Musical Theatre Shows
With Parts/Roles For Children
The following is a list of musical theatre shows that have roles for children. The name of each role is indicated. Click on the name of the show for detailed information about each role (age and vocal range) and audition preparation suggestions. If you are looking for audition material for children, many of these shows contain some very good songs and monologues.
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- A Little Princess
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- Annie
- - Annie (Lead Role), Molly, Kate, Tessie and Pepper, orphans
- Annie Get Your Gun
- - Little Jake, Nellie, Jessie
- Anne of Green Gables
- - secondary characters & a chorus of school children.
- Anyone Can Whistle
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- - Baby Joan
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- Assassins
- - Billy Moore
- Beauty & The Beast
- - Chip
- Big
- - Billy (Large Role), Josh, Cynthia
- Big River
- - Huck Finn (Lead Role), Tom Sawyer
- Billy Elliot
- - Billy (Lead Role), chorus of ballet dancers
- Blood Brothers
- - Mickey age 7, Eddie age 7
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- The Boy From Oz
- - Young Peter
- Bye Bye Birdie
- - Randolph
- Caroline or Change
- - Noah age 8
- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
- - Charlie (Lead Role), Veruca,
- Children of Eden
- - Young Cain, Young Able
- Children's Letters To God
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- - Jeremy & Jemima Potts
- The Color Purple
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- - Young Celie, Young Olivia
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- Falsettos
- - Jason
- Fiddler On The Roof
- - Schprinze, Bielke
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- The Full Monty
- - 12 year old Nathan
- Godspell
- - may be performed with children
- Gypsy
- - Baby Louise, Baby June
- Here's Love
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- Honk
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- Into The Woods
- - Red Riding Hood (young teen), Jack (young teen)
- I Remember Mama
- - 15 yo girl, 13 yo boy, 12 yo girl, 7 yo girl
- Jane Eyre
- - several young girl roles
- Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat
- - large children's chorus
- The King And I
- - Louis, Chulalonghorn
- Les Miserables
- - Young Cosette, Young Eponine, Gavroche
- Lestat
- The Lion King
- - Young Simba, Young Nala
- Mame
- - Patrick at age 10
- Mary Poppins
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- - Michael, Jane
- Meet Me In St. Louis
- - Tootie, Agnes
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- The Me Nobody Knows
- - 6 boys and 6 girls of varying ages and ethnicities
- Merrily We Roll Along
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- - Frank Jr.
- Miss Saigon
- - Tam
- The Music Man
- - Winthrop, Amaryllis, Gracie
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- Nine
- - Young Guido
- Oklahoma
- - sometimes includes principal dancing roles for 2-4 young teens or pre-teens, depends on the production
- Oliver!
- - Oliver (Lead Role), boys chorus (may contain girls)
- Peter Pan
- - John, Michael, small chorus of lost boys
- Pippin
- - Theo
- Ragtime
- - "little boy" role
- Ruthless!
- - Tina
- The Secret Garden
- - Mary, Colin
- Snoopy
- - may or may not be done as a children's musical
- Seussical
- - Jojo Who, Baby Sour Kangaroo
- The Sound Of Music
- - Brigitta, Kurt, Marta, Gretl
- South Pacific
- - Ngana, Gerome
Tarzan
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- - Young Tarzan
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- Tommy
- - Tommy at ages 4 and 10, Sally at age 4
- The Wizard Of Oz
- - Dorothy, Munchkins
- Whistle Down The Wind
- White Christmas
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- Will Rogers Follies
- You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
- - may or may not be done as a children's musical
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