Usher: the All-Around Entertainer
Remember back in the day?
Back when entertainers were more than a pretty face (not that pretty faces don’t work hard, I wouldn’t say that)? But when there were people like Sammy Davis Jr., who could sing, dance, act, and do a mean stand up act, all at once. It’s been a while since we’ve had triple threats like that in stardom.
Usher: a Man of All Stages
While he came to fame as an R&B singer, Usher made the move to Broadway with a role in Chicago. You have to give credit to someone who reaches beyond their immediate skillset – it doesn’t always work out (Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, anyone?).
But it seems that the stage bug must have bit Usher, because he’s done a reprise of Gene Kelly’s famous “Singin’ in the Rain” for the MTV Music awards:
And word has it that he is slated to play in a revival of Golden Boy, a role pioneered by Sammy Davis Jr. I suspect the man would be proud of his successor…
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