So, you’re trying to stick to your New Year's resolutions, but take a pause from that juice cleanse long enough to check out what’s happening on and off Broadway this week! T…
Age and Hometown: 10; New York City Current Role: A tour-de-force off-Broadway debut as Small Alison in the Public Theater’s acclaimed new musical Fun Home. Dynamic Debut: When S…
2014 is upon us, which means that it's time to look back on all of the highs and lows that this past theatre season has brought. BroadwayWorld is wrapping up the year by tributing our favori…
Initially launching in 2010 with a two-parter from Lion King cast members Ben Jeffrey and Fred Berman, Playbill.com's popular Two-Show Day photo series has taken readers backstage and in…
Joan MarcusThe composer Jeanine Tesori has a knack for capturing, in her scores, the ebbs and flows of complex, imbalanced relationships. Through recurring motifs, overlapping melodic lines,…
The new musical Fun Home takes audiences inside the Bechdel Funeral Home, where precocious Alison is growing up with her closeted father, unhappy mother and two siblings. Tony winner Michael…
Fun Home - thru January 12 only! "A BEAUTIFUL HEARTBREAKER OF A MUSICAL!" -The New York Times World Premiere Musical FUN HOME Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa …
On Friday night, I read Tony Kushner’s speech about being a writer, given at the Whiting Writers Awards, and I cry. This is not wildly out of character for me. I was raised by a woman …
Brantley's selections of Broadway's best include THE GLASS MENAGERIE with Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto, MATILDA, TWELFTH NIGHT with Mark Rylance, and Public Theater's FUN HOME. Missing fr…
by: Sandi Durell "I wanna play airplane, Daddy. . . come here right now" "small Alison (adorably precocious Sydney Lucas) insistently sings, …
The Public Theater continues to extend its critically acclaimed production of the Jeanine Tesori-Lisa Kron musical Fun Home. The world-premiere musical, based on the graphic memoir by A…
Tony nominees Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s new musical Fun Home is the hottest property on the market! The acclaimed production, which was previously extended to run through December…
Alexandra Socha, who originated the role of Medium Alison in the Public Theater's acclaimed new musical Fun Home, has departed the production. Actress Emily Skeggs succeeds her in the ca…
Original Fun Home star Alexandra Socha has departed the Public Theater production due to personal reasons, and will be replaced by her understudy, Emily Skeggs. After three extensions, the h…
The Public Theater announced today that Emily Skeggs has joined the company as Medium Alison in the hit musical FUN HOME. Alexandra Socha, who originated the role, has left the show for pers…
The new critically acclaimed musical Fun Home, which is nearing the end of its run at off-Broadway's Public Theater, will be preserved with an original cast album featuring the show&rsqu…
PS Classics will record the critically acclaimed production of the Jeanine Tesori-Lisa Kron musical Fun Home, based on the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, which is currently playing a…
The Public Theater announced today that PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record and release the original cast recording of the acc…
Review of the Sunday, November 17 matinee performance at the Public Theater at the Newman in New York City. Starring Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Alexandra Socha, and Sydn…
                       By: David ShewardSydney Lucas, Michael CerverisThere have been numerous major musicals about gay …
The New York Times 11/21/13
Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori had their work cut out for them with "Fun Home," a musical version of Alison Bechdel's memoir.
There's a lot to love about Fun Home, the hot new musical down at the Public Theater. It's got great …Continue reading »