2008 Musicals

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Next to Normal, Shrek the Musical, 9 to 5, Rock of Ages, Mozart, l'opera rock, Never Forget, Gone with the Wind, Zorro, Razia's Shadow: A Musical, The Toxic Avenger, Next Door's Baby, Marguerite, Fela!, Blackbeard, White Christmas, Imagine This, Little House on the Prairie, Glory Days, Shane Warne: The Musical, Plague! The Musical, The Story of My Life, Dear Edwina, Flashdance the Musical, Betwixt!, Lost Soul Music, Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Rockford's Rock Opera, Breast Wishes, Saved, Perez Hilton Saves the Universe: the Musical!, Through a Glass, Darkly, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, The Hatpin, Lunch with Marlene, If I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friends, It's My Life, Broadway: Three Generations, Awaking Beauty. Excerpt: Next to Normal (styled as next to normal) is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life. Next to Normal received several workshop performances before it debuted off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. After an Off-Broadway run, the show then played at the Arena Stage in its temporary venue in Arlington, Virginia from November 2008 to January 2009. The musical opened on Broadway in April 2009. It was nominated for eleven 2009 Tony Awards and won three, Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Alice Ripley. It also won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becoming just the...