望海さん的「next to normal！」
圧倒された… ただただ圧倒された…
2022年看的時候第二幕哭得很慘，今年因為已經知道劇情從第一首歌就開始哭，「You Don't Know」那一首更是哭到我擔心旁邊的人嫌我太吵… （但之後第二幕好多觀眾都哭得好大聲，讓我安心了）
雖然舞台上只有六個人，設置也非常簡單，但是完全不覺得簡陋，反而overwhelming到看完後覺得虛脫
喜歡這麼多年了每次看望海さん都還是會驚訝…他真的好會演好會唱，尤其是邊哭邊唱的時候，明明感情爆發但是歌依然完美
繊細な囁くような歌い方も力強い地声高音も感情に直撃してくる… 今更だけどこの方本当に凄すぎる

這齣劇雖然很沈重（而且最後還沒有finale，無法像寶塚一樣強迫來一個happy ending），但是結局還是充滿著希望
We can’t all be normal, but maybe next to normal is enough

(In English because my Chinese isn’t good enough)
This is a story about grief - the family grieving over Gabe’s death, Diana grieving over the life she lost due to her illness (that line 「人生が恋しい、私の人生が恋しい」hits me every time), and Dan and Natalie grieving over the shell of a person that Diana became.
Everyone is in pain, everyone made mistakes (the only exception is Henry, who is just a genuinely good kid), but everyone is just trying their best to live.
In the end nothing is “fixed” per se (Diana is still ill, the family is broken, etc.), but there are signs of hope - Diana is willing to leave the house and her memories of her dead son behind, Dan finally began to realize he too is struggling, and Natalie is starting to accept herself.
Watching this feels cathartic… life may still feel like living on a cliffside not knowing when you'll fall, some wounds may never heal, but maybe there is a way to survive, maybe we will someday see the sun