Killer Comedic Duets???
Killer Comedic Duets???
#1Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 8:29pmMy friend and I are looking for some awesome comedic duets, male/female please. Suggestions? Thanks!
"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times
#2re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 8:35pm
"Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" from ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
It can be "killer" based on what you do with it, just as most material goes.
"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
#2re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 8:39pm"Friendship" from Anything Goes is hilarious, again, as CapnHook mentioned, if you have the right people.
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#5re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 9:08pm"The Song That Goes Like This" from SPAMALOT
#6re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 9:19pm"Love Is My Legs" from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
#7re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 9:22pmI also agree that "The Song that Goes like This" is a great one!
#8re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 10:12pmI would look at the many, many parodies done by Forbidden Broadway. Also, there are a few in The Drowsy Chaperone.
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#9re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 10:24pm
I would definitely say The Song That Goes Like This from Spamalot or Any duet from The Drowsy Chaperone!
Possibly Listen To Your Heart from Young Frankenstein...
TheBoyDownstairs
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#11re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 11:40pmThis isn't technically Broadway but "I'll Never Tell" from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode (entitled "Once More With Feeling") is a hilarious duet.
#12re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/30/09 at 11:49pm"The Tennis Song" from City of Angels. Hysterical.
#13re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 12:04amTherapy from tick, tick...BOOM!
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"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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#14re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 12:37am
""The Tennis Song" from City of Angels. Hysterical."
Yes, especially if you have technical difficulties.
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#15re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 4:52pm
I'm thinking Therapy from Tick tick....boom!
But, *bump*, I want a few more suggestions possibly please?
"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times
#16re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 7:27pm
Definitely agree with The Song That Goes Like This!
An example of a 'killer' performance of "Anything You Can Do" (Gotta love Barrowman and Henshall!)--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qdn4YBwIPo
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#17re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 7:36pmI've performed "The Song That Goes Like This" with a girl friend of mine in cabaret - it was always the audience favourite.
#18re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 7:40pmIf you two know how to tap dance, then I suggest "You Mustn't Be Discouraged" from Fade Out/Fade In. It can be a shopstopper if done correctly.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
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#19re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 3/31/09 at 8:14pm
I know it's more of a romantic duet than a comedic duet, but "Timeless to Me" from Hairspray has plenty of charming lyrics.
"Nothing is Too Wonderful to Be True" from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
I don't care for the song that much, but "Come Out of the Dumpster" from The Wedding Singer is an option.
"Barcelona" from Company has some funny parts.
"Schadenfreude" or "Mix Tape" from Avenue Q.
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#20re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 4/1/09 at 12:25amTear Jerk from I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
#21re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 4/1/09 at 1:11am
Definitely "You Mustn't Be Discouraged". Even if you can't tap dance. The Comden and Green lyrics are funny enough.
Their "Carried Away" from "On the Town" is good too, if you can ham it up operatically.
Another good one is "Shakespeare Lied" from Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh's "How Now, Dow Jones". It's done as a duet on the album, but it's written as a solo in the vocal selections.
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#23re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 4/1/09 at 3:32pmI've always had a fondness for I've Got it All from On the Twentieth Century. Follow Your Heart from Urinetown is hilarious when performed well. Also, No One'll Even Love You from Goldilocks.
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#24re: Killer Comedic Duets???
Posted: 4/1/09 at 3:35pmMister Matt- You are so right about "I've Got It All." That song, as well as the entire score, is hilariously funny. Probably one of the most comedic cast recordings out there.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
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