Falsettos

Falsettos

Falsettos

Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Music and Lyrics by William Finn

Falsettos

Falsettos

Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Music and Lyrics by William Finn

Overview

Updated version! Materials are based on the 2016 Broadway revival.

A seamless pairing of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, two acclaimed Off-Broadway musicals written nearly a decade apart, Falsettos is the tale of a neurotic New Yorker named Marvin, who leaves his wife Trina and young son Jason to live with his lover, Whizzer. In time, Trina marries his psychiatrist, Whizzer leaves him, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin and Whizzer reunite on the eve of Jason’s bar mitzvah, just as AIDS is beginning its insidious spread. With the help of their neighbors, Charlotte and Cordelia, Marvin and his entire family learn to grow up and face their future with love and dignity.

Cautions

  • Caution Intense Adult Intense Adult Themes
  • Caution Strong Language Strong Language

Details

  • Time Period: 1980s, 1970s
  • Cast Attributes: Features Children, Roles for Children, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences

Authors

William Finn

William Finn is the writer and composer of Falsettos, for which he received two Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical (with James Lapine) and Best Original Score. He has also written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland (Outer Critics Circle Award f ...

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James Lapine

James Lapine was born in 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio and lived there until his early teens, when his family moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He attended public schools before entering Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he majored in History. He went on ...

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