Favorite Same-Sex Duets

[Mr. Nowack]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#1

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:23am

Arguably the most famous ones are the male/female kind, but the other kind is often more interesting for me. I'll start with two, one male and one female:

"You're Nothing Without Me" from CITY OF ANGELS
"Little Me" from LITTLE ME

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[mjohnson2]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#2

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:27am

By far my favorite is "Bosom Buddies" from MAME

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[After Eight]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#2

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:42am

Impossible (Cinderella)
What's In It For You? (Tenderloin)
Hey, Look Me Over (Wildcat)
Tippy Tippy Toes (Wildcat)
Take Me Along (Take Me Along)

[Steven9]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#3

Posted: 9/24/14 at 1:07am

Lily's Eyes from The Secret Garden

[NoName3]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#4

Posted: 9/24/14 at 1:39am

Pretty Women
Golden Days (The Student Prince)
Every Day a Little Death
One More Kiss
Ohio (Wonderful Town)
With You on My Arm (La Cage)
If Mama Was Married
Class
Nowadays
Brush Up Your Shakespeare

There was a beautiful song written for Keye Luke to sing to his son in Flower Drum Song called My Best Love but it had to be cut because Luke just couldn't sing it. When City Opera did Cinderella 15 or 20 years ago, they interpolated it as a duet for the Prince and his father. It was gorgeous and I was sad they didn't use it in the current revival.

I can think of quite a few that serve their purpose in their shows but I wouldn't call favorites -- It Would Have Been Wonderful and Poor Jud Is Dead, for example. And there are many in the works of G&S (as well as opera) but that's really beyond most people's interest here I think.

Updated On: 9/24/14 at 01:39 AM

[Mekroth]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#5

Posted: 9/24/14 at 1:59am

I second Hey, Look Me Over and add:
The Best Thing that Ever ha Happened to Me (Road Show)
Perfect Strangers (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
I, Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha)

[millie_dillmount]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#6

Posted: 9/24/14 at 4:19am

I Still Believe from Miss Saigon

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[tazber]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#7

Posted: 9/24/14 at 4:46am

You're Nothing Without Me - City of Angels
What Would I Do - Falsettoland
Better With a Man - Gentleman's Guide
It Would Have Been Wonderful - ALNM
Every Day a Little Death - ALNM
Worlds Apart - Big River
Butter Outta Cream - Catch Me if You Can
The Proposal/The Night Was Alive - Titanic

....but the world goes 'round

[I'm a starkid]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#8

Posted: 9/24/14 at 5:18am

Both Sides of the Coin (Edwin Drood)
For Good (Wicked)
I'll Cover You and Take me or Leave Me (Rent)

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#9

Posted: 9/24/14 at 6:31am

Brian Justin Crum and Kyle Dean Massey "Who Will Love Me As I Am" from "Side Show."
Who Will Love Me As I Am?

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[tazber]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#10

Posted: 9/24/14 at 7:00am

^^^
I thought for sure you'd mention Noawadays and Class from Chicago.

....but the world goes 'round

[AnthonyB]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#11

Posted: 9/24/14 at 7:54am

I Know Him So Well- Chess
The Confrontation- Les Miserables (Javet & Val Jean)
Take Me Or Leave Me- Rent
Marry The Man Today- Guys & Dolls

[icecreambenjamin]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#12

Posted: 9/24/14 at 8:07am

Pretty Woman- Sweeney Todd
Agony- Into the Woods
Feed Me- Little Shop of Horrors
The Ballad of Booth- Assassins

[mamaleh]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#13

Posted: 9/24/14 at 10:09am

"Sisters" - White Xmas

[hanabana]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#14

Posted: 9/24/14 at 10:51am

I love these:
"In His Eyes" - Jekyll and Hyde
"I Am The One" (and its reprise) - Next To Normal
"You Love Who You Love" - Bonnie and Clyde
"When I Drive" - Bonnie and Clyde
"Stuck Together (Strange But True)" - Catch Me If You Can (this one is just a lot of fun)

[tazber]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#15

Posted: 9/24/14 at 10:58am

Q Train to Coney Island
You Are My.....
Dark Ride

All from the 4th segment of See Rock City and Other Destinations

....but the world goes 'round

[degrassifan]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#16

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:17pm

Sixteen Going On Seventeen Reprise - The Sound of Music
Stepsisters' Lament- Cinderella
It's a Bore- Gigi

[Wilmingtom]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#17

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:21pm

The Grass Is Always Greener - Woman Of the Year

[lotiloti]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#18

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:30pm

Wallflower. Liza & Chita in the Rink.

[brdway411]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#19

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:33pm

It's Never That Easy: I've Been Here Before from Closer Than Ever

Not my favorite version of the song, but you get the idea.
performed at 54 Below. Updated On: 9/24/14 at 12:33 PM

[gleek4114]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#20

Posted: 9/24/14 at 12:55pm

Secondary Characters - [title of show]

[Phan#24601]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#21

Posted: 9/24/14 at 4:05pm

"Here Comes the Morning"- MARTIN GUERRE
and the song that replaced it in the revised version was the only good one from that production, so
"Live With Somebody You Love"- MARTIN GUERRE (US revised version)

My biggest pet peeve right now is when people pronounce it "Marry-us" and not "Mah-ree-us".

[degrassifan]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#22

Posted: 9/24/14 at 4:52pm

Just finished watching The Slipper and the Rose, so I'm adding "What a Comforting Thing to Know" to the list!

[theatregeek6]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#23

Posted: 9/24/14 at 5:10pm

My Own Best Fiend (Chicago)
You're Nothing Without Me (City of Angels)
In His Eyes (Jekyll and Hyde)


Oh. And "if momma were married" from gypsy Updated On: 9/24/14 at 05:10 PM

[dramamama611]

Favorite Same-Sex Duets#24

Posted: 9/24/14 at 5:17pm

All for the Best - Godspell

(Sorry if I missed seeing this in the list already!)

And in a bit of a switch

Two Kinsmen (Drood) Although one is sung by a women, she plays a man.
Perfect Strangers (Drood) The same character above is a man, but the song is sung by two women.

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