UPDATED WITH THE SONGS THAT WERE PERFORMED!

Are you ready for another year of Musical Theater goodness ? Our 2015-2016 musical theater Open Mic season starts on September 7th, at the lovely Péniche Le Marcounet.

This year, themes are IN! Check us out on facebook and right here on amtlive.org to know all about it, find suggestions of songs to perform and more! If you’re planning to perform, make sure you’re bringing a song that fits each evening’s theme.

Our first night’s theme is New Beginnings.

List of songs performed : Song (show)

• How Lovely to be a Woman (Bye Bye Birdie)
• Purpose (Avenue Q)
• Not for the Life of Me (Throughly Modern Millie
• I Can Hear the Bells (Hairspray
• What I Did For Love (Chorus Line)
• If I Can’t Love Her (Beauty and the Beast)
• Une vie juste revee (Sister Act)
• It’s Not Where you Start (Seesaw)
• The Wizard and I (Wicked)
• Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)
• For Good (Wicked)
• Pourquoi ai-je permis a cet homme? (Les Mis)
• Corner of the Sky (Pippin)
• Why Can’t You Behave? (Kiss me Kate)
• So Far from Pennsylvania (Island Song)
• Why God Why (Miss Saigon)
• Watch What Happens (Newsies)
• Always Starting Over (If/Then)

There are so many songs and shows about starting out, starting over, going in a new direction, breaking new ground, running away, or experiencing … something … for the first time! Here are a few of our favorites.

West Side Story – Something’s Coming

Beauty and the Beast – A Change in Me

Hairspray – I can hear the bells

Avenue Q – Purpose

Legally Blonde – So much better

The King and I – Getting to know you

Crazy for you – Things are looking up

Edges – Ready to be loved

The unauthorized autobiography of Samantha Brown – Run away with me

Children of Eden – The Spark of Creation

If/Then – Always starting Over

Also, we’ll be updating the site with the list of songs that are performed each night to help you make the most original song choice every time, and avoid duplicates.

What will be YOUR new beginning this season?