Barrington Stage Announces 2024 Musicals: “La Cage aux Folles” and “Next to Normal”

(Pittsfield, MA – November 29, 2023) – Alan Paul, artistic director of Barrington Stage Company (BSC), is pleased to announce initial productions for the 2024 season, which will also mark BSC’s 30th anniversary. BSC will produce the Tony Award-winning musical La Cage aux Folles, and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal,…

REVIEW: “Next to Normal” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre

by Barbara Waldinger Bravo to the Mac-Haydn Theatre for daring to produce Next to Normal as part of their busy summer season schedule!  Imagine a musical about mental health alongside a lineup including A Chorus Line, Urinetown, Kiss Me Kate, The Full Monty, Xanadu and Forever Plaid.  Undaunted, Artistic Director/Director…

“Next to Normal” Makes Its Mac-Haydn Debut

(July 25, 2022–Chatham, NY) The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal” will make its Mac-Haydn debut from August 4-14 – a regional premiere production. The show promises to be an artistic highlight of the 2022 Mac-Haydn season, and is unlike anything audiences have ever seen on the Chatham…

Cast Announced for “Next to Normal” at Fort Salem Theater

SALEM, New York, June 21, 2021 – Fort Salem Theater is excited to announce their 2021 cast and creative team of Next To Normal, opening July 23 and running through August 1. This will be the second musical of the season, following an extended run of The Marvelous Wonderettes, which…

Fort Salem Theater Announces Auditions for 2021 Season

Fort Salem Theater announces auditions for The Marvelous Wonderettes (June 18-June 27) and Next to Normal (July 23-August 1), performed indoors with a socially distanced in-person audience of 33% (65 seats maximum). Video submissions are currently being accepted through Monday, May 3rd.  Fort Salem Theater’s COVID procedures are available online…