The Best Male Voice on Broadway — Page 2

I could listen to/watch Norm Lewis sing anything anytime.

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Right now on Broadway? Brian D'Arcy James hands down.

Definitely Anthony Warlow is the best "Male Voice in Musical Theatre" (Alive and Dead)

But on Broadway... I'd probably say Jason Danieley or maybe Howard McGillin (such amazing tone and quality) for more standard/trad Musical Theatre sound.

For Contemporary/Pop-Rock - Hands down, Drew Sarich!

Oh frick, I forgot about Aaron Lazar! And Randal Keith is definitely up there, as are Brian D'arcy James and Norm Lewis.

Sorry, but I have to highly, highly disagree with both Terrence Mann and Raul Esparza (he needs to learn to control his vibrato better).

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Howard McGillin does have a beautiful voice. I love him in The Swan Princess

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While I do love him as The Phantom, I own several other CDs with him as well, including his solo CD ("Where Time Stands Still"), the Anything Goes revival, & the Swan Princess soundtrack. Interestingly enough, the first time I ever heard his voice was from the Swan Princess movie that my sister & I rented when we were kids.

Have you heard his rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on Carols for a Cure 2006? It's almost worth the price of the album itself!

Most of the men mentioned here thus far, with the possible exception of James Barbour & Brian Stokes Mitchell, are at the same disadvantage: take away their body mike and all you are left with is the equivalent of a 1990’s Boy Band Singer. Most of these guys would have not been good enough to make the chorus on the musical stage before 1980, much less featured and starring roles. The great male voices of today are not on Broadway but are on the operatic stage and/or performing American musicals in Europe and the Orient where their real legitimate voices are still distinguishable and appreciated. Really great baritone or tenor voices are a liability rather than a virtue on the Broadway of today where the sound designer is more important than the performer. This is a sad but brutal state of affairs. In such a hostile and ignorant casting climate, Broadway will never again hear talents such as Alfred Drake, Ezio Pinza, Howard Keel & Robert Goulet.

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Matthew Morrison, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael Cerveris, James Barbour, Cheyenne Jackson are a few of the great voices of the last few years. Many more are waiting in the wings but these come to mind immediately.

Excellent additions! All of the names you added are worthy of high praise for their singing and speaking voices. I have enjoyed all of their performances on Broadway.

Some great names mentioned here! The ones that stand out the most to me are Stokes and Raul Esparza, but I am a big fan of Terrence Mann and James Barbour, so I'm glad to see their names mentioned here as well as I wouldn't have thought of them at first but they're certainly wonderful. Hearing about Norm Lewis makes me think of Keith Byron Kirk, who I think has given some great performances.

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