Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Next to Normal (styled as next to normal) is a rock 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 and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the underbelly of 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. After an Off-Broadway run, the show then played at the Arena Stage in its temporary venue in Washington, DC from November 2008 to January 2009.The musical opened on Broadway in April 2009. It was nominated for eleven 2009 Tony Awards and won three, Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Alice Ripley. It also won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becoming just the eighth musical in history to receive the honor. The previous musical to win the Pulitzer was Rent, in 1996, which was also directed by Michael Greif. In awarding the prize to Kitt and Yorkey, the Pulitzer Board called the show "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals."In Next to Normal, mental illness (specifically Bipolar I Disorder with psychotic features), is portrayed in a realistic, accurate way that illustrates one woman’s struggle with mental illness and the effect that has on both her and her family’s lives. Moreover, Kitt and Yorkey do not portray Diana as the exaggerated “psycho” character often depicted in popular culture, but rather as a human being facing her own struggles that are out of her control. Similar to the way that Jonathan Larson portrayed Angel, Collins, Mimi, and Roger in Rent, Kitt and Yorkey highlight the normalcies of the characters, especially Diana; her struggles are at the forefront, not the taboo, “crazy” aspects of her disease.The First US National Tour launched in November 2010, with Alice Ripley reprising her Broadway role; the tour concluded in July 2011. The Broadway production closed in January 2011 after over 750 performances. It has since spawned many international productions.. }
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- Next_to_Normal abstract "Next to Normal (styled as next to normal) is a rock 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 and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the underbelly of 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. After an Off-Broadway run, the show then played at the Arena Stage in its temporary venue in Washington, DC from November 2008 to January 2009.The musical opened on Broadway in April 2009. It was nominated for eleven 2009 Tony Awards and won three, Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Alice Ripley. It also won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becoming just the eighth musical in history to receive the honor. The previous musical to win the Pulitzer was Rent, in 1996, which was also directed by Michael Greif. In awarding the prize to Kitt and Yorkey, the Pulitzer Board called the show "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals."In Next to Normal, mental illness (specifically Bipolar I Disorder with psychotic features), is portrayed in a realistic, accurate way that illustrates one woman’s struggle with mental illness and the effect that has on both her and her family’s lives. Moreover, Kitt and Yorkey do not portray Diana as the exaggerated “psycho” character often depicted in popular culture, but rather as a human being facing her own struggles that are out of her control. Similar to the way that Jonathan Larson portrayed Angel, Collins, Mimi, and Roger in Rent, Kitt and Yorkey highlight the normalcies of the characters, especially Diana; her struggles are at the forefront, not the taboo, “crazy” aspects of her disease.The First US National Tour launched in November 2010, with Alice Ripley reprising her Broadway role; the tour concluded in July 2011. The Broadway production closed in January 2011 after over 750 performances. It has since spawned many international productions.".