{"product_id":"next-to-normal","title":"Next to Normal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rock is alive and rolling like thunder in \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e. It's the best musical of the season by a mile...an emotional powerhouse with a fire in its soul and a wicked wit that burns just as fiercely.\"--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No show on Broadway right now makes as a direct grab for the heart--or wrings it as thoroughly--as \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e does. . . . [It] focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives. \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e does not, in other words, qualify as your standard feel-good musical. Instead this portrait of a manic-depressive mother and the people she loves and damages is something much more: a feel-everything musical, which asks you, with operatic force, to discover the liberation in knowing where it hurts.\"--Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is also available in an original cast recording. It was named Best Musical of the Season by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Yorkey\u003c\/b\u003e received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his work on \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e and was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical. His other credits include \u003ci\u003eMaking Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime After Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Kitt\u003c\/b\u003e received two 2009 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e. He also composed the music for \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Up Here\u003c\/i\u003e. His string arrangements appear on the new Green Day album \u003ci\u003e21st Century Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the leader of the Tom Kitt Band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1559363703\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781559363709\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Yorkey, Brian, Kitt, Tom\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jul 2010)","offer_id":46099849806021,"sku":"9781559363709","price":14.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781559363709.jpg?v=1776645894","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/next-to-normal","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}