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More than a decade after its premiere, Next to Normal is still brilliantly weird by Jack Helbig

It's a rock musical about suffering from bipolar disorder and getting electroshock treatment. This award-winning 2008 musical by Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) and Tom Kitt (music) began its life as a 10-minute rock musical, Feeling Electric, that was inspired by a Dateline NBC story about electroconvulsive therapy. (One of the most moving parts of the show remains the dramatization throu…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:00PM on May 22, 2019

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