Choice Songs Women - Excavating The Song

Choice Songs Women
A Girl of Few Words (No One in the World)
A Horse with Wings (Ricki Ian Gordon)
A New Life (Jekyll and Hyde) Soprano-mix belt poperetta
A Place Called Home (A Christmas Carol) - A simple, warm, mix-y song.
A Way Back to Then (title of show)
Ain't Nothing But a Kiss (Memphis)
All the Men in My Life (Evil Dead) - A silly song with a 60’s groove. It works fine
without the men’s part.
All Things to One Man (Grind)
Almost Everything I Need - Contemporary musical theatre art song
Anytime (Elegies) - Good Bill Finn song. Also appears in Men’s section in a higher key.
Are You Still Holding My Hand (Bright Lights Big City) Moody, mix pop ballad
Around the World (Grey Gardens) - A difficult piece for a mature actor/singer
Back to Before (Ragtime) - Powerful
Be On Your Own (Nine)
Belle Reve (Beth Falcone)
Blue Hair (The Black Suits) - Contemporary character uptempo, Post-millennium
Burden of Life (Man of No Importance, A) Comic, belt number. A favorite. Cut interior
scene.
Cautiously Optimistic (The Taxi Cabaret) Post-millennium charm song
Chain of Love (The Grass Harp) - A lovely legit Soprano song.
Change (A New Brain)
Chanson (The Baker's Wife) - Beautiful Stephen Schwartz song with some French.
Coffee (See What I Wanna See) - A difficult(!) Michael John LaChiusa song. Not for the
faint of heart.
Colored Woman (Memphis)
Come Down from the Tree (Cut from Once on This Island)
County Fair (Das Barbecu) - Good Country musical theatre ballad originally sung by
Sally Mayes.
Crimson Kiss (Lestat) from Elton John’s flop musical
Dancing All The Time (Big)
Easy Money (The Life) - Cut from measure 55 to measure 80
Even Though (I Love You Because) - Musical theatre pop mix.
Everyday is Night (Birds of Paradise) -
Fair Warning (Destry Rides Again) Character uptempo
Feels Like Home (Randy Newman's Faust)
Fly Away (Never Never Land) (Piece, the Musical)
Fly Away/Never Never Land (Piece, the Musical)
Gainesville (Randy Newman's Faust)
Get Out and Stay Out (Nine to Five)
Goodbye for Now (Reds [movie])
Goodbye, Emil (Romance, Romance) - Quasi-operetta.
He Wasn't You (Hope)
He's Here (How Now, Dow Jones)
Hide and Seek (Daniel Green) Post-millennium story song, particularly good

Choice Songs Women
Hold Down the Fort (john and jen) - Very strong piece from a great show. Start at
measure 9.
Holding to the Ground (Falsettos)
Hostess With the Mostest (Call Me Madam) - Brassy and Belty
How Can I Lose You? (Myths and Hymns)
How Did I Get to Where I Am (Marguerite) A beautiful Michel Legrand ballad from the
British production
I Don't Know How To Help You (Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens)
I Got Love (Purlie) - A terrific uptempo Pop/Soul song. Very wide range.
I Hate Him (Destry Rides Again) Very fast character song
I Have Found (Make Me a Song)
I Miss the Mountains (Next To Normal) Great pop/rock song for mature actor
I Never Knew His Name (Brooklyn)
I Read (Passion) - Difficult (in every way) mezzo piece
I Resolve (She Loves Me) Character Golden Era uptempo, belt
I Slept With Someone Who Handled Kurt Cobain's Intervention (High Fidelity) -
Sincere and weird.
I Still Believe in Love (They're Playing Our Song) - Nice Marvin Hamlish ballad
I Sure Like the Boys (A My Name is Alice) - Difficult to read but worth the effort.
I Wanna Be a Rockette (Kicks, the Musical)
I Want More (Lestat) from Elton John’s flop musical, this one is great if you ignore the
whole vampire thing
I Want You (My Life with Albertine) Mezzo arty character musical theatre waltz
I Won't Mind (The Other Franklin) Beautiful song recorded by Audra McDonald
I'd Rather Watch You (The Adding Machine) A quirky, quasi-1930s rhythm ballad
I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Promises, Promises) - Could be sung by a baritone too.
Just ignore the harmony parts.
I'll Never Have That Chance (Lestat) from Elton John’s flop musical
I'm Just Movin' (Working)
I'm Not At All in Love (Pajama Game) - This is really a group number but it works well
with some edits as a solo number.
I'm Not Waiting (Andrew Lippa)
I've Never Said I Love You (Dear World)
I’m Not Waiting (Andrew Lippa)
If I Ever Loved Him (Angel)
If Only (The Little Mermaid) - An adaptation for female soloist (Ariel) of the quartet
from Act II. Lovely Disney-type tune.
In a Perfect World (The Alchemists) Post-millennium
In Short (Edges)
Ireland (Legally Blonde) Comic character ballad, pop belt
Is It Too Late? (My Life with Albertine) Contemporary classical/legit soprano dramatic
ballad
It Feels Like Home (John Bucchino) - Beautiful ballad. Not from a show.
It Might As Well Be Spring (State Fair) - Perfect ingénue song
It Would Have Been Wonderful (Annie Warbucks) - Challenging dramatic ballad

Choice Songs Women
It's Hurts to Be Strong (Carrie) - Surprisingly good song from a flop musical. Youthful
Pop ballad.
Joey is a Punk Rocker (The Black Suits) Post-millennium Pop comedic uptempo
Just Not Now (I Love You Because) - You could skip the verse and start at measure 8.
Kindness (Bright Lights Big City) - Pop/rock
Knowing When to Leave (Promises, Promises)
Listen to Your Heart (Young Frankenstein) - An old-fashioned Beguine (a la Cole
Porter)
Lonely Pew (Reefer Madness)
Lovely Lies (Jeff Blumenkrantz)
Lying There (Edges)
Lying There (Edges) Post-millennium ballad
Man in the Moon (Jeff Blumenkrantz)
Man Wanted (Copacabana) - Barry Manilow, yes! In a sultry, jazzy style.
More (Dick Tracy)
Much At All (Susan Werner) - This isn’t a musical theatre song but works very well
theatrically. Low!
My Big Mistake (The Will Rogers Follies)
My Book (Jeff Blumenkrantz) Comic, contemporary, uptempo with lots of spoken lyrics
My Childhood (Jacques Brel) A real rarity, A mini-masterpiece. Transcribed from the
revival recording
My Childhood in B (Jacques Brel) A higher key
My Heart is Split (The Freshman Experiment) Post-millennium ballad
My House (Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan) Beautiful musical theatre ballad
My One Night Stand (WAA-MU 2008) Post-millennium story song
My Party Dress (Henry and Mudge) Post-millennium character story song
My Unknown Someone (The Will Rogers Follies)
Never Again (King David) - Alan Menken’s show is hit or miss but this is good.
No Man Left for Me (Will Rogers Follies, The) - Theatre torch song, mezzo/belt
Not At Home (Angry Housewives)
Oh, To Be a Movie Star (Apple Tree, The) - Charming “I Want” song
On My Way (Violet) - This is a solo version of the great VIOLET opener.
Once I Was (Ricki Ian Gordon)
Once Upon A Time (Brooklyn) - Very powerful Pop ballad, high belt.
One Life to Live (Lady in the Dark)
One Step Ahead of Goodbye (cut from High Fidelity)
One White Dress (A Catered Affair)
Patience (Illyria) Peter Mills’ take on Twelfth Night. Legit middle range, dramatic ballad
Patterns (Baby) Maltby and Shire classic
Perfect (cut from High Fidelity)
Perfect (cut from High Fidelity) A great Pop ballad
Perfect (Edges)
Pretty Lies (Taboo) - Wonderful Pop ballad
Pulled (The Addams Family)
Raven (Brooklyn) Pop ballad, very range-y, a little bit American Idol.
Ready to Settle (High Fidelity) - A terrific folk/pop theatre ballad, with humor. Perfect!

Choice Songs Women
Remember Me (Little Fish) - The accompaniment is sketchy but this is a favorite.
Say Goodbye (Piece, the Musical)
Screw Loose (Cry-Baby)
See What I Wanna See (See What I Wanna See)
Serenity (Triumph of Love) - Great unknown belt piece
Shine Like the Sun (Nine to Five)
Shine Like the Sun (Nine to Five) Solo edit
Since You Stayed Here (Brownstone) - Sorry about the quality of the scan.
Sleepy Man (Robber Bridegroom) -
Small Town Girl (Debbie Does Dallas) - She gets an “I Want” song. Who knew! A
favorite
So Much Better - solo version (Legally Blonde) Great uptempo belt. Pop/Rock
Someday (The Wedding Singer) - Another “I Want” song in the 1980’s style of Debbie
Gibson. Uptempo.
Song of Me (Starting Here Starting Now) - A favorite piece. Somewhat similar to
“Much More” in tone.
Soon (A Little Night Music)
Spark of Creation (Children of Eden)
Spring Cleaning - A very popular song among the musical theatre cognoscenti. Good for
high belt.
Stop and See Me (Weird Romance)
Sunday Light Contemporary musical theatre art song
Sweet Liberty (Jane Eyre) - Legit musical theatre soprano, beautiful and powerful
Table Three (Dan Martin)
Table Three (Dan Martin)
Take The Filter Off (Jeff Blumenkrantz) Contemporary story song
Tell Me It's Not True (Blood Brothers) - A British power ballad. Works fine without the
chorus singers.
That Mister Man of Mine (Dames At Sea)
That's Why I'm Late (WAA-MU 2008) Post-millennium story song
The Boy From (The Mad Show) - A very famous but difficult to find collaboration
between Mary Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. Difficult to read.
The Greatest Practical Joke (See What I Wanna See)
The Night It Had to End (Romance, Romance) - Very fine ballad
The Usher From the Mezzanine (Fade Out Fade In) Charming Golden Era uptempo
The World Above (The Little Mermaid) - Alan Menken’s new songs for LITTLE
MERMAID are great.
The World She Writes (Glorious Ones, The) Contemporary musical theatre ballad,
soprano
There's a World Out There (Little Women) A different show than the Broadway
production
There’s a World Out There (Little Women)
They Ask Me Why I Believe in You (I Believe in You)
Think Positive (Angry Housewives)
Toll (Jeff Blumenkrantz) Contemporary story song

Choice Songs Women
Wanting (Rags) Dramatic ballad
Wanting You Contemporary musical theatre art song
Watching the Big Parade Go By (Starting Here Starting Now) - March-like.
We Had a Dream (The Life)
Welcome Home (Johnny Guitar) - A Country Ballad
West End Avenue (The Magic Show)
What About Today (Starting Here Starting Now) Maltby and Shire, folk/rock powerful
belt ballad
What Did I Have? (On a Clear Day) -
When I Fall In Love (Pride and Prejudice) - Contemporary musical theatre, legit soprano
When I Look at You (Scarlet Pimpernel)
When the Earth Stopped Turning (Elegies) - Contemporary story song
Whenever I Dream (A New Brain)
Why Did I Choose You? (The Yearling)
Wild and Reckless (Drat the Cat) Golden Era tango, start on page 5, belt (sing octave
down)
Will He Like Me (She Loves Me) Golden Era classic soprano dramatic ballad
You There In The Back Row (13 Days to Broadway) -