audition

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 7:44pm

Hey, guys! Sorry but I need help with an audition. I'm planning to audition for "Beauty in the Beast" and I would really like to get a good role but I'm not quite sure what to sing. My lower range is better than my higher one but I can sing both soprano and alto. I'm considering "For Good" from Wicked or "Day by Day" from Godspell but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 7:50pm

i would REALLY stay away from singing anything from wicked. anything.

"day by day" doesn't really fit BATB stylistically.

is this for a high school production?? if so, you might do well to try out for mrs. potts. if it's a community production i doubt they'll have someone as young as you play an "older" role.

i'm not very well versed in picking out low-range songs, since i'm a soprano..but i would recommend trying to find a ballad that seems to fit the "disney" style. i would say use "for good" as a last resort since a bunch of other girls are probably considering singing stuff from wicked.

if i come up with a more specific suggestion i'll let you know.

break a leg!

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 7:54pm

Thanks! I'm not sure what age they want for Belle but I'll be sixteen around the time. It's not a school production. It's a theatre company in a city near where I live. I'm hoping for either Belle, the feather duster, or one of the three girls that swoon over Gaston. I've been working on "Home" from BATB as a possible option for an audtion song.
Updated On: 8/28/06 at 07:54 PM

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 8:13pm

Try to avoid auditioning songs from the show you are auditioning for.

Maybe try singing
Sixteen Going on Seventeen-Sound of Music
My Favorite Things-Sound of Music
I Enjoy Being a Girl-Flower Drum Song
I'm a Brass Band-Sweet Charity
On My Own-Les Mis
Happily Ever After-Once Upon a Mattress.

Some of those may be overused though. Avoid Wicked. It's being done to death.

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 8:23pm

So try to avoid songs from the show BATB? Thanks for the tip!

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 8:30pm

Not Beauty and the Beast all the time. Just don't audition with songs from the show you are auditioning for. It makes you look like you have a big ego.

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 8:33pm

Alright. Thanks!

[EmieMarie]

Posted: 8/28/06 at 10:54pm

some of Dictinary's songs are great, Rogers and Hammerstines will deffinatly give you a good song, why not something from Cinderella if you can sing soprano?

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 6:42pm

I didn't even think about Cinderella. Thanks for the suggestion!

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 6:44pm

Cinderella would be good. Especially "In My Own Little Corner" Because Belle is kind of in her own corner with her books and stuff. Yeah.

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 6:49pm

I'll have to find the music for that one.

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 8/29/06 at 11:16pm

Maybe this Time from Cabaret...maaaaybe hahah I love that song.

[Katie2]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 8:02pm

I'm not sure I've ever even heard that song. I'll have to look for it. Thanks!

[smilinggiggle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:58pm

You could also try "Somewhere That's Green" from Little Shop of Horrors

[Katie2]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 1:42pm

I actually know that song. lol Thanks!

[smilinggiggle]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:40pm

You're Welcome

[Amneris]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:54pm

Part of your world from Little Mermaid, So this is love from Cinderella, I have a dream from Mamma Mia

[Katie2]

Posted: 9/2/06 at 8:03pm

I used to sing "Part of Your World" all the time. That would be a good audition song. Thanks!