Male Auditions Song for Musical Theater: Classic Ballads and Up-Tempos

Often people ask us suggestions about the best songs to sing for a Musical Theater Audition.

Here’s a list of “classics” ballads and Up-tempos  for Male Performers.

Ballads

1. Maria – West Side Story
2. Music of The Night – The Phantom Of The Opera
3. If i Can’t Love Her – Beauty and the beast
4. Close Every Door – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcot
5. Her Voice – The Little Mermaid
6. Out There – The Hunckback of Notredame
7. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables – Les Miserables
8. Those Magic Changes – Grease
9. On the Street Where You Live – My Fair Lady
10. Getshemani – Jesus Christ Superstar

Up-tempos

1. Razzle Dazzle – Chicago
2. Dentist – The Little Shop Of Horrors
3. Mr. Cellophane – Chicago
4. The Rum Tum Tagger – Cats
5. I Can do That – Chorus Line
6. Suppertime – The Little Shop Of Horrors
7. Wilkommen – Cabaret
8. King’s Herod Song – Jesus Christ Superstar
9. I Wanna Be a Producer – The Producers
10. Les Poissons – The Little Mermaid

Remember: these songs should be in the repertoire of each performer, but for an audition, being “Classic” songs, they could be a bit over performed…