36 Great Musical Theatre Songs About Fathers
In honor of Father’s Day, we’ve put together a great list of musical theatre songs about fathers. The tunes below are sorted by vocal type, and you’ll even find a list of duet ideas at the end!
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Altos
“After All of This and Everything” – Freaky Friday
“Home Calls” – Next Thing You Know
“Look At All the People” – Chaplin
“Your Daddy’s Son” – Ragtime
Baritones
“Gliding” – Ragtime
“Soliloquy” – Carousel
“Tell My Father” – The Civil War
“To Break in a Glove” – Dear Evan Hansen
Basses
“Father to Son” – Falsettos
“Happy/Sad” – The Addams Family
“If I Sing” – Closer Than Ever
“Wheels of a Dream” – Ragtime
Contras
“It’s a Boy” – The Will Rogers Follies
“Just Like That” – A Christmas Story
“Millwork” – Working
“Silly Old Hat” – Children’s Letters to God
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Mezzo-Sopranos
“At the Ballet” – A Chorus Line
“Can You Find It In Your Heart?” – Footloose
“Look At All the People” – Chaplin
“Safer” – First Date
Sopranos
“Daddy’s Girl” – Grey Gardens
“Far From the Home I Love” – Fiddler on the Roof
“He Lives in You (Reprise)” – The Lion King
“Two Men in My Life” – Big Fish
Tenors
“Breeze Off the River” – The Full Monty
“Bring Him Home” – Les Misérables
“Not My Father’s Son” – Kinky Boots
“My Daddy Always Taught Me to Share” – Grind
Trebles
“Counting Down to Christmas” – A Christmas Story
“Maybe” – Annie
“Maybe He Likes Me” – The Man in the Ceiling
“My Dad” – The Great British Bake Off Musical
Duets
“Back in the Day” – It Shoulda Been You
“Dear Theodosia” – Hamilton
“Mushnik & Son” – Little Shop of Horrors
“Telephone Wire” – Fun Home
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.