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And some productions are even too heartwarming to be folderized:
* ''[[Angels in America/Heartwarming|Angels in America]]''
* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac/Heartwarming|Cyrano De Bergerac]]''
* ''[[Evita/Heartwarming|Evita]]''
* ''[[Fiddler on the Roof/Heartwarming|Fiddler
* ''[[In the Heights/Heartwarming|In the Heights]]''
* ''[[Les Misérables (novel)/Heartwarming|Les Misérables]]''
* ''[[Me and My Dick/Heartwarming|Me and My Dick]]''
* ''[[Man of La Mancha/Heartwarming|Man of La Mancha]]''
* ''[[Next to Normal/Heartwarming|Next to Normal]]''
* ''[[Passing Strange/Heartwarming|Passing Strange]]''
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera/Heartwarming|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
* ''[[Rent/Heartwarming|Rent]]''
* ''[[Shrek/The Musical/Heartwarming|Shrek]]''
* ''[[Spring Awakening/Heartwarming|Spring Awakening]]''
* ''[[A Very Potter Musical/Heartwarming|A Very Potter Musical]]''
* ''[[Wicked (theatre)/Heartwarming|Wicked]]''
* ''[[William Shakespeare/Heartwarming|William Shakespeare]]''
* ''[[A Year With Frog and Toad/Heartwarming|A Year With Frog and Toad]]''
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== ''[[Avenue Q]]'' ==▼
▲== [[Avenue Q]] ==
* Despite not finding his purpose in life, the end song "For Now" in ''[[Avenue Q]]'' gets to this troper. Perhaps not heartwarming in a conventional sense, but still very sweet and wonderful and life-affirming in its own way.
* Very heartwarming, in this troper's opinion. "The Money Song," too, just because 'charity will get you out of your self-absorbed nonsense and help you find REAL purpose' is probably the best lesson an adult Sesame Street could give.
* For this troper, it was "There's A Fine, Fine Line" that got him. The actress's delivery was so powerful, how could it not? For such a funny musical, it certainly had its fair shares of [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
== ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'' ==▼
▲== [[Beauty and The Beast]] ==
* The song "No Matter What" from the [[Beauty and The Beast]] musical.
{{quote|'''Maurice''': ''No matter what the pain we've come this far. I pray that you remain exactly as you are. This really is a case of father knowing best.''
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'''Both''': ''You're all I've got no matter what...'' }}
** And the transformation at the end, where Belle thinks the Beast is dead, and he transforms back into his human form. The special effects also make it a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
== [[Cirque Du Soleil]] ==
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** Another Cirque one: ''KA'', where the Court Jester comforts the Twin Brother by teaching him shadow puppets. All the [[Scenery Porn]] is admittedly awesome, but this simple scene is arguably the most effective in the show.
== ''[[Hairspray]]'' ==▼
▲== Hairspray ==
* "You're Timeless To Me" from ''[[Hairspray]]''. A very funny and sweet ode to still loving the one you're with after all these years. "You're fat and old, but baby boring you aint!" just makes me smile.
** For this troper, to be more specific, my favorite part of the song is a spoken line between verses when Wilbur says, "Baby, dance with me!" If you think back to one of Edna's lines from Welcome to the 60's, when she says, "Tracy, it's been years since someone's asked me to dance," the line takes a whole new meaning.
== ''[[Into the Woods]]'' ==▼
▲== [[Into the Woods]] ==
* "No One Is Alone" in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Into the Woods]]'', where the characters sing about how sometimes people leave and you have to make your own decisions, but you're still not alone.
* Similarly, [[Ghost Song|"No More"]].
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{{quote|''Safe at home with our beautiful prize, just the few of us...''}}
== ''[[Legally Blonde]] [[The Musical]]'' ==▼
▲== [[Legally Blonde]] [[The Musical]] ==
* [[Legally Blonde]] [[The Musical]] - The song "Legally Blonde Remix" in its entirety. Where to begin? First we get Vivienne admitting that she's wrong and making up with Elle, which was great. Elle decides to [[Be Yourself|be herself]] in her truly awesome pink suit. Then Paulette gets her Irish Step Dancing UPS Man - [[It Makes Sense in Context]], I swear! Then Brooke fires Callahan and hires Elle... That scene is one moment of heartwarming after another!
* Then of course there's the finale - particularly Elle's {{spoiler|proposal to Emmett}}. So cute!
== [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] ==
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* "I may never come down to earth again..."
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▲* The [[You Are Not Alone]] moment between Horton and JoJo during the song "Alone in the Universe".
▲* Gertrude listing off the tortures she has endured in a way that clearly implies that she would've gladly gone through more if it would help Horton.
▲* The song "Solla Sollew." All of it, but especially the last part. After describing Solla Sollew in terms akin to heaven or paradise, the singers conclude that in reality they can find it, and "on the day I do, troubles will be through, and I'll be home with you." Being home with your loved ones is all the paradise they need. You really have to listen to this one, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAiGVxkds0E here].
▲== [[Spamalot]] ==
* The end of ''Spamalot''. Yeah, I know.
** [[Your Mileage May Vary]], but this Troper thought that scene with Lancelot and the Prince became this with the "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" line.
*** Oh yes, definitely. And {{spoiler|Herbert finally getting to sing later on, with Lancelot knocking his father over the head with a shovel when he shows up and tells everyone to stop.}}
*** "Well, yes, but... Patsy's ''family.''"
== Other ==
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* [[Starlight Express]] has the song "There's Me", sung by C.B to Dinah. The fact that C.B {{spoiler|(who later would be revealed as a psychotic serial killer who crashes trains for simple enjoyment)}} cares so much about Dinah and can't bear to see her so heartbroken is probably one of the sweeter things in the musical.
* The last ten minutes of the 1992 musical adaptation of [[The Secret Garden]]. First there's the [[Tear Jerker]] "How Could I Ever Know?" where Archibald Craven comes to understand that he can still love his deceased wife without obsessing over her. His reaction to seeing his sickly son Colin running and playing in the garden with Mary is moving enough, but his response when she more or less asks if she's going to be sent away for doing everything she was told not to do is even moreso: "Mary Lennox, for as long as you shall have us, we are yours, Colin and I. And this is your home. And this, my lovely child, is ''your garden.''"
* It may just be the production this troper saw, but at the end of ''The Master Singers of Nurenberg'' by [[Richard Wagner]], Sixtus Beckmesser, [[Designated Villain]], [[Dogged Nice Guy]], [[Magnificent Bastard]] turned [[Butt Monkey]], had absolutely failed at a song and got laughed off. He pulled his lute back to his bench and simply sat there, looking miserable for about seven minutes or so as Walther sang it ''properly'', looking back at him
* [[South Pacific]]'s Finale Ultimo. Just... that finale. Nellie promises Amil's children that she'll look after them, because she loves them, and then singing with them. And the second time she forgets the words, there's Amil, alive and well. This troper always gets a good feeling when she listens to it.
* Green Day's [[American Idiot]]. {{spoiler|When Tunny and Will see each other again for the first time in at least a year, Will, having been left alone for that year, first violently lashes out at him, desperately trying to punch and kick him, then breaks down completely and grabs Tunny into a crushing hug, burying his face in his neck. And Tunny just stood there, hugging him back.}} This troper was torn between tears and ''"awwww!"''
* "Iolanthe, thou livest?" near the end of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe". The Lord Chancellor learns that his wife (who he thought dead but actually was a fairy banished for marrying a mortal) is alive. I get misty-eyed each time.
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* There are quite a few in the musical ''[[Top Hat]]'' (that is the 2011 stage version of the romantic-comedy film) but one early on is after Jerry tap dances loudly in a hotel room and apologises to the woman from the room below who complains (Dale, who is the love interest), he decides to help her fall asleep with a gentle sand dance. In the film it's not played as sweet and only as fun but in the stage version they certainly do take it seriously and it was so adorable.
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