Funny Song
Funny Song
JenniferWren
Swing Joined: 8/29/05
#0Funny Song
Posted: 3/30/06 at 3:32pmI need a really funny/memorable character song for an audition any suggestions? (female)
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#1re: Funny Song
Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:11pm
Harper Valley PTA is about as good as a funny story song can get.
It may take a bit of effort to uncover the sheet music but I believe the writer was also the singer and her name was Jeannie C. Riley.
Think rock-a-billy belt.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#2re: Funny Song
Posted: 3/30/06 at 6:11pmSummer in Ohio from L5Y is hilarious and a showstopper when performed correctly.
#3re: Funny Song
Posted: 3/30/06 at 6:56pmRepent from On the Twentieth Century is funny. Also try Nothing from A Chorus Line. Very funny!
#4re: Funny Song
Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:16pmDance Ten, Looks Three from A Chorus Line
#5re: Funny Song
Posted: 3/31/06 at 11:33am
Saddle Tramp Blues or Don't call me Trailer Trash from 'Cowgirls'
They're more country-esk, but it's a rather funny musical.
GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#6re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/1/06 at 3:07pm
Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm- How to Suceed...Trying.
Paris Makes Me Horny- Victor/Victoria
#7re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/1/06 at 5:06pm
If you hadn't but you did-I believe its from Two on the Aisle. It's pretty hard though.
Girl in 14 G is cute as well.
I'm in a Kristin Chenoweth mood.
#8re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/3/06 at 8:52pmTotally blanking on the name of it- but the song in Guys and Dolls about how the girl is going to catch a cold because her boyfriend won't propose
#9re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/3/06 at 8:53pmAdalaide's Lament (sp)
#10re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/6/06 at 12:57pmTaylor the latte boy from Chenoweth's CD...it's not from any show but it's hilarious
#11re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/6/06 at 3:04pmAdam Hunter (2nd younger brother in Ragtime on Broadway) came to our school and did a gay version of Taylor the Latte Boy and it was SO funny. I actually liked it better....sorry for the threadjack, but i felt the need to express how hilarious it was. :)
King Stevos
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/6/06 at 5:05pmThe funniest song I have ever heard a female sing is: "You'd be surprised" by irving berlin, Madeline Kahn sang it at an Irving Berlin Celebration. If played extremely minimalistic, it brings down the house.
#13re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/13/06 at 9:21amtry "you can always count on me" from city of angels
#14re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/13/06 at 9:06pmAdalaides Lament G&D
#15re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/14/06 at 4:16pmOklahoma? from DRS makes me laugh but that may be kinda tough.
#16re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/14/06 at 11:45pmhmm...nothing from a chorus line, talk to the genitals, popular is ironically funny but I don't know if that's what your looking for
#17re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/15/06 at 10:45amI thought of some more, check out Once Upon a Matress, Princess Fred has some cute ones.
#18re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/15/06 at 11:34amI agree that "Dance ten looks three" is a really good character piece as is adelaides lament and ado annies "i canin't say no" from oklahoma
#20re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:56amEver heard Miss Marmelstein from I can get it for you wholesale? Hey, it worked for Barbra, totally great audition piece. OOO, I think it's called my feet from the most happy fella. I know they're both kinda obscure but at least nobody else will be singing 'em.
#21re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:18pm
Happily Ever After or Shy from Once Upon a Mattress.
Woe is Me or I Speak Six languages from Spelling Bee.
If My Friends Could See Me Now or I'm a Brass Band from Sweet Charity.
Popular from Wicked is also a good one.
#22re: Funny Song
Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:57pmOne Hundred Easy Ways from Wonderful Town... or as someone mentioned... A Summer in Ohio from L5Y is hysterical, I used it for an audition last year and it worked well.
StarsInMyHands
Chorus Member Joined: 12/12/05
#23re: Funny Song
Posted: 6/22/06 at 4:39pm
I knooooow L5Y is taboo, but it's just so freakin' good! Haha.
"Climbing Up Hill", if done properly and with the comedic timing down - to - a - tee, is a killer.
But I dunno your time restraints. You can do just the audition part ("When you come home...I should have told them I was sick last week" up to "Thank you. Thank you so much.") or you can do the whole piece, but it's kind long.
Of course, I wouldn't perform any JRB stuff for Colleges or for anything professional, but it's great for everything else ~ especially if your audience isn't theatre savvy.
Yeah, it's been fours years and (along with the rest of the theatre-loving world...) I'm still insanely in love with the show. And for a damn good reason too! Just listen to it! =D
Updated On: 6/22/06 at 04:39 PM
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