24 of The Best Audition Songs for High Tenors
Here is a curated list of musical theatre audition songs for high tenors, featuring a range of styles and character types. Every song on this page was chosen because it is dramatically strong, vocally suitable for higher tenors, and appropriate for use in an audition room.
Tenors have a range of C3 to C5. Not sure if that’s you? Find out your vocal type here!
1940s-1960s Songs for High Tenors
“Brotherhood of Man” – How to Succeed in Business
“I Believe in You” – How to Succeed in Business
“I Love To Cry At Weddings” – Sweet Charity
“Lonely House” – Street Scene
1970s-1980s Songs for High Tenors
“I Can Do That” – A Chorus Line
“Save the People” – Godspell
“Shoes Upon the Table” – Blood Brothers
“Simple Joys” – Pippin
1990s Songs for High Tenors
“30/90” – Tick, Tick…Boom!
“Flying Home” – Songs for a New World
“The Ballad of Booth” – Assassins
“Wig in a Box” – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2000s Songs for High Tenors
“A Miracle Would Happen” – The Last Five Years
“Music of My Soul” – Memphis
“There’s a World” – Next to Normal
“They Don’t Make Glass Slippers” – Soho Cinders
2010s Songs for Tenors
“Boy Falls From The Sky” – Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
“My Problem Right There” – Hands on a Hardbody
“When I Go” – We Aren’t Kids Anymore
“Women and Sandwiches” – Freaky Friday
Character/Comedic Songs for Tenors
“Magic Foot” – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
“Shipoopi” – The Music Man
“Telly” – Matilda
“Thank God She’s Blind” – The Toxic Avenger
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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.
