That was a hard question, but the first one that comes to mind is "Johanna" from SWEENEY TODD. The melody is just so lush and haunting....and I love how it is just so intense that it almost borders on stalking......."I'll steal you, Johanna......till I'm with you then I'm with you there, buried sweetly in your yellow hair." oh yeah.

Rodgers & Hart "Small Hotel" especially the Portia Nelson recording.

"Do That to Me One More Time" by The Captain and Tennille.

I'm actually partial to "The Old Red Hills of Home" as a love song because of the way the love of this woman, Lila, gradually keeps expanding to the love of a place, a home, a way of life. It's very beautiful and not a little terrifying, the way something putatively marital becomes potently martial.

We just can't choose one. Our favorites are: "It Only Takes a Moment" from HELLO DOLLY!, "What More Can I Say" from Falsettos, and "I Have Dreamed" from THE KING AND I.

"Something Good" from (the film) THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

"So Far" from ALLEGRO. Though in its original context I think it was sung to a newborn baby, out of context it's always sung as a love song. It's a great song because it's about that overwhelming anticipation and hope at the beginning of any relationship.

In my opinion, the most romantic Broadway love song is "Move On" from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Not in the traditional sense, but in the way lovers support and uplift each other to be their very best. I love the way the song suggests that although this may not be easy, as long as you "Move On" and stay true to yourself, you will have something more to give..to enrich others' lives.

Well, "I Have Dreamed" from THE KING AND I is definitely up there, as is "Still" from TITANIC and John Bucchino's "Unexpressed". But for sheer purity and simplicity, I'll have to go with "They Were You" from THE FANTASTICKS. The lyric is so heartfelt and the melody so beautiful. Maybe someday someone will sing it to me (he said hopefully). Now pass the candy hearts...

The most romantic song written for a musical in my opinion is "I Never Loved You' from Cyrano de Bergerac starring Christopher Plummer. The song not only has beautiful emotional lyrics but a soaring melody that tears your heart out given the context of the piece. The song is placed in the final scene when Roxane finally realizes that it was Cyrano who had written the love letters to her and not Christian but Cyrano still tries to deny it by singing the incredibly moving line "I never loved you, My Dear love, not I" and it just breaks your heart ! Try it !

The song is "Long Before I Knew You" from the show BELLS ARE RINGING, written by my husband, Adolph Green. I met him when I auditioned for that show, and we were married over 40-some-odd years. So I think my answer is the best of anybody's you're going to get.

I'd have to name "Music That Makes Me Dance" as first performed on Broadway in FUNNY GIRL by Barbra Streisand and then even more memorably by Mimi Hines. Great 11:00 number by Jule Styne with Bob Merrill's moving lyrics.

Definitely "How Could I Ever Know", from THE SECRET GARDEN. Such a heart wrenchingly beautiful song of undying love, truly romantic.

It's definitely "Some Enchanted Evening" from SOUTH PACIFIC. I used to watch the movie everytime it came on television with my father. When Emile sings "And night after night, as strange as it seems, the sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams" I get very weepy. The song really defines the complicated layers of love- how it can completely capture you off guard, and how it can fill you with hope and longing.

Well, let me be a total shill for a second and say that every night I get to hear "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" from JERSEY BOYS(which makes it a showtune, right?, and I fall in love with the song more each night. I love the fact that Bob Gaudio had 3 different songs, took parts of the 3 and made up what we now know as one of the greatest love songs ever written. Nothing beats watching Christopher Jones (who plays Frankie) from the catwalk above and seeing him sing the first line of the song, "You're just too good to be true...," and hearing 1600 people go "ahhhh....." and then break into applause. It gives me goosebumps everytime. As far as the most romantic song written directly for the theatre...I'll never forget when I went to go see BIG, THE MUSICAL. It was the first Broadway show I ever saw, and I remember falling in love with Crista Moore as she sang "One Special Man." I still listen to it all the time. The chord changes in between the verses give me chills, and nothing beats the lryic, "you shake me, astound me, like no one else can." I'm in love just thinking about it. Is that weird?

My favorite love song is "My Heart is So Full of You" from THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. It's simple; it's perfect.

My favorite Broadway love song is "It Might As Well Be Spring" from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “State Fair”. To me the song is the perfect marriage of a gorgeous melody and evocative lyrics. I love R&H so much that I actually created whole cabaret called “A Rodgers & Hammerstein Valentine”. Attached is a short clip from the song that I did when I debuted the show (and my R&H album) at 54Below in case their roundup includes any videos.

"Sorry-Grateful." And not JUST because I play that beautiful melody on my flute each night. The words are so honest about REAL love and romance. Relationships are not great all the time, but if it is a true romance it lasts through all the sorry-grateful parts of it. "You're always sorry, you're always grateful, you're always wondering what might have been...then she walks in" just says it all about how that one person can be so irritating and yet integral to your life! THAT is a true romance that lasts!

Ooh. That's a tough one. "If I Loved You", which is melancholy but great. There's "Some Enchanted Evening." Really anything by Rodgers and Hammerstein...or Rodgers and Hart. Now we'll have to sing them all...

The most romantic show song would have to be "If I Loved You" from CAROUSEL. First, it's a tease. They're not saying they are in love, but they're not fooling anybody, least of all each other. But, if played properly, the scene with Billy and Julie isn't just a cute opposites-attract kind of romantic moment. You can feel the awesome force of Nature inexorably drawing them together. They're standing beneath these blooming trees and the blossoms are falling all around them. And as Billy and Julie move closer together, they nervously note that there is no breeze to make the flowers fall. She breathes, "It's just their time to." And they're in each other's arms. It's love, it's death, it's love in the face of death, which is what CAROUSEL is all about, and, really, what life is all about. Yow!

"I Couldn’t Be with Anyone but You" in Sheldon Harnick’s and Joe Raposo’s musical version if It’s a Wonderful Life. Sheldon is, hands down, my favorite lyricist, and performing this song is the definition of “speaking on pitch”- it’s so eminently actable- I’m obsessed with it.

"The More You Ruv Someone" from Avenue Q. "the more you love someone the more you want to kill them." Why? Shows unconditional love?

To me the most romantic Broadway love song would have to be "Unusual Way" from NINE. It is so moving and beautiful, and it talks about how love has no perfect mold. Happy Valentines Day!

"What More Can I Say?" from FALSETTOS. Bill Finn, who isn't the most sentimental guy I've ever met, wrote the most romantic song imaginable!

My favorite Broadway love song would have to be "Tits and Ass" from A CHORUS LINE for obvious reasons. But a close second is "Dancing Queen" from MAMMA MIA!. it always gets me "that mood" if you know what I mean...

"This Nearly Was Mine" from SOUTH PACIFIC

As a big Ashman/Menken fan, I'm offering up "Suddenly, Seymour" from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as deserving a place among the most romantic Broadway songs. This poor schlep of a guy finally finds love by asserting his previously non-existent self-worth as he helps a girl with off-the-charts low self-esteem understand the value of her own inner beauty. And the lyric somehow manages to convey Seymour's tremendous affection for Audrey without making him sound uncharacteristically eloquent or literate. Instead, we're won over by his simple sincerity and his heartfelt pledge of 'sweet understanding.' Awesome.

"All the Wasted Time" - PARADE; "What About Love" - THE COLOR PURPLE; "I'll Be Here" - THE WILD PARTY; "In Whatever Time We Have" - CHILDREN OF EDEN. I can't pick just one! You choose!

I would have to say "With So Little To Be Sure Of" from Anyone Can Whistle. Not only a heartbreakingly beautiful melody, but it captures the essence of right person/wrong time. Also, "It Never Was You" from Weill's Knickerbocker Holiday. Another ballad of love and longing, beautiful and sad. Another tough year, then.....

My pick for most romantic Broadway love song ever written is "Is It Really Me?" from 110 IN THE SHADE. To me it speaks so beautifully of how being in love can change someone. It can change the way you see yourself, making you suddenly feel beautiful and special.