Only three months and about five days until Les Mis! Have you gotten the picture yet about how excited I am for this movie?
Les Mis is a wonderful musical—but not, by any means, a comedy. Except for “Master of the House,” most of its songs are incredibly sad. But I was just thinking about it and realized that a lot of my favorite show tunes are the sad ones. So I decided to make a playlist of the best sad songs from musical theater, bookended with two of my favorite songs from Les Mis. Because sometimes, you just need a bit of “Wasn’t it good? Wasn’t he fine? Isn’t it madness he can’t be mine?” or “There’s a girl I know. He loves her so. I’m not that girl.” Enjoy!
1. “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables
2. “I Know Him So Well” from Chess
3. “You Must Love Me” from Evita
4. “The Last Night of the World” from Miss Saigon
5. “Aldonza” from Man of La Mancha
6. “Somewhere” from West Side Story
7. “How Could I Ever Know” from The Secret Garden
8. “I’m Not That Girl” from Wicked
9. “Where Is Love” from Oliver!
10. “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” from My Fair Lady
11. “Without You” from Rent
12. “It Might As Well Be Spring” from State Fair
13. “Hopelessly Devoted to You” from Grease
14. “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from The Phantom of the Opera
15. “Memory” from Cats
16. “I Still Believe” from Miss Saigon
17. “Send In the Clowns” from A Little Night Music
18. “As Long As He Needs Me” from Oliver!
19. “Back to Before” from Ragtime
20. “On My Own” from Les Miserables