Broadway Songs for a Quartet

[TheatreFreak05]

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]

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.

[jsg03jd]

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]

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

"How Beautiful the Days" from The Most Happy Fella

[henrikegerman]

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]

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

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

[bwaylvsong]

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

"We Open in Venice" from Kiss Me, Kate

[Nettik]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[RickyMT]

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]

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]

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

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

[zunit1234]

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

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

[CockeyedOptimist2]

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]

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

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

[WhizzerMarvin]

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.

[Jon]

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

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

[BroadwayBound92]

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.