Next to Normal Confirms Broadway Closing Date

The Broadway production of Next to Normal has set a closing date. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical will play its final Broadway performance on January 16, 2011. At the time of its closing, the musical, directed by Michael Greif, will have played 21 previews and 733 performances at the Booth Theatre.

With music by Tom Kitt and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal is an emotional musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. In addition to winning the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the production took home three 2009 Tony Awards.

“Everything about Next to Normal—from its subject matter to its unprecedented route to Broadway—has been unexpected and atypical,” producer David Stone said in a statement. “We are extremely proud of Next to Normal’s Broadway run and we look forward to the show being seen across the country, moving audiences the way it has every night since it opened on Broadway.”

Tony winner Alice Ripley will headline Next to Normal’s upcoming North American tour, kicking off on November 23 at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre. Following the premiere, the tour will play Denver, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Des Moines, Providence, Hartford, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago, St. Paul, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Charlotte and Toronto.

Next to Normal currently stars Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Kyle Dean Massey, Meghann Fahy, and original cast members Adam Chanler-Berat and Louis Hobson.