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Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#25
Posted: 2/4/24 at 11:35pm
ChiDoc said: "My immediate thought is “The Gentleman is a Dope” from Allegro, although several of the songs in that show also qualify."
The song is sung by the character who proves to be the protagonist's true love and moral compass. Hardly a minor/insignificant character.
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#26
Posted: 2/4/24 at 11:43pm
"Turkey Lurkey Time" - Promises, Promises
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#27
Posted: 2/5/24 at 1:53am
The first thing that came to my mind is Answer Me. Not only is it given to a character with only a handful of lines, it’s one of the most important parts of the show!
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#28
Posted: 2/5/24 at 2:48am
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile! It may be a given since it is the traditional irrelevant act II opener, but it’s one of the most well known songs from the score and Burt Healy does not exist outside the one scene.
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Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#29
Posted: 2/5/24 at 10:59am
All I Need Now is the Girl
The Miller's Son
Not a Day Goes By
Sit Down You're Rockin the Boat
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#30
Posted: 2/5/24 at 11:17am
Beauty School Dropout
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#31
Posted: 2/5/24 at 11:17am
Take a Letter, Miss Jones
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#32
Posted: 2/5/24 at 11:20am
Robert McDonald said: "You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile! It may be a given since it is the traditional irrelevant act II opener, but it’s one of the most well known songs from the score and Burt Healy does not exist outside the one scene."
Bert Healy is a radio character singing a song that becomes an almost-show-stopper for the orphans. It is their song. Bert Healy is just a way to introduce it. He is beyond insignificant.
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#33
Posted: 2/5/24 at 2:11pm
I wholeheartedly agree with "Charming" from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, which, to my ears, was the only memorable song in the show.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#34
Posted: 2/5/24 at 4:01pm
"Understudy Buddy" from Goosebumps the musical is the best and catchiest song by far and is sung by a very minor character in the show. I've already heard it quite a bit at auditions and showcases.
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Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#35
Posted: 2/5/24 at 4:41pm
"Another Life" from Bridges.
I like it better out of context though.
Just beautiful
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#36
Posted: 2/5/24 at 7:09pm
King Herod's Song - JCS
Mack the Knife - Three Penny Opera
They Call the Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon
Ol' Man River - Showboat
Fly, Fly Away - Catch Me If You Can
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#37
Posted: 2/5/24 at 7:46pm
He Plays the Violin - 1776
Young Pretty Girl Like You - Promises, Promises
The Miller's Son - A Little Night Music
All of Cats
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#38
Posted: 2/5/24 at 9:54pm
The Bittersweets said: "The first thing that came to my mind is Answer Me. Not only is it given to a character with only a handful of lines, it’s one of the most important parts of the show!"
I was scrolling all the replies for this specific answer.
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#39
Posted: 2/6/24 at 12:37am
marytylermoore said: "He Plays the Violin - 1776
Young Pretty Girl Like You - Promises, Promises
The Miller's Son - A Little Night Music
All of Cats"
Young Pretty Girl was a duet with Jerry Orbach, who won a Tony, and A Larry Haines, who had a pretty sizable supporting role, for which he received a Tony Nomination.
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#40
Posted: 2/6/24 at 7:35am
Brush Up Your Shakespeare?
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#41
Posted: 2/6/24 at 12:10pm
Do we consider “all of Cats” to be great songs? 😜
Sondheim’s fave might fit this description: “Someone in a Tree”
Great songs given to minor/insignificant characters#42
Posted: 2/6/24 at 12:25pm
a few that come to mind, though "great" is certainly subjective:
Somewhere, West Side Story (if you go off the original casting)
Hot Patootie, The Rocky Horror Show
Words Words Word & My Love, Candide
My Conviction, Hair (lots of ensemble solo songs in this, but this character is different in the one-scene of it all)
The Movie in My Mind, Miss Saigon
Beauty School Dropout & Born to Hand Jive, Grease
I suppose a few of the early show songs in Oliver!, and some of the tunes in Titanic might also qualify.
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