Female Group Numbers
Female Group Numbers
ThatOneTheatreNerd
Swing Joined: 8/1/17
#1Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/3/17 at 1:16pmMy colleague asked if I knew any good all female group musical theatre numbers and I thought we're better to find answers than on Broadway World. Any ideas?
#3Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/3/17 at 1:23pm
-"Stepsisters' Lament" (Cinderella)
-Definitely a few in South Pacific
-"Maria" (the Sound of Music)
-"Cell block tango" (Chicago)
-"It's the Hard-Knock Life" (Annie)
ebizzle
Stand-by Joined: 7/16/17
Messytheatregirl
Chorus Member Joined: 6/8/17
#5Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/3/17 at 1:40pm
First ones that come to mind are...
"Hey Big Spender" - Sweet Charity
"Forget About the Boy" - Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Just Arrived" - Copacabana
"Mama Who Bore Me + Reprise" - Spring Awakening
#7Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/3/17 at 3:03pm
"Cinderella Darling" from How to Succeed
"Motherhood" from Hello, Dolly!
"Cell Block Tango" from Chicago
"Soft Place to Land" from Waitress
#8Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/3/17 at 3:30pm
I don't know how your friend will use the song(s), so these might not be appropriate, but I love the ensemble pieces from SISTER ACT:
Raise Your Voice / Take Me to Heaven / Sunday Morning Fever / Spread the Love Around
#9Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/3/17 at 3:35pm
PatrickDC said: "I don't know how your friend will use the song(s), so these might not be appropriate, but I love the ensemble pieces from SISTER ACT:
Raise Your Voice / Take Me to Heaven / Sunday Morning Fever / Spread the Love Around"
Oh, and Fabulous Baby does not have religious themes like the others, thought it's more of a solo for Deloris with backing vocals. It could be redone as a group song though.
#10Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/4/17 at 1:38am
Omigod You Guys- Legally Blonde
America- West Side Story
Daughters of Triton/She's In Love- The Little Mermaid
Prologue- Little Shop of Horrors
It Can't Be True- 13
#11Female Group Numbers
Posted: 8/4/17 at 2:15am
Lots of things from A My Name Is Alice and A My Name Is Still Alice ("All Girl Band" is great)
Same with Six Women With Brain Death
"Heaven Hop" from Anything Goes
Ainsley Nelson
Swing Joined: 10/1/19
#12Female Group Numbers
Posted: 10/14/19 at 11:43am
she’s in love- little mermaid
mama who bore me reprise- spring awakening
brand new you- 13
positive- legally blonde
paris original- how to succeed...
all girl band- my name will always be alice
the big doll house- hairspray
haus of holbein- six
holding out for a hero- footlose
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#13Female Group Numbers
Posted: 10/14/19 at 12:14pm
Nine has a number of them: the Overture, The Germans at the Spa, Folies Bergeres, and Ti Voglia Bene/Be Italian (Young Guido and the boys can easily be covered by women for this, especially as an out of context performance).
#14Female Group Numbers
Posted: 10/14/19 at 1:56pm
If you're interested in something contemporary and funny, "The Smartphone Hour (Rich Set a Fire)" from Be More Chill.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
whatsername2
Swing Joined: 10/14/19
#16Female Group Numbers
Posted: 10/14/19 at 7:01pm
Some that come to mind for me are:
"Mama Who Bore Me Reprise" - Spring Awakening
Virtually anything from six (yes, they are solos, but there's a lot of back-up participation)
"Cell Block Tango" - Chicago
"Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" and "Welcome to the Sixties" - Hairspray
"Positive" and "What You Want" - Legally Blonde
"Raise Your Voice" - Sister Act
"The Schuyler Sisters" - Hamilton
"Candy Store" - Heathers
"Super Trouper" - Mamma Mia
"Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair" - South Pacific
"Lady Marmalade" - Moulin Rouge
"Many a New Day" - Oklahoma
"Maria" - Sound of Music
And of course, there's like a million others that I'm forgetting right now!
broadwayindie
Featured Actor Joined: 10/3/14
#17Female Group Numbers
Posted: 10/14/19 at 7:52pm
Don't know for what purpose, but here are some that weren't mentioned:
Burn the Old Thing Up - Lizzie
I Want It All - Baby
Matchmaker - Fiddler
The Factory Girls - Parade
Moon Trio - Caroline Or Change
#18Female Group Numbers
Posted: 10/14/19 at 10:42pm
Personally, I am fond of the Hot Box numbers from GUYS AND DOLLS: "A Bushel and a Peck" and "Take Back Your Mink." Each has one chorus for the lead (Adelaide) and then a second chorus for the women's ensemble (but you could arrange the songs differently).
If you want something more serious in tone, either "Every Day a Little Death" or "Perpetual Anticipation" from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC might work.
I also like "I'm Not at All in Love" from PAJAMA GAME and "Put 'Em Back" from LIL ABNER.
If you want something more off-beat, take a listen to "Moon in My Window" from DO I HEAR A WALTZ? It's a trio in the show, but there's no reason each "part" couldn't be sung by a different group of women.
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