King or Queen of Broadway: Rounds of Competition

There will be approximately five rounds in this competition. The exact number of rounds will depend on the number of entries received. Each round will have a specific theme, but all themes will be fairly general in nature and will be within the style of Broadway/musical theatre. All songs will fit within the guidelines of a category in the Musical Theatre Repertoire.

All possible efforts will be made to notify contestants of the theme of each round as early as possible. However, the following themes will not be considered FINAL until registration has closed and the exact number of contestants has been determined.

Qualification Round : Closes July 30th, 2006

Recording Requirement: Submit a recording of you singing any musical theatre song from the classic era (1950 - 1980). This round is for qualification only. All entrants who correctly submit their registration and recording according to the contest rules will proceed to round 1. Rodgers & Hammerstein works from the 1940s also fit into this category.

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Round 1: Closes Friday August 4, 2006

Recording Requirement: Submit a recording of an uptempo song from the early era of musical theatre. Demonstrate your ability with the jazz-inspired musical theatre of this time period.

(1920s - 1940s: Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers & Hart) - For this round only, we will also accept songs from musical films, provided the composer of the song was also a Broadway composer. Rodgers & Hammerstein's shows, although introduced in the 1940s, do not reflect the style of the early era. Similarly, Irving Berlin's later works (1945 and later) are also not suitable.

Examples of suitable shows are: Anything Goes, Pal Joey, Girl Crazy / Crazy For You, Can-Can (1953 but very early style), Babes In Arms, The Boys from Syracuse, The Threepenny Opera, 42nd Street (film)

Hits of Cole Porter (Karaoke) Hits of George Gershwin (Karaoke) Hits of Rodgers & Hart (Karaoke)

Karaoke - Sing Songs of Cole Porter (De-Lovely), Vol. 2

Round 2: Closes Friday August 18, 2006

Recording Requirement: Submit a recording of a contemporary ballad.
Demonstrate your ability with contemporary musical theatre written in the last 20 years. (Stay away from pieces that are heavily pop-influenced, since we will address that in another round.)

(1980s - present: Schwartz, Ahrens & Flaherty, Maltby & Shire, La Chiusa, Jason Robert Brown)

Round 3: Closes Friday September 1, 2006

Recording Requirement: Submit a recording of an operetta-style musical theatre song. Demonstrate your ability with musical theatre pieces that have a very classic, legit sound.

Round 4: Closes Friday September 15, 2006

Recording Requirement: Submit a recording of a pop-style musical theatre song. No "jukebox" musicals for this one please - choose a piece that was originally written for a musical.

Round 5 (Final Round): Closes Friday, September 29, 2006