Next To Normal going to Circle in the Square?

If this is true, it is quite exciting. Great news for a great show.

But it should be interesting to see how this show is done on a thrust stage. Then again, Metamorphoses put a pool in, so things could always change.

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With that cast, it's transfer right away or never.

Did you say March 23rd?

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I would think eurydice would have been more "prime transfer material" for Second Stage, no?

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I didn't find Second Stage hard to find, since it was literally right across the street from the subway exit we chose.

Yup, and there's a big sign pointing to where the theater is right on 8th!

Well, David Stone's last show was in there, and his big show is right next door. He may have some sort of agreement with the theater owners there.

If N2N transfers, Circle in the Square might not be a bad house for it, if Stone uses its location next door to Wicked to his advantage. He could very easily direct ticket buyers who find Wicked sold out, to go right next door.

N2N's set would not work at Circle in the Square. Besides, Title of Show is strongly rumored to be taking the theatre. I heard that N2N would perhaps move to the Music Box but according to the gossip this morning August: Osage is moving there. Maybe it will take the Helen Hayes?

LOL the saga continues.

Am I missing something here? I liked Next to Normal A LOT, but what I get from these boards is that nothing can ever really be considered successful unless it transfers to Broadway. Right now, there are wonderful shows on Broadway like Seafarer and Is He Dead? that seem to be closing early or playing to half-empty houses. It is really hard to imagine that a musical about bi-polar is going to do that well, no matter how talented the actors or cutting edge the idea. I think the only shot something like this would have would be in Circle or the Hayes, but is there really anything wrong if a show like Normal has a nice long, satisfying run off-Broadway? I mean, Altar Boys has done well without trying to make that leap...but how is Passing Strange going to fare trying to fill up the Belasco? And how many people would have been able to enjoy the Fantasticks if it had tried to move to the Cort or Jacobs? Just a thought...I realize that in America, bigger is traditionally considered better, but maybe that doesn't always apply in theater...

Every time somebody bumps this thread I get jumpy because I hope that somebody actually knows something - but what the first poster posted was just complete speculation, right?

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As I said on the other thread, April Saul, the big difference between N2N and the shows you mention is that those are plays ~ one of them fairly heavy. Plays traditionally have fared worse than musicals.

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Yes, it's a musical, but it's about bipolar disorder--not a spelling bee or even repressed teen sexuality.