ACT ONE FINALES - Episode 15

As Musicals 101 tells us, “to put it bluntly if you don’t give audiences a pee break, they will take one in the middle of crucial scenes”. But what makes a good Act One Finale? We’re here this week to talk about our favourite half way show stoppers! Tara and Stefania rank their top 5 intermission breaks and discuss the fine art of Act One Finales! . . . “So Much Better” – Legally Blonde the Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “You Will Be Found” – Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “Gold” – Once (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “One Day More” - Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary “Non-Stop” – Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast) “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” – Dreamgirls (Original London Cast) “The Rumble” – West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “Defying Gravity” – Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “One Day More” - Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Concert “Man Up” – The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “Let It Go” – Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “La Vie Boheme” – Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “Bad Idea” – Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “Suspend My Disbelief/ I Had a Life” – Ghost the Musical - (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “Ring of Keys” – Fun Home (A New Broadway Musical) “Fearless” – Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “I Believe” – Spring Awakening (feat. Steven Sater) "Wait for Me (Reprise)” – Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording) “All I Ask of You (Reprise) [Live at the Royal Albert Hall]” – The Phantom of the Opera At the Royal Abert Hall “Mamma Mia” – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) All music tracks used for educational and entertainment purposes only.