#gabe goodman.

[contrariian]

@publicabsent said: ’ write me off. give up on me. ’

the boy's brow furrows as he nudges her under the chin with his knuckle, encouraging her face up so he can look her in the eye. "never," he says, quiet but firm. he knows she just doesn't want him to get hurt, but he's not going to leave her. he shifts his touch to her face, stroking her cheek gently. "i love you, nettie, and that's never going to change. the only way i'm ever going anywhere is if a day comes when you don't love me anymore. okay?"

[thesongofpurplesummer]

Next To Normal

Not sure if this is common knowledge, but I was listening to “Superboy and the Invisible Girl” and was wondering why it’s not mainly a piano song, as piano is Natalie’s thing. But it’s not Natalie’s song. It starts with guitar and then goes into guitar and drums because she is singing about Gabriel. But when Natalie sings “Take a look at the invisible girl-“ she is not singing about Gabe, she is singing about herself, which is why piano, and only piano, is playing. Then when Natalie goes back into the chorus, where she sings about Gabe, the score goes back to guitar and drums.

[seidenbros]

Jack Wolfe's part of the cast of Next to Normal's performance at the Olivier Awards 2024

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

Jack Wolfe. 54 Below. ALL 3 shows in ONE POST/

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!!)

-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_/

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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

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./https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/770320413911908352?source=share (above)

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+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/

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-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:

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[sixofsol]

no one talk about how close we are to closing i’m sensitive

reference taken from @mttztrading video 🫶

[inourhistories]

for another stolen hour...

[abottlvr]

gay son & thought daughter

Parallels between Natalie and Gabe Goodman

🎥: @mttztrading

Eleanor Worthington Cox as Natalie Jack Wolfe as Gabe

[antinouswilder]

I know we all love “hi, dad” but I cut together every time Gabe says “mom” in Next to Normal. because I’m a masochist or something. context for each under the cut.

1. “you’ve gotta let go, mom. I’m almost 18.”

2. *seeing Diana making sandwiches on the floor* “mom?”

3. “are you sure about [dumping your pills], mom?”

4. “wouldn’t you like to […] let your son go at last?” “yes… I would.” “mom?”

5 & 6. “mom, mom! please don’t let them do this! [ECT] causes brain damage!”

interestingly, he doesn’t say it at all after she has the ECT.

[kurthummelseyelashes]

jack wolfe as gabe 2023 ✅

jack wolfe as moritz 2024 ✅

jack wolfe as orpheus 2025 🕯️

[lochnessliv]

Not to post ice cold takes 16 years too late but Gabe really did force Natalie into the harmony instead of the melody in her OWN SONG about how he takes up so much more space in their family

[contrariian]

more tag dump 😩

[timesomewhere]

how have I never seen this rehearsal photo before I feel sick why would they do this to me

[emptymilk-bottle]

but now until forever, love, i’ll live to dance with you

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

just so freakin proud of Jack Wolfe!!!♥

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[wylanspipebomb]

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

[falafel14]

Jack Wolfe as Gabe Goodman

So I've had a few "Tell me everything!" responses to my recent post about the Donmar Warehouse's stunning new production of Next to Normal. Knowing the audience here, I'll narrow my focus to writing about what I know my fellow 'Six of Crows' fans will most want to hear - Jack's role as Gabe. I won't be recapping the show itself, as I assume most folks reading this will have listened to the soundtrack, read the script, or watched a Broadway bootleg. Or at least I hope so, because below you will find MAJOR SPOILERS for Next to Normal and specifically the Donmar's staging of it.

Gabe is introduced to us as the Goodman's teenage son, who seemingly has a close affectionate relationship with his mother, Diana, but frosty relationships with his father Dan and sister Natalie, neither of whom acknowledge his presence. About thirty minutes in we are shown exactly why. Diana brings out an 18th birthday cake when the family have Nat's boyfriend Henry over for dinner and it is revealed that today would have been Gabe's birthday...if he'd been alive. But Gabe died when he was a baby and Diana has only been imagining him growing up all these years.

Up until this point, Jack has been playing Gabe as a cheeky rebellious teenager, but when he slinks back on stage to blow out the candles on his cake, he becomes a much more ethereal and impish presence. In I Am The One, his expression transforms from sweet and devoted when singing to his mom, to menacing and malevolent when singing to his dad. Gabe manifests as different personas for each member of his family and it's thrilling to watch as Jack shifts between them all. When Natalie comes downstairs to sing Superboy and the Invisible Girl we see Gabe as the cocky conceited older sibling, who seems to revel in being their mother's favorite.

In her next therapy session, Diana is asked to speak about her son and this is when we get Gabe's showstopping I'm Alive solo. This number really did raise the roof. I'll admit when I saw videos of Jack singing it at Tom Kitt's concert, I was worried he wasn't giving the song the necessary attack. But on stage he goes absolutely full-throttle with it. He starts at the top of the stairs with a mic stand, looking like the frontman of a rock band, then he brings the mic down, roaming all over the floor. At one point in the song, Natalie and Dan have an argument and Gabe comes to stand between them, looking amused as he passes the mic between them. However Gabe starts to lose some of his swagger as Diana's doctor suggests that - as 18 is the age that children typically leave home - maybe Diana should think about her son this way and finally let him go.

In the next scene, Diana is in the kitchen, clearing out Gabe's things. She holds up a baby-grow and then starts playing a music box she used to use to help Gabe to sleep. Gabe comes down the stairs with a rucksack and duffle bag, like he's a kid being kicked out of the house by his parents. Diana can't seem to go through with it as she pulls him into a dance and they end up hugging with Gabe's head tucked under his mother's chin, like a needy child. This leads into There's a World, a hauntingly beautiful song with a very sinister undertone as we learn this is Gabe leading Diana towards a suicide attempt. This song and Catch Me I'm Falling are an excellent display of Jack's high range (he'd make a wonderful Orpheus in Hadestown - the UK production is coming next year, so...please??)

Following the suicide attempt, Diana is given shock therapy and consequently loses her memories of the last eighteen years. In the early part of Act 2 and for the song Aftershocks, Gabe is up in one of the upstairs rooms, like he's been locked in a cell - not gone, but no longer able to get to Diana. When Diana finds and plays Gabe's music box, there's this very chilling sight of Gabe's silhouette, his hands pressing to the screen, as he sings along to the melody. The lighting here is eerily reminiscent of a sonogram. When Diana regains her memory of her lost son, Gabe breaks free of the room, comes down the stairs to sing his I'm Alive (Reprise) from on top of the kitchen counter. After his wife's relapse, Dan crumbles to the floor, his back pressed to the kitchen counter. Gabe disappears behind the other side of the counter, and (I'm told, I couldn't see from my angle) he sits in the same position as Dan. They both stay like this for about 15mins while scenes with Diana, Nat and Henry take place.

As Diana leaves, Dan finally rises from the floor and begins singing his I am the One (Reprise). In other videos of this song that I have seen, Gabe is played quite aggressively, stalking around Dan, goading his father into acknowledging him. Jack does this scene very differently and effectively. He stays behind the counter, his eyes downcast, his manner meek as if quietly pleading for his father's attention. When Dan yells out "Why didn't you go with her?!" Gabe leaps up onto the counter and throws his arms around Dan, desperately clinging to him. When they get to the chorus, Dan turns round to face Gabe, gripping his arms. Then at the end, Dan staggers back and tearfully says his son's name for the first time. When Gabe responds with his "Hi Dad", Jack's face his full of shocked awe. He plays it like a child realizing the father he thought hated him, loved him all along. It's a devastating moment that had everyone in tears.

After the song, Dan reaches out a hand towards Gabe, but he stops as Natalie comes downstairs. Dan tells Nat her mother has left and Nat asks him - "So it's just me and you for now?" and there's a hesitation where Dan glances at Gabe, who is still sitting on the counter. When Dan finally answers yes, it's just the two of them, Gabe's expression is accepting, not resentful like earlier in the show. As he leaves to go upstairs, Gabe gently touches Nat's hand, almost like an apology. Natalie gives the slightest reaction, as if she is sensing something. It's a beautiful resolve to Gabe's role, and when he appears for the last time for his verse in Light, he no longer feels like a malevolent spirit, but more like this serene angel watching over his family as they all try to heal and go on with lives.

This is honestly a star-making performance from Jack as a young musical theatre actor. And as much as I want Jack and the other Crows actors to be off filming their spinoff show once the strikes are resolved, I also feel strongly that Jack belongs on the stage. Between his acting, his presence and his vocals, he's sure to be a performer in demand in the West End. Here's hoping there's award nominations to come. He's deserving of them.