Broadway Audition Songs for Male Singers
Ballads:
| Song Title | Artist/Album/Show | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Compiled for IVTOM | ||
| Charlie | Charlie and Algernon | Tenor, dramatic solo, ending vocally demanding, possible for audition |
| Pity the Child | Chess | Tenor Solo |
| Being Alive | Company | Shows off Tenor voice, possible last 16-bar audition |
| If I Can’t Love Her | Beauty and the Beast | Broadway version, dramatic solo with large range |
| Bargaining | Do I Hear a Waltz? | Tenor solo, potential for audition if shortened, allows for varied characterizations |
| I Know About Love | Do Re Mi | Tenor Solo, audition potential, shows range and make strength |
| What More Can I Say | Falsettos | Tenor, lovely, ballad, tender and sweet with soaring melodies that would serve very well for an audition piece |
| I Want to Make Magic | Fame | Tenor solo, good acting piece for class or audition, a yearning desire song |
| Fanny | Fanny | Lovely tenor solo, shows off the voice, good for audition |
| Like a God | Flower Drum Song | Tenor, possible audition, shows off the voice, good ballad |
| More I Cannot Wish You | Guys and Dolls | Tenor, charm song |
| Night of My Nights | Kismet | Audition for quality tenor voice |
| Not a Day Goes By | Merrily We Roll Along | Tenor Solo; I use this as my audition ballad even though I’m a mezzo, as it is pretty gender neutral. |
| I Talk To the Trees | Paint Your Wagon | Tenor, beautiful, lilting melody, ending possibly suited for audition |
| A Bit of Earth | The Secret Garden | Tenor Solo, ballad, excellent for acting |
| Lilie’s Eyes | The Secret Garden | |
| Finishing the Hat | Sunday in the Park with George | Tenor Solo, a beautiful, passionate description of what an artist must do |
| Danny Boy | ||
| Stranger In Paradise | Kismet | |
| Hey, There! | Pajama Game | |
| Close Every Door | Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat | |
