Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Phan#24601
Stand-by Joined: 11/29/11
#1Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 3:55pmSo, I'm a bit of an Aaron Tveit addict, and I have been listening to NEXT TO NORMAL a lot lately. Which is your favorite piece? I'm conflicted between "I Am the One" and "A Light In the Dark"...
My biggest pet peeve right now is when people pronounce it "Marry-us" and not "Mah-ree-us".
#2Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 3:57pmI think they sang a song about forgetting, but I forget what it was.
jawjuhh
Stand-by Joined: 5/29/11
#2Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 4:05pmSo Anyway (I actually prefer Pearl Sun's rendition) and Hey #3/Perfect For You, But I think the entire OCBR (except for Lights, bit too cheesy for me) is perfection and I listen to it whenever I need something to sooth my anguished soul
#3Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 4:33pm
"I Miss the Mountians" is gorgeous. I also love "Just Another Day."
#5Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 4:58pmLight.
So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*
mpd4165
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/09
Rainbowhigh23
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
#7Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 5:48pmPrelude, Let There Be Light, Just Another Day. I wish someone would make a longer version of Prelude, and then a remix that can be played in a disco.
FlowerChild67
Stand-by Joined: 7/11/12
#8Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 5:51pmAll of them. I genuinely love every song in the show.
#9Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 6:50pm
"So Anyway (I actually prefer Pearl Sun's rendition)"
Yes I kind of did too because she could sing it quite well. I have never seen an actor struggle to sing a song more than Alice Ripley singing "So Anyway" at the end of the N2N tour. However, and I know it's a cop-out - there was something so desperate, pathetic and raw about Alice Ripley's "So Anyway" at the end of the tour that it has stuck in my memory a lot longer than Pearl Sun's.
"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
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#10Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 7:19pmJust Another Day, I Miss the Mountains, and I'm Alive/I'm Alive (reprise).
#11Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 9:13pm
All of it...
But I particularly enjoy "Just Another Day," "You Don't Know/I Am," "Didn't I see This Movie," "I'm Alive (reprise)," "Hey #3," and "Anyway."
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#12Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 9:19pm
I like the one that goes la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
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#13Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 9:34pm
That's a good song.
La la la la la la la la Costco la la la la la la la la sammiches la la la la la la la la bread on da floor la dee da dee doo
#14Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 10:33pm
Guys, I was a huge fan of NEXT TO NORMAL. And I've never shared my favorite song...and I honestly don't have one.
The whole show was a brilliant piece. I feel funny singling out one to be the best, or my favorite. (Although, "It's Gonna Be Good" was the worst.)
I hate rock musicals. I loved NEXT TO NORMAL. Why? 'Cuz it wasn't a rock musical.
Updated On: 8/31/13 at 10:33 PM
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#18Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 11:04pm
I was going to say "I've Been," but then every time I read a new post, I thought, "No, that's my favorite song."
So, basically, what I'm saying is, they're all perfect.
#19Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 8/31/13 at 11:54pmSo Anyway. Costco had to go but I liked that too.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#20Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 9/1/13 at 12:19amI think I like "Just Another Day" and "Didn't I See This Movie" the best. I also really like the way "Who's Crazy?/My Psychopharmacologist And I" way staged.
hairspraydude1962
Leading Actor Joined: 7/20/09
#23Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 9/1/13 at 6:01pm"You Don't Know", "Make Up Your Mind/She's Not There", "Superboy and the Invisible Girl", and "Didn't I See This Movie"
With Irma you gotta do something!
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#24Favorite Song From NEXT TO NORMAL
Posted: 9/1/13 at 10:58pmI love "I Miss the Mountains," but "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" is my favorite.
