Aloha Performing Arts Company summer production, the 2009 Broadway hit “Next to Normal” wraps up this weekend with three final performances at Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. ADVERTISING Aloha Performing Arts Company summer production, the 2009 Broadway hit “Next to Normal”
Aloha Performing Arts Company summer production, the 2009 Broadway hit “Next to Normal” wraps up this weekend with three final performances at Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu.
“Next to Normal,” which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is a moving new musical about one family’s struggle with mental illness. With music by Tom Kitt and hard-hitting lyrics by Brian Yorkey, the controversial piece examines contemporary societal attitudes about mental health, and the professional treatment of one specific case, a middle-aged mother and wife, who is subjected to electroshock therapy.
The final shows are 7:30 p.m. this evening and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and young adults and $10 for children.
“Next to Normal” is directed by Jerry Tracy with musical direction by Dale Ross and choreography by Kira Kamamalu. Producers are Robin O’Hara and Sara Hagen.
Info: 322-9924 or www.apachawaii.org.
