All good choices DRJOY.... I thought you had an audition last week as well? How did that go?
Now this may sound weird....but could you do some of both songs? Maybe starting with "You can be a New Yorker, too" and moving into "I have found"....
If you can't, I say edgy/charactery gets my vote! Make 'em like YOU first then your voice!
I did have an audition last week for
The Producers. It was an Equity call and I wasn't even sure I would get seen, since I'm not yet Equity (although I have 15 points so far); but I did get seen, so I'm hoping the same will happen for this one on Thursday for Playwrights/Public. Anyway, the
Producers went pretty well, if a bit rusty. I just need more practice. It's been too long.
In the meanwhile (oh, a Sondheim reference!), there are tap, jazz, theatre dance and ballet classes to help me brush up and help my body remember what it's like to perform, and there is much practicing of songs to be done. I have to find a couple good monologues, too, if anyone has any ideas. My old one is pretty stale and I'm not sure if it works anymore. I would like to find something offbeat and creative, even something from a movie or an original piece. If one of you writers wants to write one for me, there's a free CD of
Our Wedding: The Musical! in it for ya! It should be no more than two minutes in length, and I need one comedic and one dramatic (but not tragic, not self-pitying).