Best Male Dramatic Solos

[mawhcus2]

I'm looking for the best and most emotion-invoking male solos. I prefer songs that aren't necessarily sad like What Is It About Her from the Wild Party, but if its a really good song, it doesn't matter the style as long as its dramatic. Other examples are Part of a Painting from Edges or Till I Hear You Sing from Love Never Dies

[bwayboy22]

I would say:

I Am What I Am from La Cage Aux Folles


Nobody Needs To Know from The Last Five Years


Those You've Known from Spring Awakening


Santa Fe from Newsies

Maria from WSS

Hold Me in Your Heart from Kinky Boots

Neverland from Finding Neverland

Being Alive from Company

 

 

[Mr Roxy]

This Is The Moment - J/H

The Music Of The Night - Phantom

[ClumsyDude15]

"Who I'd Be" from Shrek is a beautiful [mostly solo] male song. 

[Mr. Nowack]

"Never Will I Marry" from GREENWILLOW is a great dramatic song, as originally done. The most popular Babs and Judy renditions are not as dramatic though.

 

[The Other One]

Night Song, from Golden Boy

All of My Life, from Do Re Mi

Where I Want To Be, from Chess

The Road You Didn't Take, from Follies

I Can See It, from The Fantasticks

It All Fades Away, from The Bridges of Madison County

In My Own Lifetime, from The Rothschilds

[henrikegerman]

Old Man River  SHOW BOAT

Soliloquy  CAROUSEL

Epiphany  SWEENEY TODD

Lost in the Stars  LOST IN THE STARS

Oh Lawd I'm On My Way PORGY AND BESS

Funny  CITY OF ANGELS

Into the Fire  THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Fanette, The Bulls, and Amsterdam  JACQUES BREL...

Lonely House  STREET SCENE

Love Can't Happen  GRAND HOTEL

Call From the Grave  THREEPENNY OPERA

The Impossible Dream  MAN OF LA MANCHA

Where I Want To Be and Anthem  CHESS

This Nearly Was Mine   SOUTH PACIFIC





 

[mamaleh]

Once Before I Go -- THE BOY FROM OZ

It All Fades Away But You -- BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY

Soliloquy -- CAROUSEL 

[GavestonPS]

The suggestions above are excellent (although "The Road You Didn't Take" ends on a wistful note that may not be what you want if you are looking for something more dramatic).

If you want something less well-known, look at "It's Always Love" from SUGAR.

[@z5]

Celie's Curse from the new Color Purple album.

[@z5]

And Edges of the World from Fun Home.

[OlBlueEyes]

"If Ever I Should Leave You"  -- Camelot

"Where is Love"    -- Oliver

"Gigi"   -- Ditto

"Mr. Cellophane"   -- Chicago      The anthem of life-long introverts.

[RW3]

Sunset Boulevard-Sunset Boulevard

[UnwoundFantasies]

"heartbreaker" from Bright Star is a good recent example!

[sarahb22]

"Is Anybody There?" - 1776

"The Day After That" - Kiss of the Spider Woman (not exactly a solo, but still)

"Bring Him Home" - Les Miserables

 

[Queen of the Night]

"Pity the child" from Chess

Javert's suicide"from Les Miserables

"Why, God, why" from Miss Saigon

 

[Jarethan]

Also...

Younger Than Springtime

i've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

On the Street Where You Live

Pity the Child

She Loves Me

Joanna

In My Own Lifetime

Hey There

I Believe

What Kind of Fool Am I?

Who Can I Turn To?

Feeling Good

Easy To Love

All Through the Night

If I Were a Rich Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Roxy]

The Other Half Of Me - I Had A Ball

The Fickle Finger Of Fate - Ball

Life Is A Woman - Sammy Davis Jr revival of Stop The World

[John Adams]

"I Stayed" from A Catered Affair

"Come Back" from Dog Fight

"How Glory Goes" from Floyd Collins

"It Took Me A While" from Jon and Jen

"My Heart Is So Full of You" from The Most Happy Fella

"Guido's Song" from Nine

"Love Can't Happen" from Grand Hotel

[After Eight]

"I'm looking for the best and most emotion-invoking male solos... it doesn't matter the style as long as its dramatic."

 

Just as food for thought, songs that can evoke the strongest emotions can often be reflective, rather than dramatic, eg. "September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday, or "Staying Young" from Take Me Along. I remember the strong impression these made on me even at a young age.

[yankeefan7]

"Confrontation"  from Jekyll & Hyde  (1997).  Although some may say it was a duet - lol.

[sarahb22]

Love Changes Everything - Aspects of Love

[mistermanifesto]

"Make them Hear You"- RAGTIME

[MichelleCraig]

Definitely "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables...if you can pull it off.

[Lot666]

"The Greatest Star of All" from Sunset Boulevard
"Anthem" from Chess
"Words Fail" from Dear Evan Hansen
"Night Will Come" from Groundhog Day
"Seeing You" from Groundhog Day
"Wait for Me" from Hadestown