NEXT TO NORMAL
IN A NEW, LIVE, 60-MINUTE IMMERSIVE MUSICAL THEATER FORMAT
Previews began Friday, July 1, 2022
Opening Night Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Extended through Sunday, August 14, 2022
At IDEAL Barcelona, as part of Festival Grec de Barcelona
The new, live, 60-minute immersive adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical Next To Normal, starring Alice Ripley, who reprises her Tony Award winning performance, is part of the Festival Grec de Barcelona, and is presented at IDEAL Barcelona.
This production is the first Broadway show to be presented in this new, 60-minute, disruptive, 100% immersive, live musical theater format. With no sets or props, Next to Normal will play a 20,000 square-foot venue, utilizing a surround-sound system and 360-degree projections to create an immersive experience that places the audience alongside the actors.
Directed by Simon Pittman (RSC, National Theatre, Frantic Assembly), this immersive live musical theater production of Next to Normal is officially blessed by the show’s Pulitzer and Tony winning writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, with music director Tommy Mayer Wolf bringing new textures to this sophisticated score that travels from classical music to rock-and-roll.
Alice Ripley reprises her Tony Award winning performance as Diana, and is joined live by Andy Señor Jr. (Rent), Jade Laurel, Eloi Gomez, and Lewis Edgar. Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal plays Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine in a virtual format.