Friday, May 9, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app
This three-time Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Next to Normal" stars Caissie Levy (Broadway’s “Frozen”), Jamie Parker (Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”), Jack Wolfe (Netflix’s SHADOW & BONE) and Eleanor Worthington-Cox.
An intimate portrait of a modern family, the show explores illness, loss, grief and family as a suburban wife and mother lives with bipolar disorder and is haunted by her past.
Filmed at Wyndham’s Theatre in September 2024 during the show’s West End transfer from its original run at the Donmar Warehouse, the musical is produced by David Stone (“Wicked”), staged by director Michael Longhurst and features an original rock score by Tom Kitt with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey.
2025 “Broadway’s Best” Lineup:
GREAT PERFORMANCES returns to raise the curtain on its next “Broadway’s Best” lineup with four star-studded productions featuring drama, comedy and music. The lineup begins with the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Next to Normal" starring Caissie Levy (Broadway’s “Frozen”) recorded during its West End transfer from London’s Donmar Warehouse, followed by Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang’s Broadway comedy "Yellow Face" from Roundabout Theater Company starring Daniel Dae Kim (LOST, HAWAII FIVE-0). The lineup continues with Tony-winning musical "Girl from the North Country" featuring 20 reimagined songs by Bob Dylan, and finishes with Cole Porter’s "Kiss Me, Kate" starring Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block.
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