Saw NEXT TO NORMAL First Preview in DC Nov. 21 — Page 4

Agree snl!! December 13 cannot get here soon enough for me!!!!!

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Anyone gonna share this audio love!

saw the show again last night. some changes from when i saw it at the first preview.

they still have not changed the playbill to indicate that "Wish I Were Here" is actually the start of Act 2 and not the finale of Act 1.

They changed some lines and some blocking since the first preview, nothing major though.

Oh and Anthony Rapp was there last night.

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Saw it and loved it!
Is the audio on the website the cast recording or a demo?

Updated On: 11/29/08 at 10:15 PM

I saw the show again tonight. Many little line changes. I especially like the ones to Light in the Dark, which makes the song more character-specific and less generic. A very tight show and the cast is still giving its all.

I still think the show and what it is about is being poorly advertised though. Many people were confused and annoyed by the subject matter. Highlighting the comedic aspects may be to their detriment.

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yeah i have to agree, when the lights came up at intermission on friday most people around us were confused/annoyed at the subject matter. by the end of the show i heard plenty of negative feedback when we were walking out. that made me sad.

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The show has really gotten much tighter as it goes along. It is quite impressive how much work they have done (for the better) to get it to this state.

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I really like many of the changes, although I am not so fond of the cuts of "Perfect for You". I really like that song in its entirety. I am so excited for the 20th! I finally get to see the Arena Version live. I am excited to see how it has changed since off-broadway.

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I didn't really notice cuts on "Perfect For You" ~ a few lyric changes, but no cuts.

I think it works a lot better than "Growing Up Unstable". That song never really worked for me ~ maybe because half the time it was halfway through the song before the majority of the audience realized that intermission was over. "Wish I Was Here" sort of has the same problem...but the audience at Arena seemed to get it better.

Jennifer. She didn't use those exact words, but she was definitely aware of what was going on.

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Updated On: 12/7/08 at 02:05 PM

I think that the WAY they start into it also makes it confusing. Even people sitting down in their seats really don't seem to realize at the first notes of the introduction that they were start of Act II and not just the band being random warming up. Once the lights started going down, people got the hint. There has to be a better way other than just an announcement of "Act 2 is starting now, please be quiet."

(That was the same issue with "Growing Up Unstable" at Second Stage. The WAY they start it, it just seems like a band warm up following intermission.)

Still, that was really minor.

And I definitely agree that "Perfect For You" has only minimal changes. A minor lyric here or there and that's it.

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