"Achingly beautiful. . . . Unconventional in its subject matter and uncompromising in its intelligence and emotionality."--"New York Daily News""A beautiful heartbreaker of a musical. . . . Lisa Kron's book and resonantly precise lyrics give this show its essential spine."--"New York Times""Caption: My Dad and I both grew up in the same small Pennsylvania town. And he was gay. And I was gay. And he killed himself. And I... became a lesbian cartoonist."Adapted from Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic memoir, this original new musical gracefully tackles uncharted territory in its exploration of one girl's unconventional upbringing and coming-of-age. An enormous hit in its off-Broadway world premiere and a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, "Fun Home" is an emotional stunner that asks brave questions about our families and ourselves. The thoroughly lauded musical opens on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in the spring of 2015.Lisa Kron is a playwright and performer whose work has been widely produced in New York, regionally and internationally. Her plays include "The Ver**zon Play," "In the Wake," "Well," "2.5 Minute Ride," and "101 Humiliating Stories." She is a founding member of the Obie- and Bessie-Award-winning collaborative theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers.Alison Bechdel's celebrated graphic memoir, lovingly adapted into a riveting new musical.Jeanine Tesori has written four Tony-nominated scores for Broadway, including "Thoroughly Modern Millie"; "Caroline, or Change"; and "Shrek the Musical." Her first Off-Broadway musical, "Violet," written with Brian Crawley, received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1997, and was revived on Broadway in 2014 to great acclaim and a Tony nomination.
Author Biography
Lisa Kron is a playwright and performer whose work has been widely produced in New York, regionally and internationally. Her plays include "Fun Home," a musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic novel, written with composer Jeanine Tesori; "The Ver**zon Play"; "In the Wake"; "Well"; "2.5 Minute Ride" and "101 Humiliating Stories." Her honors include playwriting fellowships from the Lortel and Guggenheim foundations, the Sundance Theatre Lab, the Lark Play Development Center, the American Voices New Play Institute and the MacDowell Colony, as well as the CalArts/Alpert Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and grants from the Creative Capital Foundation and New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a founding member of the Obie- and Bessie-Award-winning collaborative theatre company The Five Lesbian Brothers. She serves on the board of the MacDowell Colony and the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America. Jeanine Tesori has written four Tony-nominated scores for Broadway: "Twelfth Night" at Lincoln Center; "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (lyrics, Dick Scanlan); "Caroline, or Change" (lyrics, Tony Kushner); and "Shrek the Musical" (lyrics, David Lindsay-Abaire). The production of "Caroline, or Change" at the National Theatre in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her first Off-Broadway musical, "Violet," written with Brian Crawley, received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1997, and was revived on Broadway in 2014 to great acclaim and a Tony nomination. Her most recent musical, "Fun Home" (lyrics, Lisa Kron) made its premiere at the Public Theater in 2013. "A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck," a new opera with a libretto by Tony Kushner, was featured at the Glimmerglass Festival in 2011, and her opera "The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me" (libretto, J.D. McClatchy) premieres at the Kennedy Center in December 2014. She is the Artistic Director for "Off-Center," a new "Encores!" summer series for the New York City Center.
