Female Showstoppers
Female Showstoppers
#0Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:12pmI'm entering a talent show at camp this sumemr (far off, I know) and i want to know a song I can use. Last year, I did Gimme Gimme. I have a fairly wide range, from a low E to a high B (below the Glitter and Be Gay "E" to solve some confusion.) I'm short, if that helps. I was thinking of doing "There's a Fine Fine Line," but I'm not sure. My head voice is better than my chest voice, and I want something to show off my voice.
#1re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:15pm
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
Someone Like You
Send in the Clowns
Losing My Mind
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Bill
Maybe This Time
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#2re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:16pm
Why not do something like...
Someone Else's Story
Nobody's Side
from CHESS
They are great.
Oh Oh Oh
What about BACK TO BEFORE from RAGTIME
#3re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:16pm
Adelaide's Lament? It's cute :)
Ugh, I'm trying to think of songs that I'm singing, but I think I have a slightly wider range than you, and I don't want to give you something that'll tear you apart.
On My Own, I guess. But it's overdone, if you can sing it well though, it'll be amazing.
Popular? It's not a SHOWSTOPPER, but it's pretty fun.
I can think of a lot more, but I don't know how many would win a talent show.
A lot of classic songs are great, too, but I don't know what kind of audience you're trying to appeal to...
Mozart's Kyrie is wondeefull :)
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Updated On: 4/21/05 at 09:16 PM
#4re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:17pmThanks! I'm not sure I should do "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" because they did Pal Joey last year. I definietly shouldnt' do "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" because someone did it last year, and they were even betetr than Jennifer Holliday. I'll look at the other songs though! I'm not really sure "Send in the Clowns" would show off my range, but I really love it, so maybe.
#5re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:18pm
And to the other people who responded before I got to post my last message:
I love Chess, and I'll check out the song from Ragtime.
On My Own is definitely too overdone, and I sound like a dying mouse when I sing Popular. One of my friends might do "Adelaide's Lament," so not that.
apdarcey
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#6re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:19pm
what about time heals everything from mack and mabel..
also, a great show-off number if you can belt well is fifty percent from ballroom... it's not that high, but it's pretty great.
#8re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:24pm
Here's a few more:
Meadowlark (The Baker's Wife)
I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables)
Holding to the Ground (Falsettos)
Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along)
The Money Tree (The Act)
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#9re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:24pm
if you're belt's not great then don't do the ragtime. check out "finer things" from jane eyre. it's a great soprano showstopper for someone with a strong head voice, not a strong belt.
most of the songs posted earlier were belt show-stoppers.
#10re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:26pmBetter than Jennifer Holliday? I highly doubt that.
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#11re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:28pm
Thanks everyone for your sugggestions! These are the top 6 I'll ook at out of these suggestions:
Meadowlark
Finer Things
Send In the Clowns
Maybe This Time
Someone Else's Story
Nobody's Side
#12re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:29pmAlso, Any of Momma Rose's songs from GYPSY-as well as "Let Me Entertain You"-could work really well.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#13re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:29pm
just so you know maybe this time is kind of low and big belt number. send in the clowns is very low...
but definitely meadowlark and finer things should be good for you
#14re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:32pm"Let Me Entertain You" was done last year. So I'll definitely look at "Meadowlark" and "Finer Things" now and skip "Maybe This Time" and "Send in the Clowns."
#15re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:32pmActually, if your belt isn't so great, you might want to cross "Meadowlark" off the list.
#16re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:33pmOkay...so I guess I'll try out "Finer Things." I'll have to find a recording of it.
#17re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:34pmThe JANE EYRE cast album is definitely worth a listen.
#18re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:35pmI've heard one song from it that I really loved, but I forgot the name of it. Damn.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#19re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:37pm
i'm trying to think of other strong "head-voice" show stoppers. because in reality, a lot of what we consider show stoppers are made for belters.
perhaps, "it's all the same" or "aldonza" from man of la mancha... those are good "head-voice" songs...
i'll keep thinking.
#20re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:42pmThanks! According to my piano teacher, I'm made to be the romantic lead in old fashioned musicals like Oklahoma, or even something like Emma in Jekyll and Hyde. I wish it were different. I want to be able to belt.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#21re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:45pm
well you could look at some rodgers and hammerstein then, or lerner and lowe... a couple others i came up with... "if i were a belle" from guys and dolls.. it's not exactly considered a showstopper like adelaide's lament.. but if you can perfrom it well it's really good.
the other is "a call from the vatican" from nine. you should look at it. i've heard it done belting, and i've heard it done the exact opposite too.. it works both ways as long as you wrap your voice around the song!
but also, finer things is sounding real good for you.. can you do a little bit of coloratura stuff?
#22re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:50pm
NINE has a ton of great female showstoppers:
My Husband Makes Movies
A Call From The Vatican
Unusual Way
Simple
Be On Your Own
Folies Bergere
Nine
apdarcey
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#23re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 9:53pmyes! i really do heart nine. one my many dreams is to play guido one day surrounded by women singing that amazing score. the best for your voice i would say are simple, unusual way and nine..
#24re: Female Showstoppers
Posted: 4/21/05 at 10:03pmI love Nine. I think I'll do "Unusual Way." I'm actually working on that with my voice teacher now!
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