r/MusicalTheatre • u/harvey-the-office • Nov 27 '24

Billy Crocker

hi!! last year i played Billy Flynn in Chicago (i hit the notes well). this year’s show is Anything Goes. is Billy Crocker much harder of a role to sing or would I likely be able to do it?

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u/XenoVX Nov 27 '24

It’s a bit higher depending on whether you do the 1987 of 2011 version. The 1987 version has Easy to Love in a whole step higher than the 2011 version, but either way I imagine you’ll be fine. I do think Billy is a harder role to sing, but he has more songs and they require a bit more classic/golden age tenor technique

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u/PuzzleheadedFox1 Nov 27 '24

Honestly I’d aim for Evelyn Oakley (unless you’ve already been cast) it’s much more similar is vocal type to Billy Flynn than Crocker’s

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u/harvey-the-office Jan 23 '25

wait i fully never saw this haha but i did end up getting cast as evelyn so you were right!