n2n or alnm
n2n or alnm
phantomvegas2
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/08
#1n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:12pmWould you see Next to Normal or A Little Night Music if you only had one chance to see a show?
phantomvegas2
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/08
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
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Featured Actor Joined: 4/12/09
#4n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:18pmIf you've already seen Next to Normal with both casts I highly recommend visiting A Little Night Music. I've seen Next to Normal twice with Ripley, and once with Mazzie and is my personal favorite show. I've seen Night Music twice, both with Peters, and while the two shows are pretty much incomparable, to miss seeing Bernadette Peters in A Little Music would be a huge mistake for anyone who had the opportunity.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:33pmIf you haven't SEEN ALNM, I don't think there is any sort of contest.
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#9n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:37pm
I'm with the belief that, as much as I adore n2n myself, if you have not had a chance yet to see ALNM with Bernadette, you need to go and see that one.
Updated On: 11/21/10 at 06:37 PM
#10n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:39pm
Yes, I'd suggest ALNM too if you haven't seen it. I went back to see it again yesterday for Stritch and Peters and SO glad I did.
Stritch wrings laughs out of every single line. And really, how many more chances will you have to see this Broadway legend?
Peters' version of "Clowns" is a heart breaker (although the strange intonations she gives with some line readings is...puzzling. Sounds like a record with someone moving the speed up and down.)
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Understudy Joined: 10/31/10
#11n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:49pmI saw them both last weekend and they were both marvelous. I'd never seen N2N before and was brought to tears at least twice during the show. Mazzie was mindblowing. But since you haven't seen ALNM with Peters and Stritch, you MUST see this. It was perhaps the highlight of my theater going life so far. The talent of the entire cast is so high that I was transported into their world for 2 1/2 hours, smiling and laughing the entire time. It is extraordinary.
#12n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:03pm
Another vote for A Little Night Music. Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch are giving performances not to be missed!
Even if you hadn't seen Next to Normal already, I'd still say Night Music because you'd still have a chance of seeing N2N on tour.
#13n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:11pm
although the strange intonations she gives with some line readings is...puzzling. Sounds like a record with someone moving the speed up and down.
Yeah, I don't get why she does that. It bothers me a bit. I hope she doesn't do that in Follies.
#14n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:17pmAre her readings inconsistent between performances or are they actually a conscious 'choice'?
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phantomvegas2
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/08
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#18n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:40pmThere's $27 student rush. Seating begin in the orchestra, usually far sides.
phantomvegas2
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/08
#19n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:22pmDo you trust that on the day of you will get tickets for student rush?
#20n2n or alnm
Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:24pmYes you will be able to get rush tickets. I got front row rush tickets and I arrived to the box office an hour after it opened.
phantomvegas2
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/08
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