#1
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:45am
The final 4 performances of the show are almost here. If you're going to the matinee today (or tomorrow) post a "final review" please. :'(
#2
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:47am
I think now that the show is closing I'm gonna haffa split my wrists. No more reasons 2 live no more. 
#3
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:55am
I've been going to next to normal since it opened on broadway and tomorrow's final performance will be my 9th time and I don't remember being this upset about a show closing since Rent. I'm hoping next to normal comes back soon enough.
#4
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:59am
Coming to NYC this Monday for two days! If only this show played one more week!!
I did get to see it once though...but that is not enough.
I did get to see it once though...but that is not enough.
#5
Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:05pm
Oh man! I didn't realize it was still open. I thought it closed before I got back to NY. I would have tried to get tickets for a couple days ago had I known this. Bummer. Hope they have a great last few performances!! Will definitely miss the show.
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
#6
Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:19pm
Can't wait to see it again tomorrow night, but sad it will be the last
#7
Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:37pm
Grabbed a ticket today for tomorrow's matinee. It'll be my fifth time. I'm gonna miss this one.
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#8
Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:37pm
Grabbed a ticket today for tomorrow's matinee. It'll be my fifth time. I'm gonna miss this one.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#9
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:42pm
Not even sure what to expect in the Booth tomorrow at 7:30pm. I've seen the show more times than I care to say, but every single time it gets me. I'm nervous for it to end, because I just don't know how to bid goodbye to such a beautiful and touching piece. I feel like we'll all be audibly weeping tomorrow night...I'll let ya'll know how it turns out! (For those of you who won't be there...which I'm guessing, on this thread, might be few in number.)
Goodbye, beautiful show.
Goodbye, beautiful show.
#10
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:45pm
hummingalong,
I agree completly and will probably be a mess tomorrow during light
I agree completly and will probably be a mess tomorrow during light
#11
Posted: 1/16/11 at 12:38am
um i'm like a mess NOW just thinking about it! what a strange thing for a show to inspire such a reaction! i wonder if the cast is happy or relieved...
#12
Posted: 1/16/11 at 1:45am
Saw the show tonight!! Wow!! The last time I saw it was in November it was great then but this time it was Perfection! I feel like Marin and Jason look so much more comfortable in their characters. They portray their characters flawlessly. And such emotion! It was just beautiful!! And they rest of the cast was phenomenal as well. Man I can't wait to see KDM as fiyero! What a voice!
The only thing I thought was a little weird was Marin was speaking some of the line that normally are sung. Has she always done this?
Can't wait for tomorrow! I will be bringing a box of tissues:'(
The only thing I thought was a little weird was Marin was speaking some of the line that normally are sung. Has she always done this?
Can't wait for tomorrow! I will be bringing a box of tissues:'(
#13
Posted: 1/16/11 at 2:30am
^ Marin spoke through some of the lyrics the few times I saw her. Her phrasing is brilliant. I had the pleasure of seeing the show 10 times since it opened at Second Stage. I'm so glad that it had such a long run, especially when no one thought it could succeed on Broadway. Here's to the creative team, producers, cast, and crew!
#14
Posted: 1/16/11 at 3:49am
I saw it for the 7th time tonight, 3rd time with the "new" cast. My mom has been wanting to see it, so tonight was her first time. I have NEVER been more affected by N2N as I was tonight. My family has gone through a lot in the past two years, and sitting there crying with my mother, holding hands, let a lot of bad feelings go and we both walked out with lighter hearts and burdens lifted off our shoulders, if only for a while.
Sorry it's not a typical review, but I just wanted to let that out.
Sorry it's not a typical review, but I just wanted to let that out.
#15
Posted: 1/16/11 at 5:50am
Exactly what lyrics did she speak? (I mean, I'm trying to remember - are these like mid-song things e.g. the screeching in "I don't know", overcome with emotion in "I dreamed a dance")?
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
Updated On: 1/16/11 at 05:50 AM
#16
Posted: 1/16/11 at 7:28am
congrats on making such a controversial and different show work! best of luck to all involved!
#17
Posted: 1/16/11 at 8:10am
^Marin spoke several lines, but she picked them carefully, I saw them as acting choices.
Sad to see them go. Because it wasn't Just another musical (get it?) And so... Goodbye.
Sad to see them go. Because it wasn't Just another musical (get it?) And so... Goodbye.
For those who thought NEXT TO NORMAL wouldn't have a life outside Broadway, well it's now playing in 4 cities, 9 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages.
#18
Posted: 1/16/11 at 8:30am
Once in a while Marin will speak a lyric in You Don't Know
#19
Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:04am
Earlier this morning I snagged a ticket to tonight's closing show. I can't wait, it's going to be insane. I hope they have ambulances on hand for the all the fangurls.
#20
Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:05am
Most of what I remember her speaking is at the end of "The Break" when she repeats "What happens if the cut, the burn the break was never in my brain, or in my blood..." and then sings "but in my soul." Don't know if that's something she continually does. Forgive me if I have some of those lyrics out of order.
#21
Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:18am
What time are they drawing names for the lottery tonight?
#23
Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:30am
They still have tickets to the closing show tonight??
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#24
Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:31am
It's going to be insane. I should videotape the winners screaming and crying and post it on Youtube.
#25
Posted: 1/16/11 at 11:46am
That'd actually be really amusing. You should interview them after they get their names called and ask them each to say a few words. You could say that you're from a new internet blog and I'm sure that they'd all log on to see themselves. I could help you film it. Hilarious.
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