Favorite Solos in a Musical

Bring Him Home, Valjean and Javert's Soliloquies (is that how you spell it?)-Les Miserables
One Song Glory-Rent
Betrayed-The Producers
Music of the Nihgt-Phantom of the Opera
All I Need is the Girl-Gypsy

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If I Can't Love Her from Beauty and the Beast---literally can bring me to tears or make me blissfully happy-i didnt love beauty and the beast that much, but that song to me is so powerful--whenever i listen to it, its just indescribable, just ask broadwaykate---literally the part where he cuts out and the orchestra cuts in and then it all swells to the conclusion...im in heaven

Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
To Each His Dulcinea from Man of La Mancha-so beautiful, probably my favorite, and it's not even a lead's song!

Empty Chairs from Les Miserables
Bring Him Home from LesMiserables

***You're Nothing Without Me (and subsequently I'm Nothing Without You) from City of Angels--and i know this is a duet but i just gotta say- they make me oh so very happy!
always,
~m~

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Updated On: 3/22/04 at 08:43 PM

female solo wise, ahh this could get long, but im sure ill forget like all of them:
Wherever He Ain't from Mack and Mabel
You Can Always Count on Me from City of Angels
Some People from Gypsy
I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
Moonfall from Mystery of Edwin Drood
How Could I Ever Know and Come to My Garden from Secret Garden
Distant Melody from Peter Pan
Glitter and Be Gay from Candide
Losing My Mind from Follies
Defying Gravity from Wicked
Glindas Solo in Thank Goodness from Wicked
Im Not That Girl from Wicked

and then more male solos i fogot:
Stars from Les Miserables
Being Alive from Company

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Updated On: 3/22/04 at 08:54 PM

a lot of mine have been said, but to name a few quickly before I hit the books once more:

One Song Glory - Rent
Gimme, Gimme - Millie
I Don't Care Much - Cabaret
Bring Him Home - Les Mis
Cabaret
I Know The Truth - Aida
Lonely Room - Oklahoma!
oh, and Artificial Flowers from Tenderloin. Patrick Wilson sang it so beautifully, no matter how upset I am with him right now.

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King of the World~SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
I'm Not Afraid of Anything~SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
Corner of the Sky~PIPPIN
Not For The Life of Me~TMM
What Do I Need With Love?~TMM
Gimme Gimme~TMM
On My Own~LES MISERABLES
I Dreamed a Dream~LES MISERABLES
Defying Gravity~WICKED
The Wizard and I~WICKED
No Good Deed~WICKED
My Strongest Suit~AIDA
How I Know You~AIDA
Every Story is a Love Story~AIDA
One Song Glory~RENT
Out Tonight~RENT
I'll Cover You, Rep~RENT
It's a Priviledge to Pee~URINETOWN
The Life of the Party~THE WILD PARTY (Lippa)
Maybe I Like It This Way~THE WILD PARTY (Lippa)
All For You~SEUSSICAL
It's Possible~SEUSSICAL
Your Daddy's Son~RAGTIME
I Know Where I've Been~HAIRSPRAY

Updated On: 3/23/04 at 10:03 PM

Oh! I have to add The Miller's Son, its just excellent!
always,
~m~

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OMG, sooo many, but I doubt I can list all of them.

Glitter and be Gay - Candide
Stars - Les Miz
Bui Doi - Miss Saigon
Strongest Suit - Aida
If I Can't Love Her - Beauty and the Beast
Being Alive - Company
I Cain't Say No - Oklahoma
Everything's Coming Up Roses/Rose's Turn - Gypsy
Good and Evil - Jekyll and Hyde
One Song Glory - Rent
Meadowlark - Bakers Wife
What do I need with love - Millie
I dreamed a Dream - Les Miz ( I sang it for years, I love it!)
Life of teh Party - Wild Party (Lippa)
No Business like show business - Title song
Why God - Miss Saigon
Corner of the sky - Pippin
I hate Musicals - Ruthless (the song, eh...but the lyrics and delivery!)
Falcon in the dive - Scarlet Pimpernel
and of course, the best ever and the single best Act 1 Finale EVER...is.....(drum roll)

*Defying Gravity* - Wicked. Which while not classified specifically as a solo, it really is w/ some supporting lines tossed in.

Here it is folks!

Shira

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haha, i never said i was original - but there's only so many that I know that I can say - sure they've been mentioned, but why not tell 'em again? Sure, I don't have anything original, but consider it an Amen to all the people who wrote the titles before me!

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So broad a topic...Please bear with me... =)

"I Got Lost in His Arms" - Annie Get Your Gun
"Somehow I Never Could Believe"; "Lonely House"- Street Scene
"Why Do the Wrong People Travel?" - Sail Away
"Willow, Willow, Willow" - Kean
"Not Since Ninevah" - Kismet
"Soliloquy"; "What's the Use of Wond'rin'" - Carousel
"If He Walked Into My Life" - Mame
"I've Heard It All Before"; "Meditation" (I & II) - Shenandoah
"One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man"; "A Little Bit in Love" - Wonderful Town
"Chanson" - The Baker's Wife
"Here and Now"; "The Coconut Girl" - The Girl Who Came to Supper
"Somewhere That's Green" - Little Shop of Horrors
"Colored Lights"; "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer" - The Rink
"Nelson"; "The Best in the World" - A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
"I Don't Want to Know"; "I've Never Said I Love You" - Dear World
"When Did I Fall in Love?" - Fiorello!
"Somebody, Somewhere" - The Most Happy Fella
"Unexpected Song" - Song & Dance (Tell Me On a Sunday)
"Chain of Love" - The Grass Harp
"Love Can't Happen" - Grand Hotel
"A Call From the Vatican" - Nine
"Home Sweet Heaven" - High Spirits
"Two Little Words"; "Everybody's Girl" - Steel Pier
"Johanna"; "Epiphany"; "The Worst Pies in London" - Sweeney Todd
"Could I Leave You?"; "I'm Still Here"; "Losing My Mind" - Follies
"Sunday in the Park With George" - Sunday in the Park With George
"With One Look" - Sunset Boulevard
"Fifty Percent" - Ballroom
"It's All Right With Me" - Can-Can (or High Society)

so many others...that's all for right now...

~Kevin

Updated On: 3/23/04 at 03:58 AM

"PETRIFIED"

I stopped breathing

I'll cover you (reprise!) - Rent

Anything that Heather Headley sings in Aida. Nuff said? (But since I'll be gratuitous, I'll list Easy As Life and The Past Is Another Land).

Anything that Adam Pascal sings. Ever. Ok, fine. One Song Glory. (I'm starting to sound like a broken record!)

And why hasn't anyone said Your Eyes from Rent yet?

Gesthemane (sp?) - JCS

I'm going home - Rocky Horror Show (maybe not the *best* solo, but RHS deserves props somewhere!)

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ooops-I forgot Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered from Pal Joey, Johnny One Note from Babes in Arms, They Live in You from The Lion King, Nothin's Gonna Harm You from Sweeney Todd, Spark of Creation from Children of Eden and A World Without You from Children of Eden.

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