Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Barry Manilow met the press July 25 ahead of the July 26 start of Barry Manilow on Broadway, playing in a limited engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre through August 17.
鈥淚 am thrilled to be returning to my hometown of New York City and performing once again on Broadway,鈥� said Manilow in an earlier statement. 鈥淚t holds a very special place in my heart.鈥�
The artist had 25 consecutive Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1975 and 1983. The list includes songs that he still sings today: 鈥淢andy,鈥� 鈥淚t's a Miracle,鈥� 鈥淐ould It Be Magic,鈥� 鈥淚 Write the Songs,鈥� 鈥淭ryin' To Get the Feeling Again,鈥� 鈥淭his One's For You,鈥� 鈥淲eekend in New England,鈥� 鈥淟ooks Like We Made It,鈥� 鈥淐an't Smile Without You,鈥� 鈥淓ven Now," and the Grammy-winning 鈥滳opacabana (At the Copa).鈥� He's also got a passion for musical theatre; he wrote the scores for the musicals Harmony and Copacabana.
Manilow recently celebrated his 500th show at the International Theater at the Westgate in Las Vegas, where he has been in residency since 2018.
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