The Normal Heart (London)
The Normal Heart (London)
#1The Normal Heart (London)
Posted: 10/10/21 at 9:10am
Be curious if anyone who saw the 2011 Broadway production (regrettably I missed it by a week) will also be seeing this and can compare. This production in London is in the round and rather bare bones - same director as the Staunton Follies. I loved it, some interesting inclusive casting of people who have disabilities and a great leading performance from Ben Daniels. I can't help but feel it might have been a little more intense in the 2011 Broadway production being in NYC with that stunning American cast. The group of youngish gays I was with all seemed to prefer "The Inheritance", which I can understand probably speaks more to current times - but I personally think the context of this play being written and performed right in the thick of the crisis as well as being based on real events makes it the most special AIDS-related piece of art I am aware of.
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-normal-heart
"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
Updated On: 10/10/21 at 09:10 AM
#2The Normal Heart (London)
Posted: 10/10/21 at 9:25amI’m seeing it this week. I’m very much looking forward to it and I’ll do my best to compare the two afterwards.
#3The Normal Heart (London)
Posted: 10/10/21 at 3:46pmI'll be there in December. Too bad I'll be missing this...
