a good comedy audition song
a good comedy audition song
#0a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 1:58pm
does anybody know of a good comedy audition song from a musical?
my range is LOW G - TOP A
if you have any ideas, let us know
cheers :o)
#1re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 3:16pmGood Old Days from Damn Yankees
I Wish... Madeline Kahn could have played the Witch in Into the Woods. She would have rocked!
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 3:18pmThere was a review of David Friedman songs which contained a lot of comic material, and there's a CD. It's available at the Library for the Performing Arts (if you are in New York), and you can purchase it. He also has a website, www.middermusic.com. There's one song in particular about food that is very funny "If You Love Me, Don't Feed Me," or something like that.
#3re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 3:18pm
I would actually disagree and say that that's a terrible audition song.
"I'm Fine" - FORUM
"Try Me" - SHE LOVES ME
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#4re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:11pmIs the music for "try me" from she loves me available??
I think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. It's my biggest problem because I've never been young and beautiful. Oh, I've been beautiful, and God knows I've been young, but never the twain have met.
torch song trilogy
FranziaRebel
Chorus Member Joined: 4/26/05
#5re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:17pm
Try Sara Lee from The World Goes Round
It's funny and also gives you a chance to show more of your vocal abilities than most comic songs allow.
#6re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:21pm
"Need to Know" from Weird Romance by Alan Menken.
#7re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:22pmI assume it is, I have it.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#8re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:36pmMunk, do you mean "I'm Calm"? Or is that one of the many apocryphal cut songs from that show?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 4:40pmI would actually say that "If You Love Me, Don't Feed Me" could be an excellent comedy audition song, and I would suggest that you try to listen to as many songs suggested on this thread as possible.
#10re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 7:32pm
If you add choreography to it, "Buddy's Blues" from FOLLIES is great. Also, try and see if you can find any Tom Lehrer songs. He's the guy that wrote "The Element Song" and "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," stuff like that. His songs are featured in a musical revue of his work called TOMFOOLERY.
I'd advise against doing "Try Me," which is not a comedy song per se and will also make you seem desperate (and don't think they haven't seen a million auditions involving this song before). Also, "I'm Calm" is not very funny either, and will not show off your singing ability at all. I just call it as I see it...
mrkringas
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#11re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/24/06 at 8:03pm
I know plenty of people who have used "I'm Calm" time and and again and gotten work with it.
Tom Lehrer has some hilarious numbers that are definitely going to stand out if nothing else. "Masochism Tango" and "She's My Girl" are certainly ones that I have used in the past. Maybe they work better with a British sensibility!
Anyway some other suggestions would be
Look at Snoopy. I seem to remember Linus has a funny number. Or perhaps it was just the performance that made it funny.
"What Am I Doin?" from Closer than Ever can be hilarious in the right hands.
Oh and I emphatically second "Sara Lee".
#12re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:03amthank you evry1. will check them all out :o)
#13re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:16amwhat about Betrayed from The Producers
michelle4
Stand-by Joined: 10/10/05
#14re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/25/06 at 11:47amProud Lady from THe Baker's Wife is a great song.
ifuweregay93
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/06
#15re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/25/06 at 12:42pm
we can do it from the producers and im so glad betrayed got posted lol
Updated On: 3/25/06 at 12:42 PM
mrkringas
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#16re: a good comedy audition song
Posted: 3/25/06 at 12:43pmBetrayed is a great song in the show but seeing as its a piss take of Rose's Turn it really isnt suitable as an audition song for the same reasons that Rose's Turn is not a good audition song.
