Saying Goodbye to N2N: Your Favorite Memories — Page 3

It is Dan who sings "I was a child, raising a child", isn't it? I was beginning to think that I remembered incorrectly because on the OBC it is Diana who sings that line. Dan makes it much more strong in my opinion (or for me, at least).

I think hearing Dan sing it, at that point, really brings it to light that he's mourning, and has been mourning, their son as well. Though he's been trying for so long to be the strong one, to not let it show and make it seem as though he's moving/moved on.

"Immediately following this, I LOVE what Jason is doing when, after Dan breaks the music box, Natalie comes in and yells down. Jason yells right back, and then realizes that once again Dan's not supporting Natalie in the way he should - you can just see all the pressures on him come to a head at that moment. I think it's brilliant."

He didn't do that the first time I saw him, but he did it when I saw him in early December. It was the first time I'd ever seen anyone make that particular acting choice, and I LOVED it. He's caught up in the moment, and realizes that he's taking it out on Natalie. Jason really does do an AMAZING job with it.

Yep - good call. Let's get specific. Post your favorite closing weekend stories here, ya'll! (No, this is NOT Kyle Dean in disguise...)

My favorite was watching Adam C.-B. walk into the theatre carrying a case of beer tonight...and then watching Louis H. walk in later with some wine...hope they're all ready to go tomorrow. Guess you gotta ease the pain somehow - we can't all have ECT.

YOU?

Here's one of those "unscripted moments" that was particularly fun. I posted it in June 2009, and Kyle was filling in fro Aaron who was in Seattle.

I wanted to share a great moment from N2N on Sunday evening (6/23/09). After Diana sang "I Miss the Mountains" she asked Gabe if what she just had just done was a bad idea. I think Gabe responds by saying that he thinks it's a great idea. At that Moment, KDM dropped the trash basket and its contents spilled out on to the the floor. KDM then looked at Alice and said..."THAT....was a bad idea" (referring to his dropping the basket)

As far as "moments" that happen in the show, I love the end of "Light", when the panels rise up in the back of the set and Gabe is at the top of the set belting out SHINE. I also like some of the subtleties that I've discovered like Gabe stepping in and out of the shadows during the middle of Act 2 when Diana finds the music box. Also, how when Dan and Diana sing "the day that I lost you, it's clear as the day we met," Dan is singing to Diana, but Diana is singing to Gabe (at least that's my take on it). The reprise of "I Am the One" is also so powerful to me; when Gabe shoves Dan back into his chair and then hugs him.

I also find the lyric "the price of love is loss, but still we pay, we love anyway" to be very comforting. I had to deal with a sudden and unexpected loss during the summer of 2009, and this line really helped me through that hard time.

Thanks for the memories...I'm sure I'll "see" many of you this evening, but will have no idea who you are! Too bad we don't have a secret handshake or something. LOL.

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