Distinct Broadway Voices?

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Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:34pm

Who do you think are some distinct Broadway voices? When you hear them singing you automatically know who it is without being told.
Unique voices that stand out above the rest?

- Ethel Merman
- Carol Channing
- Gwen Verdon
- Angela Lansbury
- George Hearn
- Joel Grey
- Patti LuPone
- Ann Reinking
- Liza
- Bernadette Peters
- Bea Arthur

There are so many more.

Updated On: 12/10/05 at 06:34 PM

#2

re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:35pm

Mandy Patinkin

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:36pm

Chita Rivera

Debra Monk

Updated On: 12/10/05 at 06:36 PM

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:36pm

-Kristen Chenoweth
- Nathan Lane
-Anthony Rapp

(Sorry if I misspelled any of these. I'm bad with names)

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:37pm

-Kristin Chenoweth
- Nathan Lane
- Harvey Firestein

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:38pm

adam pascal
audra
julia murney
mary testa (my fav)
carolee carmello

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:41pm

Michele Pawk
Roxane Carrasco
Sara Ramirez
Brent Barrett
James Naughton

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#8

re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:42pm

Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Raul Esparza, Julia Murney, Sutton Foster, Anthony Rapp, Bernadette Peters

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:45pm

It seems to me that if you are successful on Broadway then you have a distinct voice. Not many people want to write a show for performers who are unrecognizable.

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:47pm

I am talking about SINGING voices.

I can name so many performers who have a great voice, but sound like the "usual" Broadway voice. This thread is for the the Broadway SINGING voices who stand out above the rest.

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:49pm

-Ute Lemper
-Mary Testa
-Alice Ripley
-Janet Metz
-Donna Murphy
-Karen Akers
-Michael Cerveris
-Patti LuPone
-Emily Skinner
-Carolee Carmello
-Betty Buckley
-Liz Callaway
-Jessica Molaskey
-Faith Prince
-Alison Fraser
-Billy Porter
-Sherie Rene Scott
-Glynis Johns

Updated On: 12/10/05 at 06:49 PM

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:50pm

I think Daphne Rubin-Vega has an extremely unique singing voice.

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:52pm

Sherie Rene Scott

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:55pm

Sherie and Adam.

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:59pm

"I am talking about SINGING voices"

As opposed to...speaking voices? I know what the thread meant, I was just pointing out that once a performer is worthy of being recognized, they usually have enough fans who listen to them so often that no matter what they heard they would recognize the voice. Successful performers are recognizable. That is to say, POPULAR performers are recognizable. Also, with so many huge names already mentioned on this "distinct voice" thread I don't how you would define a "usual broadway voice." Seems that the usual broadway voice is the recognizable voice.

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:04pm

Idina Menzel
Kristin Chenoweth
Adam Pascal
Nathan Lane
Raul Esparza
Harvey Fierstein (which I don't care for at all)

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:20pm

I'd say Raul & Adam sound sorta alike, so I wouldn't count them. Anthony also sounds like Adam at times, on different recordings, but he's got the more "unique" voice.

Sutton sounds like a normal Broadway singer, I wouldn't know her from any other person if I just heard her sing some note.

I'd say Cheno has a pretty unique voice, but I dunno if id consider her singing voice unique.

By far, my vote is for Harvey.

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:23pm

I actually think most performers have a distinct recognizable voice. James Barbour, Marc Kudisch, Raul Esparza, Faith Prince, Michael Cerveris, Sherie Rene Scott, Norbert Leo Butz. Many people have similarities, but I can almost always tell voices apart.

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Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:27pm

kelli ohara
vanessa williams
jennifer hope wills

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 8:42pm

TAMMY GRIMES
EARTHA KITT
BARBARA HARRIS
LEE VENORA
KAREN MORROW
SUSAN WATSON
CAROL BURNETT

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 8:51pm

Taye Diggs
Kelli O'Hara
Barbra Streisand
Mandy Gonzalez
Idina Menzel
Raul Esparza
Norbert Leo Butz
Sherie Rene Scott
Donna Murphy
Chad Kimball
Julia murney

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 8:52pm

Mandy Patinkin
Eartha Kitt
Tim Curry
Patti Lupone
Carole Channing
Ethel Murman
Harvey Firestein
Barbra Streisand
Rosie O'Donnell

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 8:58pm

Michael Arden, Barrett Foa, Raul Esparza, Anthony Rapp
Kristin Chenoweth, Shoshana Bean

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re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:00pm

I think Audra has a pretty distinct soprano. I don't know whether it is because it is "more operatic" than most, but she doesn't sound like the traditional Broadway soprano.

Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters of course.

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#25

re: Distinct Broadway Voices?

Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:10pm

The thread is about distinctive singing voices. Not singing voices you like to here.