Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Tom KittEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2009-05-12
Music Label: Sh-K-Boom
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Prelude
- Just Another Day
- Everything Else
- Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I
- Perfect for You
- I Miss the Mountains
- It's Gonna Be Good
- He's Not Here
- You Don't Know
- I Am the One
- Superboy and the Invisible Girl
- I'm Alive
- Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling
- I Dreamed a Dance
- There's a World
- I've Been
- Didn't I See This Movie?
- A Light in the Dark
- Wish I Were Here
- Song of Forgetting
- Hey #1
- Seconds and Years
- Better Than Before
- Aftershocks
- Hey #2
- You Don't Know (Reprise)
- How Could I Ever Forget?
- It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
- Why Stay?/A Promise
- I'm Alive (Reprise)
- The Break
- Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)
- Maybe (Next to Normal)
- Hey #3/Perfect for You (Reprise)
- So Anyway
- I Am The One (Reprise)
- Light
Music reviews of Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: "Next to Normal", Far from it
Rating: 5 Stars
Not your typical Broadway show indeed.
If somebody were to approach me on the street and asked me if I would go see a show about a Bi-Polar depressant, usually, I would say something along the lines of "Hell no! Are you kidding!?" But after receiving this album, I plan on seeing it in December.
Next to Normal finds itself to be one of the best cast recordings I've ever heard (which encompasses quite a few shows, contemporary and "classic"). It's Tony-award winning orchestrations prove to be easy on the ear and incredibly satifying, while vocal performances from everyone in the cast are very strong; but that doesn't mean one doesn't stand above them all. Aaron Tveit proves to be the strongest voice, having excellent control that is well expressed in such songs as "I'm Alive (Reprise)" and "There's a World"
The music provides a great atmosphere, Tom Kitt really hammered the nail on this one. I have heard his only other recorded score, "High Fidelity", and I will tell you that while it did have a few gems, I was a bit disappointed. But after hearing this, I would not consider it a hyperbole to say that this could very well be Tom Kitt's equivalent of Stephen Sondheim's "Company", the show that first brought him to wide acclaim (as well as bringing him his second Tony award, his first for writing a score; his very first was for being a co-producer on "A Funny Thing Happened On My Way to the Forum") His music is well backed up with Michael Yorkey's exceptional lyrics, which perfectly communicate the feelings of the characters.
This show is just utterly fantastic, and finds itself to be my second favorite cast recording of the year (the first being Sondheim's "Road Trip", which only played off-Broadway but bested Next to Normal in winning the Drama Desk for Best Music and Lyrics (as well as winning the Obie in the same catagory)). I highly recommend it to anybody, whether they have seen the show or not (the album comes with a booklet summarizing the whole show so you can fully understand the lyrics).
Description of Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast)
Next to Normal has been described as a contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score of more than 30 original songs, Next to Normal shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family's world intact. Next to Normal recently received five Helen Hayes Award nominations for its Arena Stage engagement, including Outstanding Non-Resident Production, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production (Alice Ripley), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Non-Resident Production (J.Robert Spencer), and Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production (Aaron Tveit and Jennifer Damiano). For its sold-out Second Stage Theatre engagement, Next to Normal won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score and also received the following accolades: Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Featured Actor (Aaron Tveit), and Outstanding Lighting Design (Kevin Adams); Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Music; Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley); and a Drama League nomination for Outstanding Musical, among others.General CDs
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