kick ass female ballads? :)

[sweetaspie]

kick ass female ballads? :)#0

Posted: 1/21/05 at 6:19pm

Heya, just a lil question.
I am auditioning for drama schools this year and i have both my monologues and my up-tempo song (i know things now), but i'm having trouble with my ballad.
I originally was thinking Movie In My Mind (miss saigon), or Maybe I Like It This Way (The Wild Party), but my singing teacher keeps telling me to play my 'type' - how i look, i.e naive, with a mature edge, but not with a playing age more than 20.

Any suggestions?
I'm a sop, but have a good belt range. And something that i can really get my teeth into.
Thanking you in advance

Hannah
xx

If you keep your goal in sight, You can climb to any height. Everybody's got the right to their dreams...

[broadwaynut20]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#1

Posted: 1/21/05 at 6:29pm

on my own from les miserables

[sweetaspie]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#2

Posted: 1/21/05 at 6:33pm

see i think i want something similar to that, but maybe something not so well known.

Thank you for answering tho hun :)

see you around
xx

If you keep your goal in sight, You can climb to any height. Everybody's got the right to their dreams...

[EponineThenardier]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#3

Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:01pm

I would suggest Astinishing from Little Women, but the music isn't avaliable.

How about Why Can't You Behave from Kiss Me Kate? I Hate Men is very actory and comical but it might be a bit too old for someone of your age.

[ShbrtAlley44]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#4

Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:02pm

Be On Your Own or My Husband Makes Movies from Nine? Very emotional pieces, but more belty.

[KateMusic]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#5

Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:52pm

Anything Cathy sings from The Last Five Years, maybe Summer in Ohio

Some people analyze every detail/ Some people stall when they can't see the trail/ Some people freeze out of fear that they'll fail/ But I keep rollin' on/ Some people can't get success with their art/ Some people never feel love in their heart/ Some people can't tell the two things apart/ But I keep rollin' on

Updated On: 1/21/05 at 08:52 PM

[CurtainUp]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#6

Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:54pm

My Husband Makes Movies would be great - I second it.

Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on." - from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[ghostlight2]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#7

Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:59pm

depends on your age...but I'm Still Here-Follies

[millie_dillmount]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#8

Posted: 1/21/05 at 9:42pm

"Jimmy" - Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Somewhere That's Green" - Little Shop of Horrors
"Home" or "A Change in Me" - Beauty and the Beast
"Little Bit in Love" - Wonderful Town

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#9

Posted: 1/22/05 at 12:58am

All great songs with many great 16- bar sections... all audition- worthy, and soprano- ish, and with both belting and non- belting parts... And age- appropriate too, pretty much.

Taylor the Latte Boy (Adventures in Love- Heisler and Goldrich)
But Not For Me (Crazy for You)
Easy to Say (Zombie Prom)
The Story Goes On (Baby)
West End Avenue (The Magic Show)
Losing Track of Time (Summer of '42)
Hold On (The Secret Garden)
Is Someone Out There? (In the Beginning- Maury Yeston)
Meadowlark (The Baker's Wife)
Wheels (A... My Name Will Always Be Alice)
Stranger to the Rain (Children of Eden)
I Have Found (The Royal Family of Broadway)--- I know there's no sheet music, but it's so amazing, I had to include it!!
Because (The Thing About Men)

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[ThePrinceOfHumbug]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#10

Posted: 1/22/05 at 1:08am

Don't know if you would consider it "kickass", but Come To Your Senses from tick, tick, boom! always hits me in the sweet spot!

Talk Hard. Steal the Air. H.H.H.

[ShbrtAlley44]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#11

Posted: 1/22/05 at 1:09am

Stranger to the Rain is great...another nod for that.

[Gothampc]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#12

Posted: 1/22/05 at 1:13am

Unexpected Song from Song & Dance

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#13

Posted: 1/22/05 at 1:30am

Oh, and Disneyland from Smile!!!!!

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[apdarcey]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#14

Posted: 1/22/05 at 2:53am

if you can find the sheet music, come to your senses will knock their socks off, though maybe she's a little old... still hurting from last 5 years you could do... beautiful!

[Alix]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#15

Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:36am

I love 'Il Adore' from TABOO :)

[sweetaspie]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#16

Posted: 1/22/05 at 6:43am

Wow, so many replies and so quick!
Thank you guys

One thing, sheet music is not a problem cus my singing teacher can transcribe anything, as long as i have a cd.
I will definately be looking into a lot of these!

Again thanks to everyone that replied,
Hannah
xx

If you keep your goal in sight, You can climb to any height. Everybody's got the right to their dreams...

[Albin]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#17

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:20am

You can't get more "kick-ass" than "And I Am Telling You" from Dreamgirls.

[Addicted2Seaweed]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#18

Posted: 1/22/05 at 11:54am

You are so right Albin that song is amazing!

What is it about Lucy?? I know she's a bitch, and yet I want to be her...

[LuvUrBatBoy]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#19

Posted: 1/22/05 at 1:17pm

I can't believe no one has said:

Someone Else's Story: Chess
Another Suitcase Another Hall: Evita
My White Knight: Music Man

Yes that's me. No, it's not a Rent homage.

[apdarcey]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#20

Posted: 1/22/05 at 1:31pm

if you can do transcription and you want an amazing belting song that really kicks ass and doesn't go that high (maybe c? i'm not sure since i'm a guy!) then you definitely should look into come to your senses from tick, tick... boom! i'm teling you... if you can perform it well then that's your song! andrew

[Ganesh]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#21

Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:12pm

Gimme Gimme is a kick ass ballad.

[Thesbijean]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#22

Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:15pm

Two more lesser known ones that come to mind is Meadowlark from The Baker's Wife and The Story Goes On from Baby, very good songs, and very similar voices for both.

[melissa errico fan]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#23

Posted: 1/22/05 at 4:23pm

Two songs that will absolutely bring the house down:

1. "The Music Still Plays On" (A New Brain)
2. "Other People's Stories" (Amour)

[SeeIreallycouldn'tSING!!]

re: kick ass female ballads? :)#24

Posted: 1/22/05 at 5:04pm

oh no no no no! What I Did For Love...
Its not as over done as Memories, but its soo well known in a good way... its a great song to display ur talents