Next to Normal

Next to Normal is a groundbreaking and emotionally powerful contemporary musical that delves into the complexities of a family’s struggle with mental illness.

Synopsis

The story centers around Diana Goodman, a mother grappling with bipolar disorder and the effect her illness and its management have had on her family.

The musical explores themes of grief, depression, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the undercurrents of family life, presented through an electrifying rock score.

Songs from Next to Normal

1. Prelude
2. Just Another Day
3. Everything Else
4. Who’s Crazy / My Psychopharmacologist and I
5. Perfect for You
6. I Miss the Mountains
7. It’s Gonna Be Good
8. He’s Not Here
9. You Don’t Know
10. I Am the One
11. Superboy and the Invisible Girl
12. I’m Alive
13. Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I’m Falling
14. I Dreamed a Dance
15. There’s a World
16. I’ve Been
17. Didn’t I See This Movie?
18. A Light in the Dark
19. Wish I Were Here
20. Song of Forgetting
21. Hey #1
22. Seconds and Years
23. Better Than Before
24. Aftershocks
25. Hey #2
26. You Don’t Know (Reprise)
27. How Could I Ever Forget?
28. It’s Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
29. Why Stay? / A Promise
30. I’m Alive (Reprise)
31. The Break
32. Make Up Your Mind / Catch Me I’m Falling (Reprise)
33. Maybe (Next to Normal)
34. Hey #3 / Perfect for You (Reprise)
35. So Anyway
36. I Am the One (Reprise)
37. Light