I've been on a villains kick lately. A lot of times they get the best song in the show. Favorites?
Little Girls - Annie
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid
The Smell of Rebellion - Matilda
Tomorrow Belongs to Me Reprise - Cabaret
Loud - Matilda
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
"Reviewing the Situation" - OLIVER!
"Revenge" - IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN
Velma's Revenge- Hairspray
Little Girls - Annie
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid
Evil Woman- Xanadu
Be Prepared- The Lion King
A Freak Like Me Needs Company- Spiderman
Spread A Little Sunshine- Pippin
Red Shoe Blues and Reprise- The Wizard of OZ
"The Smell of Rebellion" is from MATILDA, not ANNIE.
Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News - The Wiz
Little Girls - Annie
Mea Culpa - Sweeney Todd ( my fav villain song )
Ich. See what hangovers do? Fixed.
My favorites are Last midnight from ITW and the title song from Spiderwoman.
I will add:
The ballad of Farquaad- Shrek
Rita's Confession- Lucky Stiff
They Don't Know- Thoroughly Modern Millie
Featured Actor Joined: 6/12/07
You definitely need "Falcon in the dive" from the Scarlet pimpernel on this list!
Hellfire- Hunchback of Notre Dame; enough said and done...
Mother Knows Best reprise- Tangled
Poor Unfortunate Souls- The Little Mermaid
Evil Woman- Xanadu
Even though it's a protagonist who sings this but: Epiphany from Sweeney Todd is perfect.
The villain song/performance that can't be beat for me is "Nobody Steps on Kafritz" from Henry, Sweet Henry. No one that I can think comes close to touching Alice Playten's brilliant comic stinker-ette.
Some other good ones:
"A Powerful Thing" from Steel Pier
"Just The Crust" from Skyscraper
"Wouldn't It Be Nice?" from The Wild Party
"A Paradox/Away, Away, My Heart's On Fire" from Pirates of Penzance
"Molasses to Rum" from 1776, because it implicates the "heroes", if you will, as culprits. Uncomfortable but important to consider, and electrifying to behold when done well. Not to mention stylistically the most daring song in the score.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
No Bad News - The Wiz
Velma's Revenge - Hairspray
Little Girls - Annie
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid
I know it would never happen, but I would LOVE to have a Disney villains concert on Broadway! In my dream world, it would have:
Poor Unfortunate Souls- The Little Mermaid
Be Prepared- The Lion King
Shadow Man (or Friends on the Other Side)- Princess and the Frog
Mother Knows Best- Tangled
Heffalumps and Woozles- Winnie the Pooh
Mad Madam Mim- Sword in the Stone
Mine, Mine, Mine- Pocahontas
My Lullaby- Lion King 2
Cruella De Vil- 101 Dalmatians
Are You In or Out?- Aladdin & the King of Thieves
Bill of Sale- Pete's Dragon
Gaston- Beauty & the Beast
The Elegant Captain Hook- Peter Pan
Hellfire- Hunchback of Notre Dame
Snuff out the Light (cut from) Emperor's New Groove
....
okay, I'm done
"We're Despicable" from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
"Grand Knowing You" from She Loves Me
"Lonely Room" and "Poor Jud Is Dead" from Oklahoma!
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from Kiss Me Kate
"My Object All Sublime" from The Mikado
"When the Night Wind Howls" from Ruddigore
"If You Give Me Your Attention" and "Whene'er I Spoke" from Princess Ida
"The Whip" from Golden Dawn
Updated On: 7/7/13 at 06:02 PM
Johanna (Judge's Version) - Sweeney Todd
Molasses to Rum - 1776
Epiphany - Sweeney Todd
The Ballad of Booth - Assassins
Those Were the Good Old Days - Damn Yankees
No Bad News - The Wiz
Lonely Room - Oklahoma!
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
"Hellfire"- HUNCHBACK
" Dentist song"- LSH
" In the Dark of the night"-ANASTASIA
It Ain't Necessarily So
There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York
"Cool, Cool, Considerate Men" from 1776
also "Feed Me (Git It)" from LITTLE SHOP
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
Is the Engineer a true villain?
If so I vote American Dream
also I endorse the previously mentioned Molasses to Rum
"Stars" from Les Miserables
"Where's The Girl" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
"Easy Street" from Annie
"What's Up Duloc" from Shrek
"A Freak Like Me Needs Company" from Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark(my guilty pleasure)
"Roxie" and "Nowadays" from Chicago (you could argue Roxie is a villain, given how she dupes her husband and the Illinois legal system)
"Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh" from Phantom of the Opera
"This Place is Mine" from Phantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
Steppin' To The Bad Side -- Dreamgirls
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