
Barry Manilow explains why his World War II set musical is eerily relevant today
CNN
They may be the most famous international superstars you have never heard of, thanks to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis trying to eliminate their very existence.
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.

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