The Broadway Song: A Singer’s Guide

Mark Ross Clark is Director of Opera and Musical Theater at the University of Louisiana--Monroe and the artistic director of the Louisiana Lyric Opera. He has performed, taught, and directed nationally and internationally in opera, operetta, music theater, and concert, and is the author of Guide to the Aria Repertoire (Indiana University Press, 2007) and Singing, Acting, and Movement in Opera: A Guide to Singer-getics (Indiana University Press, 2009).

The Broadway Song is a practical repertoire guide based on 100 classic songs from the Great White Way. It gives performers a way into their characters through the formal song characteristics, as well as larger contextual materials about the source -- from background to the musical, information about the character singing, and synoptic narrative information for the song.

Introduction; SOPRANO/HIGH MEZZO; Falling in love with love; Waitin' for my dearie; If I were a bell; I have to tell you; Somebody, somewhere; Warm all over; My white knight; Love, look away; When did I fall in love?; Ice Cream; Far from the home I love; What makes me love him?; Another suitcase; Moonfall; It hurts to be strong; Anytime (I am there); Some things are meant to be; The light in the piazza; Will you?; MEZZO-ALTO; Anything goes; So far; An English teacher; Is it really me?; Old maid; Not a day goes by; Aldonza; Cabaret; Applause; Time heals everything; Crossword puzzle; You can always count on me; Trina's song; The story goes on; Children of the wind; Since you stayed here; I'm not alone; Heaven help my heart; Hold on; It might as well be Spring; I will be loved tonight; A new life; Raise the roof; Through the mountain; A part of that; Still hurting; I'm not that girl; Astonishing; Don't ever stop saying I love you; I miss the mountains; Fly away; TENOR/HIGH BARITONE; Come with me; Kansas City; Younger than Springtime; No other love; What kind of fool am I; I believe in you; On the street where you live; The only home I know; Anthem; Marta; Your eyes; This is the moment; Sailing; Old red hills of home; Tell my father; You walk with me; At the fountain; I miss the music; All that's known; Absolom; Beautiful City; Goodbye; Santa Fe (Prologue); BARITONE; If I loved you; There but for you go I; Luck be a lady; If ever I would leave you; Once upon a time; Rain Song; It only takes a moment; Dulcinea; Being alive; I won't send roses; All I care about is love; I've heard it all before; The pickers are coming; Funny; Lullaby of Broadway; There's a sucker born every minute; Colors of my life; Don't go, Sally; You should be loved; Shouldn't I be less in love with you; It's hard to speak my heart; Love who you love; I was here; Index