Funny Musical Theater Songs

#1

Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 11/23/08 at 1:12am

Hi--

I need a REALLY funny relatively obscure song for a cabaret performance. I am a mezzo/belter with a pretty wide range. The past two cabarets I have performed My Party Dress(Kerrigan and Lowdermilk) and The Alto's Lament. Sheet music doesn't need to be available. I was thinking of maybe doing Screw Loose from Cry Baby, but does anyone have any funnier suggestions?

Thanks!

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#2

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 11/23/08 at 7:40am

I hate musicals from Ruthless

#3

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 11/23/08 at 11:30am

Vodka from Song of the Flame by Gershwin.

The sheet music is available.

#4

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 11/23/08 at 8:20pm

its not from a musical...but Taylor the Latte boy is great!

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#5

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 11/23/08 at 8:59pm

If (you hadn't but you did)
I Hate Men
100 Easy Ways (to lose a man)
I'm Easily Assimilated
Oklahoma (from DRS)
As We Stumble Along
Jerry Likes My Corn
The Swamps of Home
Raunchy (from 110 in the Shade)

#6

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 11/24/08 at 6:03am

"The boy from..." from The Mad Show (Sondheim)

#7

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/4/08 at 9:41pm

I was just about to say that.

#8

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/5/08 at 12:19am

Hm...maybe you could do Taylor's response (Taylor the Latte Boy for males.)

#9

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/5/08 at 1:02am

You could do "I know things now" from Into the Woods. Not a very well known show (well, to the general public)

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#10

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/5/08 at 10:05am

'I know things now' is one of the most overdone songs from Into the Woods...I would suggest going with something like

-'When the Music Played' from How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes or Less
-"All The Men In My Life Keep Getting Killed By Candarian Demons" from Evil Dead the Musical
-"Anything" from Triumph of Love
-"Everybody's Girl" from Steel Pier
-"Rita's Confession" from Lucky Stiff

#11

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/5/08 at 1:27pm

Taylors response is hilarious if you can find a girl to do the first half!

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"You know what really makes me mad? When girls think they can sing just because they are on the Disney Channel."

#12

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/5/08 at 3:22pm

"Give Him The OO-La-La" by Cole Porter

It ought to be done rather fast and the lyrics which are very clever need to be enunciated within an inch of their life. There are many jokes within the song and many double entendres. The audience deserves them all.

Another thing, no one will know the song. Okay maybe a few, but not very many at all. You could stop a show with it and everyone will think its new when it was written in the late 30s-early 40s.

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"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher

#13

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/1/09 at 6:47pm

"If You Got It, Flaunt It" from the Producers.

#14

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/21/09 at 1:09pm

Blue Hair by Joe Iconis

#15

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 12/22/09 at 3:29am

"All I've Got" from "Silver's Ghost" - hypochondria at its best! There's a version on a CD called "Showtrain", and I've added a link to a website which sells this CD (or download from i-Tunes).
CDs -> Showtrain -> All I've Got

#16

re: Funny Musical Theater Songs

Posted: 1/5/10 at 5:25pm

It's written for a man, but
"Everybody Wants to be Sondheim" is pretty funny...somewhat blasphemous...but funny.

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