Fun Home Tour — Page 2

Finally got to see this last night, and it was fantastic. A great reflection of the Broadway staging, and some scenes even played out better, like the house reveal near the end.

The entire cast did a great job, but I have to agree that Abby Coirrigan as Medium Alison really stood out. Keep an eye on her.

Make sure to catch this if you're in the Bay Area!

I saw it again on a Friday, bringing along my daughter, and I guess Abby Corrigan has those nights off. But I couldn't complain, because I think Caroline Murrah - her understudy - is utterly charming and believable. She nails "Changing My Major" every time.

Things that struck me the second time, from the balcony: Kate Shindle (as Adult Alison) and Robert Petkoff (as Bruce) are easy to overlook but they are excellent. There's an emotion and vulnerability in Shindle's performance that I appreciated even more the second time. The final scenes are powerful.

The staging works very well, and I focused on that and the lyrics more this time around. Again, I can't compare it to Broadway and the in-the-round staging, but Adult Alison is certainly not stuck in the corner. She's very present throughout the show, remembering, thinking, and watching. It's a wonderful show.

Had the pleasure of seeing FUN HOME in Pittsburgh today and thought the show funny, brilliant, quite well done, and incredibly moving, so much so I was moved to tears at parts. The way the three Alisons would be on stage at the same time, the simple sets, and the relationships between the parents and Alison ("Don't come back here) at the various stages of her life are quite complex and heartbreaking. I took so much away from this, so much that I wish that I could apply to my own life, but I'm still afraid to. Even at 57 years old. And that in itself tears me apart.

There was a couple in front of me that seem to shuffle in their seats quite a few times during the scenes in which Medium Alison has her first act of intimacy and the next morning is walking around in panties and knee high sports socks. But I think that was about the only part in which those who may feel "uncomfortable" with the social aspects of this subject are confronted with it "in their face".

As many performances as I've seen at the cavernous Heinz Hall, most all of them by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, I can't ever recall a time during a show when there were what seems like long moments of deafening silence ("Telephone Wire), and that the entire audience got so quiet and so still that you could hear a pin drop.

As mentioned before it's a one-act show that lasted just over 90 minutes. At the end of the show they announced collections and autographed window cards for "Broadway Cares" (I had heard they were going to sell them) so I grabbed one thinking they were $40, they weren't. I missed that part of the announcement. It's for a great cause. :)

I loved this.

If you're not already booked, don't miss this.

Updated On: 4/16/17 at 06:54 PM

I also saw this in Seattle, a couple weeks ago. The theater was maybe 1/2 full at best. Balcony was definitely only about 1/3 full. There were no gasps, or any such thing during the show that I saw. While the show was somewhat enjoyable, I wasn't blown away and the music was underwhelming overall. I saw it 2 weeks ago and actually have a hard time remembering specifics. Guess enough said? The raves on here dont match my experience and from what I can tell that of the rest of the audience

You're right, I'm sorry, I was misled by my own emotions. In reality, there were only a handful of people in the audience, most of the cast was off-pitch, and everyone walked out halfway through. Really terrible, I wish them the worst.

Wow, we saw this on tour and were very moved by it! And we liked Kate Shindle just fine. It may not be the show for everyone, but the house in DC was full and responded enthusiastically at curtain.

persephone88 said: "Wow, we saw this on tour and were very moved by it! And we liked Kate Shindle just fine. It may not be the show for everyone, but the house in DC was full and responded enthusiastically at curtain.

I also saw this in DC. Lots of empty seats when I went (Saturday matinee). I get it. The show's not for everyone. That said, it's one of my absolute favorites. The cast was excellent. Ring of Keys, Days and Days, Telephone Wire, Flying Away - the music wrecks me like no other show but Hamilton.

Just saw it in Costa Mesa. Cried through the whole thing. Extraordinary! Loved it Broadway as well but I think it works slightly better on the proscenium stage. The Broadway cast was amazing but I liked the touring cast even more. I LOVE THIS SHOW!

Glad to read these reviews. I am in Orlando and it's it's touring in Tampa. Think I will go see it. I missed it in NYC.

Unfortunately haven't seen the tour so I can't exactly say how it compares, but at the Public, a curtain was pulled very close to the edge of the stage after Raincoat of Love. This worked because there were two set doors on either side of the proscenium, facing inward, the entire show. The curtain stayed there until the house revealed, where the brick wall of the Newman Theater had been "transformed" and the space was set up and decked out to look like an extremely realistic house. I believe they also had a staircase. (Fun fact, on Broadway they originally had Bruce enter up a staircase through a trap door during early previews, but it looked weird and cut it before opening.)

The house reveal is similair to what VotePeron describes but a bit more involved; rather than a curtain coming in, the end of rainbow of love features a wall flat that lowers from the flies.

Caught the tour today in Nashville. I ended up getting $25 rush seats in the first row for the marinee and was absolutely blown away. After having seen the show last summer in New York, it's clear to me that this show is absolutely brilliant and can lend itself to infinite stagings. I actually agree with those who think it loses nothing by being in a triditional proscenium staging. I may actually prefer the tour set up to what I saw at Circle in the Square. I had heard mixed/mostly postitive things about Kate Shindle as Adult Allison, but she absolutely memorized and enraptured me. Her voice is brilliant, and her performance is extremely heartfelt. She really was the standout to me. However, the entire cast (in my opinion) is very much on par with their Broadway counterparts. All around I was blown away, and I HATE that this tour is likely concluding in Decemeber. So happy I spent the time to go see it. If you haven't caught this yet, rush to one of the remaining cities. Even if you think you've seen Fun Home, this is a completely different experience that I think is worth having.