Next to Normal Philly last night?
Next to Normal Philly last night?
#1Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:31pm
Anyone know what "unusual" happened during performance of N2N in Philly last night (or night before)? I believe the show was stopped? Ramblings about it on another site.
Thanks!!
Clint. Atlanta,GA
#2Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:39pm
I was there. Someone in the orchestra started shouting for a doctor during I'M ALIVE. The actors tried continuing, but the stage manager came over the speakers and stopped the show. The person appeared to be walking but holding onto two people. It was pretty scary. Show restarted quickly though.
Updated On: 6/23/11 at 09:39 PM
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#2Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:41pmWas last night some sort of unlucky night in theatre? :- Hope everyone is alright.
#3Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:49pm
oh my gosh...I can't imagine being in the audience (OR STAGE) during something like that. My best friend had a panic attack during N2N in LA and had to be escorted out. Subject matter hit a little close to home.
Wow.
Clint. Atlanta,GA
grandpianoalex
Stand-by Joined: 2/15/10
#4Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/23/11 at 9:57pm
According to Emma Hunton's Twitter:
"All I heard was that a woman was unresponsive do to a panic attack. "
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rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#5Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/23/11 at 10:17pm
Oh my goodness! Wow that's awful.
I was there Tuesday night. Was anyone else? I was going to post about it but I figured everyone is well aware of what I had to say - that the show is just as amazing, but Alice's voice is completely shot. 
I am sad for her! She needs to take a year off and just NOT TALK in order to recover...maybe?
#6Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 12:10amPanic attack? I also heard that the woman was in diabetic shock
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#7Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 9:06amThat must have been one hell of a panic attack.
#8Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 1:26pmI had three panic attacks while watching the show in Chicago due to major events that occurred in my life since last seeing the show on Broadway, but I was able to associate my response to the material with my own personal issues and it ended up being a very cathartic experience. I saw the show from a whole new perspective and while I experienced some moments of serious discomfort, it was actually VERY therapeutic in the way it brought some objectivity to some of the issues I was facing. I went in feeling like Diana, but I left connecting more with the husband (with some residual dashes of Diana). I Am the One spelled things out for me in a way I hadn't been able to previously identify.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#10Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 2:15pmYeah, a lot of people around here know the story behind that, but considering what I'd been through, three was a pretty low number of daily panic attacks at the time.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#12Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 3:07pmIf you're being snarky, then you might want to ask questions before jumping to conclusions. I'm not looking for sympathy, just responding to the topics in the thread. If you think I'm overly dramatic, then you must not have read anything I've posted in the last...eight years.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#13Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 3:21pmFlyingMonkey is a troll, Matt. I don't know what you've been going through, but if you say you had a panic attack that's good enough for me. It isn't necessary to know why. Ignore the troll.
#14Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 3:31pm
the show was very theraputic for me, i was caregiver to my mom and partner who had just both passed from cancer. I ended up at n2n by accident..at first it was uncomfortable (grief, loss, escape, drugs, blah blah) but then it felt theraputic and I really identified with dan as the caretaker role. The show really helped me a lot. I worked through my crap.
My friend, who saw the show in LA with me, DOES NOT grieve or deal with it..had just lost his mom, refused to go to her funeral, plus has similiar issues to Diana. From about the third song he started freaking out..we were on the first row.. by end of act one he was trembling and pouring sweat. It hit too close to home. He was watching characters deal with things that he chose not to. I had to escort him out.
I can understand how this show could affect someone like this.
Anyway, whatever happened,I hope she is well.
Clint. Atlanta,GA
Studmuffn520
Featured Actor Joined: 11/8/06
#15Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 3:54pmi was at the show too. it was very scary. i was way up top so i only heard some shouting and saw people turning around before they stopped the show. i hope the woman is okay. i also heard it was diabetic shock
#16Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 5:37pmNo, I'm not a troll. Usually when I see/hear "but considering what I'd been through" it's an automatic eye roll. Sometimes I wonder if I've clicked out of the Broadway board and into a homosexual self-help forum.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#17Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:11pmI took a bipolar friend to see the show. During intermission, she asked why people kept talking about Gabe not being there...
#18Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:15pm?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
LegallyBroadway2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/10
#19Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:27pmFlyingMonkey1223, you're just too cool for this homosexual self-help board.
#20Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:30pm
But at least I feel so much better...than beforeeeeeeeee, LegallyBroadway2!!!
Updated On: 6/24/11 at 07:30 PM
#21Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:47pm
FlyingMonkey, your comment above is bizarrely fag bashery for a Broadway board. Was it meant that way? Did you really mean to imply that there's too much gay whining in this venue? If so, why do you come here?
There's plenty of cattiness, yes. Whining? Not that I've seen.
#22Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:57pmIdiot--"fag bashery"? Not really. There is a lot of whining and cattiness here and that's fine. It's to be expected. Sometimes it does turn into a homosexual self-help forum for all to see, and if you want to air your personal life and problems on here then go for it! I come here because I can, and enjoy it.
broadwaybabe1234
Stand-by Joined: 5/3/09
#23Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/25/11 at 1:19am
Ever heard of the saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all." If you are rolling your eyes it dosen't mean you have to share it....
i totally empathize with Mister Matt the others who were effected by this show. I think its good it share those responses in this kind of forum, without being attacked by others...
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metsfan
Chorus Member Joined: 7/29/09
#24Next to Normal Philly last night?
Posted: 6/25/11 at 10:20amWow, FlyingMonkey. You're kind of an evil person. You should go away.
