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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Curtis

Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse review: Broadway musical about grief and depression treads a fine line

Wonderfully sung and staged, this show detailing the effects of grief and mental illness on an ordinary American family comes from the “relentless” school of Broadway musical.

More than 37 rock numbers, ballads and reprises are packed into two hours, all of them catchily scored by Tom Kitt and given witty lyrics by Brian Yorkey. And all are given the full-throated, eyes-aloft, maximum-emotion treatment.

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