Next To Normal - Superboy and the invisible girl, you don't know
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - The Great Compromise
Blood Brothers - Tell me it's not true, easy term
Bare - A quiet night at home, All grown up
Homemade Fusion - Out of my head
FINAL CHOICE
All Grown Up - Bare: a pop Opera (Intrabartolo)By Myself - End of the Rainbow (Peter Quilter wrote the play, music by diverse writers, Judy Garland's hits; this specific one is by Schwratz and Dietz)
The Great Compromise - Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Michael Friedman)
Choice N1:
For the showcase I am singing All grown up from Bare: a pop Opera by Intrabartolo. I chose this song because I think it shows off both the acting and the singing.
In the singing, this one will show off mainly my range (mixed voice belting). I can also play with the timbre of my voice thanks to the story in the song.
Acting wise, this song will show me off as it has numerous possibilities to play it, and I love being able to play with the songs and different ways of conveying the story. What Ivy, my character goes through is really interesting, she is seen as this "easy to get" girl by everyone, and therefore, her feelings aren't taken seriously. And I feel like she genuiely loves Jason, it is her first love, it is all new to her and she's so happy to share all this love, but he just ends up leaving her alone and she discovers she is pregnant. So Ivy remembers her childhood, and then comes the line "and little girls grow up so fast" which to me is a key line in the song, as she reveals she is pregnant. The emotional journey in this song is really incredible, after revealing she is pregnant, she mentions how she saved herself and how her family/friends will blame her for what happened, I also feel like she is blaming herself, disappointed with herself in a way. After this she is left facing her fears and doubts about the future and asks herself how she is meant to love this child. Although I feel like she already loves it, which is why she's having such a hard time. She sings "Am I supposed to love this child, is it just that simple then? Tell me how this change will happen, tell me how and tell me when"; and I feel like the change she is waiting for is the change within herself, from young girl to woman, mother.
I have chosen this song mainly because of the acting in there although the singing gets quite tough at some points. I have chosen to contrast this acting choice with a more "singing" choice.
Choice N2:
By Myself from End of the Rainbow. I have chosen this song to contrast with the two previous ones. This one is mainly focused on the singing as the lyrics are quite repetitive. I loved it when I first listened to it and was thinking about different ways to jazz it up and modernise it a little. This will show off different timbres (soft beginning, jazzy more powerful middle) as well as different tempos, going from slow to quite dynamic. I have chosen this as I need to show the casting directors different style of singing; my first song is a classical pop musical, the last one is a rock, so the logic choice was a legit. This is legit, but at the same time jazzy, so I thought it would be a perfect way to show two similar styles in a song and therefore hopefully impress the casting directors and show that there is no need to belt to impress people.
Choice N3:
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. This song is a perfect choice as it contrasts the two first songs. It is a different singing style from both of them, powerful chest voice, and also shows off my acting skills. It is a short song, and I felt like this was a good idea as it could show the casting directors I could portray a whole story in just about a minute and a half. The idea there is to leave them thinking "oh, this happened before because of that" and have them think of a clear scenario. This song is about Andrew's wife Rachel, finally letting go of her feelings and revealing how fed up she is by the fact that her husband is always putting his work first. And again, I want to play with all the different emotions in this song, anger, desperation, love, admiration, resignation, and so on.
I feel like this songs would match the venue we are performing in as it is a small and intimate space, I want the public to feel "invited" and take them on an emotional journey. To me this isn't a space to sing big hit songs like you would do in an arena, this is a place where you can create a strong bound with your audience and share this wonderful experience with them.
My songs fit together as they all contrast each other in a way but are also working together i.e Ivy is pregnant, she could feel "by myself" and then say how she's done with compromising, etc. Also I think put all together, they all cover my different skills, singing and acting wise and will show me off for the casting directors.
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