falsettos moments that break my heart (read desc) 

To cheer everyone up a bit- the second person ever has recently been cured of HIV! Everything will be alright..

my acne? prominent. my grades? dropping. my relationships? failing. my heart? breaking.

Little did Andrew Rannels know that when he kicked the suitcase, he was actually kicking me right in the feels

when marvin’s voice breaks when he says “we’re just gonna skip that stage” that’s when the tears really start coming

marvin’s double “i never wanted to love you” hurts so much, especially to me as a member of the repressed gay community. he never wanted to love trina, he didn’t want to love women. he was made to love women. and he just as equally didn’t want to love whizzer, someone who he was forbidden to love during his time period. he was stuck in the middle, and no matter how much of a jerk he was to begin with, that’s pain that many people dont get over.

trina is so overlooked, but she had to go through so much, and the idea that you love someone who hurts you is so connective to the audience that it’s raw. props to trina

The way Andrew says the THIS THIS THIS part always makes my heart ache

AH AFTER HE HITS TRINA YOU CAN FAINTLY HEAR HIM SAY “BABY” AS IF SHE’S STILL HIS AND I JUST DIE

so the instagram falsetto fans managed to convince me this was a comedy. So I watched it for the first time. April fools was 3 months ago guys - this isnt funny and now im crying

Falsettos: “everything thing’ll be alright.” Me: LIARS

i found out from Pinterest that whizzer’s tennis outfit gets bigger bc it’s supposed to illustrate the amount of weight he lost due to his sickness. it really broke my heart.

6:03 when Whizzer says “I’m sorry” it feels like he’s saying I’m sorry as in “I know why I’m sick and I probably gave it to you.” And Whizzer isn’t even thinking about the possibility of himself dying he’s thinking about what he could’ve done to Marvin and I’m NOT ok

You should of ended it with Jason putting the chess piece on the grave stone, because I would feel even more depressed

this is my favorite musical, and of course it’s the saddest fucking musical known to man

Trina never hated Whizzer, she hated how Happy Marvin was with someone that wasn’t her especially seeing how miserable she and him were together. She didn’t know how to vent that frustration and that’s where her pain comes from. She’s one of the most complex characters in the show and oh my god SJB is so talented too.

the sad knowledge that trina FELL IN LOVE with Marvin,, then he broke her heart,, then she found a family in the disfunction,, only to have it to be torn to pieces by hiv,, (because not only did whizzer die to it,, marvin will too,, and he STILL IS THE MAN TRINA LOVES) -not saying she doesn't love mendel,, it's just that you don't fall out of love with someone,, u CAN move on,, but the love is ALWAYS there- i say this because the pain SHE went through is often overlooked or simplified..

I feel like Marvin’s tiny scared “what” at 6:41 is very unnoticed and it’s a really huge and sad moment displayed so minimally. I’m assuming it’s when he either learned what could be wrong, or at least that whizzer would have to stay in the hospital for a while, and either way it’s really sad.

when jason looks at marvin after he hits trina absolutely shatters my heart

Why do i have access to sad musicals

You need to take into consideration though that Marvin probably had it to during the end. And little Jason went from having three dads to eventually only having one, because damn it if Whizzer wasn't apart of their family, damn it if Tina didn't love him at least a little bit; Because those were her boys. And when he died, Marvin went shortly after. And suddenly their family was growing smaller.

I just heard the voice crack on “Marvin did you hear what I said” and I’m CRYING

I'm gonna need so many funny falsettos edits to swing waking up tomorrow

Honestly the saddest moment to me wasn’t even included in this one. It’s in “I never wanted to love you” when he stares at Trina and says, “I never wanted to love you” then looks at Jason and says “I only wanted to see my face in yours.” AND IF THAT DOESN’T FUCK YOU UP I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL

You love to hurt us doNT YOU HUH

For me, a part I still haven't seen in a compilation but literally ALWAYS gets me is in the bar mitzvah scene, when everyone except Marvin and Jason sings: "Don't know why, but he looks... like Marvin" UGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

I’m totally not crying over the fact that James lapine brought this amazing cast together to tell this wonderful story and that this production of falsettos is just so beautiful. TOTALLY NOT CRYING ON A FRIDAY!

You can tell how much Stephanie pours her heart and soul into each song

*looks down at little bowl of whipped cream and chocolate sauce in disappointment*

man don’t hurt me this,,,,,,,,,,,,, shit hurted

Jason placing the chess piece on Whizzer's grave will always hurt me the most. It's the part that finally made me cry. It's just so heartbreaking to see how Whizzer's death affected everyone in the show because he was such a big part of their lives and made an impact on all of them and it h u r t s .

"We're just gonna skip that stage" and then Andrew's face that for 20 minuets straight I would cry so much I would die of dehydration

I found this musical through FOUR JEWS IN A ROOM and I thought it was light hearted. I was so wrong.

If you're in the comments whilst watching I'll give you something to make you laugh: when Andrew is saying "some time" over and over really fast it sounds like "Sondheim"

You missed the part in Unlikely Lovers when Marvin sings “Hit me if you need to. Slap my face, or hold me til winter. Oh baby please do. I love you, too. My lover...” I sob every time I think about the context behind those lines...

I externally screamed at 17 different parts in this video

that voice crack on marvin did you hear what i said that shii HURTDEDED

Trina's song is so beautiful,, one of my favourites even if it breaks my heart, though most falsettos song do that..😔💞💞💞💞

bruh holy shit this really made me notice a lot of things i've never noticed before like??? there are so many times they're about to cry and when they DO it feels very spontaneous and i'm not convinced that most of these weren't just them Ending Up Actually Crying,, ik if i had to perform falsettos i'd at least tear up esp as marvin, whizzer, or trina lmao

During “This had better come to a stop,” when Marvin says “isn’t this wonderful?” You see/hear Whizzer faintly start to say yes and I’m just

The part that gets me is near the end of “Canceling the Bar Mitzvah”, Mendel and Trina’s beautiful little reprise of “Holding to the Ground”, no matter how short and small it may be, tears the heart out of my chest and it’s perpetually a downward spiral from there

This hurt me emotionally how dare you

Mado: Listen to Marvin Me: turns up volume Marvin: soft crying Wizzer: YOU GOTTA DIE SOMETIME

I just started sobbing so hard because I turned up my volume around when Charlotte is examining Whizzer because I heard them talking, and at 6:40 I think I hear Charlotte say “we’ll keep him” and start to pull on him and Marvin in confusion and disbelief says “what?” And the look on his face wow. I couldn’t make out the rest of what they were saying though.

The dead silence after "Do I love him? No" is AGONISING

the line that kills me the most in the whole show is "tell him things happen for no damn good reason and his lack of control kills whats best in his soul and THIS is the start to his becoming a man"

I think the thing that (no pun intended) really hits me the hardest about Marvin hitting Trina is when you see Jason's face

theres one subtle part in days like this: when cordelia says “you seem to be on the way to recovery” she looks at marvin and you can tell she doesnt believe it but she’s trying to cheer marvin up

One thing that makes me really sad is how depressing Andrew's hair looks at the end of The Chess Game and stays that way until he comes back in Act 2. I feel like that might be symbolizing something, but Idk. It just makes me sad because his hair is so beautiful when he has it combed back... Also, the way Andrew's voice breaks when he says 'Marvin' in Unlikely Lovers when he says, "Marvin? Did you hear what I said?"

I held together until whizzer said “I’m read-“ and then fell and I started actually crying. After that there was no hope. Haha. My sleeve is soaked. How did you manage to edit this???

I’m so sorry, I know this is supposed to sad and heartbreaking but at 3:23 Trina is having her little sweet ending and then someone’s just making high squeaky noises for March of the Falsettos and you see them just climbing over the blocks and it’s too much for me.

im ugly crying yall. this was such an important show, and it displays the harsh reality of the aids crisis. jasons face when he sees whizzer suffering; trina’s heartbreak but care; marvin smiling through the tears; cordelia and charlotte trying to keep their head up in a dark place; mendel just trying his best; and of course whizzer. i love this show sm but i dont watch it often bc its so close to my heart and it makes me cry so much

OKAY I'm late but I'm so glad you included Trina's song because it's SO underappreciated. I could talk about it for days. The men in this show all have ongoing themes about life being a game (see The Chess Game esp for this), but Trina's RIGHT, life isn't a game. It really emphasises how obsessed they all are with their own lives and completely don't realise the impact their actions have??? Trina's given up her whole life to the men around her (Marrying Marvin? Her father's idea. Getting divorced? Marvin. it goes on) and she's just TIRED of them not respecting that. SORRY I could go off about this song for days. I'm kinda mad March of the Falsettos is straight after. I know it's important symbolically, but I feel like it's weirdness takes away from the impact of this song and how good it is??

The very last “Welcome to Falsettoland” breaks my heart every single time.

What always ALWAYS gets me is the "he shared my life" from holding to the ground and Marvins whimpers from something bad is happening (reprise) my heart is in pieces

Me: alright, I gotta get up in the morning, get some good sleep, Also me: Forgets that my heart gets absolutely shattered when Whizzer voice cracks saying "Marvin... did you hear what I said?" *No sleep for me too many t e a r s*

Trina’s song is soooo under rated oml! you can hear the ache especially in this live version. i love that so so much thank you for bringing it to the attention of falsettos stands 😊🌟

the fact that my favorite musical makes me cry so hard is really rude??

The line “what good is a lover who’s scared” breaks my heart every time

So I watched this last night, was confused who to be angry at, fell in love with whizzers character then cried

It is 2am and man reading the comments made it all worse and now I’m bawling even more

Anything with Andrew belting makes me cry XD

omg right- trina's song is rly underappreciated...

This musical is my favourite by now, and I cried like I've never cried before. You just made it worse by cutting off te funny parts! I'll just I to my crying corner

when whizzer falls my entire heart breaks

The part when Andrew collapses and apologizes makes me cry every time 🥺

8:06 I always start broken-sobbing when Charlotte says “something bad is happening” and Christian, without having any lines, manages to convey SO MUCH in response. His face and slight shrug says “yeah, no shit, something awful is happening to the love of my life, please, how do we fix it??” and then Charlotte delivers the final blow 😭😭😭

Me: I have no soul. Nothing can make me cry except for injuries or death in the family. Falsettos: hold my arugula

also found out that whizzer is probably wearing white at the end because marvin is already forgetting the little things about him like the color of his shirt so thats f u n

7:24 the way marvin tried to hold back his tears got me

Whizzer's 'this This THIS' is heartbreaking the growl in 'Family charades' and the whole end of the games I play The friendship of Whizzer and Trina we were robbed of

I love that Trina is featured in this! She deserved better! Thank you 💙

I just understood the plotline of phantom of the opera for the first time (usually after I listen to the soundtrack I have to watch a bootleg/visual of it to understand) and now I'm watching this I'm in pain

When Marvin says, "Baby you know I didn't" after he hits Trina. Ugh my heart breaks

For me one of the saddest moments is the thank you from whizzer to Jason and Jason’s face is so dAmn sad bro I’m crying

Another line not in this video that breaks my heart: “it does no damn good to explain I’m a man in my prime”

I think the “one hour more” part of what would I do could be the most heart wrenching part of that whole song

“Everything will be alright” is what I tell myself whenever everything is certainly not alright. I’m not sure if it’s hope or denial at this point tbh but it helps in the moment.

iT IS 1:21 AM WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO MAKE ME _SOB_

The way Trina tries to not love Whizzer but she ends up loving him anyway is why Stephanie J Block should win all the Tony's. That and the belting.

the bit that’s always made me super sad is jason when he sees marvin slap trina. the pure confusion on his face just breaks my heart. and when he says “i hate my dad, i hate the things i’ve never had” oh my god i feel awful for jason

i’ve never cried harder during a video

Sad Falsetto fact of the day: in “Jason’s Bar Mitzvah” the last word Jason says (which is in Hebrew) means “father” meaning the last word that Whizzer ever heard Jason say was “father”

God that little thank you at the end of the bar mitzvah really hurts huh

try not to cry challenge

everytime the girls say they feel helpless i get a special stab in my heart. that, and when trina does her, "falls out of sight"

NO I DID NOT PLAN TO CRY ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT THANKS

The way Christian chokes up on ‘skip that stage’ in What Would I Do gets me every time

oh ya, you had me crying, BUT YOU SKIPPED HIM PUTTING THE CHESS PIECE ON THE TOMBSTONE, YA.

**cries in gay**

My best friend sent me this after I JUST watched the musical and was literally sobbing my eyes out

its been 3 years and im listening to falsettos again. it means so much to me and now that im a bit more grown i feel like i can appreciate all of the themes and metaphors that i wasnt able to understand before. thank you for this video

5:36 always makes me cry :(

after watching this I think its safe to say I'm clutching my pillow and sobbing like no tomorrow

The entirety of "The Games I Play" 😭

this is like the saddest video on the internet😭😭

*plays entire second act*

To make you all sadder, I have a theory of the end of the musical. Obviously Marvin has HIV, I’m not sure if it’s canon but it’s implied during the show and most people assume he does. So, Marvin dies. Remember, Trina still loves him even though she’s married to Mendel, she needed a husband to help raise Jason and Mendel seemed like her best option at the time. Since she lost the man she truly loves I go with the theory that she committed because she was already shown to be mentally unstable. So, now we have Mendel, Jason, Charlotte, and Cordelia. This is when my theories begin. Mendel truly loves Trina, but I don’t think he would commit. My theory is he quits his career after becoming severely depressed and possibly a substance abuser. Jason also develops depression after losing his mother and three father figures (Whizzer and Marvin to HIV, Mendel to his substance abuse). This is where the lesbians from next door come in. Even though they lost their friends, they’ll most likely come out just a bit sad but not deeply affected like the rest. Jason seeks them out for comfort and they end up practically raising him while Mendel falls into deeper depression. Mendel either eventually commits or dies of overdosing leaving Jason with his godparents, Charlotte and Cordelia. Jason will grow up with major issues but will go on to be an HIV activist and a great LGBT+ allie, all in memory of his best friend and his father. But that’s just a theory, a musical theory.

I found this musical last night and read the entire plot on Wikipedia and now I’m watching these videos and I can’t stop crying help

the night before my math final and i’m here. i think i’m making good choices

what more can i say is so beautiful but i JUST CANT???