#1
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:12pm
Would you see Next to Normal or A Little Night Music if you only had one chance to see a show?
#5
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:18pm
If 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.
#8
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:33pm
If you haven't SEEN ALNM, I don't think there is any sort of contest.
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#10
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.
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#11
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.)
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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#12
Posted: 11/21/10 at 6:49pm
I 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.
#13
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.
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.
#14
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.
Yeah, I don't get why she does that. It bothers me a bit. I hope she doesn't do that in Follies.
#15
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:17pm
Are her readings inconsistent between performances or are they actually a conscious 'choice'?
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#19
Posted: 11/21/10 at 7:40pm
There's $27 student rush. Seating begin in the orchestra, usually far sides.
#20
Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:22pm
Do you trust that on the day of you will get tickets for student rush?
#21
Posted: 11/21/10 at 8:24pm
Yes 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.
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