What is a good song for a 5 member musical theatre ensemble to perform with chairs only and no costumes?
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at
7:11 am
Let’s Hear It For The Boy and Cell Block Tango are currently being considered.
My ensemble is entering a festival and the rules state that only 6 chairs and a table may be used. Some songs wouldn’t be performed to the greatest standards with these requirements. Do you know of a song that can be?
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These are great mixed group songs you can try
A BEAT BEHIND… The Goodbye Girl
A PARADE IN TOWN… Anyone can Whistle
AFRICAN HOMELAND… The Color Purpl
AMSTERDAM… Passing Strange
AQUARIUS… Hair
ARKANSAS/ HOW BLEST WE ARE… Big River
AT THE BALLET.. A Chorus Line
BIG "D".. The most happy fella
BLESS THE LORD… Godspell
BORN TO BOOGIE… Billy Elliot
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN… How to succeed in Business
COME FOLLOW THE BAND… Barnum
CONSIDER YOURSELF… Oliver
DAY BY DAY… Godspell
DEAR ONE… Kiss of the Spider Woman
DENTIST.. Little Shop of Horrors (comedy)
DON’T TELL MAMA… Cabaret
EPIPHANY… Sweeney Todd
EVER AFTER… Into the Woods
FAMOUS FEET… A day in Hollowood
FANCY DRESS.. The Drowsy Chapperone
FOOTLOOSE…. Footloose
FOR NOW… Avenue Q
FREE AT LAST… Big River
FREEDOM.. Shenandoah
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY.. George M
GOD BLESS AMERICA… This is the Army
GOT TO BE THIS OR THAT.. Forever Plaid
GREAT BIG STUFF…. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
GUENEVERE.. Camelot
HAPPINESS… You’re a good man Charlie Brown
HE IS NOT DEAD YET.. Spamalot
HEART… Damn Yankees
HEART AND MUSIC… A New Brain
HEART TO HEART… 9 to 5
HERE I GO AGAIN… All shook up
HOT… Toxic Avenger
I GOT LIFE… Hair
I LIKE THE LOOK OF LOVE… Oh Calcutta
I PUT MY HAND IN… Hello Dolly
I’M A BRASS BAND.. Sweet Charity
IF YOU WERE GAY… Avenue Q
IT’S A FINE LIFE… Oliver
IT’S A GREAT BIG WORLD… The Harvey Girls
IT’S LOVE… Wonderful Town
IT’S LEGITIMATE… Do Re Mi
IT’S NOT WHERE YOU START… Seesaw
IT’S YOUR WEDDING DAY… Wedding Singer
JELLICO CAT… /Cats
JUST ANOTHER DAY…. Next to Nothin
KEEP IT GAY…. The Producers
KISS THE GIRL… The Little Mermaid
LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME… Momma Mia
LE JAZZ HAT… Victor Victoria
LET THE SUNSHINE IN… Hair
LIFE IS… Zorba
LILY’S EYES… Secret Garden
LOOKIN’ GOOD… Ain’t Misbehavin’
LUCKY TO BE ME… On the Town
MADELINE… Jacques Brel is Alive and well
MAGIC TO DO… Pippin
MAKE A MOVE… Shrek the musical
MAKE OUR GARDEN GROW… Candide
MAMA WILL PROVIDE… Once on this Island
MAN… The Full Monty
MASTER OF THE HOUSE… Les Miserables
MINE ALONE… Acorn Antiques
MOMMA SAYS … Footlose
MOMMA WILL PROVIDE… Once on this Island
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.. Momma Mia
MY CITY… Seesaw
MY JUNE… Spring Awakening
NEW MUSIC… Ragtime
NECESSITY… Finian’s Rainbow
NEXT TIME … Closer than Ever
NOT A DAY GOES BY… Merrily we roll along
OLD FRIENDS… Merily we roll along
OOM… PAH… PAH… Oliver
ON BROADWAY… Smoky Joe’s cafe
ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY.. Where’s Charlie
ONCE WE WERE KINGS…. Billy Elliot
ONE… A Chorus Line
ONE DAY MORE… Les Miserables
ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK… Chess
PINBALL WIZARD… The Who’s Tommy
PRETTY WOMEN… Sweeney Todd
PRIMA DONNA… Phantom of the Opera
PUSH DA’ BUTTON… The Color Purple
PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ.. Young Frankenstein
RAINBOW HIGH… Evita ( Very Hard)
RAISE ME UP… Violet
RAT- TAT- TAT- TAT.. Funny Girl
REAL LIVE GIRL… Little Me
RENT… Rent
SALLY SIMPSON…. The Who’s Tommy
SEESAW… Seesaw
SHERRY… Jersey Boys
SHOW PEOPLE … Curtains
SIDE BY SIDE BY SIDE… Company
SLAP THAT BASS.. Crazy for You
SLEEPIN’ BEE… House of Flowers…
SOLIDARITY FOREVER…. Billy Elliot
SUMMER NIGHTS.. Grease
SWING… Wonderful Town
TAVERN FOXTROT… Big
THE COLUMN… Sweet smell of Success
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY… Ragtime
THE GIFT OF MAGGIE… The Mad Show
THE HEAT IS ON IN SAIGON… Miss Saigon
THE KING OF BROADWAY… The Producers
THE LATE, LATE SHOW… Do Ri Me
THE OTHER GENERATION…. Flower Drum Song
THE RHYTHM OF LIFE… Sweet Charity
THE SONG THAT GOES LIKE THIS.. Spamalot
THE TROLLY SONG… Meet me in St. Louis
THEY LIKE IKE… Call me Madam
TRAVEL SONG.. Shrek the Musical
WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER… By Jupiter
WALKING IN SPACE… Hair
WANDERIN’ STAR.. Paint your Wagon
WE CAN DO IT.. The Producers
WELCOME TO THE 60′S… Hairspray
WELCOME TO THE TONY’S… Forbidden Broadway
WEDDING BELL BLUES… The Marvelous Wonderettes
WE’RE IN THE MONEY… 42 nd Street
WHAT DO THE SIMPLE FOLKS DO? Camelot
WHAT IS A SCIENCE.. Pippin
WHAT’S UP DULOC?.. Shrek the Musical
WHO TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING… Funny Girl
WHOSE THAT WOMAN.. Follies
WIDE OPEN SPACES… Curtains
WISH I WERE HERE… Next to Normal
Celebration.