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''Next to Normal'' began previews on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Booth Theatre]] on March 27, and opened on April 15, 2009. The cast from the Arena Stage production returned, as well as the director Grief. The musical was originally booked for the 1096-seat [[Longacre Theatre]], but, according to producer David Stone, "when the Booth Theatre became available and was offered, we knew it was the right space for ''Next to Normal'' without alteration."<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126376.html "''Next to Normal'', with Entire Arena Cast, to Play Broadway's Longacre",] playbill.com, February 17, 2009</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126642.html Next to Normal Will Now Play the Booth Theatre",] playbill.com, February 24, 2009</ref>
''Next to Normal'' began previews on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Booth Theatre]] on March 27, and opened on April 15, 2009. The cast from the Arena Stage production returned, as well as the director, Grief. The musical was originally booked for the 1096-seat [[Longacre Theatre]], but, according to producer David Stone, "when the Booth Theatre became available and was offered, we knew it was the right space for ''Next to Normal'' without alteration."<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126376.html "''Next to Normal'', with Entire Arena Cast, to Play Broadway's Longacre",] playbill.com, February 17, 2009</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126642.html Next to Normal Will Now Play the Booth Theatre",] playbill.com, February 24, 2009</ref>


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==

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Musicaldaten

Next to Normal is a musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The play also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.

Next to Normal received several workshop performances before it debuted off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. It then played at the Arena Stage in Arlington, Virginia from November 2008 to January 2009 and is scheduled to open on Broadway in April 2009.

The tagline is "One family is about to face the music".

Productions

Workshops and readings

The musical, originally called Feeling Electric, was first seen in 2002 at the Cutting Room in New York City, featuring Norbert Leo Butz as Dan and Sherie Rene Scott as Diana, with a subsequent staged reading in October 2002 at the Musical Mondays Theater Lab, New York City.[1]

In 2005 it was workshopped at Village Theatre (in Issaquah, Washington) featuring Amy Spanger as Diana, Mary Faber as Natalie and Deven May as Dr. Madden.[2] In September 2005 the Barrow Group Arts Center production ran at the New York Musical Theatre Festival featuring Spanger as Diana, Joe Cassidy as Dan, Annaleigh Ashford as Natalie and Anthony Rapp as Dr. Madden.[3] Second Stage Theatre workshopped the piece in both 2006 and 2007, featuring Cassidy and then Greg Edelman as Dan, Alice Ripley as Diana, Mary Faber and then Phoebe Strole as Natalie, Rapp as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine and Skylar Astin as Henry.Vorlage:Fact

Off-Broadway and pre-Broadway productions

Next to Normal was produced off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre from January 16 through March 16, 2008, directed by Michael Greif, with Anthony Rapp as assistant director and musical staging by Sergio Trujillo. The cast featured Ripley as Diana Goodman and Brian D'Arcy James as Dan Goodman. Beginning with this production, the surname of the family was changed from Brown to Goodman.[4] Although the show received mixed reviews in New York,[5][6] it was criticized by at least one reviewer for pushing an irresponsible message about the treatment of bipolar disorder and for failing to strike the proper balance between pathos and comedy.[7]

After revisions to the show, a pre-Broadway regional theatre production ran at the Arena Stage in Arlington, Virginia, November 21, 2008 through January 18, 2009. Michael Greif returned as director. Ripley and most of the off-Broadway cast participated, but D'Arcy James remained in New York to play the title character in the musical Shrek.[8] The changes included removing "comic songs and glitzy production numbers" and substituting some songs that are complementary to the emotional content of the book; the production received rave reviews.[9][10]

Broadway production

Next to Normal began previews on Broadway at the Booth Theatre on March 27, and opened on April 15, 2009. The cast from the Arena Stage production returned, as well as the director, Grief. The musical was originally booked for the 1096-seat Longacre Theatre, but, according to producer David Stone, "when the Booth Theatre became available and was offered, we knew it was the right space for Next to Normal without alteration."[11][12]

Synopsis

Diana Goodman, a suburban housewife, struggles through life as she battles mental demons in the form of bipolar disorder coupled with hallucinations that stem from a trauma sixteen years earlier. Her husband Dan, an architect, fights to keep her mind and his family stable but that fight becomes increasingly problematic as Diana decides to stop taking the pills given to her by her doctor. After several failed attempts to stem the tide by means of talk therapy with a different doctor, she eventually falls into an even darker place and attempts suicide. At the suggestion of her new doctor, Diana is convinced by her husband to submit to electroconvulsive therapy that causes her to have short-term amnesia. Throughout her struggles, Diana's relationship with her daughter Natalie becomes strained because Natalie feels invisible in the eyes of her mother, who prefers the superhero-like image she has created for her son.

Recordings

Ghostlight Records will release a cast recording on April 7, 2009 (digital) and May 12 (2-set CD).[13]

Musical numbers

(Based on the 2008-2009 Arena Stage production) Vorlage:Col-begin Vorlage:Col-2

Act I
  • Prelude (Light)
  • Just Another Day
  • Everything Else
  • Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I
  • Perfect for You
  • I Miss the Mountains
  • 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

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Act II
  • Wish I Were Here
  • Song of Forgetting
  • Hey #1
  • Seconds and Years
  • Better Than Before
  • Aftershocks
  • Hey #2
  • You Don't Know (reprise)
  • How Could I Forget?
  • It's Gonna Be Good (reprise)
  • Why Stay?
  • A Promise
  • I'm Alive (reprise)
  • The Break
  • Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (reprise)
  • Maybe
  • Hey #3/Perfect for You (reprise)
  • So Anyway
  • I Am the One (reprise)
  • Light

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Casts

Principal casts of major productions of Next to Normal

Casts of productions of Next to Normal
Productions Diana Goodman Dan Goodman Gabriel Natalie Goodman Henry Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine
2008 Second Stage Theatre Alice Ripley Brian d'Arcy James Aaron Tveit Jennifer Damiano Adam Chanler-Berat Asa Somers
2008-09 Arena Stage/Broadway Alice Ripley J. Robert Spencer Aaron Tveit Jennifer Damiano Adam Chanler-Berat Louis Hobson

References

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  1. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Feeling Electric, Butz and Larsen Sing Electro-Shock Therapy Musical Oct. 7", playbill.com, October 4, 2002
  2. ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "Musical Workshop of Feeling Electric, About a Frazzled Family, Stars a Bat Boy and a Lois Lane in Seattle", playbill.com, June 21, 2005
  3. ↑ Jones, Kenneth."Rapp & Spanger Help Spark Premiere of Feeling Electric Sept. 14-24 in NYMF",playbill.com, September 14, 2005
  4. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "New Musical Next to Normal Closes Off-Broadway March 16", playbill.com, March 16, 2008
  5. ↑ Dziemianowicz, Joe. "The high & low notes of a bipolar mom in 'Next to Normal'", New York Daily News, February 14, 2008
  6. ↑ Brantley, Ben. "There, Amid the Music, a Mind Is on the Edge", The New York Times, February 14, 2008
  7. ↑ Caggiano, Chris. "Next to Normal: Shaky Show, Irresponsible Message", Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals site, February 24, 2008
  8. ↑ Gans, Andrew."Chanler-Berat, Damiano, Hobson, Tveit Will Join Ripley and Spencer in Arena's Next to Normal", playbill.com, October 10, 2008
  9. ↑ Marks, Peter. "Revised Musical Hits Home: Moving, Beautiful 'Next to Normal'", Washington Post, December 12, 2008
  10. ↑ Blanchard, Jayne. "Next to Terrific at Arena", Washington Times, December 15, 2008
  11. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Next to Normal, with Entire Arena Cast, to Play Broadway's Longacre", playbill.com, February 17, 2009
  12. ↑ Gans, Andrew. Next to Normal Will Now Play the Booth Theatre", playbill.com, February 24, 2009
  13. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Next to Normal Cast Recording Will Arrive in Stores May 12; Digital Release in April", playbill.com, March 24, 2009
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