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Brian Yorkey is an American playwright and lyricist. His works often explore dark and controversial subject matter such as mental illness, grief, the underbelly of suburbia, and ethics in both psychiatry and public education.
13 Reasons Why showrunner Brian Yorkey tells Vanity Fair that his mission was to present suicide as something that’s painful and horrific—and certainly never an easy way out.
Brian Yorkey is a playwright and lyricist who co-wrote the musical 'Next to Normal' with Tom Kitt. The show, about a family coping with bipolar disorder, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2010 and ran on Broadway for over a year.
Brian Yorkey is known for 13 Reasons Why (2017), Untitled Fashion Musical Project and Next to Normal.
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Jan 3, 2011 · Brian Yorkey, the Pulitzer-winning book and lyricist of Next to Normal, shares how the musical started as a workshop exercise and evolved over time. He also discusses the challenges and rewards of writing darker and edgier musicals in the current theater scene.
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BRIAN YORKEY received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
