Andrea Burns as Diana
Andrea Burns as Diana
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Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#1Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
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Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#2Andrea Burns as Diana
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?
#4Andrea Burns as Diana
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
#5Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
#6Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
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#7Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
#8Andrea Burns as Diana
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
#9Andrea Burns as Diana
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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#10Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
#11Andrea Burns as Diana
Posted: 7/15/12 at 6:56pmAndrea is amazing, but that was VERY Ripley-esque.
#12Andrea Burns as Diana
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
#13Andrea Burns as Diana
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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#14Andrea Burns as Diana
Posted: 8/24/12 at 7:59pm
B-roll footage
The Hangar Theatre Presents 'Next to Normal'
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#15Andrea Burns as Diana
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? 
#16Andrea Burns as Diana
Posted: 8/24/12 at 8:52pmThat set is unbelievably hideous. Andrea looks great though.
#17Andrea Burns as Diana
Posted: 8/25/12 at 6:51pmWhat's with the light-speed tempo of You Don't Know/I Am The One?
#18Andrea Burns as Diana
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".
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#19Andrea Burns as Diana
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
#20Andrea Burns as Diana
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).
#21Andrea Burns as Diana
Posted: 8/26/12 at 11:04amReally liked the set. Andrew Burns and the actress that played Natalie stand out!
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Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/12
#22Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
#23Andrea Burns as Diana
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.
Codeman109
Chorus Member Joined: 5/10/04
#24Andrea Burns as Diana
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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