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Milo Ward , Belen Quinto , Addison Sandoval Director Maureen O’Neill draws the best from her excellent cast, orchestrating comic, crowd-pleasing scenes. Child Alison and her brothers create a hilarious TV commercial for the funeral home where the family lives. Meanwhile, college-student Alison transforms from bumbling heterosexual to outed lesbian. Lipman, the coed, unlocks her sexuality with the funny song “Changing My Major to Joan.” Her voice and attempts at sensual dancing amuse us. Although, when she seeks the approval of her mother and father, she learns of her father’s homosexuality. “Fun Home” is a deeply personal play that draws us in to how the individual stages of a child’s life develop into the emotional acceptance of the adult.
At the moment, the road is full and several shows are pulling in $1 million a week. Gold said he's often approached by people stunned that they connected with "Fun Home," despite its very specific story. "It's not because everyone has a closeted father who kills himself. It's because everyone has a father," he said. The poignant show, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir about growing up as a lesbian with a closeted dad, coincides with the Supreme Court preparing to rule on whether to allow same-sex marriage nationwide. If you want to see the best plays & performances around the San Francisco Bay or beyond, read our reviews.
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The theatre has staged more than 8,000 performances and seen such stars as Edith Piaf, Isadora Duncan, Ingrid Bergman, the Lunts, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Channing, Sir Ian McKellen, and Hugh Jackman. He is also lending his voice to upcoming animation projects for both Disney and Netflix. He has enjoyed acting in local theater projects, and is excited to work with the Coachella Valley Repertory for the first time. In his free time, Griffen enjoys surfing, playing drums, and designing rollercoasters. When not performing in musicals, Tinnaro’s love of the intimacy of cabaret has led her to develop several different cabarets incorporating a unique perspective and passion for musical theatre.
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A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, FUN HOME is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. The “groundbreaking,” “life-affirming” and “exquisite” musical FUN HOME broke new ground and received raves from critics and audiences alike, winning five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical and making history along the way. Adam Karsten is an award winning director for stage and screen, who has earned a reputation for the creation of stylistic works and defined concepts. Medium Alison calls home to demand a better response from her parents and is astonished when her mother reveals that her father has had sexual relationships with men and boys. Alison explores the tensions her family was under at this time and watches a heated argument between her parents.
CHARLOTTE WALLACE (she/her) would love to express how honored she is to be a part of this production and to share this unique and important story with you all. Some of her favorite activities include skiing, eating, boxing and singing some smooth jazz. Wallace also starred in the horror short film “Queen of Prey” that was selected for numerous film festivals around the world! Char hopes that this show will strike up some new & positive conversations and put a smile on your face this holiday season. Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News called the musical "achingly beautiful" and said that it "speaks to one family and all families torn by secrets and lies". Dziemianowicz listed Fun Home at the top of his Top 10 in Theater for 2013 list.
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The Pulitzer committee called the musical "A poignant musical adaptation of a graphic memoir". The production won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical and the Obie Award for Musical Theater, and 10-year-old Sydney Lucas won an Obie in the Performance category, becoming the youngest performer ever to win an Obie. A year-long U.S. national tour of the show began in Cleveland, Ohio, in October 2016. The tour was directed by Sam Gold and starred Kate Shindle as Alison and Robert Petkoff as Bruce. The first international production of Fun Home premiered in Manila, Philippines, in November 2016, with Cris Villonco as Alison, Lea Salonga as Helen and Eric Kunze as Bruce.
At certain performances, Carly Gold plays the role of Small Alison. "42nd Street Moon is proud to present the Bay Area regional premiere of this five-time Tony Award winning triumph, a refreshingly honest, wholly original story about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes." Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical,Fun Homeis a musical adapted from Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. Follow Alison as she uncovers the secrets through three different ages in her life.Fun Homeisn’t just a coming-of-age or coming out story, but one that sets out to unravel the many mysteries of childhood through which we can all identify. Join CVRep as they take on this moving journey of acceptance in the wholly original American musical,Fun Home. The musical began previews at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre on March 27, 2015, with an official opening on April 19, 2015.
Medium Alison proudly tells Joan that she has written a letter to her parents telling them that she is a lesbian, but begins to second-guess herself until Joan kisses her. That night, she is delirious with joy after having had sex with Joan and finally discovering her sexuality ("Changing My Major"). Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. "Fun Home" got both, and its creators and producers are proud that a musical with a lesbian character as its lead — unprecedented for Broadway — will tour the nation. Laura Kepley, the artistic director of the Cleveland Play House, said theater professionals have to be bold and provocative or risk losing audiences to film, TV and video games.
A review in ABS-CBN News praised the performances and direction and called the production "undeniably moving, piercing through our core, and performed by an incredibly talented ensemble." This entry was posted in Past Productions, Productions and tagged fun home, musical, palm springs, palm springs theater, theater, theatre, tony awards. Singapore's Pangdemonium theatre company staged Fun Home in September and October 2017 at the Drama Centre Theatre, with a cast that included Adrian Pang and Monique Wilson. A production in Carmel, California, by Pacific Repertory Theatre at the Golden Bough Playhouse, directed by Stephen Moorer and choreographed by Sam Trevino, played in February 2018. A Canadian production played in February and March 2018 at the Arts Club in Vancouver.
We watch Alison’s childhood wonder unfold into adolescent angst, then into adult understanding. Using different actors for child, teen, and adult Alison, playwright Kron illuminates three stages of emotional growth. Also slated for the Curran’s 2017 season is Eclipsed by Danai Gurira with direction by Liesl Tommy (March 7–19), and Simon McBurney’s monologue play The Encounter (April 25–May 7). CJ has been part of several local Tools for Tomorrow fundraising events, for which he was acknowledged with the 2021 Daryl Timmons Bryant Art Spirit Award. He spent a number of years in San Francisco doing local cabaret and theatre, where he became known for his song “San Francisco Bye-Bye,” which became an unofficial anthem of the city at the time.
The first is her childhood, around age 10 , when she struggles against her father Bruce's obsessive demands and begins to identify her inchoate sexuality. The second is her first year in college , when she begins her first relationship and comes out of the closet as a lesbian. Every once in a while a musical comes along that surprises, moves and excites audiences in ways only a truly landmark musical can. Built in 1922, the Curran recently underwent a major rehabilitation that included newly remodeled lobbies and bars, refurbished seats, carpeting, lighting, and more.
Writer/artist Alison Bechdel's book Fun Home, a memoir in graphic novel format, was published in 2006 to critical acclaim. Its subject is Alison Bechdel's coming of age, with particular emphasis on her relationship to her father, Bruce. Bechdel's coming out as a lesbian is complicated by the revelation that Bruce was a closeted homosexual whose extra-marital affairs included underage males. Four months after Bechdel comes out to her parents, Bruce is killed by an oncoming truck; although the evidence is equivocal, Bechdel concludes that he committed suicide. Take a look at the first national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home. The touring production stars Kate Shindle as Alison, with Broadway cast member Alessandra Baldacchino as Small Alison and Abby Corrigan as Medium Alison.
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