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Jul 4, 2024 · Fifteen years ago, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next To Normal debuted on Broadway. It’s been a long wait this side of the pond to see it on a West End stage, but it’s finally happening – after a successful run at the Donmar Warehouse, Next To Normal has arrived at Wyndham’s Theatre to tell the story of ...
Jul 17, 2009 · Fluidity has its place, but without a steadfast director (Michael Greif) and a committed producer (David Stone), Kitt and Yorkey believe their unlikely musical would never have made it to Broadway. “A musical takes time,” says Yorkey.
Nov 20, 2023 · Music by Pulitzer, Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning composer TOM KITT. Book and Lyrics by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning writer BRIAN YORKEY. Limited season begins performances at WYNDHAM’S THEATRE, LONDON from 18 June 2024. For all information and tickets, visit www.nexttonormal.com . Critic’s Pick
Jan 30, 2024 · Next to nothing is wrong with Round House Theatre’s Next to Normal, a musical masterpiece by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt that explores mental illness. Mostly “sung-through,” the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning work — an unblinking peepshow of how a dysfunctional family struggles to function — is rock opera at its finest.
- Terry Byrne
With subject matter rendered achingly recognizable by Brian Yorkey, and a dynamic, energetic pop-rock score by Tom Kitt, Next to Normal is a show that enables a small group of actors to showcase powerhouse vocals while exploring pressing contemporary issues of trauma, loss, mental health treatment, and the meaning of family.
The experience played a pivotal role in their lives and careers. They were introduced by Rita Pietropinto-Kitt ’93, ’96 Arts; it was not the only partnership forged among them — Kitt and Pietropinto-Kitt, an actress and drama teacher at the Marymount School and Barnard, were married in 2000 and now have three children.
Jun 26, 2024 · Next to Normal - Review. Wyndham's Theatre, London. *****. Music by Tom Kitt. Book & lyrics by Brian Yorkey. Directed by Michael Longhurst. Caissie Levy. There are moments when new writing touches the very essence of humanity.
