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Next to Normal

Opened 2009

733 performances

Musical, Modern

Alice Ripley, who was in the 2009 production.
Alice Ripley, who was in the 2009 production. Alice Ripley

Next to Normal is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family.

Music
Tom Kitt
Lyrics
Brian Yorkey
Book
Brian Yorkey
Mental IllnessFamilyGriefTreatmentNormalcy

Productions3 productions: 1 on Broadway, 2 in the West End

2009
Booth TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 15, 2009, directed by Michael Greif
733 performances, 3 Tony wins
2023
ProductionLondon Opened January 26, 2023
2024
Wyndham's TheatreLondon Original

Songs22 songs

I Miss the Mountains, Light, So Anyway, Just Another Day, Everything Else, Who’s Crazy/ My Psychopharmacologist and I, Perfect for You, It’s Gonna Be Good, He’s Not Here, You Don’t Know, I Am the One, Superboy and the Invisible Girl, I’m Alive, Make Up Your Mind/ Catch Me I’m Falling, I Dreamed a Dance, There’s a World, I’ve Been, Didn’t I See This Movie?, A Light in the Dark, Wish I Were Here, Song of Forgetting, Better Than Before

Recordings 2 recordings

2009
Next to Normal
Next to Normal Ghostlight Records 84433, released May 12, 2009
United States
2014
Next To Normal (Deutsche Originalaufnahme Live)
Next To Normal (Deutsche Originalaufnahme Live) HitSquad Records 668349, released 2014
Germany

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Next to Normal matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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