Is singing this okay?

Question

I have an audition for Into the Woods on Sept. 10, this is the first musical I ever tried out for, do you think singing the song Legally Blonde would be okay? I know it has Emmit in it but those parts can be easily skipped. What about Ireland from the show too. I sing those songs best and I'm really unsure of what to pick. Thanks in Advance!!!

Answer 1

i saw in to the woods and really enjoyed it. its kinda light and comedic so that would be ok as long as you can sing it well

try a song from enchanted (amy adams)

Answer 2

yes that would be so perfect! good luck :P

Answer 3

Songs from Legally Blonde are very overdone at auditions, and also not particularly suitable for a Sondheim show.  Sondheim is in a class of his own and there's really no other composer who writes music like him; the only way a casting director is going to get an idea of whether you can sing a Sondheim song is by you singing another Sondheim song.  You don't want to use a song from Into the Woods, but there are a lot of other wonderful songs out there.  You don't say what your vocal range is, so I can't be any more specific, but have a look at some other Sondheim shows and find a song which you think will work.  Generally speaking, if you're auditioning for Cinderella or Rapunzel (both sopranos) try something like Lovely from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum or Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeney Todd; if you're auditioning for the Witch, Little Red or the Baker's Wife (all mezzos) maybe the Miller's Son from A Little Night Music, one of Dot's songs from Sunday in the Park With George (Bernadette Peters was the original Witch and the original Dot), Sooner or Later from d**k Tracy (a film rather than a musical, but Sondheim wrote the music) or Old Friends from Merrily We Roll Along.