50 Song Ideas For MT College Dance Prescreens

Many musical theatre college programs are now requesting prescreens from prospective students.

(A prescreen is basically the audition before the audition. Colleges usually ask for prospective students to record their own prescreen videos and send them in when applying for the program. If you get through the prescreen process, you’re typically granted an in-person audition either on campus or at Unifieds.)

In addition to filming songs and monologues, you may also be required to put some choreography on tape.

Can’t decide on a song to set your choreography to?

Whatever you choose - it has to be something you absolutely love. Something that makes you feel good. Something that makes you actually want to get up a dance. Something that shows off your ability to not only dance, but to tell a story.

Here are 50 fun Musical theatre song ideas for your dance prescreens.

Newsies, photo by Deen van Meer

1. Carrying The Banner - Newsies

2. Tonight Belongs To You - The Prom

3. Fearless - Mean Girls

4. My Shot - Hamilton

5. Room Where It Happens - Hamilton

6. No Way - Six

7. Nobody - Bandstand

8. What You Want - Legally Blonde

9. Raise You Up - Kinky Boots

10. Way Down Hadestown - Hadestown

11. Charming - Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

12. Live In Living Color - Catch Me If You Can

13. A Lot Of Livin To Do - Bye Bye Birdie

14. Let’s Be Bad - Smash

15. Step One - Kinky Boots

16. 20th Century Fox Mambo - Smash

17. Seize The Day - Newsies

18. My Strongest Suit - Aida

19. Son Of Man - Tarzan

20. Too Darn Hot - Kiss Me Kate

21. Anything Goes - Anything Goes

22. Not For The Life Of Me - Thoroughly Modern Millie

23. What I Was Born To Do - Bring It On: The Musical

24. The Nicest Kids In Town - Hairspray

25. Magic to Do - Pippin

26. I’m Alive - Next To Normal

27. Slap That Bass - Crazy For You

28. Hot Honey Rag - Chicago

29. Jet Set - Catch Me If You Can

30. Luck Be A Lady - Guys and Dolls

31. Another Day Of Sun - La La Land

32. I See Stars - Mean Girls

33. On Broadway - Smokey Joe’s Cafe

34. You Deserve It - Bandstand

35. Don’t Break The Rules - Catch Me If You Can

36. Steam Heat - Pajama Game

37. Fascinating Rhythm - Nice Work If You Can Get It

38. Mad Hatter - Wonderland

39. Ladies Choice - Hairspray

40. C'mon Everybody - All Shook Up

41. It’s Time To Dance - The Prom

42. Jet Song - West Side Story

43. Cool - West Side Story

44. Raise Your Voice - Sister Act

45. The Schuyler Sisters - Hamilton

46. Buenos Aires - Evita

47. Le Jazz Hot - Victor / Victoria

48. Revolting Children - Matilda

49. Opening Up - Waitress

50. Ease On Down The Road - The Wiz

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