Options for an audition song?

Question:i am trying out for the play AIDA at the beggining of january and am shooting for the part of Amneris. any good solutions for which song i should sing. I was thinking about my strongest suit or take me or leave me but i have been told never to audition for a play with a song from that play. I am also unsure whether the people casting are pro rent or anti rent hahah. okay so much help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i am trying out for the play AIDA at the beggining of january and am shooting for the part of Amneris. any good solutions for which song i should sing. I was thinking about my strongest suit or take me or leave me but i have been told never to audition for a play with a song from that play. I am also unsure whether the people casting are pro rent or anti rent hahah. okay so much help would be appreciated. Thanks!

i would recommend some other broadway hits:
you can't stop the beat ~ HAIRSPRAY
god help the outcasts ~ hunchback of notre dame
for good ~ wicked
belle ~ beauty and the beast
i've got the sun in the morning ~ annie get your gun
on my own ~ les miserables
memory ~ cats

if you choose to do a song from aida, i would do take me or leave me.

good luck on your audition!

do the hit new song soljia boy crank that soljia boy an i promise you will get the part

if i were you i would choose a song that i feel not just the music but that the lyrics make you sing with your soul...choose your personal favorite love song

something that expresses who you are. and something that you feel comfortable singing, something that uses your full range and pitch... but not something that makes you sound like a seal

because you are trying for amneris definitely do something upbeat. I do like the idea of

You Can't Stop the Beat(or anything from Hairspray because of the music)

make sure with whatever you choose that you can hit all the notes and are comfortable. Break a leg and I hope you get the part.

Not for the life of me - througly modern millie

try these:

The Wizard and I- Wicked
Popular- Wicked
I Can't Do It Alone- Chicago
Out Tonight- Rent

ahh I got on here to tell you a good one but all i can rmember is the name of the song, I cant remember what play it is from.

Some People.

It is a good song with good range to show off all of your potentail.

Ohhh wait its from Gypsy.
Momma Rose
Anybody that stays home is dead
If I die it won't be from sitting

It will be from fighting to get up and get out!
Some people can get a thrill
knitting sweaters and sitting still.
That's okay for some people
who don't know they're alive.

Some people can thrive and bloom
living life in the living room.
That's perfect for some people
of one hundred and five.

But I at least gotta try
when I think of all the sights that I gotta see
and all the places I gotta play,
all the things that I gotta be at.
Come on, papa, what do you say?

Some people can be content
playing bingo and paying rent.
That's peachy for some people,
for some hum-drum people to be,
but some people ain't me!

I had a dream,
a wonderful dream, papa,
all about June in the Orpheum circuit.
Gimme a chance and I know I can work it.

I had a dream.
Just as real as can be, papa.
There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office
and he was saying to me, "Rose,
get yourselves some new orchestrations,
new routines and red velvet curtains.
Get a feathered hat for the baby;
photographs in front of the theatre.
Get an agent and in jig time
you'll be being booked in the big time."

Oh, what a dream.
A wonderful dream, papa.
And all that I need is eighty-eight bucks, papa.
That's what he said, papa.
Only eighty-eight bucks.

Papa
You ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents from me, Rose.

Rose
Well, I'll get it someplace else! But I'll get it! And get my kids out!

Goodbye to blueberry pie.
Good riddance to all the socials I had to go to,
all the lodges I had to play,
all the shriners I said hello to.
Hey, L.A., I'm comin' your way!

Some people sit on their butts;
got the dream, yeah, but not the guts.
That's living for some people,
for some hum-drum people I suppose.
Well, they can stay and rot!
But not Rose!