28 Musical Theatre Songs About Growing Up – by Vocal Type
Are you specifically looking for a showtune about growing up for an upcoming audition or project? Well, if it’s for an audition, you should check out our giant database of audition songs for specific musicals. But if your show hasn’t yet been covered by us, you can go through the following musical theatre songs about growing up, sorted by vocal type.
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Altos
“All Grown Up” – Bare
“Dancing All the Time” – Big
“Just Beyond the Stars” – Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure
“Stop, Time” – Big
Baritones
“Anne of Green Gables” – Anne of Green Gables
“Footprint” – The Theory of Relativity
“The Kid Inside” – Is There Life After High School?
“Where Did That Little Dog Go?” – Snoopy!!!
Basses
“Days Gone By” – She Loves Me
“Does the Moment Ever Come?” – Just So
“I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore” – Gigi
“When I Grow Up (The G-Man Song)” – Pins and Needles
Contras
“I’m Still Here” – Follies
“No Time At All” – Pippin
“The Feeling That We Have” – The Wiz
“The Music Still Plays On” – A New Brain
Psst… Here’s where you can find out your vocal type!
Mezzos/Sopranos
“Finding Wonderland” – Wonderland
“How Lovely to Be a Woman” – Bye Bye Birdie
“On and On and On” – We Aren’t Kids Anymore
“Slipping Through My Fingers” – Mamma Mia!
Tenors
“Freeze Your Brain” – Heathers
“Growing Up” – Fugitive Songs
“Time” – Tuck Everlasting
“Wondrin’” – Anne of Green Gables
Trebles (Kids)
“Getting Tall” – Nine
“I Know Things Now” – Into the Woods
“I Won’t Grow Up” – Peter Pan
“When I Grow Up” – Matilda
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Which of these musical theatre songs about growing up is your favorite?
Or do you know of any other great showtunes about growing up? We would love to hear all about it in the comments below! And in the meantime, you can check out our database of best audition songs for other musicals.
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.