Manilow on Broadway — Page 2

JSquared2 said: "tombomb31 said: "Anyone know if he signs at the stage door? I know it’s unlikely but I can dream!!"



Your dream is to get a selfie with Barry Manilow? Okay."

He’s my favorite male performer of all time, so yes.

Hmm. This thread got a bit of a scrubbing. Probably for the best!

What is so funny there still exists some comments that are so clearly negative to anyone that reads them, except to the person(s) doing the deleting. They are smartly, yet thinly disguised shade. Went right over their head.

Updated On: 8/2/19 at 06:34 PM

smidge said: "devonian.t said: "People really seem to have the knives out for him on this thread. I thought he was more beloved."


Even at the height of his career, Manilow had a reputation, deserved or not, for being too middle-of-the-road and saccharine. It seemed people either loved him or hated him and his style of music. That's probably still true to a certain extent.

uncageg said: "I actually saw he and his husband on the street yesterday evening and he looked fine. He does not look his age, but of course looks older, and he appeared to be sans any make-up. Some of the comments on here have been quite rude.He can do whatever he pleases to his face if he wants to. It is his choice. Don't go see him if it bothers you. I would like to hear about the show and not how he looks because he is looking the way he does all the way to the bank. JMO"

Agreed. One reason celebrities likely resort to extreme plastic surgery is the overly critical analysis of their appearance to begin with. It’s almost a no win predicament for some. Don’t have any cosmetic enhancements and the public says you’ve really let yourself go. And do too much and you get criticized for that too.

I liked all the music in junior high that sold well but it wasn’t cool to admit to listening to. Barry Manilow, ABBA, Olivia Newton-John, Shaun Cassidy. I was so uncool, I didn’t even realize it was uncool to admit.

I wish Barry Manilow well on his time on Broadway.

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Updated On: 8/2/19 at 09:58 PM

ArtMan said: "

I liked all the music in junior high that sold well but it wasn’t cool to admit to listening to. Barry Manilow, ABBA, Olivia Newton-John, Shaun Cassidy. I was so uncool, I didn’t even realize it was uncool to admit.

You left out The Carpenters and Helen Reddy."

I did listen to The Carpenters!

A side step but aeons ago, if Peter Allen was[were?] played in a gay nightclub--the dance floor would empty so don't know if it were the song[Rio of course] or Peter--gay backlash?

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A few years ago I was in a DVD shop in Bali and the music and vision of Barry Manilow filled the shop. I stopped still and the tears flowed as the memory, the melodies and those times filled my senses like nothing else could. The Carpenters/Manilow/Allen/Manchester etc etc. I even ache at the sound of the Bee Gees.

The power of music.

Updated On: 8/4/19 at 12:35 AM

There's always one rude [insert 4 letter word] on every bored---now correct me on that you .........!

You could just have helped me out with the correct word, I would have thanked you and respected your response--now you are just a petty sarcastic contributor among[st?!!!] so many wonderfully knowledgeable kindly and informative BWW 'friends'.

Adding to off topic....it always makes me sad to hear a Carpenter's song with Karen's gorgeous voice.

What else is there to say? It's a concert with a pretty locked in setlist. I've seen him three times in concert. I was entertained. Would I fill in a Broadway show slot, if visiting, to see him. Probably not. If you like his music and have never seen him live, then go.

AndersonTours said: "The problem is, one can’t help but remark on his looks because it is so ridiculously jarring. There are wax figures that look more lifelike than he presently does. I appreciate his music and have even seen him in concert. I likehis music, but to NOT remark on the surgery would be like not remarking on someone kicking you in the groin."

Of course, one can help making unkind remarks. It just requires some impulse control and a modicum of kindness, something that is occasionally in short supply on these boards. Seeing someone whose looks you don’t approve of is not the same thing as being kicked in the groin. One is someone simply existing in the world while the other is a conscious aggressive act directed toward you. I would think making publicly unkind remarks about a person’s appearance is much more comparable to being kicked in the groin as both are designed to not increase the public good and are conscious behaviors.

arsol said: "castlestreet said: "He recently Dafontsat down for a series of interviews with the American Archive of Television and I was shocked at how horse he sounded showbox. I’m curious too to hear how his singing voice is holding up."adam4adam

I’m curious too to hear how his singing voice is holding up.""

I too am curious arsol, that's probably close to where his voice is coming from these days---you know what is said about excessive facials.