Audition song

[parislover87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:33am

I'm auditioning for Thoroughly Modern Millie on Monday and was wondering if anyone could suggest a good audition song for Jimmy or Trevor... I've played Cornelius Hackl, Harold Hill, Gaston, and Schroeder recently so I think my voice can handle either...

So I was thinking Without Love/ or It Takes Two from Hairspray
or maybe Goin' Down from Hair (the Gavin Creel Version)
or All I Care About from Chicago...

thoughts?

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:40am

Those all sound like great choices! go for it, and good luck.

[parislover87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:42am

thanks... Goin Down is my usual but its a little edgy... I dunno I guess they all are... we'll see

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 12:55am

I actually don't know Hair too well, so I don't know that song. I think those hairspray songs are great choices for Jimmy, and the Chicago song is perfect for Trevor.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:50am

Parislove, WHY would you go into an audition with pop-rock material for a show concerning itself with the roaring Twenties? I mean, think about it for a second.




Amelie Helie
Belleville, Paris

[parislover87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 8:49am

chill out honey, it's not blasphemy.... and I mean don't act like I don't REALIZE that they are rock-ish songs.... but have a little faith in the casting directors and myself

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 9:04am

Hunter does bring a good point. Find a piece that fits your voice and the material. If you make a casting director work too hard to see if you would fit, they won't cast you. I would definitely think twice about it.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 9:04am

Hunter does bring a good point. Find a piece that fits your voice and the material. If you make a casting director work too hard to see if you would fit, they won't cast you. I would definitely think twice about it.

[parislover87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:22pm

i understand the point and that's why I made the thread... so that I would get suggestions that ARENT rock-ish... and people have yet to do that

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:39pm

Sing 'Young and Healthy' from 42nd Street.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:41pm

What are you a tenor/baritone? How much time do you have? What kind of sheet music access do you have?

[parislover87]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 1:52pm

my range is not very limited... i can do tenor/baritone/bass but my high and low are strongest... my midrange is week

i have access to A LOT of sheet music

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 2:15pm

What about "Accident Waiting to Happen" from Drowsy???

[gumbo2]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 2:18pm

How about "When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" from Finian's Rainbow? It's baritenorish, funny, and old-school.

[sparrman]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 2:41pm

Have NO faith in the imaginations of casting directors.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 5:28pm

"Be Like the Bluebird" from Anything Goes would work...as would most of the early Cole Porter stuff.

[yankee_fan907]

Posted: 4/26/07 at 6:39pm

The only problem with Be Like the Bluebird is that it's not supposed to be sung great. If you want to use something from ANYTHING GOES which I'm doing at my school right now actually I would personally choose another song...