Most expressive voice?- Page 2

[redmustang]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:11pm

Garland, of course.
Cass Elliot
Etta James
Carly Simon
Streisand
Lupone
Sutherland
Barbara Cook
Doris Day
Colm
George Hearn
Michael Ball
Audra
Do any of the youngsters know any of these singers?

[Footlooser]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:12pm

I'm 22 and know all but 2 i think.

Cass Elliot
Sutherland

[DTBG2]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:16pm

Adam Pascal
Heather Headley
Raul Esparza

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:20pm

Footlooser: Cass Elliot ... "Mama Cass" ... The Mamas and the Papas ... does that ring a bell. I'm betting you know who she is but just didn't recognize the name right away.

[EclipstHeart]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:22pm

strange as it may sound, deborah gibson comes immediately to my mind
i saw her in cabaret and her version of the title song was the most moving performance i have ever been witness to...
even liza disappoints me, comparatively, and I LOVE LIZA!
so, thats my first thought
but thinking more, i come up with idina menzel, elaine stritch, linda eder, anthony warlow, adam pascal, jennifer holliday ("and i'm telling you...going", anyone?)
bette midler
can i reach farther back still?
the following aren't musical theater... but deserve mentions
billie holiday and maria callas
cant beat them in their element

[Footlooser]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:22pm

Mama Cass! I thought it might be her. That is why i said I think, I wasn't sure if it was her.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:30pm

Eva Cassidy
Heather Headley
Billy Porter
Judy
Derek Webb (this awesome Xian singer)

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:42pm

Idina Menzel

[Feodor Sverdlov]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:06pm

The greatest singer ever, MAKALAH GORDON!!!!!!

[aliceripleysnumber1]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:13pm

Oh yes...Daphne Rubin Vega has an amazingly expressive voice!
Also, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner in Side Show...in every song you can feel the emotion in their voices... In my opinion that is one of the greatest gifts in musical theatre...the emotions that you can hear in the music. It's just gorgeous!

[AmaraCaledonia]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:15pm

Frances Ruffelle.

"There's a butt naked princess, lounging in a bed, calling your name. What exactly didn't you realize? Before our wedding night, pack up some of that dried monkey meat and have the royal cartographer draw you a map of the female body, captain. Maybe then you'll be more inclined to come explore!"

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:17pm

I know a lot of you don't like her due to her lack of acting experience and stage presence, but I think Linda Eder is amazingly expressive when she sings. She can make it sound like she's crying in a song.

[John Darling]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:26pm

Laura Benanti and Audra McDonald

[Dummy]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:32pm

Harvey Fierstein? :-p

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:51pm

AUDRA!

[Kevo711]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:58pm

Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo for sure!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:00pm

Daphne Rubin-Vega
Laura Benanti

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:00pm

Bernadette, of course. Wow. It's like her characters, as many people do, use music as therapy. wowowowowwowwow.

I think Susan Egan is extroardinarily passionate when she sings. Even if it's just "How Lovely to be a Woman" you can tell she's having SO much fun doing it.

[luvliza89]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:02pm

Joots!

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:02pm

Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Rick Lyon as Trekkie

[Peter]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:04pm

Barbara Cook
Audra McDonald
Judy Garland
Linda Eder
Carolee Carmello

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:07pm

Bernadette
Kristin (if you listen to her broadway and OPERA and her solo cd)
RACHEL YORK ...her So in Love is Heaven

"Judy Liza Barbara Bette these are names i shan't forget"
~Jack McFarland~

[MissMonika]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:10pm

Hmm...I agree with some of you that Adam Pascal has one of the most expressive voices. Gives me the chills. Oh, and also Daphne Rubin-Vega. Her voice is very unique. There are lots of others but I'm leaving it at that for now.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:47pm

Mandy Patinkin, for one.
Bernadette.
Hearn.
Lupone.
Murphy.
Loudon.
Lansbury.

And I second what Plum said. A few of the people mentioned can only do angry and angsty--they do them very well, mind you, but...

Updated On: 3/31/05 at 10:47 PM

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:49pm

And after watching Passion, I would add Audra McDonald. Her voice wraps you with its warmthness.