Browsing the archives for the Next to Normal tag

Friday Geek Out: Top 10 of 2009

in Books, Geek Out, Hockey, Life in General, Movies, TV, Theatre

I enjoyed this so much last year, I decided to do a consolidated top 10 list again this year for the things the world that struck me as being the best of the year. 1) Will! He had the top spot last year and he does this year too (and wouldn’t it be wrong if [...]

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“On Stage with Next to Normal” at 92Y Tribeca

in Theatre

Tonight we got to join an intimate crowd at the 92Y Tribeca for “On Stage with Next to Normal,” a panel discussion with the Tony winning writers Tom Kitt (composer) and Brian Yorkey (Librettist, Lyricist), the show’s director Michael Greif and producer David Stone. The panel talked about the creation of the show from when [...]

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Song Writing By Committee on Twitter

in Theatre

Next to Normal (@N2NBroadway) continues to break new ground online. Back in May, I wrote about how the show was giving a complete performance on Twitter. After the performance was done, the cast and crew took questions from their Twitter followers and then reversed the roles and asked their followers a  bunch of questions. Now [...]

Broadway in Bryant Park: “Next to Normal,” “Burn the Floor,” “Lion King”

in New York, Theatre

Yesterday was the first complete Broadway in Bryant Park I’ve seen this year. The line up was hard to pass up… Current favorites Next to Normal and Burn the Floor along with The Lion King and off Broadway fare from The Marvelous Wonderettes and The Fantasticks. Lots of video to share! There’s some Next to [...]

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Tony Awards in Concert

in TV, Theatre

In this week leading up to the Tony Awards CBS affiliates have the option to air a special concert that was shot earlier in the month highlighting the musicals nominated (except for Pal Joey, which I guess was left out because it finished its limited run a few months ago). The concert, which also showcases [...]

Friday Geek Out: 2009 Tony Awards #3 – Next to Normal

in Geek Out, Theatre

I’ve devoted a fair amount of space to Next to Normal over the past couple of months because it is one superb show. The Tony voters agreed with the audiences and the critics giving the show 11 nominations, making it the second most nominated show of the year. Among it’s nominations are Best Musical, Best [...]

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2009 Tony Award Nominees: Random Thoughts.

in Theatre

The 2009 Tony Award nominations came out this morning and it was a mixed bag for me. The great news: The excellent Billy Elliot nabbed 15 nominations, which ties it for The Producers for the most nominations received by a single show. Also, the amazing and moving Next to Normal racked up 11 (making it [...]

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Next To Normal

in Music, Theatre

We’re always on the look out for an original musical (as in something not based on a book, play, movie, novel…etc.) and we’d had our eye on Next to Normal. We jumped to go see it though when Brian saw it not once, but twice, during his recent visit here. So, for this year’s anniversary [...]

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“Next to Normal”… The Next Obsession?

in Theatre

We’ve been seeing commercials for Next to Normal recently and haven’t understood them. But when Brian and MyGuytm were in town last week they saw it not once, but twice. They were completely blown away. The New York Times was too, writing this when the show opened this past Wednesday: “This brave, breathtaking musical, which [...]