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re: The girls can't belt like the originals!

Posted by: theaterdude 11:55 am EDT 08/10/14
In reply to: re: The girls can't belt like the originals! - Alcindoro 10:28 am EDT 08/10/14
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but most people loved the belting that Alice and Emily did during Side Show. I've never heard anyone think of Alice and Emily in Side Show as an example of Belting They Hate. It was featured in nearly every number for a reason. In fact, Alice was hired for that very belt in nearly all the shows she's done, not her lyric soprano, which was never really the prettiest sound. She was one of those belters who could also handle the music requiring her to use her lyric soprano- but her strongest asset was always her belt. She wanted to let people know she was capable of singing songs like My White Knight, and recorded it on one of the Duets cd's, but the response was more of an appreciation that she could actually do it on top of everything else. An actress with a great belt who could also sing that way when necessary. It worked great in a duet, but listening to it alone was never something you could compare with a Rebecca Luker type soprano. (Just an example)
Also, Next to Normal is what killed her voice, which started declining in the Bway run. The national tour was the nail in the coffin.
Finally while many agree thatTunnel of Love was laughable, there are just as many who regard it as a guilty pleasure, some of whom have already been on this board wishing it hadn't been cut from the new version.


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