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I saw the show last night and Graham Phillips gave one of the most exciting theatre performances I’ve ever seen. It was just superb. Every note he sang was was flawless. 

binau said: "threetwoone said: "Binau, I recommend getting there 30 mins early and standing in line. The doors to the theatre open around 5-10 mins before the show starts and it’s a mad rush while everyone is admitted and takes their general admission seat.

Alice will be sitting in the centre of the stage as you enter, and I recommend sitting as close to the centre as possible, and in the direction her chair faces at the start of the show. I saw the show 3 times in total and sat in three different spots. The place I mentioned above was the best view.

To those that asked, Pascal is pre-recorded and Alice’s timing is just perfectly done. I think Pascal has some facial queues built in to his performance which Alice uses as a prompt. Its really so seamless."

Just checking should be facing her at the beginning right :)? (Slightly ambiguous to me whether in the direction her chair faces might mean sitting behind her or in front…if it was in the round)"

It is indeed in the round, so you can’t really go wrong wherever you sit. It’s a bit hard to explain. I’ll upload a video to YouTube and share the link here :)

Edit: here is the link https://youtube.com/shorts/w-phkCbxLy0?feature=share

At the very start of the clip, there is a person in black pants, white shoes and an orange-ish shirt filming. That was the seat I sat in a previous night and it was a great view. (As was the location I filmed this from the next night)

Exciting update. I came back to see it again and while in line to enter the theatre, I overheard someone connected with the production say that the plan is for this to have a a life beyond Barcelona. It’s confirmed for another city after this, and the eventual plan is for it to land in London.

Oh btw, there WERE props (birthday cake, music box, sandwiches, duffle bag in “So Anyway” etc.) so not sure where the “no props” thing came from.

From memory, most songs were severely shortened (Just Another Day, Perfect for You, Better than Before, A Light in the Dark), some were full or nearly full (I Miss the Mountains, I Am the One, I Am the One (reprise), Light), and some songs were cut completely (Everything Else, I’ve Been, Song of Forgetting, Why Stay/A Promise).

There were some book changes, mostly minor. For example, the music recital in “Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I’m Falling” was cut, as were many spoken scene intros to songs (ie. “McGyver of pot” intro scene to “Superboy and the Invisible Girl&rdquo

So I’d say the majority of the cuts come from shortened and cut songs.

The show moved so quickly. Next to Normal already packs so much into such little time (med numbness, attempted suicide, ECT, memory loss) and so to have it all go by in half the runtime is a bit strange. But it still works. It’s like we enter Diana’s brain (imagine A LOT of neuron motifs) for a 60 min roller coaster ride.

I’ll be at the first performance tonight! Anyone else going?

Last saw Alice in the national tour of the show in 2011 I guess it was. Couldn’t miss this so grabbed a ticket and a flight to Barcelona as soon as they went on sale. 
 

Will report back for anyone who is interested!

For anybody who is interested, a new German cast recording of Der Glöckner came out earlier this week. It's a live recording of the same Papermill production that is currently playing in Berlin with the new material / edits translated into German. 

https://www.facebook.com/disneysdergloecknervonnotredame/posts/1584720428239278

It's not available online or at stores yet, but I went and picked it up at the the theatre this week and it sounds great. I think I might I like it better than the new English recording, actually.

I saw it in Manchester a few months ago and it was excellent. There's a reason critics gave it mostly 4 and 5 stars in London after opening last week. Such a cool piece of theatre with a score that is so much better than your average jukebox musical.

Kitty kitty bang bang?

 

(How has nobody made that joke yet?)

Littleshopofcarrie said: "Perfect casting! So excited for this!

This also takes away the idea of Winokur playing Prudy... Wonder who she's playing now (if she is attached)"

 

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I went on a few days ago to buy a recording of Sunset Boulevard and there wasn't a single official cast recording of the show on the Canadian iTunes Store. Not sure if it's any different on the US store...

Yeah, does anybody have any more details about this? I'm teaching English not too far from Hannover (where they are flying to) but googling doesn't return any results for a conventions or the like...

FindingNamo said: "I'm just writing modest proposals about people who apparently think it's delightful to have a human monolith in front of them at a show.  

It's hilarious to me that people were fine with somebody suggesting that shorter theater goers should strategize what locations will be best in case a tall person (who apparently doesn't need to strategize anything) gets a ticket in front of them and blocks a view. "

This might be an interesting read for some people:

http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/08/15/432289382/the-good-listener-are-tall-people-obligated-to-stand-in-the-back-at-concerts

"That said, nothing makes a concertgoer feel put-upon more quickly than standing still and minding your own business as a towering wall erects itself in front of you. And, of course, it's far worse when said wall appears to lack consideration or even awareness — it makes the shorter person feel disregarded, invisible, ignored. To answer your question, I think tall people do indeed have a social obligation to minimize the obstruction they create; to avoid front rows, stand against walls (or, even better, in front of pillars), and otherwise forfeit premium positioning between band and audience."