Women Belters
Women Belters
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#0Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 5:12pmI am a HUGE fan of women belters! I mean top of the lungs, make the rafters shake belting! Anyone know of great musical woman belting songs? Something like Eden in Once Upon a Time or Cady Huffman in When You Got It, Flaunt it!
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
#1re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 5:15pmWicked stuff obviously, and Sherie Renne stuff...I love belting..it's so much fun! yet I need to learn the right yay!
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
#2re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 5:15pmThe Last 5 Years has Sherie Belting quite a bit..well maybe it's just her ability to hit high notes w/ ease..I like listening to her..
And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps...
What did she realize, Kitten?
That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had...
Where?
On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.
romanov
Stand-by Joined: 5/6/05
#3re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 5:19pmWhen I was 15, my father took me to see Ethel Merman. Enough said.
#4re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 5:33pmLOL...romanov, that was enough to stop this thread!!! There is no topping "The Merm"!!!
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#6re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:15pm
"Raise the Roof" Julia Murney
"Life of the Party" Idina Menzel
Both from Lippa's The Wild Party
#7re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:24pm
patti lupone in evita
sherie belts like no other
of course, idina, shoshana, and eden...and the rest of the elphabas
bernadette can belt out some good notes too
also nancy opel
#8re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:25pm
Kerry Butler. She sings with ease that I can only envy.
And Stephanie J. Block, I guess that was included in "all the Elphabas", but I just wanted to give her special mention.
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Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#12re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:35pm
AMEN to KERRY AND STEPH!! wow..AND JENNA LEIGH GREEN!
I have not seen anyone more talented in my life than Strephanie J. Block and Sutton. I need to see Jenna as Elphaba and I'm sure she will be added to that list :)
I heard Jenna doind Defying Gravity, and from what I heard...she's on the list.
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#13re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:47pmHUUUUUUUUUUUGE amen to sherie rene scott - her high note (i think it's probably an E...maybe E#) at the end of "here i am" was incredible live. i couldn't believe it.
"grace, you're stuffed in a box getting rid of ass plaque. let's face it, this evening is a bust."
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#14re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:48pmEverything I have ever heard Jenna Leigh Green sing has been so bad! Are there any recordings that might change my perspective! very open minded!:)
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#16re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:49pmWhat show is Here I Am from?
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#17re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:50pmHAHA see I thought she was aweful on the Bare recording! That was my first time hearing her sing! YUCK! Any others?
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#19re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 6:51pmtheatreboi - "here i am" is from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels :)
"grace, you're stuffed in a box getting rid of ass plaque. let's face it, this evening is a bust."
#21re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 11:55pm
Anything from Wicked or Gypsy
Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray
#22re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/11/05 at 11:55pm
"Reflection" Lea Salonga in the Disney movie Mulan
"Astonishing" Sutton Foster in Little Women
"Wizard and I" & "Defying Gravity" Idina Menzel in Wicked
more later... kangaroo 
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#23re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:35am
I have a recording of DG by Jenna..and I saw her as Nessa...she is the best! I put her at the top with...someday she will be next to Stephanie and Sutton on my list...right now she's just right under!
It could be that you just don't like her voice..it happens..but I find it puzzling :)
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
#24re: Women Belters
Posted: 5/12/05 at 8:16amRecording of Jenna doing Defying Gravity?! Where can I find this?
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