Most large audition calls for musical theatre, both professionally and in larger school situations, specify that those auditioning bring in a "16 bar" excerpt. The professionals in musical theatre often complain that singers don't know how to construct an appropriate 16 bar audition, either in choosing a song or in editing an excerpt. With this new series, that problem is solved forever! Editor Michael Dansicker, a composer/producer/music director, is a seasoned musical theatre veteran, with 100 Broadway credits. He brings his expertise and broad knowledge of the literature to this series. Each excerpt has been given a thoughtful, graceful and effective form. No more illegible scribblings for the poor audition accompanist! An enormous variety of literature is represented, from old standards to movie songs to the latest Broadway and Off-Broadway material. With 100 songs per volume, any singing actor, whatever his or her talents and strong suits, will have many choices. In the preface, the editor gives valuable pointers on the nature of a good audition and some factors in choosing songs.

Songlist: All Aboard For Broadway, Always True To You In My Fashion, And All That Jazz, Another Op'nin', Another Show, As Long As He Needs Me, At The Ballet, Before The Parade Passes By, Better, Broadway Baby, Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, A Change In Me, Colors Of The Wind, Disneyland, Don't Rain on My Parade, Don't Tell Mama, Everything's Coming Up Roses, Flaming Agnes, God Help The Outcasts, Gotta Have Me Go With You, Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, Hit Me With A Hot Note, Holding Out For A Hero, Honey Bun, The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball, How Can I Wait, How Did We Come To This?, How I Feel, Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here!, I (Who Have Nothing), I Ain't Down Yet, and more

Since the launch of the first volumes in 1987, The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology has been an astounding success, with over 700,000 copies sold to date. For more than 20 years it has been considered the most reliable source for theatre music among singers and singing actors of all ages, from high school students to top working professionals. Many of these songs are not found in these versions in any other publication; some songs are not published anywhere else. Using Hal Leonard's vast access to songs through its print rights, Volume 5 continues the values of the series, presenting songs from recent musicals, as well as a deeper look into our contemporary and classic musical theatre heritage. A substantial section of information about the shows and the songs is included. The series is known for: editorial credibility - insightful selection of a huge variety of songs - songs in original keys - being based on authentic sources, drawn from vocal scores and piano/conductor rehearsal scores.

Songlist: Without You, You'll Be In My Heart, Here I Am, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, Live Out Loud, Hit Me With A Hot Note, Good Morning Baltimore, When You Come Home To Me, I Can Do Better Than That, Not For The Life Of Me, Life Is, Come To Your Senses, I Am Changing, Special, Defying Gravity, For Good, Find Your Grail, It's An Art, Meadowlark, Woman, The Colors Of My Life, What You Don't Know About Women, Show Off, The Cake I Had, Too Beautiful For Words, It's A Business, Thinking Of Him, The Dark I Know Well, Mama Who Bore Me, My Body, and more

Mezzo-Soprano/Belter edition. Songs especially good for auditions have been chosen from Volumes 1-5 of The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology and edited to 30-40 second 16-Bar excerpts. Each volume includes over 100 songs in original keys.

Songlist: Memory, Someone Like You, Don't Call Me Trailer Trash, Heads Or Tails, The Miller's Son, Shadowland, Who Will Love Me As I Am?, Always True To You In My Fashion, Always A Bridesmaid, Stars And The Moon, Shy, Here I Am, A Change In Me, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, My New Philosophy, Look At Me Now, How Did We Come To This?, The Past Is Another Land, Life With Harold, When You Got It, Flaunt It, Anything But Lonely, Live Out Loud, Hit Me With A Hot Note, On My Own, As If We Never Said Goodbye, As Long As He Needs Me, Good Morning Baltimore, I Can Hear The Bells, Still Hurting, When You Come Home To Me, and more

More great songs for theatre singers of every description from contemporary withselections from recent shows (The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, Grey Gardens, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, The Light in the Piazza, Spamalot, Spring Awakening, Wicked), as well as a deeper look into classic musicals. As in all previous volumes in the series, all songs are in authentic versions in the original keys,with notes about each show and song.

Songlist: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, The Cake I Had, Children Of Eden, City Lights, The Colors Of My Life, Come To Your Senses, The Dark I Know Well, Defying Gravity, Find Your Grail, For Good, Freddy, My Love, Good Morning Baltimore, Here I Am, Hit Me With A Hot Note, Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here!, I Am Changing, I Can Do Better Than That, If My Friends Could See Me Now, It's A Business, It's A Perfect Relationship, It's An Art, Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now, Life Is, Mama Who Bore Me, Meadowlark, My Body, Not For The Life Of Me, Show Off, Special, Take That Look Off Your Face, and more