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.

– Kevin Michael Jones

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