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Falsettos

Falsettos

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Falsettos is a sung-through musical with a book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. The musical consists of March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990), the last two installments in a trio of one-act musicals that premiered off-Broadway.

Opened
1992
Performances
486
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: William FinnLyrics: William FinnBook: William Finn & James Lapine

Productions3 on Broadway

1992 John Golden Theatre Original. April 29, 1992 · James Lapine 486 performances · 2 Tony wins
2016 Walter Kerr Theatre Revival. October 27, 2016 · James Lapine 85 performances
2020 Transfer Theatre not recorded.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

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In the literature37 passages

He took over the lead role in the long-running Pippin, won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Oscar in the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, and led the cast as Marvin in Falsettos. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p342

My choice for Best of the Decade: the Off Broadway MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS [Finn: April 1, 1981].) Cole- man harkened back to his jazz background to create some incredibly liquid melodies, like Double Talk, Theme from “City of Angels,” What You Don’t Know about Women, and Ev’rybody’s Gotta Be Somewhere. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p348

Following the success of the show’s sequel, MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS, a further revision of IN TROUSERS was produced by Roger Berlind and Gregory Harrision at the Promenade Theatre. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p397

These two scores are exceptional and received due acclaim, but Finn has always veered toward non-mainstream material; more noncommercial than Sondheim, even. He has reached Broadway only once—not with a show intended for Broadway but with FALSETTOS [April 29, 1992], the combined version of the two aforementioned shows. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p402

Falsettos, of sexual preference; and Hedwig, of gender. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p699

"Falsettos ( 1992) played a key role in the development of a new one: the "gay musical." Gay musicals made homosexuality their theme and placed it at center stage." book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p701

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