Music·Posted on Apr 10, 2013The 25 Best Broadway Songs About The TheaterSometimes the only way to articulate the actor's experience is through song. Here are some of the best examples, from classic to contemporary.by Louis PeitzmanBuzzFeed News ReporterLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. "Give My Regards to Broadway" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: Yankee Doodle Dandy (originally Little Johnny Jones)Performed by: Judy GarlandNotable lyrics: "Whisper of how I'm yearningTo mingle with the old time throngGive my regards to old BroadwayAnd say that I'll be there e'er long" 2. "I'm Still Here" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: FolliesPerformed by: Elaine StritchNotable lyrics: "First you're anotherSloe-eyed vamp,Then someone's mother,Then you're camp" 3. "Lullaby of Broadway" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: 42nd Street (originally Gold Diggers of 1935)Performed by: Jerry Orbach and CompanyNotable lyrics: "Come on along and listen to The lullaby of BroadwayThe hidee hi and boopa doo, The lullaby of BroadwayThe band begins to go to town,And ev'ryone goes crazyYou rock-a-bye your baby 'round And sleep all day" 4. "As If We Never Said Goodbye" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: Sunset BoulevardPerformed by: Patti LuPoneNotable lyrics: "I'm coming out of make-upThe lights already burning,Not long until the cameras will start turning" 5. "Let Me Be Your Star" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: The TV show SmashPerformed by: Megan HiltyNotable lyrics: "The drama, the laughter, the tears just like pearlsWell, they're all in this girl's repertoireIt's all for the taking,And it's magic we'll be makingLet me be your star" 6. "I Hope I Get It" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: A Chorus LinePerformed by: The Original Broadway CastNotable lyrics: "Now I'll never make it!I'll never make it!He doesn't like the way I lookHe doesn't like the way I danceHe doesn't like the way I..." 7. "Show People" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: CurtainsPerformed by: Debra Monk, David Hyde Pierce, and CompanyNotable lyrics: "You’re a special kind of people known as show peopleYou live in a world of your ownThe audience paid plenty to sit there and clapHearing you sing, watching you tap" 8. "I Wanna Be a Producer" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: The ProducersPerformed by: Matthew BroderickNotable lyrics: "I wanna be a producerSport a top hat and a caneI wanna be a producerAnd drive those chorus girls insane!" 9. "Climbing Uphill" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: The Last Five YearsPerformed by: Colleen BallingerNotable lyrics: "When I walk in the roomThere's a table of menAlways men, usually gayWho've been sitting like I haveAnd listening all dayTo two hundred girlsBelting as high as they can!" 10. "Don't Rain on My Parade" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: Funny GirlPerformed by: Barbra StreisandNotable lyrics: "I gotta fly once, I gotta try onceOnly can die once, right, sir?Ooh, life is juicy, juicy and you'll seeI'm gonna have my bite, sir" 11. "That's Entertainment" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: The Band WagonPerformed by: Judy GarlandNotable lyrics: "The lights on the lady in tightsOr the bride with the guy by her sideOr the ball where she gives it her allThat's entertainment!" 12. "Why" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: Tick, Tick... Boom!Performed by: Raul EsparzaNotable lyrics: When we emerged, wiped out by that playNine o'clock, stars and moon lit the wayI thought, Hey, what a way to spend a day" 13. "Applause" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: ApplausePerformed by: Bonnie Franklin and CompanyNotable lyrics: "And somehow you're in charge againAnd life's a ballTrumpets all sing, life seems to swingAnd you're the king of it all 'causeYou've had a taste ofThe sound that says loveApplause, applause, applause" 14. "Cabaret" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: CabaretPerformed by: Liza MinnelliNotable lyrics: "What good is sitting alone In your room?Come hear the music playLife is a cabaret, old chumCome to the cabaret" 15. "The Glamorous Life" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: A Little Night MusicPerformed by: Audra McDonaldNotable lyrics: "Ordinary daughters may think life is betterWith ordinary mothers near them when they chooseBut ordinary daughters seldom get a letter enclosing reviews" 16. "Broadway Baby" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: FolliesPerformed by: Elaine StritchNotable lyrics: "I'm just aBroadway babyWalking off my tired feetPounding 42nd StreetTo be in a show" 17. "Broadway, Here I Come" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: The TV show SmashPerformed by: Jeremy JordanNotable lyrics: "The pressure it increasesThe closer that I getI could almost go to piecesBut I'm not quite there yet" 18. "42nd Street" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: 42nd StreetPerformed by: 2001 Broadway Revival CastNotable lyrics: "Hear the beat of dancing feet,It's the song I love the melody of,42nd Street" 19. "There's No Business Like Show Business" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: Annie Get Your GunPerformed by: Ethel MermanNotable lyrics: "There's no business like show business If you tell me it's so Traveling through the country is so thrilling Standing out in front on opening nights Smiling as you watch the benches filling And see your billing up there in lights " 20. "It's a Business" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: CurtainsPerformed by: Debra Monk and CompanyNotable lyrics: "You ask me for my motivesWell you needn't be so smartIt's a businessIt isn't making historyIt isn't making artIt's a business" 21. "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: A Chorus LinePerformed by: Jessica Lee GoldynNotable lyrics: "Dance: ten; looks: threeAnd I'm still on unemployment,Dancing for my own enjoymentThat ain't it, kid, that ain't it, kid" 22. "Rose's Turn" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: GypsyPerformed by: Bernadette PetersNotable lyrics: "Well, someone tell me, when is it my turn?Don't I get a dream for myself?Starting now it's gonna be my turn.Gangway, world, get off of my runway!" 23. "Another Op'nin', Another Show" View this video on YouTube youtube.com From: Kiss Me, KatePerformed by: 1999 Broadway Revival CastNotable lyrics: "Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,Three weeks and it couldn't be worse,One week, will it ever be right?Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!" 24. "Welcome to the Theater" View this video on YouTube From: ApplausePerformed by: Lauren BacallNotable lyrics: "Welcome to the theatre, to the magic, to the funWhere painted trees and flowers grow, and laughter rings fortissimoAnd treachery's neatly doneNow you've entered the asylum, this profession uniqueActors are children playing hide-and-ego-seek" 25. "What I Did for Love" View this video on YouTube From: A Chorus LinePerformed by: 2006 Broadway Revival CastNotable lyrics: "Look my eyes are dryThe gift was ours to borrowIt's as if we always knew,And I won't forget what I did for love,What I did for love"