Dramatic female duets?
Dramatic female duets?
Ava Taylor
Swing Joined: 5/8/18
#1Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:05pm
Any suggestions for belty, dramatic female duets? Something that doesn't need much context or elaborate staging.
#2Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:17pm
"In His Eyes" from JEKYLL AND HYDE
"For Good" from WICKED (Of course)
"Everyday a Little Death" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (My personal pick)
"I Will Never Leave You" from SIDE SHOW
"A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" from WEST SIDE STORY
"Little Me" from LITTLE ME (Although it's comedic, not dramatic)
"I Still Believe" from MISS SAIGON
If you don't mind doing something a little different...and swapping some vocal keys...I'm also very partial to "No More" from INTO THE WOODS as a duet. Btw, welcome to the forums!
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AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#3Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/8/18 at 8:22pm
Look at the duets that Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner covered on their two albums together post-Side Show.
CPannullo
Stand-by Joined: 12/30/17
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#6Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:54pm
The 2012 Bare revival had 'You don't know', which was a belted, generic, overdramatic teen-angst-ridden song, which sounds perfect for you. Although the cast recording was never recorded, this song was recorded a few years later - and you can easily find many concert performances on youtube.
Spring Awakening also has 'The dark I know well', and the song pretty much explains the context.
Grey Gardens has 'Two Peas in a Pod' and 'Another winter in a summer town', both are great, but the latter one, definitely more dramatic, needs more context, so I wouldn't recommend it.
'If Momma was married' from Gypsy is a great song, but it's not very dramatic.
I've only listened to War Paint once and I don't really remember it, but given the fact the plot of the show is two divas facing each other off -and the divas were Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole-, you'll probably find something good there too.
#8Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/9/18 at 2:46am
Here is what comes to mind:
What You Don't Know About Women (City of Angels) - Great jazzy duet; well enough written that the characters speak for themselves
Bosom Buddies (Mame) - Funny vaudeville turn with lots of character.
Marry the Man Today (Guys and Dolls) - Fun and lots of personality.
Enough is Enough (Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer) - If you don't mind some pop disco
Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy (Barbra Streisand / Judy Garland) - The famous medley arranged by Mel Torme and Mort Lindsey for Barbra's appearance on The Judy Garland Show
Nowadays (Chicago)
#9Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/9/18 at 3:58am
any good female duets from specifically the last 10-15 years or so? any trios or slightly larger group numbers that are female-only (like Mama Who Bore Me or Matchmaker or Mama I'm a Big Girl Now)?
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#10Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/9/18 at 6:37am
I Know Him So Well CHESS
He Can Do It PURLIE
Perfect Strangers DROOD
What About Love? THE COLOR PURPLE
Who Will Love Me as I Am? and I Will Never Leave You SIDESHOW
#11Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/9/18 at 7:42am
helvizz said: "The 2012 Bare revival had 'You don't know', which was a belted, generic, overdramatic teen-angst-ridden song, which sounds perfect for you. Although the cast recording was never recorded, this song was recorded a few years later - and you can easily find many concert performanceson youtube.
helvizz, I was just about to suggest “You don’t know”! I think it’s a wonderful song that sounds right up your alley. Also, this song was recorded along with a most of the other new songs for Bare, on Lynn Shankel’s album Bare Naked. On the album it’s sung by Elizabeth Judd and Lili Cooper who do a wonderful job!
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codywlong2
Swing Joined: 3/15/16
#13Dramatic female duets?
Posted: 5/9/18 at 11:04am
"I Am My Own Best Friend" from Chicago. Not in the movie and absolutely phenomenal! I believe there's a YouTube video of Liza doing it solo. I second "There's Always a Woman" from ACW.
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