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What they want
http://www.onstageblog.com/columns/2017/7/5/what-they-really-want-at-an-audition
An important read for anyone auditioning for any role, ever.
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Audition song choices 2015
I’m live-blogging at the 2015 annual conference of the International Thespian Society. Because of commitments in Saint Louis, I missed the Monday and Tuesday thespian auditions this year, but today’s session includes well over 100 actors and singers.
Here’s a list of the songs we heard today:
- Foolish to think. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
- Fly fly away. Catch Me If You Can.
- Pretty funny. Dogfight.
- Fly into the future. Vanities
- Don’t let me go. Shrek, the Musical
- Proud of your boy. Aladdin
- Being alive. Company
- Shiksa goddess. The Last Five Years
- If he really knew me. They’re Playing Our Song
- Nothing. A Chorus Line.
- Screw loose. Crybaby the Musical
- One more kiss. Follies
- Fight the dragons. Big Fish.
- Suppertime. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
- I wish it so. Juno
- I dreamed a dream. Les Miserables
- Astonishing. Little Women
- My new philosophy. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
- I wanna be a producer. The Producers
- Alto’s lament. Kerrigan and Loudermilk
- With you. Ghost, the Musical
- Bye bye baby. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Tonight at eight. She Loves Me
- Much more. The Fantasticks
- If I left London. Chaplin, the Musical
- Beautiful. Heathers
- Good morning, Baltimore. Hairspray
- I got rhythm. Mr and Mr Gershwin
- Corner of the sky. Pippin
- Mama who bore me. Spring Awakening
- Someone like you. Jekyll and Hyde
- Extraordinary. Pippin
- Happy/Sad. The Addams Family
- Suddenly Seymour. Little Shop of Horrors
- Fine, fine line. Avenue Q
- Dyin’ ain’t so bad. Bonnie & Clyde
- Unexpected song, Song and Dance
- Waiting. The Addams Family
- On my way. Violet
- Loving you. Passion
- Glitter and be gay. Bernstein
- Superboy and the invisible girl. Next to Normal
- I can cook too. On the Town
- As we stumble along. The Drowsy Chaperone
- Make me see it. The Fantasticks
- Diva’s lament. Spamalot
- Seasons of love. Rent
- I can hear the bells. Hairspray
- Spark of creation. Children of Eden
- Once upon a time. Bare
- You can’t get a man with a gun. Assassins
- Freeze ray. Dr. Horrible etc.
- Lifeboat. Heathers, the Musical
- Some enchanted evening. South Pacific
- How can I call this home? Parade
What not to sing
Here’s a post from a half-decade ago. The advice is still relevant and valid!
https://musicchair.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/what-not-to-sing/
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