'Angry Broadway Music' Playlist

[caamodt]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 12:26pm

I was thinking about putting a playlist together of Broadway music to listen to when I am angry/frustrated but was having a tough time coming up with more than a few songs. What does everyone else think? What Broadway music do you listen to after a bad day???

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 12:36pm

Angry Dance - Billy Elliot

[artscallion]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 12:46pm

Funny from City of Angels

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 12:56pm

Get Out And Stay Out from 9-5

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:02pm

From Follies: Could I Leave You

From Gypsy: Rose's Turn

Angry,hurt and upset characters who thru the song find strength

[suspendabledisbelief]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:03pm

Alas for you- Godspell

I Had a Life- Ghost

[Jon]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:06pm

"Just You Wait, 'Enry 'Iggins" - My Fair Lady
"Wherever He Aint" - Mack & Mabel
"Last Midnight" - Into the Woods.
"Epiphany" - Sweeney Todd
"Revenge" - A Family Affair
"Betrayed" - The Producers

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:09pm

I'm right there with you TheatreDiva!

Also Rock Star and The Saddest Song from BBAJ

Raise a Little Hell and Too Late to Turn Back Now from Bonnie & Clyde

[dreaming]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:25pm

"Take Me or Leave Me" from Rent
"Now You Know" from Merrily We Roll Along

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:34pm

She's gone (a cut song from sideshow)

Leave me alone - sideshow

Tunnel of love - sideshow (the part where alice ripley screams out "where is mine" is amazing!!!)

diva's lament - spamalot

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:36pm

it's all over - dreamgirls

heavy - dreamgirls

ain't no party - dreamgirls

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 1:42pm

Most of SPRING AWAKENING. If it's not about sex, it's about teen angst.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 2:00pm

^"Bitch of Living" was my first thought too.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 2:22pm

Be On Your Own-Nine
No Good Deed-Wicked
Angry Inch-Hedwig
Forget About The Boy-Millie

[artscallion]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 2:37pm

Apology to a cow - Bat Boy

[NoName3]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 2:54pm

Quarrel-tet - Whoop-Up

Men - Whoop-Up

I Wouldn't Marry You - The Gay Life

I Hate Men - Kiss Me Kate

Shall I Tell You What I Think of You - The King and I

Cannon Song - Threepenny Opera

Pirate Jenny - 3PO

Act I Finale - 3PO

Jealousy Duet - 3PO

Act II Finale - 3PO

Useless - 3PO

(3PO is one heck of an angry show)

Make Your Own Bed - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

The Night That Goldman Spoke in Union Square - Ragtime

Strike Sequence - "

Coalhouse's Soliloquy - "

Coalhouse Demands - "

Fire in the City - "

Franklin Shepard, Inc. - Merrily We Roll Along









Updated On: 9/16/12 at 02:54 PM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 3:40pm

Hell No - Color Purple

[tazber]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 4:43pm

The Money Tree - The Act

Angel's Rink and Social Center and Don't Ah Ma Me - The Rink

Someday is for Suckers - The Life

The Games I Play - Falsettos

Already mentioned but worth reiterating:

Funny - City of Angels

Be On Your Own - Nine




ETA: Just looking at The Rink again and almost every song is laced with anger, bitter sarcasm, or profound disappointment except for the two or three ballads.

Updated On: 9/15/12 at 04:43 PM

[someone.else's.story2]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 5:49pm

"Kill the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast

(sorry, couldn't resist)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 6:14pm

Great thread!

"I Resolve" from She Loves Me

[CJ N2N]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 6:17pm

I specialize in angry musical numbers.

"The Break"- Next to Normal
"Rent"- Rent
"What Have I Done? (Valjean's Soliloquy)- Les Miserables (Basically all of the songs in Les Mis are angry or upset in some way)

[Jon]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 6:25pm

"Snuff That Girl" and "Why Did I Listen to That Man" from URINETOWNM.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 6:51pm

William's Song from Tap Dance Kid.

Watching the Show from The Times

Updated On: 9/15/12 at 06:51 PM

[artscallion]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 8:03pm

Around the World - Grey Gardens

[Kad]

Posted: 9/15/12 at 8:09pm

"We're Not Sorry"- Urinetown
"Didn't I See This Movie?"- Next to Normal
"My Body"- The Life
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"- South Pacific