There are various types of songs in musical theatre. You have the ensemble numbers, the duets, and the solos, etc……These songs will consist of those from BOTH stage shows and musical movies.
The Songs
- Defying Gravity
- The Wizard and I
- I’m Not That Girl
- Popular
- Bring Him Home
- Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
- On My Own
- I Dreamed a Dream
- Stars
- Who Am I
- What Have I Done
- Wishing You Were Somewhere Here Again
- Music of the Night
- Corner of the Sky
- One Song Glory
- Out Tonight
- Any Dream Will Do
- Where I Belong
- If I Can’t Love Her
- Evermore
- A Change in Me
- Home
- Santa Fe
- Letter From the Refuge
- Proud of Your Boy
- Speechless
- Let It Go
- True Love
- Monster
- Dangerous to Dream
- The Next Right Thing
- Lost in the Woods
- When There was You and Me
- Shadowland
- Endless Night
- Beauty and the Beast
- Tomorrow
- In My Own Little Corner
- Sound of Music
- Climb Every Mountain
- Some Enchanted Evening
- This Nearly Was Mine
- As Long As He Needs Me
- The Impossible Dream
- My Petersburg
- In My Dreams
- Journey To The Past
Conclusion
I LOVE more solos than the ones I listed, but it’s what I could think of for now. These songs express a wide range of emotions- from romance to heartbreak to empowerment, etc……
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Meg, great list! As you note at the end, is hard to list them all. The one that floored me as it came from the Mother Superior is “Climb every Mountain.” I have seen it live and, of course, in the movies, and it stops the show. Keith
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Sound of Music was a childhood favorite musical of mind- started with the movie. Eventually saw the stage show- ended the 2015 musicals, which was the best year of musicals so far
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Great list! I love Les Mis, so those would definitely be at the top of my list!
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Had to put Wicked and Les Mis solos at the top- after all, they are technically tied for my favorite musical
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