best divas/best belting!! — Page 3

I love Sherie Renee Scott's belt in Last 5 Years. Her register changes are so disguised, she's amazing. And no one has said my favorite, Bernadette Peters! I love her singing Everything is Coming Up Roses!

no - indina pops into to all of our minds... dont deny it! we all think of defying gravity as the ultimate bleting song and she is wicked so.... i think people r afraid to say her name cause everyone on this website hates wicked, or is at least sick of it. but when it comes dwn to talent. she is definitely up there.


thank you! i totally forgot - sherie rene scott is fabulous

Um, no bwaybabay. When I think of belting I think of Ethel Merman first and foremost. If you want to know my other choices you can read my full post farther back in this thread.

I didn't want to say this, but here it comes: Menzel's "belting" sounds way too much like screaming for my taste. And she's never, ever lacked for fans on this site.

and none of them have any real depth. there all like damn yankees or pajama game or whatever. they're all so light hearted i could throw up.... but no battle- we all have our different tastes

Oh, please. Merman comes to mind first because she had quite simply the biggest voice in Broadway- she practically invented the Broadway belt.

And who says I only listen to "old" musicals? I happen to hate The Pajama Game and I've never even listened to Damn Yankees. But if you can't find the beauty in "Golden Oldies" like My Fair Lady, West Side Story, or Carousel I pity you, because you're missing out on some incredible music.

Did you read my first post at all? Obviously not. Some contemporary belters I like are Ann Harada in Avenue Q, Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change, Roz Ryan in Chicago, and Bernadette Peters in anything she cares to do.

And you accuse me of lacking depth in my musical taste? That's rich. Try checking on my previous posts before you spew that kind of stuff.

And "Defying Gravity" would be a pretty good belt song if I ever heard Menzel actually pull it off.

Updated On: 9/3/04 at 10:11 PM

I'm not offended by that. I was offended by bwaybaby's implication that all I like in musicals is 1920's fluff.

Usually I'm fending off the opposite accusation.

i honestly have a lot of faith in kristin chenoweth. shes a legit singer. i mean she sings classical and can belt.

yeah! no one mentioned kristin! god! she is a flawless singer.

Idina Menzel (the BEST EVER!!!)
Sutton Foster (home girl!!!)
Bernadette Peters (AMAZING!!!!)
Eden Espenosa (WOW!!!!)
Heather Headly (OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!)

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yeah - u dont like her voice. thats cool - a lot of people dont. but a lot more people do.... anyway - where can i hear more eden??????? i have a clip of the wizard and i but where else???????

I assume you mean Eden Espinosa? Try the BKLYN website.

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