The run closed September 10, 2016
- Opened
- 2015
- Closed
- September 10, 2016
- Performances
- 582
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Circle in the Square Theatre
Of the 426 productions we hold that opened in the 2010s and record a performance count, this is the 41st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Fun Home 1 more that season
| 2018 | Transfer Transfer |
Who was in it9 named
Zell Steele Morrow
Oscar Williams
7 of these 9 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 2 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters9 roles recorded
Kate Shindle Alison Bechdel
Robert Petkoff Bruce Bechdel
Susan Moniz Helen Bechdel
Alessandra Baldacchino Small Alison
Emily Skeggs Medium Alison
Oscar Williams Christian Bechdel
Zell Morrow John Bechdel
Karen Eilbacher Joan
Robert Hager Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Sam Gold
- Choreographer
- Danny Mefford
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 5 from 12 nominations
| Best Musical | Won |
Around this production
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…
- Jeffrey Magee, ‘From Flatbush to Fun Home: Broadway’s Cozy Cottage Trope,’ keynote address, Putting It Together: Investigating Sources for Musical Theatre Research, 10–12 May 2016. Dominic Mchugh the Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations 2019 Ox, p. 469
- In April of 2015, Circle will get its 10th musical: Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron. Notably, it is the first musical at the theater with an all-female writing team. Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 2 Part 1 the Jennifer Tepper, p. 254
- Fun Home , a coming-of-age musical with a central lesbian character adapted from a graphic novel, will open in spring 2015. Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 2 Part 1 the Jennifer Tepper, p. 320
- Lesbians received comic but stereotypical depictions in musicals like Nick & Nora (1991) and Legally Blonde (2007). While lesbian representation has demonstrably increased, only a handful of musicals with lesbian protagonists remain, and they are all variations on coming out: The Color Purple, Fun Home (2015), It Shou… Broadway Bodies Ryan Donovan 2023, p. 165
- Best Musical Tony Award Winner Fun Home took the theme of sexual discovery further than any previous musical in a context in which coded references were no longer necessary. Broadway Bodies Ryan Donovan 2023, p. 167
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Fun Home at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.