"I Dreamed A Dance" from 'Next to Normal' Act 1

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I do not own this song, this music, this musical or anything. I am simply a fan sharing a remarkable piece of work for the enjoyment of other fans.

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• Dreamed
• Dance
• Next
• To
• Normal
• Musical
• Original
• Broadway
• Cast
• Recording
• Tony
• Awards
• Winner
• Alice
• Ripley
• 2009
• J.
• Robert
• Spencer
• Tom
• Kitt
• Brian
• Yorkey
• Diana
• Dan
• Gabe
• Aaron
• Tveit
• Natalie
• Henry
• Doctor

[Feareous]

I hadn't realized all of that until I saw the show; before I thought it was the parent's combined ignorance and negligence, now I know it was truly a medical mystery that only an autopsy could resolve. The show I saw last week in LA, with Alice Ripley, opened my eyes to many of things - this musical deserved its Pulitzer!

[gtd3765]

Okay i'm confused is Gabe/Tviet dead or is he a figment of Diana's/Ripley's imagination?

[Feareous]

He is dead and a figment of her imagination. He was once alive, but died at 18 months old due to their (the parents') ignorance. That haunts her to a breaking point. So whenever you see him, it's her imagining him except at the end when the father comes to grips with his sons death, finally.

[jackskellingtonsora]

What were they ignorant of?

[Feareous]

Proper care of child, uncertainties and inabilities to make prompt decisions that ended up costing the child's life.

[HermioneFanForever]

I think I'm more in love with music in this song then the lyrics. Both are so beautifully crafted

[Feareous]

Personally, I don't care to much for the lyrics of this song but the music IS exquisite

[vaudevillevanna]

this should have without a doubt won the Tony for best musical.

[esfira]

No, I think they did what any parent would do - in the show it talks about them going to as many doctors and specialists as possible and not knowing what the problem was until the child was already dead. He died of an intestinal blockage, but if the doctors couldn't even find the problem, it could hardly be considered the parents' faults.

[tamarajoy06]

@gtd3765 he died but diana still thinks he is alive

[musicfreak835]

If theres no dancers dancing the dance,how can the dance still be danced?

[14ocie]

Something about this song is so haunting. Alice's voice is definitely part of it. Also, how it sounds kind of like something you'd hear in an old music box, but then builds up to a creepy-nostalgic feeling. But it remains beautiful throughout.

[bbraat]

@Feareous In the end scene Dan doesn't "come to grips" with Gabe's death. The scene reveals that he was as affected as Diana was. Upon listening to the show again, during "I am the one" Gabe talks to Dan, expresses Dan's thoughts ("are you hoping for a life to live", etc). Dan spends the show ignoring him until the end he's left alone without Diana to care for. When he sees, or acknowledges Gabe, he isn't shocked to see his son. He simply says, "why didn't you leave with her?"

[The29thStreet]

@Feareous he was actually sick, but none of the doctors could figure out what it was.

[TheCBMAN123]

This scene was always a bit hard to take, the words alone, bring a lump to your throat.

[ritsfata]

@Feareous He's 8 months old, according to the script.

[AliaSparrow]

@Feareous That's what makes it more heartbreaking. The event was even out of the doctor's control. Grief becomes uncontrollable like Alice's sickness.

[Oliviaisthewalrus]

I saw this show last night and this song was so unexpectedly beautiful. I couldn't help but begin to cry, and everyone in the audience was crying too. It captured the sadness and desperation of grief so brilliantly.