Recommendations
for the Theatre Company of
Compiled by Leo
Nickole
Selected
Broadway musicals which have been adapted as
I have listed shows and selections which may be used in our revue. Please feel free to add numbers which you feel may be suitable. At the end of this list, I have indicated (by title only) a group of films that have been adapted as stage shows or include material applicable to Broadway shows. The date after the title of the show indicates the year the film was released.
Key: (E) = Ensemble number
(S) = Solo number
(D) = Duet number
(C) = Choreography needed
(Etc.) = There may be other numbers you may be want to perform.
M & L: music and lyrics by
1. Annie (1982): M & L: Strouse M: Charnin
Tomorrow (S)
It’s a Hard Knock Life (E) (Children)
2. Annie Get Your
Gun (1950): M & L:
There’s No Business Like Show Business (E)
Anything You Can Do (D)
They Say It’s Wonderful (S)
You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun (S)
3. Anything Goes (1956): M & L: Porter
Anything Goes (E) (C - tap number)
You’re The Top (D)
Blow Gabriel, Blow (E)
I Get a Kick Out of You (S or D)
4. Babes in Arms (1939): M & L: Rodgers and Hart
Babes in Arms (E) (Mostly young people)
Where or When (S or D)
My Funny Valentine (S)
The Lady is a Tramp (S)
5. Babes in Toyland (1964): M: Herbert
March of the Wooden Soldiers (A non-lyric piece for young children)
6. The Bandwagon (1953): M & L: Schwartz and Dietz
That’s Entertainment (E)
I Love Louisa (E)
7. Barnum (1986): M & L: Coleman M: Stewart
Come Follow the Band (E)
8. Bells Are Ringing (1960): M & L: Styne, Comden and Green
Just in Time (D) or (S)
The Party’s Over (S)
9. Best Foot Forward (1943): M & L: Martin and Blane
Buckle Down, Winsocki (E)
10. The Best Little
Whorehouse in
Hard Candy Christmas (E)
11. Jumbo (1962): M & L: Rodgers and Hart
My Romance (S)
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (S or E)
12. The Boy Friend
(1971): M & L:
Won’t You
I Could Be Happy With You (D)
Perfect Young Ladies (E)
13. Brigadoon (1954): M & L: Loewe and Lerner
Almost Like Being in Love (S)
I’ll Go Home With Bonnie Jean (S)
Heather on the Hill (S or D)
14. Bye, Bye, Birdie (1963): M & L: Strouse and Adams
Put on a Happy Face (E, S or D)
Kids (S)
The Telephone Hour (E)
15. Cabaret (1972): M & L: Kander and Ebb
The Money Song (S)
Two Ladies (C)
Cabaret (E/S) (C)
Tomorrow Belongs to Me (E)
16. Cabin in the Sky (1943): M & L: Duke
Taking a Chance on Love (S)
M & L: Harlen and Harburg
Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe (S)
17. Call Me Madame
(1953): M & L:
You’re Just in Love (D)
18. Camelot (1967): M & L: Loewe and Lerner
What Do The Simple Folk Do? (D)
Etc.
19. Can-Can (1960): M & L: Porter
Can-Can (C)
You Do Something To Me (S)
20. Carousel (1950): M & L: Rodgers and Hammerstein
If I Loved You (D)
June is Bustin’ Out All Over (E)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (S, E)
Etc.
21. A Chorus Line (1995): M & L: Hamlisch and Klebon
Several Dance Routines (C)
What I Did For Love (S, E)
22.
All That Jazz (C) (E)
Etc.
23. Damn Yankees (1958): M & L: Adler and Ross
Heart (E)
Whatever Lola Wants (S) (C)
Two Lost Souls (D)
24. DuBarry Was A Lady (1943): M & L: Porter
Friendship (E) (Small group)
25. Evita (1996): M & L: Webber and Rice
A
New
Etc.
26. Fiddler on the Roof (1971): M & L: Harnick and Bock
(Whatever suits the show)
Etc.
27. Finian’s Rainbow (1968): M & L: Lane and Harburg
How Are Things in Gloca Mora (S)
That Great Came and Get It Day (E)
Old Devil Moon (S)
When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich (E)
Etc.
28. Flower Drum Song (1961): M & L: Rodgers and Hammerstein
A Hundred Million Miracles (S)
I Enjoy Being A Girl (S)
29.
Etc.
30. Funny Face (1957): M & L: Gershwin and Gershwin
‘S Wonderful (D or S and Dance)
31. Funny Girl (1968): M & L: Styne and Merrill
People (S)
Don’t Rain On My Parade (S)
32. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966): M & L: Sondheim
Comedy Tonight (E)
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid (E)
Lovely (S)
33. The Gay Divorce
(1934): M & L: Porter
Night and Day (S or D)
34. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1943): M & L: Styne and Robin
Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend (S, D)
35. Girl Crazy (1943): M & L: Gershwin and Gershwin
Embraceable You (S)
I Got Rhythm (S, E)
Biden My Time (E)
36. Godspell (1973): M & L: Schwartz
Day By Day (E)
37. Good News (1947): M & L: DeSyla, Brown and Henderson
The Varsity Drag (E, C)
The Best Things in Life Are Free (S, D)
38. Grease (1978): M & L: Jacobs and Casey
Grease Lightnin’ (E)
Born to Hand-Jive (E)
Etc.
39. Guys and Dolls (1955): M & L: Loesser
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat (E)
Take Back Your Mink (E, C) (Girls)
Bushell and a Peck (E, C) (Girls)
Etc.
40. Gypsy (1962): M & L: Styne and Sondheim
You Gotta Have A Gimmick (E, 3 girls)
Dainty June and Her Farmboys (E)
Rose’s Turn (S)
Etc.
41. Hair (1979): M & L: MacDermot, Ragni and Rado
Aquarius (S, E)
Good Morning, Starshine (E)
Let the Sunshine In (E)
42. Half A Sixpense (1967): M & L: Heneker
(Good dance number for E)
43. Hello, Dolly (1969): M & L: Herman
Put On Your Sunday Clothes (E)
Before The Parade Passes By (E)
Hello, Dolly (E, C)
44. High Society (1956): M & L: Porter
True Love (S, D)
45. Hit The Deck (1955): M & L: Youmans, Robin
Halleluyah (E)
46. How To Succeed in Business… (1967): M & L: Loesser
Coffee Break (E)
I Believe in You (S)
Brotherhood of Man (S, E)
47. In The Good Old Summertime (1949): (She Loves Me)
Several 1900 oldtime songs like:
In The Good Old Summertime
Put Your Arms Around
Me
I Don’t Care
48. The Jazz Singer (1927, 1953, 1980): Several Composers
Similar to #47 – has many songs representing music after the turn
of the century – list upon request.
49. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973): M & L: Webber and Rice
I Don’t Know How To Love Him (S)
The title song: Superstar (E)
50. The King and I (1956): M & L: Rodgers and Hammerstein
Shall We Dance? (D, C)
I Whistle a Happy Tune (S with children)
51. Kismet (1955): M: Borodin; L: Wright, Forrest
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (S)
Stranger in
This Is My Beloved (S)
52. Kiss Me Kate (1953): M & L: Porter
Another Opening, Another Show (E)
Brush Up Your Shakespeare (D)
I Hate Men (S)
Too Darn Hot (S, C, E)
53. Li’l Abner (1959): M & L: DePaul and Mercer
Jubilation T. Cornpone (E)
The Country’s in the Very Best of Hands (E)
Matrimonial Stomp (D)
54. A Little Night Music (1978): M & L: Sondheim
A Weekend in the Country (E)
Send in the Clowns (S)
55. Little Shop of Horrors (1996): M & L: Menken and Ashman
Skid Row (E)
Suddenly, Seymore (S)
Dentist (S)
56. Lovely To Look At (Roberta) (1935, 1952):
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (S, D)
I Won’t Dance (S, C)
57. Mame (1974): M & L: Herman
Mame (E)
Bosom Buddies (D)
We Need A Little Christmas (E)
58. Man of
The Impossible Dream (S, E)
59. Mary Poppins (1964): M & L: Sherman and Sherman
Chim-Chim-Cheree (S, E)
A Spoonful of Sugar (S, E)
Supercalifragilistic… (S, E)
60. The Music Man (1962): M & L: Willson
Goodnight, My Someone (S)
76 Trombones (S, E)
Shipoopi (S, E, C)
61. My Fair Lady (1964): M & L: Loewe and Lerner
Little Bit of Luck (S, E)
I Could Have Danced All Night (S, C)
The Rain in
62.
I Cain’t Say No (S)
Etc.
63. Oliver! (1968): M & L: Bart
Food, Glorious Food (E, children)
Consider Yourself (S, E)
Etc.
64. On The Town (1949): M & L: Bernstein, Comden and Green
Some good dances (E, C)
65. The Pajama Game (1957): M & L: Adler and Ross
Hey, There (S)
Steam Heat (C +)
7-1/2 Cents (E)
Hernando’s Hideaway (S, C)
66. Pal Joey (1957): M & L: Rodgers and Hart
Bewitched (S)
There’s A Small Hotel (S)
67. Phantom of the Opera (2004): M & L: Webber and Hart
The Music of the Night (S)
All I Ask of You (D)
Etc.
68. Pippin (1981): M & L: Schwartz
Magic To Do (E, S, C)
Spread a Little Sunshine (S)
69. Porgy and Bess (1959): M & L: Gershwin, Gershwin and Heywood
Need great voices.
Etc.
70. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954): M & L: DePaul and Mercer
Some wonderful dance sequences with several solo songs.
71. 1776 (1972): M & L: Edwards
Several good number for men.
Etc.
72. Show Boat (1936) (1951): M & L: Kern and Hammerstein
Make Believe (D)
Ol’Man River (S)
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (S)
Why Do I Love You? (S)
Life Upon the Wicked Stage (D, C)
After the Ball (D, S, E, C)
73. Silk Stockings (1957): M & L: Porter
Red Blues (C)
The Ritz Roll and Rock (C)
74. Sound of Music (1965): M & L: Rodgers and Hammerstein
Do-Re-Mi (S, E with children)
The Sound of Music (S)
Etc.
75. South Pacific (1958): M & L: Rodgers and Hammerstein
There Is Nothing Like A Dame (E, S)
Honey Bun (S, C)
Etc.
76. State Fair (1945) (1962): M & L: Rodgers and Hammerstein
It Might As Well Be Spring (S)
It’s a Grand Night for Singing (S, C)
77. Sweet Charity (1969): M & L: Coleman and Fields
Big Spender (C)
I’m a Brass Band (S, C)
There’s Gotta Be Something Better (S, C)
78. That Night in
(from a Broadway play)
Carmen Miranda impersonation: I Yi and Chica Boom
Film musicals that have been adapted as stage shows or include material applicable to Broadway. Please feel free to recommend material from these shows.
1.
Singing
in the Rain
2.
Hairspray
3.
The
Producers
4.
Gigi
5.
Easter
Parade
6.
The
Wizard of Oz
7.
High
Society
8.
Yankee
Doodle Dandy (George M)
9.
Fame
10. There’s No Business Like Show Business
11. For Me and My Gal
12. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
13. A Star is Born
14. The Fantastics (left
of first list)
15. Dreamgirls (left of first list)
16. New Faces of 1952 (left of first list)
17. Rent
18. The Full Monty
19. The
Disney Films: The Lion King, Beauty and
the Beast
20. La Cage aux Folles
You may have noticed that I did not list a group of operettas produced by MGM for Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. However, if we hear people with operatic voices at auditions, we’ll recommend selections from these films.