I was on telecharge searching for info about Next To Normal and saw this new picture as the artwork. Does anyone know if this is definitely the Artwork they're using for the Broadway Production?
I missed seeing "Next To Normal" at Arena Stage because I didn't know what it was about until my friend raved over it, and the logo really turned me off. I didn't think I'd like the show just based on the scary logo.
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Tickets don't go onsale til tomorrow, and the back row of the mezz is 36 bucks. Its a small theatre a 3 tier set, there won't be bad seats, just save your money and grab a seat in row h.
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And yet its still more relevant to the story than that dreadful Second Stage art with the family (with two young children) hanging their feet of the end of a dock.
I think they have a really poor idea of how to market this show visually.
The newest artwork might be my least favorite. They actually finally land on the right concept, kind of, and blow it with flat/boring/amateur execution. Especially the cheap-Photoshop-brush effect of the music bar.
I really like the new artwork! Actually I liked the arena artwork as well - though it always made me think "dark comedy" for some reason. The new art is very Hitchcockian which I think fits oddly enough...
"Am I the only one who likes the Arena Stage artwork?"
No, I like it, too. I think it's probably the strongest of three designs.
I really don't like the Broadway artwork. I think it looks a little amateurish and is incredibly vague. For a show that will almost certainly be fighting an uphill battle for financial success, I would think they would be able to find a better way to draw people in.
Face it- if you had no idea what Next to Normal was, would that poster draw you in? Or would you get distracted by a shinier poster?
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I prefer the Broadway artwork I guess, though it's pretty obvious whoever designed it doesn't know a thing about music. It's a rather lazy attempt. I just hope they have a new set design. It's the one thing I truly detested about the show.
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