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If/Then

If/Then was set up to be a show that I’d find extraordinary. Seven principal actors that I love. Book, music and lyrics from the Next to Normal guys. Direction from the guy who did Rent, the Signature revival of Angels in America, off-Broadway’s Giant and...

Revisiting “Next to Normal”

A year and a half ago we first saw Next to Normal, shortly after it arrived on Broadway. The original Broadway cast–Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tevit, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat and Louis Hobson–were stunning with Ripley having a...

Friday Geek Out: Top 10 of 2009

I enjoyed this so much last year, I decided to do a consolidated top 10 list again this year for the things the world that struck me as being the best of the year. 1) Will! He had the top spot last year and he does this year too (and wouldn’t it be wrong if he...

“On Stage with Next to Normal” at 92Y Tribeca

Tonight we got to join an intimate crowd at the 92Y Tribeca for “On Stage with Next to Normal,” a panel discussion with the Tony winning writers Tom Kitt (composer) and Brian Yorkey (Librettist, Lyricist), the show’s director Michael Greif and...

Song Writing By Committee on Twitter

Next to Normal (@N2NBroadway) continues to break new ground online. Back in May, I wrote about how the show was giving a complete performance on Twitter. After the performance was done, the cast and crew took questions from their Twitter followers and then reversed...