#dr. fine

[bipolartwo]

[danvillecommunitytheatretroupe]

Next to Normal

CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Diana………………….CHARLENE DOOFENSHMIRTZ

Dan……………………….…….HEINZ DOOFENSHMIRTZ

Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine….ROGER DOOFENSHMIRTZ

Natalie…………………..VANESSA DOOFENSHMIRTZ

Gabe…………………………………….JEREMY JOHNSON

Henry…………………………………MONTY MONOGRAM

UNDERSTUDIES

For Dan, Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine: LAWRENCE FLETCHER; for Natalie: CANDACE FLYNN; For Diana: LINDA FLYNN-FLETCHER; for Gabe, Henry: CARL KARL

[compulsivewriter]

Some additions:

- Robert Markus, the Toronto production Evan, was also involved in Next to Normal (not sure if it's Henry or Gabe).

- Just announced: Michael Park (OG Larry) will be Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden (perfect role for him, I daresay; I've fancast him on that role for a while) and Ben Levi Ross (national tour Evan) will be Henry, at the Kennedy Center production of Next to Normal, alongside Rachel Bay Jones.

Cripes. Now all we need is Mike Faist as Gabe.

[bipolartwo]

[compulsivewriter]

Alternate Titles for Next to Normal Songs:

Prelude - So my son's more than a little sh*t...

Just Another Day - Seriously, is this the Murphy household?

Everything Else - Ah, yes, music, the great escape (featuring Henry)...

Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I - Pharmaceutical ads in a bizarre alternate universe

Perfect for You - Henry, don't go too easy on  a woman

I Miss the Mountains - In a metaphorical way, not in a literal way

It's Gonna Be Good - Finally, a normal family life! (And this must be "Harry"!)

He's Not Here - Nope. Back to pain and suffering

You Don't Know - Diana: Dan, you uncaring slob

I Am the One - Dan: What do you mean? I'm hurting, too!

Superboy and the Invisible Girl - Natalie: Hey, how about me?

I'm Alive - Gabe: Yeah, I caused it all!

Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling - Evan Hansen, is that you? (Featuring the scary rock star)

I Dreamed a Dance - It's all romantic until you remember that Diana's dancing with a ghost

There's a World - It's all romantic until you remember that Gabe's leading Diana to her suicide

I've Been - Dan's now more than "just tired, tired, tired, TIRED!"

Didn't I See This Movie? - I will not let myself be electrocuted!

A Light in the Dark - Dan makes an entrance!

Wish I Were Here - Great, now my wife and my daughter's both hallucinating

Song of Forgetting - Natalie experiences another pang of rejection

Hey #1 - Henry, you caused it, remember?

Seconds and Years - Don't worry, Dan, it's all normal (even if you don't know what “normal” is)

Better Than Before - Dan, don't take "all that it takes is a little reinvention" too literally

Aftershocks - Oh, no, he's back

Hey #2 - I wish all suitors are as persistent as Henry

You Don't Know (Reprise) - Oh, so Diana has a son? I thought it was a ghost all along

How Could I Ever Forget? - Yes, she did have a son...and it's still painful

It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise) - Good God, no, don't let our family fall back into chaos!

Why Stay?/A Promise - Damn, Dan and Henry really want to go with their relationships

I'm Alive (Reprise) - Gabe: I'M BACK, BITCHES!

The Break - So, all that psychotherapy's wasted?

Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise) - Diana finally decides to let go

Maybe (Next to Normal) - Natalie, your mom isn't going anywhere

Hey #3/Perfect for You (Reprise) - Never thought I would feel so much feels since "Only Us" 

So Anyway - If "I Could Never Rescue You" was sung by a woman

I Am the One - All that tears and his name is Gabe

Light - Surprised anybody has the energy left to clap after two hours of emotion

[godlessondheimite]

Watching Next to Normal a bunch of times, I realized that Henry and Dr. Madden are the two primary characters who don't get an arc.And I figure that's OK because the Goodmans each have a very distinct, very powerful arc and they are the key players.  But then I realized something else:  Henry doesn't have a last name, and Dr. Madden doesn't have a first name. What could it mean?

What if Dr. Madden is Henry from the future?

Think about it: They never interacted, not even once, in a fairly small and intimate cast. Their stories revolve around the Goodmans, but they don't really change. Unless...

Henry ends up with Natalie, but witnessing the effects her family has on her, resolves to help them by becoming a mental health worker. But that would take a lifetime, which he doesn't have--he needs to help her now. Pot lets him access a time-transcendent part of his brain that allows him to go back and forth into the future and past.

Dr. Madden is young, but suspiciously accomplished in his field. Could it be because time and age are not issues for him? He can open numerous timelines, branch off into numerous career paths.

Dr. Fine is introduced and immediately discarded. He's ineffective, not what Diana needs. But she meets Dr. Madden, who looks EXACTLY the same as Dr. Fine. Weird, no?

What if Dr. Fine was Henry's first attempt at time traveling?

He realizes that he's not working well with Diana, so he creates a new future as Dr. Madden. Dr. Madden is a step in the right direction, but she's still so frustrated with failed psychotherapies that she ends her sessions with him.

And that's Henry's arc: Letting Diana go, and living out a normal life path with Natalie.

[fyeahfinnishmusicaltheatre]

The cast of Helsingin kaupunginteatteri's 2010–2011 production of Next to Normal.

[newenglandtech]

Dr. Michael Fine, Director of the RI Department of Health, to Speak at New England Institute of Technology

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