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Favorite belter?
theatreangel
Chorus Member Joined: 11/10/04
#25re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:43pm
I'm a rather large fan of Kerry Butler's, actually.
And Chenoweth's belting voice isn't half bad, either.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#26re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:47pm
First off, the post was not dumb - the comment was. People said Idina even though you said not to...
If people want to like her, let them. And what does Idina belting have to do with Wicked - she WAS in other shows (yes, I know many people only know her from Wicked...)
Oh, Mary Bond Davis is good to - but I stand by MARICEL and SIMONE!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
JBSinger
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/04
#27re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:55pm
Patti LuPone
Betty Buckley
Liza Minnelli(in her prime)
Bernadette Peters (circa the 80's)
Lillias White
Heather Headley
Audra McDonald
Judy Kuhn
Marin Mazzie
Laurie Beechman (listen to her blow the mike out on her first album!)
There are so many, its hard to narrow without becoming too obvious.
rmposey
Stand-by Joined: 5/13/04
#28re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:56pm
Dead: Judy Garland
Alive: Julia Murney, Carolee Carmello, Sutton Foster
I should have eaten the saw and used the cake to bludgeon my way out - Alfred Hitchcock
#29re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:57pmI'm surprised no one's mentioned Carolee Carmello yet. She's definitely in my top 5.
#31re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 3:58pm
Lots of good people on these lists. I don't think I saw Andrea McArdle though.
Also, Karen Mason.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#32re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:00pmHands down Julia Murney. Get this woman on Broadway!
Caleb
Understudy Joined: 11/16/04
#33re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:01pm
I can't believe no one has said Linda Eder yet. I suppose she's not so much theatre intensive, but still, a great belter.
A lot of people are saying Alice Ripley (kind of ironic since she so graciously filled in for Linda Eder when she couldn't perform one of her solo concerts). I don't think I've ever really heard Alice belt at her best. Whenever I hear her, she always sounds older than she is, more warbly than powerful. Can someone tell me something of hers I can listen to so that I can hear her at her best. Come to think of it, I have the Maury Yeston Songbook CD, and she sounds great on 'Call From the Vatican', although it seems like she really saves her total belt for only very specific parts of the song.
Anyway, besides Linda Eder, and sadly not theatre related, Kelly Clarkson and Mariah Carey both have undeniably astounding belts. Whether or not you like their music, you have to admit.
And last but not least, Patti LaBelle. She's belted higher than anyone I've ever heard (a B-flat on her song, "When You've Been Blessed"), and there's such power and passion in her voice.
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#34re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:03pmrmposey, that made me laugh, haha!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#35re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:10pm
Caleb, much of Alice's extraordinary belting isn't captured on recordings... which is too bad. I was lucky enough to hear her in Little Shop and Tell Me On a Sunday as well as several NYC concerts lately. I've also heard her sing astonishing versions of Broadway Baby and Meadowlark (can't wait for the production of The Baker's Wife this spring!)
Recording-wise I would say "She's Gone" from Unsuspecting hearts shows Alice at her finest. I also thikn "Celebrate" from Angels, Punks, & Raging Queens and "Touch Me" from Rocky Horror shows her belting off. Much of Side Show captures it as well... She knows when to blow off the roof and when to save it up! 
#36re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:25pmSteph Block, Sutton Foster, Heather Headley, Lisa Brescia
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
MatureDignity
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/04
#37re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:28pm
Male-- Brian D'Arcy James, Hunter Foster (I think they sometimes sound alike)
Female-- LILLIAS, Julia Murney
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#38re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:31pm
OH YEAH!
Hunter Foster....
Run, AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
MatureDignity
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/04
#39re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:35pm
jmac-- he hasn't really had a chance to show off that voice in his last two shows, has he?
Last night your words were like seeeeeeeeeeeeeeds...
#40re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:39pm
Glad to see more men are getting mentioned! They can belt too!
Hunter's great and even though he doesn't belt high notes out in The Producers he still gives a great performance (and he surely upstaged Kerry Butler in Little Shop). It looks like he won't be belting high notes out in his next gig either. Playbill reports he'll be in a play at the Kennedy center.
At least he keeps working!
#41re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:42pm
what about nancy opel?!! she's amazing when she sings "privilage to pee"
#42re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:45pm
good one cathy wellerstein! LOVE HER!
Mary Testa anyone?
jmaclover
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#43re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:47pm
Paloma San Bastilio
~If anyone knows who she is...
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
Updated On: 12/10/04 at 04:47 PM
rmposey
Stand-by Joined: 5/13/04
#44re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:55pm
broadwayboy81 - hey, no sweat! =) I love Carolee! Did any of you watch Remember WENN on AMC? Great little series! Carolee was perfect as Maple LaMarsh.
jmaclover - hee hee! =)
I should have eaten the saw and used the cake to bludgeon my way out - Alfred Hitchcock
MatureDignity
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/04
#45re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 4:57pm
bwayboy - I'm seeing The Producers next week... yay! The play sounds like a great opportunity for him (and hey, the Kennedy Center is much closer to where I live, so I'm happy)
Oh-- Sam Harris is another good male belter.
ElphieZ
Featured Actor Joined: 11/3/04
#46re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:02pm
* Sam Harris (love his Acc-entuate the Positive and Use What You've Got)
* Alice Alice Alice
* Idina the obvious
* Sarah Uriarte Berry as Eponine
* Linda Eder DUH!
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#47re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:12pmjmaclover- I know who she is and I agree! She's the original Evita from SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#48re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:27pm
Dear lord I don't even know where to start...
Patti Lupone
Liz Callaway
Alice Ripley
Steph Block
Julia Murney
Lillias White
Jennifer Holliday
Heather Headley
Carolee Carmello
Sutton Foster
Susan Egan
Kate Shindle
Shoshana Bean
Bernadette Peters
Brian d'Arcy James
Darius de Haas
Billy Porter (although he uses his beautiful mix a lot, too)
Norm Lewis
Tony Vincent
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#49re: Favorite belter?
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:27pmCaleb-If we are naming non-theater belters, you cant leave out Aretha(sp?) Franklin.
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