“Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. But Sinatra created the best romantic era that we've ever had.” MusicWonderfulStyleSingingRomanticJazzErasIntimateBroadwayArmstrong Author:Tony Bennett
“I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical comedy show. I do comedy, and I do singing, Broadway show tunes and different songs that I like. Been doing it for many, many years.” YearsDifferentShowsSongComedySingingMusicalVarietyTunesBroadwayBroadway ShowsComedy ShowsShow Tunes Author:Debbie Reynolds
“In a musically imperfect world, there is still perfection in the voice of Barbara Cook. For anyone eulogizing the historic scores of a long-lost era of Broadway greatness, not to worry. Somebody is still singing them with purity and passion. She is Barbara Cook, and she sings them for the angels to applaud.” WorldLongStillsPassionLostVoiceWorryGreatnessSingingAngelPerfectionErasCooksPurityScoreImperfectBroadwayHistoricBarbaraA Perfect WorldImperfect World Author:Rex Reed
“I learnt a lot from my Broadway experience, it was one of the most challenging things I will probably ever have to do in my entire life, because it was eight shows a week - live singing with really hard choreography - and the spontaneity, you don't know what's going to happen.” KnowsHardShowsHappensChallengesWeekSingingEightBroadwaySpontaneityChoreography Author:Ariana Grande
“I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.” ThinkingBigsBeatsSingingMusicalBroadwayBucksBroadway Musical Author:Muhammad Ali
“I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted six days but I sung four songs and there were critics, seriously, in New York who said that my part was perfect. So I can beat Joe Frazier singing.” SaidI CanPlayBigsSongPerfectFourNew YorkSixBeatsSingingCriticsMusicalBroadwayBucksBroadway Musical Author:Muhammad Ali
“On Broadway and in the United States it's very different - people crossover all the time into television. I think that we'll get there [in London] in the end, but it has to start with who comes to see you in the musical and whether they can see beyond the dancing and the singing.” PeopleThinkingDifferentEndsStatesUnitedUnited StatesTelevisionSingingDancingMusicalLondonBroadwayDifferent PeoplesCrossover Author:Luke Evans
“On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.” YearsSeemsSawsMinutesNew YorkTenSingingShotsYears AgoDancingLifetimeScreensBroadwayEmmaSinging And DancingFlashback Author:Alan Rickman
“I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.” BigsSingingProductionsBroadwayDaydreaming Author:Kate Smith
“I've been reading scripts where they've been doing a lot of singing now, but within the dark, realistic story line. I would love, love, love, love to do that. But not a musical on Broadway, I don't have that kind of energy or stamina.” KindStoriesReadingEnergyLinesDarkSingingMusicalScriptsRealisticBroadwayStamina Author:Alia Shawkat