Fun Home Transfer?- Page 2

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 11/10/13 at 9:36pm

I wonder If it might not be wise for FUN HOME to open on Broadway as a limited 16 week run in the late spring (just before the Tony deadline). It is a Formula that is currently working well for dramatic plays, so why not a musical? It could of course, always extend, should it catch on or win awards.

[After Eight]

Posted: 11/10/13 at 9:45pm

"It could of course, always extend, should it catch on or win awards."

It will win every award the universe can bestow.

[VotePeron]

Posted: 11/10/13 at 10:54pm

Lets be real guys, Fun Home kicked Big Fish out to take the Neil Simon!

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 11/11/13 at 6:51am

Does Fun Home sell student tickets?

[heytravistravis]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 7:40pm

You can go to the box office and get $25 tickets in advance, best way to get tickets if going in person is possible.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 10:56pm

I wish I could do this! I was hoping the box office would sell me a student ticket over the phone and I could match the credit card with my Student ID when I visit next month, but no dice. Here's hoping I get to see the show!

For those who have seen it (please no spoilers!): should I read the book first?

[getatme]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 11:06pm

Student rush price for Fun Home has gone up from $25 to $35. Bought a ticket to see it on December 8th and I can't wait!

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 11:09pm

"For those who have seen it (please no spoilers!): should I read the book first?"

No, it's totally not necessary to read the book to thoroughly enjoy the show. I saw it last week and just ordered the book yesterday. I am was curious about the differences between the book and the show. Such a wonderful story, and a beautiful production. Enjoy.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 11:11pm

As someone who read the book many times first, I'm glad I did. If it weren't an excellent adaptation, I'd say go ahead and see the show first. But I loved seeing how the book was successfully condensed and reshaped to become theatrical, and it is the definitive version of the story--you might actually say the musical is a dramatization of the book's creation.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 11:41pm

Either way probably offers rewards. I haven't read it in a few years, but it might quite an impression on me. The show made my love for the material even deeper.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 12:06am

I agree, MB. Why not do a "strictly limited engagement" - they can post all the raves they got downtown, and they'll probably pick up some noms at least.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 12:25am

***Wait***


*****GASP*****



There is a show, that After Eight actually liked!

[oasisjeff]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 12:30am

Don't worry, I believe that was an attempt at sarcasm.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 12:31am

Oh, no After Eight hated FUN HOME. He's stated it ad nauseam. Don't get too excited.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 9:12am

Thanks for the different views on whether to read the book, folks. I think what I'm leaning toward is seeing the show blind, then reading the book, then hoping it transfers to Broadway so I can see the show again having read it. :)

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 4:07pm

I just saw this show this week; had to delay. (My review's below.) Normally, when I see a show late that everybody's loved, it raises my expectations and then I'm disappointed. But this show floored me.
It's so good I'm wondering why they are giving it such a limited run Off-Broadway. Yes, it's been extended a few times, but it's still scheduled to end Dec. 15. Are the actors committed elsewhere or something?
This thread is about a transfer, but is every good show a natural for Broadway?

Fun Home Review

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 4:33pm

There's no where else it could go. This would burn out at New World Stages in a matter of minutes.

And it's not like they're going to partner with Lincoln Center or Roundabout.

[After Eight]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 5:36pm

Staggering, these staggered extensions.

Gotta keep it in the forefront of our consciousness, day in, day out.

Masterful!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/13/13 at 5:37pm

K.

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 2:34pm

Fun Home has once again extended, this time through December 29. Unless they transfer or bring the production back at a later date, I don't think it would be possible for the show to extend any further at the Public.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/15/13 at 3:07pm

The student advance tickets are now $35 for Fun Home, if anyone was wondering. Also they have plenty of availability for tickets- students and otherwise- for December.

[inception]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 12:02pm

WiCkEDrOcKS wrote: "Oh, no After Eight hated FUN HOME. He's stated it ad nauseam. Don't get too excited. "

I saw this Sunday before heading out to JFK to catch my flight home, and I have to say that I agree with many of Mr.After8's criticism's.

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While it starts off really well and I nearly died out of pure joy at the kids Fun Home number, it gets too bogged down and slow at the end. The theatre's A/C was blasting and every old lady in the place was kvetching that they were freezing. Why was the A/C on? To keep everyone from falling asleep during the last half.

I just read an article at The Atlantic's site interviewing Bechdel which mentions that her brothers were with her to see it. This kind of made me feel relieved because I haven't read the book so all I could think about during the last half was "If this guy was cruising underage guys, did the bastard diddle his own boys?" I can't be the only one who is thinking this. I know this is the memory of the one character and her experiences, but after so successfully using the brothers earlier it feels strange how they get dropped later. I felt like it needs to widen out and use the brothers more later on in the show: bring them back for another song or even just a reprise somehow, and even during the fleet week scene the boys could be given more.

The "Ring of Keys" number: no way in hell will this play to a larger audience. This made my skin crawl. Not because it describes anything unusual, but that a child actor is the one presenting the material. In a work of literature, you can have a child express these sorts of things and it feels ok because as the reader you know that it is the author speaking through the veil of childhood. In live theatre the author is using a real live human as a puppet, and you can't help wonder how this material may affect this child's psychology. That is the best I can come to describing my feelings. It felt wrong to me - as a gay man who started cruising as soon as he hit puberty - and I can't see this working for a wider audience.

While I am grateful to have had a chance to experience this, I would not list this among the best of the shows I saw this week. At the same time, I realize that my view is coming from an unusual experience. Most people will see maybe 1 show a week or in a smaller city you might be lucky to see one play a month, not 10 in a week. Instead of taking this to a bigger theatre in NY, I coulod see this as the type of things that does well in a scaled down production that tours or plays in regional productions by other similar non-profits houses. I could see this doing very well in a run San Francisco, or in shorter two weeks runs in the small theatres of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. No one would be making noise through the show to complain about the A/C in those cities either because everyone would be warm in their plaid shirts. ;P

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 12:28pm

Inception, could you further explain your reaction to the “Keys” number that small Alison sings? I am not sure I am understanding what you were saying, but what I got from what you said is that it feels wrong because you took it as a little girl being sexually attracted to this woman? If that’s the case, then I can’t help but believe that you misunderstood the moment. For me, it was more about the woman’s presence and style and how she encompassed what Alison wanted to be, but never knew was possible (as she had never seen a woman like this before). I think the number depicts Alison recognizing a connection between her and the woman (and she is unsure why this woman has this effect on her). As for how singing this song may affect the child portraying Alison, I don’t think it would or should have any negative effect. In fact, the young actresses performed the song so well, I couldn’t help but feel that she fully understood the song’s intent. I truly don’t believe it’s about Alison first noticing her sexual orientation, but rather about seeing someone in real-life who Alison feels like inside.

I’m not sure if what I took from your discussion of that song is what you meant, however.

[newintown]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 12:35pm

Fun Home is a wonderful piece of theatre that would die on Broadway the same way The Scottsboro Boys and Passing Strange died on Broadway.

And there's nothing wrong with that; Broadway is usually about one particular thing, and Off Broadway is often about something very different. Off Broadway can be, but rarely is, just a springboard to Broadway.

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/18/13 at 12:38pm

But there have been little shows that did do very well. I still think Fun Home deserves its shot. I think its very existence and the 4 (not 3 as the press release states) extensions are enough to warrant taking a chance on this.

The themes are universal-you don't need to BE the character(s) to get it or feel its power.