in need of ideas...help please!

[wishinguweresomehow]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 9:38pm

Hey everyone...I need your help. My theatrechoir group is going on tour this coming summer and we're doing a fundraiser...benefit concert actually. And we've decided to do one girls piece and one boys piece. It's going to be group pieces, but there is room for a solo or two. Do you guys have any ideas? It's musical related, so please please PLEASE help...but NO Wicked...way over done!! Thanks!

~Meg~

Updated On: 11/28/05 at 09:38 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 9:38pm

All That Jazz

[SirLiir]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 9:38pm

Your title is a bit confusing as to what you are looking for.

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 9:52pm

Is it supposed to be a solo or a group song. Can your whole group sing a solo? Maybe "Good Morning Baltimore" from Hairspray or maybe something from Lttle Shop. I'm not really sure what your asking.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 10:21pm

well the girls i think "big spender" is a great number. or "it's a woman's world" from the full monty. that would be a riot for the audiences since most people don't really know that score. the boys number... i love "bui doi" from miss saigon if your boys are talented. you could hand off the solo and it's beautiful. same with "tomorrow belongs to me" from cabaret. i want to think of a more upbeat number though... oh, what about "the jets song" from west side? that could be lots of fun for the boys!

[wishinguweresomehow]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 10:52pm

Thanks for the great ideas...yeah, I was thinking about the Jets song from West Side Story!!!

~Meg~

[TheatreSlave]

Posted: 11/28/05 at 11:29pm

Looking for stuff that's not overdone? How about these (if you can find the sheet, that is)

Look in to "The Boy Friend"- yeah, it's silly, but there are some fun all-guy and all-girl group numbers in it.

"Girls of the Night" from J&H (complete work)- beautiful song, but kinda short, could maybe be done in combo with the second act song the prostitutes sing in Les Mis? (sorry, the title escapes me and my CD is at work at the moment)

There are some good guy numbers in the "Soldier's Gossip" songs in "Passion"- (harmonies at end could be challenging, depending on talent level)

"Spamalot"- Almost ALL for guys

For the girls- I'm not Getting Married Today from "Company"- patter song with possible shared solos and "church choir" interludes.

If you want some solo numbers that can be shared-

"City of Angels" (terribly clever lyrics),

"Grand Hotel" (esp. Villa on a Hill for altos, I Waltz Alone for men)

"EFX"- (yeah, I know it was (is?) a Vegas show, but I like the music and would love to have seen it live)

"Two By Two"- good sings for both guys and girls (esp "Goodbye Old Girl" for the guys and "Something Isn't There" for the girls)

Finally- one of my favorite shows (which I have never seen, and I don't think there is even a cast recording of but will convince someone to let me direct one day)- "Liars & Legends" . It is a musical revue sort of thing written with the story songs of Harry Chapin. It's written to be sung with multiple solos in some songs.

Hope these help...

[musicalsaregreat]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 12:07am

For the girls
Take me Back to Manhattan from Anything Goes
I'm gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair (The Grand Night for Singing Version)
Don't Tell Mama from Cabaret
Paris Original from How To Succeed

For the Boys
Luck be a Lady from Guys and Dolls
Dames At Sea
Mama Says from Footloose
Into the Fire from Scarlet Pimpernel

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 12:10am

Erm...maybe..."I Go To Rio" from The Boy From Oz?

Mayhaps "The Gods Love Nubia"?