religious broadway songs
religious broadway songs
BroadwayDreams2
Understudy Joined: 7/4/04
#0religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 12:56pmI am a 17 year old soprano. I have been asked to sing in my church. Are there any Broadway songs I can sing that have a religious or could be considered religious topic? (EX: You'll Never Walk Alone)
#1re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 1:01pmAnything from GODSPELL.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#3re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 1:10pmClimb Ev'ry Mountain has a spiritual feel. No One is Alone has basically the same message as You'll Never Walk Alone, if you want to use that...
#5re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 1:11pmClose Every Door from Joseph. Anything from Joseph. Anything other than that might be alittle cheesy though...
"Needless to say the crew is well acquainted with my ass and that's ok because they are the coolest guys ever."
- Idina Menzel
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 1:12pm
There are many songs that can be used, just change the pronoun to "You" or "Him", meaning God or Jesus.
I actually did a solo version of "For Good" switching a few words around, like because I Know you, etc.
We in the church singin biz often joke that you can take practically any song, specially love songs and but Lord, or Him in place of Her or you...and even You works, depending on lyrics.
Strictly speaking, besides Godspell, there's JCSuperstar...
Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler
Bring Him Home from Les Miz works
Circle of Life from Lion King
#7re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:14pmI Believe, from Altar Boyz is a VERY good song about faith and believing in God or even other people.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#8re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:22pm
The Chanukah Song -- Caroline or Change 
Updated On: 6/27/05 at 02:22 PM
#9re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:44pm
Good job, Mol. I Believe is a GORGEOUS song.
heart.
mel
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#10re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:48pm
I Believe is wonderful, but sheet music isn't available, and you'd probably have to transpose it into a different key, for you to sing it comfortably.
Hehe. Not intending to burst any bubbles, my fellow 'holicz, but it isn't really the best choice for a soprano. 
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#11re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 2:50pmthe Prayer from Titanic but it isn't veyr long and it really reffers to being on a boat
renthead2005z
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/2/05
#12re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:01pmChristmas lullaby from songs for a new world...one of the most beautiful songs on the songs for a new world cd..
"Why do we play with fire?-Why do we run our fingers through the flame?"
#13re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:15pm
Oh, I forgot about the whole soprano thing. Sorry!
heart.
mel
magic8ball
Broadway Star Joined: 3/28/04
#14re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 3:42pmEDIT.
"Goodness is rewarded. Hope is guaranteed. Laughter builds strong bones. Right will intercede. Things you've said I often find I need, indeed. I see the world through your eyes. What's black and white is colorized. The knowledge you most dearly prized I'm eager to employ. You said that life has infinite joys."
Updated On: 6/27/05 at 03:42 PM
#15re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:39pmyeah forgot about the soprano thing...but im a soprano and i can sing it pretty well....sometimes you can ask a writer for sheet music to a song before its been released...i know they didn that with some wicked.
#16re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 5:43pmOut of context of the show, the song "You Walk With Me" from THE FULL MONTY actually could be perceived as a religious song. You just may not want to mention where the songs comes from LOL. I actually sang that as a duet at a recent wedding. It could be done as a solo.
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
#17re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 8:39pmAll Good Gifts from "Godspell" would be nice. I've heard it performed at a wedding.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
#18re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 8:46pmI would advise against JCS. I wouldn't consider the main female ballad in the show (I Don't Know How to Love Him) a really religious song, more of a pop ballad. It really isn't a soprano friendly show considering there is one female lead (Mary Magdalene) who sings on the lower side.
Thou giveth fever.
#19re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/27/05 at 8:53pm"Why God, why?" from Miss Saigon
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
jollipops
Chorus Member Joined: 4/10/05
#20re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/28/05 at 12:27amThe title song from 'Children of Eden' - beautiful.
baltimorebroadway
Swing Joined: 9/4/04
#21re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/28/05 at 12:35amPossibly "I Know Where I've Been", I know its not extremely high, but it might still be in your range.
phantom_tenor
Leading Actor Joined: 1/11/05
#22re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/28/05 at 7:14amsit down you're rocking the boat from guys and dolls?
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/28/05 at 7:34amThere are a few songs from the disaster Into the Light- the musical about the Shroud of Turin!!!
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#24re: religious broadway songs
Posted: 6/28/05 at 7:59amAs a Christian worship leader, I have to tell you that Godspell is probably the only thing you'll be able to get away with in a traditional church setting...and not "Turn Back, Oh Man," either.
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