Fun Home

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In the literature13 passages

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. book:dominic-mchugh-the-oxford-handbook-of-musical-theatre-screen-adaptations-2019-ox#p469

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. book:untold-stories-of-broadway-volume-2-part-1-the-jennifer-tepper#p254

Fun Home , a coming-of-age musical with a central lesbian character adapted from a graphic novel, will open in spring 2015. book:untold-stories-of-broadway-volume-2-part-1-the-jennifer-tepper#p320

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… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p165

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. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p167

Part of what made Fun Home so radical on Broadway was how it charted Alison’s awakening of both her sexuality and her gender presentation beginning when she was nine years old. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p169

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