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#1

Female Group Numbers

My 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?
#2

Female Group Numbers

Songs from "Dreamgirls" - not the solos

#3

Female Group Numbers

-"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)

#4

Female Group Numbers

"the Schuyler Sisters!"

#5

Female Group Numbers

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

#6

Female Group Numbers

"Cinderella Darling" from How to Succeed

"Motherhood" from Hello, Dolly!

"Cell Block Tango" from Chicago

"Soft Place to Land" from Waitress

#7

Female Group Numbers

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

#8

Female Group Numbers

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.

#9

Female Group Numbers

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

#10

Female Group Numbers

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

Updated On: 8/4/17 at 02:15 AM

#11

Female Group Numbers

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
#12

Female Group Numbers

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).

#13

Female Group Numbers

If you're interested in something contemporary and funny, "The Smartphone Hour (Rich Set a Fire)" from Be More Chill.


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Updated On: 10/14/19 at 01:56 PM

#14

Female Group Numbers

Who’s That Woman? from Follies
#15

Female Group Numbers

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!

#16

Female Group Numbers

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

#17

Female Group Numbers

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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