Who doesn’t love a good duet? There have been many, many fabulous musical theatre duets written for male characters over the past century and beyond. For this post, I decided to zero in on songs from the last 30-35ish years (I assume folks already know various older shows by now). All the songs below would make great selections for concerts, cabarets, recitals, galas, etc. Characters and relationships vary by song, so you may need to do some research. And although these pieces are [mostly] sung by male-identifying characters, I wouldn’t discourage anyone across the gender spectrum from performing them. Happy singing!
P.S. Need help finding more musical theatre songs to sing? Check out my professional repertoire guides here.
1. “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” from The Book of Mormon (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
2. “Better with a Man” from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (2013)
Music by Steven Lutvak; Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
3. “Together Again” from Young Frankenstein (2007)
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
4. “Live With Somebody You Love” from Martin Guerre (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr. | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
5. “Two Nobodies in New York” from [title of show] (2008)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
6. “The Proposal / The Night Was Alive” from Titanic (1997)
Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Part 1), MusicNotes (Part 2)
7. “Are You There?” from Bare (2004)
Music & Lyrics by Damon Intrabartolo | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
8. “You’re Nothing Without Me” from City of Angels (1989)
Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by David Zippel | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
9. “Sincerely, Me” from Dear Evan Hansen (2016)
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
10. “Daybreak” from Floyd Collins (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel | Sheet Music: see full score
11. “You Walk With Me” from The Full Monty (2000)
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
12. “Boys” from Glory Days (2008)
Music & Lyrics by Nick Blaemire | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre
13. “We Can Do It” from The Producers (2001)
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
14. “A Promise” from Next to Normal (2009)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Brian Yorkey | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
15. “Lily’s Eyes” from The Secret Garden (1991)
Music by Lucy Simon; Lyrics by Marsha Norman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
16. “When I Drive” from Bonnie & Clyde (2011)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black | Sheet Music: see full score
17. “That’s Why You Love Me” from First Date (2013)
Music & Lyrics by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
18. “Stuck Together (Strange But True)” from Catch Me If You Can (2011)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
19. “I Don’t Remember You / Sometimes a Day Goes By” from And the World Goes Round [revue] (1991)
Music by Joh Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Sheet Music: see full score
[Solo versions originally from The Happy Time and Woman of the Year, respectively]
20. “If You Were Gay” from Avenue Q (2003)
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
21. “Don’t Be Cruel” from All Shook Up (2005)
Music & Lyrics by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
22. “The Ballad of Booth” from Assassins (1990)
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
23. “Two-Player Game” from Be More Chill (2019)
Music & Lyrics by Joe Iconis | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
24. “Love Don’t Need a Reason” from The Boy from Oz (2003)
Music & Lyrics by Marsha Malamet, Peter Allen & Michael Callen | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect
25. “We’re the Man!” from Calvin Berger (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Barry Wyner| Sheet Music: PayHip
26. “Superior” from Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story (2005)
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
27. “Cold Feets” from The Drowsy Chaperone (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
28. “What Would I Do?” from Falsettos (1992)
Music & Lyrics by William Finn | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
29. “Upper Hand” from The Fix (1997)
Music by Dana P. Rowe; Lyrics by John Dempsey | Sheet Music: see full score
30. “The Invitation / Forever Starts Tonight” from Honeymoon in Vegas (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
31. “Dirty Rotten Number” from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005)
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
32. “What the F*** Was That?” from Evil Dead: The Musical (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris & Greg Reinblatt| Sheet Music: see full score
33. “Goodbye and Good Luck” from High Fidelity (2006)
Music Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Amanda Green | Sheet Music: Vocal Score
34. “It’s Over” from Dracula (2004)
Music by Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton | Sheet Music: see full score
[Added to the score after the show’s Broadway run]
35. “Dear Theodosia” from Hamilton (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
36. “Embrace It” from Lestat (2006)
Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin | Sheet Music: see full score
37. “Hands on a Hardbody” from Hands on a Hardbody (2013)
Music by Trey Anastasio & Amanda Green; Lyrics by Amanda Green | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
38. “Best Worst Mistake” from If/Then (2014)
Music by Brian Yorkey; Lyrics by Tom Kitt | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
39. “Agony” from Into the Woods (1987)
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
40. “Make It Right” from The Prince of Egypt (2017)
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
41. “Back in the Day” from It Shoulda Been You (2015)
Music by Barbara Anselmi; Lyrics by Brian Hargrove | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
42. “Vegas” from Tales from the Bad Years (2008)
Music by Bree Lowdermilk; Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
43. “Take What You Got” from Kinky Boots (2013)
Music & Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
44. “Feed Me (Git It!)” from Little Shop of Horrors (1982)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
[Technically Audrey II is a genderless extraterrestrial]
45. “Ghost Story” from The Last Ship (2014)
Music & Lyrics by Sting | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
46. “Devil Take the Hindmost” from Love Never Dies (2010)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Glenn Slater | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
47. “When We Are Kings” from The Count of Monte Cristo (2009)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Sheet Music: see full score
48. “Truly Alive” from Amazing Grace (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Christopher Smith | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
49. “With You On My Arm” from With You on My Arm (1983)
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
50. “Sports Analogies” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger & Jack Dolgen| Sheet Music: Songwriter Website
51. “Confrontation” from Les Misérables (1985)
Music & Lyrics by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer| Sheet Music: see full score
52. “Death is in the House” from Death Takes a Holiday (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
53. “Glory Bound” from An American Victory (2016)
Music & Lyrics by Louis L. Bucalo | Sheet Music: see full score
54. “This River Between Us” from Big Fish (2013)
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
[A cut song, but a GREAT one regardless!]
55. “Step Back” from Gay Card (2017)
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Korrell & Jonathan Keebler | Sheet Music: Repertwa
56. “What You Own” from Rent (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
57. “Alone in the Universe” from Seussical (2000)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
58. “Give Me Novacaine” from Amercan Idiot (2010)
Music & Lyrics by Green Day | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
59. “She’d Be Far Better Off With You” from Aspects of Love (1989)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Don Black & Charles Hart | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
60. “Light in the Loafers” from When Pigs Fly (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Howard Crabtree & Mark Waldrop | Sheet Music: Vocal Score
61. “I Think We Got Love” from Zanna, Don’t! (2003)
Music by Tim Acito; Lyrics by Tim Acito & Alexander Dinelaris | Sheet Music: see full score
62. “Secrets & Lies” from Death Note (2015)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Sheet Music: see full score
63. “Crisis Averted” from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2010)
Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
64. “I Am the Starlight” from Starlight Express (1984)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
65. “Gabriel’s Letter / My First Woman” from Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)
Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Sheet Music: see full score
66. “She’s My Sister” from Memphis (2009)
Music by David Bryan; Lyrics by David Bryan & Joe DiPietro| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
67. “Butter Outta Cream” from Catch Me If You Can (2011)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
68. “You Rule My World” from The Full Monty (2000)
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
69. “Without You As a Friend” from Martin Guerre (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr. | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect
70. “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Bret McKenzie | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
71. “Where Did We Go Right?” from The Producers (2001)
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
72. “Jeff Sums It Up” from Tootsie (2019)
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
73. “Big Fat No” from Mrs. Doubtfire (2021)
Music & Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick| Sheet Music: see full score
74. “No More” from Into the Woods (1987)
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
75. “If You Still Love Me” from Martin Guerre (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr. | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect
76. “The Chess Game” from Falsettos (1992)
Music & Lyrics by William Finn | Sheet Music: MuseScore
77. “I Can See It” from The Fantasticks (1990)
Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
78. “Future Boy” from Back to the Future (2023)
Music & Lyrics by Alan Silvestri; Lyrics by Glen Ballard | Sheet Music: see full score
79. “Halfway” (2009)
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
80. “The Bro Duet” from Moment by Moment (2014)
Music & Lyrics by Alexander Sage Oyen | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre
81. “Pretty Sweet Day” from Edges (2005)
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
82. “My Best Friend” from Thirteen Stories Down (2010)
Music by & Lyrics by Jonathan Reid Gealt| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
83. “Mushnik & Son” from Little Shop of Horrors (1982)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
84. “Best Kept Secret” from Bare (2004)
Music & Lyrics by Damon Intrabartolo | Sheet Music: see full score
85. “Muddy Water” from Big River (1985)
Music & Lyrics by Roger Miller | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
86. “Love Crazy” from The Boy from Oz (2003)
Music & Lyrics by Peter Allen & Adrienne Anderson | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections
87. “Funky Fried Piece of Man Meat” from Crazy, Just Like Me (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Drew Gasparini | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
88. “‘Til Him” from The Producers (2001)
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
89. “Different Kind of Man” from Out of Context (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
90. “Blaze a Trail” from Trails (2009)
Music by Jeff Thomson; Lyrics by Jordan Mann | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre
91. “The Thanksgiving Plan” from Tales from the Bad Years (2008)
Music by Bree Lowdermilk; Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
92. “Apples & Oranges” from The Theory of Relativity (2014)
Music & Lyrics by Neil Bartram| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
93. “Guttersnipe” from Taboo (2003)
Music & Lyrics by Boy George, Kevin Frost, John Themis & Richie Stevens | Sheet Music: see full score
94. “Both Sides of the Coin” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985)
Music & Lyrics by Rupert Holmes | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect
95. “No More” from Tick, Tick… Boom! (2001)
Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson| Sheet Music: MusicNotes
96. “Part of It All” from [title of show] (2008)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen| Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect
97. “Little Boy, Be a Man” from Catch Me If You Can (2011)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman | Sheet Music: MusicNotes
98. “The Greatest Friend” from The Thing About Men (2009)
Music by Jimmy Roberts; Lyrics by Joe DiPietro| Sheet Music: Vocal Score
99. “Sometime, Do You Think We Could Fall in Love?” from The Secret Zanna, Don’t! (2003)
Music by Tim Acito; Lyrics by Tim Acito & Alexander Dinelaris | Sheet Music: see full score
100. “A Kilt is Not a Dress” from Love on a Summer Afternoon (2010)
Music & Lyrics by Sam Davis | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre
Need more musical theatre song suggestions? Check out my professional repertoire guides here.