Musical Theatre Songs Starting With P
Here’s the full alphabetical list of musical theatre songs starting with P, featuring solos with links to backing tracks, sheet music, and helpful song details for auditions and repertoire building.
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(Titles starting with “The” are listed under T.)
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“Painting Her Portrait”
Show: Jane Eyre
Music/Lyrics: Paul Gordon, John Caird
Time Period: 1990s
Vocal Type: Alto
“Papi Hears the Ocean”
Show: The Band’s Visit
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Tenor/Contra
“Parents Lie”
Show: Freaky Friday
Music/Lyrics: Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Alto
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“Paris Original”
Show: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Time Period: 1960s
Vocal Type: Alto
Listen➝ | Sheet Music (Key: Eb)➝ | Track➝
“Part of Your World”
Show: The Little Mermaid
Music/Lyrics: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
Time Period: 1980s Song / 2000s Musical
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
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“Passing Tracy”
Show: Fugitive Songs
Music/Lyrics: Nathan Tysen, Chris Miller
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Baritenor
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“Past is Catching Up to Me”
Show: The Great Gatsby
Music/Lyrics: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen
Time Period: 2020s
Vocal Type: Baritenor
“Pathetic”
Show: Matilda
Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Alto
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“Patriotic”
Show: Rocky
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Baritone
“Patterns”
Show: Baby
Music/Lyrics: David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Time Period: 1980s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
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“Pawn It All”
Show: Hell’s Kitchen
Music/Lyrics: Alicia Keys, Mark Batson, Harold Lilly Jr., Kasseem Dean
Time Period: 2020s
Vocal Type: Contra
“People”
Show: Funny Girl
Music/Lyrics: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
Time Period: 1960s
Vocal Type: Alto
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“People Carry On”
Show: The Story of My Life
Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Periwinkle”
Show: Dear Edwina
Music/Lyrics: Zina Goldrich, Marcy Heisler
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Alto
“Picture Show”
Show: Bonnie & Clyde
Music/Lyrics: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Treble
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“Pieces of My Heart”
Show: My Son’s a Queer (What Can You Do?)
Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary, Rob Madge
Time Period: 2020s
Vocal Type: Baritone
“Pied Piper”
Show: My Son’s a Queer (What Can You Do?)
Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary, Rob Madge
Time Period: 2020s
Vocal Type: Baritenor
“Pilate’s Dream”
Show: Jesus Christ Superstar
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Bass
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“Pink”
Show: War Paint
Music/Lyrics: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
“Piragua”
Show: In the Heights
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Pirate Jenny”
Show: The Threepenny Opera
Music/Lyrics: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
Time Period: 1920s
Vocal Type: Contra
Listen➝ | Sheet Music (Key: A)➝ | Track➝
“Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir”
Show: Sweeney Todd
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Treble
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“Pity the Child”
Show: Chess
Music/Lyrics: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice
Time Period: 1980s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Planet Schmanet Janet”
Parental Warning: Adult Content
Show: The Rocky Horror Show
Music/Lyrics: Richard O’Brien
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Baritone
“Play a Country Enut”
Show: Nunsense Jamboree
Music/Lyrics: Dan Goggin
Time Period: 1990s
Vocal Type: Contra
“Play With Your Food”
Show: Honk!
Music/Lyrics: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe
Time Period: 1990s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Playing Nancy”
Show: Groundhog Day
Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Contra
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“Please Don’t Make Me Be Good”
Show: Fifty Million Frenchmen / The New Yorkers
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter
Time Period: 1920s
Vocal Type: Contra
Listen➝ | Sheet Music (Key: Ab)➝
“Please Don’t Make Me Love You”
Show: Dracula
Music/Lyrics: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Soprano
Listen➝ | Sheet Music (Key: D)➝ | Track➝
“Please Don’t Touch Me”
Parental Warning: Adult Content
Show: Young Frankenstein
Music/Lyrics: Mel Brooks
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
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“Please Send Me Someone”
Show: Young Frankenstein
Music/Lyrics: Mel Brooks
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Bass
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“Plenty to Be Thankful For”
Show: White Christmas
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Time Period: 1940s Song / 2010s Musical
Vocal Type: Baritone
“Poor Child”
Show: The Wild Party
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Time Period: 1990s
Vocal Type: Bass
“Poor Everybody Else”
Show: Seesaw
Music/Lyrics: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Contra
“Poor Little Hollywood Star”
Show: Little Me
Music/Lyrics: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
Time Period: 1960s
Vocal Type: Alto
Listen➝ | Sheet Music (Key: Eb)➝ | Track➝
“Poor Little Pierrette”
Show: The Boy Friend
Music/Lyrics: Sandy Wilson
Time Period: 1950s
Vocal Type: Soprano
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“Poor Monty”
Show: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Music/Lyrics: Steven Lutvak, Robert L. Freedman
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Soprano
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“Poor Sweet Baby”
Show: Snoopy!!!
Music/Lyrics: Larry Grossman, Hal Hackady
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Alto
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“Poor Thing”
Show: Sweeney Todd
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Contra
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“Poor Unfortunate Souls”
Show: The Little Mermaid
Music/Lyrics: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
Time Period: 1980s Song / 2000s Musical
Vocal Type: Alto
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“Poor, Unsuccessful and Fat”
Show: A New Brain
Music/Lyrics: William Finn
Time Period: 1990s
Vocal Type: Baritone
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“Popular”
Show: Wicked
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Contra
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“Portrait of a Girl”
Show: Bare
Music/Lyrics: Damon Intrabartolo, John Hartmere
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Contra
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“Positoovity”
Show: The Little Mermaid
Music/Lyrics: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Practically Perfect”
Show: Mary Poppins
Music/Lyrics: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
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“Prayer of the Comfort Counselor”
Show: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music/Lyrics: William Finn
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Tenor/Contra
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“Predator”
Show: Jagged Little Pill
Music/Lyrics: Alanis Morissette, Michael Farrell
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Alto
“Pretty Baby”
Show: Back to the Future
Music/Lyrics: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard
Time Period: 2020s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
“Pretty Funny”
Show: Dogfight
Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Alto
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“Pretty Little Picture”
Show: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Time Period: 1960s
Vocal Type: Baritone
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“Pretty Music”
Show: Parade
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
Time Period: 1990s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Princess”
Parental Warning: Adult Content
Show: A Man of No Importance
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Soprano
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“Promise Me This”
Show: The Theory of Relativity
Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Alto
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“Proud Lady”
Show: The Baker’s Wife
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Proud of Your Boy”
Show: Aladdin
Music/Lyrics: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
Time Period: 2010s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Public Life”
Show: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Music/Lyrics: Michael Friedman
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Tenor
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“Pulled”
Show: The Addams Family
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Soprano
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“Pure Imagination”
Show: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Music/Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Time Period: 1970s Song / 2010s Musical
Vocal Type: Baritone
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“Purpose”
Parental Warning: Adult Content
Show: Avenue Q
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Baritone
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“Push Da Button”
Parental Warning: Adult Content
Show: The Color Purple
Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray
Time Period: 2000s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
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“Put in a Package and Sold”
Show: I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
Music/Lyrics: Nancy Ford, Gretchen Cryer
Time Period: 1970s
Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
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“Put on a Happy Face”
Show: Bye Bye Birdie
Music/Lyrics: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
Time Period: 1960s
Vocal Type: Bass
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“Put Your Mind to It”
Show: Back to the Future
Music/Lyrics: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard
Time Period: 2020s
Vocal Type: Tenor/Contra
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“Putting It Together”
Show: Sunday in the Park with George
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Time Period: 1980s
Vocal Type: Bass
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