<p>Just to clarify, the Masters in Music Theatre Performance is in Steinhardt not Tisch.</p>
<p>And, yes, wisdomsomehow does, indeed, have wisdom. 
Next to Normal had been around for several years, and several incarnations, prior to its run at the Arena Stage. I saw a reading of it, when it was Feeling Electric, way back in 2002 at The Cutting Room in NYC.</p>