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      • Kitt, a Long Islander with an affinity for Billy Joel, composed a rock score, and Yorkey, who grew up under the clouds of Seattle, wrote lyrics that blended a poignant story with sarcastic comments about American life and medical science.
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  2. Thomas Robert Kitt [1] is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician. For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey. [2]

  3. Next to Normal is a 2008 American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers on a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Brian_YorkeyBrian Yorkey - Wikipedia

    While at Village Theatre, Yorkey founded the KIDSTAGE Company class which teaches teens to write, direct, and perform their own musicals. Yorkey's frequent collaborator, Tom Kitt, joined him in assisting with the score to the 2008 Company Original, In Your Eyes.

  5. The lead character, a 40-year-old professional woman in New York, is played by the Tony Award–winning actress/singer Idina Menzel (Rent and Wicked); the director is Michael Greif (Rent), who also directed Next to Normal. If/Then resonates personally for both Kitt and Yorkey. “Every day we make choices,” Kitt says.

  6. Feb 28, 2024 · 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). Separately, Kitt wrote the music for High Fidelity (2006), Bring It On with Lin-Manuel Miranda (2011), and Flying Over Sunset (2021). Yorkey was ...

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  7. Apr 14, 2010 · MURREY JACOBSON: Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt are the co-creators of the musical Next to Normal, which won the Pulitzer prize for drama on Monday. Brian wrote the books and lyrics, Tom wrote the...

  8. Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University (left), presents the 2010 Drama prize to Tom Kitt (center) and Brian Yorkey (right).

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