Ruthless!

I recently stumbled upon this recording, and I've fallen in love with the score, but I was wondering: is it kosher to use these songs for auditions? Do directors hear them all the time? I was just curious, because there's a few really great songs for both sopranos and belters: "A Penthouse Apartment," "It Will Never Be That Way Again," "Born to Entertain" - so?

Am I the only one who HATES the recording? I love the show and love the score, but the recording really gets on my nerves.

I love the musical, though I haven't heard the cast recording. I don't think that any of the songs would be overdone.

VonTussell -- anything that's going to set you apart is a good choice. I think the score is brilliant. The big problem I potentially see with using the songs from Ruthless! is that you would have to play the ultra-camp humor and I don't know how applicable it would be to MOST roles you would be auditioning for. The lyrics have (for the most part) enough camp twists that you can't ignore them or might come off as strange. I do agree, however, that the songs you mentioned would be good for showing off range with material that you won't be hearing from every other girl at the audition.

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The only song I might use is "It Will Never Be That Way Again"--it's the only one that really works out of context.

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