Next to Normal (Finland) Clips

[nexttotheheights]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 4:29pm

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

Comments? Concerns?

Updated On: 12/9/10 at 04:29 PM

[Chrranke]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 4:50pm

This is definetly not from the norway production. Seen it 4 times and I know norwegian. This is not norwegian. This is from Finland
Updated On: 12/9/10 at 04:50 PM

[binau]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 4:58pm

I much prefer the staging of the original production. I guess it's just a video clip, though. A lot of the things I like about N2N are the darkness, e.g. at the opening, at the end when Dan is in the chair, when Gabe steps into the shadows and things. And then if the staging needs to be bright and 'surreal' (e.g. through "I'm Alive") it can be done. Can a stage that is permanently white have the same effect?’ It will always seem surreal. The shiny silver seats and things don't help.

I wonder how long it will be before we have productions where Gabe throws people around the stage or actually cuts Diana's wrist with a knife/blood :P. I liked it better when Kyle Dean was twirling around the stage , and more subtle. An obnoxious brat boy will make their relationship/the pain of her loss less plausible. There is a reason Kyle Dean and Aaron Tveit read as very charming, imo.

Updated On: 12/9/10 at 04:58 PM

[nexttotheheights]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 5:16pm

^I agree, i see this as a more literal interpretation. It's not bad, but it's not what made me fall in love with Next to normal in the first place.

[steven22]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 7:20pm

I prefer the simplistic nature of the broadway set. The cast sounds nice though.

[DeNada]

Posted: 12/9/10 at 7:38pm

Ah, it's the Helsinki City Theatre! These guys are the premiere musical theatre people in Finland; they premiere everything in their own productions like WICKED, MARY POPPINS, SPRING AWAKENING, REBECCA etc. NEXT TO NORMAL is the kind of show that suits them really - good singers and actors but they don't have much in the way of dancers.

Looks okay - I'm glad N2N is having a life around the world in all these professional productions. Can't wait for the first Asian version...

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 5:17am

That Gabe is the most scrawny.

[shomeika]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 8:31am

this is the oddest sh!t I have seen in ages.......*wow*

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 8:42am

Is this the same theater that recently did the first authorized non-Broadway staging of Wicked?

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 11:32pm

I can't figure out if the Goodman family is composed of aliens or robots...

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 12/12/10 at 12:49am

That looked so cartoon-y it might as well have been actually animated.