Jose - I'm also very eagerly awaiting your list of songs that the young performers are auditioning with
Well, as I mentioned earlier, it was an almost-repeat-free series of auditions over the past four days. The woman's songs from
Millie - "Not For the Life of Me", "Gimme, Gimme" and "Forget About the Boy" - each only made one appearance this time around. However, "What Do I Need With Love?" seemed to make a comeback in the Men's auditions books.
In fact, it was the men who seemed to be in "Greatest Hits" mode:
"Run, Freedom Run" from
Urinetown"Extraordinary" from
Pippin"Mama Says" from
Footloose-I probably played/heard each of those songs at least three times each day - with "Mama Says" getting more airplay than any other song.
I did play "I'm Alive" from
Next To Normal twice. I was actually expecting that one to be a bit more popular since the vocal selections just came out.
For the women, the only real repeats were "Always True To You In My Own Fashion" from
Kiss Me, Kate and "Come To Your Senses" from
Tick... Tick... Boom!.
*Sadly, the one trend that seems to keep building is the use of songs by today's "Young Musical Theatre Writers" by the Women. Basically, all belt all the time. -At least in the cuts that people selected. I don't dislike those songs, but they most definitely have more of a pop and cabaret sensibility to them as opposed to something theatrical. Additionally, most of the women - and men - tend to mimic the original performers renditions - sometimes down to the vocal placement and vowels.
-Yep, Idina Menzel recorded that song.
