Top 10 Broadway Characters Who Most Deserve a Hug

Characters have a tendency to suffer, especially in emotional stories, like musicals. These characters often are good, kind people who don't deserve what their story threw at them. Which musical characters do you think most deserve a hug to aid in their pain? Must include both the name of the character and the name of their show.
The Top Ten
1 Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton)

Fell hopelessly in love with a guy just to be cheated on with some girl he picked up off the street. Eliza deserves better.

2 Jean Valjean (Les Misérables)

Spent 19 years in brutal 1800's prison and was finally freed only to be rejected by almost everyone, and then was forced to live a lie to survive. If that isn't sad, I don't know what is.

3 Eponine (Les Misérables)

"On My Own" shows how sad and lonely she is, of course she deserves a hug!

4 Cosette (Les Misérables)

This poor girl knew no love for years and years. She may have risen up, but why should that prevent her from deserving a hug?

5 Marius Pontmercy (Les Misérables)
6 Heidi Hansen (Dear Evan Hansen)

Sings an entire song about how she feels "so small", and yet still tries to be the best mom she can be.

7 Michael Mell (Be More Chill)
8 Evan Hansen (Dear Evan Hansen)
9 Veronica Sawyer (The Heathers)
10 Angelica Schuyler Church (Hamilton)
The Contenders
11 Fantine (Les Misérables)

She sold her hair, her locket, her teeth, and her body JUST to save her daughter from illness Cosette never even experienced! Her story is heartbreaking

12 Elphaba Thropp (Wicked)

Elphaba may have wreaked havoc throughout Oz, but she still went through a lot and deserves a hug.

13 Charlie Brown (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
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