FUN HOME- previews

[jbm2]

Posted: 9/30/13 at 12:04am

Previews of FUN HOME begin tonight. Any going?
Excited to hear about this one....

[jbm2]

Posted: 9/30/13 at 11:18pm

anyone catch this tonight?

[macnyc]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 11:22am

I'm going tonight (Tuesday), and will try to report back afterward. There's also some feedback on All That Chat.

Updated On: 10/1/13 at 11:22 AM

[dave1606]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 11:27am

Seeing this on Thursday an looking forward to it! Missed it the last time around.

[lida rose]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 1:40pm

i'll be there tonight also! very excited.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 3:46pm

I know it's early, but could someone please observe whether the general rush line is getting in to FUN HOME? Thanks!

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 4:02pm

General rush tickets were offered last night, according to The Public's twitter page.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 4:40pm

I snagged a (student) rush ticket today for a performance in a couple of weeks. For any students interested, I'd definitely recommend taking advantage of the fact that the Public's rush allows you to buy tickets in advance. Very excited for this one.

[Frank8]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 7:02pm

Fear not. It is a really powerful intelligent show based on a comic book! The performances, especially by the young actors, are breath-taking. So great to see Judy Kuhn in any show. Cerveris a rock as always -- that's a good thing! I would recommend to almost anyone as something different and stimulating.

[macnyc]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 10:38pm

Wow. First off, it's so wonderful to see something so individual, based on someone's personal experience, heartfelt. NOT designed by committee. Not overblown and false. Not Big Fish!

I didn't know what to expect from Fun Home. I had read the book years ago. This is a wonderful production. I loved everything about it. The music is beautiful and haunting. The staging is great, involving constant motion, but done in a very intelligent way. The set is beautiful. And the performances! Amazing, and very unpretentious. The child actors were great, very unaffected. The three actresses who portray the main character ("small," "medium," and adult Alison) all conveyed such emotion. There's not a false note in this show, in my opinion. One of my favorites of 2013! Very, very moving and true.

Plus, an added bonus, Stephen Sondheim was in the lobby! I don't know if he saw Fun Home though. I didn't see him actually in the Newman.




Updated On: 10/1/13 at 10:38 PM

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 10:43pm

Great to hear mac! I loved this last year in the lab and can't wait to go back on Thursday.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 10:48pm

Thanks, AC, I'll have to check the Twitter page.

[macnyc]

Posted: 10/1/13 at 10:49pm

Whizzer, I will be interested in hearing what you have to say, and what (if anything) has changed from the lab.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 1:26am

I might go for this tomorrow or Thursday! I'm excited she's back to her "Caroline or Change" roots.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 1:27am

Can't wait to read more about this and hopefully hear/see some. I always loved the book, but it's interesting timing as I'm a TA for a course right now where the class is studying the book.

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 7:42am

The elitists will be pulling out all the stops for this one. Critical raves, for sure.

The rest of the poor audience, however, will be in agony.

[Owen22]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 8:05am

Does the Public still have Quick Tix or is it only student rush?

[indytallguy]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 8:35am

@After Eight

Care to expand a bit more on your thinking? I obviously get the basic message, but am wondering what you think will leave a general audience-goer in agony.

Updated On: 10/2/13 at 08:35 AM

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 8:51am

"am wondering what you think will leave a general audience-goer in agony. "

The book and the score.

I wrote about it in its first miserable go-around, but I'm just too lazy to dredge it up. And frankly, I've tried to forget as much as possible about it. Easier said than done, though, for something so painful to endure.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 8:56am

Forget it, indy...it's After Eight.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 9:29am

Is the score more Violet or Caroline or Change?

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 9:53am

I would say the score has a folksy quality more closely related to Violet, but rhythmically it has more in common with Caroline. It's very quirky, but beautiful and hummable.

Definitely more like both Violet and Caroline than Shrek and Millie.

[Kad]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 10:48am

And hopefully this will introduce people to Alison Bechdel's body of work. Whether you see the musical or no, the graphic memoir Fun Home is definitely worth your time.

[dreaming]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 10:55am

As you well know, Kad, I adored this last year, and I'm hoping to get there soon. I have read both of Alison Bechdel's books and love them. She manages to tell her story very well through her drawings. (And I don't usually like graphic novels too much.) I loved the musical and cannot wait to see what it's like in a more fully realized state (this coming from an on-again, off-again Tesori fan-she's very hit or miss with me.)

[trentsketch]

Posted: 10/2/13 at 11:08am

dreaming, how's the adaptation of the graphic novel? I'm also a big fan of the book and I'm curious to see how well the musical represents the book. I am a Tesori fan and could see her suiting this material really well.