History Heartwarming / Theater

* The {{Adorkable}} "Love, I Hear" from ''AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum.''

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* StarlightExpress 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.

* Heartwarming/ThrillingAdventureHour

[[folder:Theatre/AvenueQ]]
* Despite not finding his purpose in life, the end song "For Now" in ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' 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 CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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** 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.

[[folder:{{Spamalot}}]]
* The end of ''Spamalot''. Yeah, I know.
** 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.''"
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* Though this crosses over into commercial territory, this troper always wells up at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JGgNzUl2mk "this commercial"]], which aired after 9/11 to encourage people to come back to New York.

* It may just be the production this troper saw, but at the end of The Master Singers of Nurenberg by Creator/RichardWagner, Sixtus Beckmesser, DesignatedVillain, DoggedNiceGuy, MagnificentBastard turned ButtMonkey, 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 occassionally, before taking his glasses off, just looking down for about five minutes more... ... ...and then, at the end, when a cameraman (seen before, but paid not much attention to -- [[ChekhovsGunman Chekhovs]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Camera Man]]) brings the camera in, one of the masters taps him on the shoulder, giving him his hat and leading him along to a chair. It wasn't much, no, but after being loathed by more-or-less everyone, Beckmesser just up and ''hugged'' the guy. This troper openly awwed.
* SouthPacific's Finale Ultimo. Just...that finale. Nellie promises Emile'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 Emile, alive and well. This troper always gets a good feeling when she listens to it.
* Green Day's AmericanIdiot. [[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 ''Theatre/{{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.

* Billy's Soliloquy in ''Carousal. Billy has ''just'' found out his wife is pregnant and he is just about doing cartwheels, imagining all the great things he'll do with his son, then he realizes this baby could be a girl, and it gets serious and beautiful at the same, he realizes that a boy can grow up rough but a girl needs to be looked after and have a good life. Yet, at the same time, he is still happy about this, and sings tenderly about his little girl. This troper gets a bit choked up by this. It's very believable of a soon-to-be-father. Too bad [[spoiler: he dies]] because his daughter would have been a total [[DaddysGirl daddy's girl]]

* Even though the musical ''Parade'' is [[TearJerker a heartbreaking story of an innocent man who is convicted of murdering a girl]], there is a very heartwarming moment between the two main characters (Leo and Lucille Frank) during the duet ''All the Wasted Time''. Leo finally recognizes just how much Lucille means to him and tells her. Cue tears from this troper.

[[folder:RodgersAndHammerstein]]
* The song "Boys and Girls like You and Me", sung by the King and Queen, from the RodgersAndHammerstein version of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' has been known to elicit "awww"s from both audience and cast members.

* How is {{Ragtime}} not mentioned here? So many, many moments, particularly Sarah's part of "New Music", "Wheels of a Dream", "Gliding," "Buffalo Nickel Photoplay inc." [[spoiler: where we discover that after all his struggles, Tateh's made it in the movie industry and his daughter is living well.]] "Our Children", "Make Them Hear You", and the most heartwarming of all, [[spoiler: when a still-infant, too-cute-for-words Coalhouse Walker III runs out into Mother's arms during the Epilogue, indicating he was HappilyAdopted, adding already to the sweetness of Tateh and Mother's marriage,]] accompanied by a swirl of beautiful music. It was so incredibly touching that it brought tears to this Troper's eyes.

[[folder:LegallyBlonde TheMusical]]
* Theatre/LegallyBlonde TheMusical - 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 [[BeYourself be herself]] in her truly awesome pink suit. Then Paulette gets her Irish Step Dancing UPS Man - ItMakesSenseInContext, 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!
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* [[Heartwarming/RomeoEtJulietteDeLaHaineALamour Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour]]

[[folder:IntoTheWoods]]
* "No One Is Alone" in StephenSondheim's ''IntoTheWoods'', where the characters sing about how sometimes people leave and you have to make your own decisions, but you're still not alone.
* Similarly, [[GhostSong "No More"]].
* At the end, when Red Riding Hood and Jack ask the Baker if they can come live with him now, he tells them no. The two children both look upset, until the Baker finally gives in and says, "''Yes!'' Yes, of course you can live with me!"
* The Baker and the Baker's Wife's duet of "It Takes Two", where the Baker's Wife has realized that her husband ''can'' change, and the Baker realizes he needs his wife more than he ever knew.
-->''Safe at home with our beautiful prize, just the few of us...''
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--'''Desi''', ''PassingStrange''

* Heartwarming/MyFairLasy