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West end next to normal, with Caissie Levy, PBS Air Date defines

Eleanor Worthington Cox, Jamie Parker, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Caissie Levy, Jack Wolfe and Jack OfreCio in In addition to normal in the Donmar Warehouse,
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The filmed version of the West End production of Besides normal will be broadcast as part of PBS's great achievements on May 9 at 9:00 p.m. ET from PBS. It will be available on television, on the PBS website and the PBS app.

The Pulitzer Prize winner of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey in the debut in London is staged by Michael Longhurst. It was premiered in Donmar Warehouse last summer before it changed in Wyndham's theater.

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The production of Longhurst shows Caissie Levy as Diana next to Jamie Parker as Dan, Jack Wolfe as a gift, Eleanor Worthington-Cox as Natalie, Jack of Recio as Henry and Trevor Dion Nicholas as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine. Levy and Wolfe were among the six Whatonstage Award nominations of the production, a list that also contains the best new musical. Wolfe received the WOS price as a gift.

The musical, which is awarded with Tony and Pulitzer Prize, follows a family who has to deal with the bipolar disorder of her matriarch. Production shows mmUse supervision of Nigel Lilley, design of Chloe Lamford, Movement, choreography and additional direction of Ann Yee, lighting by Lee Curran, sound design of Tony Gayle, video design of Tal Rosner, Orchestrations by Michael Starobin and Kitt as well as singing arrangements by Annmarie Milazzo.