Next to Normal

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Next to Normal is a Pulitzer Prize–winning rock musical that explores a suburban family's struggle with mental illness and grief.

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Next to Normal original Broadway cast recording 0 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
rock musical
stage musical
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Original Score
basedOnEarlierWork Feeling Electric
bookBy Brian Yorkey
broadwayClosingDate 2011-01-16
broadwayOpeningDate 2009-04-15
broadwayPreviewsStartDate 2009-03-27
broadwayTheatre Booth Theatre
castRecordingReleaseYear 2009
composer Tom Kitt
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Michael Greif
featuresCharacter Dan Goodman
Diana Goodman
Dr. Fine
Dr. Madden
Gabe Goodman
Natalie Goodman
genre musical theatre
rock
hasCastRecording Next to Normal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Next to Normal original Broadway cast recording
hasInternationalProductionsIn Australia
Canada
Japan
Philippines
United Kingdom
lyricist Brian Yorkey
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
notableSong I Am the One
I Miss the Mountains
Just Another Day
Light
Superboy and the Invisible Girl
You Don’t Know
orchestrator Michael Starobin
Tom Kitt
originalBroadwayCastMember Aaron Tveit
Adam Chanler-Berat
Alice Ripley
J. Robert Spencer
Jennifer Damiano
Louis Hobson
originalLanguage English
premieredAt Second Stage Theater
surface form: Second Stage Theatre
premiereDate 2008-02-13
premieredInCity New York City
producedBy David Stone
James L. Nederlander
pulitzerPrizeYear 2010
subject bipolar disorder
family relationships
grief
mental illness
suburban family life

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