Day 58-1/16/10

Show: Next to Normal
Date: 2/20/08
Cast: Brian D'Arcy James, Alice Ripley, Jenn Damiano, Aaron Tveit, Corey Boardman, Asa Somers.
Type: Audio

I'm going to begin with comparison and contrast of the Broadway/Arena Stage to this version (Second Stage)

• Don't like the "Let There Be Light" beginning
• Like the lyrics of Just Another Day more on Broadway
• J. Robert Spencer > Brian D'Arcy James
• Asa Somers > Louis Hobson
• Jenn's voice got better when she got to Broadway
• Alice's voice seems stronger and more stable here.
• Loved the Costco song, but I see why they took it out.
• Liked Growing Up Unstable, but it didn't move the plot.
• Perfect has more edge, but I liked Everything Else more. It sounded much better.
• Getting Better is not as good as Better Than Before
• The Broadway lyrics to Light are a lot better.
• Really missed having I've Been, which is a superpowerful song.
  
• Feeling Electric may have been good with Louis singing, but Asa did not sound good at all.

Now onto Corey:
At first I had misread the date and thought it said 2/2/08 which was Morgan Weed as Natalie, but I didn't think she sounded any different than Jenn. But then Henry came in and I realized that I had misread the date. Corey sounds completely different from Adam. I didn't realize I loved Adam so much until I heard this. Corey sounded all wrong, he may have made a better Gabe. Adam sounds sweet, and kind of puppy-ish. And cute and all that. Corey didn't sound any of it. And his singing voice wasn't all that great either.