am i the only person who actually preferred Gerard Butler? 

  • @boyslikegirlsthunder cuz gerard butler is the best phantom. They way he puts soo much emotion into his voice is frikin fansastic.

  • @boyslikegirlsthunder My friend Bergen and I are so notorious with our friends because I LOVE Gerard Butler far better than Michael Crawford who is her favorite.

  • Yeah. Since that was kristins last show and you can hear her breaking up it should be higher on the list.

  • My saddest musical moment has to be kims death from Miss Saigon

    Never failes to make me cry :(

    Eponines death is really sad thou aswell :(

  • @PandaThe2nd, you could try The Color Purple. I've never seen the musical, but the movie with (directed by Steven Spielberg, starting Whoopi Goldberg,) makes me cry so hard I can't control my face! It's a little disconcerting. The book does too.

  • I love Lea Salonga so much

  • Fantine's death always makes me cry

  • alright everyone, please help me here, i havent cried in nearly 6 years, no matter what happens or what ive watched i cant cry, can someone give me a movie or show or song or something that will make me cry? people have said rent, and movies like this will definitely make me cry, and i watched them all without even feeling like im close. so please just give me something that will make me cry.

  • @PandaThe2nd Try watching Hachi: A Dog's Tale.

  • i totally agree with the number one

    i saw ncik j in les mis and i sobbed in this scene

  • I agree with you on Michael Crawford! The movie didn't do the musical justice, and Gerard Butler most certainly didn't even compare to Michael Crawford. I also literally cry my eyes out while watching that clip.

  • @Kagome811 Literally? 0_0

  • @KissMeQuenley Yes 0_0 I have. xD Nothing wrong with getting moved by an emotional scene.

  • whar about West Side Story? I think Tonys death is also sad....

  • @miriamsu26 I agree 100% Maria pointing the gun at everyone trying to count the bullets to keep at least 1 for herself... heart wrenching.

  • These are all very good. One of my top ten is Without You from RENT. Mimi is falling apart nd Angel is dying...the whole scene is very very sad. I can never get through that movie without crying.

  • Another one should be the crusifiction of Jesus from Godspell. That was heart-wrenching for me to watch.

    P.S. I don't think I spelled crusifitcion right..

  • Angel's Funeral should of been number one :/ That honestly makes me cry. And Colins being that emotional about loosing the love of his life :/ That should of been number one definately.

  • I personally love POTO...... Poor Erik.... All he wanted was for the one he loved to give him love in return. Instead she went for some fop.......

  • yeah. number 1 is definately #1.

  • a little fall of rain is the saddest moment in a musical ever. i'm playing Eponine in my school production of les mis, at the moment, i find myself crying every time i sing it!

    but...what about memories from cats!? that gives me tears every time!

  • i loved the movie rent and i loved this song

  • Yes, there was many death-scenes! "The Phantom Of The Opera" is heart-breaking!!!

  • @smackfacetrack because if you're watching it for the first time, you don't know that mimi lives. you think she's died, and everything about the moment is emotional. the song, the silence in the room when it ends as they all think they've lost another friend.. that's why.