I like Barry and his music and have seen him live several times. It is a shame that he's had to tour again after retiring, but that's finances for you.
I did see his UK tour earlier in the year and his voice just isn't there any more, unfortunately. You can see and hear such a difference between the songs he's singing live and those he's miming. But people still had a great time in one of the largest arenas in the UK, the music sounds good and the band and backing singers disguise everything well. The approach might be different in a much smaller venue like the one on Broadway.
The UK dates were heavily papered too, but that's a sign of the times. Still, just hearing all those classic songs on Broadway and seeing Barry in the flesh has to be worth it.
HogansHero said: "This stuff is not as dense as some seem to want to make it.
I hate to sound like a broken record (no, I don't) but there are no rules and especially not when they are of the sub-ilk of "old sayings." Let's try to break this down:
Backstage gossip about has-been performers (especially fighting spouses): good
Backstage gossip about poor ticket salesand lots of empty seats for said has-been performer's show: bad.
No marketing person will tell you the latter is good because (a) it has a negative effect on demand and price buoyancy,(b) it reinforces the has-been label,(c) it makes going to the show uncool, i.e., people flock to successes and flee failures, (d) live performances are about collective energy, and folks don't want to be in an ocean of empty seats when they go do a performance, and (e) nature abhors a vacuum."
The last paragraph. How often does one turn around in their seat to check on capacity. There is a sort of self-satisfaction being part of a full house[collective energy] and then the question of why so few and how must the artist[s] feel. Black curtains all over the place where I saw Diana Ross.
Lainie Kazan--now she had Class. To a near empty Festival Hall in Melbourne--a big intro.,a grand sweep to center stage, then stopped. Thanked us all for coming and said 'we're gonna have ourselves a party here tonight'. Invited us all to get up close to the stage, waited till we all were settled, and boy, did she deliver. She sang to each and every one of us as if we were in her home and was grateful we were there.
Never forgotten that evening so thanks for bringing back that memory.
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Posted: 8/16/19 at 11:47pm