More and more companies nowadays are adding musical theater and operetta to their seasons. Now is the perfect time to add something new to your package! This week, Alyssa pulled together a list of shows that are easily accessible for singers who are new to musical theater or have been singing it for years. Stand out from the crowd this season by adding some variety to what you sing!

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13: Breaking Down Musical Theater Auditions

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TODAY’S REP LIST!

SOPRANO 

Legit 1 - Poor wand’ring one (Pirates of Penzance)

Legit 2 - Green finch and linnet bird (Sweeney Todd)

Belt 1 - On the steps of the palace (Into the Woods)

Belt 2 - The Beauty Is (Light in the Piazza)

MEZZO-SOPRANO

Legit 1 - Hail! men-o'-war's men (HMS Pinafore)

Legit 2 - Moments in the Woods (Into the Woods)

Legit bonus - The Miller’s Son (Little Night Music)

Belt 1 - Home (Beauty and the Beast)

Belt 2 - Statues and Stories (Light in the Piazza)

CONTRALTO

Legit 1 - Alone and yet alive (The Mikado)

Legit 2 - Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)

Belt 1 - Easy as Life (Aida)

COUNTER TENOR

Legit 1 - The Contest (Sweeney Todd)

TENOR

Legit 1 - A maiden fair to see (HMS Pinafore)

Legit 2 - Passeggiata OR Il Mondo Era Vuoto (Light in the Piazza)

Belt 1 - Giants in the Sky (Into the Woods)

Belt 2 - It all fades away (Bridges of Madison County)

BARITONE

Legit 1 - I am the very model of a modern Major-General (Pirates of Penzance)

Legit 2 - My Friends OR Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)

Belt 1 - Me OR If I Can’t Love Her (Beauty and the Beast) - could also work for basses with a higher register

Belt 2 - Were thine that special face OR Where is the life that late I led (Kiss Me, Kate)

BASS OR BASS-BARITONE

Legit 1 - If I loved you OR Soliloquy (Carousel)

Legit 2 - Johanna/Mea Culpa (Sweeney Todd)

Belt 1 - You should be loved (Sideshow) - definitely a higher extension

BONUS - Frollo from Hunchback (or literally anything else Patrick Page sings)