Showtunes lovers, come to my aid! — Page 3

I really like the idea of the disguise theme. I'll definitely have to use it sometime! :)

Updated On: 4/17/12 at 07:29 PM

The Bicycle Song HIGH SPIRITS
The Tennis Song CITY OF ANGELS
The Baseball Game FALSETTOS
and check out the scores for GOOD NEWS, ALL AMERICAN and GOLDEN BOY

These might fit with a little squeeze:

Whipped Into Shape - Legally Blonde
She Likes Basketball - Promises Promises (well, it's mentioned)
I Love What I'm Doing - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (is it all in the staging)
Get Your Head in the Game - High School Musical
Michael Jordon's Ball - Full Monty
and then there's The Game in Damn Yankees which is and isn't about the game.

T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game) from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

These two are a stretch, but in case it helps...
Nothing from A Chorus Line (Bobsledding...in San Juan. Anyone?)
Ya Got Trouble from The Music Man (Pool is a sport on ESPN2. That's my justification)

Updated On: 6/5/12 at 01:16 AM

SONGS ABOUT KINGS
'I Just can't wait to be King' - Lion King
'Song of the King (Seven Fat Cows)' - Joseph
'King of my Heart' - Joseph (Added for the 2007 London Revival)
'King of New York' - Newsies
'If I were King of the Forest' - Wizard of Oz
'King Herod's Song' - Jesus Christ Superstar

SONGS ABOUT QUEENS (...hehe)
'Dancing Queen' - Mamma Mia
'Killer Queen' - We will rock you

SONGS ABOUT ROYALTY
'Another Little Victory' - Betty Blue Eyes
'On the steps of the palace' - Into the Woods
'He's a very nice prince' - Into the Woods
'Castle on a cloud' - Les Mis
'Liaisons' - A Little Night Music

Also, you could probably work in anything from Camelot, The King and I or Spamalot.

You can basically use the entire little mermaid soundtrack since they are all royalty for the mostly part, but some more specific sons are:
"I want the good times back" Mermaid
"If Only (quartet)" -Mermaid
"Part of Your World" memaid
"One Step Closer" Mermaid
"Beyond My WildestnDreams" Mermaid
"This is how a dream comes true" Shrek
"Morning Person" Shrek
"Who I'd Be" Shrek
"I know it's Today" Shrek
"The Tale" A Tale of Two Cities
"The Way it Ought to Be" A Tale of Two Cities

You can use almost anything from R&H's Cinderella.

Gonna throw some long shots out:

"Malajusted Jester" - The Court Jester
"King's Dilemma" - Victor/Victoria
"The Prince of Humbug" - Barnum
"The King of Old Broadway" - The Producers

There's also a whole Disney medley about royalty in DISNEY'S ON THE RECORD. It seamlessly blends "The Walrus and the Carpenter/I Wanna Be Like You/Prince Ali/I Just Can't Wait To Be King/Lavender Blue". Such a cool show. There are some other tracks you can take from that, too. "Someday My Prince Will Come/Once Upon A Dream" and more.

Head
“The Perfect Year” – Sunset Boulevard “Your lips are warm, my head is light, were we alive before tonight”
“Big Shot” – Movin’ Out “When you wake up in the morning with your head on fire and your eyes to bloody to see”
“Practically Perfect” – Mary Poppins “I’m practically perfect from head to toe”
“All I Ask of You” – Phantom “Turn my head with talk of summertime”
Shoulders
“Race You to the Top of the Morning” – The Secret Garden “Come sit on my shoulders and ride
“What You Own” – Rent “Just straighten those shoulders”
“Think of Meryl Streep” - Fame “Smile and shrug your shoulders, make believe it’s fine”
Knees
“Step In Time” – Mary Poppins “Kick your knees up, step in time”
“C’mon Marianne” – Jersey Boys “Here I am on my knees again”
“Grow For Me” – Little Shop of Horrors “I’m down on my knees, grow for me”
Toes
“Rainbow High” – Evita “Christian Dior me, from my head to my toes” (includes head too!)
“Open a New Window” – Mame “soaking up life down to your toes”

Rain/ Hold On from GHOST. Molly sings about falling often in the song
Going Down- Hair (2009 Revival) it's kind of like falling
Fallen Angel- Jersey Boys
Stampede-The Lion King, Mufasa falls here
Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling & the Reprise- Next to Normal
Sometime Do You Think We Could Fall in Love?- Zanna, Don't!

Updated On: 6/23/12 at 07:40 PM

Boy Falls From The Sky - Spiderman

I'm late to this thread, and replying to a reply in the middle of it but.... Joan-something posted a recommendation for "I Want" songs.... every song, when performed by a good actor, should either be an "I Want" or an "I Need" song.... this is what makes a song active ... if the character/actor doesn't want or need anything, it is a dead performance, and bad acting.

Of course, jdrye, but that doesn't change the fact that an "I want" song in a musical is a term of art in libretto construction, meaning a central character's song expressing the objective through line, what he or she wants out of life, or thinks he or she does - "a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air," "somewhere that's green," "my own morning," "to be a rich man," "something coming, don't know where, don't know when" " etc.

This is something apart from the fact that any acted song should have an intention.

When Bonnie sings "Buddy Beware" in "Anything Goes" it reveals who she is and what she wants but it is not an "I want" song defining the protagonist's need, whereas Reno's "I Get A Kick Out of You" is. When Fanny and Nick sing "I Want to Be Seen With You" that is not an "I want" song because it concerns a momentary desire. When Fanny sings "I'm the Greatest Star" it defines what the protagonist wants and what the show is about, although "Don't Rain On My Parade" does as well because Fanny wants both love and a career.

Updated On: 6/25/12 at 08:54 AM

The ultimate America-cheerleading song would have to be "Tomorrow" from Annie, especially when considered in the context of the story.

And, when tomorrow happens, we can celebrate with "It's Today" from Mame.