Next To Normal going to Circle in the Square? — Page 2

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

Or a musical about a rocker and his heroin addict, s&m stripper girlfriend who is dying of AIDS. No one in the world would ever want to see something like THAT!

there's talks of a recording, yes, Theatreboy

In talking to people who work at both 2ST and Circle, it seems that they are def in talks to do a transfer, but nothing is set in stone yet.

I personally would love to see it on Broadway. It'll reach a broader audience there, and the show did change before opening, and if it moves will change some more.

This can be considered it's "out of town" just out of town happens to mean Off Broadway. And because 2ST is a non profit, it's very cheap for the producers to do it in New York. Shows always change. And I thought the reviews, while mixed, leaned on the positive side.

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Okay, I stand corrected. It's about a woman who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, perhaps incorrectly. It IS about psychiatric illness, which I personally think is a gutsy, terrific topic to take on, but which I think just might be a hard sell to the public---no matter how much I may value it.

http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=560684

@ adamgreer

the logo does suck. But 2ST's logos always have, and always seem to have nothing to do with the play. The logo for Peter and Jerry was a picture of two dogs?!?

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Anyone know how quick the cast is usually out the front door?

haha see it's funny because when I was there Asa was the person I DID actually talk to for a little while. But that was just because my best friend's sister was there, and she's good friends with him, so she was talking to him, we went to talk to her, and she introduced him to us lol. He's super nice, by the way! Really friendly and great

I saw Brian chatting in the lobby for quite a while when I was there (I was SO close to actually going up and saying thank you and everything, but he was with another group of people so I didn't want to interupt). I don't think I saw Alice, but I'm sure she was there somewhere! Aaron walked out pretty fast, and Jenn did too. Didn't see Adam. But yeah, they seem like a really nice cast, so I'm sure if you stop them they won't mind signing an autograph or taking a quick picture :)

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Updated On: 2/22/08 at 01:43 PM

Oh yeah. They're all really nice. I had my poster with me last night to get Asa, Aaron and Adam's signatures ~ when I had it initially I was only going to get Alice and Brian, but Jennifer came over and I felt bad to say "Um, no, that's ok. You're great though." or something like it, so I let her sign it. LOL. :) She was really sweet though. When I asked Asa if he'd sign last night he was really gracious and very nice. I said "I missed you the last time I had it" and he apologized and we chatted for a little while. The rest of them are cool too. The other night (Tuesday) they all seemed to have people with them, so they hung out a bit longer. While we were waiting for Alice to finish to whoever she was talking to, Jen ran by outside and sang "Alice Ripley" or something and we all laughed. Alice was like "She's a nut!" and laughed about it. They all seem to get along, which is cool.

A lot of the time Alice is talking with someone behind the doors for a while before she comes out, but she's really nice when she does. Like last night everyone else was long gone before she made it out the big grey doors, but she still chatted with us for a while.

And it's just an observation of how quickly they come out at this show to answer a question. That's all.

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Updated On: 2/22/08 at 01:52 PM