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I am hard pressed to choose just one or two 'most moving/emotional' moments, as there are so many; but for me it would have to be the end of the second act: the 'See ya, Michael/Yeah, see ya, Billy' moment. The most moving of these farewells are the final ones, when a Billy or a Michael is leaving the show, and the first name of the departing one is used.

For me, based on the live recording as always, it would have to be the entire sequence from the guttural ending to Once We Were Kings, all the way through The Letter (Reprise), with the clincher being the distant delivery of "Yeah, see ya Billy", which seems to really get me for some reason.

I have been following this thread with great interest. It has taken me some time to sort out a MOST moving /emotional moment. At first there were too many to count, and after many shows I still can't make it through "The Letter" (both). I am sure that rings true for many. However there are two scenes (moments) that touch my heart and move me deeply.
The first is this short sequence: Mrs Wilkenson kneel in front of Billy and snaps up his jacket "You can do this Billy" through the hug where Billy does not want to let go.
For both - this is a breakthrough. For Billy "She believes in me" and for Mrs Wilkenson it is the realization that Billy loves her and she has had her hard shell "cracked" Billy breaks through to her heart. After many shows here and in London I have seen quite a few actresses play Mrs Wilkenson. I must say that Anastasia Barzee (Ogunquit Playhouse) was the first to play this scene with emotion and tears. Anastasia also dropped her stoic demeanor to say goodbye to Billy. "you are f--king special" sound "endearing" when said through tears.

The other moment for me is when Billy runs and jumps into his fathers arms. That always gets to me. I feel that this moment is far to important and significant to be cut off so quickly. I needs a little more time.

The jump into dad's arms is indeed too short, or maybe the directing of the dvd is to blame here. But what it lacks here it makes up for in the end of "Once We Were Kings", when the lights go out. Just brilliant. That's another "most emotional part" for me. It belongs to the same theme as my first one, though.

Well, I have to admit that I couldn't restrain myself from watching the dvd another time. Somehow I had missed that Billy is actually kneeling before the Emancipation of Labour banner at the end. Intense!

It depends on the show & performer for me.

Ollie's letter more so than others. Recently it was Bradley's electricity with the wall flip.

Quite often when the cast are calling Billy back to the stage.

I've only seen two shows, one in London in 2011 and then last week one in The Hague (I'm Dutch and live in the Netherlands). On both occasions there were so many emotional moments. I think though that Angry Dance is the most gripping part for me. Even when I listen to it on the CD I sort of 'brace myself' for what's coming. The first time I saw the show I was overwhelmed, partly by surprise. The second time the intensity was so strong, especially the first part.

On a side note - A thing I noticed in Deep Into The Ground - when Dad sings about losing his wife, that's when Billy takes over the singing. First I thought it's just because Dad is choked up with tears so he can't continue singing and so Billy takes over. But today I realised: it's also a reminder that Billy's Mom lives on in Billy. Even though she's buried, she lives on in her son. At least, that's one way you can look at it.
There's so many layers to uncover in this production!