falsettoland

[RentBoy86]

falsettoland#0

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:43pm

Is there a recording of this musical? I know it's a melting together of two muscials by William Finn, but is there one of the actual show?

[Gothampc]

re: falsettoland#1

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:44pm

Yes. It is the second half of "March of the Falsettos" cd.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: falsettoland#2

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:46pm

FALSETTOS is the "melting together" of the two shows, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland. While the melted, slightly altered version is not available on CD, there is a box set that includes Part 2 (March of the Falsettos) and Part 3 (Falsettoland) of the Marvin Trilogy. They are also available to buy separately, as is In Trousers, the first part (and an AMAZING AMAZING piece of work).

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[Plum]

re: falsettoland#3

Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:47pm

There's a recording of Falsettoland's OOBC, too. That's the one I have.

ETA- Shoot, I've been rendered redundant. :) Updated On: 2/23/05 at 11:47 PM

[RentBoy86]

re: falsettoland#4

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:00am

So Falsettoland is all three of those or just the second part of March of the Falsettos? I don't understand why they changed it. or how all that went down.

[wildcat]

re: falsettoland#5

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:02am

I'm not sure that Trina's song in FALSETTOS, "I'm Breaking Down" is on the cast album but Alison Fraser recorded it as part of her cabaret act.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: falsettoland#6

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:03am

Part 1- In Trousers (off off Bway)
Part 2- March of the Falsettos (off Bway)
Part 3- Falsettoland (off Bway)

Falsettos was the melding together of Parts 2 and 3 into a Broadway musical.

When someone refers to all three, it is usually as "The Marvin Trilogy" or sometimes, "The Marvin Songs".

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: falsettoland#7

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:04am

I'm Breaking Down is the bonus track on the In Trousers CD.
Again, I cannot recommend In Trousers enough.

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[Gothampc]

re: falsettoland#8

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:04am

Fraser's version of "I'm Breaking Down" was lifted off her solo album "New York Romance" and put on the In Trousers cd.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Updated On: 2/24/05 at 12:04 AM

[RentBoy86]

re: falsettoland#9

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:09am

Okay, i might just have to give in and buy them! haha. I have such a long list of Cds i need to buy.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: falsettoland#10

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:13am

Haha. Well, I DEFINITELY feel your pain. I always have a long list...
But these are seriously a must have. William Finn is an effing GENIUS.

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[Gothampc]

re: falsettoland#11

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:17am

The Falsettoland portion has Faith Prince as Trina and Danny Gerard (Brooklyn Bridge) as the kid.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Broadway Matt]

re: falsettoland#12

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:32am

IN TROUSERS is the strangest CD I can't stop listening to. I can't explain why I like it but there's just something to it. It's amazing to see Finn's growth as a composer between IN TROUSERS (which he admits isn't that good) and ELEGIES.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

[RentBoy86]

re: falsettoland#13

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:05am

What's Elegies? Is it sort of like Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World?

[Broadway Matt]

re: falsettoland#14

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:12am

it's like SFANW in that there's only music and there is no plot. it's unlike Brown's amazing piece in that there is a common thread holding the songs together- they are all autobiographical pieces for people that have died from Finn's own life. it's a tiny cast and includes a beautifully diverse set of solos, duets, trios, etc commemorating everything from Finn's mother to Joseph Papp to the Korean storeowners from Finn's childhood to Jack Eric Williams to the dogs he's lost to the people killed on 9/11. it's fabulous!

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

Updated On: 2/24/05 at 01:12 AM

[BlueWizard]

re: falsettoland#15

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:22am

I wouldn't say there's no common thread holding SFANW together -- the vast majority of the songs are about being at a crossroads or a threshold of change.

I just ordered ELEGIES and the box set of FALSETTOS -- I can't wait for them to arrive!

BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."

[eslgr8]

re: falsettoland#16

Posted: 2/24/05 at 3:51am

For those in the L.A./Orange County area, I've just learned that there will be a production of Falsettos in June!!! I'm hoping/planning to see it at least twice as I'm a huge fan of the work.
Falsettos at Costa Mesa Playouse in June!!!

[Falsettoland]

re: falsettoland#17

Posted: 2/24/05 at 6:13am

One of my most beloved shows ever (Hence the name there). The OOBC is fantastic and if you can see it live...you must! Only show guaranteed to make me cry like a baby every time.

"We are engaged in two wars, one on drugs and one on terror, that can never be won. I mean, one is a group of inanimate objects and the other is an emotion. We might as well fight a war on pasta, which I guess the Atkins people are actually doing."

[misterchoi]

re: falsettoland#18

Posted: 2/24/05 at 8:36am

Has anyone seen it at U of M?

Falsettos I mean

"Yesterday is done. See the pretty countryside. Merrily we roll along, roll along- catching at dreams."- Merrily we roll along "The living was the prize, the ending's not the story."- Elegies, a song cycle

[scotty]

re: falsettoland#19

Posted: 2/24/05 at 9:55am

'FALSETTOLAND'. Did you catch Blackbird's production of Falsetto's at 'chapel'? Twas the most disgraceful thing I have seen in my 24 year old existance!

[wildcat]

re: falsettoland#20

Posted: 2/24/05 at 10:04am

I heard the word 'grotesque' applied to one of the performances in that production, scotty...

[scotty]

re: falsettoland#21

Posted: 2/24/05 at 10:13am

*shudder*

Direction was extremely irrelevant. Makes me mad thinking about it.

hmmmmmmmmffff! Updated On: 2/24/05 at 10:13 AM

[BWayBoy88]

re: falsettoland#22

Posted: 2/24/05 at 11:46am

I just got this CD the other day and I am in love with it. I looked on IMBD and it said that Carolee Carmello was in the OBC. I wish they made an OBCR just so I could hear her wonderful voice singing these amazing songs.

[BlueWizard]

re: falsettoland#23

Posted: 2/24/05 at 11:52am

Was the decision to not make an OBCR of FALSETTOS only based on the fact that there were off-Broadway recordings of the two halves?

BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."

[Jon]

re: falsettoland#24

Posted: 2/24/05 at 11:52am

Carolee was Cordelia. Janet Metz is on the origianl Off-Broadway recording. At some point, Maureen Moore also played Cordelia.