<p>Yes you are.</p>
<p>Can someone tell me if these songs are overdone?</p>
<p>"I Love a Piano"- Stop! Look! Listen!
"Someone Else's Story"- Chess</p>
<p>To my knowledge, "I Love a Piano" was originally performed by a guy. But since the song was just randomly placed in the show to give one of the male leads his own song, numerous productions have had female cast members perform it instead because it's not really a song that requires a male to perform it. Hence the reason Judy Garland sang it in "Easter Parade". Anyway, it wouldn't hurt to have a female perform this song at college auditions due to the circumstances surrounding it, would it?</p>
<p>"I love a piano" - I have never heard that sung being done at an audition and I think it would be fine for a female.</p>
<p>"Someone else story" is not overdone but popular.</p>
<p>Ok thank you so much for the input!
I think I'll go ahead and stick with my choices then. :)</p>
<p>Someone Else's Story is overdone at college auditions. (Jane posts from London, and I know from having lived there for a time that things which are not overdone there are often overdone here and vice versa.) It also doesn't show a tremendous amount of vocal range as a belt song. I do not recommend it as a college audition song for those reasons, although if you love it, keep it in your book as a third piece. </p>
<p>I Love A Piano is fine for either gender to do but it may be quite hard to create a meaningful acting context - in other words, what does it tell us about your ability to communicate? If you really click with it, it can certainly be done, but it's generally more of a production number in style. However, I have seen amazingly connected renditions of similar songs if the actor is aware of HOW to work on the acting of a piece (and what colleges want to see about you as an actor from your songs).</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Ah right thanks for that Coach C, a New York friend of mine uses it for auditions in the States, hence I thought it was ok, sorry for the wrong info!</p>
<p>I know you guys mentioned earlier that "I Want To Go To Hollywood" is difficult to play, but is there ANY way at all I could make it work? I'm so in love with the song and it just fits well with my voice.</p>
<p>Claire, I don't know you to know what songs are good for you, but I think I Want to Go To Hollywood would be just fine as an audition song. Go for it.</p>
<p>i'm having alot of trouble finding ingenue material that also gives an acting challenge. any ideas?</p>
<p>Soozievt, thanks! I will. =)</p>
<p>For monologues, since I need one that's no longer than one minute long, would I be allowed to choose just a section of a longer monologue ?</p>
<p>^^Yes, most definitely. Cut the monologue down to a section that can stand alone and make sure it fits a minute. This is commonly done for an audition.</p>
<p>Yes, most monologues don't fit into a 1 or 2-minute format without some creative editing. This is very common and expected. It's sometimes even possible to use a dialogue section of a play, and simply cut out the other person's responses -- but only if the remaining lines still make sense!</p>
<p>Hi, I was just wondering if the play To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday is used a lot for auditions. Also, if "Til There Was You" from The Music Man is overdone? Thanks =]</p>
<p>Till There Was You was overdone a few years ago when my D was auditioning -- I assume that's still true.</p>
<p>Are monologues from A View From the Bridge (Catherine) and An Ideal Husband (Mabel) overdone?</p>
<p>Thanks so much soozievt and onstage !!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Okay so I was practicing with my friend who's going to be my pianist for my video auditions for the summer programs, but it was... horrible... :( She just simply played my melody with her right hand and just arpeggios with her left. She told me she didn't want to do the 'quick bits' cause it was too hard and she ignored the chords which really made the songs sound beautiful. She's an accomplished pianist I really trust her but I'm afraid she's going to put me down in the admissions because it just doesn't seem to work.
I'm afraid there's no more time left.. :S My voice teacher is out of town and I don't know what to do.... :(:(</p>
<p>bwayjunkie: Ask around and hire someone else to play your pieces!</p>
<p>Okay I have a little issue here.</p>
<p>I'm looking through monologues and I'm having a hard time selecting some that are "appropriate" for me. Finding monologues seem quite challenging for me because I am 18 years old, but I am just 5'1 and barely 100 pounds, and I look a lot younger than my age. (I could very easily pass as a 14 year old.) Should I choose for monologues based on my age or on my appearance ?</p>