NEXT TO NORMAL Norwegian Production

I like this set maybe even more than the Broadway set. What are your thoughts?



Norwegian Cast

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Updated On: 9/2/10 at 07:38 PM

Why is GAbe playing a guitar?

They sound great. Wish they did it in english.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEfKeTZGYM

I think so too, but it would be interesting to see NEXT TO NORMAL as a big production. But the simplicity of the Broadway set is what for me makes it different watching two different scenes on one stage and inferring where you are weather it be Diana's head or the school, Doctors office etc.

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More than likely, many of us will, in fact, get to see what a "larger" production of n2n looks like. The tour, to fit the houses it's going to be playing, will surely need to upsize itself. As much as I love the show (it's one of my favorites for sure), I seriously doubt that it will be as effective in a large house. For example, it's touring to my city (Cleveland), and will play to a theatre that has well over 2,500 seats. Having sat in the very back of that theatre many times, I doubt the magic of the show will read AT ALL back there. Or to the majority of the theatre, for that matter.

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Updated On: 9/2/10 at 08:31 PM

Well they could also you those big black fitting things if the stage is too big.

The Norwegian Diana (Heidi something?) sounds fabulous singing I Miss the Mountains. Nice strong rock belt, something currently missing from the stage of the Booth.

Exactly, Jordan. Having seen many, many shows in this 2,500+ seat theatre, and also having sat in mostly every different section in this theatre at one point or another, there are very few seats that actually give you a good view of facial expressions. That's what I mostly hate about the theatre with an intimate show. Spelling Bee was SWALLOWED UP in that theatre, as much as I love Spelling Bee. And I know I'll never be able to recreate my experience of seeing n2n in the first row of Booth mezz unless I return to the Booth. I will not be getting that experience, even, I would assume, from the first row of the 2,500 seat theatre, since the intimacy of the acting would probably be lost along with the intimacy of the show itself in a big house.
And as far as the Diana goes, I would love to see her do it on Broadway if she can speak English. She's awesome!

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What the F&#$, apparently the 'fabulous' Fox Theatre, where it will be playing in St. Louis, MO, seats 4500 people. Absolutely ridiculous.

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Thats almost the same as the Booth. I still think the set is too complicated. I like the simple framework better.

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Without knowing what the exact seating arrangement is, and the design of the theatre itself, it's hard to say how that set fits in the space.

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No, I've been out of the loop too, unfortunately.
The set looks good.
They all sound amazing!
The diana won by heart, she sounds incredibly amazing.
Oh, if I could I would fly to Norway just to watch this production.

I really like the set. I reminds me of a Barbie doll house... everything may seem very nice at first, but at the end of the day, it's all fake and there's a problem somewhere hidden.