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Next To Normal (2010)

by Brian Yorkey(Favorite Author)

4.43 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1559363703 (ISBN13: 9781559363709)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Theatre Communications Group

review 1: Great songs and ideas, but I was bothered by some of the ways it dealt with bipolar disorder, ie not emphasizing Diana's pain, only what she caused those around her. Losing all your memories and hurting your family is going to be very painful. And sometimes Diana's mental illness and hallucinations were used for comic relief which felt wrong. Also therapy and medication was portrayed as only harmful which can be true in some cases but I feel like the overall message about medication and therapy could have still pointed out that it is very helpful (and necessary) for some
review 2: This play follows the lives of Diana, Dan, Natalie, and Gabe as Diana, the mother of the family, spirals deeper into her depression because she can’t let go of her son, Gabe, who di... moreed when he was just an infant. Gabe returns throughout the play to plague Diana’s mind. Meanwhile, Natalie is the forgotten second child and starts to stray because she can’t achieve her perfectionist state. Dan is trying to hold the family together, but he eventually loses his mind as well. I love plays, and this one is no exception. I liked how it was about a woman going crazy, yet the entire play was pretty insane itself, from a talking, creepy, stalking ghost (Gabe) to an ironic twist at the end. I also really enjoyed how the writers incorporated the songs into the text so that it blends in with the reading. less

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