The musical theatre canon is filled with many moving moments but none are as rousing as the 11 o’clock number, their impact lasting long after the curtain comes down on a performance. After taking an audience on a journey, these showstopping songs are both cathartic and galvanizing, in many cases functioning as the resolution to the "I want" song in act one.
From classics like “Rose’s Turn” to new works like “Wait For Me (Reprise)," revisit these showstopping songs and be sure to share your favorite 11 o'clock numbers.


Cats Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1982
Company Playbill - Dec 1970
The Color Purple Playbill - Opening Night
Sail Away
Hadestown Playbill - Opening Night
Playbill cover for Gypsy in 1959.
Legally Blonde Playbill - Opening Night
The Wiz Playbill - December 1974
Ragtime Playbill - Opening Night
Caroline or Change Playbill - Opening Night, April 2004
Cabaret Playbill - March 1967
Waitress Playbill - Opening NIght
The Secret Garden Playbill - May 1991
Wicked Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 2003
Jagged Little Pill Playbill - Opening Night
Sunday in the Park with George Playbill - May 1984
Guys and Dolls Playbill - June, 1951
The Book of Mormon Playbill
Once Upon a Mattress
Kinky Boots Playbill - Opening Night
Mean Girls Playbill - Opening Night
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Playbill - Opening Night
Into the Woods
The Prom Playbill - December 2018
Matilda The Musical Playbill - Opening Night