The Goodmans are a family in pain. So much pain, in fact, they don’t even see “normal” on the horizon. Daughter Natalie would give anything just to wind up “Next to Normal,” the phrase that gives this ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists The painful slow journey for understanding as to what normalcy or perceived sanity is --when a family member is suffering from bipolar illness--- is ...

Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score, and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, this groundbreaking, emotion-packed musical was named “one of the year’s ten best shows” by critics at ...

The opening number of Columbia Musical Theatre Society’s “Next to Normal” sees Diana, a determined, if slightly neurotic, mother lead her husband and two children through the beginning of a new day.

There is a message of hope in “Next to Normal,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical that’s onstage in a moving production at Theater West End in Sanford. “Dancers may disappear, but the dance goes ...

Sophia Early and Ben Clark star in "Next to Normal" at Round House Theatre. (Margot Schulman Photography) In 2008, Arena Stage audiences got to see “Next to Normal” before it opened on Broadway, where ...

The lights dim and we turn our focus on the dining table. A red dining table with a set of mismatched chairs of pink and blue sits center stage. The mother, Diana, stands in the kitchen when her son, ...

Next to Normal isn’t your normal musical. This award-winning show isn’t the feel-good type with its story focusing on mental health, grief and addiction. But actor Caleb Ross is more than thrilled to ...

Even as finals week approached, students flocked to Shanley Pavilion to experience the Arts Alliance’s emotional production of “Next to Normal” on Friday and Saturday. Originally performed on Broadway ...

PITTSFIELD, MASS. — When great material is given a great production it’s an exhilarating experience. This describes what is happening with the intense musical “Next to Normal,” which is offered ...

Jordan Stephens, the audience services manager at Constellation, said this musical’s production with a live band, fell into place seamlessly because of the team and the preparation they did over the ...

Theater is most exhilarating when the actors' emotions aren't confined to the stage. It's best when the audience is invited, or rather, forced into the story. The Tufts Department of Drama and Dance’s ...