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#1

Damn Yankees Audition!

Hey everyone I have auditions for Damn Yankees this Saturday, but I still don't have a song picked out. I've never heard the music to the show so I need some help finding a song that fits; I'm a Baritone.
#2

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

There are some great songs for guys in Damn Yankees that are good standard audition songs- A Man Doesn't Know, Goodbye Old Girl and Near to You. You could also try Those Were the Good Old Days, though it's more of a specialty number.
#3

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

It depends on what role your aiming for. I did DAMN YANKEES in high school and I was Smokey [the diwitted baseball player, one of the two main baseball players]. Our audition song was "Heart" [it's the number sung by the baseball players and their coach]. Everyone sang that song [girls as well].

If you want to be seen more as a Joe Boyd [the old man in the beginning of the show]you should sing "Good Bye Old Girl"

If you want to be seen more as Joe Hardy [the young-transformed Joe Boyd] you should sing "A Man Doesnt Know"

If you want Mr. Applegate [the Devil] sing "Those Were The Good Old Days".

Best of luck!
I loved DAMN YANKEES.
It was such a fun show. :)

EDIT: When we did it both- Joe Boyd and Joe Hardy were baritones and our Devil was a tenor.

"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.

Updated On: 7/5/07 at 08:43 PM

#4

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Are they asking you to audition with a song from the show?

I wouldn't.

Though, I would do a song from another show that the authors have written. If you're a baritone, sing "Hey, There" or "A New Town Is A Blue Town" from "The Pajama Game"
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music "Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70 "Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
#5

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

I sang Frank Sinatras version of The Lady Is A Tramp and got Smokey as well and it's a good song for a baritone. I'm a tenor, but it's really good to sing.
#6

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Your audition is Saturday and you are just now picking out a song? I can't even respond with a suggestion. Good luck with that.
PEACE.
#7

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

agreed with Sueleen.

regardless, sing a song form The Pajama Game. "Hey There" is ideal.
#8

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Oh last minute choices aren't so bad. Back in the day I would rehearse and get to know a few songs and then pick one the day before. Give him a break. "A New Town is a Blue Town" is another good choice by Adler and Ross.
#9

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Thanks for the input everyone, I'm not going to sing a song from the show..and Sueleen, I've picked audition songs the day of auditions so this is hardly last minute for me!
#10

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

I assume this is for school or community theatre, right?
And jv92, knowing a few songs and picking one the day before is VERY different than going on a message board 2 days before and soliciting blind advice on ANY song suggestions.
PEACE.
#11

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Community theatre yes...I don't see how this is blind advice, I was just asking for some input? I don't mind learning a new song a day before auditions..
#12

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Please click the following link. In my interview with Nick Spangler, he talked about the perils of trying to learn audition material "on the rush" Learn from a pro:
There's Nothing Mute About Nick Spangler
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#14

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Yeah I was leaning towards doing a song from Guys and Dolls, so I guess I'll just do a song from that!
#15

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

Be sure to learn it before your audition.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#16

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(I do hope this child keeps us informed about how effective his audition was. I'll be up all night fretting.)
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#17

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Ugh. Guys and Dolls. If you want to hear REAL Loesser give Most Happy Fella a lesson.
#18

re: Damn Yankees Audition!

...and what "lesson" can be learned from THE MOST HAPPY FELLA?
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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