Next to Normal at Edge Theater

Next to Normal, with book and lyrics byBrian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt,explores how one suburban householdcopes with crisis and mental illness.Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards,including Best Musical Score and the2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal wasalso chosen as "one of the year's tenbest shows" by critics around the country,including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.They appear to be a typical American family.And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has beenbattling manic depression for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences intothe minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy, and heart.