I need two songs and one monlog - does anyone have any suggestions?
(I am a high soprano, if that helps- although you could probably guess that since I want Maybel haha.)
I don't want to do anything from the show - but obviously something very similar to the style.
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Look at other music written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Might I suggest the show "The Mikado." The stories are actually quite similar, and the characters "Yum-Yum" and "Katisha" both have soprano solos. "Alone and Yet Alive" is my favorite from the show, but "The Sun Whose Rays are All Ablaze" would also work.
For a second song, you could go to songs from Les Miserables. "I Dreamed a Dream" and "On My Own," work well for your voice.
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You will forgive me for not being excited about yet another production of Pirates of Penzance which was FIRST PERFORMED IN 1879 and just so DATED that any time I see some high school doing it yet again, I know they must have a performing arts program that is so under funded it doesn't deserve the name or classification. The ONLY reason for doing Pirates is.. the school has no money.
That being said.. Pirates is the first musical I was ever in and I can still perform I AM THER VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR GENERAL and WEEEE SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE.. AND OUR SAUCY SHIP'S A BEAUTYYYYYY.. et. I hated that musical when I wasa 14 and I still hate it today
Here are some songs you can use for auditioning.
13 THE SONG.. 13 The Musical
A NEW LIFE... Jekyll and Hyde\
A QUIET THING... Flora the Red Menace
A WHOLE NEW WORLD... Aladdin
ARKANSAS... Big river
AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME.. Oliver
BACK TO BEFORE.. Ragtime
BACKWOOODS BARBIE.. 9 to 5
BIG SPENDER... Sweet Charity
BUENOS AIRES... Evita
CABARET.. Cabaret
CHIEF COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER.. The Rink
COLOR OF THE WIND... Pocahonta
COOL, COOL CONSIDERATE MEN.. 1776
DANCE 10, LOOKS 3... A Chorus Line
DIVA'S LAMENT.. Spamalot
DO I HEAR A WALTZ?... Do I Hear a Waltz?
DOROTHY MAE... Best little Whorehouse in Texas
EASY TO BE HARD.. Hair
EVERYTHING ELSE.. Next to Normal
FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE.. The Boys from Syracuse
FORGET ABOUT THE BOY.. Thoroughly Modern Millie
GLITTER AND BE GAY ... Candide
GRAND AVENUE... Flower Drum Song
GROWING UP CATHOLIC.. Nonsense
HE VAS MY BOYFRIEND... The Young Frankenstein
HOME... Beauty and the Beast
HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU.. Grease
I BELIEVE IN LOVE... Hairspray
I GOT RHYTHM... Girl Crazy
I HAD A BALL... I had a ball
I WANT IT ALL.. Baby
IF MOMMA WERE MARRIED... Gypsy
JUST YOU WAIT... My Fair Lady
KEYS .. Passing Strange
LITTLE GIRL BLUE.. Jumbo
LOOK TO THE RAINBOW... Finian's Rainbow
LULLABY OF BROADWAY... 42nd Street
MAYBE... Annie
MORE TO THE STORY... Shrek the Musical
NOBODY'S SIDE... Chess
NOONE IS ALONE.. Into the Woods
100 WAYS TO LOSE A MAN.. Wonderful Town
OOH! MY FEET... The most happy fella
ON MY OWN.. Les Miserables
ONCE UPON A DECEMBER.... Anastasia
PARIS BY NIGHT.. Victor Victoria
PART OF YOUR WORLD.. The Little Mermaid
PURLIE... Purlie
ROXIW... Chicago
RAGS... Rags
SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT... Peter Pan
SHINE... Billy Elliot
SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER.. The Producers
STARS AND THE MOON.. Songs for a new World
STRIKE UP THE BAND.. My one and Only
THE CALLING.. Altar Boyz
THE WIZARD AND I... Wicked
THINK OF ME.. Phantom of the Opera
UNDER THE TREE.. Celebration
UNEXPECTED SONG.. Song and Dance
WHAT COULD BE BETTER... Baby
WHERE OR WIN.. Babes in Arms
WITH ON LOOK.. Sunset Boulevard
YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE.. A Tale of Two Cities
Good Luck
casida
For "Pirates", attempt "Moonfall" from "The secret of Edwin Drood". For the two or the two, attempt "Pirate Jenny" from "The Threepenny Opera". that is as lots an workout in performing as singing.