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Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
#25re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 3:16pmIdina Menzel, Kelli O'Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, Orfeh.
#26re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 3:31pmI'll get out my time machine and say Madeline Kahn. Or Barbara Cook.
#27re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 3:56pmI didn't even think about putting the opposite gender, solely because a male voice coming out of my body would be terrifying and disconcerting... but if I were to choose a male singer, I'm DEFINITELY going with Norm Lewis.
#29re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:52pm
Celia Keenan-Bolger.
If I were male, Michael Ball.
#30re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:58pmMale for me would be Marc Kudisch.
#31re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 6:29pmSara Ramirez
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#32re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 6:34pmRaul Esparza or Aaron Tveit.
janice4
Chorus Member Joined: 3/11/09
#33re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:30pmOh my, Rachel Stern, in Shrek, just blows me away. I wish I could sing like she does.
#34re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 7:49pm
Lauren Bacall circa APPLAUSE.
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#35re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 8:19pm
Definitely Audra's.
For guys...John Raitt's sounds pretty good. I wouldn't be too upset with Mandy Patinkin's either, though they're obviously very different.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#36re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:00pm
This is so tough! I think it would be a three-way tie between Norbert Leo Butz, Gavin Creel, and Raul Esparza. All of them have very pleasant tones to their voices and they use SO MUCH DAMN BEAUTIFUL VIBRATO 
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-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
goodoneinlou2
Stand-by Joined: 5/29/09
#38re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:25pm
I guess I am kind of unique as I don't wish to sound like any one person all of the time. Meaning, I have a few songs that I wish I could sing the way certain performers do...
There's an actor that played Jean Valjean for years in the touring/Broadway Company of Les Mis... Randal Keith. His "Bring him home" was one of the most amazing vocal performances I've ever seen on stage. Put Colm to shame actually.
I also often dreamed I could sing "Those Magic Changes" the way Sam Harris did in the 1994 revival of Grease. I know, most folks LOATHE Grease... but that song is by far the gem of that show. His reprise and octave jump at the end stopped the show. The cast recording captured the vocal riff quite well. It's worth buying the cd just to hear that song... but then there's Rosie's HORRENDOUS turn as Rizzo... so I guess it all evens out. 
Oh, and there's hardly a Broadway fan in existence that didn't, at least for a little while, wish he/she could sing "And I am telling you..." like Jennifer Holiday. C'mon... you all know you've wanted to be Effie just for a night. LOL!
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#40re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:10pmA mix of Raul and Stokes! And I wish I could hit the notes that Sam Harris and Titus Burgess do!
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#41re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:10pmA mix of Raul and Stokes! And I wish I could hit the notes that Sam Harris and Titus Burgess do!
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#42re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:14pm^ Oh my god. That would be vibrato heaven.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#43re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/15/09 at 11:19pm
My first thought before I opened this thread was Audra McDonald. Second would probably be Andrea Burns.
for the guys...a mix of the Brians (Stokes Mitchell/d'Arcy James)
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#44re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/16/09 at 4:20pm
"Oh, and there's hardly a Broadway fan in existence that didn't, at least for a little while, wish he/she could sing "And I am telling you..." like Jennifer Holiday. C'mon... you all know you've wanted to be Effie just for a night. LOL!"
Hells yes. I frequently have to fight the urge to belt "Looooove me" at people in regular conversation. lol
I still don't understand why Jennifer didn't have more success on Broadway post-Dreamgirls. Her Tony performance is probably my favorite of all time.
#45re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/16/09 at 11:56pmKelli O'Hara, of course!
#46re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/17/09 at 12:14pmJulie Andrews, without a doubt.
#47re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/17/09 at 12:26pm
The amazing Gavin Creel. <3
FeelingElectric2
Stand-by Joined: 2/14/09
#48re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/17/09 at 12:49pm
Female: Kelli O'Hara
Male: Aaron Tveit
And if I'm going to sound like them, I wouldn't mind looking like them too :p
#49re: Who Do You Wish You Could Sound Like?
Posted: 10/17/09 at 12:51pmDrew Sarich and Adam Lambert
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