15 Musical Theatre Songs about Summer (With Sheet Music!)
Written by Andrea Canny
May 23, 2017
These summery songs are ripe for performing for your next audition or themed summer party (where you and your friends sing the night away). Grab a copy of the sheet music from Performer Stuff while you’re at it!
“Summer Nights” from Grease
Sandy and Danny describe their summer love affair to their friends separately. While Sandy focuses on the romance aspects of their fling, Danny concentrates on the physical relationship.
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“Summertime” from Porgy & Bess
Clara, a young mother, sings a lullaby to her baby while the working men prepare for a game of craps.
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“Song of Purple Summer” from Spring Awakening
The young people gather together after the suicide of their friend and the death of another to proclaim that the seeds of a newer, more progressive generation are being planted.
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“A Summer in Ohio” from The Last Five Years
Cathy describes her disappointing life in Ohio as she’s surrounded by her eccentric colleagues.
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“If Ever I Would Leave You” from Camelot
After Guinevere and Lancelot fall in love, Guinevere decides to end their relationship. She feels guilty, and though she tries to get rid of Lancelot, he will not leave her.
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“Our Last Summer” from Mamma Mia
Harry, an old flame of Donna’s, offers to pay for her daughter’s wedding in Greece, and Harry and Donna they talk, they reminisce about the fling they had while they were young.
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“Summer, Highland Falls” from Movin’ Out
In this rock ballet, the young people of Long Island contemplate their existence in the middle of Summer during the Vietnam war. (Though this song is usually sung by the piano player playing the musical, it’s a great audition piece for a solo vocalist.)
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“Another Hot Day” from 110 in the Shade
It’s Fourth of July in the town of Three Point in the Southwestern U.S. The heat has Sheriff File and the people of the town praying for rain to cool the weather down.
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“Too Darn Hot” from Kiss Me, Kate
The crew members of the musical version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew take a break in the alley between acts, saying it’s too darn hot to meet their lovers later that night.
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“Heat Wave” from As Thousands Cheer
The weather report gets turned into a musical number in this silly song.
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“June is Busting Out all Over” from Carousel
Preparations for the summer clambake have started, and people sing about how everyone is bustling to ready the town for the event.
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“Seasons of Love” from Rent
Close friends proclaim their love and affection for each other and their wonder at how much can happen in a year.
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“I Love Paris” from Can-Can
From a musical that celebrates the Montmarte dance halls during the 1890s, “I Love Paris” is a love letter to the city itself.
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“Summertime Love” from Greenwillow
A song that celebrates the sweetness of a summertime romance.
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“In Summer” from Frozen
Olaf the snowman imagines what summer will be like when it eventually arrives…whenever that may be.
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