2025·Drama·2h 10m
8.2
★
A mother struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family. The PBS Great Performances recording of the West End Transfer (from Donmar Warehouse) in 2024.
Directed by Michael Longhurst and Austin Shaw
depression
suicide
mother
drug abuse
psychology
affectation
pulitzer prize
musical
based on play or musical
grief
rock music
mental illness
stage performance
bipolar disorder
suburban
filmed theater
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Cast
Caissie Levy
Diana Goodman
Jamie Parker
Dan Goodman
Jack Wolfe
Gabe Goodman
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
Natalie Goodman
Trevor Dion Nicholas
Dr. Fine / Dr. Madden
Crew
Tom Kitt
Writer
Tom Kitt
Original Music Composer
David Stone
Producer
Chloe Lamford
Set Designer
Tom Kitt
Orchestrator
Chloe Lamford
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
544 reviews
Ben
9.3★ · 12/27/25
amazing musical. insanely good music that tells the story but is also so listenable outside of the story. such deep and unvisited themes are seen in this movie (at least to me) and it’s just so good.
the story is so well constructed and it being able to be told on a single set stage that’s literally just a kitchen shows how insanely talented the cast is and how brilliant the writing is.
now the music is a whole different conversation some people wont be able to appriciate this masterpiece because they arent musical people but thats just sad to me. the way a song can convey a story is incredible because it does so on so many different levels. through words, chord pogressions, reoccuring melodies, keys and shifts in tone and tempo, all of these things can convey meaning in a way that words just simply cant. this arises a huge appreciation for the actors and how much they put into a show and story.
spoilers may be included:
the twist of Gabe being dead and his name being withheld until the end of the musical is so meaningful. i watched the pro shot for the first time with my girlfriend who is not usually a musical watcher (although she loves hamilton as she should) and i knew the story slightly as well as some of the songs so the twist wasn’t a shock to me but i heard an audible gasp from her during the birthday scene.
one example of this story telling is in the song “Superboy and The Invisible Girl” the song is Natalie’s song and she starts and sings almost all of it until the end when Gabe comes in and it becomes a duet BUT he steals the melody of the song meaning he sings the main vocal part that Natalie was singing for the rest of the song which is not normal and it forced Natalie to sing a higher harmony on what was originally her own song. this is a parallel to the rest of the show and kind of just Natalie’s life. she feels forgotten and overlooked because her parents leave her in the shadow of her brother who’s been dead for 17 years and this is conveyed through the song.
the story is so well constructed and it being able to be told on a single set stage that’s literally just a kitchen shows how insanely talented the cast is and how brilliant the writing is.
now the music is a whole different conversation some people wont be able to appriciate this masterpiece because they arent musical people but thats just sad to me. the way a song can convey a story is incredible because it does so on so many different levels. through words, chord pogressions, reoccuring melodies, keys and shifts in tone and tempo, all of these things can convey meaning in a way that words just simply cant. this arises a huge appreciation for the actors and how much they put into a show and story.
spoilers may be included:
the twist of Gabe being dead and his name being withheld until the end of the musical is so meaningful. i watched the pro shot for the first time with my girlfriend who is not usually a musical watcher (although she loves hamilton as she should) and i knew the story slightly as well as some of the songs so the twist wasn’t a shock to me but i heard an audible gasp from her during the birthday scene.
one example of this story telling is in the song “Superboy and The Invisible Girl” the song is Natalie’s song and she starts and sings almost all of it until the end when Gabe comes in and it becomes a duet BUT he steals the melody of the song meaning he sings the main vocal part that Natalie was singing for the rest of the song which is not normal and it forced Natalie to sing a higher harmony on what was originally her own song. this is a parallel to the rest of the show and kind of just Natalie’s life. she feels forgotten and overlooked because her parents leave her in the shadow of her brother who’s been dead for 17 years and this is conveyed through the song.
amazing musical. insanely good music that tells the story but is also so listenable outside of the story. such deep and unvisited themes are seen in this movie (at least to me) and it’s just so good.
the story is so well constructed and it being able to be told on a single set stage that’s literally just a kitchen shows how insanely talented the cast is and how brilliant the writing is.
now the music is a whole different conversation some people wont be able to appriciate this masterpiece because they arent musical people but thats just sad to me. the way a song can convey a story is incredible because it does so on so many different levels. through words, chord pogressions, reoccuring melodies, keys and shifts in tone and tempo, all of these things can convey meaning in a way that words just simply cant. this arises a huge appreciation for the actors and how much they put into a show and story.
spoilers may be included:
the twist of Gabe being dead and his name being withheld until the end of the musical is so meaningful. i watched the pro shot for the first time with my girlfriend who is not usually a musical watcher (although she loves hamilton as she should) and i knew the story slightly as well as some of the songs so the twist wasn’t a shock to me but i heard an audible gasp from her during the birthday scene.
one example of this story telling is in the song “Superboy and The Invisible Girl” the song is Natalie’s song and she starts and sings almost all of it until the end when Gabe comes in and it becomes a duet BUT he steals the melody of the song meaning he sings the main vocal part that Natalie was singing for the rest of the song which is not normal and it forced Natalie to sing a higher harmony on what was originally her own song. this is a parallel to the rest of the show and kind of just Natalie’s life. she feels forgotten and overlooked because her parents leave her in the shadow of her brother who’s been dead for 17 years and this is conveyed through the song.
the story is so well constructed and it being able to be told on a single set stage that’s literally just a kitchen shows how insanely talented the cast is and how brilliant the writing is.
now the music is a whole different conversation some people wont be able to appriciate this masterpiece because they arent musical people but thats just sad to me. the way a song can convey a story is incredible because it does so on so many different levels. through words, chord pogressions, reoccuring melodies, keys and shifts in tone and tempo, all of these things can convey meaning in a way that words just simply cant. this arises a huge appreciation for the actors and how much they put into a show and story.
spoilers may be included:
the twist of Gabe being dead and his name being withheld until the end of the musical is so meaningful. i watched the pro shot for the first time with my girlfriend who is not usually a musical watcher (although she loves hamilton as she should) and i knew the story slightly as well as some of the songs so the twist wasn’t a shock to me but i heard an audible gasp from her during the birthday scene.
one example of this story telling is in the song “Superboy and The Invisible Girl” the song is Natalie’s song and she starts and sings almost all of it until the end when Gabe comes in and it becomes a duet BUT he steals the melody of the song meaning he sings the main vocal part that Natalie was singing for the rest of the song which is not normal and it forced Natalie to sing a higher harmony on what was originally her own song. this is a parallel to the rest of the show and kind of just Natalie’s life. she feels forgotten and overlooked because her parents leave her in the shadow of her brother who’s been dead for 17 years and this is conveyed through the song.
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1Mars
9.9★ · 11/08/25
oh my gabe and natalie.
next to normal is literally everything to me.
also the entire cast is just so 🤏 pocket sized i love them all so bad.
the soundtrack for this has been going platinum in my house for weeks and as it should because truly they all just have such incredible voices.
i could genuinely rewatch this like 20 times a day.
next to normal is literally everything to me.
also the entire cast is just so 🤏 pocket sized i love them all so bad.
the soundtrack for this has been going platinum in my house for weeks and as it should because truly they all just have such incredible voices.
i could genuinely rewatch this like 20 times a day.
oh my gabe and natalie.
next to normal is literally everything to me.
also the entire cast is just so 🤏 pocket sized i love them all so bad.
the soundtrack for this has been going platinum in my house for weeks and as it should because truly they all just have such incredible voices.
i could genuinely rewatch this like 20 times a day.
next to normal is literally everything to me.
also the entire cast is just so 🤏 pocket sized i love them all so bad.
the soundtrack for this has been going platinum in my house for weeks and as it should because truly they all just have such incredible voices.
i could genuinely rewatch this like 20 times a day.
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Olive
10.0★ · 05/05/26
I Am the One (Reprise) changed lives (mine)
I Am the One (Reprise) changed lives (mine)
1
Willow
10.0★ · 04/29/26
i need to meet the person who wrote this and ask them why
i need to meet the person who wrote this and ask them why
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Willow
10.0★ · 01/13/26
oh my fucking god......
oh my fucking god......
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