'Next to Normal' - The Musical - Review - 2009 Tony Award Nomination Best Musical

[justanote7]

What it's aboot is beautiful people trying to live a life that makes some degree of sense. Our job is the same!  Alice is an amazing actress for sure!

[MrJohneybgood]

Dont get me wrong.. Billy Elliot was great.. but N2N should have gotten the tony. It was so much more original and more emotionally capturing that Billy Elliot.

[markncheese]

I'm so sad that billy elliot won

[wweecw1]

seeung thus june 21sr in philly on tour cant wait

[StaraziaSelin66]

you got all their signatures? if not then what're they doing there...

oh my god, im still so frustrated that N2N did NOT win Best Musical...ugh. but i do believe alice won a tony. :) good thing, too. but spencer (dan) got cheaped out by the three billys...i think if billy elliot wasn't nominated for anything, next to normal would have sweeped the tonys. thumbs up if you agree.

[Kroovy68]

Eh?

[BroadwayBabeify]

haha. alice is so adorable. the sweetest person ever! i saw this show and i loved it! my family liked it but thought it was too depressing so they ended up disliking it overall beause of that. i wanna see it everyday of my life.

[jayiijay]

Perfect review. Greatest musical ever written, and I've seen 'em all! Forget the Tonys, West Side Story, Gypsy, Hair, Follies, etc. also all lost.

[elptalk]

I agree completely with this review! I've seen N2N seven times so obviously I'm a big fan, but I DON'T usually cry at shows (at least not the first time I see them, everything usually goes so fast) and this one I bawl every time! But it's true, you won't come out of the theatre skipping, but you'll come out cleansed, like all the emotion you've unconciously been bottling up is finally released, it's wonderful for the soul :) SEE IT NOW!!! Also btw DO NOT look up the synopsis, trust me!!!

[Ob0efr3ek]

alice ripley WOULD sign in bubble letters....

[overthemoooon83]

Next to Normal...robbed at the Tonys. Aside from Alice's win, of course. :)

[david88441]

I have the same Alice Ripley Autograph, in Silver Ink

[phantastic233]

LOVE IT. I went to Junior's too! :)

[sondheimfan1]

i totally agree with u... billy elliott can suck it

[nolongeryou]

"And the Tony award for best review of a Broadway Musical goes to... YOU!" Great review. You should be doing this for a living. Love your green walls.

[xxcouturexxify]

I saw this last week! I loved it so much. It is amazing. I wish it won best musical coz it deserved it. I've seen Billy Elliot too in London, which is also amazing but Next to Normal is better. Next to Normal and Spring Awakening are my favourite musicals in the world!! Loved your video!! :)

[animlluver8]

spring awakening and next to normal ARE the best musicals ever :)

[BroadwayBaby98]

I LUV THE COLOR OF UR WALLS! THAT GREEN IS MY FAVORITE COLOR!! Oh, and the review was good too =]

[tellmewhatsahappenin]

I completely agree with you. N2N was wonderful. I can't really take the Tonys seriously anymore, this year's show was so awful. I thought I was watching the Emmys or the Oscars, it sold out so much.

[veronicaandtaylor]

I saw it, and I was like bawlingg.

[alexbella514]

I LOVE YOU!!

[Baclagonproductions]

Omg great review I am planning to get there when Aaron comes back in Sept. It will be my first time seeing the show and going to NY lol.

[WillTVoriginal]

youre amazingly well spoken!

i havent seen it yet, but i really want to...too bad i have no money for tickets. :/

but, w/e. i likee really hope that it lasts for a really long time!

...then i can see it if i savee da money!

[PopSense]

you are so right, i wish it won...

[hsnare0218]

Are you from Canada haha

[quiroz923]

two things: what do you mean with "obscure musicals", and what did you mean when you did those gestures when rock of ages

[music2888]

your so cute!

[tej1980]

Wait. I don't have huge muscles, nor am I over 6 feet tall... (dee-heehee)

Love the tissue...

hug hug.

[musicmedia10]

it was nice Elton gave N2N props - as he accepted his Tony for Billy and his Boys.

Nice job,,,

[puckhiggins]

Carl.

1) You made me really want to see the show SO badly! I hate how I live across the country and am broke. :(

2) I didn't know know a thing about this show until the Tony's last night, and it grabbed my attention right away. I really need to soundtrack.

3) You're adorable. I just want to hug you the entire time you're talking.

[jivillasenor]

You are too cute, and way lucky you live as close to NYC as you do. -Joel from way out here in CA

[darqueangel]

Your cute!!! :-)

[samiam1432]

Also, RE: expanding Prelude, when it was off broadway it actually used to lead in to a version of "Light" (the finale song). I really loved that version...but it doesn't really have a place now that they retooled it.

[samiam1432]

Are you from Minnesota/the midwest? lol

[jayiijay]

Great review. I've seen 800 Broadway shows, this is as good as anything I've ever seen and richly deserves to win. The only thing I would add is that it is not just about mental illness, it is about family and grief and love and loss. And it is, like you said, cathartic, and haunting.

[NJChico]

Excellent review Carl! I couldn't agree more!  Let's hope they win!!! It may be the little engine that could!!

[CRZarg]

Carl, normally I don't comment on peoples videos but I have to on this one. I am bias, J Robert Spencer and I went to college together and our families are still very close. You are right on all points. I felt like a family member when watching the show, and then afterwards, felt so good for seeing the show. Great review, and we are praying it scores big at the Tony's

[julialovesupreme]

We. Have. Thesameexacttasteineverything.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE REVIEWING N2N NOW, BUT WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?

I don't agree that In The Heights was an obscure musical though...I think everyone knew they were gonna take it home.

LET'S HOPE NEXT TO NORMAL PULLS AN AVENUE Q!

& Ahaha you singing "That's who I am" was pretty funny. Carl for Dan Goodman after Bobby Spencer leaves the role!

[pdavis213]

N2N was my favorite original musical ever, due to how original and daring it was. First show that actually put up the mirror of reality in my face in a looonnnnng time, and as an actor, that is the most moving thing to see. Beautiful.

[padfooooottttt]

CARL! I missed your videos so much! Oh my god, I'm so glad you loved Next to Normal. Sososo glad. I don't have much else to say other then I really hope it does well too. It deserves it so much.