The vast majority of musical theatre characters are survivors, who are the ones who stay alive during the entire musical. True, some of them barley survived thanks to their antagonist or being part of a dangerous mission or an uprising, but thank god they made it. Now, what are examples of songs that are only connected to these characters.
The Songs
- Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
- Popular
- Wizard and I
- For Good
- As Long as You’re Mine
- All I Ask of You
- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
- Finale B——Rent
- Seize the Day
- Letter From the Refuge
- Santa Fe
- Beauty and the Beast
- Something There
- Home
- A Change in Me
- If I Can’t Love Her
- Proud of Your Boy
- A Whole New World
- Speechless
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight
- Shadowland
- Endless Night
- Let It Go
- Monster
- For the First Time in Forever
- True Love
- Seventy Six Trombones
- Till There Was You
- Tomorrow
- NYC
- Sound of Music
- Do Re Mi
- Edelweiss
- Some Enchanted Evening
- In My Own Little Corner
- Ten Minutes Ago
- People Will Say We’re in Love
Conclusion
There are LOTS of songs sung by survivors, which means this list has left off some of their songs. So, I only included part of them.