When will there be a Revival of THE NORMAL HEART?

I saw The Normal Heart for the first time my freshman year in college and it was AMAZING it was a great show. I think this is a GREAT show in need of a revival what do y'all think?

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ANd it was stunning...

Didn't Larry Kramer pull the rights on the show after that?

It's being staged here in Dallas at the end of July.

Raul Esparza gave the performance of a lifetime. I loved his performance. He was so passionate as Larry Kramer. That was my favorite role for Esparza.
His acting was PERFECTION. I cried for weeks.

Core, do you mean you LITERALLY cried for WEEKS? If so, that just supports my case that your so called passion for the theatre is an unhealthy one.
Or perhaps you meant you cried for Weeks, as in Ned Weeks, the character that Esparza played. There is no character named Larry Kramer in The Normal Heart.

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I thought there were some flaws in the production (mainly in the direction, but I believe the director was brought in at the last minute), but the performances (for the most part) were top notch...

And any show where you get to see all of Raul Esparza's boy bits ain't half bad!

OH I went there. THough his nude scene was very unsexy due to the content...

Ned Weeks, is based on Kramer. I did not cry every single day.
But, it moved me. Whenever I thought about it, and all the people that died, I cried.
I am a caring person. I also lost a lot of friends to AIDS.
My parents were very involved years ago. My Mother gave almost all of her time to raise money for AIDS.
So, yes. It moved me.
Our family friend Ronald Rosselli was the man to really take me to the avant guard theater without my Mother's permission.
He took me to drag shows, cabaret and got me hooked at a very young age. He is deeply missed as is his partner Joseph.
They were the nicest people and Ronald was lost to AIDS.
I miss him very much.

Updated On: 7/1/06 at 12:13 PM

I think this is where I stop talking!

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Updated On: 1/26/08 at 01:04 PM

I recently did a scene from this show (The Ned/Ben confrontation scene at the end of act one, i was ben) at my college. Most people never heard of it and all loved the show.

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Did you see him? He was hardly all teddy bear. He did a beautiful job of making Ned someone you didn't hate entirely, and bringing out another side of the character, but he could switch from cute and cuddly to a firey, angry passion on a dime; if you ask me, slightly more theatrically believable than someone who is ranting and raving all. the. time.

And I don't just say this because I'm a fan; his performance in this play *made* me a fan. I read an article once saying that he was so jarring because he looks so, so sweet, and that people feel in a sort of comfort zone with him as an actor, but that the juxtaposition and his ability to shatter the above worked so well, because he really kept people on their toes. The thing you have to remember is that... this play is so concentrated with drama; it's reality heightened and condensed, with such in-your-face intensity that... it could dip into melodrama, which is why I think he and the director made a great choice is showing Ned's softer side.

The only way in which he could possibly be miscast is age. He might be a couple of years too young.

Other than from Raúl himself, I've never seen better acting. If you think that means I require medication, then so be it. I know what I saw.

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Why don't you go in and run a check on the word opinion, k? Thanks.

You want yours, precious as it apparently must be? Entitle me and those who agree to ours. Don't you dare tell me I'm wrong.

I know what I saw, and I believe what I do to be truth with confidence. Could care less, if you're just going to tell me I'm wrong, as if you're just slapping a buzzer. I pay very, very little mind to opinionated debate with no back-up, because not only does it look overly arrogant, but wholly unitelligent, if all you can come up with is to tell me I'm wrong. I would tell you you're "wrong [insert period]," but I won't stoop so low.

Answer my question. Did you see him? Well see who's got the right to be so strongly opinionated on the matter -- who should be telling who s/he is wrong.

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Updated On: 7/1/06 at 10:18 PM

Shocking, the way you skirt the actual issue. The fact that you'd rather berate me than discuss the matter of opinion -- that you've turned this into yet another "cryptic" jab at another poster in the name of your enormous self-righteous complex -- is truly laughable; quit chastising me and admit that you haven't seen it, and that you've nothing on which to call me. I defend my opinions because I can. Because they have grounds. Novel, huh?

I know you're stuck being all high and mighty, but really, if you have nothing to say about the play, admit it and leave me alone.

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Updated On: 7/1/06 at 10:34 PM