#and lestat is all the bad parts of rocky horror

[sagabrielle]

I've seen people try to make the claim that lestat, armand, and even marius were good at their art forms, and it was just louis that sucked at his chosen art form.

are we reading/watching the same series?

vampires are bad at art. they can't do art. art is a human trait, and they are no longer human. their capacity to make meaningful, innovative art has been severed, as penance for the dark gift. lestat's lyrics are cringe, marius can't accurately capture the likeness of his muse (i.e. WHITEWASHES them)*, and armand makes plays/musicals like...that. their art forms come with a thick layer of ignorance. there are certain aspects of their art that are good; lestat's voice, armand's drama, marius technical skill, etc. but the emotion and humanness of art that draws us, humans, to it, is gone. not for their lack of trying, necessarily. they do try. they just...can't.

in the same breath, we can argue that louis wasn't good at getting the right 'moment,' but louis was successful in capturing people that meant something to him. claudia, armand, his victims, etc. that was his goal. he achieved that. so. they are all equal parts good and bad at their chosen art form, such is the consequence of being a vampire.

*marius was the donor. however, imo how the hell are you going to pay someone to paint, have your love model, and then keep the painting where he is depicted so poorly...still a disconnect.

[pynkhues]

this may be a weird ask so i'm sorry in advance! are we supposed to think that the long face is purposefully a bad song? i thought it was a solid rock song with a great guitar and interesting lyrics (especially love the part with the italian music terms) but so mamy people say its embarassingly bad and cringy and how much louis'd hate it and i'm confused? is it really objectively not that good and i'm just old and out of touch with reality? i know that music is very subjective so of course not everyone'll like it, but i've seen so many takes how lestat is a terrible songwriter and how louis will bully him over it and i'm like?? i'm autistic so i dont get certain things, again i'm sorry and have a nice day!

Ah, don't apologise, anon! You're totally right about music being subjective, and I personally love the song for all the reasons you said, plus for how good Sam's voice sounds in it, but I can get why people may not like it too.

I -- mmm. I think there is a portion of people who are treating it as a song independent of the context of not just the show, but of the genre the show is shifting into. Which makes sense! The song's been dropped in a teaser, we're not seeing it within the framework of an episode itself, but I think to treat it as a commercial song designed to chart is actually completely divorced from the fact that it's a part of a musical soundtrack.

Lestat might be a rockstar in the universe of the show, but that universe is one that is highly dictated by the structure and conventions of theatre. I mean, his character is literally a theatre kid being written by theatre kids, and Rolin's been pretty clear that this season is being heavily influenced by rock opera musicals like Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Rocky Horror (and I see other rock opera influences too, personally, which I talked about here). It's going to be loud and camp and ridiculous, because that's the genre, and people should probably be expecting more Time Warp than Long Way to the Top.

[margridarnauds]

Characters from the mythological cycle celebrating Halloween or Samhain!

*Mandatory Disclaimer about my headcanons VS the material as it stands, yada yada yada, the paucity of sources on pre-Christian festivals yada yada yada NOW ONTO THE FUN STUFF* 

Bres and Sreng

Funny thing, I was actually TOYING with writing something Halloweeny for these two, so you can get an outline. 

Bres and Sreng are focused purely in Munster, which has mixed emotions for Bres because….Carn úi Neit. Being killed by your arch rival via some bad milk REALLY leaves an impression. But, after a couple centuries living there with Sreng, his main association with it is them. Like, Munster = Sreng and Sreng = Safe Person. And, it’s far enough away from Lugh and a decent number of the other Tuatha dé that he’s perfectly happy as a hermit. 

Samhain is…a DIFFICULT time for Bres, because it’s the anniversary of when he lost the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh. And it comes shortly after the anniversary of Ruadan’s death. (And I will die on the hill of Bres still DEEPLY feeling that one centuries down the line. Like, there is no getting over that, it’s just getting on.) So, Sreng does his best to distract him, because he knows it might be the only thing he CAN do. Keep Bres distracted by going from place to place, like flashing shiny objects in front of a cat, and by the time he realizes, it might be already past them. 

And, luckily enough, there are a few areas really close by that happen to have some cool stuff going on. Being immortals, they aren’t nearly as affected by the housing crunch as…certain…mortal inhabitants read: Broke American grad students might have, so they keep a place in both Cork City and Limerick for when they stay there. (It’s easier to have anonymity in a big city, and that suits Bres perfectly fine.) 

In the week before Halloween, Sreng takes Bres all around Cork and Kinsale for the Jazz Festival. He’s not overly fond of it himself, thinking that it sounds like a bunch of noise, but Bres likes it, and he likes seeing Bres happy, so they stay out as late as they can to watch the last of the shows, walking back to their place in the very, very late hours and collapsing on their bed in a mass of limbs. At least one of the children, either Indusa or Dui, will usually come as well, taking the opportunity for some family time. (They don’t really say why, and neither Bres or Sreng asks; it’s one of those things that they all get.) They also watch the Dragon of Shandon parade, because MOTHERFUCKING DRAGON. Sreng does NOT talk about the year Bres dressed them up as Louis and Lestat. Also, even though Bres is...Bres when it comes to adults, when it comes to kids? He’s very generous with the candy. (Cue the Dagda being like “I’M BASICALLY A CHILD.” “YOU’RE OVER THREE THOUSAND YEARS, AND AT LEAST 20 YEARS MY SENIOR” “THAT’S CLOSE ENOUGH.”) Sometimes, they’ll also catch a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture show, though Bres isn’t as fond of it as he was when it first came out, since he has an...odd relationship with it, not being particularly binary himself. But, hey, he also gets to lob toilet paper at a big screen, so he’s in heaven. 

The Dagda

The Dagda LOVES modern Halloween, considering it an excuse to have as much alcohol, food, and candy as he could possibly want. And kids LOVE the old “Kill people with the magic staff, then bring them back again” trick. (Parents less so.) Yeah, he might be a little fuzzy on a few of the nuances here and there, yeah, some of the party stories that he tells are slightly NSFW, but it’s the ENTHUSIASM that counts. 

If he’s not partying it up in Newgrange with Aengus (he’s still a little bitter that the little shit STOLE it from him), he’s usually in and around Derry, which is considered to be one of the premiere Halloween hot spots in the world, with a four day festival. And yes, every year, he does SOMETHING to get noticed. 

As part of Bres and the Dagda’s fragile truce (AKA “We have to at least TRY to get along because we’re brothers whether we like it or not, also we both hate Lugh’s guts”), he keeps trying to get Bres to visit with him, considering his refusal to be one more sign of his brother’s lack of fun. (Ruadan isn’t something he even really…puts into the equation, or if he does, he equates it more to Bríg’s loss than something Bres ALSO had to experience.) 

Ogma 

Bram Stoker festival, in Dublin. You know he would. He specializes in telling scary stories to the kids. I wish I could say more, but Bram Stoker festival. Ogma. It’s inevitable. 

Lugh 

On one hand, Lugh HATES modern Halloween. HATES it. He’s not particularly fond of mortals who aren’t immediately connected to him to begin with, and then there’s THIS. It’s gone from a time when strange things happened to mortals who dared to go too close to them, when there was some level of respect for what they were capable of, to...this. 

So, he and Cairpre kick back and do dramatic readings of poorly researched internet articles on Samhain. He does not admit that he has a fun time. Absolutely not. (He does though.) He also has the most immaculately decorated house in...well, if not the WORLD, then in Ireland, both Northern and Southern. Like, it’s not one of those cases where he just bought up everything in the nearest Halloween shop and dropped it in his yard, oh NO, EVERYTHING is specifically designed to be in a particular place. Most of them don’t even come from a STORE, since Lugh considers it beneath his dignity to get something that the masses could buy as easily as him. So many visitors are shocked to see magnificent decorations that they’ve never seen anywhere else, as if they were handmade. (He’s not called “Master of all skills” for nothing, even if he can’t do....any type of manual work.)

The Morrigan 

She volunteers in The Nightmare Realm scarehouse in Dublin. She personally feels like it’s slightly weaksauce compared to REAL blood and gore, but she supposes it works. She’s more interested in seeing OTHER people screaming their heads off, anyway, even if it’s only with fake blood, and visitors to the already terrifying attraction will say, unanimously, that when she’s around, there’s something that makes the entire process that little bit scarier. Eriu thinks this might be the healthiest her sister’s been, as far as only having that affect on people who PAID for it as opposed to randoms in a war.

Bríg

Bríg is much more ascetic, these days, having been thoroughly at ease with the conversion. As such, she observes the traditional vigil for the saints, attends mass, visits the graveyard in St. Brigid’s tries not to think too much of Ruadan and the others near her whose graves have been lost to time, and spends the day in quiet meditation. Sometimes, one of the children who hasn’t gone to be with their father will visit he, or else Áine, her sister, will, and they’ll share a few glasses of wine between them. She’s never alone, that’s for sure, and she’s very generous to any children who come over. 

[silhouettesetawayfromtimeforever]

Part III:

Little Shop of Horrors:

Seymour:

Purpose from Avenue Q, Run, Freedom, Run or Look at the sky* from Urinetown, Larger Than Life from My Favorite Year, I Chose Right from Baby, All For The Best or All Good Gifts from Godspell, It Hurts Me from All Shook Up

Audrey:

Our Story Goes On” from Baby, Frank Mills – HAIR , Once You Lose Your Heart – ME AND MY GIRL, A Call from The Vatican , My Friend the Dictionary and The I Love You Song from Spelling Bee (kind of overdone), I Want To Be Bad - ‘Good News’ , Take Back Your Mink - ‘Guys And Dolls??, Fly, Fly Away* is great audition song for her as well, but possibly over done. Penny’s part in Without Love from Hairspray would be great as well. Cooties could also work but not as well., The air is free** (flight of the lawnchair man), Simple (Nine)

Crystal, Ronette & Chiffon:

Bless the Lord from Godspell, Ain’t Misbehavin’ from Ain’t Misbehavin' , Zero to Hero from Hercules , A Teenager In Love from Return to the Forbidden Planet , One Fine Day by The Chiffons, Life of the Party from Wild Party, Little Inez’s part in Run and Tell That from Hairspray would be great , Legally Blonde Remix might be nice , Strongest Suit from Aida(overdone), Life of the Party from Wild Party

Audrey II:

Let It Sing* from Violet, That’s What He Said from Parade, FOR SURE look at music by the Temptations

Mr. Mushnik:

If I Were A Rich Man from Fiddler On The Roof mayybee, you won’t succeed on Broadway* (Spamalot)

Orin (Dentist):

Let Me Drown* from The Wild Party, Great Big Stuff from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Also look at Million Dollar Quartet Scarlet Pimpernel, or Wonderland

Addams Family:

Wednesday:

Summer In Ohio ” - Last 5 Years (I know it’s a no-no to sing for JRB, but it’s perfect for her), In Short from Edges?

Why Not Me from Carrie, Dark I Know Well” - Spring Awakening, but sing the chorus like you LOVE the dark}

Lucas:

Dreamer In Disguise* from Carrie is realllly good! I also really think Bouncing Off the Walls from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark work perfectly. , Santa Fe from Newsies is overdone but very nice and pretty high, Grow for me

Gomez:

Ariadne* from The Frogs, I Am Adolpho from The Drowsy Chaperone for sureee, One of Sweeney Todd’s songs would be good, Be The Hero from Big Fish

Morticia:

Class” - Chicago (sing it reallly sexy), There Are Worse Things I Could Do” - Grease, but also sing it sexy and coy and such. I Want The Good Times Back from The Little Mermaid?, Nobody Does It Like Me from Seesaw?, Spread A Little Sunshine** from Pippin.

Mal:

tonight at eight (she loves me), try to remember (the fantasticks), once in a while (rocky horror)

Alice:

You Can Always Count On Me from City of Angels, I Know it’s Today” - Shrek where it goes “but the WAITING the WAITING!…” is PERFECT! and all i can think of, How Could You from Scandalous, Haven’t Got a Prayer from Sister Act, old clothes (John & Jen), I’ll Forget You from The Scarlet Pimpernel}, Tom (Hello again)

Pugsley:

almost nearly perfect (Charlie & choc factory), middle of a moment and on your way home (James & giant peach), dear god or it took me a while (John & Jen)

Fester:

I know its overdone but Cellophane from Chicago comes to mind , Horton the elephant’s songs are PERFECT!, A Musical from Something Rotten

Grandma/Ensemble:

Why Not Me from Carrie, I Want More from Lestat, Tears To Shed from Corpse Bride, A Quiet Night At Home from Bare, I’m Not Waiting by Andrew Lippa , The cake I had (grey gardens), No time at all (pippin), Superboy and the Invisible Girl from Next To Normal. (overdone af), Poor unfortunate souls or I want the good times back (Little Mermaid)}, Teaching 3rd grade or I hate musicals from Ruthless

Lurch/Ensemble:

Cruella de Ville (101 Dalmatians), look at big fish

Bye bye Birdie:

Albert:

beautiful girl (singing in the rain), all alone (Spamalot), once I love with Amy (where’s charley), they can’t take that away from me (crazy for you

Rosie:

I’m Not at all in Love from The Pajama Game*, Adelaide’s Lament from Guys and Dolls, What Lola Wants from Damn Yankees, America from West Side Story, Always True to You in My Fashion from Kiss Me Kate

Conrad:

I Got Life - Hair, Night Fever - Saturday Night Fever, Pinball Wizard or I’m Free - Tommy, Grease, Hairspray or Footloose will all be overdone but work Something straight up by Elvis would be great!

Kim:

I Enjoy Being a Girl” - Flower Drum Song OBVERDONEEEE, Sixteen Going on Seventeen - The Sound of Music also a bit overdone, I Want to Go to Hollywood - Grand Hotel, Anything Toffee in Zombie Prom sings because the rest of these are overdone af, Tina’s mother (Ruthless), Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease, Much More from the Fastasticks ?

Doris/Mae:

I hate musicals, I want the girl or teaching third grade (Ruthless), I want the good times back (Little Mermaid), Happy to keep his dinner warm (how to succeed)

Harry/Mayor:

ordinary man or I’ve grown accustomed to her face (my fair lady), something was missing (Annie)

Hugo/Randolph:

be kind to your parents (Fanny), can’t stand still (footloose), she loves me or tonight at 8 (she loves me)

Ursula/girls:

A Teenager In Love from Return to the Forbidden Planet, I Want to Go to Hollywood - Grand Hotel, You’ve got possibilities, Let’s Play a Love Scene - Fame, Forget About the Boy - Thoroughly Modern Millie, Charity’s Soliloquy - Sweet Charity, a ton of stuff from footloose would work but is probably overdone

Seussical:

Horton:

Mr Cellophane” from Chicago but its a bit classic/overdone, Pass the Football” from Wonderful Town, The Moon and Me from Addams family, A Musical from Something Rotten, Look at Chitty Chitty bang bang, No more (ITW-SONDHEIM WARNING)

Jojo:

Beautiful (Love never dies), getting tall (nine)*

Gertrude:

Blue Hair from Black Suits, Someone like You” - Jekyll and Hyde, a tonnn of stuff from Wonderland, Beyond my wildest dreams* from little mermaid, The air is free (flight of the lawnchair man), Times like this* (lucky stiff)

Mayzie:

My Strongest Suit” - Aida, “Class” - Chicago, I Ain’t Got Time” - Zanna, Don’t!, Show Off” -The Drowsy Chaperone, There’s Always Me - All Shook Up, I Just Want to Be a Star from Nunsense, Speaking French (lucky stiff)

Sour Kangaroo:

Dont be Anything Less than Anything you can be” from Snoopy the Musical mayybe, I Ain’t Got Time” - Zanna, Don’t! (Best), Something from Aida or Once on this Island would be good, maybe Born to Entertain from Ruthless?, Life of The Party- The Wild Party, I Want To Go To Hollywood from Grand Hotel (?? maybe), Whatever happened to my part- Spamalot (overdone)

Mayor:

Kids” - Bye Bye Birdie is kinda funny for him and fits Mayor well, It’s A Musical from Something rotten, mayybe Purpose from Avenue Q

Mrs. Mayor:

kids (bye bye birdie), two men in my life (big fish), just like you, dear god or old clothes (John and Jen)

Cat in the hat:

wilcommen (cabaret), pure imagination (Willy wonka), magic to do (Pippin), I want the girl (Ruthless)?

Male Ensemble:

wonderful day like today (roar of greasepaint…)

Female Ensemble:

I Can Hear the Bells” or “Good Morning Baltimore

Someone like you (Jekyll & Hyde)

Common Audition Roles [List 1 (3/28/19)] Part I

Phantom of the Opera

Christine Daae:

(High Soprano, G#3-E6 (only goes up to C#6 live in most productions, including broadway)

A singer must be free (Nightingale)*, Children of the wind (Rags), yes my heart (Carnival), Seeing is believing [female solo cut] (Aspects of Love), The Finer Things (Jane Eyre), Inside Out (GGLAM)

Raoul:

(Legit baritone, G2-Ab4)

Asking for you (Do re mi), Her face (Carnival)*, I like you (Fanny), If I loved you* (Carousel), I do not know a day I did not love you (Two by two), People will say we’re in love (Oklahoma), Love to me (Light in the Piazza)

Phantom (Erik):

If I can’t love her (BATB), Lilly’s Eyes [or just about anything Neville or Archie sing] (Secret Garden)*, If I loved you (Carousel), look at Frank Wildhorn’s shows (Jekyll & Hyde, Dracula, Scarlet Pimpernel), Martin Guerre

Firmin/André/Buquet/Male Ensemble:

It must be so (Candide), C’est Moi (Camelot)*, War is a Science (Pippin)*, Any Gilbert & Sullivan patter Song (a la Modern Major General from Pirates of Penzance)*

Carlotta:

Art is calling me (The Enchantress)*, They Won’t let you in the Opera, The Finer Things (Jane Eyre), Glitter and be Gay (Candide), By Strauss (Gershwins), The Glamourous Life [As a solo for Desiree, look at version on Renée Fleming’s Broadway album] (A little night music), Any big comic high soprano aria like Quando m’en Vo (La Boheme) or The Doll Song (Les Contes de Hoffman)*

Piangi/Male Ensemble:

It must be so (Candide), C’est Moi (Camelot), any big high comic tenor aria like ale Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto), La Fille du Regiment,

Meg Giry/Female Ensemble:

The beauty is (Light in the Piazza), Dear Friend (She loves me), Why not me (Carrie), hold on, the girl I mean to be or Come to my garden* (Secret Garden), some things are meant to be (Little Women), yes my heart (Carnival), The glamorous life [Frederika solo-movie] (a little night music)

Mme Giry/Female Ensemble:

When there’s no one (Carrie), I read* or Loving you (Passion), will you* (Grey Gardens), Dividing day or Let’s walk (Light in the Piazza)

Les Miserables:

Jean Val Jean:

At the fountain*-SSOS, Soliloquy* (Carousel), Something was missing-Annie, if I can’t love her-BATB, close every door-Joseph, now there is no choice-Jekyll & Hyde, I’m Martin Guerre*– Martin Guerre, no other way (Tarzan), the impossible dream, where in the world (Secret Garden), This Is The Moment (Jekyll&Hyde) , Being Alive (Company) , Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park)

Javert:

Falcon in the dive (Scarlet Pimpernel), soliloquy* (carousel) molasses to rum (1776) Kim’s nightmare (miss Saigon), nowhere left to run (amazing grace), anthem* (chess), look at Jekyll&Hyde

Bishop:

Pilate’s dream (JCS), Sweeney Todd/Turpin’s stuff, molasses to rum* (1776), Rains of Castamere* (Game of Thrones), Ol’ Man River (Show boat)

Marius:

il Mundo era vuoto, On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady, Into the Fire *– Scarlet Pimpernel, Lily’s Eyes- Secret Garden, This is the Moment – Jekyll and Hyde, Why God* from Miss Saigon

Enjolras & students:

Private Conversation*, You Should Be Loved, The Devil You Know from Side Show, Why God” ** from Miss Saigon, I’ve Heard It All Before from Shenandoah, Guido’s Song* from Nine, I, Don Quixote from Man of La Mancha

Thenardier:

Guido’s Song (Nine), Reviewing the Situation* or pick a pocket or two– Oliver!, The American Dream (miss Saigon), molasses to rum* (1776)

Mme Thenardier:

Naughty Baby – Crazy For You, Deep Down Inside from Little Me, Loud from Matilda, Leave You *– Follies, Little Girls from Annie, Wherever He Ain’t from Mack and Mabel, Whatever Happened to My Part from Spamalot, Fine Life* from Oliver

Fantine:

Where is it written from Yentl, Heaven Help My Heart– Chess, Someone Like You– Jekyll and Hyde, Could We Start Again Please - J.C. Superstar, Aldonza* – Man La Mancha, Unusual Way - Nine, The Movie in the Mind- Miss Saigon, Your Daddy’s Son or Back to Before* - Ragtime, Forgiveness- Jane Eyre, Loving you (Passion)

Eponine:

A New Life* from J&H,What Kind of Fool Am I from Stop The World I Want to Get Off, Why Can’t I Speak? from Zorba, I Don’t Know How to Love Him - J.C Superstar, They Say It’s Wonderful - Annie Get Your Gun, As Long as He Needs Me - Oliver!, Hold On - The Secret Garden, With One Look— Sunset Boulevard, Back to Before - Ragtime, Stranger to the rain (Children of Eden), Loving you (Passion), unexpected Song or tell me on a Sunday (Song & dance)*

Cosette:

Happiness (Passion), Light in the Piazza — The Light in the Piazza, Come to My Garden – The Secret Garden, Embraceable You – Crazy for You, Falling In Love with Love – The Boys from Syracuse, Finer Things – Jane Eyre, Unusual Way* - Nine, My White Knight – The Music Man, Children of the wind (Rags), yes my heart* (Carnival), unexpected song* (Song & dance), tell me why (amazing grace), A TON of stuff from My Life with Albertine

Lil Cosette:

There’s more to life from Ruthless, The girl I mean to be* from Secret Garden, my lord and master (the king and I)

Gavroche:

Consider yourself or where is love from Oliver, Wick* from Secret Garden, Edgar’s stuff in Ragtime, Not while I’m around (Sweeney)

Urinetown:

Bobby:

Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat*, Married” from Cabaret, Any of the prince’s songs from Once Upon A Mattress., Something From a Dream from Bridges of Madison County “My Unfortunate Erection” from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and If You Were Gay from Avenue Q, My Bobby when I did it sang Out there from Hunchback & What do I need with Love* (TMM)

Cladwell:

The Legacy** from On The Twentieth Century}, Married from Cabaret, molasses to rum* (1776), dance with me, darling-Bat Boy,

Lockstock:

The Legacy and I’ve got it all from On The Twentieth Century, all I care about is love (Chicago), molasses to rum* (1776), me (BATB), You deserve a better life or private conversation from Side Show, The Way it ought to be (Tale of 2 cities), as good as you (Jane Eyre), dance with me darling* (Bat boy)

Hope:

Make Believe-Show Boat*, A home for you-Bat boy, Daddy’s Girl (Grey Gardens), Goodbye little dream goodbye (Cole Porter), Goodnight My Someone – Music Man, Ribbons Down My Back – Hello Dolly, When I Marry Mr. Snow – Carousel, A Change In Me – Beauty and the Beast , A New Life – Jekyll & Hyde, It Might As Well Be Spring – State Fair, They Say It’s Wonderful – Annie Get Your Gun, Delishious - Nice Work If You Can Get It**

Pennywise:

What Ever Happened to my Part*- Spamalot(my Penny sang this), Anything that Ms. Strict* from Zombie Prom sings, Little Girls from Annie but that’s kinda overdone, A New Argentina - Evita , Morning Person- Shrek, Mr. Right from Triumph of Love, Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor-Cole Porter,

Little Sally:

My Party Dress from Henry and Mudge, “Disneyland*” from Smile, What It Means to be A Friend from 13 the Musical, “My Friend The Dictionary” or “The I Love You Song” from Spelling Bee, “It’s a Perfect Relationship*” from Bells Are Ringing, A Home for You from Bat Boy, “Where In The World Is My Prince” from Miss Spectacular, “Change” from A New Brain, Calm (Ordinary Days), Little known facts (You’re a good man, Charlie Brown)

Other female featured/Ensemble (Ma Strong, Becky, etc):

Disneyland” from Smile, A Home for You or Inside your heart from Bat Boy, A Change In Me – Beauty and the Beast, It’s a perfect relationship (Bells are ringing), Change* (A new brain), Life upon the wicked stage (show boat), Feelings (The Apple Tree), unexpected song (song and dance), They won’t let you in the Opera, A lot of jazz songs (Cole Porter in particular), a TON of Judy’s stuff* and Penthouse apartment from Ruthless!

Other male featured/Ensemble (Harry, McQueen, etc):

Any of the prince’s songs from Once Upon A Mattress., Dance with me darling** or let me walk among you (Bat boy), Rooster’s song* (Annie), look at comedy songs from Kurt Weill*, Cole Porter, Gershwins

Rent:

Mark:

I’m Not That Guy*, Public Life, or The Saddest Song from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Amazing Journey, Sensation, or I’m Free from The Who’s Tommy, I’m One or Is It In My Head from Quadrophenia, I’m Alive from Next to Normal, I who have nothing (Lieber & Stoller), Freedom 90 (George Michael), Can’t get enough of your love Babe or my first my last my everything (Barry White), 6th Ave heartache (The Wallflowers), Know your enemy* or favorite son (Green Day)

Roger:

Don’t do Sadness* from Spring Awakening, Louder than words” or “See Her Smile" from Tick, Tick…Boom}, Iris (Goo goo dolls)

Collins:

Can’t get enough of your love Babe* (Barry White), Can’t make you live me (Bonnie Rait), real life** (Tick tick boom), old man river, bui doi (miss Saigon), Empty chairs

Angel:

Wig in a box* (Hedwig), stuff from Jersey Boys, Don’t let me go (Shrek), Great balls of fire, a bunch of Bowie & Queen* songs, look at Kinky boots

Benny:

Favorite son* (Green day), I’ll be here (Wild Party), let it sing** (Violet)

Mimi:

Saturday Night in the City from The Wedding Singer, Bring the Future Faster** from Rooms, Safe in the City from Taboo, It Won’t Be Long Now from In The Heights, Come To Your Senses* from Tick Tick …. Boom (May be overdone at Rent, but great for her)

Joanne:

Easy to be hard (Hair), Come to your senses, safe in the City, when you’re good to mama (Chicago), My Strongest Suit (Aida)},,you had me (Joss Stone), something bad or i’m breaking down** [the end reminds me of we’re ok!](Falsettos), random black girl* (homemade fusion)

Maureen:

Easy To Be Hard from Hair, The Life of the Party** from The Wild Party, My Strongest Suit from Aida, Special from Avenue Q, My friend got the role with Ireland* from Legally Blonde (and play it up like Over the Moon), Acid Queen from Tommy, Touch-A-Touch-A-Touch Me from Rocky Horror, need a lover (Pat Benatar), let me come home* (Wedding Singer)

Male Ensemble:

I who have nothing (Lieber & Stoller), Freedom 90* (George Michael), Can’t get enough of your love Babe or my first my last my everything (Barry White), 6th Ave heartache (The Wallflowers), Know your enemy or favorite son* (Green Day)

Female Ensemble:

Call from the Vatican (Nine), Saturday Night in the City from The Wedding Singer, “Come to Your Senses” from Tick tick boom (probably will be suuuppper overdone at a rent audition, Safe In the City” from Taboo, Look at The Who’s Tommy, I Will Prevail from Wonderland, Forever from Shrek the Musical, Anything Natalie sings in Next to Normal… or just any female song in that show, My Strongest Suit from Aida (only really good for Maureen), The Dark I know Well is overdone but good

Grease:

Sandy:

How Lovely to be a woman (Bye bye birdie), Anything Toffee sings in Zombie Prom**, happy to keep his dinner warm, love me tender or there’s always me (all shook up)}, Lonely pew (Reefer Madness) Someday (Wedding Singer), you don’t have to say you love me (Dusty Springfield), Inside you heart* from Bat Boy

Danny:

how can I say goodbye* (Zombie Prom), Mary Jane/Mary Lane (Reefer Madness), I don’t want to (all shook up), it takes two (hairspray), One last kiss (bye bye birdie), serve yourself (pump boys and dinettes), Edgar’s part *of Comfort and Joy [i have kind of a weird solo cut that could do the trick] (Bat Boy), look at Crybaby

Rizzo:

Spanish rose, I don’t know how to love him, big spender (sweet charity), one night with you *(All shook up), nobody’s side (Chess), you don’t have to say you love me** (Dusty Springfield)

Marty/Female Ensemble:

A teenager in love* (Return from the forbidden planet), fools fall in love (all shook up), change (a new brain), an English teacher (Bye bye birdie)}, whatever Lola wants (damn Yankees), stuff from Bonnie&Clyde, you don’t have to say you love me, wishing and hoping*, or Son of a Preacher Man (or anything she’s done, really (Dusty Springfield), a tonnn of female stuff from Bat Boy, look at Shout! A Mod Musical, a lot of pop songs of the 50s and 60s.

Kenickie/Male Ensemble:

Stuff from catch me of you can, All shook up, me (BATB), a tonnn of Male stuff from Bat Boy, Jersey Boys, Footloose, a lot of pop songs of the 50s and 60s. Earth angels (crew cuts)

Legally blonde:

Elle:

Fly, Fly, Away” - Catch Me If You Can , “Fly Into the Future**” - Vanities, “On My Way” - Violet, “How to Return Home” - Tales from the Bad Years}*

Emmet:

Freeze Your Brain” - Heathers, Wouldn’t it be nice or I’ll be here (Wild Party), Purpose (Ave Q), Marry me a little * Company), my next story (Glory days), They say it’s wonderful (Annie Get Your Gun)}, let me walk among you (Bat boy), it took me awhile (John & Jen)

Warren:

Freeze Your Brain” - Heathers}

Wouldn’t it be nice (Wild Party), The Green (Wedding Singer), Bye Room (John & Jen)

Vivienne/Brooke:

Candy Store” or “Beautiful” - Heathers, Pop!”- The Wedding Singer, Miss Byrd” -Closer Than Ever}

Margot, Pilar & Serena:

You’ve Got Possibilities”, “Getting Ready” - 13}

Pr. Callahan:

The pinstripes are all they see (Catch Me if you can), all I care about is love (Chicago), Sweet Charity,

Paulette:

Shy” - Once Upon a Mattress, “What Ever Happened to My Part” - Spamalot, “A Little Brains A Little Talent” - Damn Yankees , “As We Stumble Along” - The Drowsy Chaperone, The same old music** (Vanities), I ain’t got time (Zanna don’t), plain Jane fast ass (bare), Get out and stay out, change* (a new brain)

Kate & Female Ensemble:

Someday*- The Wedding Singer, Let’s Hear it for the Boy- Footloose, Mixtape- Avenue Q, Once Upon a Time- Brooklyn: The Musical, Cute Boys With Short Haircuts* or The Same Old Music or Fly Into the Future from Vanities

Grandmaster & Male Ensemble:

it takes two (hairspray), look at bring it on, Charlie’s stuff* kinky boots