NEXT TO NORMAL Headed to Broadway's Longacre Theater, Previews Start March 27 — Page 8

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come on though.. you can go on telecharge and see they're only selling tickets for SOML until Sunday.

I'm excited though. I was at the booth tonight and think its a much better theater.. although the overhang is a little low in the rear orch.. idk if you'd be able to see the third story..

It's perfect... we will just have to see!

Oh i'm sure... I wonder how long until they'll announce. I just hope this wouldn't change any dates or anything... though I don't see why it would.

I wouldn't think it would, they wouldn't have started rehearsing yet, and they certainly wouldn't have started loading in.

Yeah, I was by there around 5:30 and nobody was in sight at the Longacre. I'd be very surprised if they didn't take the Booth.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Title of Show coming back rumors are true and they grab the Booth. It was their number one choice after all.

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Updated On: 2/21/09 at 02:17 AM

but with them beginning previews in just 5 weeks you would have expected them to start selling tickets ASAP. So with them not, it makes you wonder if they were trying wait out another show.

Are the Longacre and the Booth owned by the same organization? (I can never keep that kind of thing straight) If not, I can't imagine them announcing one theater and being able to switch to another.


If they were "hoping" for the Booth...then why did they bother announcing the theater at all??

I don't think it matters where they play....just that it does!

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having looked at the few pictures of each of the two theatres i could find on line it looks like the sighlines for the rear of the orchestra would be better at the Booth. The Mezzanine in the Longacre looks to be REALLY low and it hangs over half the Orchestra. In the booth the over hang is at the same row as the longacre but there are fewer rows and the mezz looks to be further above the orchestra.

Can we let any speculations about [tos] reopening on Broadway die, just like the show did? IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!! I know [tos] has its rabid enthusiasts, but with ROA and NTN now on the radar screen, there's a nice contingency of new musicals on the boards.

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I fear the same fate will happen to NEXT TO NORMAL as SOML and TOS. It will probably happen rapidly and this is truly sad. This is another reason why theatre in American needs to be subsidized by our government as it is in many other countries.
Some countries have arrangements where they pay the salaries of musicians, stagehands and actors (minimum rates probably) and the producers then have theatre rents, insurance, stage and costume costs, etc., to contribute as a partnership with the government and therefore, it makes it possible for new and small productions like the three mentioned above, to survive and sometimes even thrive. It has always been difficult in America to make this happen so I would not anticipate it. Still, I predict that NEXT TO NORMAL may have an even shorter life on Broadway than TITLE OF SHOW and THE STORY OF MY LIFE. It does have David Stone as a producer and this may or may not be a sign that he will stick with NTN to try to give it a decent chance but since so much money is involved, it will most likely die quickly. Sad. More Broadway theaters dark, more unemployed actors, stagehands, and those who work in allied fields. All bad signs of the near future.