Character Songs from Musical Theatre – Women's Edition

Character roles are a staple of theatre, film, television, and musical theatre. Rather than romantic leads, they are featured comic roles, villains, or off-beat secondary parts. These are their songs from stage and screen musicals.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY: Waiting • ANNIE: Little Girls • AVENUE Q: Special • COMPANY: Getting Married Today • COWGIRLS: Heads or Tails • DAMN YANKEES: Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) • GOOD NEWS: I Want to Be Bad • GRAND HOTEL: I Want to Go to Hollywood • GREASE: Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee • GUYS AND DOLLS: Adelaide's Lament • GUYS AND DOLLS: Take Back Your Mink • HAIRSPRAY: Miss Baltimore Crabs • I CAN GET IT FOR YOUR WHOLESALE: Miss Marmelstein • LEGALLY BLONDE: Ireland • THE LITTLE MERMAID: Poor Unfortunate Souls • LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: Somewhere That's Green • MAME: Gooch's Song • NEWSIES: That's Rich • NUNSENSE: I Just Want to Be a Star • OKLAHOMA!: I Cain't Say No • PHANTOM: This Place Is Mine • THE PRODUCERS: When You Got it, Flaunt It • SHE LOVES ME: A Trip to the Library • SISTER ACT: The Life I Never Led • SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD: Surabaya-Santa • SWEENEY TODD: Searching • THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: They Don't Know • WONDERFUL TOWN: One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man • Alto's Lament