I know a lot of people have been wanting to hear a clip of Norbert singing in RENT, so on his myspace, there is an entire song byte of him singing "One Song Glory". He sounds great. Here is the link: http://www.myspace.com/norbertleobutzonline
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Ooh, I was all ready to log off and turn to my textbooks for once. Then I saw this and had to check it out. Thanks for the link! Like so many BWW'ers, I love Norbert, I love RENT, and One Song Glory is one of my many favorites from that show. *swoons*
Wow. I hate to say it, but I like his rendition a lot more than Adam Pascals. It's way more subtle and heartfelt which makes it all the more haunting. God, there's way more pain in the song when Norbert sings it. Are there any bootlegs of him singing anything else from rent (like "Your Eyes" maybe?)
I agree w/ mygfdontliveincanada Norbert's version has a lot more emotion than Adam's.. I like it a lot. Now I'm wishing I could have seen him back then, ah..
When I saw Rent's first replacement cast Norbert was sadly out, but I can't complain too much because that was the night I was introduced to the amazing talents of Marcy Harriel. WOW! And I can't even imagine what the two of them were like together!
lol, I even commented on his space saying happy birthday on the 20th, felt slightly split-personality afterwards because I run the page, then later that night found out it was the 30th, oh well, lol. Broadway.com miswrote it lol.
There is one more song of Norbert's that is too large a file and won't let me upload it, but I have it on my computer.
He really was fantastic..I got to see him fill in for Adam in early '97, and I was so impressed. I loved watching him work with Anthony...he is just so full of emotion.
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