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  Next to Normal at Bloomington Center for the Arts

Next to Normal

Bloomington Center for the Arts
1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Bloomington

A contemporary rock musical about the devastating toll that mental illness takes on a suburban family, Next to Normal has become one of Broadway's biggest and most compelling hits in recent years. This riveting show nabbed three Tony Awards in 2009, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for its heartbreaking, humorous and unflinching look at a seemingly normal modern family's struggles with the effects of bipolar disorder. Each character's journey in this Bloomington Civic Theatre production is further punctuated by powerful music scored by Tom Kitt (American Idiot). Featuring 30 original songs -- including "Just Another Day," "You Don't Know" and "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" -- Next to Normal is, in the words of The New York Times, "much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical."

Thru - Nov 15, 2014



Price: $34

Box Office: 952-563-8575

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  Next to Normal Reviews

Star Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...This production earns the hope of its ending, even if that’s a painful and ambivalent hope. It is one of the strongest and most emotionally affecting shows I’ve seen all year, and deserves to play to full houses."
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William Randall Beard


Twin Cities Daily Planet - Recommended

"...If the production takes a little while to build up to steam, however, it still delivers in spades once it gets going. The three-song powerhouse sequence “He’s Not Here,” “You Don’t Know,” and “I Am the One” in the middle of Act I had audience members shaking and brushing away tears as husband Dan (Sean Dooley), wife Diana (Karen Weber), and son Gabe (Blake Rhiner) exchanged vocal fireworks. Aly O’Keefe’s portrayal of daughter Natalie kept the character’s darker insecurities more under wraps until late in Act II, only to reveal a barbed edge that gave an especially painful poignancy to the duet “Maybe (Next to Normal).”"
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Basil Considine



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