Overdone

[Broadway_Baby2]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 10:09pm

I know there's tons of people asking about what songs and monologues are overdone, I found this list on a Unified auditions page, and thought I'd pass it along, it's got some stuff that hasn't been previously mentioned.

Overdone Monologues:
'Dentity Crisis - Peter Pan
Girl's Guide to Chaos - dating speech
Beyond Therapy - all monologues
Brighton Beach memoirs - all monologues
Fifth of July - all monologues
Wall of Water - last cigarette monologue
Taking With - 15 Minutes
Boys Life - all monologues
Lone Star - Roy's Edith Ellen monologue
Heidi Chronicles - all monologues
A, My Name is Alice - Jockstrap monologue
Laughing Wild - Tuna monologue
P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Swimming Audition monologue
Baby with the Bathwater - all monologues
Star Spangled Girl - all monologues
House of Blue Leaves - all monologues
Romantic Comedy - Marshmallow monologue
Quilters - Sunbonnet Sue
Shadow Box - Beverly
Equus - all monologues
King Lear - Edmond
If I Only had a Brain - all monologues
Little Footsteps - all monologues
I Hate Hamlet - all monologues
Love Minus - If Actors go to Hell monologue
Overdone Songs:
Little Shop of Horrors - all songs
The Fantastiks - all songs
Les Miserables - all songs
Phantom of the Opera - all songs
Evita - all songs
Kiss Me Kate - I Hate Men
Chicago - All That Jazz
South Pacific - Wash That Man...
Show Boat - Can't Help Lovin'...
Sweet Charity - Big Spender
Guy's & Dolls - Adelaide's Lament
A Chorus Line - all songs
City of Angels - You Can Always...
My Fair Lady - all songs
Jekyll and Hyde - all songs
Titanic - all songs
Footloose - all songs
Rent - all songs
Once Upon a Mattress - Shy
Miss Bird (song)
Embracable You (song)
I Get a Kick Out of You (song)

[ashley0139]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 10:19pm

Quilters - Sunbonnet Sue

Well, I've only done that one about 70 million times

[where's my shoe?]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 10:50pm

I try to keep up on these lists but they're always a little scary because I see a few plays that i've never heard of before. Even a show that you think isn't overdone because you've never heard of it isn't safe. Thanks for the list though.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/18/05 at 11:39pm

awwww, i LOVE the laughing wild tuna monologue. not that i'd ever use it for anything since i'm not an actor...but it's so funny! i can see how it's overdone though.

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 12:35am

Just a note: I've often done "On the Street Where You Live," and I'm a woman, and that often gets good responses. It's a great mid-range woman's song and isn't necessarily overdone for females.

[hot_brdwy_diva]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 2:02am

You have to be careful, some directors don't like opposite sex songs. I've always been told to steer clear. On the street where you live is pretty overdone. (but a great song to sing for cabarets n such!)

[iRuvPrinceton]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 9:38am

For overdone songs- I hear Wicked's gaining tons and tons of popularity.

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 10/19/05 at 9:56am

Good point, Diva - some directors don't like when you shake things up too much. Generally, good directors do like to see innovation - and another general rule, the more gender-neutral a song, the better it crosses over. If you have to change names or pronouns, steer away from an opposite-sex song.

And, iRuv, you're very right... absolutely DO NOT do Wicked! Directors will assume that Wicked is the only theatre you know if you sing it at an audition.