How to choose an audition song
- Make sure the song is appropriate. ...
- Think about accompaniment. ...
- Make sure the song isn't too long. ...
- Get straight to the point. ...
- Make sure the song is comfortable. ...
- Love the song. ...
- Make sure songs are contrasting. ...
- Be realistic.
Here is a really great link with videos included so you can listen to some suggestions:
takelessons.com/blog/musical-theater-audition-songs-z02
takelessons.com/blog/musical-theater-audition-songs-z02
A second link - no videos this time - with ages and ranges listed:
auditioningforcollege.com/musical-theatre/rep/age-appropriate-songs/
auditioningforcollege.com/musical-theatre/rep/age-appropriate-songs/
- SONGS TRADITIONALLY FEMALE
- Always Starting Over (from IF/THEN)
- Anywhere But Here (from HONEYMOON IN VEGAS)
- Astonishing (from the Broadway Musical LITTLE WOMEN)
- Burn (from HAMILTON)
- Five And A Half Minutes
- Fly, Fly Away (from CATCH ME IF YOU CAN)
- Gimme Gimme (from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE)
- The Girl Who Drove Away
- The History Of Wrong Guys (from KINKY BOOTS)
- How Did We Come To This? (from THE WILD PARTY)
- How To Return Home
- I Am Playing Me (from [title of show])
- I Can Do Better Than That (from THE LAST FIVE YEARS)
- I'm Done (from ROCKY)
- I'm Not That Girl (from the Broadway Musical WICKED)
- The Life Of The Party (from THE WILD PARTY)
- Mama Who Bore Me (from SPRING AWAKENING)
- My Most Beautiful Day (from TUCK EVERLASTING)
- Not For The Life Of Me (from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE)
- Once More I Can See (from the Broadway Musical WONDERLAND)
- One Perfect Moment (from BRING IT ON)
- Pulled (from THE ADDAMS FAMILY)
- Raining (from ROCKY)
- Safer (from the Musical FIRST DATE)
- Say The Word
- Show Off (from THE DROWSY CHAPERONE)
- Still Hurting (from THE LAST FIVE YEARS)
- That Would Be Enough (from HAMILTON)
- There's A Fine, Fine Line (from the Broadway Musical AVENUE Q)
- Watch What Happens (from NEWSIES THE MUSICAL)
- A Way Back To Then (from [title of show])
- Whatever Happened To My Part? (from MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT)
- You Learn To Live Without (from IF/THEN)
- Enjoy The Trip (from BRING IT ON)
- Great Big Stuff (from DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS)
- Hard To Be The Bard (from SOMETHING ROTTEN!)
- Heartbreaker (from BRIGHT STAR)
- Her Voice (from THE LITTLE MERMAID - A BROADWAY MUSICAL)
- I Am Aldolpho (from THE DROWSY CHAPERONE)
- If I Didn't Believe In You (from THE LAST FIVE YEARS)
- Isn't That Enough? (from HONEYMOON IN VEGAS)
- It All Fades Away (from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY)
- Leave (from the Motion Picture ONCE)
- Left Behind (from SPRING AWAKENING)
- Love To Me (from THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA)
- Man (from THE FULL MONTY)
- Memphis Lives In Me (from MEMPHIS)
- Moving Too Fast (from THE LAST FIVE YEARS)
- Proud Of Your Boy (from ALADDIN)
- Right Before My Eyes (from EVER AFTER)
- Rise
- Run Away With Me
- Say It To Me Now (from the Motion Picture ONCE)
- Sibella (from A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER)
- Stranger (from BIG FISH)
- The Streets Of Dublin (from A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE)
- Take A Chance On Me (from the Stage Musical LITTLE WOMEN)
- Top Of The World (from TUCK EVERLASTING)
- Truly Alive (from AMAZING GRACE)
- What Do I Need With Love (from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE)
- What Is It About Her? (from THE WILD PARTY)
- Whatever (from IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU)
- When I Climb To The Top Of Mount Rock (from SCHOOL OF ROCK)
- You Don't Need To Love Me (from IF/THEN)
- You Never Know (from IF/THEN)
- You'll Be Back (from HAMILTON)