CMU School of Drama


Saturday, April 18, 2009

On Broadway, ‘next to normal’ Aims for Truth About Mental Illness

NYTimes.com: "“I wanted to get ahead on the lunches,” Diana tells her husband, Dan, as she frenetically lines up slices of white bread on the floor and begins piling on the lettuce and mayo."

1 comment:

Brooke Marrero said...

While on the one hand I think it is intriguing that this play isn't trying to show mental illness in extreme way like other shows have, I wonder how well "the truth about mental illness" can be portrayed as a musical. I wonder what style this musical takes when people begin singing about depression, and if is actually portrayed in a way that can be related to.