Ep59 - Show History: NEXT TO NORMAL

It's March 1st. And it's cheese. Next To Normal is a rock musical about a typical American family hiding mental illness from the world.  Diana Goodman has been struggling with bipolar depressive illness and delusions for seventeen years following the passing of her infant son. The show recognizes the strain her mental illness puts on her family, and their struggle to find their own “normal.” *TRIGGER WARNING* contents of the show include death, mental illness, drug use and abuse, and suicide.