Rock musical 'Next to Normal' in Temecula July 11-13

TEMECULA – The startling, acclaimed rock musical “Next to Normal,” starring Susan Jordan DeLeon and Victor Hernandez, will kick off Cabaret at The Merc’s 2014 summer series the weekend of July 11-13 at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater.

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three 2009 Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations), “Next to Normal” features music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey. Fresh from a remarkable Broadway run comes one of the most lauded musicals of the new century about an American family on the brink. Thi...