Barry Manilow, who recently turned 80, is a hit-making master showman. He's released nearly 60 singles, including a bucketful that were No. 1, Top 10 and Top 40 radio hits (“Mandy,” “Looks Like We ...
In 1975, Barry Manilow put a new spin on the classic “if a tree falls in the woods” question: if a song that sounds ironic at face value becomes a chart-topping smash hit, is it really ironic? Prior ...
Barry Manilow recalled how he initially didn't think one of his most iconic songs would be a hit. During an interview with NBC News, the 80-year-old singer explained that he "never" knows when a song ...
Barry Manilow has a few more songs to share before he bids farewell. The 82-year-old Grammy winner unveiled a new song, "Once Before I Go," on Tuesday, Sept. 23 and shared a series of new North ...
Before “Mandy” and multiplatinum albums, Barry Manilow and his longtime collaborator Bruce Sussman wanted to write for the musical stage. “Bruce and I have been trying to write musicals from the very, ...
When Nassau County native Bruce Sussman first pitched Barry Manilow on a somewhat improbable subject for a Broadway musical — a 1930s German singing group called the Comedian Harmonists that few ...
Harmony strikes a powerful chord. Harmony — a new musical — that opened Monday night at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre — by legendary songwriters Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, is a new original ...
When Barry Manilow writes a melody, forget about Stephen Sondheim. Or, for that matter, Jule Styne and Richard Rodgers. Manilow’s lush, soaring and very familiar-sounding tunes recall the work of ...
Manilow has embarked on a new project with long-time collaborator Bruce Sussman (though it has been in development over the past 30 years). The Broadway musical, Harmony, tells the true story of the ...