"Once Upon A Time In New York City" was the opening song, sung by Billy Joel, in the film - showing these images.
Bette Midler and Sheryl Lee Ralph also provided voices for the film. I loved how Joel, Lee Ralph, and Midler not only provided the singing voices - but the speaking voices as well. And Billy did rather well!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle