November 3rd. 2024. (so much talent and wonder in one long post!!) (FIRST performance, feel free to save the post bc i'll keep editing with Nov13 + Nov16 performances as well!!)
Jack Wolfe makes his 54 Below debut! The star of Netflix’s
-in clip above Jack Wolfe singing 'Hide and Seek' from here :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8stohOLOf/
-Jack Wolfe singing 'Hide and Seek' different clip :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8u0TyobS_/
YES!! THEY ARE ALSO PLAYING THE PIANO!! Jack Wolfe you are so very loved!!
(2 more shows still coming btw, Nov 13 +Nov 16, 2024!)
+also highly recommend following this instagram account, again @ jackwolfesupdate on ig bc they're doing INCREDIBLE job!!
-Jack Wolfe singing 'I Miss The Mountains' from Next To Normal :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8FmVDIdgX/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/LzGgNNccuAY
-Jack Wolfe singing 'And Then There Were None’ from Spring Awakening :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8G3arITi9/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/IYqjoF1bEkc
-Jack Wolfe singing ‘Howl’ by Florence + The Machine :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8YKSuoiYJ/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/uNfVKqKlgXU
-Jack Wolfe and Allison Young singing Moon River ytube:https://youtu.be/WkrN2xHhYao
-Jack Wolfe singing 'I'm Alive' (N2N) :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8kUvvIw1J/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/VNP6c5f4YPc
-Jack Wolfe singing ‘Songbird’ by Fleetwood Mac :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB_YMynoa_S/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/9GG5v0ibUXs
-Jack Wolfe singing cut ‘The Clouds Will Drift Away’ song from Spring Awakening :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCAR7eGoCD-/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/NDT_tFNrdu4
(I will obviously keep editing this post after the Nov13 + Nov16 shows!)
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NOVEMBER 13,2024 (second show) from what I gathered Jack was singing the same songs they were performing at the first show BUT there were different guests. He was singing with Jennifer Damiano(og Spring Awakening) and the PATTI LUPONE was there!!
Jack performing ‘And They’re Off’ from A New Brain at 54 Below Nov13,2024 (2nd Show) :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCV4R2MoUTu/
Jack performing ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’ by Fleet Foxes :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCV4mrNIfOr/
Jack and Jennifer Damiano performing ‘Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind’ :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCV8SXLIX1J/
Jack performing ‘I Miss The Mountains’ from Next to Normal :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW9HPmIyz3/
Jack performing ‘I’m Alive’ :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW9rdgIahA/
Jack performing ’Hide and Seek’ by Imogen Heap :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW_v98oT2_/
Jack performing ‘And Then There Were None’ from Spring Awakening :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCXciCJorau/
NOVEMBER 16,2024 (Third Show) Jack was singing with Caissie Levy!!)
A collection of Jack performing ‘I’m Alive’ at his last 54 Below show :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfLwz0oIb6/?img_index=1 (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/wE-TtbHdiDM
Jack performing ‘I Miss The Mountains’ at his final 54 Below show :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfOR6OIwl1/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/QqCivqdSIcs
Jack and Caissie performing ‘Songbird’ by Fleetwood Mac at 54 Below :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfOQeGIjJ8/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/CFf_wnYe2no
Jack and Veronika Slowikowska performing ‘Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind’ at Jack’s final 54 Below show :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfOqwEINXN/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/Ufy05W4Zseg
A little collection Jack performing ‘Hide And Seek’ by Imogen Heap :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfPLteIshh/?img_index=1 (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/nFBCsbEfM_g
Jack performing ‘Howl’ by Florence + The Machine :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfPeGtoB0e/?img_index=1 (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/ECiZ9-W2kqU
Jack singing ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’ by Fleet Foxes:https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfPm21I8JH/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/cpGLGCrSDh0
Jack performing 'Where Do You Go’ (Harold and Maude - Joseph Thalken) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/_SKVVAURa9o
Jack performing 'The Clouds Will Drift Away’ / ‘And Then There Were None’ (Spring Awakening) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/izuFRc03NxY
Jack performing 'Through The Mountain’ (Floyd Collins - Adam Guettel) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/dXhEgdW9rqs
Jack singing 'And They’re Off’ (A New Brain - William Finn) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/E1irVw4F0Gc
Jack singing ‘Runaway’ (The Corrs) (SUCH A WESPER SONG BTW somebody pls edit wesper to this!!) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/aK9VJWzeVq8
+Jack sharing vid on ig of them singing a cover of 'Songbird' (Fleetwood Mac's song he was singing during the 54 Below shows also, yes!) all the while back in 2022 when The Magic Flute was premiering! :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCzPUrjIPEW/
-Jack Wolfe on the nevermind. podcast w Veronika Slowikowska & Kyle Chase (Dec2024) NEW FRIENDS THEME SONG(that part, Jack singing here is!!!) :https://www.instagram.com/nevermindpod/reel/DDaHbKxxqWj/
-Jack Wolfe on the nevermind. podcast w Veronika Slowikowska & Kyle Chase (Dec2024) :https://open.spotify.com/episode/40uF58oaP9w0Rbr0Ypc3gC?si=BpeOgxD2RJe3IXcRWiMNMA (WHOLE ep video on youtube) :https://youtu.be/fed55vhpxw
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ALSO IF YOU SEARCH JackWolfe here on tumblr you'll find the links to some of the songs posted on youtube, i suppose ytube search will work as well!
-A little bit of Jack performing “Finishing The Hat” during Sondheim on Sondheim at Alexandra Palace:https://www.instagram.com/p/DDPo48eo8eF/
AND NOW, while you're here, some of Jack posts/love:
first vid in the mixed above is 'Jack sharing what would be Wylan’s cheesiest pick-up line at Magiccon' "He's got a very good one with 'JUST
IM. SCREAMING IM CLAWING AT MY WALLS
Jack Wolfe, i love you so so...
yes, Jack Wolfe is EVERYTHING, and he deserves EVERYTHING♥ (this is back from 2017!!- he was EPIC in theatre long before his TV roles!)
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Jack Wolfe singing 'I'm Alive' over and over and over cures depression. Confirmed.
-Jack Wolfe-singing "I'm Alive" from Next To Normal.-
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https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1635261145954287618?s=20
https://twitter.com/ThisIsGSage23/status/1635256004589010944?s=20
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in honour of the West End's next to normal closing today I've finally proof-read my 'things I noticed/general thoughts' post that's been sitting in my drafts since I saw it earlier this month. it's very long I'm very sorry.
Act One:
it was really fun watching this show in September given that there's two references to it in the first song
I adore the monologue about the pills that Dr. Fine gives during 'Who's Crazy'. it's rhythmic and funny yet also unnerving. It's such a quick and impactful way to summarise what Diana has been through for the past 16 years
Gabe does a 'one of your French girls' pose on the kitchen counter under the cabinets during 'My Psychopharmacologist and I'
Jamie Parker made direct eye contact with me during the last part of 'Who's Crazy' and it was one of the most intense experiences of my life
I might just be dense but I don't get the point of the neon sign that says 'Fine' which drops down during the Dr. Fine scene. Initially I thought that then one would drop down saying 'Madden' during his scenes to help people differentiate between the doctors but then it didn't so it just feels like a weird extra prop
speaking of random props, shout out to the iPad on the table in the opening scene which Gabe pretty much instantly takes away after telling Diana that she shouldn't obsess over tragic news stories and is then never seen again as far as I remember
Dan in the flashback scene being such an optimist about Diana's pregnancy and the future they're gonna have together... soul-crushing
Caissie Levy's 'I Miss The Mountains.' Holy Shit.
I love how Diana and Gabe are the only characters who sing on/stand on the table. it's as though it's this extra dimension of the house that only they have access to and it's a really neat and subtle way to show that they relate to each other in ways other characters don't
'It's Gonna Be Good' is so underrated. Jamie Parker's somewhat genuine optimism becoming optimism-through-gritted-teeth is incredibly acted
The way Jamie delivers the first line of 'He's Not Here' is devastating. the heaviness of that moment as you feel the audience around you realising what's just happened is something I'll remember forever
Gabe body-blocking Dan from Diana during 'I Am the One' is such good staging. People talk about how Jack Wolfe plays Gabe with a lot of layers and a lot of simultaneous contradiction and this song is one of the best examples of that. how Jack manages to project a character who is goading his father and protecting his mother at the same time is beyond me
also Jack has maybe half-an-inch on Jamie which obviously isn't something the actors control but it does makes Gabe seem just that bit more threatening when he's getting in Dan's face
for the first part of Superboy and the Invisible Girl when it's just Natalie singing, Gabe is actively laughing. He's totally unperturbed by her efforts to make herself seen to her mother. it's only when Diana replies, particularly when she says "you're our little pride and joy, our perfect plan" that you see his face drop and you see him trying to figure out a way to stop her from getting Diana's attention which then results in him kicking her off the melody in her own song
"I'll hurt you" being directed at Dan and "I'll heal you" being directed at Diana as Gabe gently touches her face gets me so bad. but the most painful part of 'I'm Alive' for me is when Gabe looks at Dan as he says "I'm the perfect stranger who knows you too well." that's the first time you realise that perhaps Gabe doesn't just impact Diana, and there's something much larger at play
Caissie and Jack W's voices harmonising on 'Catch Me I'm Falling' was one of my favourite parts of the whole show. Their voices are so magical together and their mother/son chemistry is incredible
The 'I Dreamed A Dance' into 'There's a World' sequence is one of the most tragically beautiful things I've ever witnessed. I went into the show knowing what Gabe was trying to achieve during 'There's A World' and yet Jack's voice is so beautifully haunting you totally forget you're supposed to root against Gabe in that moment
Jamie Parker's 'I've Been' is some of the best acting through song out there. Interestingly my friend and I had very different interpretation's of what Gabe's horrified reaction to the blood meant. I viewed it as him being upset about what he convinced Diana to do - he doesn't like seeing her hurt. Whereas my friend saw it as him being angry at himself that she didn't manage to follow through, meaning that he has failed to regain control over her life
'I'm no sociopath, I'm no Sylvia Plath. I ain't no Frances Farmer kind of find for you' is one of the best musical theatre lyrics of all time. I genuinely don't know why I Miss The Mountains is the 'big song' known from N2N over 'Didn't I See This Movie?', it's just so good
Natalie's 'She trusts you!' line is heartbreaking, I was basically watching that entire scene through my fingers because of how high the emotion was
Act Two:
'Pfizer's woman of the year' will in fact be peak comedy every time. Eleanor's delivery is *chef's kiss*
Gabe having just one line in 'Wish I Were Here', and that line being 'Wish I were here.' Yeah. I feel very normal about that.
Natalie's line of "Can I hide my stupid hunger, fake some confidence and cheer?" being pretty much exactly what Gabe has done throughout the entirety of act 1
"And you're not a scary rockstar anymore" got one of the biggest laughs at both of the shows I went to
Dan's desperation during 'Better Than Before.' He is simultaneously trying to cajole Diana into remembering and get Natalie to be more positive. This one song really highlights how he's being pulled in a million different directions while trying to hold it all together and Jamie portrays that so well
Aftershocks. Wow. The way the last word of each line echoes throughout the theatre is great sound design. I've been in exam halls louder than the audience during that song. Holding a room that captive as a silhouette is quite the feat Jack Wolfe you will always be famous
"I don't know where the fucking pieces go" as Diana pushes things off the table as if there's a real jigsaw there that she's rage quitting and choosing to give up on is such a nice detail
"Have you talked of your depression, your delusions and your son?" The gasp in the theatre both times was sickening
the response of "good' in reply to "name?" when technically that was part of his name as they are the "Goodmans". I don't really have a point here I just think it's neat
The 'It's Gonna Be Good" reprise was one of my favourite Dan/Diana moments. Caissie and Jamie are really pushing each other to their emotional limits and they handle it so well
The first "Why stay?" is so fragile as Diana sits against the kitchen island. Also interesting given that Dan and Gabe will also sit against there later when they are at their lowest point in the story. The idea of the characters crawling to the 'centre/heart' of the home when they are at their weakest
"This is one old game that I can play so well" is the line that has stuck the most with me throughout the show. Jack's delivery of it while striding across the kitchen table - seemingly totally invincible - is crazy.
how Caissie manages to deliver "you shrugged and said that no one really knows" with humour and desperation at the same time is amazing
When Gabe and Diana stand on the table and if they let go of one another they'll fall. yeahhhhh.....
Gabe's realisation that Diana isn't going to give up on getting better. Totally collapsing in on himself and beginning to cry. How you manage to feel bad for him after all the destruction he's caused is wild
Diana's "maybe I'm tired of the game" relating back to Gabe's "this is one old game that I can play so well"
the lyrics in 'Hey #3' clearly reflecting things Diana has done, Henry cutting Natalie off at "bleeding in the bathtub"
"I am the one who'll heal you" being said to Dan not Diana this time
"Why didn't you go with her?" is the most devastating line in the whole musical I said what I said. Jamie's delivery of it is heart wrenching
the drums and bass kicking in for the loud part of I Am The One as Gabe becomes desperate to be seen once again
Jack and Jamie's acting in this moment is so intense. there's a moment where it's genuinely feels as though only one of them can make it out of the interaction alive
Jack's emphasis on the word 'loved' in the line "I am the one who loved you" nearly killed me on the spot. how somebody can deliver a line so desperately while remaining pitch perfect is unfair
Natalie coming in to kiss Dan's head at the start of 'Light' like Gabe kisses Diana's in the first scene. I'm such a sucker for a gut punching
the "And are they real?" line about Diana's parent's from Henry gets such a loud reaction from the audience. Some people laugh immediately, some people clearly get shocked out of their sobs. so good
In conclusion, this is my favourite musical of all time and I'm going to be so annoying waiting for the pro-shot to come out
thinking about how jack delivers such a beautifully nuanced and emotionally complex gabe that it makes you empathize with the character we’re supposed to be afraid of. they’re so incredibly talented it blows my mind
Audio gift: Next to Normal - Last London Preview (21 August 2023) - Donmar Warehouse
Cast: Caissie Levy (Diana Goodman), Jamie Parker (Dan Goodman), Jack Wolfe (Gabe Goodman), Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Natalie Goodman), Jack Ofrecio (Henry), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden).
Last performance before Press Night. Recorded from the aisle, so you can hear the cast running up and down the stage. Also includes the outtro music after curtain call.
Side note: There was a single camera present in the audience to professionally record the show for the ‘archives’.
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