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Superfluous Solo
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Where a character in a musical or opera who otherwise doesn't get a spot by themself has a solo number that adds nothing to the show other than giving them a moment in the spotlight. Liable to be cut in theatrical productions where the performer doesn't demand its retention. Characters who get other solos don't count as examples. |
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In the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog musical commentary, Commentary! The Musical, a chorus member buys herself a solo, too bad Neil Patrick Harris outbid her. | |
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Aladdin (2019) adds in a solo for Jasmine, "Speechless". As much as it is a singing showcase with a self-empowerment message, it also happens entirely in Jasmine's mind, and thus could be cut with no loss for the plot whatsoever. | |
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"Bianca" was written into Kiss Me, Kate at a late stage largely because Harold Lang needed to show off his tap dancing; in the score, Bill otherwise has one line to sing in the tag of "Why Can't You Behave?" and is part of the "Tom, Dick Or Harry" trio. | |
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"Close Every Door To Me" in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Joseph's the star, so they have to give him a big solo number, but it noticeably slows down the pace of the show. | |
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The Drowsy Chaperone pokes fun at this with "As We Stumble Along" (the iconic song of the show), shoehorned into the Show Within a Show to appease the Patti LuPone-esque diva. | |
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Pokémon Live! has "One Perfect Girl", about Brock's love and inability to decide between Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy, in the middle of their search for a kidnapped Pikachu. | |
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Lampshaded in Spamalot with "Whatever Happened To My Part", a song the Lady of the Lake sings about not having a song in Act Two, and nothing to do at all since midway through Act One. | |
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"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from the stage production of Evita, sung by Juan Peron's lover prior to Evita, who has no real role in the play other than to be unceremoniously kicked out by Evita. (In the movie, the song is sung by Evita herself.) | |
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Most of the others are good enough that the musical director needs no prompting to leave them in, "When All Night Long" in Iolanthe is far too much fun to leave out even if the character who sings it spends most of his stage time as scenery. Arguably an inversion, the character only really exists to sing that song (and provide a husband for the Fairy Queen). |
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Really the only explanation for "Shipoopi" in The Music Man, The song appears to just be an excuse for Marcellus to sing and dance (in-story, it serves as a distraction, but the song itself is still bizarre). Although the song is nonsensical, the dance break does move the plot forward a bit, as Marian's dancing with Professor Hill causes the ladies to accept her. Not that this is really a big plot point either. |
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In the fourth act of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, Marcellina and Basilio each have an aria. These arias are often omitted. | |
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Elisabeth: Sophie has a solo, "Bellaria", calling Franz Joseph an ungrateful son after everything she's done for him and the Austrian throne - which includes meddling in his marriage, something he had just spent the scene right before chewing her out over. It's very often cut in adaptations since it doesn't add anything to the plot, even though it makes Sophie a more complicated character who believes she did what she had to do instead of a two-dimensional villain out to ruin Franz and Sisi's lives for no reason. | |
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“Sandy� in Grease is John Travolta’s only solo, as he shares his other songs with Olivia Newton-John (“Summer Nights,� “You’re the One that I Want�) and Jeff Conway (“Grease Lightning�). Yet, the song was written to capitalize on the The '70s trend of songs named after young women (such as “Mandy�). “Beauty School Dropout� may also count, as the song adds nothing to the plot, and seems to exist purely for the sake of "Look! It's Frankie Avalon!" |
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The song "The Morning Report" in The Lion King (1994) 2003 Special Edition; it's blatantly there just to give Zazu more singing time, and is little more than a Hurricane of Puns. To add insult to injury, Zazu doesn't even get to finish the song - Simba butts in and finishes it, for him, completely invalidating the reason for giving him the song to sing, in the first place. | |
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The 1994 Broadway revival of Show Boat reassigned "Why Do I Love You?" to Parthy, who had to sing if played by Elaine Stritch. Parthy sings it to Magnolia's newborn daughter; that the song was originally a boy/girl duet is poorly camouflaged. | |
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The 1974 film version of Mame adds a Movie Bonus Song, "Loving You", solely to give third-billed Robert Preston's Beauregarde a solo and a little more screen time; his character only appears in the middle stretch of the story and dies offscreen shortly after this song. | |
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The Jester's number "Very Soft Shoes" in Once Upon a Mattress usually allows for a cool dance break, but nothing more. | |
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A common question raised by Broadway.com message board members who saw this show was why, when the retool incorporated many of the 1971 film adaptation's songs, "Cheer Up Charlie" — also fitting this trope — wasn't given to Mrs. Bucket instead. | |
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"Too Many Tomorrows" in Sweet Charity is very likely one of these. The minor character Vittorio inexplicably has this long, slow, boring solo right after Charity's dazzling showstopper “If My Friends Could See Me Now.� It has nothing to do with the plot, and he sings it to a thoroughly unimportant character. Notably, this song was removed from the movie. | |
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