Next To Normal,with book and lyricsby Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, 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,Next To Normalwas also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around the country, includingThe Los AngelesTimes,The Washington Post,Rolling StoneandThe New York Times.
Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal, because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. Next To Normaltakes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart.