Jeremy Jordan joins cast of SMASH... — Page 2

good to her he'll still be doing Newsies, but I would tend to guess he'll miss a good amount of shows(most Wed. matinees at least).

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wicked1492: As a male musical theatre actor training to be able to withstand the rigors and demands on the voice in contemporary musical theatre, men do in fact belt, much in the same vein and technique as a female voice.

For example, take the final note of the 'Santa Fe' reprise in "Newsies", where Jordan ends the song on an 'A' just below middle 'C'. That very open, full sound is most definitely an example of a male belt.

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Updated On: 6/14/12 at 10:48 PM

As a fellow "male musical theatre actor training to be able to withstand the rigors and demands on the voice in contemporary musical theatre," I have been consistently taught by numerous vocal teachers with Doctorates in Music that referring to a man "belting" is incorrect anatomically and technically. Just tryin' to share what I was taught, but to each his own.

I, personally, do not refer to men as "belters" or say that a man "belts" because it is more commonly associated with a woman's technique.

An "A below middle C" is well within most pop/rock/musical-theatre tenor's ranges and the placement of that note in "Santa Fe" is very open and full, but well within his full-voice range.

Call it a belt if you will, I guess, but it's just such a feminine term and *I* certainly wouldn't want someone referring to my singing, as a man, as "belting."

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Has there been any confirmation of when Christian Borle is leaving Peter?

A fine addition to Smash's bevy of hunks!

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