NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start March 27- Page 2

[nexttoelectric]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#25

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:48pm

Probably just a few days before previews.

[Sondheim_Geek]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#26

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:52pm

I would guess probably something like 3/8. It's not like the production is going to need more than three weeks or rehearsal before the first preview.

[obsessedjb]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#27

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:53pm

Yeah i've heard march 8th too.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#28

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:54pm

How I wish it opened early March when I am there. Unfortunately, I missed it last year when it played Off-Broadway and I'd love to see it. Perhaps I will be able to see it sometime in the summer.
So glad that Alice Ripley is back on Broadway, her rendition of "I Miss the Mountains" from her concert album with Emily Skinner is breath-taking.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[alliez92092]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#29

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:55pm

I find it ironic that he'll leave around March 8th because that was the original date that Next to Normal was supposed to close when it was at Second Stage before it got extended for two weeks.

Also, the Helen Hayes awards are announced 2 days before opening. That is going to be one amazing week.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#30

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:56pm

I love this show, but a reasonable for Best Musical? Let's get some perspective. Everyone knows the Tonys aren't purely about merit.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 2/17/09 at 05:56 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#31

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:58pm

I find it ironic that he'll leave around March 8th because that was the original date that Next to Normal was supposed to close when it was at Second Stage before it got extended for two weeks.

You don't know the meaning of ironic, do you?

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[TheCharleston]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#32

Posted: 2/17/09 at 5:59pm

Hahah.

[nexttoelectric]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#33

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:00pm

Everyone knows the Tonys aren't purely about merit.

it won't win, but it will probably get nominated.

[winter_sky]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#34

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:02pm

I was about to say... that's not really what irony means...at all.

[Sondheim_Geek]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#35

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:02pm

Nominations I can see happening:

Best Musical
Lead Actress in a Musical: Alice Ripley
Featured Actor in a Musical: Aaron Tveit
Director for a Musical: Michael Greif
Lighting Design: Kevin Adams (hardly a lock as it has become a little much since the 2st production)

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/next-to-normal-will-transfer-to-broadway/?ref=theater

and can someone tell the NY Times that d'Arcy is gone...

[alliez92092]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#36

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:03pm

Meant to say coincidental. Sorry.

And Sondheim_Geek, I agree with your thoughts on nominations. I could also see them possibly getting one for score.

[dg22894]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#37

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:05pm

Michael Greif(sp) should get a tony he has done great work.
Agree with the nominations but I would add score and Aaron Tveit from what I saw has a chance at winning.


SO HAPPY FOR THIS IS HAPPENING

[snl89]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#38

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:07pm

I love this show, but a reasonable for Best Musical? Let's get some perspective. Everyone knows the Tonys aren't purely about merit.



I honestly would not care in the least if it was a show that I knew would be fine without it. I just really want it to win so it can do well!!

I mean, Spring Awakening and In The Heights won! Maybe it has a lil bit of a chance? (not that they're anything like NtN, really, but still)

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

[CapnHook]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#39

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:08pm

OMG!!!!!! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! "Best Musical" is no longer a lock for BILLY ELLIOT. Alice Ripley is now Leading Actress competition. The Score is now competition. OMG!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this show and am VERY pleased on the news of the transfer!!!

"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

[Sondheim_Geek]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#40

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:09pm

allie,

Totally passed over Score. I could see that being very feasible for a win as well.

[TheCharleston]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#41

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:09pm

Wow.

Freak out more, Captain Hook.

[Yankeefan007]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#42

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:10pm

This is excellent news.

I've been championing this show to my peers since the run at Second Stage.

I'm also glad to see that the cheapest ticket price is in so many people's thoroughly affordable range. The last row of the mezz at the Longacre is wonderful.

Nothing like a good shake up.

[snl89]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#43

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:10pm

YES to score!! for sure

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

[Pianolin717]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#44

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:11pm

ok, since they are closing the balcony, this will change the amount of seats obviously, yet they are paying full rent. wouldn't this be a slightly bad thing?

[TheCharleston]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#45

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:12pm

I;m not sure how it's a "shakeup" when its competitors for the final nomination spot are ROCK OF AGES and STORY OF MY LIFE..? Neither of which should have ever been a lock for the final spot.

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#46

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:14pm

$25? Wow! Now I have no excuse not to see this.

Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

[Kelly2]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#47

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:17pm

This is so misguided. Good luck to it anyway though.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell

[nexttoelectric]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#48

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:19pm

where are people getting this about the 25 dollar tickets?

[ljay889]

re: NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start Ma#49

Posted: 2/17/09 at 6:19pm

TooDarnHot, you must really hate this show!