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#26

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 9:52am

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THAT JAZZ

#27

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 9:53am

LOVED this part -

"He performs the national anthem of stalkers, Lerner and Loewe’s "On The Street Where You Live"

the national anthem of stalkers? So true!

#28

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:19am

The hills are alive with THS SOUND OF MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#29

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:22am

On My Own
Tommorow

and audition wise:

Take me or leave me

When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere

#30

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:26am

If for an audition i think Do-Re-Mi

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

#31

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:46am

Broadway Baby.

At least it's the most overdone Sondheim number.

#32

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:50am

Definitely agree with ->

On my Own
Tomorrow
All that Jazz

Going to be on this list very very soon ->

Defying Gravity.

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

#33

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:53am

Definitely "Broadway Baby".

"When you're a Jet, / You're a Jet all the way, / From your first pirouette / To your last grand jete." --Brian Kaman

#34

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:14am

In terms of auditions: I actually disagree about "Tomorrow" = that was at one time the MOST overdone song at auditions, but perhaps because of that, nobody on the professional circuit ever sings it anymore. Same goes for "Memory." I actually wouldn't mind hearing those.

From my time sitting behind the desk as a casting assistant five years ago-- these were the songs I heard more then anything else:

"Anthem" from Chess
"Unexpected Song" from Song and Dance
"On My Own" from Les Miz
"Hold On" from The Secret Garden
"Ice Cream" and "Try Me" from She Loves Me
"Show Me" from My Fair Lady

I imagine you could probably add "Defying Gravity" and "The Wizard and I" to that list now.

Updated On: 4/8/05 at 11:14 AM

#35

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:36am

I've heard enough of "Home" from The Wiz at auditions too.

"When you're a Jet, / You're a Jet all the way, / From your first pirouette / To your last grand jete." --Brian Kaman

#36

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 12:17pm

Send in the Clowns (YAWN!!!!!)
What I Did For Love

". . . POP . . ."

#37

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 12:23pm

*crinches at all the bad renditions of defying gravity out there* OUCH!!

#38

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 1:11pm

Ha! I agree..so many of these are going to be overdone in 3005.
So my list
~ Tomorrow
~ over the rainbow
~on my own
~ pretty much anything from the Sound of Music
~ ALREADY added to my list...Defying Gravity,(and)
~The Wizard and I,
~For Good,
~Popular
That's all I can think of at the moment, but I was thinking...pretty much any song you can find in your run-of-the-mill Broadway Anthology that you can get at a music store seems to be overdone, at least to me...maybe I just have crappy anthologies.

Was that a fat joke?

#39

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 3:37pm

Seasons of Love--great song but way overdone

#40

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 4:04pm

New York, New York isn't officially a showtune because it was written for the film NEW YORK, NEW YORK and not for the musical theater.
I think the most overdone:
What I Did For Love from A CHORUS LINE
Tomorrow from ANNIE

"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."

#41

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 4:34pm

for kids:
"Castle on a Cloud" - "Les Miserables"

#42

re: Most Overdone Showtune

Posted: 4/8/05 at 5:28pm

This Is the Moment
All That Jazz
Anthem
She Loves Me

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