Next to Normal
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Next to Normal is a groundbreaking and emotionally powerful contemporary musical that delves into the complexities of a family’s struggle with mental illness.
Synopsis
The story centers around Diana Goodman, a mother grappling with bipolar disorder and the effect her illness and its management have had on her family.
The musical explores themes of grief, depression, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the undercurrents of family life, presented through an electrifying rock score.
About the show
- Written by: Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt
- Premiered: 2008
- Genres & themes: 2000s, Contemporary, Drama, Mental Health, Two Act
- Setting: 21st Century, America
Songs from Next to Normal
- Prelude
- 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
- 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 Ever 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 (Next to Normal)
- Hey #3 / Perfect for You (Reprise)
- So Anyway
- I Am the One (Reprise)
- Light