Falsettoland
- Music & Lyrics by William Finn
- Directed by James Lapine
WILLIAM FINN is well known for the trilogy of short musical shows: In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland. Falsettos, the combination of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, ran for 486 performances on Broadway and won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book, the latter shared with James Lapine. Finn and Lapine's other collaborations include Little Miss Sunshine, the Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and A New Brain, which won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical. Mr. Finn wrote the lyrics for world premiere musical Dangerous Games - Two Tango Pieces (1989), a co-production of La Jolla Playhouse, American Music Theater Festival and Spoleto Festival U.S.A. He is also the composer ofRomance in Hard Times and Elegies, A Song Cycle.
Bio as of January, 2011.
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Featuring
Stephen Bogardus
Danny Gerard
Heather MacRae
Janet Metz
Faith Prince
Michael Rupert
Chip Zien
Created the role of Whizzer in the 1981 production of William Finn’s March of the Falsettos here at Playwrights Horizons. Nine years later he reprised the role in Falsettoland at PH. In 1992 these shows were combined to make Falsettos on Broadway in which he co-starred with original cohorts Michael Rupert and Chip Zien. Also on Broadway: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Old Acquaintance; Man of La Mancha; James Joyce’s The Dead; High Society; King David; Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nom., Obie); The Grapes of Wrath; Les Misérables and West Side Story. Regional: Some Men (Philadelphia Theatre Co.), A Little Night Music (Center Stage), M. Butterfly (Arena Stage), Show Boat and Chess (Nat’l tours), City of Angels (Shubert, L.A.), 80 Days (La Jolla) and Progress (Long Wharf). Film: Julie and Julia; Love! Valour! Compassion!. Television: “Eleventh Hour,” “Life,” “Without a Trace,” “Monk,” “Ed,” “Law & Order” (all of ‘em). Celebrating 33 years in Actors Equity. (As of March 2011)
Creative Team
Douglas Stein
Scenic DesignerFranne Lee
Costume DesignerNancy Scherlter
Lighting DesignerScott Lehrer
Sound DesignerMichael Starobin
Music Director/ArrangementsKate Riddle
Production Stage ManagerPhoto of Michael Rupert, Faith Prince, Heather MacRae, Chip Zien, Janet Metz, and Stephen Bogardus by Gerry Goodstein.
An achingly articulate musical.
A burst of genius.