Next to Normal
Bloomington Center for the Arts
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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