Descripción: Shelly Bort (sbort) is probably our favorite person we've never met. She's an incredibly talented and creative singer, pianist, teacher, actor, videographer,... the list goes on and on. She gives so much of herself to others - and inspires everyone she meets.
For her birthday (today), Shelly invited her YouTube viewers to post a video singing a song that is special to her, "I Am Who I Am." S...
Duración: 04:46 Min Vistos: 420 Veces
Descripción: This video has it all - a great vocal by two time Tony-nominee Gregg Burge, one of the Duke's best songs, incredible choreography, totally fake baton twirling, costumes that you'll either love or hate - and an amazing tap dance segment at 1:17.
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DON'T MISS:
Many more videos from "Sophisticated Ladies" are available from our website at http://
theBestAr...
Duración: 03:06 Min Vistos: 1954 Veces
Descripción: I was tagged, so here are my 5 facts.
(Thanks FutureBelle & ijustwanttosing)
I tag:
*BestArts
*tenorman111
*foreverjynxed
*smalltowndreamer15
*AdamB7000
The imitations I do at the end are:
Barbra Streisand - 2:15
Judy Garland - 2:38
Whitney Houston - 3:27
Alison Krauss - 3:56
Jane Powell - 4:18
Jane Monheit - 4:40
Julie Andrews - 5:08
Norah Jones - 5:33
Sara Brightman - 5:55
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Duración: 08:02 Min Vistos: 1115 Veces
Descripción: Fix of BestArts' version of this song, sung by Bronson Pinchot. original information below:
"Invocation and Instructions to the Audience" from "Frogs" sung by Bronson Pinchot.
Opening number from the 1999 revival of Stephen Sondheim's revue "Putting It Together." Available in the U.S./Canada on a highly recommended DVD.
For more from "Putting It Together," go to http://
irelanddavis.com/m...
Duración: 03:18 Min Vistos: 1814 Veces
Descripción: Gene Kelly and his former assistant Stanley Donen had their directorial debut in "On the Town." The film included a 3-part, 7+ minute ballet, "A Day in New York."
This video includes:
0:00 Introduction to the ballet
2:25 "A Day in New York" ballet - part 1
4:45 "A Day in New York" ballet - part 2
6:35 "A Day in New York" ballet - part 3
The ballet introduction is an excerpt from t...
Duración: 10:00 Min Vistos: 1871 Veces
Descripción: We came across this lovely song again recently and thought the sentiments were worth sharing. (The song really kicks off at 2:20.) We hope it brings a little peace into your day.
The song is by the Kinsey Sicks to original member Jerry Friedman.
Photo quality is a little low here due to YouTube conversion. A higher quality version is available at http://
vimeo.com/647550
Very high qu...
Duración: 04:15 Min Vistos: 1432 Veces
Descripción: Hinton Battle demonstrates how we won the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical with a great tap performance of Duke Ellington's "Ko-Ko" from "Sophisticated Ladies."
"Sophisticated Ladies" was nominated for eight Tony Awards in 1981, winning two. This performance is an excerpt from the 1981 DVD "Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies," available for purchase at http://
kultur.com (We are no...
Duración: 02:42 Min Vistos: 1477 Veces
Descripción: Don't miss the dance segments - especially the last! (See below for timing.)
Jose Manuel started dancing at the age of ten and received his training at the Provincial School of Ballet and the Cuban National Ballet School. He won the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1987 and the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1990.
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Duración: 07:25 Min Vistos: 2359 Veces
Descripción: Quartet sings "I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter" - with a great tap dance segment - from Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies."
Singer/dancers in order of appearance are (we think we have this right) Roger Spivey, Lacy Darryl Phillips (?), Michael Graham and Gary Q. Lewis.
"Sophisticated Ladies" was nominated for eight Tony Awards in 1981, winning two. This performance is an excerpt from the 1...
Duración: 02:46 Min Vistos: 1569 Veces
Descripción: The incredibly talented Jeff Manabat of the "Kinsey Sicks" introduces and performs "I've Been Through Parasites."
0:00 Comedy shtick intro
2:50 "I've Been Through Parasites"
This excerpt is from the 2007 Kinsey Sicks DVD "I Wanna Be A Republican," available for purchase at their website. (BestArts is not affiliated with the Kinsey Sicks in any way.)
The Kinsey Sicks are "America's favori...
Duración: 06:42 Min Vistos: 6271 Veces
Descripción: Hinton Battle won the first of his three Tony's for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for this role. (He also won Best Actor in 1984 for "The Tap Dance Kid" and in 1991 for "Miss Saigon.") In the 2006 movie "Dreamgirls", Hinton played Wayne.
In this video, Hinton gives a great tap performance of Duke Ellington's "Kinda Dukish" from "Sophisticated Ladies."
"Sophisticated Ladies" was nominate...
Duración: 04:29 Min Vistos: 960 Veces
Descripción: Irwin Keller from the "Kinsey Sicks" introduces and performs "Clean."
0:00 Comedy shtick intro
4:55 Great performance of "Clean"
This excerpt is from the 2007 Kinsey Sicks DVD "I Wanna Be A Republican," available for purchase at their website. (BestArts is not affiliated with the Kinsey Sicks in any way.)
The Kinsey Sicks are "America's favorite dragapella beautyshop quartet." That is,...
Duración: 07:17 Min Vistos: 2480 Veces
Descripción: How does a male a cappella quartet get gigs across the country, a hit Off-Broadway show and reviews from top media? By wearing high drag - and parodying well-known songs.
Excerpts from the Kinsey Sicks CD "Dragapella" along with photos from their tours - http://
kinseysicks.com/
BestArts is not affiliated with the Kinsey Sicks. We like all of the songs we've selected - but our favorites ar...
Duración: 09:59 Min Vistos: 4149 Veces
Descripción: "Follies" is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The play was nominated for eleven Tonys and won seven.
Links to the complete version of each of these videos (in order) are provided at http://
theBestArts.com/Follies/
On the website, we include some of the "behind the scenes" material from the DVD with each song.
See also:
Fosse montage: http:...
Duración: 09:45 Min Vistos: 1094 Veces
Descripción: In 1999, "Fosse" was nominated for 8 Tony Awards and won 3 - including "Best Musical." The 2001 recording of "Fosse" is one of the best musical theatre DVDs available. Because we uploaded excerpts from "Fosse" when we first created BestArts, many of our subscribers haven't discovered these great gems.
So, we've created a collage of the entire musical, with each excerpt averaging about 20 seco...
Duración: 09:50 Min Vistos: 9270 Veces
Descripción: *I have been given the honor of being on BestArts.com, so I am reposting the performance only version of this amazing song to put in a special playlist, so he can post it to his site*
Duración: 02:50 Min Vistos: 107 Veces
Descripción: *I have been given the honor of being on BestArts.com, so I am reposting the performance only version of this amazing song to put in a special playlist, so he can post it to his site*
Duración: 02:53 Min Vistos: 92 Veces
Descripción: This video features three performers who were nominated for or won a Tony Award. Phyllis Hyman sings Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean A Thing" from "Sophisticated Ladies."
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Many more great videos from "Sophisticated Ladies" are available from our website at http://
thebestarts.com/sophisticatedladies/
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Gregg Bu...
Duración: 05:39 Min Vistos: 4957 Veces
Descripción: *I have been given the honor of being on BestArts.com, so I am reposting the performance only version of this amazing song to put in a special playlist, so he can post it to his site*
Duración: 02:45 Min Vistos: 44 Veces
Descripción: My first ever post. 2 years later...
Duración: 01:54 Min Vistos: 56 Veces
