"Perfect for US": The NEXT TO NORMAL love thread! — Page 5

And we've got the TV commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G8nXNP9hN8

I'm not sure what I think of them. They're interesting, but are they going to get people who have no idea what the show is interested?

As good as the show is, it's going to be an uphill battle for it to survive on Broadway. It needs really killer marketing.

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I saw those clips on their website yesterday and as a huge fan of the show I love them. I'm also not too sure how well they will come across to most people though.

Obviously the music is great, and its an interesting concept but I still dont like the "One family is about face the music" tagline.

Hopefully the music and concept of the commercials will be enough to get people in the theater, even if they dont give much of an idea about the show.

i love this show...but realistically, how long can it possibly last on broadway?

I really want it to last until September. I'd love it to run far longer than that, but at least if it lasts through the summer I'd think it had a respectable run for a show with its subject matter.

Hopefully the reviews/Tonys are good enough to really build a bigger fan base!

Hopefully it'll have great word of mouth- and judging from the audience response on Saturday, I don't see how that isn't possible (but then again, who knows how many people there were there because they were involved with the show or knew the people involved?).

I'm sure it'll be around for the Tonys, and if they pick a particularly entrancing, fun number they might be able to get a boost from it.

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I dont medleys ever come across well at all, and rarely sell the show well.

If they pick anything other than "Just Another Day" I would be shocked.

But what Passing Strange picked last year shocked me in a negative way so who knows.

I could see the argument of him not physically looking 18.. outside of the show. He looks so much younger on that stage.

As I said/implied before, Aaron Tveit was EXTREMELY engaging. His physical attractiveness aside. I don't go to shows and stare at the hot guy in the background while an intense scene is going on just to get my fix of eye candy. There were several times when I would watch Tveit in the background during scenes that didn't involve him because he was so interesting to watch. Every line affected him in some way, and he had clear wants and inner life.

I don't see how anyone could think otherwise of his performance.


EDIT: And that post in which the author talks about how it made them think of March of the Falsettos and how it was inferior to it...? I love me some March of the Falsettos, but N2N is nothing like it. At all. They both deal with a family with issues. That's all.

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Updated On: 3/31/09 at 11:37 PM

Tveit is an incredibly engaging actor in this production, and not just because of his looks. He's so interesting to watch, even when he's in the background, like the scene he's just sitting and reading, while Ripley sings I Miss the Mountains. Or later, when he's peering down from the third level watching Natalie's recital.

Updated On: 4/1/09 at 11:49 PM

Or when he's peering down from the third level watching Natalie's recital.


Yeah, that's one of those Puck moments. Moving the purse full of pills down stage is another, putting box of his baby things out.

But at the same time he's affected by the decision's diana makes. he's CLEALRY hurt after the Hypnosis when Diana decides to go along with Dr. Madden, and at the end, when he forces Dan to acknowledge him, it's not malevolent at all, Its clear (it used to be clearer, back during the FE days) that Gabe is looking for that moment. He clearly wants dan to acknowledge him.

I don't prescribe to the ghost theory myself- I'm more inclined to agree with you.

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I really enjoyed Tveit's performance but I don't see the raves for him. To me, he's just as good as the other three young actors. I think a lot of his powerful work in the background is more a testament to Greif's direction than anything else.

Tveit is good, but I would hardly call his performance Tony worthy. Then again, the Featured Actor in a Musical race is slim this year. Jbara was much better than him and Kudisch was better as well in 9 TO 5. Just my two cents.