Next to Normal

Next to Normal

<div><p><B>Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama</B></p><p>“Rock is alive and rolling like thunder in <I>Next to Normal</I>. It’s the best musical of the season by a mile...an emotional powerhouse with a fire in its soul and a wicked wit that burns just as fiercely.”—<I>Rolling Stone</I></p><p>“No show on Broadway right now makes as a direct grab for the heart—or wrings it as thoroughly—as <I>Next to Normal</I> does. . . . [It] focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives. <I>Next to Normal</I> does not, in other words, qualify as your standard feel-good musical. Instead this portrait of a manic-depressive mother and the people she loves and damages is something much more: a feel-everything musical, which asks you, with operatic force, to discover the liberation in knowing where it hurts.”—Ben Brantley, <I>The New York Times</I></p><p>Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, <I>Next to Normal</I> is also available in an original cast recording. It was named Best Musical of the Season by <I>Rolling Stone</I>, <I>The Washington Post</I>, <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, and <I>The New York Times</I>.</p><p><B>Brian Yorkey</B> received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his work on <I>Next to Normal</I> and was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical. His other credits include <I>Making Tracks</I> and <I>Time After Time</I>.</p><p><B>Tom Kitt</B> received two 2009 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for <I>Next to Normal</I>. He also composed the music for <I>High Fidelity</I> and <I>From Up Here</I>. His string arrangements appear on the new Green Day album <I>21st Century Breakdown</I>, and he is the leader of the Tom Kitt Band.</div>