Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#2Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:30pmThe creative team is very good. I think this has potential.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#2Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:31pmBased on what I've heard, this should be pretty special.
#3Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:33pmI'm glad she's coming back. I'm actually kind of shocked she's stayed away for so long.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#4Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:39pm^ She did not want to do revivals. She's always been into original musicals and she finally found the right one.
#5Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:44pmShe has been previewing one of the songs in her concert tour this past year. It sounds beautiful!
"I shall stay until the wind changes."
#6Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:47pm
Hoping they do LOTS of stuff from this at the Kitt/Yorkey Lincoln Center American Songbook concert Friday.
I've got my tickets, but if you want yours...
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#7Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 2:56pm
Thank you dtzumbrunnen! You've given hope to those who were shut out when the show first went on sale.
I am incredibly excited for this new production. I will definitely make a road trip to DC for this show.
What is the song she has previewed in concert?
#8Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:01pmI'm so excited for this! Random question...is there a reason 'Aida' is not part of Idina's bio?
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#9Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:01pmI'm so excited for this! Random question...is there a reason 'Aida' is not part of Idina's bio?
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#10Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:08pmwas this the show Kyle Dean Massey was workshopping too?
Esther
Stand-by Joined: 2/27/05
#11Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:09pm
She didn't originate Amneris, so maybe that's why it was left off?
That's my guess.
#12Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:21pm
Rainbowhigh,
Learn to Live Without
"I shall stay until the wind changes."
#13Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:27pm
"was this the show Kyle Dean Massey was workshopping too?"
Yes it was along with Anthony Rapp, Adam Kantor, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Colin Donnel.
#14Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:28pmif that cast ends up transferring with the project to Broadway...what a show this will be!
broadwayfever
Featured Actor Joined: 6/15/08
#15Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:37pmI hate to say it but Idina memory skills have severely diminished. She has trouble remembering the words to her own songs these days. I'm not too sure if she can remember an entire show nowadays, so I don't think she's the best pick.
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#16Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 3:37pmLYLS3637, thank you. That was beautiful!
hockeynut2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#17Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 7:20pm
I am so happy that it will stop at The National Theatre. Here's the announcement on my site DCMetroTheaterArts.
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's new musical with Idina Menzel stops in DC Before BWAY
#18Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 8:04pm
broadwayfever, I have seen her in concert, she never dropped the words.
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
Emma White
Featured Actor Joined: 2/11/13
#19Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 8:18pm
"broadwayfever, I have seen her in concert, she never dropped the words. "
There's a video on youtube of her forgetting the lyrics to "For Good" in concert.
And let's be honest, For Good is not the hardest song to remember the lyrics to.
"Nice is different than good."
#20Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 8:26pmAre we really questioning her abilities to memorize things because she forgot words to a song?
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
WestwardHoHo
Chorus Member Joined: 8/2/10
#21Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 8:37pmThat new song is a stinkeroo.
Emma White
Featured Actor Joined: 2/11/13
#22Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 10:26pm
No, I'm sure she can memorize just fine. I'm just saying, she has forgotten the words on stage before... And just sat there looking confused and being like "****, what are the words?"
Honestly, I think she's a talented lady, but she is so over-hyped.
"Nice is different than good."
#23Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 10:26pm
I am so excited for this! I saw Idina recently in concert and she blew everyone I was with away. She is a star, and she has proven herself time and again.
The idea that anyone thinks they have the right to say her memory has diminished (as if she's 90 years old) is absurd to me. Don't go to the show then, and leave more seats open for me and my fellow Idina fans.
#24Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted: 2/28/13 at 11:07pm
Some people are actors first, concert performers second. In a concert setting, it's much easier to forget the words, since they aren't "coming from the same place" as doing the show, playing the character.
Legendary singer-songwriter Pete Townshend is somewhat notorious for forgetting the words to the songs from his four rock operas, and cabaret darling turned Glee star Darren Criss usually has to turn his songs into a singalong to keep them going.
