Musicals-Who else?
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labgeekluvr
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Ok if I wanted to be Gertie Cummings than do you think that "If Momma was married" from Gypsy is a good choice?
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Sorry if I'm posting this too late to be helpful--it's been a long time since I've seen Gypsy, so I'm not too familiar with that song. For Gertie any song would work, because she really doesn't sing in the show. For Ado Annie, if you're not familiar with "Oklahoma" you could probably sing something from "Annie Get Your Gun", or if you're sticking with Gypsy, maybe "Everything's Coming Up Roses"--pick a fun song that could be seen as a show-stealer (in other words, if choosing between a belt and a ballad, choose a belt). If you were auditioning for Laurie I'd say go for a ballad, because she's the romantic lead. But for Ado Annie, pick a belt, and for Gertie anything's good.
Another thought, if you're familiar with other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals (Sound of Music, South Pacific, King and I--most of the classics), those might be good choices. Sometimes directors like to hear either a song from the show or in the same style as the show you're auditioning for.
Ok if I wanted to be Gertie Cummings than do you think that "If Momma was married" from Gypsy is a good choice?
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Sorry if I'm posting this too late to be helpful--it's been a long time since I've seen Gypsy, so I'm not too familiar with that song. For Gertie any song would work, because she really doesn't sing in the show. For Ado Annie, if you're not familiar with "Oklahoma" you could probably sing something from "Annie Get Your Gun", or if you're sticking with Gypsy, maybe "Everything's Coming Up Roses"--pick a fun song that could be seen as a show-stealer (in other words, if choosing between a belt and a ballad, choose a belt). If you were auditioning for Laurie I'd say go for a ballad, because she's the romantic lead. But for Ado Annie, pick a belt, and for Gertie anything's good.
Another thought, if you're familiar with other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals (Sound of Music, South Pacific, King and I--most of the classics), those might be good choices. Sometimes directors like to hear either a song from the show or in the same style as the show you're auditioning for.
labgeekluvr
Lab Technician
No problem--break a leg (that's theater-talk for "good luck") 
screamingpoet
CSI Level One
Technically, The Phantom of the Opera is an opera. Not a musical. But...anyway. I really love Rent, and the movie is a personal favorite of mine. I'm also a big fan of Wicked, both the musical and the book itself. Gregory Maguire is a personal hero of mine.
Wyoming
Head of the Graveyard Shift
Musicals huh?
I have only seen two that can be classified as musicals, though one is more of an opera than anything else:
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera
Les Mis is by far my favorite, the plot is great, and I still cry every time the little boy gets shot! I saw that one twice, and hate to see it end, but it was a really great play. Phantom of the Opera was great too, though it was hard to see from where I was sitting lol.
Another one I've seen was Beauty and the Best, which I'm not sure can count as a musical, but our school does musicals, and that's the play we're doing this year (yeah, I'm a bar wench, how cool am I? I get to molest Gaston HAHA Okay so I only get to touch him...) But that one was my first play, and that was really good as well. I wish I could go see it again, I was little, so I can't remember it all.
I have only seen two that can be classified as musicals, though one is more of an opera than anything else:
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera
Les Mis is by far my favorite, the plot is great, and I still cry every time the little boy gets shot! I saw that one twice, and hate to see it end, but it was a really great play. Phantom of the Opera was great too, though it was hard to see from where I was sitting lol.
Another one I've seen was Beauty and the Best, which I'm not sure can count as a musical, but our school does musicals, and that's the play we're doing this year (yeah, I'm a bar wench, how cool am I? I get to molest Gaston HAHA Okay so I only get to touch him...) But that one was my first play, and that was really good as well. I wish I could go see it again, I was little, so I can't remember it all.
Musicals?! I LOVE musicals, they rock!! Some of my favs...Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast is awesome too....Wicked is a new fav of mine...love the original Broadway cast recording of that one! But my all-time favorite muscial since I was like 12 is "Sunset Boulevard"....all hail Andrew Lloyd Webber, the man is a brilliant genius! :lol:
Tinkerbell
Head of the Swing Shift
I've not seen the musical, but I've seen the film and I really enjoyed it.
The only musical I've seen is Jason and his Technicolor dream coat. :lol:
Azza4Speed
Police Officer
I need HELP REALLY BAD!
Mmk so heres my sitiation...I have an audition in a few days for Les miserables. I REALLY want the part of Eponine but I really don't know wha to sing! I am deciding between "Better" and "Our Finest Dreams" from little Women. PLEASE HELP ME PICK!!! oh, I also need a monolouge...
Mmk so heres my sitiation...I have an audition in a few days for Les miserables. I REALLY want the part of Eponine but I really don't know wha to sing! I am deciding between "Better" and "Our Finest Dreams" from little Women. PLEASE HELP ME PICK!!! oh, I also need a monolouge...
Boa_Vista_Fan
Rookie
Musicals. Broadway. New York City. <33.
My favorite musical of all-time has to be Les Miserables. The storyline is great, the characters are wonderful, and the music is absolutely brilliant. (I saw the revival a couple of months ago and it was incredible. Really small changes from the "old show," but still as amazing as ever. And now Lea Salonga's in it, so I definitely have to go back.) But, yeah. Best musical of all-time, hands down. LOVE it.
I absolutely adore RENT, too. It'll always have a special place in my heart.</end sappy-speak>
Honorable mentions go to (in alphabetical order): A Chorus Line, Carousel, My Fair Lady, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Light in the Piazza, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Sound of Music.
I'd really like to see Jersey Boys.
And what about Spring Awakening? A few friends of mine went and said it was great, but it sounds so... "eh" to me. Did any of you go see it? Did you like it?
My favorite musical of all-time has to be Les Miserables. The storyline is great, the characters are wonderful, and the music is absolutely brilliant. (I saw the revival a couple of months ago and it was incredible. Really small changes from the "old show," but still as amazing as ever. And now Lea Salonga's in it, so I definitely have to go back.) But, yeah. Best musical of all-time, hands down. LOVE it.
I absolutely adore RENT, too. It'll always have a special place in my heart.</end sappy-speak>
Honorable mentions go to (in alphabetical order): A Chorus Line, Carousel, My Fair Lady, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Light in the Piazza, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Sound of Music.
I'd really like to see Jersey Boys.
And what about Spring Awakening? A few friends of mine went and said it was great, but it sounds so... "eh" to me. Did any of you go see it? Did you like it?
Nienna Berylla
CSI Level Two
Im going to see the Musical Tarzan pretty soon and i am looking forward to see it. Even when i dont like the story that much, i like to see it in a musical version..
I'm a big fan too -- I like um, Wicked, Thoroughly Modern Millie (film & show, they're both ridiculous and amazing, haha!), The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Hairspray, Avenue Q, Gypsy, Rocky Horror... the list is pretty endless! -- I enjoy RENT but I really need to be in the mood for it, sometimes the old jangly guitars don't do much for me, haha.