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face=Georgia>Playwright and lyricist Brian Yorkey and composer Tom Kitt have
turned self-reflective self-disclosure into a musical theater art form of sorts,
first with their 2008 Tony Award-winning “Next to Normal” – a dark and vivid
portrait of manic-depression – and later, in 2014, with “If/Then,” which is
currently on stage at Lakeland Civic Theatre.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Georgia>The moderate success of this musical on Broadway and on the first
leg of its national tour was due largely to the Tony Award-winning powerhouse
Idina Menzel, for whom the featured role of Elizabeth was written.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fortunately, director Martin Friedman
has tapped the talents of Sandra Emerick, for she is as Idina Menzelish as it
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more of this review, go to: </SPAN><SPAN
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