Shows · Fun Home
Fun Home
Opened 2015
582 performances
Musical, Contemporary
Tony Award for Best Musical, 2015
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel explores her memories of growing up in a small Pennsylvania town, where her charismatic father Bruce ran both the family funeral home and obsessively restored their Victorian house. Through three versions of herself at different ages, Alison pieces together the truth about her closeted father's secret life, her own emerging sexuality, and the tragic connection between her coming out and his death.
- Music
- Jeanine Tesori
- Lyrics
- Lisa Kron
- Book
- Lisa Kron
Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Songs5 songs
Ring of Keys, Changing My Major, Maps, Telephone Wire, Flying Away
Recordings 2 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
Fun Home is a musical theatre adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and book and lyrics by Lisa Kron. The story concerns Bechdel's discovery of her own lesbian sexuality, her relationship with her closeted gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life. It is told in a series of non-linear vignettes connected by narration provided by the adult Alison character. The musical was developed through several readings and performances, including at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in 2009 and at the Sundance Theatre Lab and The Public Theater's Public Lab in 2012. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in S…
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