Alison Wong

Some shows tug at your heartstrings.  Next to Normal tugs at them, yanks at them, and tears them apart.

The show opens on a seemingly normal suburban family.  The set is flat, three stories consisting of boxes, like a perfect little dollhouse.  A mother, a father, a sister, a brother.  The father goes to work, and the children go to school.  The mother makes the sandwiches.  Living an ordinary, normal life.  Well, trying to.  Before the mother collapses, and is having an “attack”.  Slowly, gradually, the characters’ troubles unfold before us.  [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Booth Theatre, Next to Normal

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