Fun Home to Return to The Public September 2013 — Page 2

"is the score fantastic?"

Anything but. Thankfully, I've forgotten it, but not the pain of hearing it. The show itself was dreary and dismal.

It was particularly sad to see Judy Kuhn stuck in such a miserable role. I guess you go where the work is, but it would be so nice to see her get the opportunity to kick up her heels in something. A revival of No, No, Nanette, perhaps?

Updated On: 8/9/13 at 07:35 AM

Great of you to put SPOILERS in your post.

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Bechdel's graphic memoir is really incredible. I thought Kron and Tesori did an admirable job adapting something that does not easily lend itself to the stage.

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I'm not as big of a fan of Are You My Mother?, because it lacks the compelling "mystery" of her father and Bechdel's own dynamic growth into her sexual identity.

Fun Home is really essentially reading for anyone LGBT, or an ally, or interested in sexuality, or... anyone who is a person.

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Anyone who is a person-or has a very weird family!

I liked "Are You My Mother?" only slightly less than "Fun Home". I agree with the dynamic/growth factor. However, I also thought it was interesting in its own way (there is a bit more family history there and there is a growth between mother and daughter, which is kind of neat).

Hoping to make a weekend trip out to NYC in the to see this. Cerveris seems like a perfect fit for the father, basing off of the graphic novel.

I am not sure how well “Are You My Mother?” would work onstage. Granted, “Fun Home” is not something that screams ‘musical adaptation!’ either, but “…Mother?” seems like it would be particularly tough. I find “Fun Home” has more of a forward-moving plot, where as “Are You My Mother?” is focused more on Bechdel’s internal thoughts and ruminations. (I, personally, am not a big fan of “…Mother?” as, for me, it felt a bit too self-indulgent. Almost as though these were all thoughts in her diary that were not necessarily meant to be strung into a plot of some sort.) With so much of the book recounting her dreams, explaining the life of Winnicot, and the time sequences being so out of order, I imagine it would be much harder to stage.

(Bumping up an old thread).

In case anyone is interested, this looks to be a good deal. When I put the code into the website, the tickets came up as $48.50.

From Twitter:

Be one of the 1st to see FUN HOME next week! For 2 days only, use code FUNTWEET for $50 tix – now thru Fri @ 2pm only!

(Edited to add: Discount is good only for first week of performances, which start Sept. 30.)

Updated On: 9/25/13 at 02:27 PM