Songs for a father/daughter or non-romantic older man/younger woman?

[TNick926]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 10:50am

Looking for something to sing in my next cabaret show with my daughter - so far I haven't thought of anything, but truthfully I haven't thought too deep yet!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance! :)

I'm mid-50's, she's 26, btw...

Updated On: 9/21/17 at 10:50 AM

[jo]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 10:53am

"The First Man You Remember " from Lloyd-Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 10:54am

"No Matter What" from Beauty and the Beast

[TNick926]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:02am

thanks, guys! both great ideas!

[hanabana]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:08am

"The Wheel" from Tuck Everlasting maybe?

[amaklo]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:13am

'More I Cannot Wish You' from Guys and Dolls.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:55am

"Take it From an Old Man" from Waitress always makes me tear up

[TNick926]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 11:57am

Thanks, folks!  More great suggestions!  Re "More I Cannot Wish You", I hope to sing that to her on her wedding day, if and when that happens, whether she wants me to or not! :)

[whatacharacter]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 12:16pm

Two of a kind from Lippa's Wild Party

[John Adams]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 12:17pm

"Metaphor" from The Fantastiks.

The type of love Matt mentions in the song has an absence of sexuality, using adjectives like "trustworthy" and "refreshing" instead. Likewise, Luisa's responses to Matt's declarations carry no hint of sexuality, either. She's far too self-absorbed in her adolescent egocentrism - which I find humorous, and might also work interpreted as doting father and "daddy's girl" characters.

[MCfan2]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 1:29pm

IIRC, "You're the Top" is done as an older man/younger woman number in Anything Goes, so that could work.

[TheatreRocks]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 1:33pm

Take from an old man Waitress

[JBroadway]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:26pm

When I saw Peter Gallagher in concert several years ago, he and his daughter (who would later go on to be in the Spring Awakening revival) performed "Anything You Can Do," which worked surprisingly nicely as a father/daughter number. 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:36pm

MCfan2 said: "IIRC, "You're the Top" is done as an older man/younger woman number in Anything Goes, so that could work."

The song might work for an older man and younger woman.  But in the show it is not sung by an older man and younger woman.  It's sung by the leading man (young stockbroker Billy Crocker) and leading lady (the young-youngish Evangelist turned night club star Reno Sweeney).

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Friendship, which is originally and usually sung by Reno and Moonface?
 

 

[mikew3]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:40pm

"I Don't Need Anything But You" from Annie

"Friendship" from Anything Goes

"Together Wherever We Go" from Gypsy

[TNick926]

Posted: 9/21/17 at 2:49pm

Thanks for all these thoughtful suggestions, everyone!!  Love them!  Thanks one and all!