I liked this play, but definitely feel it is overhyped. I've seen better shows. It seemed like a low rent version of A:OC.
The acting is stellar and impeccable, but the writing felt like a Lifetime movie. The big "reveal" was, IMO, lacking and implausible.
Those characters were so far removed from reality. The play didn't seem real or authentic in the ways that draw me into a drama.
I know I'm in the minority.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello