The play secret garden?

Question

i really want to try out for our school play: the secret garden but i dont know what song to do. i am a alto but i can reach tenor and 2nd soprano notes. we have to do a monologue which i have, a part of the song come to my garden and a song of our choice. they said they pefrebibly want a song from a musical, and i have looked at some but they i think wouldnt be right. like people told me to do popular from wicked but that is a little too upbeat i think. so if you could list some songs for me i would greatly apperciate it. and i am 15 and a girl. i dont care what part i get i just want a part male or female. thanks

Answer 1

Yes not Popular you want something close to the style of the show and lots of people will be singing Wicked, Rent, Les Miz., as director I love something different.

"My White Knight" from Music Man

many great songs from "Light in the Piazza"

or one of Lucy's songs from "Jeykll & Hyde"

"As long as He Needs Me" from Oliver

I'll Know When my Love Comes Along" from Guys & Dolls

"Moments in the Woods" from Into the Woods

Answer 2

The songs you probably want from the musical will be Martha's song "A Fine White Horse" or Mary's "The Girl I Mean to Be."  Lily is a soprano, so if you really are an alto you may not be able to perform the role.  I don't mean that to shoot you down.  If you have a good range, then good for you, but if you are a true alto/belter, you may want to look at one of the other parts.

If you sing something NOT from the show, don't pick anything from a show currently on broadway.  Personally I like "I Loved You Once in Silence" from Camelot or "Back to Before" from Ragtime