The eyes in Next to Normal?

[defygravity24]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:25pm

You know when the eyes cover the second level of the set (and I think a mouth covers the first level of the set at one point too). What is it supposed to symbolize?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:33pm

The eyes represent the times in the show when we're going into Diana's mind. It's introspective.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:37pm

Side note: The eyes on the set are Alice's, but the ones on the logo are not.

[defygravity24]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:40pm

thanks1 that makes sense.

[defygravity24]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:40pm

thanks1 that makes sense.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:56pm

"Side note: The eyes on the set are Alice's, but the ones on the logo are not."

I think it's the other way around.

[NeoNormal]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:02pm

It's the other way around. The one on the logo is Alice, but I have no idea whose eyes those are on the set.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:03pm

Really? I could have sworn Alice said in her Ask a Star that it was weird looking at her eyes on the set.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:03pm

Really? I could have sworn Alice said in her Ask a Star that it was weird looking at her eyes on the set.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:04pm

They belong to Emily Skinner. It's the shows attempt at irony.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:11pm

"They belong to Emily Skinner. It's the shows attempt at irony."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:11pm

Huh, all this time I thought it was Emily Skinner playing Diana.

http://www.broadway.com/videos/show/next-to-normal/ask-star-alice-ripley/

[BwayTday]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:11pm

Hahaha, Your amazing Jordan! Yeah I am pretty sure it's the other way around. But I remember that question from her ask a star.
Updated On: 2/6/10 at 11:11 PM

[NeoNormal]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:14pm

Lololol :) For some reason I feel like the face of the set looks like Jessica Phillips.

[Taryn]

Posted: 2/7/10 at 4:59am

Really? I could have sworn Alice said in her Ask a Star that it was weird looking at her eyes on the set.

She said it was weird seeing her eyes on the marquee.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 2/7/10 at 1:05pm

I thought the question was if it's weird seeing your own eyes on the set and she said those aren't her eyes on the set but they are on the marquee.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 2/7/10 at 1:35pm

Yes I believe someone asked her what it was like seeing her eyes on the set and she said the eyes onstage are not hers but the logo and marquee are.

[Upland]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 8:50pm

When she leaves the show, would they replace the marquee? Or keep it the way the Weislers keep using Gretchen Mol's image to promote "Chicago" even though she has not been in the show for years?

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 8:51pm

I imagine they'd keep it.

[dshnookie]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 9:20pm

The eyes on the poster/marquee are Alice's. On the window card, in very very small type it says "Photo of Alice Ripley: Evan Kafka"

[Taryn]

Posted: 2/9/10 at 12:16am

When she leaves the show, would they replace the marquee?

It's the logo of the show. I doubt they'll change it.

They didn't change the Hairspray logo when MJW left.

[heo1128]

Posted: 2/9/10 at 12:24am

They haven't changed Aaron Tveit's face door, so I doubt they'd change the logo.