For your own good, please do not use any of these songs or monologues at your audition.
These are a few of the most overdone songs and monologues. There are many reasons why you shouldn't do frequently done songs/monologues. First and foremost, the casting directors won't listen. They'll be bored and perhaps even irritated. Don't you guys ever get bored and irritated at open auditions when you hear "Popular" or "Think of Me" sung 50 times? Think how these poor director feel. Using an overdone song/monologue may also make you look amateur-ish, like you only know the very well-known pieces and aren't that knowledgeable or aren't willing to do extra work and research.
The most overdone audition songs according to
http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/p ... songs.html
On My Own from Les Miserables
Adelaide's Lament from Guys and Dolls
Memory from Cats
I Hate Men from Kiss Me Kate
All That Jazz from Chicago
Wash That Man... from South Pacific
Can't Help Lovin'... from Show Boat
Big Spender from Sweet Charity
You Can Always... from City of Angels
Shy from Once Upon a Mattress
Tomorrow from Annie
I Enjoy Being A Girl from Flower Drum Song
Broadway Baby, Hard Hearted Hannah, Hit Me With a Hot Note from Follies
Surrey With The Fringe On Top & I Can't Say No from Oklahoma
They Call the Wind Mariah from Paint Your Wagon
Corner of the Sky from Pippin
Summertime from Porgy & Bess
The Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera
Hero & Let's Hear It For The Boy from Footloose
Seasons of Love from Rent
Big Spender from Sweet Charity
I Get a Kick Out of You
Miss Bird
Embracable You
New York, New York
Any show that the company you are auditioning for has done in the last five years.
Whatever the "Hot New Musical" is... right now it's Wicked
The Sound of Music
A Chorus Line
Rent
My Fair Lady
Titanic
Footloose
Grease
Jekyll & Hyde
Little Shop of Horrors
The Fantastiks
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera
Evita
Almost everything by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The most overdone monologues, according to
http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/p ... ogues.html
"You Shouldn't Need Someone That Much" from This Boy's Life
The Peter Pan monologue by Christopher Durang
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little - the squashed puppy speech
Brighton Beach - Eugene's monologue
Butterflies are Free - Jill Tanner's speech
Chapter Two - Jenny's "I'm worth it.." speech
Fantasticks - Luisa's speech into song "Much More"
Durang - Tuna fish monologues
Tea and Sympathy - Tom
Whiskey - "Tiny had been tackled by guys..."
Woolgatherer - death of the whooping cranes
Zoo Story - "Jerry and the dog"
Romantic Comedy - marshmallow through the nose
Say Goodnight, Gracie - chunky turkey soup
SLOW DANCE ON THE KILLING GROUND - Rosie's virginity
SPLIT - Stevie Wonder speech
STAR SPANGLED GIRL - Sophie's "Mr. Cornell" speech
HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES - All Bunny and Banana speeches; Ronnie's tap nce speech
I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER - Gene's final monologue
IT'S CALLED THE SUGAR PLUM - Infamous "Strudel Doe-Strudel Dough"
KENNEDY'S CHILDREN - the sex goddess speech
KNOCK, KNOCK - St. Joan walking on water speech
LAKEBOAT - jock who wanted to dance
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS - "humping Charlotte Korman"
LONE STAR - the Grand Canyon speech
LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS - trying to get out of the wedding
MATCHMAKER - Cornelius' monologue
MASS APPEAL - dead goldfish speech
NOURISH THE BEAST - orphan speech
Glass Menagerie -Tom or Jim monologues, or Amanda's jonquil speech
Girl's Guide to Chaos - dating speech
Wall of Water - last cigarette monologue
Taking With - 15 Minutes
Lone Star - Roy's Edith Ellen monologue
Romantic Comedy - Marshmallow monologue
Quilters - Sunbonnet Sue
Shadow Box - Beverly
King Lear - Edmond
Love Minus - If Actors go to Hell monologue
ANYTHING FROM:
Laundry and Bourbon
A-My Name is Alice or any of its sequels
Key Exchange
Proof
Beyond Therapy
Brighton Beach memoirs
CRIMES OF THE HEART
DIVISION ST.
EXTREMITIES
TALKING WITH
NUTS PAINTING CHURCHES
P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD
QUILTERS
FEIFFER'S PEOPLE
Hold Me
I Hate Hamlet
Little Footsteps
If I Only had a Brain
Equus
House of Blue Leaves
Star Spangled Girl
Baby with the Bathwater
Fifth of July
Boys Life
Heidi Chronicles