Andrea Burns as Diana
Andrea Burns as Diana
Andrea Burns as Diana #1
Posted: 12/3/11 at 3:37pmI N2N Do you guys think she could pull it off, she has wonderful soprano and has great belt zone, but the acting not sure what about you guys.
Andrea Burns as Diana #2
Posted: 12/3/11 at 7:02pmYes! I've been thinking this for a couple years.;
Andrea Burns as Diana #2
Posted: 12/3/11 at 10:50pm
and she wants to do it “It would be really cool to do Diana in Next to Normal. That would definitely take a lot of emotional stamina, but I just think it’s such a great show, and the writers put together such a fantastic role. It would just be wonderful to get a shot at it. Hopefully there’s time for that — I’m sure it’s going to be done all over the country for years to come.
Where do i go to finance this?
Andrea Burns as Diana #4
Posted: 5/29/12 at 3:07pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/166443-Robert-Cuccioli-Dee-Hoty-Andrea-Burns-Emily-Skinner-and-More-Set-for-Hangar-Theatre-Season !!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO EXCITED
Andrea Burns as Diana #5
Posted: 5/29/12 at 3:22pmThat might be worth a late summer trip up to Ithaca. I'd be very curious to see her take on the role.
Andrea Burns as Diana #6
Posted: 5/29/12 at 3:33pmBurns will be great in the role, but I'm more interested in Emily Skinner playing Maria in LEND ME A TENOR.
Andrea Burns as Diana #7
Posted: 5/29/12 at 6:20pmI'd love to try to make it for Lend Me a Tenor. Sadly I know there is no way my schedule will allow me to go see Next to Normal.
Andrea Burns as Diana #8
Posted: 5/29/12 at 7:56pmFINALLY.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
Andrea Burns as Diana #9
Posted: 7/15/12 at 5:13pm
Andrea Burns singing I Miss the Mountains from the 2012 Broadway Cruise... (so excited - I'm seeing this twice in Ithaca!)
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Andrea Burns as Diana #10
Posted: 7/15/12 at 5:37pmAnakela, thank you so much for posting that link. I think Burns sounded great and would love to hear her take on the rest of the score. Very jealous that you get to see this twice. I'm excited to hear back from you and others on how her Diana stacks up.
Andrea Burns as Diana #11
Posted: 7/15/12 at 6:56pmAndrea is amazing, but that was VERY Ripley-esque.
Andrea Burns as Diana #12
Posted: 7/15/12 at 7:03pmIf I didn't know otherwise I'd assume 3:13-3:32 is Ripley in slightly better voice :P
Andrea Burns as Diana #13
Posted: 7/21/12 at 1:18am
Here's a different (longer, and better quality) video of the same Broadway Cruise performance of I Miss the Mountains.
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Andrea Burns as Diana #14
Posted: 8/24/12 at 7:59pm
B-roll footage
The Hangar Theatre Presents 'Next to Normal'
Andrea Burns as Diana #15
Posted: 8/24/12 at 8:05pm
Anybody in NYC have a car I can borrow for a few days so I can catch it next week? 
Andrea Burns as Diana #16
Posted: 8/24/12 at 8:52pmThat set is unbelievably hideous. Andrea looks great though.
Andrea Burns as Diana #17
Posted: 8/25/12 at 6:51pmWhat's with the light-speed tempo of You Don't Know/I Am The One?
Andrea Burns as Diana #18
Posted: 8/25/12 at 7:12pm
And people here said the Melbourne Gabe was long in the tooth :P
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Perhaps I'm shallow, but I feel that the Gabes I have seen around in Regional Productions recently are deviating further and further from the Aaron Tveit/Kyle Dean Massey mold, and the show is a bit less enjoyable when Gabe isn't "Dashing. Bright. Playful. Everything a mother could dream".
Andrea Burns as Diana #19
Posted: 8/26/12 at 4:04am
From the video it seems that Burns is making the mistake Emily Skinner made at Second Stage, she is playing the surface/neurosis. It wasn't until she made it back to Broadway (via DC) that Skinner obviously found that underplaying Diana was the way into the character.
EDIT Sorry about the above, made that Skinner/Ripley mistake I always make...
Updated On: 8/27/12 at 04:04 AM
Andrea Burns as Diana #20
Posted: 8/26/12 at 7:25am
Are Emily Skinny and Alice Ripley the same person?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
More evidence that Ripley was playing herself on stage :P? (i.e. crazy).
Andrea Burns as Diana #21
Posted: 8/26/12 at 11:04amReally liked the set. Andrew Burns and the actress that played Natalie stand out!
Andrea Burns as Diana #22
Posted: 8/26/12 at 2:08pmBased off of the video preview, this production looks hideous. The set is plain and boring, the staging looked confused, there was no depth, and the acting looked like it was being done by high schoolers.
Andrea Burns as Diana #23
Posted: 8/26/12 at 8:41pmI'd love to see Andrea Burns as Diana in another production. She's incredible in this video but Dan and Gabe are just awful.
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Andrea Burns as Diana #24
Posted: 8/27/12 at 12:42amI got to see Next to Normal at the Hangar last week and really enjoyed it. I never got to catch it in NYC due to living in Ithaca so I had nothing to compare it to and I thought everyone did a wonderful job. The small theater made the show feel even more intimate and while the set is simple/boring it did not effect the performances which were outstanding. Definitely recommend making the trip up there to see Diana and the great cast!
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