marvin wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2:15 pm, Brenda <BMesku...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On Jun 4, 9:42 am, "marv935" <marv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My latest story on Barry is online today at Canadian Jewish News. To
view
>>>it. go towww.cjnews.com, then click on the arts link on the left side
of
>>>the website, then scroll down to view the story.
>>>If someone knows how to post it here and can do it, I would greatly
>>>appreciate it.
>>>This is my 51st story on Barry over the years. I hope you enjoy it.
Marvin
>>
>>Here you go, Marvin. Congratulations on getting the phone interview
>>with Barry ... and for getting his age right! :-)
>>
>>***
>>Barry Manilow on tour for the first time in years
>>By MARVIN GLASSMAN, Special to The CJN
>>Thursday, 05 June 2008
>>
>>When singer/songwriter Barry Manilow comes to the Bell Centre in
>>Montreal June 5 as part of his first Canadian tour in 15 years, many
>>of his fans will consider it a miracle (to paraphrase a Manilow hit
>>song) that the 1970s chart-topper has ventured outside Las Vegas to
>>perform at all.
>>
>>“When I agreed to perform in Las Vegas in 2000, I thought I said
>>goodbye forever to touring,” said Manilow in a telephone interview.
“I
>>loved the audiences, but hated the long journeys by plane and staying
>>in hotels.
>>
>>“But I missed seeing fans in Canada and elsewhere, so I agreed to do a
>>series of one-night arena shows, which will be a little longer than
>>the Vegas shows. Our show will have all the spectacular highlights of
>>the Music and Passion shows that I do in Vegas,” he said.
>>
>>Those who go to hear him will be impressed that Manilow, who turns 65
>>on June 17, still has an impeccable voice that resonates with emotion.
>>And audiences at his arena shows thus far are so familiar with
>>Manilow’s 25 top 40 songs from the 1970s, including Copacabana, I
>>Write The Songs and Weekend In New England, that many sang along with
>>him.
>>
>>Manilow, who has sold more than 75 million records, loves sentiment
>>and nostalgia. A highlight of the concerts will therefore be Manilow
>>recalling his love for his late grandfather, Joseph Manilow, while
>>singing I Made It Through The Rain.
>>
>>“Grandpa coaxed me to sing Happy Birthday to my cousin in a Manhattan
>>record-your-voice store when I was a toddler, and I wouldn’t sing
>>until years later.
>>
>>“When I became a star in 1974, Grandpa gave me my first standing
>>ovation and I was so nervous – but I knew that he was proud to see me
>>at Carnegie Hall. How proud he was of seeing his grandson’s star just
>>blocks from the old record-your-voice studio,” Manilow said.
>>
>>Manilow’s willingness to share his emotional vulnerability is what
>>makes him so endearing. Despite being a multimillionaire, he has never
>>forgotten his humble roots, knowing there would have been no career
>>without Grandpa and others in his life.
>>
>>His grandfather was the dominant male figure in the young Barry’s
>>life. Manilow was born in Brooklyn as Barry Alan Pincus, but his
>>parents (a Jewish mother, Edna Manilow, and an Irish Catholic father,
>>Harold Pincus) were divorced when Barry was two, and Pincus and his
>>son never bonded from that point on.
>>
>>Manilow was raised by his mother and grandparents Esther and Joseph
>>Manilow, Jewish immigrants from Russia who lived in a small
>>Williamsburg apartment. Barry changed his surname to Manilow shortly
>>before his bar mitzvah out of love for his zaide.
>>
>>He began his musical education on the accordion and refined it on the
>>piano that he received as a bar mitzvah gift. “I hated the accordion.
>>It seems that every Jewish kid had to play one. But when I played the
>>piano, I knew music would be my passion and my ticket out of
>>Brooklyn.”
>>
>>For a time, things were dire for Manilow financially and emotionally.
>>He nearly went bankrupt twice and had married and divorced his high
>>school sweetheart by the age of 25.
>>
>>But he knew the craft of songwriting. For a time he coached singers
>>wanting to audition on Broadway and was the musical director for Bette
>>Midler. Manilow produced Midler’s first album, as well as many more
>>for several singers, before starring on his own in 1973 and developing
>>a large fan base over the years.
>>
>>In addition to his many hit songs, Manilow also wrote the music for
>>two musicals, Copacabana and Harmony.
>>
>>Harmony, a musical set in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, is based on the
>>real-life story of The Comedian Harmonists, a group of three Jews (one
>>a rabbi) and three non-Jews who were a popular singing group in
>>Europe.
>>
>>The story, a mixture of comedy and drama, recalls how the group fell
>>apart when they returned to Nazi Germany in the late ’30s and
>>disbanded because of the Holocaust.
>>
>>“The story is uplifting and may mean more to me because my relatives
>>went through the Holocaust. [It has] songs that I wrote from Jewish
>>cantorials and klezmer music.”
>>
>>Harmony has never had the same success as Manilow’s other projects,
>>despite receiving positive reviews when the play debuted in San Diego
>>in 1997, and despite many attempts by Manilow to stage it on Broadway,
>>the play has not been seen in over a decade.
>>
>>“It’s frustrating, because what is artistically good is not
>>necessarily a commercial success. I am not producing Harmony anymore,
>>but there are some producers that are willing to try again, and I hope
>>Harmony can still come to Broadway. To this day, Harmony is the
>>project in my career that I am most proud of.”
>
>
> Thanks Brenda for the nice words as well as the nice private
> emails I received from many posters. Thank you all- and especially
> Brenda- for your encouragement of my Barry articles for many years.
> Marvin
Does Barry still suck cock?
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