Next to Normal defies musical standards by addressing the complexity of mental illness in families GlobeArts
. Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner about mental illness arguably marked the beginning of the shift in American musical theatre toward dark, difficult subjects, including depression, suicide and grief. It’s a powerfully original work that Toronto has already seen a few times, but one that needs no excuse for a new production.
Indeed, the production – the finale of the Off-Mirvish season – is such an emotional workout that you leave the theatre feeling wrung dry. It may be a bit too much. To steal a sentiment from Diana’s great antidepressant power ballad,, I miss the laughs, the lighter moments Kitt and Yorkey have built into their piece. Director Philip Akin fails to make full use of them to give us occasional relief from the huge feelings that flood the stage.
As Dan arranges for Diana to see yet another psychiatrist, a reputed rock star among shrinks ironically named Dr. Madden , neglected Natalie starts to do her own self-medicating with mom’s discarded drugs. She’s lucky to have boyfriend Henry – a sweet, wholesome stoner whose own preference is for cannabis – looking out for her.
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