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* "A Diva's Lament" (or "[[RefrainFromAssuming Whatever Happened to My Part?]]"): from ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. It doesn't even ''try'' to be relevant to the plot; the premise is that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the actress is whining about her lack of involvement in early Act II]], and the [[WhoWritesThisCrap ridiculous plot elements that have cropped up that don't involve her]]. It also interrupts two scenes that are strongly related to one another. And, oddly, in many ways, it's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.

* "Boy for Sale" from ''Oliver!'': Mr. Bumble and Oliver tend to walk downstage with the curtain down while the Workhouse Parlour set is taken out and the Undertaker's Shop is brought in.

** Also "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from the same show, where ThoseTwoBadGuys are PushedInFrontOfTheAudience and extemporaneously sing while a set change goes on behind the curtain. Before the two gunmen sing the song, they try to figure out why they're in front of a safety curtain; they fail.

* In ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday'', Washington Irving sings a reprise of "There's Nowhere To Go But Up" to cover a scene change in the second act.

* In the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', reprises of "Arabian Nights" are used for this.

* "A Diva's Lament" (or "[[RefrainFromAssuming Whatever Happened to My Part?]]"): from ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. It doesn't even ''try'' to be relevant to the plot; the premise is that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the actress is whining about her lack of involvement in early Act II]], and the [[WhoWritesThisCrap ridiculous plot elements that have cropped up that don't involve her]]. It also interrupts two scenes that are strongly related to one another. And, oddly, in many ways, it's a CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* "A Diva's Lament" (or "[[RefrainFromAssuming Whatever Happened to My Part?]]"): from ''{{Spamalot}}''. It doesn't even ''try'' to be relevant to the plot; the premise is that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the actress is whining about her lack of involvement in early Act II]], and the [[WhoWritesThisCrap ridiculous plot elements that have cropped up that don't involve her]]. It also interrupts two scenes that are strongly related to one another. And, oddly, in many ways, it's a CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* "The Highest Judge Of All" from ''{{Carousel}}''. The 1994 Broadway revival cut the song because a) they felt it stopped the plot, and b) they were able to make the set change fast enough without it.

* ''{{Pippin}}'': Lampshaded in "Simple Joys" with the line "We all could use a change of scene."

* "The Highest Judge Of All" from ''{{Carousel}}''. The 1994 Broadway revival cut the song because they were able to make the set switch fast enough.

* "The Highest Judge Of All" from ''{{Carousel}}''.

* "Very Soft Shoes" from ''OnceUponAMattress''.
* "On the Street Where You Live" from ''My Fair Lady'' covers the big set change from Ascot back to Henry Higgins' house.

* "Love Is Sweeping The Country" in ''OfTheeISing'' covers the transition from the Atlantic City scene to the Madison Square Garden scene, and wasn't even printed in the play's first published edition. It's a good song, though.

* "I Sing Of Love" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" in ''Kiss Me, Kate''. The published text even says the former song "gives us time to change to the next scene." Before the two gunmen sing the latter song, they try to figure out why they're in front of a safety curtain; they fail.

* "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from ''Theatre/KissMeKate'', where ThoseTwoBadGuys are PushedInFrontOfTheAudience and extemporaneously sing while a set change goes on behind the curtain.

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* They're usually [[Main/SpeakingSimlish singing Simlish]] in them, but many Creator/CirqueDuSoleil shows have songs and dances used solely for transitions between acts, especially if setpieces and/or equipment need to be moved on and/or off. Examples: "Egypte" and "Gambade" (''Mystere''), "Marelle" (''Quidam''), "Pokinoi"(''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'', [[DeletedScene after retiring the Vertical Rope]]), and "Africa" (''Theatre/{{O}}'').