This review was contributed by former Seven Days associate editor Ruth Horowitz, who now lives in Providence, R.I. She and her husband, David Christensen, recently headed to Manhattan to see Fun Home ...
Fun Home resonated with readers as a work of nuance, honesty and intelligence. Within just a few years, playwright Lisa Kron and composer Jeanine Tesori set about adapting it to the stage, which was ...
Installation view, ‘Dykes, Dads, and Moms to Watch Out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel’ at the UM Institute for the Humanities Gallery (all photos by Sarah Nesbitt, courtesy the UM Institute for the ...
What living composer is more versatile than Jeanine Tesori? Lyric Opera subscribers heard her beautiful score for the opera “Blue” this past autumn and now Porchlight Music Theatre is reviving “Fun ...
2015 Tony Awards Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Lisa Kron 2015 Tony Awards Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Jeanine Tesori 2015 Tony ...
In “Spent,” the protagonist looks like Alison Bechdel and quacks (well, bleats) like Alison Bechdel but the subtitle “A Comic Novel” is a clue that she’s not Alison Bechdel. The writer/cartoonist has ...
Mid-sentence, Alison Bechdel stops herself, laughing. “I’m sorry,” she says, “I keep speaking so effusively, but it’s really exciting. I never dreamed this level of talent would get brought to this ...
Northampton, MA— The Smith College Department of Theatre presents the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home April 20, 21, 22, 23 at 7:30 PM and April 23 at ...