My friend and I are planning to do a Broadway duet for a concert that is coming up.
I'm trying to find a duet that isn't all lovey-dovey. I would personally LOOOOVE to do 'All I Ask Of You', but he doesn't want to do a really love-y song because of our *cough* past relations.
I thought of Suddenly Seymour, I figured it wasn't as serious as AIAOY, or some of the other songs.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
There's a song from Fame and I don't know it. One of my friends did it and I know part of is "....My arms and to ring out the new! I have found him..." You could use It Takes Two from Into the Woods.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
There's only one duet from L5Y and it's when they get married, so it is lovey. Look at I LOVE YOU YOUR PERFECT NOW CHANGE, there's "Tear Jerk", and "Stud and Babe", and there might be a few more. There's stuff from JOHN & JEN. You can find the sheet music for "A Little Priest" it's funny, but a lil to long and hard. That's all I can think of.
I'm so glad you didn't know me-Is there life after high school.
"Yesterday is done. See the pretty countryside. Merrily we roll along, roll along- catching at dreams."- Merrily we roll along
"The living was the prize, the ending's not the story."- Elegies, a song cycle
or something from triumph of love maybe - it wouldn't be lovey dovey for sure
"Nothing is an accident, We are free to have it all, We are what we want to be, It's in ourselves to rise or fall!!" - "Fortune Favors the Brave" from Aida - the love that never died
"It takes Two" Into the Woods "The Tennis song" City of Angels "A Little Preist" Sweeney Todd "Come Play Wiz Me" Anyone Can Whistle "Together Wherever We Go" Gypsy "Old Fashioned Wedding" Annie Get Your Gun "You're Just In Love" Call Me Madam "Wunderbar" Kiss Me Kate "Waltz for Eva and Che" Evita "What Could be Better" BABY (or any duet from Baby) "Endless Delights" Baker's Wife "Kiss Me" Sweeney Todd
There's a song from Fame and I don't know it. One of my friends did it and I know part of is "....My arms and to ring out the new! I have found him..." --------- I believe that's "Ten Minutes Ago" from R&H's Cinderella...
I would go with "Anything You Can Do" or "Together Wherever We Go."
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Angry men don't write the rules and guns don't right the wrongs.
you could do As Long as your mine from WICKED or Think Of Me from phantom of the opera (Even though the boys part isn't that big. long as I'm here with you from Throughly Modern Millie Ah!Sweet mystery of Life/I'm falling in Love with somone from throughly
Tell them how I am Defying Gravity!I'm flying high Defying Gravity!And soon I'll match them in renown!And nobody in all of OZ,No wizard that there is or was,Is ever gonna bring me down!!!
-Elphaba
What?! What are you looking at? Oh, do I have something in my teeth? Okay, let's get this over with. No, I'm not seasick, yes, I've always been green, no, I didn't chew grass as a child.-Elphaba
Defying Gravity for the last time 1:09:05
--not the same with out you!--
I'd go with ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, or maybe you could re-work YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME, from City Of Angels - you know, adapt the music slightly so it's in a good key for you. The lyrics'd probably work ok as they are.
This should be perfect, considering your *cough* past relations.
It's not a "show tune" but it's Barry Manilow, so that's close enough! It's called "The Last Duet", a parody of sappy pop duets, on his "Barry" album. He performed it with Lily Tomlin.
Lily: You creep Into my heart And make my heart burn
Barry: You Sneak Into my mind And make my head ache
Both: Theare are things I long to tell you
Lily: You're much too blonde
Barry: You snore
Both: Look It's time to face the music
Barry: Bye Bye!
Lily: Don't slam the door
Lily: And I don't want
Barry: I don't want
Lily: I don't want
Barry: I don't want
Both: No, I don't want your flowers anymore
This is trhe last duet Last chance you're gonna get No more ha harmony For you and me
This is the final song And when the music's through This is the last duet I'll ever do with you
Barry: You're not the one that I want Ooh ooh ooh Tood-le-oo (Honey)
Lily: Don't go breakin' my back Don't call me (As Ernestine) I'll call you (Snort)
Both: Back together Reunited Should feel so good They say So I hope there's no hard feelings
Barry: Don't go 'way mad
Lily: Just go 'way
Both: 'Cause Enough Is enough Is enough Is enough Too much too little too late
Lily: Tonight
Barry: Tonight
Both: With you I'm bored again!
This is the last duet Last chance you're gonna get No more ha harmony For you and me
This is the final song and when the music's through This is the last duet I'll ever do with you
Both: This is teh last duet Last chance you're gonna get No more ha harmony For you and me
This is the final song And when the music's through This is the last duet I'll ever do I'll ever do I'll never never never never never do With you
so funny - I actually have a list going of some non-lovey dovey male/female duets for something I'm working on with a friend. Here are some of my faves:
Two of A Kind from Lippa Wild Party. Yeah, they're a couple, but the song can be done hella-platonically, in fact I first saw a gay friend and his fag-hag (sorry if I offend, but I am one, so I'm allowed, lol) perform it and it was so perfect for their friendship. It's really really cute and very character for the female.
Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You from L5Y. You dont' really sing a lot together - it's the closing song and you're not singing TO each other - but it's still beautiful and I love it.
People Like Us from LaChuisa Wild Party. More serious and intense, borderline romantic, but can still be done as just two people singing it.
Two Lost Souls from Damn Yankees. This one's fun and unromantic.
Stud/Babe from I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - amazing! and so funny!
Old Friends from Merrily We Roll Along. Written as a trio but can easily be tweaked and completely platonic.
Unworthy of Your Love from Assassins. Romantic in nature but not sung to each other, sung about others...one of my faves.
Eddie and Mae from LaChuisa Wild Party - same couple as Two of A Kind, different version, lol. Still kinda fun, definitely not romantic...give it a listen.
An Old Fashioned Wedding from Annie Get Your Gun is fun too and no worry about romantic stuff there.
I have a ton more but I'll stop there. Hope this helps! Feel free to PM me if you need more ideas and/or to let me know how it goes, what you pick, etc.
Kristy
If I show you the darkness I hold inside, will you bring me to light?
"Sue Me" from Guys and Dolls is quite adorable. The non-romantic, comic leads (Nathan & Adelaide) sing it.
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead