Funny/Character Songs
Funny/Character Songs
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#0Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 7:41pm
Hey guys! I really need a good, funny/character piece. I'm an alto. I've done a search already and posted, but nothing sparked me. The clicnher? It can only be a minute and a hald of the song. Also, something talk singy would be nice, 'cause I don't really have a belt. I'm an actress who sings not really a singer.
What i was looking at but probably won't do:
"How lucky you are" and "notice me horton" Seussical (i donno if i could handle that one vocally)
"Nothing" Chorus line - too long, can't cut
"Trip to the library" - see above (i hate cutting story songs)
"Just one Step" - SFANW (our teacher likes us to do things more age appropriate/storyish song)
"Adelaides Lament" and "Perfect Relationship" were both done in preveious years.
Thanks preemptively!
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Updated On: 9/11/04 at 07:41 PM
#1re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 7:46pm
'My New Philosophy'~YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
'I Know Things Know'~INTO THE WOODS
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#2re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 7:47pm
"Doing What Comes Naturally." from Annie Get Your Gun.
Not sure how long it is, but...my brains refusing to work, and doing a search didn't work out so well.
Real men are tenors.
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#3re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 7:48pmThanks, Priest and Monkey. "..Philosophy" might be a bit too belty, but I was looking into "Little Known Facts" from the same show. Ill definitely look into "I know things now". I LOVE Into the Woods!
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Updated On: 9/11/04 at 07:48 PM
#4re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 8:39pm"I Hate Men", Kiss Me Kate.
"A little humility wouldn't hurt."
--Ellie, Constantine-Hellblazer, "Dangerous Habits"
#5re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 8:45pm"I'm The Greatest Star" - FUNNY GIRL
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#7re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 9:57pmTaylor the Latte Boy is cool, but I'm an alto as well and it's too belty for me sometimes.
"It does what a musical's supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue."
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 10:00pm
"I Cain't Say No" - Oklahoma
"Roxie" - Chicago
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#9re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/11/04 at 10:16pm
funny honey- chicago
I cant say no- oklahoma
somewhere thats green- lsoh (not sure if that is comedic enough but its just a thought...)
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#10re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/12/04 at 12:30amJust bumping this AND what do you guys think of "Sensitivity" from "...Mattress?"
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#11re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/12/04 at 12:41am
What about Count Fosco's song from The Woman in White?
Logic from Dance of the Vampires is pretty funny
If you're looking for something really good, but it's a tongue-twister, try the Chancellor's Nightmare Song in Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe.
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
Surfr
Swing Joined: 9/12/04
#12re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/12/04 at 1:19am
"Happily Every After" Once Upon A Mattress?
I dunno, just heard of it because we are doing it in our fall show.
#13re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/12/04 at 10:53am"Hundred Easy Ways...." from Wonderful TOwn is funny and you can talk-sing.
#14re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/12/04 at 10:57am"where in the world is my prince" from susan egan's new album it's from an up coming show but i can't remember what it's called
"Nothing is an accident, We are free to have it all, We are what we want to be, It's in ourselves to rise or fall!!" - "Fortune Favors the Brave" from Aida - the love that never died
#15re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/12/04 at 11:15am
Don't Rain on My Parade---Funny Girl (wait, thats a little belty isnt it?)
My Strongest Suit----Aida
#17re: Funny/Character Songs
Posted: 9/18/04 at 4:41pmlittle girls from annie
Ways to annoy people:
Arrive at a meeting late, say you're sorry, but you didn't have time for lunch, and you're going to be nibbling during the meeting. Then eat raw potatoes.
Ask people what gender they are,or
Disagree strongly with everything anybody says:)
Videos