Posted by Rob 2013-02-28 14:19:41
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-28 14:30:07
The creative team is very good. I think this has potential.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by WiCkEDrOcKS 2013-02-28 14:31:29
Based on what I've heard, this should be pretty special.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-28 14:33:45
I'm glad she's coming back. I'm actually kind of shocked she's stayed away for so long.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-28 14:39:39
^ She did not want to do revivals. She's always been into original musicals and she finally found the right one.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by LYLS3637 2013-02-28 14:44:10
She has been previewing one of the songs in her concert tour this past year. It sounds beautiful!
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by dtzumbrunnen 2013-02-28 14:47:00
Hoping they do LOTS of stuff from this at the Kitt/Yorkey Lincoln Center American Songbook concert Friday.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Rainbowhigh23 2013-02-28 14:56:14
Thank you dtzumbrunnen! You've given hope to those who were shut out when the show first went on sale.
I am incredibly excited for this new production. I will definitely make a road trip to DC for this show.
What is the song she has previewed in concert?
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Wishing Only Wounds 2013-02-28 15:01:03
I'm so excited for this! Random question...is there a reason 'Aida' is not part of Idina's bio?
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Wishing Only Wounds 2013-02-28 15:01:14
I'm so excited for this! Random question...is there a reason 'Aida' is not part of Idina's bio?
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by steven22 2013-02-28 15:08:16
was this the show Kyle Dean Massey was workshopping too?
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Esther 2013-02-28 15:09:35
She didn't originate Amneris, so maybe that's why it was left off?
That's my guess.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by LYLS3637 2013-02-28 15:21:58
Rainbowhigh,
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Wicked Fanatic 2013-02-28 15:27:34
"was this the show Kyle Dean Massey was workshopping too?"
Yes it was along with Anthony Rapp, Adam Kantor, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Colin Donnel.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by steven22 2013-02-28 15:28:39
if that cast ends up transferring with the project to Broadway...what a show this will be!
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by broadwayfever 2013-02-28 15:37:24
I hate to say it but Idina memory skills have severely diminished. She has trouble remembering the words to her own songs these days. I'm not too sure if she can remember an entire show nowadays, so I don't think she's the best pick.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Rainbowhigh23 2013-02-28 15:37:35
LYLS3637, thank you. That was beautiful!
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by hockeynut2 2013-02-28 19:20:29
I am so happy that it will stop at The National Theatre. Here's the announcement on my site DCMetroTheaterArts.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by fingerlakessinger 2013-02-28 20:04:04
broadwayfever, I have seen her in concert, she never dropped the words.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Emma White 2013-02-28 20:18:05
"broadwayfever, I have seen her in concert, she never dropped the words. "
There's a video on youtube of her forgetting the lyrics to "For Good" in concert.
And let's be honest, For Good is not the hardest song to remember the lyrics to.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by fingerlakessinger 2013-02-28 20:26:54
Are we really questioning her abilities to memorize things because she forgot words to a song?
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by WestwardHoHo 2013-02-28 20:37:16
That new song is a stinkeroo.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Emma White 2013-02-28 22:26:27
No, I'm sure she can memorize just fine. I'm just saying, she has forgotten the words on stage before... And just sat there looking confused and being like "****, what are the words?"
Honestly, I think she's a talented lady, but she is so over-hyped.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by emma3386 2013-02-28 22:26:29
I am so excited for this! I saw Idina recently in concert and she blew everyone I was with away. She is a star, and she has proven herself time and again.
The idea that anyone thinks they have the right to say her memory has diminished (as if she's 90 years old) is absurd to me. Don't go to the show then, and leave more seats open for me and my fellow Idina fans.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by darquegk 2013-02-28 23:07:58
Some people are actors first, concert performers second. In a concert setting, it's much easier to forget the words, since they aren't "coming from the same place" as doing the show, playing the character.
Legendary singer-songwriter Pete Townshend is somewhat notorious for forgetting the words to the songs from his four rock operas, and cabaret darling turned Glee star Darren Criss usually has to turn his songs into a singalong to keep them going.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by veronicamae 2013-02-28 23:47:12
I'm just beyond thrilled about this announcement. Truly.
Also, really? Criticism for forgetting words to songs she's sung 2000 times? That can happen to anyone and everyone. She's not going to get up there and mumble her way through a song in a staged performance. Could it happen that she forgets her words? Yes. Of course. That's hardly a reason for her to be a "bad pick" for this show.
p.s. remember when! http://broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1037112&dt=13
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by yankeefan7 2013-03-01 09:05:22
I know some concert performers have telepromper for the words. Years ago I saw Paul McCartney and took some pictures. While looking at them, noticed there was a telepromper with words of the song he was singing on stage. I could actually read the words from the picture.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by DEClarke 2013-03-02 18:59:08
I'm planning my next NYC trip around this show! So excited!!!
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by fingerlakessinger 2013-03-02 20:08:28
As soon as I heard this, I turned to by boyfriend and said "we're taking a trip to DC..."
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by Kevinoes 2013-03-04 15:38:16
Betty Buckley had been in Pippin on Broadway for like 2 years during the 1970s. One night, after hundreds of performances, she went up on a line. She promptly gave her notice. The lady went on to a steady career in film and television, a Tony Award, numerous Broadway productions, and a successful concert career.
There was a phase where the original cast of Hisory Boys, during their international tour before hitting Broadway, were in rough shape, drying up on lines, etc. until Nicholas Hytner came in and gave them a refresher. This after close to 1,000 performances under their bets. I've witnessed actors in rep theatre go up randomly in the middle of a scene. And that after doing a show for months! Sometimes a new cast member on stage, an excited or dull audience, the heat of the room, how much you ate that day, can just totally make you lose a line. Anything can throw you!
I am very excited to see Ms Menzel back on stage! I have nothing but respect for her taking her time to find the right project to come back to Broadway with.
Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout
Posted by winston89 2013-03-04 16:16:42
darquegk,
Townshend has two rock operas, Tommy and Quadrophina. Well, technically 3 if you count The Iron Man that he did with his solo band. But, there isn't a fourth.
