64 of the Best Audition Songs for Baritones
Here is a curated selection of musical theatre audition songs for baritones, featuring a range of styles and character types. Every song on this page was chosen because it is dramatically strong, suitable for baritones, and appropriate for use in an audition room.
Baritones have a range of A2 to G4. Not sure if that’s you? Find out your vocal type here!
Golden Age Songs for Baritones (1940-1959)
“Lonely Town” – On the Town
“There But For You Go I” – Brigadoon
“Too Close for Comfort” – Mr. Wonderful
“Very Soft Shoes” – Once Upon a Mattress
“When I’m Not Near The Girl I Love” – Finian’s Rainbow
“Wooden Wedding” – One Touch of Venus
“Young and Foolish” – Plain and Fancy
“You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” – South Pacific
Post-Golden Age Songs for Baritones (1960s)
“Anne of Green Gables” – Anne of Green Gables
“Asking For You” – Do Re Mi
“Grand Knowing You” – She Loves Me
“If Ever I Would Leave You” – Camelot
“It Only Takes a Moment” – Hello, Dolly!
“Love, I Hear” – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
“Never Will I Marry” – Greenwillow
“Rosie” – Bye Bye Birdie
1970s Songs for Baritones
“Beautiful City” – Godspell
“I Promise You a Happy Ending” – Mack & Mabel
“Marianne” – The Grand Tour
“She Is Not Thinking of Me” – Gigi
“Something Was Missing” – Annie
“What Would I Do If I Could Feel?” – The Wiz
“With You” – Pippin
“You Must Meet My Wife” – A Little Night Music
1980s Songs for Baritones
“A Marriage Proposal” – Falsettos
“Easier to Love” – Baby
“Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” – Les Misérables
“Free At Last” – Big River
“Look Over There” – La Cage aux Folles
“Only With You” – Nine
“Our Time” – Merrily We Roll Along
“With Anne on My Arm” – La Cage Aux Folles
1990s Songs for Baritones
“Class” – Nick & Nora
“Heaven’s Light” – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
“No One Has Ever Loved Me” – Passion
“She’s a Woman” – Kiss of the Spider Woman
“Shouldn’t I Be Less in Love With You?” – I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
“Some Girls” – Once on This Island
“Unsettled Scores” – Whistle Down the Wind
“What More Can I Say?” – Falsettos
2000s Songs for Baritones
“A Light in the Dark” – Next to Normal
“Favorite Places” – Ordinary Days
“I Am My Own Invention” – Wonderland
“I Cannot Hear the City” – Sweet Smell of Success
“I Can’t Recall” – A Tale of Two Cities
“My Manhattan” – Daddy Long Legs
“She Thinks I’m Old” – Daddy Long Legs
“Where Are All the People?” – Chaplin
2010s Songs for Baritones
“Dust and Ashes” – The Great Comet
“How It Ends” – Big Fish
“Human Sacrifice” – Stephen Ward
“Sibella” – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
“Something From a Dream” – The Bridges of Madison County
“Footprint” – The Theory of Relativity
“To Break in a Glove” – Dear Evan Hansen
“Why Does She Love Me?” – Love Never Dies
Character/Comedic Audition Songs for Baritones
“Alone in the Universe” – Seussical
“Don’t Be the Bunny” – Urinetown
“It Must Be Believed to Be Seen” – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“Stop” – Mean Girls
“That Face” – The Producers
“The Smell of Rebellion” – Matilda
“Vows” – Freaky Friday
“When Words Fail” – Shrek
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip and the author of The Thespian’s Bucket List. She is also the creator of The Cast Album List. Her background includes a BA in Theatre, a TESOL Drama certificate, and professional experience in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
