Next To Normal

Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, Next to Normal explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score, and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, this deeply moving musical follows a family that appears typical on the surface but is profoundly affected by a mother’s 16-year battle with bipolar disorder. With an energetic pop/rock score, the show explores grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban family life with love, sympathy, and heart.