Broadway Songs for a Quartet

[TheatreFreak05]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet#1

Posted: 9/18/11 at 7:57pm

I need some really great songs that can showcase two guys and two girls. Any suggestions?

(Sorry if this has already been asked before. Didn't see anything when I searched)

[fingerlakessinger]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #2

Posted: 9/18/11 at 8:36pm

The Quartet from "Secret Garden" is quite beautiful. It's a beast to get it done right though.

"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."

[jsg03jd]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #2

Posted: 9/19/11 at 4:23am

How about "Closer than Ever" from "Closer than Ever?" It's an off-Broadway show but it's a great musical number.

[best12bars]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #3

Posted: 9/19/11 at 6:10am

"How Beautiful the Days" from The Most Happy Fella

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[henrikegerman]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #4

Posted: 9/19/11 at 12:37pm

"Unlikely Lovers" - FALSETTOS

"Some Other Time" - ON THE TOWN

"Love Will See Us Through.."/"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" - FOLLIES

off Broadway - "If We Only Have Love" - JACQUES BREL...
Updated On: 9/19/11 at 12:37 PM

[madbrian]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #5

Posted: 9/19/11 at 12:52pm

Several choices in [title of show], most notably Nine People's Favorite Thing.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[bwaylvsong]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #6

Posted: 9/19/11 at 1:58pm

"We Open in Venice" from Kiss Me, Kate

[Nettik]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #7

Posted: 9/19/11 at 2:06pm

"Without Love" from Hairspray

(Might be a little too contemporary, but thought I'd throw it in anyway.)

[Elke]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #8

Posted: 9/19/11 at 2:35pm

It's an Off-Broadway show, but "Do You Know What It's Like" from "Zanna, Don't!" is one of my all time favorites.

[TheatreFreak05]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #9

Posted: 9/20/11 at 12:25am

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I've got a lot of great options from older musicals now. Any more contemporary songs?

[Gypsy9]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #10

Posted: 9/20/11 at 5:57am

I would like to second henrikegerman's suggestion of "Some Other Time" from the Leonard Bernstein, Comden and Green musical ON THE TOWN. This quartet is a gem, just exquisite with wonderful slightly complex harmonies. I would love the chance to sing the tenor line in this song. It was one of several numbers deleted from the movie version, alas. By all means, choose this.

"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"

[RickyMT]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #11

Posted: 9/20/11 at 7:53am

not too serious a show at all but I've seen some good Quartet performances of "Be My Friend" from Edges.

[Nettik]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #12

Posted: 9/20/11 at 9:44pm

"Why Stay/A Promise" from N2N isn't a traditional quartet number, but it has the 2 guys/2 girls you're looking for.

Also from Next to Normal is "Just Another Day," but that may be far too plot-specific for what you're looking for.

A few other 2 guys/2 girls songs from contemporary musicals that you may find worth looking into are:

"Not Alone" from A Very Potter Musical
"Too Much Too Soon" from American Idiot
"This Is How A Dream Comes True" from Shrek: The Musical
"Any Minute" from 13

[GlindatheGood22]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #13

Posted: 9/20/11 at 10:21pm

"Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" is a quartet. Surprised nobody mentioned it.

I know you. I know you. I know you.

[zunit1234]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #14

Posted: 9/21/11 at 1:40pm

Going to go ahead and second "Unlikely Lovers" BEAUTIFUL song.

Witty signature to come.

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #15

Posted: 9/21/11 at 1:48pm

Glinda, "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" is technically an octet, but the younger four could easily be cut out for a performance like this.

[newintown]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #16

Posted: 9/21/11 at 2:17pm

"Dear One" from Kiss of the Spiderwoman is very pretty.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #17

Posted: 9/21/11 at 4:53pm

I second "Dear One" and if you need a comic quartet check out the "Quarrel-tet" from Whoop-Up.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[Jon]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #18

Posted: 9/21/11 at 6:08pm

If you can handle complex jazz harmonies, there are three or four in CITY OF ANGELS.

[BroadwayBound92]

Broadway Songs for a Quartet #19

Posted: 9/21/11 at 7:40pm

I'll second "Love Will See Us Through/You're Gonna Love Tomorrow." I would also suggest "Falling In Love With Someone (Quartet)" from Thoroughly Modern Millie and also "No One Is Alone" from Into The Woods. Be forewarned, the latter is mainly a duet for a majority of the number.