Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart

[Jordan Catalano]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#1

Posted: 6/3/11 at 9:04pm

Should I ask him not to do his opening song on Sunday?

[Q]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#2

Posted: 6/3/11 at 9:06pm

You should thank him, for doing what you only wish you could do in this lifetime.

[rjm516]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#2

Posted: 6/3/11 at 9:26pm

Oh wow! I would be freaking out over him and unable to concentrate on the show. So I'm glad I saw it a few weeks ago and wasn't sitting next to him, because it was an amazing show.

[CapnHook]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#3

Posted: 6/3/11 at 9:40pm

Is David there, too?

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Borstalboy]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#4

Posted: 6/3/11 at 9:40pm

You can quote Sandra Bernhard to him: "Honey, if you have to, you can come sit here on my face. As long as I have a face you'll always have a seat."

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#5

Posted: 6/3/11 at 9:56pm

You should thank him, for doing what you only wish you could do in this lifetime

I'm not attacking you, Q, but comments like these really vex me. I just never understand comments where someone (not just you) alleges that because someone has a less than glowing opinion of someone or something that it's due to jealousy or because of a failure on the part of the opinion holder. Do you really believe that? If so, does that mean your personal antipathy to Patti LuPone (she was the first example that comes to mind because you have made many a snide comment about her on here) stem from the fact that you are just green with envy that she has a better life than you?



Updated On: 6/3/11 at 09:56 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#6

Posted: 6/3/11 at 10:06pm

Comments like that really vex me too. WTF.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#7

Posted: 6/3/11 at 11:09pm

ugh NPH is such an asshole.

[Jordan Catalano]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#8

Posted: 6/3/11 at 11:20pm

No, no. Q(ueef) is right. I'm jealous I can't perform a boring predictable medley when a far superior option was available. But I realize that it's just my own inadequacies and my feelings of never having been accepted as a young boy that have since transferred themselves into my belittling others whom I deem superior to me in every single way. NPH isn't an asshole, I am.

[broadwaydevil]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#9

Posted: 6/3/11 at 11:26pm

So...you need to report now. Any interesting conversation?

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[theaterkid1015]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#10

Posted: 6/3/11 at 11:34pm

"No, no. Q(ueef) is right. I'm jealous I can't perform a boring predictable medley when a far superior option was available. But I realize that it's just my own inadequacies and my feelings of never having been accepted as a young boy that have since transferred themselves into my belittling others whom I deem superior to me in every single way. NPH isn't an asshole, I am."

And that's because none of us got enough love in our childhoods....

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#11

Posted: 6/3/11 at 11:38pm

I don't think anyone is an asshole here, though. I thought you were commenting on the opening number of the Tonys, not NPH personally. For the record, I kinda shrugged when I heard about the choice of opening, too. And I'm totally excited about seeing the cinemacast cause I love me some Company. I just thought it an odd choice.

[pinoyidol2006]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#12

Posted: 6/4/11 at 12:40am

I absolutely love NPH in How I Met Your Mother. I'd totally flip out if I were sitting next to him. But I am rather upset that he wants to do the medley over the "Hello!" idea.

I like your imperturbable perspicacity.

[Jordan Catalano]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#13

Posted: 6/4/11 at 12:49am

I was more excited that Tony Kushner was sitting in front of me.

[CapnHook]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#14

Posted: 6/4/11 at 1:02am

As you should have been!!

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[bwayfan7000]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#15

Posted: 6/4/11 at 1:11am

If I were sitting nearby those two, I would probably die.

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

[pinoyidol2006]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#16

Posted: 6/4/11 at 1:47am

If I were in your position, the audience would probably hate me because I would be squealing the entire time.

I like your imperturbable perspicacity.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#17

Posted: 6/4/11 at 2:39am

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?

[Q]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#18

Posted: 6/4/11 at 3:25am

Ok, ok. You're right, my comment was completely inappropriate and out of line.

All it ammounts to is this - I can't stand Jordan, and I had a brief lapse of lashing out at someone, regardless of the discussion. Obviously, there's no point to that except making me look like an idiot.

And, contrary to what some here might think, that actually IS something I try to avoid.

SOOOOOO, sincere apologies to Jordan (and yes, even with my above statement, I DO mean I am sorry.)

Ultimately, it's just another sign (how many should it take?!?) that this is NOT the venue for me.

[LoveDemBroadwayShows2]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#19

Posted: 6/4/11 at 3:39am

I saw the show last Sunday and the only celeb. I saw was Larry Kramer himself. It was a pleasure to be able to say hi and tell him how much admiration I have for him and how relevant his play has remained. Getting doused with a little milk from the scene near the end only made the scene that much more immediate and involving to me.

[uncageg]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#20

Posted: 6/4/11 at 8:35am

I am not crazy about him hosting the Tonys again but had I been sitting next to Mr. Harris, I would have be chatting with him and not on my smart phone posting on BWW. JMO

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

[OhTossums2]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#21

Posted: 6/4/11 at 8:38am

Jordan, you still haven't informed us on what happened!

Jealous? I ain't jealous. I can take on these fellas whateva.

[Jordan Catalano]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#22

Posted: 6/4/11 at 9:06am

1) "but had I been sitting next to Mr. Harris, I would have be chatting with him and not on my smart phone posting on BWW. JMO"

Well like a lot of "celebrities", they came in right as the lights went down and left during intermission.

2) "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?"

It's a remarkable show that never ceases to amaze me. I honestly don't know how Mantello does that 8 times a week. And I don't say that about a lot of performances.

3) And thank you, Q. Thank you for your lovely backhanded apology. Kind of like me telling you that even though I wish your Mother would have gotten a late term abortion at 8 months so you would have fully felt it, I'm sure you're a wonderful person. And by saying something negative about me, by your own admission, doesn't that mean you're jealous of, well, me? You and I have never said anything to each other so your odd hatred of me is probably IS that sign you need to pack up and get the hell out of dodge. Don't let the virtual door hit your ass on the way out. Oh, but I'm sure you're really nice or something like that.
Updated On: 6/4/11 at 09:06 AM

[BrodyFosse123]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#23

Posted: 6/4/11 at 9:17am

The boys tweeted these about 9-10 hours ago:

Neil Patrick Harris:
Saw The Normal Heart tonight. Riveting. I'm a mess. All gay people should be required to see it. All straight people will be changed by it.

Normal Heart: Joe Mantello gives the most riveting, honest, passionate, brilliant performance I've seen in years. I am so deeply impressed.

David Burtka:
Just saw the NORMAL HEART. I am gutted. So powerful, I can't stop crying.

[uncageg]

Sitting Next To NPH @ The Normal Heart#24

Posted: 6/4/11 at 10:05am

"1) "but had I been sitting next to Mr. Harris, I would have be chatting with him and not on my smart phone posting on BWW. JMO"

Well like a lot of "celebrities", they came in right as the lights went down and left during intermission."

Well hopefully you posted on BWW at intermission.

How could they be so "gutted" and riveted if they didn't stay for the entire show?

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 6/4/11 at 10:05 AM