What are your favorite broadway songs to sing? I am looking for new songs to tackle for myself and my voice students. I'm getting tired of all the same songs. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
'Raven' from Brooklyn 'Stars and Moon' from Songs for a New World 'My Friend the Dictionary' from 25th APCSB 'I Don't Know How To Love Him' Jesus Christ Superstar 'All for Laura' from Woman in White 'I Can Do Better Than That' from The Last 5 Years 'My Strongest Suit' from Aida
"One day, is that enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that enough for you? They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more." --Waiting for Godot
Currently WICKED's "Defying Gravity" and "THe Wizard & I." I just edited the karaoke versions of these and can't wait to take them somewhere and sing them! Others that I love:
*"Dreams of Heaven" & "Don't Believe in Heroes Anymore" from 3 GUYS NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN *"Lost in the Wilderness" from CHILDREN OF EDEN *"The Riddle" & "Where's the Girl?" from THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL *"Something WOnderful" from THE KING & I *"My New Philosophy" from ...CHARLIE BROWN *"Meadowlark" from THE BAKER'S WIFE *"Tell My Father" from THE CIVIL WAR (crying!)
I love singing anything from Jersey Boys especially "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You", "My Eyes Adored You", and "Fallen Angel".
Other songs: "I Wanna Be A Producer", "The King Of Broadway", "We Can Do It", "Springtime For Hitler", and "Til Him"-The Producers
"He's Not Dead Yet", "The Song That Goes Like This", "Run Away", "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life", "Brave Sir Robin", "You Won't Succeed On Broadway", and "His Name Is Lancelot."-Monty Python's SpamAlot ________________________________________________________________ "Mr. Bialystock was right. There is alot more to me, than there is to me. Stop the World, I want to get on!" -The Producers
Thanks for all the songs! Of course, all my students are addicted to WICKED but some of the others are new to me. Keep posting cause I love all the suggestions!
"I Speak Six Languages" - 25APCSB "Take Me Or Leave Me" - RENT "On My Own" - Les Miserables "I Dreamed a Dream" - Les Miserables "Adelaide's Lament" - Guys and Dolls "Easy to be Hard" - Hair "Good Morning Baltimore" - Hairspray "The Origin of Love" - Hedwig and the Angry Inch "Johnny Can't Decide" - Tick, Tick...BOOM! "I'm Not That Girl" - WIcked "As Long As You're Mine" - Wicked
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
Don't Tell Mama-Cabaret Out Tonight-Rent Defying Gravity-Wicked America-West Side Story (sounds best if you have an accent, but whatever, we can't all be puerto rican) Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now-Hairspray Send in the Clowns-A Little Night Music
"We can't go in the fire swamp! We'll never survive!"
" Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."
"Oh, What a Circus" and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from Evita "Heaven on Their Minds" from JC Superstar "Feels like Home" from Faust (not Broadway, but still nice to sing) "Anthem" and "Heaven Help my Heart" from Chess "New Music," "Till We Reach That Day," "Sarah Browneyes," "He Wanted to Say" and "Make them Hear You" from Ragtime "It's All the Same" and "Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha "At the Ballet" from A Chorus Line "On My Own" from Les Mis "I Still Believe" and "Bui Doi" from Miss Saigon Anything from Little Shop "Close Every Door" from Joseph "Single Man Drought" from I Love You, You're Perfect... "Sally Simpson" from Tommy
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
Alot of them already posted I sing, but for the past couple of days I've been singing "Green green dress" from Tick...Tick...BOOM! It's not a hard song, but it's enjoyable. :)
Shari Lewis: Did you ever wish upon a star?
Lamb Chop: I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.
"There's a fine, fine line" - Avenue Q "Heart and Music" - A New Brain "Brother" - Bright Lights, Big City "Lonely Pew" and "Listen to Jesus, Jimmy" - Reefer Madness (really amusing, however inappropriate) "Moving too Fast" Last Five Years "Johnny Can't Decide" from Tick, Tick... BOOM! Songs from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown can be fun.
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to
I like to pretend I can sing the songs from Wicked... One of my favorite songs to sing (especially in the car or getting ready in front of a mirror) is "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy.
I, too, love "New Music" from Ragtime. I wish I had some idea of what was going on onstage so I can visualize it...
Anything but Lonely - Aspects of Love Love Changes Everything - Aspects of Love Tell Me On A Sunday - Tell Me On a Sunday/Song & Dance Unexpected Song - Song & Dance I Don't Know How to Love Him - Jesus Christ Superstar
I'm not all that big of an ALW fan, but a lot of his stuff feels good in my voice.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
As far as songs that randomly get stuck in my head for excessive periods of time (but I don't mind, because I like them)...
Giants in the Sky - Into the Woods. I ALWAYS seem to have this tune in my head.
The Actuary Song - I Love You Because. I heard the song off of the demo recording on the website, and it pretty much hasn't left my head since. It's a fun song.
THE LAST 5 YEARS- The whole OCR will forever be playing in my head, lol. Halloween- RENT I Love You Because- I Love You Because Another Saturday Night in New York- I Love You Because Dirty Rotten Number- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Updated On: 1/9/06 at 08:22 PM
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top (Oklahoma!) The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha) If I were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof) The Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance)
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.