Top 10 Best Man Ballads in Musicals
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- They're the best ballads for men in musicals. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best slow songs for men on stage. Our countdown includes “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Newsies,” "Camelot," and more! If we missed any of YOUR favorite ballads for male voices, let us know in the comments below!
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I’m sorry but Finishing the Hat from Sunday In The Park With George over Soliloquy from Carousel, Till I Hear You Sing from Love Never Dies, Make Them Hear You from Ragtime, This Is The Moment from Jekyll & Hyde, If I Can’t Love Her from Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, Out There from The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Pure Imagination from Wonka, Build A Wall from Shrek The Musical, Every Single Day from Harmony, Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar, Close Every Door from Joesph & The Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat, Pity The Child from Chess The Musical, Stranger from Big Fish, Goodbye from Catch Me If You Can, & Ol’ Man River from Showboat?! I can’t agree with number 1. Finishing the Hat should be defeated to these other selections, especially Soliloquy.
@@markklockenkemper6940some of those are absolutely incredible songs. Most of them don’t beat finishing the hat. I’m not saying I’d put the song in the overall top spot, but it’s a song that can be analyzed and dissected. Every note and word matters more than just carrying along a narrative. I can’t say the same for some on that list. Even though a lot of the songs on the list sound really nice.
Let Them Hear You, Ragtime. I mean, come on!
it's a review, but Flying Home from Songs for a New World is incredible and HARD to sing
@@markklockenkemper6940 Ol' Man River never fails to bring tears to my eyes. Another one is Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. I was in Jesus Christ Superstar and Gethsemane brought the house down. Another song that I love is This is the Moment from Jeckyll and Hyde.
Jeremy Jordan's rendition of Santa Fe never fails to give me the chills, and is the perfect Act One closer. While Christian Bale is a talented actor, I always wondered why they didn't alter the song to suit his vocals more in the original film.
He IS very talented, but I can't handle how he slides/cracks almost every note.
@@darrenknowles842yeah it's kinda distracting
Jeremy Jordan is amazing ! Love Christian Bale as an actor, not so much a singer.
@darrenknowles842 I mean, he is playing a character who was out of breath right before the song, also, did Seize The Day before this song. With all the dancing.
The rumor is that they cast Bale before they even decided what kind of movie they were going to make. If Bale knew it was gonna be a musical, he would never had agreed to be cast.
I would have included Empty Chairs from Les Mis.
“I’m Alive” From Next to Normal and “Empty Chairs and Empty Tables” are also amazing ballads!
Empty Chairs and Empty Tables is my favorite from Les Miz. It always breaks my heart.
I cried during Empty Chairs at Empty Tables in the movie, as well as at a high school production of Les Mis. The actor who plays Marius really needs to have that energy, same as with Santa Fe in Newsies.
“Close Every Door” from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is a good ballad to sing, in my opinion.
Love that song!
one of my favs
Yes!
If I Can’t Love Her from Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites. The amount of vocal range required for it as well as the lyrics are both amazing.
This is a top five for me.
Replaced by “Evermore” on the big screen… but I bet anyone lucky enough to have seen “If I Can’t…” on Broadway missed it a little, as I did. 16:06 They must either have decided “Evermore” suited Steven’s voice better or that the older one was simply more effective on stage than it would be on screen. I do like “Evermore,” but may have liked this just as well.
@@ColleenMcShea agreed! If I Can’t Love Her is my favorite of the two, but Evermore is still really good!
I saw it in LA when it went on your, and it featured most of the original cast, including Terrence Mann and he was incredible
@@thomasbradley4505 Lou, too. I saw it in LA and the cast was amazing.
“Some Enchanted Evening” may be old now, but it deserves at least an honorable mention.
Yes the Mojo staff tends to be too young to know these things
Jeremy Jordan is an phenomenal as a singer. He did an amazing job singing most of these Disney songs and voicing Varian in Tangled: The Series.
If they ever do another Steven Universe movie, but in theaters, they need to have Jeremy Jordan voice a Gem that the other Crystal Gems never knew about.
Hearing “Ready As I’ll Ever Be” and being so wow-ed by his performance is what got me into the show. Varian is best boi and I believe his singing/voice acting was a huge factor.
“Empty chairs at empty tables” and “stars” from Les mis are really good
While it might not be considered to technically be a ballad, one of my all time favourite songs by a man in a musical is “On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady.
"On The Street Where You Live" is most deeeefinitely a ballad!!!
I honestly thought it was gonna be on here
Old man river. My favorite!
A classic! :D
I think "Bu Doi" and/or "Why God, Why" from Miss Saigon deserve at least an honorable mention... :)
"If I Can't Lover Her" from Beauty and the Beast and "Endless Night" from The Lion King are some of my faves. The original Jason Raize version is beautiful.
Agreed. Listening to Endless Night on the soundtrack still gives me goosebumps. Jason was a one of a kind talent. May he rest in peace.
Endless Night is one of my favorite songs! So beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful all at the same time.
Endless Night is slept on so hard. It deserves more attention.
They Call the Wind Maria from Paint Your Wagon.
I only saw the movie but Presnel did a masterful job.
The gruff voice of Lee Marvin doing I was Born Under a Wandering Star is a song for the ages.
Being Alive is often sung badly, but Raul Esperza’s version is INCREDIBLE!!
I was shocked that this video gave us more of *Adam Driver's* version than Esparaza's.
@@nunnyabznz completely agree. I know sometimes in these videos they use movie and tv versions because there aren’t good quality theater videos, but Being Alive has at least 3 good quality broadway versions on video (Dean Jones in the cast recording visit, plus Neil Patrick Harris and Raul)
Soliloquy from Carousel, Make Them Hear You from Ragtime, This Is The Moment from Jekyll & Hyde, If I Can’t Love Her from Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, Out There from The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Pure Imagination from Wonka, Build A Wall from Shrek The Musical, Every Single Day from Harmony, Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar, Close Every Door from Joesph & The Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat, Stranger from Big Fish, Goodbye from Catch Me If You Can, & Ol’ Man River from Showboat would’ve been good picks as well.
Out there in Hunchback is my mold for the perfect male voice! Hulce just sang it perfectly!
And most of them more worthy than "Finishing the Hat."
The Sondheim Doxa in this list is pretty excessive@@1106gary
"Bring Him Home" has lived rent free in my head and heart for more than twenty years when i was first introduced to Les Mis and that song!
Brian Stokes Mitchell was brilliant in Man of La Mancha, and his Impossible Dream was breathtaking.
I never thought I would click so fast when I saw the thumbnail of Jeremy Jordan!
😍🥰💙💙🥰😍
Me neither, Jeremy Jordan is always a win.
Same here
‘Ol Man River from Show Boat beats all these picks by a mile and a half.
Should have had "This is the moment" from Jekyll and Hyde on the list. At least as an honorable mention.
Came here to say this too, can't believe it's not here
Also came here to say that!
I was going to echo this comment, but thinking about it, I'm not sure I would consider it a ballad...
@@apparition668 Well, I don't think "Wait for it" is a ballad, so it can be on the list 🙂
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Proud of Your Boy from Aladdin has always been one of my absolute favorite ballads
love colm wilkinson's version of bring him home he will forever be my valjean though both alfie bowe and luke evans done it wicked good too
Ben Platt's version of Waving Through a Window from Dear Evan Hansen nearly brings me to tears every time I hear it.
Agreed!!!!!!
YES!! Came here to say that. Such a powerful one 🥺
Words Fail
Fortunate to have seen Patinkin's and Peters' amazing performances in one of the most unusual musicals ever to be composed and staged.
I nominate "Feeling Good" sung by Gilbert Price in _The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd_ . Among the half dozen other super hits from that show sung by Newley and Ritchard, in 1965, this song, sung by "The Negro" blew you away. No one has ever sung it better than Mr. Price. Indeed, were I a singer, I would be afraid to go near it, knowing I could never approach the emotional intensity and vocal clarity and strength of his performance. Sort of like taking on "Ol' Man River" after Paul Robeson.
Josh Groban gives goosebumps no matter what he sings.
This is an excellent list. No arguments against any of the choices. Yet, it's an impossible task when you realize, there's also:
I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You, Two by Two
The Soliloquy from Carousel
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific
It Only Takes A Moment from Dolly
More I cannot Wish You, Guys and Dolls
Goodbye Old Girl, Damn Yankees
The September Song, Knickerbocker Holiday
Try to Remember, Fantastiks
I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore, Gigi
Married, Cabaret
etc.
One Song Glory is one of my favorite songs. It just gives me goosebumps. Especially when Roger practically screams the words "Time Dies!" The entire song conveys the emotions of grief and loss of a loved one. Not to mention losing that person to suicide.
Dust and Ashes from Comet should’ve been an honorable mention, it’s so raw and emotional. I tear up every time I hear it
Nothing greater than music of the night
Can we just appreciate HOW LONG the young man held that last note for the song "Maria?" It was beautifully sung.
Julian Overstreet is phenomenal
My favorite version is sung by Johnny Mathis.
@CathySparrow You must be in Massachusetts as I am. We're the only ones who use "wicked"as an adjective meaning incredibly"!.
Tom Collins I'll cover you reprised from Rent should have been on here... What a performance it always breaks me no matter who does it!!! Also Bring Him Home should have been number 1... I mean the vocal prowess it takes to master that song is significant!!! Such a breathtaking number. Also Maybe Tonight ( Tony ) West side Story.
Dust and Ashes from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Josh Groban was amazing as well as Scott Stangland.
Me: Not the Jeremy Jordan version?
Video: Jeremy Jordan really brought this ballad to life on a stage
Me: Ah… Thank you
This is the Moment from Jekyll should definitely make the list.
Empty chairs at empty tables is a great one.
On the Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady
I have seen just about every one of these men live. (Which is pretty amazing.) Brian Stokes Mitchell and Mandy Patinkin are probably the most iconic. (Mitchell's "Make Them Hear You" is still my single favorite moment in a theatre ever), but when it comes to vocals...I have to give the biggest prize to Jeremy Jordan. It is INSANE what he can do. He literally takes my breath away. And, yes, that includes Groban who is the GOAT, but there's just something about Jeremy that I feel like people are sleeping on. With that voice, he should be one of the biggest stars in the world.
Just wait until "The Great Gatsby" opens on Broadway. I've seen it and you guys aren't going to know what hit you!
"Why God Why", from "Miss Saigon". With the right voice, that song is heartbreaking. I've really concluded your stuff just doesn't like that show or something, since it never features on your lists despite being full of really powerful, amazing songs. Also seconding the person who mentioned "This Is the Moment", from "Jekyll & Hyde". That song is gorgeous, and I've gathered that prolonged high note at the end is a beast to hit well.
Ramin Karimloo’s take on it all fades away is phenomenal
Thank you for including If Ever I Would Leave You...one of the most beautiful songs written for a male singer.
Chavaleh (Little Bird) is one of the most simple, yet truly heartbreaking ballads in musical theatre. Shame it wasn’t mentioned.
"Let Them Hear You" from Ragtime makes me want to go out and cause some "good trouble".
I think any one with a powerful, emotive voice can sing it but Brian Mitchell Stokes does an outstanding job.
Not a single Rodgers and Hammerstein song on your list! Outrageous!! How could you not include Some Enchanted Evening and Younger Than Springtime from South Pacific? How about If I Loved You from Carousel, Edelweiss from The Sound of Music, Ten Minutes Ago from Cinderella or Oklahoma from Oklahoma! OK, this last may not be quite a ballad, but it has a great male solo part.
Still, sung by Gleb in Anastasia. My favorite is Music of the NIght in Phantom.
Jeremy Jordan does a fantastic job with "Stronger" in Finding Neverland. He can do no wrong.
Colm Wilkinson... just * melting * so so so good.
I don't know if I would call it a ballad, but "A Bit of Earth" from the musical The Secret Garden is a great male song sung by Archibald Craven after Mary asks if she have a 'bit of earth" to make things grow. Race to the Top of the Morning is also a great song, a bedtime story told in song. Or even the song Winter on the Wind sung by the character of Dicken. It's a musical I wish more people knew of or talked about and deserves to be on more lists like this one
I have to agree! Plus, although not sung by just one person, Lily’s Eyes is another one I would add to the list.
I so love Jeremy Jordan's Sante Fe. I stop what I'm doing every time I hear it. Robert Goulet's recording is so beautifully belted for Camelot. Every version of Bring Him Home has been wonderful that I've hear. Company...The Impossible Dream( first time I heard it was Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle)...mentioning One Song Glory...All of these have been wonderful. I have truly enjoyed this listing from you. Thank you for a wonderful share!!
All I'm going to say about this list is that if you spoke to ANY guys who have auditioned for any production in the last ten years, I promise you Santa Fe and Empty Chairs at Empty Tables are the most popular ballads to audition with.
Titanic's Proposal/The Night Was Alive. It gives me chills every time!
OMG ANOTHER TITANIC STAN?!?!
@@willberger3873 stan?
This is the moment, Jekyll and Hyde...the best male solo on broadway..Robert Cuccioli is awesome!!!
Music of the Night is the best man ballad in musical theater history. And it was none other from the greatest musical of all time (In my opinion).
My top choices are:
Stars
Bring him home
This is the moment
The music of the night
The impossible dream
You'll never walk alone
one of my favorite ballads is what more can i say from falsetto's it really shows the character growth of marvin, and makes the actor show a lot of difficult to show emotions
Stars from Lee Mis, beautiful (just don't listen to the Russell Crowe version lol)
You forgot about "Soliloquy " from "Carousel" which just makes you weep by the end and Gordon Macrae does the best version.
Oh gosh yes - and his half of If I Loved You too - good lord, what a voice!
Best performance by far for a male singer.
I saw people recommending this, so I listened. Musical tastes aren't the same anymore nor musical arrangements.
Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! Also, Bruno Pelletier's Le temps des Cathédrales performance was remarkably exceptional.
This was just about the best list you’ve ever done. I didn’t disagree with a single choice you made, you pulled some more obscure things, and you included some Aaron Tveit footage! 😉 Well done!!!!!
Don't know how you missed "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin - should at least be on your honourable mention list.
Maybe I heard wrong -- I thought she said "slow" songs for men? Corner of the Sky, which I love, is up tempo.
@@marysueeasteregg ballads can also be songs that tell a story … and I wouldn’t necessarily call corner of the sky as a fast paced song - my boy bill is a ballad and it has up tempo sections; certainly if you look at songs on the list there are ones that are quickly paced.
I believe Corner of the Sky is categorized as "Uptempo"
Phantom should be no1.
Lots of stage actors said its ultimate dream to be part of PotO production, and its a crowning point of stage career.
Fun fact: Music of the Night is such a top spot for male musical singers... same as Queen of the Night aria for female opera divas 😍
I would have included "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific and "Gethsemane" from Jesus Christ Superstar.
I'd add "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific. Sad, emotional and beautiful for the main character to sing.
This is the best video ever made and you forgot John C. Riley 's powerful performance in Chicago. Mister Cellophane.
Keep in mind that John C. Riley is not the only person who's performed that song. The musical Chicago has been around for almost fifty years, so there's been a few Amos Harts singing Mr Cellophane before him.
Joel Grey played in the revival when it opened,
Not a ballad.
Richard Kiley--so great to hear that voice.
I Am What I Am from La Cage Aux Folles is another great one. Lots of greats ones to choose from.
These are all great choices, but I’d also like to throw out there “Memphis Lives in Me” from Memphis. One of my personal favorites.
Maria is definitely iconic - captures both a hopeful and haunting feel. I would have also added "I Miss the Music" from Curtains to this list.
I'm at Honorable Mentions, and am hoping the Number 1 is not another Sondheim...well, more Sondheim, Finishing the Hat. Really? Three Sondheims in the top 10?
I've Never Been in Love Before, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Some Enchanted Evening, Almost Like Being in Love, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, On the Street Where You Live, Old Man River, Something's Coming. Yes, I'm old school but these are great ballads. Sondheim writes songs.
Stephen Pasquale is unbelievable!!!! I watch this often!!
Yep. Phenomenal.
What about:
.Gethsamene from Jesus Christ Superstar
.If I Can’t Love Her from Beauty and The Beast
.Endless Night from The Lion King
.Her Voice from The Little Mermaid
.Just A Simple Sponge from Spongebob SquarePants: The Musical
.Close Every Door from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
You left off The Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady - one of my favorites!
One of the greatest songs ever written.
I saw this live on Broadway.... just magic...
It is a male duet, but Lily’s Eyes is tremendous (The Secret Garden) and a true favorite!!
Secret Garden is amazing from top to bottom - under the radar gem
I agree!!! I often lose my voice sing the duet over and over. And such a great musical on the whole!!
MsMojo- you finally made a list that I can get behind.
Missed the boat completely by leaving out Love Changes Everything, This Is The Moment, Some Enchanted Evening and I Am What I Am.
Jordan Donica's "If Ever I Would Leave You" is amazing!
Ramin Karimloo's voice is just perfect. I could listen to him all day ♥
Glad I did not have to choose this list! It would be endless but you did include one of my all time favorite performers, songs and shows~~Robert Goulet, Camelot, If Ever I Would Leave You! Saw hime in person several times. He was magnificent!
On the Street Where You Live is one of my favorite.
YOU would have thought I wrote this list. Kudos! As a certified Sondheiophile, I applaud all his inclusions -- especially "Being Alive" and "Finishing the Hat."
I was sitting here thinking how much I appreciate that you always identify the performers, even if it's just a recording without visuals - and then the guy from the BBC Proms singing Maria showed up with no identification! Who is that - because his ending was phenomenal!
Julian Ovenden!!!
"If I Can't Love Her" from "Beauty and the Beast", and "Welcome to the World" from "A Man of No Importance" could have made this list.
I loooove that you finish this video with Passion!!!!!!!!!
“soliloquy” from the act one finale of CAROUSEL. A layered, powerful yet touching ballad that any tenor/baritone would kill to nail onstage!
"This is the Moment" from J and H should also be a part of the list, even an honorable mention 😊
My Petersberg from Anastasia is one of my favorites.
Ha! That's a nice song. Although I don't think it's actually a ballad.
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I don't know if it counts, but you missed "Who i'd be" from Shrek the musical. But, it was a great top. Happy sunday afternoon, Emely. Take care and God bless you, greetings from Colombia to you as well.
Some of my favorites!!!
I'm so happy to see Finishing the Hat as number one . ❤
Alfie Boe's performance of "Bring Him Home" at the O2 is one of my top five favorite Broadway performances of all time.
I can think of a few that I wish were on this list! Out There (specifically Michael Arden’s version which gives me chills every time), Dust and Ashes from Great Comet, Endless Night from Lion King, and Epic III from Hadestown
As someone who recogonized Run Away With Me, the official name for that musical is The Mad Ones and it's so good.
How did Jesse L Martin's I'll Cover You reprise not make it on this list?!? Hauntingly beautiful, just heartbreaking!
So glad to see a piece from Chess chosen, but wish another performance had been used.
Also, not technically a ballad, but Robert Cuccioli in Jekyll and Hyde has to be one of the most demanding roles & he performed it brilliantly! Could have chosen Transformation or Confrontation for this list.
You'll Never Walk Alone from Carousel takes down most of the songs on this list. If you want a male solo with range, emotion and character depth, Soliloquy from the same show has all three.
Is there a top ten female ballads in musicals version? This was a very good list!
I heard Nathan Gunn in the role of Anthony Hope at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. I love "In My Own Lifetime" (The Rothschilds - originally sung by Hal Linden)
Epic III from Hadestown. Everything.
I Don’t Care Much from Cabaret is stunning if performed well, and I don’t know if it counts, but Heaven on their Minds from JCS is incredible
These ballads are priceless. I love them all ❤🇨🇦😊