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Second Stage Theater
Previews Began: January 16, 2008
Opening Night: February 13, 2008
Closing Night: March 16, 2008
Music: Tom Kitt
Lyrics: Brian Yorkey
Book: Brian Yorkey
Diana Goodman has suffered from bipolar disorder and hallucinations for sixteen years. Now, trying to balance sanity, happiness and her commitments to her family, her disorder takes a turn for the worst and her husband, doctor, daughter and son each try to help her through the struggle in their own way.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Just Another Day……………………………………..Company
Everything Else……………………………………………Natalie
Who’s Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and
I………………………………………………………………Company
Perfect for You…………………………………Natalie, Henry
I Miss the Mountains……………………………………..Diana
It’s Gonna Be Good…………………………………..Company
He’s Not Here………………………………………………….Dan
You Don’t Know…………………………………………….Diana
I Am the One……………………………….Dan, Gabe, Diana
Superboy and the Invisible Girl………….Natalie, Gabe,
Diana
I’m Alive…………………………………………………………Gabe
Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I’m
Falling……………………………………………………..Company
I Dreamed a Dance………………………………Diana, Gabe
There’s a World……………………………………………..Gabe
I’ve Been………………………………………………………….Dan
Didn’t I See This Movie?………………………………..Diana
A Light in the Dark………………………………..Dan, Diana
ACT TWO
Wish I Were Here……………………………….Company
Song of Forgetting……………….Diana, Dan, Natalie
Hey #1………………………………………..Natalie, Henry
Seconds and Years….Doctor Madden, Dan, Diana
Better Than Before………………Diana, Dan, Natalie,
Doctor Madden
Aftershocks……………………………………………….Gabe
Hey #2……………………………………….Natalie, Henry
You Don’t Know (Reprise)…………………………Diana,
Doctor Madden
How Could I Ever Forget?…………………Diana, Dan
It’s Gonna Be Good (Reprise)……………Dan, Diana
Why Stay?/A Promise…………Diana, Natalie, Dan,
Henry
I’m Alive (Reprise)……………………………………..Gabe
The Break………………………………………………..Diana
Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I’m Falling
(Reprise)……………….Diana, Gabe, Doctor Madden
Maybe…………………………………………Diana, Natalie
Hey #3/Perfect for You (Reprise)…Natalie, Gabe
So Anyway………………………………………………..Diana
I Am the One (Reprise)………………………Dan, Gabe
Light…………………………………………………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Alice Ripley Diana
Brian d’Arcy James Dan
Adam Chanler-Berat Henry
Jennifer Damiano Natalie
Asa Somers Dr. Madden
Dr. Fine
Aaron Tveit Gabe
Understudies: Kevin Kern (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine, Dan), Morgan Weed (Natalie), Jessica Phillips (Diana), Corey Boardman (Gabe, Henry)
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