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Going to be honest, I saw this tonight and felt it to be…honorific and bland.

The Palladium is a HUGE house to play and this production just seemed turned into itself too much to let the audience in. It was missing all of the pop and fizz that made the last Broadway revival such a hoot. Adding songs from the movie also just prolonged the show unnecessarily and didn’t add anything of worth.

Imelda was okay, but the only time she came most alive was “So Long Dea

infinitefoxes said: "Could definitely be me reading into it too much but in several recent interviews where Jack Wolfe has been asked about his future acting plans he's always replied something along the lines of that he's "clinging on to Next to Normal for as long as he can", which to me implies that there's definitely conversations happening somewhere about him going over with it.

Caissie Levy's obviously a definite, but as much as I loveEleanor

But you didn’t answer the fundamental question - exactly WHAT about this makes this tied to the time it was written/debuted?

If you can answer that, then your argument/opinion/whatever would hold a lot more water.

It’s not like ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST which, given how it depicts psychiatric hospitals and treatments now considered barbaric (lobotomies being the main one), THAT makes it a period piece since it’s realistic, but connected to the 

This really seems like rather luxury casting for both roles. I think Redmayne’s name is doing the lion’s share of marquee value. Here, you have two people who are relatively well known for different areas.

The Gen Z crowd will go nuts for Auli’i as she was not only Moana, but was recently Janis in the MEAN GIRLS movie.

Honestly, if he could sing, Cole Escola would be a GREAT emcee down the road.

I just hope they replace Ato Blankson-Wood while they&rsquo

SmokeyLady said: "The replacements in London have all followed the same vocal path in the show. I am afraid if you're going to watch Adam let loose you might be disappointed. "

HARD Disagree. I saw Mason Alexander Park last year and Layton Williams just a few nights ago and, while there is a bit of a character voice, neither went anywhere NEAR the Muppet voice of Eddie Redmayne at all. Layton even added quite a few opt-ups in some of the songs (particularly Wilko

Jordan Catalano said: "They did a great job updating this production so it doesn’t look like its from aaaaalllllllllll the way back in 2008. Theytook out the scene where Diana goes to the hospital in the horse and buggy and Gabe is no longer a Victorian era ghost wearing chains. Natalie is a high school student now instead of working in the factory and Dr. Madden is now a real doctor who doesn’t try to cure Diana by using a vibrator."

The cackle I just le

BroadwayNYC2 said: "It’s a great production of a highly overrated show (I get I’m the minority), but it’s a rare example of Act II being incredibly superior to the first. Next To Normal is a frustrating endeavor for me because no matter how hard a director tries, it’s a 2000s period piece. Until a show rectifies that, I’m not sure I need to see it again."

How, pray tell, is this a period piece?

I saw the original Broadway producti

I believe they do have a TKTS booth there and also TodayTix is HUGE in London for rush.

I prefer to buy in advance because I don’t like to risk getting a seat that won’t fit me.

As for show recommendations, OPERATION MINCEMEAT is a MUST. I would also recommend the immersive GUYS AND DOLLS. STARLIGHT EXPRESS looks like a heavily immersive experience that likely won’t be replicated anywhere else, so I would put that in the mix. 

I can personally attes

I saw it at The Other Palace in London last year and I found it riotously funny, though obviously missing the bite of the original film. Some parts haven’t aged well over time - mostly the school gun violence, but also an entire number about “My Dead Gay Son”.

I don’t think a Broadway run would really be good for this property - mostly because, as American society, these issues hit WAY too close to home these days to genuinely be considered good fodder for a mus