by Chris Peterson
Valentine’s Day weekend always does this to me. Some people buy flowers, some people book overpriced prix fixe dinners, and some of us sit around ranking musical theatre love songs like it’s a competitive sport, and our emotional well-being depends on it.
So in the spirit of romance, longing, chaos, and people singing their feelings instead of going to therapy, here are some of my favorite love songs in musical theatre. Not the “objective best.” Not the most famous. Just the ones that live in my head rent-free and hit me square in the chest every single time.