Next to Normal
Prices
Tickets: $36.50–$116.50, premium $176.50–$201.50
Description
As Diana in this surprising and moving musical about a mentally ill suburban housewife, Alice Ripley has a voice like steel wool: It’s tough and cloudy at once, and it scrubs to the core. There is nothing glamorous or camp about this unlikely musical-theater heroine, and Ripley is riveting. Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt’s songs make up the best new Broadway score of the season, merging show-tune influences with more radio-ready styles. Next to Normal emerges this season as that rarest of Broadway species: a thoughtful, emotional musical for grown-ups.—AF
When
Sundays 3pm, 7:30pm
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Mondays 8pm
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Tuesdays 7pm
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Thursdays 8pm
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Fridays 8pm
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Saturdays 2pm, 8pm