Male Showstoppers?
Male Showstoppers?
B-WayHereEyeCome
Understudy Joined: 2/26/05
#0Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 12:33pmHey guys, I'm just looking for a few examples of male songs that are generally thought of as showstoppers, I'm just looking for one or two to learn and have in my rep (tenor in particular, but doesn't have to be). Thanks!
#1re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 12:45pm
The first one that came to mind was "Music of teh Night" I don't really know why, but it always get's really good audience reception even though it isn't an especially exciting song.
I can't even think of anything else right now, I'm completely drawing a blank. sorry.
#2re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 12:52pm
I am what I am from la cage.
Johanna from sweeney todd can be a showstopper if done right.
Gestheme (sp?) from JCS
why God why from Saigon
confrontation from jekyll and hyde
anthem from chess, and pity the child from chess.
out there from the hunchback of notre dame
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#3re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 12:53pmSOLILOQUY from CAROUSEL is a great showstopper for a high baritone/tenor.
RecycledH20
Understudy Joined: 10/25/05
#4re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 12:54pmThis Is The Moment from Jekyll. Great song in a terrible show.
#5re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 1:13pm
"Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime
"Where is the Life that Late I Led" from Kiss Me, Kate is a great comic showstopper
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
#6re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 1:13pm
Buddy's Blues from Follies
Run Freedom Run from Urinetown
Beanmatt
Chorus Member Joined: 5/16/03
#8re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 2:09pm
Empty Chairs, Empty Tables - Les Miz
Once Before I Go - The Boy From Oz
Not today, Geraldine.
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#9re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 2:25pm"Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime. It was 95% Coalhouse singing anyway and you can easily retrofit the 2 lines Sarah had.
#10re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 4:09pm
Being Alive - Company
Not While I'm Around - Sweeney Todd
Finshing the Hat - Sunday in the Park With George
Mister Cellophane - Chicago
All I Need is Love - Chicago
Close Every Door - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Unsettled Scores - Whistle Down the Wind
Bring Him Home - Les Miserables
Stars - Les Miserables
Bui Doi - Miss Saigon
Martin Guerre - Martin Guerre
Prayer - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Man - The Full Monty
Funny - City of Angels
Lucky to Be Me - On the Town
Hey There - The Pajama Game
Too Many Tomorrows - Sweet Charity
Why Should I Wake Up? - Cabaret
Dressing Them Up - Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Journey Home - Bombay Dreams
Goodbye Old Girl - Damn Yankees
Where Do I Go? - Hair
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#12re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 5:28pm
There are very few that I know will actually STOP a show... Here are the ones I've literally seen stopped (in their tracks)...
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat (Guys & Dolls)
Molases to Rum (1776)
Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Kiss Me, Kate)
Soliloquy (Carousel)
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
The Impossible Dream (Man of LaMancha)
Music of the Night (Phantom, but only when Crawford did it)
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#14re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 6:07pm
Too Many Tomorrows - SWEET CHARITY
Big male power ballad.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#15re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 6:30pmwe both reached for the gun- chicago (cut out sunshine's part and its pretty much solo with back-up)
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#16re: Male Showstoppers?
Posted: 10/25/05 at 7:09pm
Power Ballad:
I'll Cover You (repise) ~ RENT
One Song Glory ~ RENT
Endless Night ~ The Lion King
If I Can't Love Her ~ Beauty and the Beast
Fun:
Mama Says ~ Footloose
Mr. Cellophane ~ Chicago
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