Broadway Wedding Songs
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Broadway Love Songs for Your Wedding
If you love theatre, and you're planning a wedding, consider adding a splash of the stage to your special day. This article is personal for me, as my husband and I did have songs from musicals in our wedding. We met at a theatre, volunteered throughout the time we were together and he proposed from stage during a curtain call. We both love the theatre, and had a lot of fun adding songs from musicals into our wedding day.
In this lens, I'll share some suggestions for great broadway love songs to add to your wedding planning checklist.
photo by abbyaubrey
In this lens, I'll share some suggestions for great broadway love songs to add to your wedding planning checklist.
photo by abbyaubrey
Seating the Mothers and Grandmothers
Recommended: Sunrise, Sunset
Here's the song we used for the seating of the mothers and grandmothers, "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof. The first part of the song goes: "Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don't remember growing older, When did they? When did she get to be a beauty? When did he grow to be so tall? Wasn't it yesterday, When they were small? Sunrise, sunset. Sunrise, sunset. Swiftly flow the daysSeedlings turn overnight to sunflowers, Blossoming even as we gaze. We used a piano version of the song for this part of the wedding ceremony.
Sunrise Sunset Music
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Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof
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Broadway Processional Music
Recommended: Processional from Sound of Music
For our wedding, we chose to use a more traditional sounding processional, so we used the processional song from the Sound of Music wedding scene. This is a really pretty song and still from a theatrical production, but it has a more formal sound to it than using a Cole Porter showtune or something like that. The bride entering the room should be a beautiful moment, and we chose not to be too light-hearted about it. Processional from Sound of Music
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Candle Lighting Ceremony Showtunes Music
Recommended: One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story
The absolute best song for the candle lighting ceremony is "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story. Based on the most beautiful love story ever told, Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story tells the story of a forbidden love. One Hand, One Heart is about a marriage ceremony, and the combining of two lives into one. What better song could there be for the ceremony that visually represents that union? Visit Our Theatre Gift Store
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One Hand One Heart Music
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A Collection of Music for Special Music
If you choose to do special music during your ceremony, there are a lot of things you could choose from. Here's a list of music from Broadway musicals that you could pick for a piano solo or for a soloist to sing if you choose. I've also included the songs that are mentioned in other parts of the article.
| Track | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Till There Was You | Studio Group | The Music Man | |
| I Don't Need Anything But You (Oliver Warbucks, Annie) | Alicia Morton, Audra McDonald, Kathy Bates & Victor Garber | Annie (Original Soundtrack) | |
| Sunrise, Sunset | Cast and Company of Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler On the Roof (New Broadway Cast) | |
| Processional and Maria | Organ, Orchestra, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon & Evadne Baker | The Sound Of Music - 45th Anniversary Edition | |
| Think of Me | The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast) | The Phantom of the Opera (Original Cast Recording) | |
| Grow Old With You | Stephen Lynch | The Wedding Singer (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | |
| I Have Dreamed | Doretta Morrow & Larry Douglas | The King and I (Original Broadway Cast) | |
| Always | Patsy Cline | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Patsy Cline |
Recessional Broadway Music
Recommended: I Don't Need Anything But You from Annie
I'll admit, this song is a little out of the ordinary for a wedding. For me personally, I felt it fit our wedding ceremony because we're fun and spunky people (or at least I like to think so). My husband and I met at the theatre, and we're youthful and fun--so this fit for us. This song is more upbeat. In the musical Annie, Annie and Daddy Warbucks sing this duet about how they could lose everything they have and it wouldn't matter as long as they have each other. If you wanted something more traditional, you could pick a song like "Always". If you wanted something more modern, you could do "Grow Old With You" from the Wedding Singer. I Don't Need Anything But You Music
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I Don't Need Anything But You from Annie
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LoneMeadowLark
Dec 22, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
- I love it! I have a similar lens about my medieval themed wedding. So we did more movies (stuff from the Lord of the Rings, "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride, etc.) than musicals, though I did sneak in some from Camelot during the reception. I need the "May spontaneously burst into song" shirt! I get accused of doing that a lot. I love the lens!
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Tina
Aug 21, 2011 @ 1:16 am | delete
- Weddings songs are really important during the wedding. It sets the mood of the event so choosing songs depends on the what the couple likes, if those were broadway songs then so be it..
tina @ wedding favors
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MareeT
Jun 29, 2011 @ 12:32 am | delete
- Love weddings and broadway music = love your lens!
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Bookworm25
Jun 24, 2011 @ 5:25 pm | delete
- There are some excellent ideas on here, this would have been ideal for when I was looking for my wedding but as it is, have great ideas for my friends, will be back to show her! :)
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CruiseReady Jun 14, 2011 @ 5:45 pm | delete
- Oh, man, do I ever LOVE this idea of yours! Fiddler on the roof for the mothers - so perfect!
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VickiSims
Jun 13, 2011 @ 11:56 pm | delete
- Some really great ideas for wedding music.
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smithlights
Jun 13, 2011 @ 2:30 am | delete
- Wicked has some great ones. And I think Rent's Seasons of Love would make a cool one for a slideshow.
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