Barry Manilow has stories to tell

Manilow closed out the annual "Capitol Fourth" concert Thursday night with "Let Freedom Ring" before the crowd streamed away from the Capitol's west lawn to see the fireworks at the other end of the Mall. Covered in scaffolding for repairs following an Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, and other music icons came together yesterday to celebrate the birth of the U.S.. Manilow headlined A Capitol Fourth, the yearly national fireworks show held in Washington D.C. each Fourth of Barry Manilow was set to close the show at the PBS' 33rd annual A Capitol Fourth celebration in Washington, D.C. last night and boy, did he ever. The 70-year-old performed classics, like show-closer "Let Freedom Ring," to a crowd of thousands.The long-in-the-works musical written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman is rolling toward its Sept. 6 opening date at the Alliance

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