{"title":"Brian Yorkey","description":"Brian Yorkey received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his work on Next to Normal and was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical. His other credits include Making Tracks and Time After Time.Tom Kitt received two 2009 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. He also composed the music for High Fidelity and From Up Here. His string arrangements appear on the new Green Day album 21st Century Breakdown, and he is the leader of the Tom Kitt Band.","products":[{"product_id":"next-to-normal-paperback","title":"Next to Normal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rock is alive and rolling like thunder in \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e. It's the best musical of the season by a mile...an emotional powerhouse with a fire in its soul and a wicked wit that burns just as fiercely.\"--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No show on Broadway right now makes as a direct grab for the heart--or wrings it as thoroughly--as \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e does. . . . [It] focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives. \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e does not, in other words, qualify as your standard feel-good musical. Instead this portrait of a manic-depressive mother and the people she loves and damages is something much more: a feel-everything musical, which asks you, with operatic force, to discover the liberation in knowing where it hurts.\"--Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score (Music and\/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e is also available in an original cast recording. It was named Best Musical of the Season by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Yorkey\u003c\/b\u003e received the 2009 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his work on \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e and was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical. His other credits include \u003ci\u003eMaking Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime After Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Kitt\u003c\/b\u003e received two 2009 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for \u003ci\u003eNext to Normal\u003c\/i\u003e. He also composed the music for \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Up Here\u003c\/i\u003e. His string arrangements appear on the new Green Day album \u003ci\u003e21st Century Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the leader of the Tom Kitt Band.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324160180447,"sku":"9781559363709","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/N5Lp8MpJA69781559363709.webp?v=1788426191"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/brian-yorkey.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}