Next to Normal: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Oct 2nd, 2009 by mallen
Check Our Catalog“Next to Normal captured the Tony Award for best score. The indie film-like story is a contemporary examination of an American family in which a trauma has unbalanced the mind of the mother, leading to encounters with the prescription drugs and therapy that characterize current medical treatment for mental illness. Brian Yorkey, who wrote the book and lyrics, tells the story in vernacular language, and composer Tom Kitt sets the words to guitar-driven pop/rock in a style that’s been familiar since the late ’60s; it’s Tommy one minute and James Taylor’s greatest hits the next.”–All Music Guide