Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#1Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 8:58pm
This guy is amazing. I don't think his acting is all that super, but his voice singing "I'll be there" is incredible. a FULL voiced singer. Not some wimpy Fyero tenor, or an overblown baritone. Its a gorgeous full controlled sound but bursting with passion.
WHIle I loathe the Pirate Queen as a show, I think people need to go see it to hear a real musical theater man's voice. Like a James Barbour sound.
ChildofDestiny
Stand-by Joined: 11/20/03
#2re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:02pmI wholeheartedly agree. I was shocked by how crisp and clear his voice was on those big notes. A real find! I hope he gets to stick around this side of the pond and do more.
#2re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:03pmI think Jason Danieley gives him a run for his money.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#3re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:04pmI'd say Danieley wins by a long shot....and gets better material, to boot.
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#4re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:04pmreally? Jason "theres a breeze of the river" gives powerhouse Hadley fraser a run for his money>? I completely disagree. But I guess thats why art is so elastic.
Cape Twirl of Doom
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#5re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:05pmFraser was one of the few things that impressed me in Pirate Queen.
"It's Phantom meets Hamlet... Phamlet!"
#6re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:06pmSame here, Cape Twirl. What a voice on that guy!
#7re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:07pmHadley has one of the best set of pipes I have ever heard in my life.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
#8re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:07pm
Oh I don't disagree that Fraser is amazing, but I think Danieley is amazing because he doesn't have to belt to sound impressive. He has such a pure voice. Mass, what do you mean "there's a breeze of the river" exactly? I just kind of giggled when I read that, not as an insult, but rather cause I had no idea what you meant. 
#9re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:11pm
really? Jason "theres a breeze of the river" gives powerhouse Hadley fraser a run for his money>? I completely disagree. But I guess thats why art is so elastic.
Good god. If you're going to insult someone can you at least do it right? Jason played Malcolm not Jerry. Malcolm sang "You Walk With Me". Jerry (Patrick Wilson) sang "Breeze Off the River".
#10re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:23pm
And he's not too hard on the eyes either. 
#11re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:25pmSorry, completely missed the Full Monty reference!
#12re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:27pmAnother vote for Danieley here. His voice is like velvet and chocolates.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
1peter4:10
Stand-by Joined: 2/9/06
#13re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 9:33pmHadley makes me melt! I saw Pirate Queen once and was left breathless by I'll be There. loved the song so much, i went a second time. And we met him at the stage door; gorgeous voice, and sincerely nice nice and genuine as well- Yay!
#14re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 10:17pmAgreed about Hadley. "I'll Be There" gives me massive chills. Easily the best in the show.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#15re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:38pm
oops. sorry. got the songs mixed up. :)
I think Jason is fine and I don't think that Hadley has to belt his brains out to be amazing either. He has many soft nice moments in PQ. But the difference is that Hadley can, while Jason, from what I have seen, cannot.
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#16re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:41pmHe impresses me a lot but I feel like I've heard it all before.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#17re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:44pm
Hadley should definetly get a THEATRE WORLD award and I hope a well deserved TONY nom.
His voice is wonderful and I hear he got it from his Dad.
#18re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:47pmI've heard wonderful things about both actors and i think they're fantastic, however my vote goes to Douglas Sills. Oh god, that man's voice is heaven to me. I wish he did more shows.
"...and in a bed."
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#19re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:49pmDouglas Sills is practically perfect in every way. For serious.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
AnaGFan
Featured Actor Joined: 12/16/06
#20re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:52pmAgree, Hadley Fraser was the one thing I liked about Pirate Queen. His voice and his acting, he made me tear up with "I'll Be There".
#21re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/24/07 at 11:55pmJust got to mention two guys that get my vote Brent Barrett and Marc Kudisch.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#22re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/25/07 at 12:09am
Neither are on Broadway right now,
which is the topic.
#23re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/25/07 at 12:53amDoes Hadley Fraser's combination of voice and vibratto remind anyone else of Hugh Jackman's singing voice. I don't know what it is, but when I close my eyes and listen to his voice I kinda picture Hugh singing. Weird.
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#24re: Best male broadwy voice right now : Hadley Fraser
Posted: 4/25/07 at 12:54am
thank you curtain.
on the old bway right now. I mean I think JOhn raitt kicks ass but he ain't singing up there now.
Hadley fraser..hands down.
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