Alison Bechdel, the celebrated author of the graphic memoir upon which the Tony-winning musical Fun Home is based, was a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" July 29.
Bechdel discussed the Bechdel Test, her reaction to the news that her memoir was to become the basis for a new musical and what it has been like seeing her life played out onstage.
Watch the interview below:
With music by Tony Award winner Jeanine Tesori, a book and lyrics by Tony Award winner Lisa Kron and direction by Tony Award winner Sam Gold, Fun Home opened to rave reviews at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street) April 19, 2015, and recently won five 2015 Tony Awards. The updated Broadway version of the original cast recording of Fun Home is available on PS Classics, PSClassics.com.
The Fun Home Gets a Redesign for Broadway! See the First Pics from New In-The-Round Staging
The Fun Home Gets a Redesign for Broadway! See the First Pics from New In-The-Round Staging
The critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir Fun Home, which parallels her own coming of age as a lesbian and the suicide of her closeted gay father, arrived on Broadway March 27 at Circle in the Square in a new in-the-round staging.
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The cast of Fun Home on Broadway
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The Cast of Fun HomeJoan Marcus
Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs in Fun Home Jenny Anderson
Sydney Lucas and Michael Cerveris in Fun HomeJoan Marcus
Judy Kuhn and Sydney Lucas in Fun HomeJenny Anderson
Oscar Williams, Zell Steele Morrow and Sydney Lucas in Fun HomeJoan Marcus
Judy Kuhn, Oscar Williams, Zell Steele Morrow, Sydney Lucas and Michael Cerveris in Fun HomeJoan Marcus
Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs in Fun HomeJoan Marcus
In the same year theatres shutdown, his profile skyrocketed. After nearly a decade on Broadway, the stage manager is not just working in theatre—he’s shaping it for the better.
