Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing

[linklarkinlovesme]

Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#1

Posted: 2/19/09 at 5:41pm

Hey everyone. My friend is NOT a singer.. he is an actor, but for a summer program, he has to audition with two songs and a monologue. What are some good male audition songs that are character-y, and don't have to sing very well to pull off? He also has no idea what type of voice part he is.. and said he could try anything. Any ideas would be great. Thanks!!

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#2

Posted: 2/19/09 at 5:43pm

In the future, the student board is where this should go.

The Lockstock solo from "Too Much Exposition" from Urinetown can be pretty easily talked through with only a little singing.

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[LadyDramaturg2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#2

Posted: 2/19/09 at 5:44pm

Great Big Rock?

[Paul W. Thompson]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#3

Posted: 2/19/09 at 5:44pm

"Camelot" from CAMELOT and "Why Can't the English" from MY FAIR LADY come to mind.

[Gothampc]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#4

Posted: 2/19/09 at 5:46pm

Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me Kate

Any of Rex Harrison's songs from My Fair Lady

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#5

Posted: 2/19/09 at 5:47pm

"Hello, Little Girl" from Into the Woods.

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[LizzieCurry]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#6

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:13pm

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#7

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:14pm

...Waiting for someone to do that.

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[E.Davis]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#8

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:16pm

Lizzy I was so tempted to do that after I saw the the title...But I am glad someone else was on the same page as me.

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[yankee_fan907]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#9

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:19pm

"Be Like the Bluebird" from Anything Goes
"It Takes a Woman" from Hello, Dolly!

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#10

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:22pm

I'd second Too Much Exposition
Great Big Stuff from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

all of Usnavi's stuff from In The Heights, lol

You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

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"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

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#11

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:23pm

I think the point is to do SOME semblance of song. "Great Big Stuff" is basically a rap.

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[philly03]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#12

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:34pm

Only one jumps out to me that hasn't been mentioned yet:
"As Good as You" - Jane Eyre ~ The Musical

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#13

Posted: 2/19/09 at 6:49pm

Great Big Stuff does have somewhat of a melody...

You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

"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

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#14

Posted: 2/19/09 at 7:26pm

...The way that "Colt 45" has somewhat of a melody.

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[jake6970]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#15

Posted: 2/19/09 at 7:39pm

If he can't sing, then wouldn't he be auditioning for a straight acting program? Why would an acting program make you do two songs and only one monologue?

[MTVMANN]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#16

Posted: 2/19/09 at 7:58pm

I second "Brush up Your Shakespeare"!

Can he at least carry a tune...or a few notes? If so I might recommend "Very Soft Shoes" from 'Once Upon a Mattress'. I could be wrong on suggesting that but it comes to mind because when we did it in college our Jester could not sing and pulled it off well.

I would also recommend "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" from 'Forum'.

[scaryclowns2232]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#17

Posted: 2/19/09 at 8:13pm

A Secretary is Not a Toy

from How to Succeed...

[once a month]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#18

Posted: 2/20/09 at 8:30am

I suggest nearly anything that Lauren Bacall sang in Applause or Woman of the Year, lol!

[madbrian]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#19

Posted: 2/20/09 at 8:35am

I would suggest If I Were A Rich Man, from Fiddler.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Unknown User]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#20

Posted: 2/20/09 at 10:41am

I maintain that everyone CAN sing...but some shouldn't.

[LadyDramaturg2]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#21

Posted: 2/20/09 at 3:44pm

I think I meant Big A*s Rock

'cause doesn't he only have to do 16 bars in the audition? Updated On: 2/20/09 at 03:44 PM

[TheaterBoy7777]

re: Male Audition Songs for ales who can't sing#22

Posted: 2/20/09 at 8:32pm

Eve- "The Apple Tree" is fairly simple