Bway Songs about Cheaters

[bwaybaby62]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 2:23am

Trying to put a revue together for school theater group; best songs about cheaters? Thanks for the help!

[Scarlet Leigh]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 6:25am

Hmmm I'm pretty sure you could count 'Get Out and Stay Out' from 9 to 5 as one. "You cheated and you lied" is right in the lyrics.

And I would count 'I Know the Truth' from Aida as a good one as it's about the discovery that you are being cheated on.
Updated On: 4/24/13 at 06:25 AM

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 6:42am

Frankie and Johnnie

That Ain't Right - Ain't Misbehavin'

[all that jazz]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 7:33am

A call from the vatican- Nine

Poor fool he makes me laugh-Phantom

[tazber]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 7:49am

It Needs Work - City of Angels

[ggersten]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 7:57am

You Can Always Count on Me - City of Angels
Nobody Needs to Know - Last Five Years
Always True to You in My Fashion - Kiss Me Kate
A Little Brains, A Little Talent - Damn Yankees

and in a different vein, Little Tin Box - Fiorello!

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 8:08am

In some sense "Could I Leave You?" from Follies is about cheating.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 8:09am

Whatever Lola wants is related to cheating as well.

[Patronus]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 8:48am

I'm surprised there isn't a ready made list for this something. Infidelity certainly seems like an ideal topic for a school theatre group revue.

Seriously though, my favorite that hasn't already been mentioned is "It's Not Too Late" from Romance Romance.

[Patronus]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 8:51am

"It's Not Too Late (Reprise)" actually.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 9:27am

What's The Use from Candide

[stone_blue]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 9:44am

Because, from The Thing About Men by Roberts and DiPietro. The wife explains why his indiscretions drove her to cheat.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 9:44am

Not a Broadway song but from a movie about stage performers: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life" (ROYAL WEDDING)

[artscallion]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 9:45am

"Moments in the Woods" from Into the Woods. Cheating from the cheaters perspective.

[WestVillage]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 9:57am

From I Love My Wife:

Married Couple Seeks Married Couple (more about swingers than cheating)

Someone Wonderful I Missed

Updated On: 4/24/13 at 09:57 AM

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 10:57am

I'm Not that Girl (Reprise)-Wicked.

[thommg]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 11:30am

If you Hadn't But You Did by Jule Styne & Comden and Green from Two On The Aisle. You can find a current recording on Liza Minnelli's Liza at the Palace cd.

[Nettik]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 3:03pm

Kristin Chenoweth also did a cover of "(If) You Hadn't But You Did" and it was the first thing that came to mind.

"Nobody Needs to Know" from L5Y came to mind as well as "See, I'm Smiling" from the same musical.

Also, how has nobody mentioned "Tango: Maureen" from Rent yet?!

[jasonf]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 5:21pm

Proud Lady from The Bakers Wife from the POV of the seducer.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 5:27pm

Forget About the Boy from Millie.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 5:29pm

"Fifty Percent"--BALLROOM

[xoffender45]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 5:58pm

How about "Take That Look Off Your Face" from Aspects of Love? It's the cheatee being told about the cheater from a third party, right?

[jnb9872]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 6:01pm

"Where Can You Take a Girl?" - Promises, Promises
(also, arguably, "Wanting Things" in a vague way is about cheating)

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 6:25pm

Meadowlark from The Baker's Wife

[Something_next2norml]

Posted: 4/24/13 at 6:29pm

Cell Block Tango!
Also, my personal favorite is Nobody Needs to Know from L5Y