Audition Songs for Baritones – By Time Period
Last Updated: January, 2026
This page features a curated selection of musical theatre audition songs for baritones, featuring a range of show styles and character types. The baritone vocal range in musical theatre typically spans from A2 to G4. For more information on vocal ranges, see the vocal types guide.
Golden Age Songs for Baritones (1940-1959)
“I Am in Love” – Can-Can
“Lonely Town” – On the Town
“The Trouble with Women” – One Touch of Venus
“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
Post-Golden Age Songs for Baritones (1960s)
“Anne of Green Gables” – Anne of Green Gables
“Come Back to Me” – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
“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
“All I Care About” – Chicago
“Beautiful City” – Godspell
“I Promise You a Happy Ending” – Mack & Mabel
“Marianne” – The Grand Tour
“The Mason” – Working
“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
“Heaven’s Light” – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
“I’ll Begin Again” – Scrooge!
“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
“The Pinstripes Are All That They See” – Catch Me If You Can
“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
“The Microphone” – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
“The Smell of Rebellion” – Matilda
“Vows” – Freaky Friday
“When Words Fail” – Shrek
DIY Rep Book for Baritones
Included Inside:
✅ Step-by-step creation guide
✅ Regularly updated Google folder
✅ 240+ song ideas for baritones with time periods, tempos, and exact vocal ranges
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.
