This book is a delightful collection of 100 excerpts of musical theatre songs designed especially for audition situations. These excerpts represent a great variety of shows that span decades of theatre history and a multitude of styles.
Using the original vocal scores, the excerpts have been selected and adapted to help singers show off their best in a 16-32 bar audition cut.
Includes audition tips, song set-up for each song, as well as vocal style and genre indexes, making this the most useful and relevant collection of its kind. CD accompaniment tracks are provided for all song excerpts.
Contents
- 21 GUNS A/K/A TWENTY-ONE GUNS
- ALL I CARE ABOUT (from “Chicago”)
- ALL I NEED IS THE GIRL (from “Gypsy”)
- ALL THAT'S KNOWN (from “Spring Awakening”)
- ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE (from “Seussical the Musical”)
- AND THEY'RE OFF (from “A New Brain”)
- BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
- BRING ME MY BRIDE (from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”)
- BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE (from “Kiss Me Kate”)
- C'EST MOI (from “Camelot”)
- COME BACK TO ME (from “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever”)
- CORNER OF THE SKY (from “Pippin”)
- DAMES (from “Dames”)
- DESPERADO
- DIFFERENT (from “Honk”)
- EASY TO LOVE (from “Anything Goes”)
- EVENINÆ STAR (from “110 in the Shade”)
- EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T (from “Anyone Can Whistle”)
- FIT AS A FIDDLE (AND READY FOR LOVE) (from “Singin' In The Rain”)
- GROW FOR ME (from “Little Shop of Horrors”)
- HAIR (from “Hair”)
- HEART (from “Damn Yankees”)
- HER FACE (from ôCarnivalö)
- HEY THERE (from “The Pajama Game”)
- HIGHWAY MILES (from “The Flood”)
- HOME
- HOW LUCKY YOU ARE (from “Seussical the Musical”)
- HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN (from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”)
- I CAN SEE IT (from “The Fantasticks”)
- I CAN'T BE BOTHERED NOW
- I COULD WRITE A BOOK (from “Pal Joey”)
- I LOVE TO RHYME
- I MARRIED AN ANGEL
- I MET A GIRL (from “Bells Are Ringing”)
- I WANT TO BE SEEN WITH YOU TONIGHT (from Funny Girl)
- I WANT TO MAKE MAGIC (from “Fame-The Musical”)
- IÆM ALIVE
- I'D RATHER BE SAILING (from “A New Brain”)
- I'M CALM (from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumö)
- I'M NOT THAT SMART (from “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”)
- I'VE GOT BEGINNER'S LUCK
- I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE (from “My Fair Lady”)
- IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU (from “Camelot”)
- IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN (from “The Wizard of Oz”)
- IF THIS ISN'T LOVE (from “Finian's Rainbow”)
- IF YOU CAN FIND ME, IM HERE (from “Evening Primrose”)
- IN A LITTLE WHILE (from “Once Upon A Mattress”)
- INTO THE FIRE (from “The Scarlet Pimpernel”)
- IT'S GOT TO BE LOVE (from “On Your Toes”)
- IT'S NO PROBLEM (from “High Fidelity”)
- IT'S POSSIBLE (IN MCELLIGOT'S POOL) (from “Seussical the Musical”)
- ITÆS NOT ALRIGHT (from “Striking 12”)
- JUST IN TIME (from ôBells Are Ringingö)
- LADIES' CHOICE (from “Hairspray”)
- LARGER THAN LIFE (from “My Favorite Year”)
- LAST ONE PICKED (from “Whoop-dee-doo!”)
- LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME
- LEFT BEHIND (from ôSpring Awakeningö)
- LET'S DO IT (LET'S FALL IN LOVE) (from “Paris”)
- LILY'S EYES (from “The Secret Garden”)
- LONESOME POLECAT (from “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”)
- LOVE, I HEAR (from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”)
- LUCKY TO BE ME (from “On the Town”)
- MISTER CELLOPHANE (from “Chicago”)
- MY UNFORTUNATE ERECTION (CHIP'S LAMENT) (from “The 25th Annual PUtnam County Spelling
- NEW YORK NEW YORK (FROM “ON THE TOWN”)
- NIGHT THAT GOLDMAN SPOKE AT UNION SQUARE, PART 1, THE (from “Ragtime”)
- ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE (from “My Fair Lady”)
- PERFECT FOR YOU
- PROPOSAL, THE (from ôTitanicö)
- RAIN SONG, THE (from “110 In The Shade”)
- RAZZLE DAZZLE (from “Chicago”)
- RUN AWAY WITH ME (from Unauthorized Biography)
- SANDY (from “Grease”)
- SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (from “Singin' in the Rain”)
- SLIDE SOME OIL TO ME (from “The Wiz”)
- SONG OF LOVE (from “Once Upon a Mattress”)
- STREETS OF DUBLIN, THE (from “A Man of No Importance”)
- SUDDENLY, SEYMOUR (from “Little Shop of Horrors”)
- TAKE A CHANCE ON ME (from ôLittle Womenö)
- TELL MY FATHER
- THERE ONCE WAS A MAN (from “The Pajama Game”)
- THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (from “Shall We Dance”)
- THEY WERE YOU (from “The Fantasticks”)
- THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS (from “Damn Yankees”)
- TOO DARN HOT (from “Kiss Me, Kate”)
- WAIT TILL WE'RE SIXTY-FIVE (from “On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)”)
- WHAT AM I DOIN' (from “Closer than Ever”)
- WHAT DO I NEED WITH LOVE (from ôThoroughly Modern Millieö)
- WHAT WOULD I DO IF I COULD FEEL (from ôThe Wizö)
- WHEELS OF A DREAM (from “Ragtime”)
- WHEN I GET MY NAME IN LIGHTS (from “The Boy from Oz”)
- WHEN I'M NOT NEAR THE GIRL I LOVE (from “Finian's Rainbow”)
- WHERE DO I GO (from “Hair”)
- WHO IÆD BE (from ôShrek: The Musicalö)
- WINTER'S ON THE WING (from “The Secret Garden”)
- WITH YOU (from “Pippin”)
- YOU ARE MY HOME (from “The Scarlet Pimpernel”)
- YOU MUSTN'T KICK IT AROUND (from “Pal Joey”)
- YOU'RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
