They came pretty close.

In "Explorers" Bashir and O'Brien sing.
In "The Quickening" Quark sings (the stations ads/the musical mug).
In "Soldiers of the Empire" Worf, (Jadzia) Dax, and a whole bunch of Klingons sing.
In "His Way" Sisko, holo-Kira, Odo, and Vic sing. (Sisko and Odo sing acapella in his office.)
In "Once More Unto the Breach" I believe Worf, Martok, and a whole bunch of Klingons sing.
In "The Siege of AR-558" Rom and Vic sing.
In "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" Sisko and Vic sing a great duet.

Combine them all together, and that's the entrie cast (except for Jake and Ezri). Weyoun never sang, but that's a good thing: The Vorta, alas, are tone-deaf. ("Sons and Daughters")

Not that the other shows was short of singers. But most of them weren't very good, unless you compare them to Rom. (Some not even then.)

Uhura sang in "Charlie X" and Star Trek V, among others.
Geordi attempts "The Pirates of Penzance" in "Disaster". The show's name was appropriate for the results.
Picard, Data, and Worf in "Insurrrection".
Data and B-9 in "Nemesis".
The ever-musical Worf sang yet again in "Birthright" with a bunch of other Klingons.
Not-Picard sang a drinking song in "Allegiance".
O'Brien sang a few times. I think "The Wounded" was one of them.
I'm sure Beverly Crusher must have sang at least once with all the musicals she staged off-screen, but I can't remember when... maybe "Disaster"?
The Doctor sang in "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Virtuoso", among others.
Seven sang in "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "The Killing Game".
Marcus and Franklin sang in... wait, wrong show.
I don't think Riker sang, but he did play the trombone.
Picard played the flute in "The Inner Light" and "Lessons", the latter time with Nella Darren (name may be wrong... going from memory).
Spock played the harp in "Charlie X" and "The Way to Eden", among others.
Scotty played the bagpipes in Star Trek II.
Harry Kim played the clarinet. I remember, because that was his personality trait for the show. ;-)
The Caretaker played the banjo.
Russell Watson sang in the opening credits of Enterprise. :-)

I think most of these only prove that only DS9 could pull off a musical. Any episodes I missed (aside from Uhura/Vic Fontaine/EMH eps)?

By the way, am I the only one who did a double-take on this headline, thinking that Nana Visitor might be raving about the TNG flashback ep "Shades of Grey"? If you count the animated series (which I do), TNG was Trek's third series!

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Alas, it is hard to be reminded. We deserved better than "What You Leave Behind".

Im not sure about Nana's specific point. I think thematically Sisko had as much right to kill Dukat as Kira did, but the writers were going for that battle of the gods angle and Kira didnt have much of a place in that.

DS9 could have pulled of a musical. It was a missed opportunity.

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