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Next To Normal WEST END - News & Discussion Thread

GirlFromOz68
#150Next To Normal WEST END - News & Discussion Thread
Posted: 2/4/25 at 3:50am

how well did Next to Normal do on Broadway first time around?  I know it wasn't a complete flop financially like Chess as I know it ran for a bit but did it recoup?

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binau
#151Next To Normal WEST END - News & Discussion Thread
Posted: 2/4/25 at 5:00am

That would be a shame but luckily it was filmed. I do think that we will get a revival of next to normal in the next few years even if it’s not this one though. Maybe we’ll get more names to reduce risk. 


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

jimmycurry01
#152Next To Normal WEST END - News & Discussion Thread
Posted: 2/4/25 at 7:11am

GirlFromOz68 said: "how well did Next to Normal do on Broadway first time around? I know it wasn't a complete flop financially like Chess as I know it ran for a bit but did it recoup?"

Yes, the original run recouped in March of 2010 and continued to run until January of 2011.

 

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binau
#153Next To Normal WEST END - News & Discussion Thread
Posted: 2/4/25 at 7:27am

It did recoup but the costs were less than 300k per week. That’s crazy cheap. Good producing and different a different world. I assume it’d be double or more to do it today. 


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

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thirtythirtyninety
#154Next To Normal WEST END - News & Discussion Thread
Posted: 2/4/25 at 9:38am

The pro-shot will almost certainly be airing on Great Performances at some point in the future…stay tuned


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