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Brian Yorkey is known for 13 Reasons Why (2017), Untitled Fashion Musical Project and Next to Normal.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Director: Michael Longhurst. There has been plenty of new work about mental health in the last 10 years but little of it compares to Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt’s Next to Normal which transfers...
Freaky Friday is a musical with music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and a book by Bridget Carpenter. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers and its 1976, 1995, and 2003 film adaptations.
Feb 28, 2024 · Newcomer Jack Ofrecio completes the cast as Natalie’s boyfriend Henry. Who wrote Next to Normal? The writers are Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (lyrics). Aside from Next to Normal, the duo have collaborated on If/Then (2014, starring Idina Menzel), Freaky Friday (2016), and The Visitor (2021).
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Feb 11, 2022 · An unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness. Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by 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 Normal ...
Jun 28, 2019 · andrew, andrew agress, brian yorkey, Next to Normal, season 18-19, tom kitt. How do you write a hit Broadway musical about mental illness? Archival image from Village Theatre ‘s reading of Feeling Electric. Courtesy of Village Theatre. Photo by Dan Achatz. The short answer is, it takes a long journey.
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.
