Barry Manilow explains why his World War II set musical is eerily relevant today

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In the musical 'Harmony,' which premiered in New York this week, Barry Manilow and his longtime songwriting partner Bruce Sussman are trying to give the six young men of the Comedian Harmonists their rightful place in history by telling their story.

But in the musical"Harmony," which premiered in New York this week, Barry Manilow and his longtime songwriting partner Bruce Sussman are trying to give the six young men of the Comedian Harmonists their rightful place in history by telling their story.It is a project they have been working on for decades, but"Harmony's" relevance now is chilling, with war raging in Ukraine and innocent lives being disrupted by hate.

It's taken a little while longer, a little longer than I thought it would, but this is the kind of Broadway musical that I always wanted to write. It's got every style of music that I have always loved. It's not just one style. You would think, 'Oh, Barry Manilow, it's going to be all ballads.' It's not. Every song is totally different than the one before it," Manilow elaborated.

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