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Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt · 2008 CE · Play · Modern / American · Contemporary

A suburban mother's bipolar disorder, her husband's patience and a son who keeps appearing in the house make up one family's attempt to live with illness and loss. A rock musical with book and lyrics by Yorkey and music by Kitt, premiered at Second Stage in 2008. The archive holds The Threepenny Opera as a Play, so this musical is filed the same way.

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