Best Song Written for a Male- Page 2
Best Song Written for a Male
TappyMcCrackin
Swing Joined: 2/26/05
#25re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/26/05 at 6:28pm
I think one of the most gentle songs is Dulcinea, which is a wonderful song.
bklyn blah
Swing Joined: 2/26/05
#26re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/26/05 at 6:42pm"i chose right" from baby... such a great song.
#27re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/26/05 at 7:17pm
Let's see...My favorotes are:
Lost in the Wilderness from Children of Eden. (What an ending!)
Anthem from Chess
Johanna from Sweeney Todd
On the Willows from Godspell (Great as a duet)
Funny from City of Angels
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#28re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/26/05 at 7:24pm
Betrayed from The Producers is a pretty demanding, male powerhouse song.
So is Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar.
I also especially admire At the Fountain from Sweet Smell of Success and Make Them Hear You from Ragtime. Let Them Walk Among You from Bat Boy. Of course most of Jason Robert Brown's male solo work is BRILLIANT bring- the- house- down material. I Am Not The Boy Next Door (Boy From Oz)...
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
Falsettoland
Leading Actor Joined: 2/19/05
#29re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:03am
YES YES YES!!! On everything that's been said.
I add my vote for;
What More Can I Say AND What Would I Do - Falsettos
No More - Into The Woods
I Am What I Am - La Cage
This is The Moment - J&H
And sappy as hell but I love it...Marry Me - The Rink
"We are engaged in two wars, one on drugs and one on terror, that can never be won. I mean, one is a group of inanimate objects and the other is an emotion. We might as well fight a war on pasta, which I guess the Atkins people are actually doing."
cathyhyatt
Broadway Star Joined: 10/20/04
#30re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 12:19pm
no one said FOR SARAH from DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES
ahhh AMAZING SONG..
and BEFORE THE SUMMER ENDS from DRACULA..
PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE BOTH OF THESE SHOWS ALOTTT MORE CREDIT
"You won't fight without layers of armor
Suit on up and come brace my sword
You look back when the pieces are missing
Hollowed out hope that no time can restore."
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#31re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 12:25pm
"It Takes Two" from HAIRSPRAY?? I beg to differ.
"The Impossible Dream" - MAN OF LA MANCHA
"I Am What I Am" - LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
"Bring Him Home" - LES MISÉRABLES
#32re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 12:30pm
It Only Takes A Moment-Hello Dolly
Mama, A Rainbow-Minnie's Boys
in addition to what most of everyone else said.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#33re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 3:06pmNo Matter What (Whistle Down the Wind) for a tenor.
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
Jwaa
Broadway Star Joined: 11/28/04
#34re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 3:50pm
Someday you will love me - Zanna Don't
Role of a Lifetime - Bare
What is it about her - Lippas Wild Party
Out There - Hunchback of Notre Dame (disney animation)
Bye Room - John and Jen (easy and effective)
grr cant think of any otehrs at he moment but i know there are soooo many more!
#35re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 3:59pmConfrontation from Jekyll and Hyde is very demanding...
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#36re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 4:07pm
There are three, in my opinion...
Finishing the Hat - SUNDAY...
Being Alive - COMPANY
but THE best -
Epiphany - SWEENEY TODD
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#37re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 7:56pm
I've been doing shows since I can barely remember but I never thought about a "best" song written for a guy. But top five would be
"It Took Me a While" from John and Jen
"Johanna" from Sweeney Todd
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miz
"If I Can't Love Her" from Beauty and the Beast"
"She Was There" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#38re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/27/05 at 10:53pm
Sigh. Songs written for men are just overall SO MUCH BETTER than songs written for women. Overall, people, yes there are a lot of great songs for women, but overall. I'm so jealous. Many of my favorites have already been named, but here are a few more:
A Bit of Earth - Secret Garden (I can't believe no one's said this!)
Heaven On Their Minds - JCS
Prayer - Scarlet Pimpernel
Purpose - the Q (lotsa love. just a great song)
Stars - Les Miserables
More will come to me 
TrulyWicked
Chorus Member Joined: 2/28/05
#39re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/28/05 at 4:15am
OK... Songs for a male...
Well my first instinct is to list If I can't Love Her from B&B, which I see many of you have listed, but I think most of us love that because of the Blasts from the Awesome French Horn players during the interlude, so that leads me to my top 5...
1.)Giants in the Sky(Very impressive if done right)
Into the Woods
2.)This is the Moment
Jekyll & Hyde
3.)Music of the Night
Phantom of the Opera
4.)Confrontation
Jekyll & Hyde- I know, another one... but belting and
playing pschyzo at the same time 
5.)Heaven on their Minds
Jesus Christ Superstar... I know- odd choice... but
this as far as belting for a guy would compare to
Defying Gravity for a female. Plus it's not overdone.
#40re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/28/05 at 4:26am
A Bit of Earth is amazing...
"Impossible Dream" - Man of La Mancha
"Make Them Hear You" - Ragtime
Deet: Shira, I Love You!
jarred03
Leading Actor Joined: 10/17/04
#41re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/28/05 at 4:35am
The King of Broadway- The Producers is my favorite song for a man.
I also really like:
Mr. Cellophane- Chicago
Wilkommen- Cabaret.
phantom_tenor
Leading Actor Joined: 1/11/05
#42re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/28/05 at 7:35am
Being Alive- Company, Sondheim
Maria- WSS
Stars - Les Mis
Music of the Night- POTO
I Need to Know - jekyll and Hyde
This Nearly was mine- South Pacific
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#43re: Best Song Written for a Male
Posted: 2/28/05 at 1:20pm
Dancing Through Life- Wicked
Love Was A Song- Brooklyn
All I Ask- POTO (yes, its a duet but Rauol's part is awesome)
What Do I Need With Love- Millie
What You Own- Rent
Role of a Lifetime- Bare
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