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What awards did next to normal win?
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Next to Normal/Awards
Is Next to Normal appropriate?
Audience: May be inappropriate for 13 and under. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
Why was next to normal written?
Next to Normal began as a ten-minute-long piece called Feeling Electric recent college graduates Yorkey and Kitt wrote as a final project for the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop at the end of the 1990s. Their inspiration was a segment about electroconvulsive therapy Yorkey saw on Dateline NBC.
What is the message of Next to Normal?
A dysfunctional family. “Next to Normal” brought the struggles of mental illness to life at Elon University April 23 – 26. The musical deals with themes such as suicide, drug abuse and grieving. The storyline centers on matriarch Diana Goodman, who is suffering from bipolar disorder after the loss of her child.
How old is Natalie in Next to Normal?
16
| Natalie Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Age | 16 |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Hazel |
| Family | Dan Goodman (father) Diana Goodman (mother) Gabriel Goodman (brother) |
What happened to the son in Next to Normal?
Next to Normal is the story of Diana Goodman and her family. Traumatized by the death of her infant son from an undiagnosed intestinal obstruction, Diana has lived with bipolar depressive disorder and delusional episodes for the past seventeen years.
What happened to Gabe in Next to Normal?
Gabriel “Gabe” Goodman is a character in Next to Normal, originally played by Aaron Tveit on Broadway. He is the son of Diana and Dan, and is depicted as a hallucination induced by Diana’s psychotic symptoms….Gabriel Goodman.
| Gabriel “Gabe” Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Age | 18 (although he died at 18 months) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
Is there a next to normal Proshot?
Not from Broadway, no.
What happened to the son in next to normal?
How old was Gabe when he died next to normal?
18
Gabriel “Gabe” Goodman is a character in Next to Normal, originally played by Aaron Tveit on Broadway. He is the son of Diana and Dan, and is depicted as a hallucination induced by Diana’s psychotic symptoms….Gabriel Goodman.
| Gabriel “Gabe” Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Age | 18 (although he died at 18 months) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
Is Gabe the villain in next to normal?
Gabriel “Gabe” Goodman is a character in Next to Normal, originally played by Aaron Tveit on Broadway. He is the son of Diana and Dan, and is depicted as a hallucination induced by Diana’s psychotic symptoms….Gabriel Goodman.
| Gabriel “Gabe” Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 18 (although he died at 18 months) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |