in desparate need of an audition song
in desparate need of an audition song
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#0in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:07pmI have a backup song (which is "Alto's Lament") If I don't find anything but the auditioners have already heard me sing that song. I want a song with a huge belt and a good range. I have 3 octaves in me but I've recently been sick so I don't want a song to go too far in my head voice. Mezzo, can belt up until about a D or an E flat (one octave up from middle C). Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#2re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:09pmIt's for "Into The Woods". I would like to be the witch, or little red riding hood.
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#4re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:16pmYou don't really need a huge belt for either of those roles, so you may want to go with something a little more.. understated?
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#5re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:20pmNo I really want something with a belt. I know the directors very well as I've worked with them a lot, and they know I can sing, but they havn't seen me belt yet. Also I talked to one of them and they suggested a big song with a belt.
#6re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:24pmTake me or Leave me from Rent?
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#7re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:27pmGreat song but it's practically a duet.
#8re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:37pm
It's not PRACTICALLY a duet, it is one.
What about "Always True to You" from Kiss Me, Kate?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#9re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:43pm
What about Still Hurting, from The Last Five Years?
An AMAZING song.
but you will need sheet music, yes?
Who has sheet music for it here?
Anyone?
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#10re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:43pm
if you want to do clique-ish or popular ones, do "Defying Gravity", "Astonishing", "Gimme Gimme" or something
but in the ways of different belty songs, cant help you there
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#11re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:45pm
I was looking at another one from the last 5 years called I'm a part of that... thanks though that's a great song I may do it! Thanks all of you
Updated On: 8/31/06 at 07:45 PM
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#12re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:53pm
Yikes. Your best bet is to not take any of these suggestions. Talk about breaking the cardinal rules of audition songs.
A good start is usually to stay genre or composer related. Since it's Into the Woods, most Sondheim is up for grabs.
Though ITW is contemporary, it's not modern contemp. Picking pop-influcenced shows from the past 5 years or so is not a good bet (i.e. Wicked, TL5Y). Walking into an audition room with a JRB piece is almost never a good idea, not only are the horribly overdone (and butchered) but unless you KNOW the audition pianist has chops and killer sight-reading skills, you're setting yourself up for disaster.
A book of Sondheim should be in any musical theater singer's repertoire anyway, so go pick one up. You'll find many options there.
And it would help if you indicated up-tempo or ballad and age range as just requesting a belt piece doesn't exactly narrow it down.
liveonstage
Swing Joined: 7/18/05
#13re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:55pmIs anyone familiar with "the Last Five years"? What's Still Hurting about, really? I'm listening to it and I want to understand it more.
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#14re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:57pm
Still hurting is about how Cathy and Jamie broke up, because he was adulterous.
They had a messy breakup and she is sad.
Even after all of this time, she still loves him.
or, at least, that's what i got out of it!
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#15re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:58pmUh.... have you ever listened to the show? It's pretty evident if you listen.
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#16re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 7:59pmPlus, if you search it on Wikipedia, then you can get all of the plot details.
#17re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 8:04pmIf you can't figure out what the song is about, I wouldn't recommend singing it.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
michelle4
Stand-by Joined: 10/10/05
#18re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 8:39pm
I have to agree with that you shouldn't do anything that has a pop edge. I would suggest looking at 'Hold On' from "The Secret Garden". It is a good belt song, a great acting piece and much more appropriate for ITW.
Updated On: 8/31/06 at 08:39 PM
#19re: in desparate need of an audition song
Posted: 8/31/06 at 8:42pmIf you can figure out a way to do the belty stuff of Olive's, maybe "The I Love You Song" from Spelling Bee? It has a good vibe for ITW..
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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