Manilow and Sussman's Harmony Coming To Broadway — Page 4

Robbie2 said: "Broadway-BoundHarmonyHas Found Its 6 Comedian Harmonists

The Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical will hit the Main Stem with its six Off-Broadway leads reprising their performances.

https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-bound-harmony-has-found-its-6-comedian-harmonists

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Kad said: "Also worth noting that the fellas from Harmony are being prominently featured in the NY Pops gala performance honoring Manilow at Carnegie Hall next week. They’re certainly leveraging Manilow all they can to drum up buzz."

It was an exciting night. Lilias White, Norm Lewis and Dionne Warwick were standouts. And the guys from Harmony were terrific. Brian Lipton reviewed it here:

https://www.theaterpizzazz.com/the-new-york-pops-salute-barry-manilow/

"A true highlight of the evening was a preview of Harmony via the performance of that show’s title tune and the stunning ballad “Stars in the Night” by the six extraordinary actors (Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman and Steven Telsey) who will play the singing group The Comedian Harmonists. Get your tickets now!"

BETTY22 said: "Is Chip doing the show on Broadway.

He said it was the 'role of a lifetime.' But I haven't seen any announcement yet."

They have a lot of time to go before they open, so they will probably draw out announcements & have continual new press releases so that they can try to keep this in the news. 

Okay, so one Best Actor slot is already taken for next season's Tonys.

Updated On: 5/11/23 at 02:17 PM

I suppose they can try to put him in featured, but I thought he was more of a lead than any of the Harmonists, and he was nominated as lead in last year's awards.

BETTY22 said: "Get ready - Chip Zien will finally have a TONY AWARD.



https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Chip-Zien-to-Star-in-Barry-Manilow-Bruce-Sussmans-HARMONY-on-Broadway-20230511"

I don't want to get ahead of myself but he better be nominated after all he has done on Broadway. And if he wins, that will be a special moment at the 2024 Tonys

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BETTY22 said: "This is very clever. Whoever is doing the marketing is brilliant.

Can you imagine what it must be like to be one of these 6 young guys? Talk about being shot out of a cannon



https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Comedian-Harmonists-From-HARMONY-Will-Join-Barry-Manilow-on-Stage-at-Radio-City-Music-Hall-20230523"

 

https://www.omdkc.com/

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Again, this is Mannilow’s team. Of course working in tangent, but they’re the ones driving this. This ain’t no genius Broadway marketing monster."

Whatever it is, it's fortuitous that he's willing to have them in his concerts and do this type of promo for the Bway show this far out.

As far as the "shot out of a cannon" comment, really no different than any obscure actor who gets a lead role and suddenly has to deal with both playing the role + promoting it + being flaunted by the press (Linedy G, Lorna C, Zegler, Platt in DEH, Jersey Boys, the obc of Hamilton, etc)...I guess these guys are lucky that they're an ensemble, not individually carrying the show. The real whiplash happens if a show fails and all that stuff goes away quickly.

Julie Benko just teased big announcement coming. 

This is such a smart move by Julie and her team. Originating a role on Broadway in a new musical that already is a New York Times CRITIS PIX is the perfect follow up to her amazing success in Funny Girl.

Congrats 

A few people have mentioned her name is also included on press material for the upcoming FUNNY GIRL tour so let’s see what her news is.  

BrodyFosse123 said: "A few people have mentioned her name is also included on press material for the upcoming FUNNY GIRL tour so let’s see what her news is."

Can you link to those press materials? It may be that they're just using production photos that include her, which they are legally allowed to do with credit.

She responded to someone's TikTok comment confidently asserting it was Harmony, that that was just for the workshop. 

HOWEVER, the comment was specifically that it was announced back in September that she was joining Harmony. So, if you want to read into her comment or take it as a misdirect, she could be saying that the September announcement was only for the workshop, but not refuting that she will be announced as joining the Broadway cast tommorow.