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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2009

Ben Vereen and company sing "Magic To Do" from "Pippin."

This is an excerpt from the 1981 DVD "Pippin." View more numbers from this production on our website at http://www.thebestarts.com/pippin/

Browse our website at http://www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.

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  • LDFunk8055

    He's over emphasising the syllables because diction, when speaking normally, is lost when performing on stage. Otherwise, the ends of words would disappear in the acoustic and the audience wouldn't fully understand the lyrics. NOT, however, because he's black or that because of this he speaks with more diction in order to appeal to a white audience. A white leading man/woman would be speaking/singing in EXACTLY the same way. It's an idiom of musical theatre. Peace out x

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  • David Plomin

    I'm happy and sad at the same time watching this. I saw this on Broadway my first trip in 1976, along with the original cast of Chicago. So much has changed, so many friends gone now..

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  • zim129

    HERE 4 DAFT PUNK

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  • rfvsafasfsafsa

    So, so happy. ^.^

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  • Poochdogable

    I saw Ben Vereen and John Rubenstein in the 70's version. I've seen dozens of Broadway plays, and this is my favorite memory.

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  • Donald Frazier

    Can't believe how lucky I am to have seen so many of the major Broadway shows of this era. In NY, a spare 'student rush' ticket was something like $7, and nobody cared if you took a front and center unoccupied seat. Pacific Overtures. Wow.

    And the road shows that came to my hometown were exactly that -- the original production, original cast on the road. Pippin/Ben Vereen, Mousetrap /Anthony Quayle, Equus/Colin Firth, and so on. Now they're all corporate touring companies, often censored.

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  • Val Ginter

    Ben Vereen was the greatest! However, Jimmy Petrillo was no longer in charge of the music industry, and they were cutting down on the number of musicians. But it was still OK in 1974. However, this was one of the last musicals I ever attended.

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  • Fitanga Revuelta

    JAZZ HANDS.

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  • rentobbesion

    Oh wow, really? Just because Ben Vereen is black, doesn't mean that he has to portray this character to please "white audiences". It's called Diction, look it up -_-

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  • jjj1951

    get bent

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