Anyone seen NEXT TO NORMAL tonite?- Page 8

[MissAnneThrop]

Posted: 1/26/08 at 11:59am

still no songlist in the playbill. I am not familiar with the show and I would like to know who sings what when.

[jake6970]

Posted: 1/26/08 at 12:43pm

I like not having a song list...it forces you to be in the moment and watch the show as a story. Not counting down the songs.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 1/26/08 at 12:48pm

the problem with a song list i think MissAnne is that some of the song titles could spoil certain aspects of the show. It's probably for the best that there isn't a song list.


ETA. looking back at my program for Feeling Electric at NYMF, the song list could easily give away where the show goes. Updated On: 1/26/08 at 12:48 PM

[Liverpool]

Posted: 1/26/08 at 1:44pm

One thing i keep forgetting to mention, that's not related to the quality of the show at all, is how much Alice Ripley looks like Catherine O'Hara (Best in Show, Home Alone, For Your Consideration) I noticed it the first time i saw the show and during tuesday's intermission the woman behind me said the same thing.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 1/26/08 at 2:06pm

I agree with jake. I liked not having a song list for the same reasons he mentioned. Too often even if I'm really into a show, knowing how many songs there are does affect me for the worse. Especially in anreally intense second act, if I know there are only a couple of songs left I find myself focusing on that fact rather than the entirity of the show.

(Incidentally, I'm going back Sunday night. :) Loved it that much!)

Updated On: 1/26/08 at 02:06 PM

[jaystarr]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:08pm

bump..looking for the list of songs?

[jaystarr]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:09pm

found it.. thanks leagirl

for those inquiring minds...

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Act I:
Let There Be Light
Just Another Day
Perfect
Costco
Who Is Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I
Perfect for You
I Miss the Mountains
It's Gonna Be Good
He's Not Here
You Don't Know
I Am the One
Superboy and the Invisible Girl
Open Your Eyes
I'm Alive
Catch Me I'm Falling
I Dreamed A Dance
There's a World
Didn't I See This Movie
Light in the Dark
Feeling Electric


Act II:
Growing Up Unstable
Song of Forgetting
*Song that i have NO idea what it is called*
Getting Better
Aftershocks
*reprise of above song that I don't know what it is*
I Don't Know
How Could I Ever Forget
It's Gonna Be Good (reprise)
Why Stay?
I'm Alive (reprise)
The Break
Catch Me I'm Falling (reprise)
Next to Normal (guessing this is what this song was called)
Perfect for You (reprise)
So Anyway
I Am the One (reprise)
Let There Be

[LeaGirl]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:27pm

The songs that I had no idea what they were called are I think Hey 1, Hey 2 and Hey 3? According to that article? (Is Hey 3 the "Perfect for You" reprise?) Anyhow I think some of those titles are still guesses!

[jaystarr]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:31pm

thanks... trying to sort out songs that I had.

J*
Updated On: 2/12/08 at 10:31 PM

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:32pm

Jay ~ There are some pretty significant lyric changes in some of the songs. Just so you know.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:32pm

I believe the song that everyone thinks is called "Next to Normal" is actually called "Everything."

[jaystarr]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:34pm

thanks guys... I am just trying to familiarize myself with the music.. I like Feeling Electric & Let There Be Light.

Blue skies is gone, huh?


J*

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:35pm

Yeah. Gone.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:35pm

Oh, and Open Your Eyes got cut.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:37pm

I think I always get that mixed up with "Catch Me I'm Falling" ~ "Catch Me" is the hypnosis song and "Open Your Eyes" was the scary rock star song?

[jaystarr]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:39pm

Feeling Strong Fine is that Catch Me I'm Falling?

J*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:41pm

Yes. "Open Your Eyes" was the one that came right after the whole "let's get it on now baby" bit that stayed. It went:

"Open your eyes
Open your eyes
It's a world that's full of wonder
And the wonder never dies..."

(Or something.)

The "catch me, I'm falling" part happens during the hypnosis sequence that's doubled with Natalie's piano recital.

Updated On: 2/12/08 at 10:41 PM

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:41pm

Pretty much, yeah... Again, lyric changes. And definite dialogue changes.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 10:42pm

Thanks Emcee. I've got it now. I think I get confused because of the stuff that happens with the set on the second level. I've got it now.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 1:23am

anyone see the final preview?

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 5:54am

I didn't see it last night, but I saw it Saturday when it was frozen. There was press there.

[Esparzafan]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 9:13am

I saw the show last night. It was my first experience with Next to Normal, so I don't have a reference point or prior knowledge of song changes that have been made, but I truly loved the show. Very solid, great acting...I can't get the songs out of my head. I can't wait to go back again!

[TheOneAndOnly2]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 12:34pm

*Edited to add: Sorry, saw a thread devoted to the changes below!*

I saw N2N a little over a week ago, and then just yesterday. At the matinee yesterday I realized that they had cut the Costco song! How random to be making changes like that a week before they close! I guess maybe they are still tweaking things with the idea that they will move on to a larger commercial run somewhere?

Anyone have any ideas? I kinda missed the song! This time her breakdown occurred in the dining room on the floor. She was making sandwiches on the ground, and stacked bread on top of bread on top of bread, using a little dressing squirt bottle on it all. Definitely a bit different than what I saw a week ago....
Updated On: 3/9/08 at 12:34 PM

[jaystarr]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 3:12pm

Finally I saw it.... FULL Circle.. I started the thread asking how's the show...now I saw it..

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Jordy.. look at my facebook photos .. I posted it alreday... I DID IT AGAIN. I called Alice Ripley... Emily Skinner again?

Hey guys.. (Frog_fans & Dave ) Did I by any other chance call Alice Ripley yesterday Emily Skinner? (to her face? ..oh my god.. that would be a disaster!!! lol! )

you guys have to CORRECT me pls.... I have a MIND BLOCK on the two...I keep calling Alice Ripley.. Emily Skinner...

I hope I did not say yesterday... Hi..Emily can you pls sign my playbill?

J*
Updated On: 3/9/08 at 03:12 PM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 3/9/08 at 3:23pm

I'm pretty sure you didn't.