Next to Normal Original Broadway Cast Recording 2 Disc CD

Next to Normal has been described as a contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score of more than 30 original songs, Next to Normal shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family's world intact.

Next to Normal recently received five Helen Hayes Award nominations for its Arena Stage engagement, including Outstanding Non-Resident Production, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production (Alice Ripley), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Non-Resident Production (J.Robert Spencer), and Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production (Aaron Tveit and Jennifer Damiano). For its sold-out Second Stage Theatre engagement, Next to Normal won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score and also received the following accolades: Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Featured Actor (Aaron Tveit), and Outstanding Lighting Design (Kevin Adams); Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Music; Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley); and a Drama League nomination for Outstanding Musical, among others.

Disc 1
1 Prelude (Light)
2 Just Another Day
3 Everything Else
4 Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I
5 Perfect For You
6 I Miss the Mountains
7 It's Gonna Be Good
8 He's Not Here
9 You Don't Know
10 I Am The One
11 Superboy and the Invisible Girl
12 I'm Alive
13 Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling
14 I Dreamed a Dance
15 There's a World
16 I've Been
17 Didn't I See This Movie
18 A Light In the Dark


Disc 2
1 Wish I Were Here
2 Song of Forgetting
3 Hey #1
4 Seconds and Years
5 Better Than Before
6 Aftershocks
7 Hey #2
8 You Don't Know (Reprise)
9 How Could I Ever Forget?
10 It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
11 Why Stay?/A Promise
12 I'm Alive (Reprise)
13 The Break
14 Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)
15 Maybe
16 Hey #3 / Perfect For You (Reprise)
17 So Anyway
18 I Am The One (Reprise)
19 Light