The Next to Normal cast recording features more than 30 original songs by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. The Broadway cast includes Alice Ripley, J. Robert Spencer, Aaron Tveit, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat and Louis Hobson. Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records president Kurt Deutsch and Grammy Award winner Joel Moss produced the recording.
To celebrate the official release date, the Next to Normal cast will perform and sign CDs at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center at 4PM on May 12. Next to Normal is set to begin previews on March 27 at the Booth Theatre and will open on April 15, directed by Michael Greif.