Comic Songs

#1

Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:33pm

Help! I've been asked to prepare a comic song for an audition and I need some suggestions. It's for an older, charactery woman. I've already sung "Baltimore Crabs" which was perfect...but now I need to prepare another one. Anyone know anything? Thanks!

#2

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:35pm

I dont know if it works, but I have always found "If" to be funny

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#3

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:36pm

What about "Adelaine's Lament" from guys and dolls? Although, I'm not sure thats the greatest song for an audition...

#4

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:37pm

Ok...I'm theatrically iliterate. What show is "If" from?

#5

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:37pm

"As We Stumble Along"- Drowsy
"I Hate Men"- Kiss Me, Kate
"I Caint Say No"- Oklahoma! would be funny done by an older type...

#6

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:39pm

it's from a revue i think, i'll look it up hand on

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#7

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:40pm

Don't know how "older" you are looking to get but you might try "No Time At All" from Pippin.

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#8

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:42pm

"if" from "two on the aisle"

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#9

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:45pm

how long until the audition? You don't want to do a song you aren't 110% comfortable with.

#10

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:46pm

I Never Do Anything Twice, by Sondheim. I think it was in a movie, not a musical, but it's on at least a few compilations.

#11

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:47pm

"Little Girls"-Annie
"I've Got You to Lean On"-Anyone Can Whistle
"Me and My Town"-Anyone Can Whistle
"So Long, Dearie"-Hello, Dolly!

#12

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/26/06 at 6:48pm

I have a week to prepare. I love these ideas everyone! Thank you!

#13

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 4:36pm

"You Don't Know" from ...Millie

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#14

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 4:54pm

"Everybody Wants To Do A Musical" from NICK AND NORA

"He Had Refinement" from A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

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#15

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 4:55pm

Men - Nick & Nora
You Can Always Count On Me - City Of Angels

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#16

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 5:48pm

I Was a Shoo-In from Subways are for Sleeping

It might be hard to find the lyrics but it would be great for an audition!

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#17

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 6:36pm

"Repent" from "On the Twentieth Century" by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

"Everybody's Girl" from "Steel Pier" by John Kander and Fred Ebb.

And if anyone has the sheet music to "He Had Refinement", let me know. I've been looking for a copy of it for ages.

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#18

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 6:41pm

YOu Can Always Count On Me is one of my most favorite songs ever! The lyrics to that one have me cracking up and rolling on the floor every time I hear it.

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"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too." - Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck

#19

re: Comic Songs

Posted: 7/27/06 at 8:42pm

"Crime of the Century" from Ragtime
"Fancy Meeting You Here" from Lucky Stiff
"Ooh, My Feet" from The Most Happy Fella